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Palia Dev Lays Off 35 Percent of Workers Only a Few Months After Beta Release - IGN (www.ign.com)

China reaffirms ties with North Korea in high-level meeting (www.theguardian.com)

Top-ranking Chinese official Zhao Leji met Kim Jong-un during three-day visit to Pyongyang...

Iran seizes cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz after threats to close waterway (www.reuters.com)

One of the World’s Richest Women [Truong My La Lan] Sentenced to Execution (www.thedailybeast.com)

"This is the first night in 190 days that we have slept without listening to the sound of airplanes overhead" - Palestinian journalist (twitter.com)

Dessa - Alibi (full band version) (dessa.bandcamp.com)

Fewer people now say representative democracy is a very good way to govern in many countries surveyed. (www.pewresearch.org)

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Putin Orders Russian Tech Companies To Somehow Make Competitive Game Console In 3 Months (www.techdirt.com)

Mexico, a leading producer of illicit fentanyl, can't get enough for medical use, study finds (apnews.com)

A report released by the Mexican government Friday says the country is facing a dire shortage of fentanyl for medical use, even as Mexican cartels pump out tons of the illicit narcotic....

The Periodicals - Don't Wait [live] (theperiodicals.bandcamp.com)

Courtesy of Tim - Canary (courtesyoftim.bandcamp.com)

The Spine Stealers - Lake Life (thespinestealers.bandcamp.com)

Israel's 'Where's Daddy?' AI system helps target suspected Hamas militants when they're at home with their families, report says (www.businessinsider.com)

As civilian casualties continue to mount in the wartorn Gaza Strip, reports of Israel's use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its targeting of Hamas militants are facing increasing scrutiny. A report by the Israeli outlets +972 Magazine and Local Call earlier this month said that Israeli forces had relied heavily on two AI...

Could We Build a Decentralised Social Platform Rooted in Place? (carlnewton.github.io)

cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/10422101...

'Aadujeevitham': A Malayalam-language film that depicts the plight of impoverished Indians seeking jobs in the Middle East has been drawing throngs to cinemas (www.bbc.com)

Aadujeevitham (Goat Life), adapted from the bestselling 2008 Malayalam book, stars Prithviraj Sukumaran as Najeeb, an Indian immigrant in Saudi Arabia who is kidnapped and forced into slave-like labour as a goat herder in the desert. The story is inspired by the real-life ordeal of a man with the same name, who was abducted in...

Israel's response to Iran drone and missile attacks (www.infoterkiniviral.com)

Discover the possible paths forward as Israel weighs its options in the wake of Iran's attack. Understand the potential risks

Another day, another pro Moscow traitor getting the Irish car start (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

Knight Rider car (imgur.com)

Awesome build of the knight rider car David Hasselhoff drove in the show (1982-86)

America’s Magical Thinking About Housing: The city of Austin built a lot of homes. Now rent is falling, and some people seem to think that’s a bad thing (www.theatlantic.com)

If you want to understand America’s strange relationship with housing in the 21st century, look at Austin, where no matter what happens to prices, someone’s always claiming that the sky is falling....

20 years later, Abu Ghraib detainees get their day in US court (apnews.com)

Twenty years ago this month, photos of abused prisoners and smiling U.S. soldiers guarding them at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison were released, shocking the world....

On a huge election year for the world, Meta will shut down CrowdTangle, it's tool for election integrity observers without replacement (foundation.mozilla.org)

This is quite concerning

One of Malaysia's largest media groups announced partnership with a Chinese media outlet directly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. Is it turning a blind eye to the political motives behind? (chinamediaproject.org)

Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11089665...