May 6, 2026
The strait was open for transit prior to the war β a war that Graham has spent decades pushing for.
May 6, 2026
ββThese people and these companies need to continue to be exposed for all of the harm that theyβre causing and the real power that they have over our government and those governed,β one organizer said.
May 6, 2026
Serious side-effects from vaccines were rare, scientists found in studies funded by US taxpayer money Archived version: archive.is/β¦/covid-shingles-vaccines-studies-fda 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.
May 6, 2026
US secretary of state says US is better off than other countries hit by disruption in oil supplies Archived version: archive.is/newest/β¦/marco-rubio-iran-gas-prices 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.
May 6, 2026
Vornado Realty Trust CEO Steve Roth slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a Tuesday earnings call.
May 6, 2026
The memory squeeze hits the balance sheet.
May 6, 2026
This comes amid a fresh spike in Middle East tensions after the USβ Project Freedom begun. Archived version: archive.is/β¦/us-renews-call-on-japan-other-alliesβ¦ 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.
May 6, 2026
G7 trade ministers have gathered in Paris as global economic tensions intensify, with talks set to focus on critical minerals, industrial policy and trade resilience. The meeting comes against a backdrop of Middle East turmoil and renewed US tariff threats, adding pressure to already strained efforts to coordinate a unified response among major economies. Archived version: archive.is/β¦/20260505-g7-trade-ministers-meet-in-β¦ 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.
May 6, 2026
It seems consumers expected an AI-powered version of Siri to do amazing things that it still, to this day, cannot do.
May 5, 2026
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May 5, 2026
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May 5, 2026
#thebutton S3 on Lemmy.zip: 25h, 473 presses, Star Wars factions. Won chancellor, issued Stegodon decrees from the throne. Bounty Hunters took it. Also: we accidentally founded a crow cult. Kudos to @demigodrick #stegodon #lemmy #games
May 5, 2026
Theme: Star Wars Β· Duration: 25h 39m Β· Started: 2026-05-04 20:00 UTC Β· Ended: 2026-05-05 21:39 UTC π Winner: Purple A genuine four-way scrap. Every faction crossed 21% of total hold time, and the gap between 1st and 4th was less than 8 percentage points. Rank Faction Hold % Hold time π₯ 1 Purple 29.41% 7h 32m π₯ 2 Green 25.75% 6h 36m π₯ 3 Blue 23.12% 5h 55m 4 Red 21.70% 5h 34m π The Button 473 presses from 172 unique players 213 active recruits (faction members) across the season 30 referrals signed up via referral links Median timer at press: 14m 18s (858s) Game duration: 25h 39m 38s Press distribution Faction Presses Members Unused presses Purple 161 59 213 Green 148 56 85 Red 85 45 126 Blue 79 53 157 Purpleβs win was carried by sheer participation. The most members and the most presses. π¬ First & last press First click: stegodon (stegodon.social, πͺ purple) β 14m 53s left on the clock at 2026-05-04 20:00:07. Less than a second after the gates opened. Last click: livligkinkajou (slrpnk.net, π© green) β 14m 49s left at 2026-05-05 21:24:45, with 15 minutes to spare before the timer ran out for good. The opening flurry (first 8 presses) # Player Faction Timer left 1 stegodon πͺ 14:53 2 volore π₯ 14:39 3 wagnast π© 14:36 4 elettrona πͺ 14:47 5 