Amazon employees are outraged by a new warning about individual office attendance: 'Is this supposed to scare people?' (archive.ph)
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Houston to refile cases against Food Not Bomb volunteers feeding homeless (www.chron.com)
Cases against volunteers with Food Not Bombs were dismissed on Thursday, but the city attorney said he intends to press the issue.
Photos: Slovenia suffers its worst-ever floods (www.aljazeera.com)
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Philippines says China fired water cannon at boats - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
The first pill to treat postpartum depression has been approved by US health officials (apnews.com)
Federal health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat severe depression after childbirth, a condition that affects thousands of new mothers in the U.S. each year.
The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won. (gizmodo.com)
Google delays launch of Find My Device network and trackers, benefiting Apple (9to5google.com)
Elon Musk says Twitter logo to change, birds to be gradually abandoned (www.cnn.com)
It’s no great surprise, but now there’s proof that the rich get what they want | Torsten Bell (www.theguardian.com)
This article is two months old by the way....
87% of classic video games are 'critically endangered.' As a millennial, I'm worried it means a huge chunk of my childhood will disappear. (www.businessinsider.com)
87% of classic video games are ‘critically endangered.’ As a millennial, I’m worried it means a huge chunk of my childhood will disappear.::Games don’t stay on store shelves forever and are constantly falling out of commercial distribution.
Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Once Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59 (archive.is)
French woman hit by apparent meteorite while relaxing on her terrace (gizmodo.com)
AT&T stock fell to 29-year low on Friday after reports that telcoms will need to cleanup the lead pollution they made (arstechnica.com)
Poor Ma Bell. /s
China youth unemployment hits high as recovery falters (www.bbc.co.uk)
A warden tried to fix an abusive federal prison. He faced death threats. (www.npr.org)
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Transgender people can be baptized Catholic, serve as godparents, Vatican says (www.reuters.com)
U.S. Investigating Whether Adams Received Illegal Donations From Turkey (www.nytimes.com)
Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are conducting a broad public corruption investigation into whether Mayor Eric Adams’s 2021 election campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal foreign donations, according to a search warrant obtained by The New York Times....
The death toll in Gaza surpasses 10,000 as the conflict enters a second month (www.npr.org)
Israeli forces have reached the coast of Gaza, splitting the besieged area in half and essentially cutting off the north from the south.
In rare announcement, US says guided missile sub has arrived in Middle East, a message of deterrence to adversaries (www.cnn.com)
In a rare announcement, the US military said a guided missile submarine has arrived in the Middle East, a message of deterrence clearly directed at regional adversaries as the Biden administration tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war....
Family Burns Down House While Trying To Get Rid Of Snake (www.indiatimes.com)
Cats have 276 different facial expressions, study finds (www.cnn.com)
Ears flattened, constricted pupils, a lick of the lips. If you’ve ever wondered if your feline friends’ furry faces were saying something whenever they got together, chances are they were....
Google Fiber is increasingly going by ‘GFiber’ (9to5google.com)
Back in 2021, Google Fiber got a new logo after using just a wordmark for the past decade. The latest branding change has Google Fiber increasingly leverage “GFiber.”
Palestinian said shot dead by settler while harvesting olives in West Bank (www.timesofisrael.com)
Bilal Muhammed Saleh, 40, was reportedly part of a group working outside their village near Nablus; IDF says combat soldier on leave was involved in incident, it is investigating
Disabled man drags himself off plane after Air Canada fails to offer wheelchair (www.theguardian.com)
Airline was forced to apologize to Rodney Hodgins who flew to Las Vegas with his wife to celebrate their anniversary in August