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Pushing for abortion ban was a "mistake", admits Polish prime minister (notesfrompoland.com) Polish
US nuclear sub offers show of force in the Middle East (www.aljazeera.com)
Middle East war could spark global recession, say Wall Street experts (www.theguardian.com)
CapyPDF 0.6.0 is out (nibblestew.blogspot.com)
China’s Two-Faced Approach to Gaza (www.theatlantic.com)
Xi’s position on Gaza is identical to his stance on the world’s other major conflict, the war in Ukraine. There, too, Beijing has asserted principled neutrality and even launched a peace mission, while at the same time deepening ties to Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin....
The definitive account of how WeWork went from a $47 billion valuation to a basket case in just 6 weeks (www.businessinsider.com)
The definitive account of how WeWork went from a $47 billion valuation to a basket case in just 6 weeks::The WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann picked the wrong time to be the visionary leader of a company with imperial ambitions and obscure finances.
Violent Bangladesh garment protests shut hundreds of factories (www.channelnewsasia.com)
DHAKA: Hundreds of garment factories in Bangladesh have shuttered as thousands of workers staged violent protests to demand a near-tripling of their wages, police said on Thursday (Nov 2)....
Devolver Digital acquires System Era, creators of Astroneer (blog.systemera.net)
French couple take dealer to court for share of African mask’s €4.2m sale price (www.theguardian.com)
You Wanna Break Up With Your Bank? The CFPB Wants to Help You Do It. (www.eff.org)
Google Lens can now help you solve math problems (blog.google)
Fake Ozempic Has Sent Several People to the Hospital, Health Agency Warns (gizmodo.com)
Officials in Austria say residents were hospitalized with low blood sugar and seizures after taking what they thought was Ozempic, a weight loss drug....
Prison Banned Books Week: October 25-31 2023 (pen.org)
Factorio Friday Facts #382 - Logistic groups (factorio.com)
And the quality of life improvements just keep on coming....
South Korean and US forces stage drills for reaction to possible 'Hamas-style' attack by North Korea (apnews.com)
South Korean and U.S. troops have been conducting live-fire exercises this week to hone their ability to respond to potential “Hamas-style surprise artillery attacks” by North Korea, South Korea’s military said Friday....
Israeli troops briefly enter Gaza as wider ground incursion looms (abcnews.go.com)
Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” ahead of a widely expected ground invasion
WATCH: 85-year-old Israeli hostage shakes hands with Hamas captor after release (www.wionews.com)
Help: Emergency Mode after Windows borked everything, BTRFS, LUKS, Fedora (discussion.fedoraproject.org)
Hey people! It seems I have some really messed up fstab or anything else, as Windows tried to do “disk repair”....
The French far right's 'outdated' definition of identity (www.dw.com)
The French far right promises to defend French identity. But researchers say the party's definition of the term is outdated.
Billionaire Ronald Lauder threatens to pull funding if UPenn doesn’t do more to fight antisemitism (www.cnn.com)
Billionaire Ronald Lauder, a powerful financial backer of the University of Pennsylvania, is threatening to cut off donations if the school doesn’t do more to fight antisemitism, CNN has learned....
Scientists propose sweeping new law of nature, expanding on evolution (www.reuters.com)
The internet is littered with fake reviews. Amazon, Glassdoor and others are trying to fight back (apnews.com)
Beeper’s universal messaging app tries to corral WhatsApp, iMessage, Telegram, and more - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition, Call of Duty now part of Xbox | Microsoft now publishes franchises like Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Candy Crush. (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft completes Activision Blizzard acquisition, Call of Duty now part of Xbox | Microsoft now publishes franchises like Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Candy Crush.::Microsoft has finalized its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The deal close comes after months of battles with regulators in...