winged_hussar π₯ 12:57 6 roydbt π© 14:48 7 zloubida πͺ 10:30 8 nusm π© 14:54 π₯ Closest calls Five players took the timer all the way to a single-digit second count: Player Faction Hold When livligkinkajou π© 0:01 2026-05-04 23:57 comradepupivy π₯ 0:01 2026-05-05 00:51 tigeruppercut π© 0:02 2026-05-05 03:59 demigodrick πͺ 0:05 2026-05-05 03:37 squirrel πͺ 0:08 2026-05-05 20:15 livligkinkajou got the badge for closest-to-zero overall. π₯ Most active pressers Player Faction Presses Total time held Longest single hold zedstrian π© 15 3h 15m 15:00 squirrel πͺ 15 2h 15m 14:59 dunstabzugshaubitze π© 12 2h 45m 14:57 netweirdo πͺ 10 2h 23m 14:58 livligkinkajou π© 10 2h 03m 15:00 stegodon πͺ 10 1h 55m 15:00 sebas π© 10 1h 53m 14:58 The longest holds were by Chancellors! ποΈ The Galactic Senate Six elections were held over the course of the game. Five chancellors used their term; the final election ran out the clock with no nominations: Term Chancellor Faction 1 stegodon πͺ Purple 2 zedstrian π© Green 3 havatra π₯ Red 4 corvuscornix π¦ Blue 5 rajtinka πͺ Purple 6 (unfilled) β Notable chancellor moves: stegodon opened with a flurry - three royal decrees, two custom badges (β and π¦Ύ), two bonus presses, and a timer bonus zedstrian and havatra both leaned hard on Galactic Largesse, twice each corvuscornix burned three royal decrees in 20 minutes, a Blue blitz mid-game rajtinka wrapped up with two faction bonus presses for Purple, very likely the deciding shove Senate Voter Turnout Election Faction-vote ballots Chancellor-vote ballots 1 (start of game) 30 20 2 (overnight) 9 8 β lowest turnout, the dead-of-night election 3 (early morning) 20 18 4 (lunchtime) 20 14 5 (final) 19 22 β highest turnout, peak engagement Engagement climbed steadily into the final hours. 𧩠The Stranded Jedi puzzle Master Kellin Vos was waiting in the holocron channel for anyone who could hear him. 2 players completed all 9 steps: π¦ m_f finished 2026-05-05 12:34 (light/dark final reached first) π₯ w3dd1e finished 2026-05-05 15:33 2 more reached step 8 havatra and marauderiic (decoded the VigenΓ¨re but didnβt speak the mantra) 3 reached step 7 zedstrian, shimozu, corvuscornix 5 broke past step 1 beyond that 246 messages in the hidden #holocron channel π¬ Chat 4,272 messages across all channels: Channel Messages #main 2,743 #purple 375 #holocron π 246 #senate 223 #green 211 #red 204 #corvid-chat (pop-up) 144 #blue 126 Top 10 chatters # Player Faction Messages 1 w3dd1e π΄ Red 473 2 corvuscornix π΅ Blue 424 3 squirrel π£ Purple 228 4 rajtinka π£ Purple 218 5 havatra π΄ Red 192 6 zedstrian π’ Green 153 7 stegodon π£ Purple 126 8 demigodrick π’ Green 119 9 dmmacniel π’ Green 112 10 comradepupivy π΄ Red 79 Top 5 reaction emojis Emoji Count β€οΈ 200 π¦ββ¬ 182 π 133 π 131 π― 117 The crow emoji, added to the picker only hours before the game ended, landed in second place behind the heart. A late-game phenomenon. ποΈ Final badges π₯ stegodon - first to press the button π₯ w3dd1e - runner-up Jedi π¦ m_f - light-side Jedi master π‘οΈ Sentinels - demigodrick, comradepupivy, squirrel, zedstrian, tigeruppercut, havatra π‘οΈπ livligkinkajou - sentinel + closest-to-zero β‘ siv9939 - chancellorβs electric custom badge π Top referrers Recruitment chain MVPs: Player Faction Sign-ups brought in zedstrian π© 8 dunstabzugshaubitze π© 7 squirrel πͺ 5 livligkinkajou π© 3 snoopy π© 2 Green ran the strongest referral game (20 sign-ups), but Purpleβs existing roster was already big enough to