Lemmy Fans

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Welcome to Lemmy.fan!

This instance succeeds on one simple mantra: Be kind, and do unto others as you have done to yourself. Consider for a moment that we're ALL on the the same rapidly-spinning, mostly-watery orb, hurtling through space at fantastic speeds, and trading metal and paper for our livelihoods. The unknown will always dwarf the known. Learning never ends. We may be experts in something, but no one person is an expert in all things.

Given that, here our are very simple

Rules

▪ Facts based in reality and science are not debatable.

▪ Opinions are great, just be ready to back yours up with a solid foundation of factual information and/or research.

▪ No NSFW communities are allowed to be created on this instance.

▪ Community creation is encouraged so long as it is actively moderated.

▪ Donations are not being accepted or expected. This rule may change IF the instance grows beyond current capacity. Please enjoy an ad-free, donation-free social media experience.

▪ Lastly, negative behaviors such as trolling, harassment, stalking, brigading, and other offensive behaviors as judged by the instance admin(s) will not be tolerated. Immediate and permanent bans are issued for spammers, trollers, vote brigaders, stalkers, harassers, and those of similar ilk. All decisions will be made by the instance admin(s). Those decisions are final and incontestable.

That's the end of the boring but necessary stuff.

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founded 1 year ago
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Bryan Adams concert in Australia is canceled after a 'fatberg' causes sewage overflow (www.npr.org)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/31800573

Residents of Perth, Australia, have an unusual culprit to blame for their Sunday evening plans getting canceled: a dreaded "fatberg" causing wastewater to overflow.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/g-s1-47686/fatberg-sewer-bryan-adams-concert-australia

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

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Scores of unexploded World War II bombs discovered under children’s playground (www.cnn.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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Ye's website is selling swastika shirts after boosting its profile with Super Bowl ad (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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Disgusting

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Kansas Senate leaps at opportunity to follow in Elon Musk’s footsteps with ‘COGE’ committee. (www.newsfromthestates.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/weirdnews
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The Kansas Legislature has formed its very own Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (COGE instead of DOGE) and has asked residents to submit their ideas on making government leaner, meaner and more attuned to the needs of South African-born billionaires! Ha, ha. Just joking a bit there, folks. I’m sure that the bigwigs behind the Kansas committee have your best interests at heart, just like those teens and twentysomethings poking around in D.C. buildings.

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How 'Walter White' Took Meth Production to São Paulo. (insightcrime.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/weirdnews
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Missing commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice and all 10 aboard are dead, authorities say (apnews.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/aviation
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AMBER ALERT: Search for missing pregnant Wisconsin teenager extends to Arkansas (www.ky3.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/wisconsinnews
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Tavern inspection in Wisconsin discovers 200+ underaged patrons, dozens of fake IDs (www.wearegreenbay.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/madisonwi
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Search on for overdue plane with 10 on board in Alaska (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/aviation
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Idaho man accused of using soup barcode hidden in ring for Walmart theft scheme (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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Soup to nuts

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‘Dear, did you say pastry?’: meet the ‘AI granny’ driving scammers up the wall (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/weirdnews
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Slashdot Summary:

Since November, British telecom O2 has deployed an AI chatbot masquerading as a 78-year-old grandmother to waste scammers' time. The bot, named Daisy, engages fraudsters by discussing knitting patterns, recipes, and asking about tea preferences while feigning computer illiteracy. The Guardian has an update this week: In tests over several weeks, Daisy has kept individual scammers occupied for up to 40 minutes, with one case showing her being passed between four different callers. An excerpt from the story:

"When a third scammer tries to get her to download the Google Play Store, she replies: 'Dear, did you say pastry? I'm not really on the right page.' She then complains that her screen has gone blank, saying it has 'gone black like the night sky'."

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Japan Airlines plane strikes parked Delta jet at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (komonews.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/aviation
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About 100,000 eggs worth $40K stolen from trailer in Pennsylvania (www.nbcnews.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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Whoops, now worth $50k.

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Armed 15-Year-Old Who Demanded Plane at Arkansas Airport Is Arrested (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/aviation
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Texas teens arrested over TikTok prank asking elementary schoolers if they ‘wanted to be kidnapped’ (www.aol.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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Brewers spring training truck leaves Milwaukee, headed for Phoenix (www.fox6now.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/milwaukeebrewers
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Dane County airport director ghosted employees, lied to officials (madison.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/madisonwi
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FAA warning system outage leads to flight delays (www.axios.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/aviation
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A food bank netted a huge haul of 13,000 fresh salmon. The catch? The fish were still alive (apnews.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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Not fishy at all

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Crew avoids arbitration with Contreras, final arb-eligible player (www.mlb.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/milwaukeebrewers
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Chicago man arrested after trying to leave scene of Fond du Lac firearm incident in an Uber (www.wearegreenbay.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day (abcnews.go.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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Signature /= footer

Resist

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How the Plane and Helicopter Crash in Washington, D.C., Happened: Maps and Graphics (www.nytimes.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/aviation
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/31996384

An American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army helicopter plunged into the Potomac River after a midair collision Wednesday night near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C. Officials said they believed none of the 64 people aboard the plane, or the three U.S. service members aboard the helicopter, survived the crash.

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Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice steps aside in pivotal union rights case (www.wmtv15news.com)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/wisconsinpolitics
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'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio (www.404media.co)
submitted 3 months ago by oleorun to c/weirdnews
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/22038316

Mirror: https://archive.is/2025.01.30-220414/https://www.404media.co/zuckerberg-says-everything-i-say-leaks-in-leaked-meeting-audio/

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