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Bangladesh’s army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman takes charge after PM Hasina’s ouster (www.straitstimes.com)

Malaysia summons Meta to Prime Minister's Office over removal of Anwar's posts on slain Hamas leader, demands apology (www.channelnewsasia.com)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/38858062

Data centers got a huge tax break to create WA jobs. Is it paying off? (www.seattletimes.com)

In 2010, as the country still reeled from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, tech companies, real estate developers and rural lobbyists went to the state Capitol in Olympia to press for a tax break for data centers....

Nearly half of online pharmacies selling weight loss drugs are operating illegally, study finds (www.nbcnews.com)

Consumers who try to buy popular weight loss drugs online without a prescription risk being scammed or receiving unsafe products, a new study shows....

To preserve their work — and drafts of history — journalists take archiving into their own hands (www.niemanlab.org)

Half a Billion-Year-Old Spiny Slug Reveals the Origins of Molluscs (www.ox.ac.uk)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits He Left a Dead Bear in Central Park (www.nytimes.com)

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/12066332...

Israel blows up Rafah water facility amid mounting war crimes accusations (www.msn.com)

Snap store from Canonical (Ubuntu) hit with another crypto scam app (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinches first Olympic medal amid outcry tied to gender misconceptions (apnews.com)

Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinched her first Olympic medal Sunday in front of a crowd that chanted her name at the Paris Games, one day after fellow boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria secured one as well following days of online abuse and intense scrutiny about their participation....

Codeberg versus AI Evangelist - Mastodon (social.anoxinon.de)

An interesting little back and forth between Codeberg and someone advocating for them to spend resources on AI assistants....

Fox News host Jesse Watters thinks men who vote for women ‘transition’ to women (www.advocate.com)

“Now Is the Time to Take Action”: Carbon Monoxide Poisonings After Hurricane Beryl Are the Highest Since Texas Winter Storm. (www.propublica.org)

J.D. Vance’s trans law school friend accuses him of using trans kids “as a political ploy” (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Posting the song that is in my head when I wake up #3: untitled, by ev.exi (evexi.bandcamp.com)

album: Forget, bandcamp...

Malaysia is first country to issue ‘do not travel to UK' warning over riots (www.standard.co.uk)

Malaysia has become the first country to issue a safety warning to its citizens about travel to the UK due to anti-immigration protests and riots....

Vietnam’s coast guard visits Philippines for joint drills as both face maritime tensions with China (apnews.com)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietnamese coast guard ship arrived in Manila on Monday for a four-day goodwill visit and joint exercises as the two countries attempt to put aside their own territorial disputes in the face of rising tensions with China over control of key features in the South China Sea....