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  • Prison overcrowding leads to record tuck shop revenues

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  • Maybe this is just an Irish name?

  • Prison overcrowding leads to record tuck shop revenues

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  • The tuck shops sell prisoners a range of confectionery, soft drinks, tobacco products, toiletries, magazines and other items.

    In case anyone was confused, like me, as to what a tuck shop is

  • Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story

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  • It’s not an illegal taxi service, it’s ride sharing.

  • Japanese toilet-maker is an AI company now

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  • For all the people reading the headline and not the article, toilet-maker Toto uses its ceramics expertise to supply products used in silicon wafer production. They’ve been in the industry since the 1980s but with the AI boom non-toilet manufacturing has become over 40% of their operating income.

  • Woman sentenced for accusing her estranged spouse of illegally accessing bank account from outer space

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  • Despite an internal investigation that exonerated McClain, Worden continued to promote the false claims to news outlets and hired a media consultant to amplify them. She also publicly released her former spouse’s personal information.

    Huh, I wonder why there were problems in that marriage?

  • Russian Orthodox Priest Urges People to Pray for End to Telegram Messenger App Ban

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  • Alexander Mikushin, a priest at the Pokrovsky Cathedral in the city of Barnaul, said Russians should “ask God” to bring “wisdom” to officials at Roskomnadzor who approved the decision to block the service. Mikushin described Telegram as more than a communication tool, calling it a space “for prayer, heartfelt conversation, and helping one’s neighbor.”

  • Polish general fired after anti-tank mines found in Ikea warehouse

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  • Man, is there anything IKEA doesn’t sell?

  • Microsoft CEO wants you to stop calling AI "slop" in 2026

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  • The statement is probably true, but the only quote in the article that mentions “slop” doesn’t really support the headline’s claim:

    ”We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication,” Nadella laments, emphasizing hopes that society will become more accepting of AI, or what Nadella describes as "cognitive amplifier tools." ”...and develop a new equilibrium in terms of our “theory of the mind” that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other.”

    The article makes a lot of solid points about the AI hype bubble that Nadella is promoting in his year-end LinkedIn post, but it doesn’t seem like he was actually calling for people to stop using the term “slop.”

  • Family caught bringing their 'dead gran' onto easyJet flight home

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  • It’s other passengers alleging she was actually already dead

  • Campbell’s Soup VP mocks ‘poor people’ who buy its food in secret recording

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  • "Who buys our s**t? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore. It’s not healthy now that I know what the f**‘s in it."

    Maybe, I dunno, make it more healthful?

    (English pedant peeve: food is not “healthy” or unhealthy; it’s healthful or unhealthful. Living things are healthy, nutrients are healthful. A state of health versus a beneficial quality.)

  • ‘You got some pants on?’: Judge shocked as officer joins court meeting over Zoom without wearing pants

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  • Not wearing pants on camera is as old as TV itself. Always enjoyed this episode of Mayne Street highlighting this phenomenon and the problems when anchors no longer got to sit behind a desk. Also, rewatching this and realizing it has a couple people who would go into more noticeable roles on Parks and Recreation.

  • ‘You got some pants on?’: Judge shocked as officer joins court meeting over Zoom without wearing pants

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  • Gotta keep your phone in landscape mode for the Zoom call!

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    Magnitude 0.1 earthquake in Cornwall

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  • To embed an image, use the same format as a markdown link but put an exclamation point in front of it. The text in the square brackets serves as the alt text.

    ![Image of a plastic chair knocked over with a caption of “WE WILL REBUILD”](https://uploads.dailydot.com/2024/10/we-will-rebuild.jpg)

    Of course, I’m not sure it will display if the Daily Dot blocks hotlinking.

  • Scuba Thief Steals Thousands From Floating Disney Restaurant, Then Disappears Into Water

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  • Possibly even right there at Disney World

  • Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources

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  • Is Newfoundland and Labrador still the butt of jokes in Canada?

  • Kentucky nurse gives CPR to drunk baby raccoon trapped in a dumpster

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  • What a wild story

  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
    jqubed @lemmy.world

    Firefighters rescue man stuck in slide on Vernon [Connecticut] playground

    www.nbcconnecticut.com /news/local/firefighters-rescue-man-stuck-in-slide-on-vernon-playground/3626381/

  • Hiker triggers rescue after singing Nickelback in the woods - Dexerto

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  • Come on!

  • Trump's dream of building a ballroom at the White House is becoming a reality

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  • Canada was still part of the British empire at the time, but looking at Wikipedia the British regiments were all actually raised and based in the British isles, so I’m not sure where the idea that they were Canadians came from. I’ve heard several times that the troops that burned Washington were of Canadian origin, usually proudly related by Canadians, and just assumed that was correct since my history classes usually didn’t spend much time on that war. It does look like at least some of the attack was in retaliation for American burnings and lootings of York and Port Dover in what was then Upper Canada, so maybe that’s where the idea comes from.

  • Jared Polis vows to chain himself to Colorado Capitol plaza to stop $28 million pedestrian bridge that he proposed

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  • The bridge was the governor’s idea to celebrate the state’s 150th anniversary. But it was panned by lawmakers, historic preservationists and, apparently, the public.

    The bridge would have been paid for by private donations, though the state shelled out $1.5 million in planning costs.

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    Selfies of woman "dripping in diamonds" on cruise led to her arrest for jewelry theft, police say

    www.cbsnews.com /news/selfies-woman-dripping-diamonds-cruise-arrest-jewelry-theft/
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit

    www.bbc.com /news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o