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Caste matters The caste of a chair (scroll.in)

How oppressive upper castes in an Indian state's local governments (Tamil Nadu’s panchayats) use chairs and the protocols surrounding them to discriminate against Dalit women presidents.

Duty After School 2023 Discussion (en.wikipedia.org)

A feel good(?maybe) end of the world story where we are saved by high school seniors....

Flatpak Lands Support For Wayland Security Context (www.phoronix.com)

The Flatpak open-source app sandboxing tech has merged support for the Wayland security context protocol.

China's Centaline Property says mainland China unit has 'huge' unpaid developers' commissions (www.channelnewsasia.com)

The Hong Kong property agency’s mainland arm, Centaline Property Agency (Shenzhen), has not recovered some commission fees as property developers grapple with the debt crisis and liquidity crunch, Centaline said. The Shenzhen unit has paid fixed salaries up to July, Centaline said, adding that all of units were operating...

UK’s Sunak plans to skip UN General Assembly in September (www.miamiherald.com)

Turning a broken sock into a dog toy (youtube.com)

Onyx loves playing with our old socks. Probably a bad thing to train him to play with though…

Xbox at the Crossroads | Opinion by Rob Fahey (www.gamesindustry.biz)

I thought this was an interesting read. Fahey points out some of the potential risks and rewards of Xbox’s current strategy of competition through acquisition. A small excerpt:...

Unrepentant Ben Gvir spars with Bella Hadid over Jewish vs. Arab rights claim (www.timesofisrael.com)

Longevity Gene from Naked Mole Rats Extends Lifespan of Mice (www.rochester.edu)

The successful transfer of a gene that produces HMW-HA paves the way for improving the health and lifespan of humans, too....

Building a digital army: UN peacekeepers fight deadly disinformation (news.un.org)

US seeks to extend longstanding scientific research agreement with China (www.theguardian.com)

The US is seeking a six-month extension to a decades-old science and technology agreement with China so that it can undergo negotiations with Beijing to “strengthen” the pact, the state department has said....

Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join the BRICS economic bloc (apnews.com)

Iran and Saudi Arabia are among six countries that will join the BRICS bloc of developing economies as new members from 2024, South Africa’s president said Thursday....

Belarus increasingly isolated as tensions rise at EU border – DW – 08/22/2023 (www.dw.com)

Travel to Belarus is not recommended.

Nothing OS 2.0 rolling out for the Phone (1) next week (twitter.com)

nitter.net/nothing/status/1694012474054308289

China urges Brics to become geopolitical rival to G7 (archive.ph)

original ft.com/…/40f7cd4d-66f2-4e4d-876d-a0c7aa7097e1

UK microchip giant Arm files to sell shares in US (www.bbc.com)

British microchip designing giant Arm has announced it has filed paperwork to sell its shares in the US....

11 killed in explosion at coal mine in northern China (apnews.com)

Authorities say 11 people have been killed in a coal mine explosion in northern China, in a reminder of the country’s continued dependence on the energy source.

Georgia sheriff pleads guilty to groping prominent TV judge (www.fox5atlanta.com)

The Georgia sheriff has resigned after pleading guilty to groping prominent TV Judge Glenda Hatchett in a Cobb County hotel bar during a reception for the Georgia Sheriff's Association.

Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule (www.newyorker.com)

Anticorruption Crusader Presidential Candidate Wins Runoff Election in Guatemala, in Rebuke to Establishment (archive.ph)

Focus: Historic drought, hot seas slow Panama Canal shipping (www.reuters.com)

The Panama Canal Authority has reduced maximum ship weights and daily ship crossings in a bid to conserve water. Maritime transportation experts fear such events could become the new normal as rainfall deficits in the world’s fifth-wettest country spotlight climate risks affecting the ocean shipping industry that moves 80% of...