Suggestion: User Submitted Emojis
One thing that I think would be nice would be to have a true plethora of custom star trek emojis available for us to use here. (Perhaps this is already a thing and I just dont know about it?)...
Unnatural evolutionary processes of SARS-CoV-2 variants and possibility of deliberate natural selection (zenodo.org)
As a result, we concluded that the formation of a part of Omicron isolates BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2 was not the product of genome evolution, as is commonly observed in nature, such as the accumulation of mutations and homologous recombinations. Furthermore, the study of 35 recombinant isolates of Omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2...
A sixth basic taste may join sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami on the tongue (dornsife.usc.edu)
Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda first proposed umami as a basic taste — in addition to sweet, sour, salty and bitter — in the early 1900s. About eight decades later, the scientific community officially agreed with him....
Code blocks from Lemmy get mangled here on Kbin (kbin.social)
For example see this comment:...
WGA and Studio CEOs Near Deal Finish Line, Working On Fine Print (deadline.com)
US Senator Menendez charged with bribery, steps down from Senate committee role (www.reuters.com)
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Friday charged powerful Senator Bob Menendez and his wife with taking bribes from three New Jersey businessmen, which could complicate Democrats' efforts to keep their slim majority in the U.S. Senate in next year's elections....
From cage-free chicks to puppy mills and Avian flu: Republicans are trying to roll back animal protections in the U.S. (www.theguardian.com)
The Republican-led Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression, or Eats, Act aims to end the authority of states and localities to set animal welfare and food safety standards. If passed, it could also jeopardize more than 1,000 state and local health and safety laws that set food-quality requirements and stop the spread of invasive...
With democracy on the ballot, the mainstream press must change its ways (www.theguardian.com)
The American press is failing to adequately emphasize the stakes of the coming election
WordPress blogs can now be followed in the fediverse, including Mastodon (techcrunch.com) Japanese
In March, WordPress.com owner Automattic made a commitment to the fediverse -- the decentralized social networks that include the Twitter rival Mastodon
Judge delays trial for Trump, others in Georgia 2020 election prosecution (www.politico.com)
Two defendants are set for trial next month, but the former president and others charged are headed for separate trials later.
Why Japan is building its own version of ChatGPT (www.nature.com)
Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture.
Newly Discovered Spiders Get Star Trek-Inspired Names (gizmodo.com)
U.S., abortion rights group sues on behalf of women denied care in emergencies (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Center for Reproductive Rights on Tuesday filed legal actions in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma on behalf of women who say they were denied abortion care in medical emergencies. The actions represent an escalation of the strategy the center used earlier this year in a Texas lawsuit arguing that exceptions to protect the life...
Mads Mikkelsen Dismisses Questions About Lack of Diversity in 'The Promised Land' (Video) - TheWrap (www.thewrap.com)
The film's director said diversity "wasn't a thought in our mind." One of its producers said diversity is important, but not for every film.
Red fire ant colonies found in Italy and could spread across Europe, says study (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers identify 88 nests of destructive invasive non-native species near Syracuse in Sicily
Scientist shocks peers by 'tailoring' climate study (phys.org)
In a controversial bid to expose supposed bias in a top journal, a US climate expert shocked fellow scientists by revealing he tailored a wildfire study to emphasize global warming.
Covid is surging again—you may want to mask up in these 3 scenarios, says infectious diseases doctor (www.cnbc.com)
Masking may not be a thing of the past anymore, especially if these three scenarios apply to you, says an infectious diseases physician.
Company pulls spicy One Chip Challenge from store shelves as Massachusetts investigates teen's death (qz.com)
Authorities are raising the alarm about a social media challenge in which people eat extremely spicy chips and attempt to avoid eating or drinking anything for as long as possible
Biden faces continued low approval ratings, concerns about age, poll finds (www.politico.com)
Sixty-seven percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning surveyed voters said the party should nominate someone other than Biden.
StarTrek.website now has an "old reddit" style desktop experience viewable at old.startrek.website! (old.startrek.website)
https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/5c20b3e1-3b0e-4c9c-ac57-a4c40591c0c6.png...
StarTrek.website is back online and has restored full functionality!
Thank you for everyone’s patience while we were migrating hosts . I know I said “a few hours” and it turned out to be over a day. Clearly I need to work on my Scotty estimates. During transport the team found a backlog of extremely low effort memes caught in the pattern buffer and we had to go through the copies one by one...
The Unofficial Guide to /kbin is now available! (unofficial-kbin-guide.surge.sh)
I put together this unofficial guide to /kbin. It's not perfect. Probably needs some more clean up and a few gaps filled ... but version 1.0 is out!...
Federal health dept. says marijuana should be downgraded to Schedule 3 drug (arstechnica.com)
If DEA accepts HHS's rescheduling recommendation, it could ease marijuana access.
Lots of new spam (kbin.social)
There's been a definite uptick on spam bots lately, all Kbin users. I've been reporting them as I see them while browsing new, but it gets tedious. Sorry about the report spam, mods. Does the new user registration need to be tightened up any?
How do I know which instances kbin is/is NOT Federated With? (artemis.camp)
Sorry if this has already been asked, but is there a way to know if kbin is or is not federated with another instance? I know there is a way to block domains by typing in https://your kbin instance/d/domain you want to block and blocking them from there, but is there a way to see a list of instances defederated by default?...