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Custody ruling in same-sex case hailed as LGBTQ+ milestone in China (www.theguardian.com)

Before it was uncool

AI stole my job and my work, and my boss didn’t know or care (www.theregister.com)

Earlier this year I got fired and replaced by a robot. And the managers who made the decision didn’t tell me – or anyone else affected by the change – that it was happening....

What are things you don't like about mafia 2?

For me it’s the way police can see you and ruin your mission

"Double haters" who loathed Trump and Biden actually seem to like Kamala Harris, poll suggests (www.salon.com)

US Approved Another $20 Billion in Weapons for Israel Before New Ceasefire Talks | Truthout (truthout.org)

Health officials in Gaza said Thursday that the official death toll from Israel’s 10-month war has topped 40,000, though that is believed to be a vast undercount of the true figure....

I Hear You Like Vans, Well Here's Van Morrison (lemmy.world)

What are the best beans for a blind date?

Vance Runs From Resurfaced Podcast Chat About ‘Postmenopausal’ Women (www.thedailybeast.com)

12ft.io/…/vance-runs-from-resurfaced-podcast-chat…

Cat Lover Challenges Vegan Activist: Is Being Vegan Too Expensive? (youtu.be)

California launches electric trains as US lags behind world in rail electrification (youtu.be)

Pupils achieve best A-level results in a generation but regional gap widens (www.theguardian.com)

Pupils achieved their best A-level results in a generation on Thursday with marks that highlighted the growing gap between the strongest and weakest-performing parts of the country....

Disney wants a wrongful death lawsuit thrown out because the plaintiff had Disney+ (www.npr.org)

Gov. Tim Walz agrees to VP debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 (www.cbsnews.com)

Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 in New York City....

Half Ford Transit, half Jaguar XJ-220 supercar (sh.itjust.works)

Used as a testbed for the awesome Jaguar XJ-220 supercar in the 90s.

TIL that on the day he was assassinated at least nine of Kennedy’s Secret Service agents were recovering from an all night bender that ended at 5:00 AM (www.irishcentral.com)

People who grew up wih The Vanoss Crew, what is your favorite moment or joke from the YouTuber group?

NASA Demonstrates ‘Ultra-Cool’ Quantum Sensor for First Time in Space (www.jpl.nasa.gov)

Need help with buying new laptop

cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/15952791...

Starbucks is giving incoming CEO Brian Niccol $85 million in cash and stock as he departs Chipotle (www.cnbc.com)

Starbucks plans to pay incoming CEO Brian Niccol $10 million in cash and $75 million in equity awards when he joins the company from Chipotle. Niccol will be paid a base salary of $1.6 million annually, with the opportunity to earn up to $7.2 million more in cash.

What? (imgflip.com)

Waymo to double down on winter testing its robotaxis | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

“Waymo regularly takes its autonomous vehicles on winter road trips to test the cars in snowy environments. In 2017, it was Michigan....

By the yardstick that both the CIA and the IMF have adopted as the single best measure of national economies, China now has the largest economy in the world. (nationalinterest.org)

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