Almost every Gaza home has tunnel shafts, IDF commander says (m.jpost.com)
I see no god up here (sopuli.xyz)
The Quack post reminded me of this classic
Bees are majestic creatures (i.imgur.com)
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TIL In the 1920s Russian scientist Ilya Ivanov tried to create a human-chimpanzee hybrid. Both attempts at inseminating chimpanzees with human sperm and women with ape sperm failed. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Tennessee Man Plotted to Bring Guns and Explosives to the Border, FBI Says (www.vice.com)
The grievances and conspiracy theories that motivated the man’s violent plot are the same ones that brought the “God’s Amy” convoy to the southern border last week.
YSK: There is a firefox extension that redirects Youtube videos to Peertube (addons.mozilla.org)
At least 32 of remaining hostages in Gaza are dead, report says (www.theguardian.com)
More than a fifth of the remaining hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are dead, according to available intelligence collated by the Israeli military....
🚨SIGNIFICANT, POSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT🚨The European Mathmatical Society working with research libraries have found a way to make ALL of the research journals they publish open access, with no APC (mastodon.world)
The problem with standalone VR and "spatial computing" (www.spacebar.news)
Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’ (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers say extreme content being pushed on young people and becoming normalised
Angry Chinese take to US Embassy’s social media account to vent about plunging stock market (www.cnn.com)
Tens of thousands of people in China are flocking to an unusual venue to vent their outrage about the continuing meltdown in the country’s stock market....
The first steam next fest of 2024 fest is live. Explore free demos from February 5th to February 12th (store.steampowered.com)
TIL that a short film named "100 Years" starring John Malkovich was shot in 2015, destined to be released in the year 2115 (en.wikipedia.org)
100 Years is apparently a short film. Rodriguez stated in a 2019 interview:...
Netherlands pledges six extra F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
The Dutch government today said it would send Ukraine six additional F-16 fighter jets after cancelling the planned sale of the aircraft to a private contractor, said Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren.
Florida parents say 2-year-old was restrained during Rosa Parks reenactment at day care (www.wesh.com)
ST. CLOUD, Fla. — Parents of a 2-year-old in Osceola County say their daughter, who they believe is the only Black child in the class, was made to play Rosa Parks in a reenactment that included her being restrained by another student in a police uniform and fingerprinted.
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ (edition.cnn.com)
A Minnesota town used its anti-crime law against a protected class. It’s not the only one (apnews.com)
Hundreds of communities across the U.S. have for several decades tried to reduce crime, fight gangs and tackle noise and other neighborhood problems through the use of “crime-free” or “public nuisance” laws encouraging and allowing landlords to evict renters when police or emergency crews are repeatedly called to the...
Half of US adults say Israel has gone too far in war in Gaza, AP-NORC poll shows (apnews.com)
CIA Vault7 WikiLeaks source sentenced 40 years (convicted of possessing child sexual abuse material) (www.aljazeera.com)
Ex-CIA software engineer who leaked to WikiLeaks sentenced to 40 years...
The US economy added 353,000 jobs in January, starting off 2024 with a bang | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
‘No end in sight’: Blackstone CEO doesn't think the US can handle another term under President Biden — or what he calls 'four more years' of debt misery. But is it really that bad? (finance.yahoo.com)
Mastodon security update: every version prior to today's is vulnerable to remote user impersonation and takeover (github.com)
Sendent for MS Teams: Integrating Nextcloud and Microsoft Teams - Nextcloud (nextcloud.com)
The new add-in integrates Nextcloud with Microsoft Teams, allowing users to effortlessly share files and folders stored on their private Nextcloud server directly from the Teams user interface.
Singaporeans slam US senator’s grilling of TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi’s nationality, links to China: ‘pure ignorance’ (www.scmp.com)
Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package is too much, judge rules (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package is too much, judge rules::Judge ruled his pay – six times larger than the combined pay of the 200 highest-paid executives in 2021 – was set inappropriately
