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Syria reports Israeli airstrikes near the city of Aleppo. A war monitor says 42 people are dead (apnews.com)

Leaving - Liminal (2024) [shoegaze, post metal] (transylvanianrecordings.bandcamp.com)

'Why do I need an all-Black cast?' Disney criticizes Peltz remarks (www.reuters.com)

Walt Disney Co on Friday said that remarks by activist investor Nelson Peltz criticizing the company for making movies dominated by female and Black actors is evidence that he shouldn’t be on Disney’s board....

Israel Has Created a New Standard for Urban Warfare. Why Will No One Admit It? (www.newsweek.com)

(...) In their criticism, Israel's opponents are erasing a remarkable, historic new standard Israel has set. In my long career studying and advising on urban warfare for the U.S. military, I've never known an army to take such measures to attend to the enemy's civilian population, especially while simultaneously combating the...

Reddit CEO Defends His Absurdly High Pay While Not Paying Mods (futurism.com)

Rain World DLC ‘The Watcher’ announced (www.gematsu.com)

Georgia GOP Leader, a 2020 Election Denier, Illegally Voted Nine Times (www.rollingstone.com)

Wall Street Journal marks one year since Evan Gershkovich's arrest in Russia (www.motherjones.com)

Latest update on Proton Experimental fixes THE FINALS not working on machines with AVX512 (github.com)

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith charity closes down after decreasing donations post-Oscar slap (www.salon.com)

The federal government plans to kill half a million West Coast owls (www.latimes.com)

A federal government plan for hunters to kill thousands of invasive owls to protect the rapidly declining northern spotted owl has ruffled the feathers of dozens of animal advocacy groups....

Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted (www.theguardian.com)

A Texas appeals court has thrown out a five-year prison sentence for Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced for trying to cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election that was rejected....

What We Know About Palestinians Detained in Israel (www.nytimes.com)

More than 9,000 Palestinians imprisoned under Israel’s military and national security laws are being held in Israeli detention facilities, the highest figure in more than a decade, according to rights groups, who say that many of the detainees are being held without charges and have been abused while in custody....

HPAI Detection in Idaho Dairy Herd - Idaho State Department of Agriculture (agri.idaho.gov)

Concerning primarily because H5N1 appears to be moving from cow to cow. It could only be a matter of time before it gets a foothold in humans.

Yellen says China's rapid buildout of its green energy industry 'distorts global prices' (apnews.com)

Yellen, who is planning her second trip to China as Treasury secretary, said Wednesday in Georgia that she will convey her belief to her Chinese counterparts that Beijing’s increased production of green energy also poses risks “to productivity and growth in the Chinese economy.”...

KVM Virtualization With Linux 6.9 Brings More Optimizations For Intel & AMD (www.phoronix.com)

Russian Su-27 Hit By Friendly Fire Plunges Into The Black Sea In Flames (simpleflying.com)

ISIS-K Is Waging a New War in Afghanistan—This Time Against China (www.vice.com)

CIA Used Chinese Social Media In Covert Influence Operation Against Xi Jinping's Government (www.reuters.com)

Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation. Three former officials...