Video Reveals Crucial Details of LAPD Ignoring Robbery to Catch Togetic in Pokémon Go

'The guys are going to be so jealous': Video reveals cops ignored robbery, blew a stop sign, sped over speed bumps on residential streets, and pulled an illegal u-turn, but were able to capture two very powerful Pokémon.

https://www.404media.co/video-reveals-crucial-details-of-lapd-ignoring-robbery-to-catch-togetic-in-pokemon-go/

Joe Biden’s DOJ Is Claiming “There Is No Constitutional Right to a Stable Climate”

In the same week large swaths of the US were under extreme heat warnings, Joe Biden’s Justice Department filed its most recent motion to dismiss a landmark climate case by arguing that nothing in the Constitution guarantees the right to a secure climate.

https://jacobin.com/2023/08/joe-biden-justice-department-climate-crisis-constitutional-right-julianna-v-us

Twitter Beats Out Threads for Coveted Taliban Leader Endorsement

The fundamentalist group thinks Meta’s content policy, which includes a ban on support or praise for terrorist or hate groups, is “intolerant”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/taliban-spokesman-endorses-twitter-threads-1234785692/

Vietnam bans Barbie film over disputed map of China’s South China Sea claims

Scene shows map of China’s controversial ‘nine-dash line’ – repudiated in international ruling

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/vietnam-bans-barbie-film-over-disputed-map-of-chinas-south-china-sea-claims

While you're waiting on a kbin app, you should know the mobile site is entirely functional as a mobile app. Just make a shortcut for your home screen

Apps are always nice, but lots of mobile websites, including the kbin one, are entirely functional as an app. In your browser you can just make a shortcut to them, and they'll appear on your home screen and act as an app.... #kbinMeta

https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/77093

Best for personal self hosting, kbin or Lemmy or something else?

I'm moving away from reddit and looking for a new link aggregator/discussion site, but I want to host my own personal one, and just participate with fediverse sites with federation, since it's unclear which of kbin or lemmy will take off fully, and which specific sites will stick around.... #selfhosted

https://kbin.social/m/selfhosted/t/16230