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Hobbycraft refused to sell paint to black man as ‘he may use it for graffiti’ (www.theguardian.com)

Louis Gray says he was racially profiled after trying to buy spray paint to make over his son’s bicycle helmet

Recent AI failures are cracks in the magic (www.theintrinsicperspective.com)

Altered Carbon (slrpnk.net)

Everest Climbers To Bring Poop Down With Them As Mountain Starts To Stink (www.iflscience.com)

Israel appears to be in breach of ICJ orders on Gaza, senior UN official says. (amp.theguardian.com)

US officials: "We realize that efforts, implied or explicit, to shape or change the PRC over several decades did not succeed" (www.whitehouse.gov)

Working longer won’t solve the retirement crisis — seniors need a ‘Gray New Deal’ to retire with dignity, this economist says (finance.yahoo.com)

Nitter is shutting down (github.com)

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DOJ: Ex-IRS employee who leaked Trump's tax returns intentionally got job to disclose records (www.usatoday.com)

A former Internal Revenue Service contractor, who leaked tax information about Donald Trump and other wealthy individuals to news organizations, got his job to intentionally to spread the confidential records, according to Justice Department prosecutors....

US to relist Yemen's Houthis as specially designated global terrorists, AP sources say (apnews.com)

The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S. official....

Far-right mass killer Breivik sues Norway for human rights abuse (www.aljazeera.com)

A lawsuit launched by far-right fanatic and mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik accusing the state of abusing his human rights has opened in Norway....

Body Cameras Were Sold as a Tool of Police Reform. Ten Years Later, Most of the Footage Is Kept From Public View. (www.propublica.org)

At least 1,201 people were killed in 2022 by law enforcement officers, about 100 deaths a month, according to Mapping Police Violence, a nonprofit research group that tracks police killings. ProPublica examined the 101 deaths that occurred in June 2022, a time frame chosen because enough time had elapsed that investigations...

Israeli military says its troops shot and killed three hostages by mistake (www.theguardian.com)

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Biden tells donors Israel is losing support, Netanyahu must change his government | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza. … “This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” Biden said, adding that the Israeli government “doesn’t want...

HP TV ads claim its printers are 'made to be less hated' (www.theregister.com)

Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages (www.tomshardware.com)

Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO (arstechnica.com)

Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO::“Edit: Obligatory ‘F— Spez’ for karma.”

High-income Americans rarely mix with poorer people. Restaurants like Applebee's and Olive Garden are the exception (www.msn.com)

Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed (www.theverge.com)

Israel and Hamas reach tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause conflict, free dozens of hostages (www.washingtonpost.com)

Israel, the United States and Hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza, in exchange for the first sustained pause in conflict in Gaza, according to people familiar with its provisions.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket explodes in second test flight | CNN (www.cnn.com)

SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

Google Fiber goes big with 20-gig plan (www.fiercetelecom.com)

How Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops (and why it's called 'Project Sputnik') (www.zdnet.com)

Today, the Dell XPS-13 with Ubuntu Linux is easily the most well-known Linux laptop. Many users, especially developers – including Linus Torvalds – love it. As Torvalds recently said, “Normally, I wouldn’t name names, but I’m making an exception for the XPS 13 just because I liked it so much that I also ended up buying...