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Al Jazeera office raided as Israel takes channel off air (www.bbc.com)

Early review: Doctor Who's Latest Era Is a Burst of Regenerative Energy (gizmodo.com)

In China, Ruled by Men, Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice (www.nytimes.com)

KeePassXC 2.7.8 Improves Bitwarden 1PUX Password Import and Passkey Support - 9to5Linux (9to5linux.com)

New Study Links Complex Jobs to Reduced Risk of Dementia (scitechdaily.com)

A cohort study found that individuals who engaged in mentally stimulating jobs during their 30s to 60s were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia after turning 70, highlighting the importance of cognitive stimulation during midlife for maintaining cognitive function in old age. [It is important to...

In China, where authoritarianism is justified by redefining the term, a woman has reportedly been beaten to death during interrogation after accusing police of murdering her husband (dominotheory.com)

The reason behind the husband’s death is equally uncertain, except to say that he died in prison in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) when serving a sentence for the “crime” of accessing overseas websites, one of six men from the same village to leave this world in similar circumstances....

Forcibly displacing Rafah civilians would be war crime, France warns Israel (www.theguardian.com)

Israel orders Gazans to evacuate part of Rafah for 'limited' operation (www.bbc.co.uk)

Randomness on Apple Platforms: "I’m sure the people working on this know what they’re doing, so it’s probably all very reasonable" (blog.xoria.org)

First Patient Begins Newly Approved Sickle Cell Gene Therapy (www.nytimes.com)

For a lucky few, like Kendric, the treatment could make possible lives they have longed for. A solemn and shy adolescent, he had learned that ordinary activities — riding a bike, going outside on a cold day, playing soccer — could bring on episodes of searing pain....

Australian helicopter forced to take evasive action after Chinese fighter intercepts with flares (www.abc.net.au)

Steam HW survey: Mac are 1.35%, Linux 1.90%... but is the industry reacting to this? (store.steampowered.com)

The PC gaming industry (AAA and such) seems more sensible the economy of money around the Apple Platform, for sure. But we’re talking about iOS gaming… not exactly what keep the industry busy with complex technologies like RayTracing, cutting edge PBR textures and gigallion of cinematic rendered Quadruple-A art assets....

Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used US munition, analysis reveals (www.theguardian.com)

‘Yemen at a crossroads’: Nearly 200 aid groups issue urgent funding appeal (www.aljazeera.com)

The Man Who Destroyed Google Search (www.wheresyoured.at)

It’s a story from April, I tried seeing if it was posted before, however it’s the story about how the advertising and finance team beat the search team into submission by ousting the core person protecting it to pursue “growth” and “revenue” at all costs.

Valve graphics dev gets Gamescope working on NVK with Explicit Sync (www.gamingonlinux.com)

PS1 love-letter survival horror game Crow Country gets Steam Deck Verified (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Bushmills: Man nailed to fence in 'sinister attack' (www.bbc.com)

The man in his 20s was found nailed to a fence, with a nail through each hand, shortly after midnight....

Antivax quacks are continuing to make up fantastical biological mechanisms for COVID-19 vaccine “shedding” (sciencebasedmedicine.org)

The Russians break through into the Donetsk: the risk of a domino effect on the entire Ukrainian front. Moscow wants to take troops to the Dnieper (www.ilfattoquotidiano.it)