translate into wins on the board. π By the numbers ) Most presses by one player: 15 (zedstrian and squirrel, tied) Average press timer remaining: 14:18 Unused presses across all factions: 581 (more than were actually used!) β° Hourly Heatmap Press volume climbed steadily into the final evening (UTC): Shading legend: 0 Β· β 1β2 Β· β 3β5 Β· β 6β9 Β· β 10+ Hour (UTC) π¦ Blue π© Green πͺ Purple π₯ Red Total Bar May 04 20:00 β 4 β 10 β 9 β 6 29 βββββββββββββββ May 04 21:00 β 1 β 4 β 4 β 3 12 ββββββ May 04 22:00 β 5 β 5 β 3 β 5 18 βββββββββ May 04 23:00 β 3 β 5 β 2 β 2 12 ββββββ May 05 00:00 β 2 β 1 β 2 β 2 7 βββ May 05 01:00 β 6 β 3 β 2 β 3 14 βββββββ May 05 02:00 β 2 β 3 β 2 β 4 11 βββββ May 05 03:00 0 β 4 β 2 β 3 9 ββββ May 05 04:00 β 3 β 1 β 2 β 3 9 ββββ May 05 05:00 0 β 1 β 1 β 1 3 β May 05 06:00 β 3 β 8 β 3 β 5 19 βββββββββ May 05 07:00 β 2 β 2 β 6 β 3 13 ββββββ May 05 08:00 0 0 β 7 β 2 9 ββββ May 05 09:00 β 5 β 3 β 2 β 2 12 ββββββ May 05 10:00 β 1 β 4 β 6 β 2 13 ββββββ May 05 11:00 β 3 β 3 β 6 β 3 15 βββββββ May 05 12:00 β 8 β 14 β 20 β 2 44 ββββββββββββββββββββββ β peak May 05 13:00 β 8 β 15 β 15 β 4 42 βββββββββββββββββββββ May 05 14:00 β 3 β 6 β 5 β 3 17 ββββββββ May 05 15:00 β 3 β 3 β 3 β 6 15 βββββββ May 05 16:00 β 1 β 7 β 8 β 4 20 ββββββββββ May 05 17:00 β 1 β 1 β 5 β 3 10 βββββ May 05 18:00 β 2 β 8 β 9 β 10 29 ββββββββββββββ May 05 19:00 β 5 β 20 β 21 β 3 49 ββββββββββββββββββββββββ β peak May 05 20:00 β 7 β 9 β 10 β 1 27 βββββββββββββ May 05 21:00 β 1 β 8 β 6 0 15 βββββββ Total 79 148 161 85 473 Chat volume followed a similar curve, peaking at 323 messages in the 20:00 hour as the season raced toward the finish. π The Fediverse Showed Up Players came from 49 different Fediverse instances. Top contributors: Instance Players lemmy.zip 65 lemmy.world 32 feddit.org 22 sh.itjust.works 13 piefed.social 7 lemmy.ml 7 discuss.tchncs.de 5 sopuli.xyz 4 startrek.website 3 piefed.zip 3 β¦plus 39 more instances with 1β2 players each. A genuinely cross-platform crowd. π¦ββ¬ Honourable Mentions Corvid Chat - the first admin pop-up channel ever spawned. 144 messages in roughly an hour. The crow emoji that arrived in the same patch promptly took silver in the reactions chart. The 8-vote election - election 2 fired at 02:30 UTC and got 8 chancellor votes. The dead-of-night turnout floor. The Light Side Choice - m_f could have hoarded ten bonus presses for themselves. They didnβt. Whoever you are: thatβs a Jedi move. π¦ Bugs! There were a couple of bugs in this Season, for which I apologise profusely for. One ended up wiping the database mid game. I managed to recover most things, but fastest press is not correct sadly, just an approximation based on chat timestamps :( Until next season. πͺ
May 5, 2026
That's crazy.
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May 5, 2026
@m0bi kiedys kilka stacjonowalo na Muchowcu - i ten ich charakterystyczny warkot to jest w sumie jeden z moich odglosow dziecinstwa
May 5, 2026
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May 5, 2026
This is one of my favorite comics we've made. Cats will be cats.
May 5, 2026
The Button has almost hit 24 hours!This is the longest running #game of the button so far. Don't miss out, join in with the Fediverse's best button pushing game that exists right now!https://thebutton.lemmy.zip#gaming #social #fediverse #mastodon #lemmy #activitypub
@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social boosted
May 5, 2026
Every true Swiftie should know this.