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‘Something must change’: EU chamber warns of unfolding ‘train accident’ with China (www.scmp.com)

A new California bill aims to ban paraquat. Yep, that toxic stuff is still around. (www.motherjones.com)

Fedora with KDE by default? XZ backdoor fallout, German state moves to Linux (yewtu.be)

The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ (www.theguardian.com)

"For all that science has learned about the workings of life, death remains among the most intractable of mysteries…...

With no way out of a worsening war, Zelensky’s options look bad or worse (www.washingtonpost.com)

A conservative appeals court in the South seems to be exasperating the Supreme Court (www.cnn.com)

If there is a down-to-the-deadline scramble at the Supreme Court to intervene on a hot-button case with far-reaching implications, there is a good chance that the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals is the source of the legal fracas....

This Asus PC case monitors your dust filter so you don't have to (www.xda-developers.com)

Traditionally, one would have to periodically check the status of the dust filtering on a PC case, but that’s not the case (pun intended!) with the Asus ProArt PA602. This chassis has a fancy infrared (IR) sensor behind the front-facing dust filter. Should this detect a set layer of dust covering the filter material, a small...

Orbán Challenger Promises New Era of Hungarian Politics at Massive Budapest Rally (www.commondreams.org)

South Carolina’s Dawn Staley comes out supporting transgender athletes ahead of championship game (www.advocate.com)

German military vessel intercepts Houthi missile in Red Sea (www.swissinfo.ch)

Has anyone else the feeling that this will become a very long term thing of needing to protect shipping vessels and that it will affect prices of imported goods for the unforeseeable will rise ?

Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu as Gaza war reaches six month mark | Israel | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)

Poland’s PiS ahead in local elections, but not in political control (www.politico.eu)

Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS) party bounced back from its October defeat in the national election to take first place in the country’s regional vote, according to an exit poll published after the polls closed at 9 p.m....

Israel reduces troops in south Gaza, Egypt to host new talks (www.reuters.com)

Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life (www.cbc.ca)

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL, which had the same ultimate root cause as recent XZUtils backdoor incident (dev.to)

The XZ Utils backdoor, discovered last week, and the Heartbleed security vulnerability ten years ago, share the same ultimate root cause. Both of them, and in fact all critical infrastructure open source projects, should be fixed with the same solution: ensure baseline funding for proper open source maintenance.

Sad, but it's true (sh.itjust.works)

Crows Are Self-Aware Just Like Humans, And They May Be as Smart as Gorillas (www.popularmechanics.com)

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL, which had the same ultimate root cause as recent XZUtils backdoor incident (optimizedbyotto.com)