I noticed that "Ask Lemmy" only has 4 moderators.

That's a single mod per 12k~ subscribers.

Or a single mod per 250~ users daily.

@14specks hasn't made a post and comment in 2 years.

@tmpod@lemmy.pt hasn't in 4 months.

@Cloak in a year.

@mekhos in 3 years.

Where are the mods?

Robert Mackey (now); Lucy Campbell, Marina Dunbar and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
Wed 7 May 2025 20.23 EDT

20.16 EDT
#Columbia student protesters arrested and led away in handcuffs by police

A graduate student at Columbia Journalism School reports on Twitter/X that at least 50 people have been arrested for taking part in the brief occupation of Butler library on campus.

Five minutes ago, another student at the journalism school, Somaiyah Hafeez, shared video of more than a dozen protesters, handcuffed with zip ties, being led away by police officers to an #NYPD bus. Most were wearing keffiyehs – the traditional black and white scarf that has long been a symbol of #Palestinian identity.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29200040

Police dubbed the investigation “Operation Fake Monster."

Per a statement issued Sunday by the Rio de Janeiro Civilian Police, two people were arrested on May 3 who police say were members of an online group “spreading hate speech and preparing a plan, mainly against children, adolescents and the LGBTQIA+ community.” The group — which was not named in the police statement — allegedly attempted to recruit others, especially teenagers, to carry out attacks at the concert using improvised explosives, Rio Police chief Luiz Lima told the Associated Press, with the goal of “gaining notoriety in order to attract more viewers, more participants.” No explosives were reportedly found during the investigation.

“We made the decision for the nonprofit to stay in control after hearing from civic leaders and having discussions with the offices of the Attorneys General of California and Delaware,” said CEO Sam Altman in a letter to employees.

Altman and the chair of OpenAI’s nonprofit board, Bret Taylor, said the board made the decision for the nonprofit to retain control of OpenAI. The nonprofit already has a for-profit arm, but that arm will be converted into a public benefit corporation “that has to consider the interests of both shareholders and the mission,” Taylor said.

OpenAI’s co-founders, including Altman and Tesla CEO Musk, originally started it as a nonprofit research laboratory on a mission to safely build what’s known as artificial general intelligence, or AGI, for humanity’s benefit. Nearly a decade later, OpenAI has reported its market value as $300 billion and counts 400 million weekly users of ChatGPT, its flagship product.

Lauren Gambino
Wed 7 May 2025 19.41 EDT

"#ColumbiaUniversity asked the New York police department to help clear pro-Palestinian activists after dozens of protesters occupied parts of the main campus library on Wednesday."

"In a statement posted on X, protesters confirmed that they had refused to show their IDs and that some had sustained injuries in the skirmish with the public safety officers.

“We will not be useless intellectuals,” protesters said in a statement. “#Palestine is our compass, and we stand strong in the face of violent oppression.”"

Following Switch‘s recent software update, Nintendo has changed the way the sales charts on the eShop are calculated. Now, instead of counting the number of games sold over the past 48 hours and using that to rank the charts, it instead charts revenue across the previous 72 hours.

This means that games with rock-bottom pricing will no longer show up on the charts, as a $1 game would have to sell 60 copies to match one $60 game sold.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250505112359/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/trump-administration-considers-labeling-suspected-cartels-gangs-enemy-combatants

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29626614

By SAM METZ and AKRAM OUBACHIR
Updated 9:37 AM EDT, May 4, 2025

"TANGIER, Morocco (AP) — More than a year of protests over Morocco’s decision to normalize ties with Israel has emboldened activists and widened a gap between the decisions of the government and the sentiments of the governed. The fury has spilled into the country’s strategic ports.

Amid shipping cranes and stacked containers, 34-year-old agricultural engineer Ismail Lghazaoui marched recently through a sea of Palestinian flags and joined protesters carrying signs that read “Reject the ship,” in reference to a vessel transporting fighter jet components from Houston, Texas."

If you don't know know what is this, please see this post: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/11096964

That is surely a happy number!

Who wants to tell him that we get that right whether he supports it or not?

A banjo player and a Black MAGA influencer, among others, now attend Trump administration press briefings

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday repeatedly invoked the Constitution and said it is what “binds us all together” after receiving the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

Pence received the award for his refusal to go along with President Donald Trump’s efforts to remain in office after losing the 2020 election. The award recognizes Pence “for putting his life and career on the line to ensure the constitutional transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021,” the JFK Library Foundation said.

https://archive.ph/aQMXG

The (Indian) Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has directed states to carry out nationwide mock drills on May 7 to evaluate civil defence preparedness.

Such a drill has not been conducted after the 1971 full scale India-Pakistan war.

The mock drills will involve a range of activities, including air raid siren tests, self-protection training, and evacuation rehearsals.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/29657923

By Ahmed Dremly in Gaza City, occupied Palestine
Published date: 5 May 2025 12:35 BST

#EndBlockadeOfGaza
#StopGazaGenocide #PermanentCeasfireNow #RestoreFundsToUNRWA

https://archive.is/H2Ab7

More than 2.1 million people attended a free concert held by Laga Gaga at Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana Beach. Two suspects were arrested in raids carried out across four different states.

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had foiled a bomb plot against a packed Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro a day earlier.

Two people were arrested in raids carried out across several states.

"The suspects were recruiting participants, including minors, to carry out coordinated attacks using improvised explosives and Molotov cocktails," the police said in a statement.

"The plan was treated as a 'collective challenge' with the aim of gaining notoriety on social media," police added.

I guess they had the best 90s colors if you just wanted random sports clothes.