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Virginia governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptions (www.theguardian.com)

Republican Glenn Youngkin also vetoed bills related to maintaining access to contraception, saying they were ‘not ready’...

Israeli minister vows to quit war cabinet if PM fails to agree new Gaza plan (www.theguardian.com)

The Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to adopt an agreed plan for Gaza, calling into question the future of the Israeli government....

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Segregation Academies Still Operate Across the South. One Town Grapples With Its Divided Schools. (www.propublica.org)

Why is this episode of NOVA about data privacy recommending Privacy Badger? (www.pbs.org)

I was under the impression that Privacy Badger wasn’t considered useful any more . . . ? They should’ve just recommended using Firefox instead, yes?...

World's top golfer Scottie Scheffler arrested on charges of assaulting officer at PGA championship event (www.cnbc.com)

TikTok wants to be YouTube now, tests 60-minute video uploads (www.gsmarena.com)

US airlines are suing the Biden administration over a new rule to make certain fees easier to spot (apnews.com)

U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would confuse consumers by giving them too much information during the ticket-buying process....

Afghanistan: Three Spanish tourists killed in shootout (www.dw.com)

The attack on foreign nationals took place in Bamyan province of Afghanistan. Some foreigners visit the site with the remnants of massive Buddhist statues mostly destroyed by the Taliban in 2001....

Saudi crown prince, US national security adviser meet on bilateral deal (www.reuters.com)

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met to discuss an almost ‘finalized’ draft of a deal between Washington and Riyadh, the Saudi state news agency reported on Sunday....

Laughing online across the world (mymodernmet.com)

"Weaponising threat of mass migration": Putin aims to "make life really impossible in Ukraine so that there would be migration pressure to Europe", Estonian PM says (www.theguardian.com)

‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat...

Microsoft extolling the benefits of cloud storage in their Office save dialog (slrpnk.net)

“If you don’t save your data to someone else’s computer then we can’t monetize it.”...

Gay furry hackers leak data of transphobic pastor & far-right news network (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)

Tesla must face fraud suit for claiming its cars could fully drive themselves (arstechnica.com)

Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat - and that 'democratic countries need to support Ukraine' (www.bbc.com)

When Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s President who soon leaves office after eight years and hands over to her successor William Lai, swept to power in 2016, she was dismissed as a dull bureaucrat. But she stood up to an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping; she held on to a vital US alliance under Donald...