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China kicks top influencer off social media for fabricating viral story of boy’s lost homework (www.independent.co.uk)

US makes failed bid for Iran to allow 'symbolic strike' by Israel (thecradle.co)

China: Internet amused by 'sanitary pad' building design (www.bbc.com)

Authorities say the design of the North Nanjing station takes inspiration from plum blossoms, which the city is known for....

Failed drug test (lemm.ee)

NGL feeling low. Lost my job at WeedMaps today. I told them in my interview that I only smoke straight fire but I got the piss test back and it showed I’ve been smoking mid. I already put in notice at my current job. what do I do?

Vim Lands XDG Base Directory Specification Support (www.phoronix.com)

Star Wars Outlaws' Jabba the Hutt Mission Locked Behind Season Pass - IGN (www.ign.com)

Bondi Junction mall attack: 'Obvious' killer targeted women, Sydney police say (www.bbc.com)

Joel Cauchi, 40, sent the crowded Westfield Bondi Junction complex into panic on Saturday when he began stabbing people with a long blade....

The startup offering free toilets and coffee for delivery workers — in exchange for their data (restofworld.org)

Photo of new Iranian GMD (Gyatt of Mass Destruction) (lemmy.today)

Hollywood writers went on strike to protect their livelihoods from generative AI. Their remarkable victory matters for all workers. (www.brookings.edu)

Blackstone is said to be pursuing a purchase of Jersey Mike's for around $8 billion (www.restaurantbusinessonline.com)

Fox News, Newsmax Sued for Falsely Linking Man to Neo-Nazi Killer (www.thedailybeast.com)

Aid ‘still not reaching Gaza’, as top US official warns famine has started (www.theguardian.com)

However, truck owners involved in the food deliveries, mostly Egyptian hauliers, are reluctant to let their vehicles be used inside Gaza for fear of them bombed or ransacked by starving Gazans. There is also a shortage of willing drivers after repeated incidents of aid trucks coming under fire, of which the WCK bombing has been...

Rare historical footage of the last American T-Rex serving his country storming the beaches of Sicily, July 1943 (i.postimg.cc)

YouTube needs more potato (slrpnk.net)

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Critical 'BatBadBut' Rust Vulnerability Exposes Windows Systems to Attacks (thehackernews.com)

Star Wars Outlaws Requires The Internet To Install It (kotaku.com)

As Palestine applies for full UN membership, what’s in the way? (www.aljazeera.com)

Approval requires at least nine votes in favour, with no vetoes. The UNSC’s five permanent members – the US, Russia, China, France and Britain – hold vetoes....

Quebec separation re-enters political debate thanks to TikTok-friendly leader (www.theguardian.com)

Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon speaking loudly and often after party win over Coalition Avenir Québec...

Explosive device thrown onto porch of Satanic Temple in Massachusetts. No injuries were reported (apnews.com)

German art museum fires worker for hanging his own painting in gallery (www.theguardian.com)

The 51-year-old man had smuggled his work into the display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne “in the hope of achieving his artistic breakthrough”, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing police sources.

Unprecedented US War Drills and Naval Deployments Raise Fear of War in Korea (truthout.org)

Larian publishing director on mass layoffs: 'None of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt. They were just at risk of pissing off the shareholders' (www.pcgamer.com)

Speaking with Game File (users will encounter a paywall) at the Game Developers Choice Awards, Larian director of publishing Michael Douse gave his take on the current state of the industry, including some sharp criticism on the wave after wave of mass layoffs we’ve been seeing....