X Community Notes used to challenge ads by Apple and others (9to5mac.com)
Lindsey Graham Proposes U.S. Start Bombing Iran: ‘Time to Take the War to the Ayatollah’s Backyard’ (www.mediaite.com)
Nobel economics prize goes to professor for advancing the understanding of the workplace gender gap (apnews.com)
The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market....
‘It’s a cult’: Inside effective accelerationism, the pro-AI movement taking over Silicon Valley — They have “e/acc” on their X handles and sun god memes in their social feeds (www.theinformation.com)
‘It’s a cult’: Inside effective accelerationism, the pro-AI movement taking over Silicon Valley — They have “e/acc” on their X handles and sun god memes in their social feeds::“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, Y Combinator president Garry Tan and Notion co-founder Chris Prucha looked up at the cartoon of a shirtless...
Global Affairs says it is aware of reports of Canadian killed amid conflict in Israel and Gaza Strip (www.ctvnews.ca)
Global Affairs Canada says it is aware of reports that one Canadian has died and two others are missing in the wake of an attack on Israel by Hamas forces, marking the latest escalation in the decades-long conflict....
Islamic jihad faction holding over 30 Israelis captive, its chief says (www.reuters.com)
Islamic Jihad chief Ziad al-Nakhala said on Sunday that his faction was holding captive more than 30 of the Israelis who were abducted in the Gaza Strip since Saturday after Hamas launched attacks on Israel....
Climate change has already displaced more than 43 million children: U.N. report (www.salon.com)
new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that more than 43 million children were displaced due to weather events — all of which were linked to climate change — in the years from 2016 to 2021. This amounts to roughly 20,000 child displacements every single day....
September sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it 'mind-blowing' (apnews.com)
Moldova moves to bar members of banned pro-Russia party from elections (www.reuters.com)
Predictive Policing Software Terrible At Predicting Crimes – The Markup (themarkup.org)
A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time
Survey: Only 10% of young men with low incomes get married (Japan) (www.asahi.com)
Drugmakers agree to negotiate drug prices with government, White House says (www.nbcnews.com)
The manufacturers of 10 prescription drugs — including Eliquis, Xarelto and Januvia — will take part in the negotiations....
Judge upholds Tesla arbitration agreement that drivers called “unconscionable” (arstechnica.com)
Four Tesla drivers who sued the company over its allegedly deceptive "self-driving" claims will have to go to arbitration instead of pursuing a class action, a judge ruled.
Netflix Just Sent Out Their Last DVD, And It's An Oscar-Nominated Remake (www.msn.com)
Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2010 remake of True Grit....
Bandcamp has been sold to SongTRDR (twitter.com)
…or whatever the hell its called. If you’ve bought music on the site, I’d say download a copy now before you get cut off.
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 23.10 Performance On The Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 4 (AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U) (www.phoronix.com)
Pro-India hackers claim responsibility for disruption of Canadian Forces website (www.theglobeandmail.com)
LMDE 6 “Faye” released! – The Linux Mint Blog (blog.linuxmint.com)
How to upgrade to LMDE 6
Key details behind Nord Stream pipeline blasts revealed by scientists (www.theguardian.com)
TIL: In the song DARE it's "you've got to press it on you" rather than "you've got depression on you" (genius.com)
Passengers left upside down as ride malfunctions in Canada (www.bbc.com)
The park's maintenance team brought the passengers safely to the ground after 30 minutes.
The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse (www.nytimes.com)
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