After Appalachian hospitals merged into a monopoly, their ERs slowed to a crawl (kffhealthnews.org)
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How to use Steam Deck as a desktop PC (www.pcworld.com)
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in wake of ongoing safety problems (www.cnn.com)
In major shakeup of Boeing’s leadership, CEO Dave Calhoun said Monday he intends to leave the beleaguered company by the end of the year. The company’s chairman and head of the commercial airplane unit are also leaving....
Cosmic explosion will be visible to the naked eye in once-in-a-lifetime stargazing event (www.nbcnews.com)
The event, known as a nova, will be so bright that a “new” star will seem to appear in the night sky temporarily, visible to the naked eye....
Geomagnetic storm from a solar flare could disrupt radio communications and create a striking aurora (apnews.com)
Space weather forecasters have issued a geomagnetic storm watch through Monday, saying an ouburst of plasma from a solar flare could interfere with radio transmissions on Earth. It could also make for great aurora viewing....
White House looks to repeal funding bill provision that would keep US embassies from flying Pride flags (abcnews.go.com)
The White House on Sunday slammed Congressional Republicans for including a provision in the government funding bill that essentially stops LGBTQ+ Pride flags from being flown over U.S. embassies and vowed to repeal it....
Storm threatens snow in the Midwest, thunder in the South. Other parts of the US dig out (apnews.com)
A major spring storm threatened parts of the central U.S. on Monday with heavy snow in its northern reaches and thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the South....
Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down in management shakeup amid safety crisis (www.reuters.com)
Linux on an 8-bit micro? - Dmitry.GR (www.dmitry.gr)
Draft-dodging plagues Ukraine as Kyiv faces acute soldier shortage (www.politico.eu)
We’re kept being told that Ukrainians want to fight, but the reality is that the Ukrainian regime is forcing people to fight against their will. This is what the west is supporting in Ukraine.
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Hamas, Al Jazeera admit: Story of IDF rapes in Gaza hospital fabricated (www.jpost.com)
The antitrust case against Apple (pluralistic.net)
The foundational tenet of “the Cult of Mac” is that buying products from a $3t company makes you a member of an oppressed ethnic minority and therefore every criticism of that corporation is an ethnic slur:...
White House looks to repeal funding bill provision that would keep US embassies from flying Pride flags (ground.news)
The measure permits only certain flags to be flown over US embassies, including the US flag, US Foreign Service flag, POW/MIA flag, Hostage and Wrongful Detainee flag, flag of a state, “insular area” or DC, Indian tribal government flag, the official branded flag of a US agency, and the sovereign flag of another nation.
European Commission opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta under the Digital Markets Act (ec.europa.eu)
Today, the Commission has opened non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) into Alphabet’s rules on steering in Google Play and self-preferencing on Google Search, Apple’s rules on steering in the App Store and the choice screen for Safari and Meta’s “pay or consent model”....
Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gaza (news.un.org)
Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza.
Senior doctors in South Korea submit resignations, deepening dispute over medical school plan (apnews.com)
Senior doctors at major hospitals in South Korea began submitting their resignations en masse Monday in support of medical interns and residents who have been on a strike for five weeks over the government’s push to sharply increase medical school admissions....
‘Tourists ask a lot of questions’: Great Barrier Reef guides face up to bleaching tragedy (www.theguardian.com)
Tour boat divers have long borne witness to mass bleaching events. Once reluctant to wade into discussions about global heating, they are now opening up...
The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife’s shadowy connections (www.theguardian.com)
Judge James Ho ruled to restrict mifepristone. His wife Allyson is linked to the anti-abortion group that brought the case...
Hong Kong official warns online criticism could breach new national security law (www.theguardian.com)
The Article 23 legislation includes penalties for five categories of crime including treason, insurrection, espionage, sabotage and external interference...
Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for multibillion-dollar fraud this week (www.theguardian.com)
Former FTX CEO faces up to 100 years in prison should the judge hand out the harshest penalty...
Saudi Arabia to be appointed chair of UN’s gender equality forum amid ongoing assault on women’s rights (www.amnesty.org)
Ahead of the expected announcement that Saudi Arabia will be appointed chair of the UN women’s rights forum at the annual meeting of the UN Commission of the Status of Women today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Advocacy, Sherine Tadros, said:...
Spotify adds video learning courses in latest experiment (www.theverge.com)
The Jewish settlers who want to build homes in Gaza (www.bbc.co.uk)
Daniella Weiss, 78, the grandmother of Israel’s settler movement, who says she already has a list of 500 families ready to move to Gaza immediately....
