US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as US births dipped in 2023 (www.cnn.com)
The fertility rate in the United States has been trending down for decades, and a new report shows that another drop in births in 2023 brought the rate down to the lowest it’s been in more than a century....
Korea sees more deaths than births for 52nd consecutive month in February (english.hani.co.kr)
Fewer than 20,000 babies were born in Korea in February, a record low for the month...
T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T fined $200m by FCC over illegal location-data sharing (www.theguardian.com)
T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and AT&T say they will appeal against ‘excessive’ fines meted out by US regulator...
Xubuntu 24.04: A minimal install that really means it (www.theregister.com)
Columbia Protesters Storm Hamilton Hall (www.newsweek.com)
Things just took an interesting turn. These youngsters seem to not understand the power of the government.
PHOTOS: May Day protests mark turbulent times (www.pbs.org)
Florida ‘callously’ strips healthcare from thousands of children despite new law (www.theguardian.com)
Governor Ron DeSantis’s challenging of a ‘continuous eligibility’ rule has booted over 22,000 children off insurance since January...
First Phone 2, now the Nothing Phone 1 is getting ChatGPT integration (www.androidauthority.com)
Dozens arrested at Columbia University as New York police disperse Gaza protest (www.theguardian.com)
Violence breaks out at UCLA after officials declare pro-Palestinian encampment 'unlawful' (www.latimes.com)
STATEMENT FROM BESIEGED UCLA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT: x.com/PplsCityCouncil/status/1785620846700351510
USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow (apnews.com)
Donate books to the Open Library (Internet Archive) (openlibrary.org)
De-Dollarization Is Happening at a ‘Stunning’ Pace, Jen Says (www.bloomberg.com)
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The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down (www.theverge.com)
Gaza war protesters shut down Golden Gate Bridge, block traffic in other cities (www.nbcnews.com)
Court hands Kivimäki 6-year prison sentence in historic hacking case | Yle News | Yle (yle.fi)
The Latest | Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people (apnews.com)
Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children, Palestinian health officials said. One of the children killed in the strikes overnight into Monday was just 5 days old....
Matt Smith's new horror movie [Starve Acre] confirms UK release date (www.digitalspy.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/11262504...
A Mobilizon instance for the Americans among us (birchtree.events)
Last time I checked there was no functioning Mobilizon instance based in North America, so I started one. If you have an event coming up this summer but don’t want to use Facebook or some other corporate platform, maybe give Mobilizon a shot?...
Improving shell workflows with fzf (seb.jambor.dev)
German far right’s eastern stronghold has clear view on spy allegation: ‘It’s a witch hunt’ (www.politico.eu)
Alternative for Germany’s core supporters are sticking with the party despite allegations of dodgy links to Russia and China....