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I’m a nonbinary Canadian Blender artist! You can find my work here: Galleries, commissions, prints, and more!
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I’m a nonbinary Canadian Blender artist! You can find my work here: Galleries, commissions, prints, and more!
she/her
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. View on remote instance
What is the weirdest flavoured thing you've had?
Was it good?
Chip Enjoyers - What's your favourite brand/type of chip?
Is This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cards ( www.cnet.com )
Hearing is be-leafing: Students invent quieter leaf blower ( hub.jhu.edu )
A spider used this hibernating frog to spin its web ( i.redd.it )
cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/2916847...
Firefox to collect your (anonymized) search data ( blog.mozilla.org )
Black man who borrowed father's BMW questioned, forcibly arrested outside home ( www.cbc.ca )
tl;dr - Black man driving his dad's BMW is detained for being suspicious because he doesn't look like the sort of person who drives that car. He is subject to a rough arrest as his mother watches. Gatineau police insist there was no racial profiling.
Do your sleep dreams include mobile phones?
If a mobile (cell, handy) phone is part of your life, do your dreams include reference to it?...
Canada's 2024 wildfire season expected to be even worse than last year's ( archive.ph )
I don't have a better source than NatPo. If anyone's aware of a better one, post it.
Why is head hair different from other hairy parts?
Why is my hair smooth and soft compared to the other hairs?
A bike light that promises to get you seen "5.5 times sooner", plus a hologram-powered smart bike, propeller-powered Seabike + loads more tech news from 3T, Oakley, Continental + more ( road.cc )
We've also got an updated aero bike from 3T, another 3D-printed saddle that weighs just 100g and new lids from Rudy Project to tell you about this week
Apple Unleashes the M4: A Powerhouse for the New iPad Pro ( www.arktrek.shop )
Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter ( www.engadget.com )
Target will only sell Pride Month collection in some stores after backlash in 2023 ( abcnews.go.com )
Sam Altman takes nuclear energy company Oklo public to help power his AI ambitions ( www.cnbc.com )
US to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs next week ( www.arenaev.com )
Western Canada and the North face an above average wildfire risk in June, federal officials say ( www.cbc.ca )
After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year ( www.billboard.com )
When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...
Microsoft wipes out evidence of real ads in Windows 11 Start menu ( www.xda-developers.com )
A Justin Trudeau Ally Nearly Quit the Party Over its Israel Policy ( www.politico.com )
Anthony Housefather, an outspoken Jewish MP from Montreal, toyed with leaving his party to join the Conservatives after most of Trudeau’s Liberals voted in favor of a non-binding motion in the House of Commons that took direct aim at Israel. It’s the latest example of how the conflict is straining center-left politics across...
“Dumb phones” offer an escape from the endless scroll ( www.ktla.com )
Neglect - 3D ( lemmy.world )
A little something I whipped up to stress test my new workstation PC while in-between bigger projects. Made in Blender and Photoshop! :D
The Best Secure Email Providers in 2024 ( blog.thenewoil.org )
Like it or not, email is a critical part of our digital lives. It’s how we sign up for accounts, get notifications, and communicate with a wide range of entities online. Critics of email rightfully point out that email suffers from a significant number of flaws that make it less than ideal, but that doesn’t change the...
Anyone else doing the Loblaws boycott?
Is anyone else boycotting Loblaws? I don't have many alternatives, but I'm doing my best to take my business elsewhere.
All the ways streaming services are aggravating their subscribers this week ( arstechnica.com )
Below is a look at the most exasperating news from streaming services from this week. The scale of this article demonstrates how fast and frequently disappointing streaming news arises. Coincidentally, as we wrote this article, another price hike was announced....
Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining ( www.neowin.net )
Statcounter reports that Windows 11 continues to lose its market share for the second month in a row. Windows 10, meanwhile, is gaining more users and is now back above the 70% mark.
Tesla Exodus Continues As Top HR Exec Leaves After Brutal Job Cuts ( www.carscoops.com )
Speaker kicks Poilievre out of the Commons after he calls PM a 'wacko' in tense question period exchange | CBC News ( www.cbc.ca )
Elon Musk goes ‘absolutely hard core’ in another round of Tesla layoffs ( www.theverge.com )
Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?
I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?
'Deeply unhappy' grocery shoppers plan to boycott Loblaw-owned stores in May ( www.ctvnews.ca )
A boycott targeting Loblaw is gaining momentum online, with what could be thousands of shoppers taking their money elsewhere in May.
Fiido Air review: so lightweight you’ll forget it’s an e-bike ( www.theverge.com )
Why people are boycotting Asus all of a sudden? Asus outrage explained ( youtu.be )
Posters promoting theft from Loblaws circulate online ( atlantic.ctvnews.ca )
LOL marvelous
Tech brands are forcing AI into your gadgets—whether you asked for it or not ( arstechnica.com )
Earlier this year, Microsoft added a new key to Windows keyboards for the first time since 1994. Before the news dropped, your mind might’ve raced with the possibilities and potential usefulness of a new addition. However, the button ended up being a Copilot launcher button that doesn’t even work in an innovative way....
Fisker now expects to go bankrupt within 30 days ( www.arenaev.com )
'Vortex Cannon vs Drone' - Mark Rober shows off tech from a "defense technology company that specializes in advanced autonomous systems". That seems bad
I've enjoyed Mark Rober's videos for a while now. They are fun, touch on accessible topics, and have decent production value. But this recent video isn't sitting right with me...
DuckDuckGo AI Chat ( duckduckgo.com )
DDG is now offering free/private AI chat using several models.
YouTube is finally cracking down on third-party apps that enable ad-blocking ( alternativeto.net )
The company's team clarified that their terms prohibit third-party apps from disabling ads, as it denies creators their due reward for viewership....