How Zionism became a synonym for violence and oppression (www.theguardian.com)
For decades, Joe Biden has proudly declared that he is a Zionist, and he has repeated that claim since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel. But for the student anti-war protests gripping the US, the words “Zionist” and “Zionism” have become a watchword – pejorative and emblematic of the violent state policies driving...
TIL China now has a 3 child policy. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
Maximum, that is....
Microsoft might be trying to sneak Bing into one of Windows 11’s apps – and some users won’t be happy (www.techradar.com)
Parts supplied to Boeing had 'serious defects' - whistleblower (www.bbc.com)
Fuselages made by Boeing’s largest supplier regularly left the factory with serious defects, according to a former quality inspector at the firm....
Biden withheld bomb shipment to Israel out of fear it could be used in Rafah (abcnews.go.com)
Americans Are Racking Up 'Phantom Debt' That Wall Street Can't Track (www.bloomberg.com)
Consumers have embraced ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ products that allow them to pay for purchases in installments, but it’s not clear how many of these loans are out there....
Cease-fire agreed by Hamas is 'far from Israel's requirements,' Netanyahu says. (www.usatoday.com)
General Availability of AlmaLinux 9.4 Stable! (almalinux.org)
Sen. Tim Scott dodges on whether he would accept 2024 election results (www.nbcnews.com)
The senator, who ran for the Republican nomination for president last year, repeatedly refused to say whether he’d accept this year’s presidential election results, regardless of who wins....
Swiss public broadcasters withdraw from X/Twitter (www.swissinfo.ch)
Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed (www.bbc.com)
Just jaw-dropping to me....
New Federal Rules Protect LGBTQ People From Misgendering, Bathroom Bans (truthout.org)
fuck... subscene is closing down (in less than 12 hours) UPDATE: has now closed down (forum.subscene.com)
UPDATE: Just checked and subscene is now down for me...
Today's campus protests aren't nearly as big or violent as those last century -- at least, not yet (www.yahoo.com)
NATO starts deploying troops as Russia races to win (asiatimes.com)
Kerbal Space Program 2 studio reportedly shut down by Take-Two (www.eurogamer.net)
FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks (arstechnica.com)
Elon Musk goes ‘absolutely hard core’ in another round of Tesla layoffs (www.theverge.com)
Poll: 61% of young adults confess they are not saving for retirement (medium.com)
North Korea criticizes US for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, KCNA says (www.reuters.com)
North Korea criticized the United States for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, state media KCNA reported on Monday, citing a statement from the defence ministry....
Solene'% : What is going on in Nix community? (dataswamp.org)
Humans cannot recognize AI-written reviews - human reviews were often mistaken for AI-generated reviews, and even more frequently, AI-generated reviews were mistaken for human reviews (link.springer.com)
Swiss parliamentary committee backs plan to deport asylum seekers (www.swissinfo.ch)
Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ (www.aljazeera.com)
Seventy-two of the 99 journalists killed worldwide in 2023 were Palestinians reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza, making those 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)....