Ukrainian children as young as 4 months old are being forcibly taken to Russia. Officials don't know what is happening to them. (www.businessinsider.com)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/3977938...
Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels (thehill.com)
The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media outlets saw a 70 percent increase in engagement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after it removed labels identifying them as “state-affiliated,” according to a new report released Tuesday....
Hollywood writers and studios reach tentative deal to end strike after nearly 150 days (www.cnbc.com)
Biden to walk the picket line in Michigan to support UAW strikers (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Tuesday and walk the picket line with members of the United Auto Workers union, he announced Friday, a trip that comes after the president faced political pressure to ramp up his public support for the union members....
Clarence Thomas Secretly Participated in Koch Network Donor Events (www.propublica.org)
Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
Mexican cartels rank as nation’s fifth-largest employer: study (thehill.com)
Mexican cartels have seen a surge in growth in their participating members over the last decade, according to a new study, to the point where they have effectively become the nation’s fifth-largest employer....
People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office (www.theguardian.com)
Being Mean to Scabs Is Working (www.motherjones.com)
Drew Barrymore and Bill Maher are now not resuming their shows amid strikes.
‘No defensible argument’: Anger boils over at CEO pay (www.politico.com)
The historic UAW strike puts an exclamation point on more than a decade of efforts by Washington lawmakers to narrow the pay gap between top executives and workers.
Automaker CEO Elon Musk Strips UAW Twitter Verification as Union Strikes Against Big Three (theintercept.com)
The War Thunder forum has once again been used to share restricted plane documentation - this time about the F-117 Nighthawk (www.techradar.com)
How many times even has this happened?!?!
YSK that Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees, will donate all profits on September 13th (tomorrow) to victims of the recent Moroccan earthquake (blog.ecosia.org)
Ecosia is great in general, they’ve done stuff like this before for wildfires and such, and they are carbin negative and use 100% of their profits for helping the planet...
Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 "Faye" Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing (9to5linux.com)
He's gone now. He said we should find another format to replace this one. (sh.itjust.works)
US solar power capacity to expand by record 32 gigawatts in 2023, report says (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. solar industry expects to add a record 32 gigawatts (GW) of production capacity this year, up 53% on new capacity in 2022 and helped by investment incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, a report published on Thursday showed....
Famed tech journalist (Walt Mossberg) deletes X account with epic rant at Elon Musk (www.independent.co.uk)
Veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg announced on Tuesday he was deactivating his X (formerly known as Twitter) account, saying Elon Musk’s takeover of the site turned it into a “cesspool.”...
Texas grid paid firm to stop mining crypto during heatwave (gizmodo.com)
Delta flight returns after passenger has diarrhea ‘all the way through’ plane (www.theguardian.com)
TIL researchers reviewed 40 episodes of the "Dr. Oz Show" and discovered that almost half of the medical advice had no supporting evidence (www.reliasmedia.com)
"To show all the ideological diversity that Hexbear has I think everyone should have to do a polcomp test." -- To no one's surprise, there is no diversity. (hexbear.net)
Jimmy Buffett, legendary 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76 (www.nbcnews.com)
A Putin Critic Fell to His Death in Washington. We Still Don’t Know Why. (www.politico.com)
Police don’t suspect foul play killed Dan Rapoport. Some friends aren’t so sure.
How to watch Wheel of Time season 2 online: Release date and time (www.tomsguide.com)
Release schedule:...
An EXTREMELY Simple Guide to Mastodon (for when someone says it's too complicated to catch on) (www.staygrounded.online)
PS- The "real" (non-joke) full guide for the Masto-curious is here.
California elementary school evacuated over bomb threat after rightwing harassment (www.theguardian.com)
Chabot elementary in Oakland received racist and threatening emails, forcing 50 students and staff to vacate the premises
