Israeli forces attack Gaza's main city from two directions (www.reuters.com)
Pope Francis calls for a ceasefire in the Holy Land (www.vaticannews.va)
Pope Francis prays for an end to the violence in the Holy Land, especially in Gaza where a humanitarian catastrophe has unfolded, as well as for the ...
Prisoner exchange? Israeli captive families demand answers from Netanyahu (www.aljazeera.com)
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"As Long as Palestine is Occupied, No Country is Free" (peoplesdispatch.org)
University of Rochester professor who didn't show up for class believed to be in danger: Police (abcnews.go.com)
A professor at an upstate New York university is believed to be in danger after he did not show up to teach on Saturday, police said....
‘Parasites’: Mother wins court case to evict two sons in their 40s (apple.news)
Accessibility, what would the perfect blind Linux Desktop be like for you? (discussion.fedoraproject.org)
Accessibility is a really important field. Everyone should have the right to use a free and friendly Operating System....
Gaza still has fuel but it could run out in hours, Red Cross official says (www.reuters.com)
LinkedIn Issues Warning to Site Shaming Pro-Palestinian Sentiment. (www.nytimes.com)
LinkedIn Issues Warning to Site Shaming Pro-Palestinian Sentiment.::The site listed thousands of people and grouped them by their workplaces after they posted on the Israeli-Hamas conflict.
‘Pervasive and relentless’ racism on the rise in Europe, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)
The survey of 6,752 people of African descent in 13 countries – Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden – found 45% had experienced racial discrimination, an increase of six percentage points from 39% in 2016.
Google blocked benchmark apps on Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro ahead of launch, but that's not new (9to5google.com)
Stellantis drops out of CES, blames UAW strike (www.theverge.com)
Names written on children's bodies speak to the fears of Gazan parents amid the Israel-Hamas war | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
“We received some cases where the parents wrote the names of their children on the legs and abdomen,” Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Masri, the head of the emergency department Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, told CNN....
Final Fantasy 14 Shows Off New Viper Class Alongside Final Fantasy 11 and 16 Crossovers - IGN (www.ign.com)
The upcoming Dawntrail expansion for Final Fantasy 14 will add a new Viper class as well as collaborations with Final Fantasy 11 and 16. Additionally, Final Fantasy 14 will be getting an open beta in mid-January or February 2024.
Biden and Aides Advise Israel to Avoid Widening War With Hezbollah Strike (www.nytimes.com)
Egypt-Gaza Rafah crossing opens, allowing 20 aid trucks amid Israeli siege (www.aljazeera.com)
Hamas says it releases two US hostages 'for humanitarian reasons' after Qatari efforts (www.reuters.com)
GAZA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hamas’ armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, has released two U.S. hostages from Gaza - a mother and her daughter - “for humanitarian reasons” in response to Qatari mediation efforts in the war with Israel, its spokesman Abu Ubaida said on Friday....
Vanilla OS 2.0 Adds Android Container Support (github.com)
Implements support for waydroid in vso, this includes creating and deleting a waydroid container, as well as using fdroid repositories to install and search for applications.
King of Jordan tells Olaf Scholz: We won’t take refugees from Gaza (www.politico.eu)
The king of Jordan poured cold water on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s hopes that neighboring Arab countries could take in Palestinian refugees who are fleeing the Gaza Strip ahead of an anticipated ground offensive by the Israeli army....
Seymour Hersh: The Plan to Wipe Out Hamas [hard paywall] (seymourhersh.substack.com)
TL;DR: Flatten the buildings and then use upgraded American bunker buster bombs, which may or may not be able to penetrate deep enough. And then ultimately, “The Israeli hope is that Qatar and Egypt will take the refugee crisis off its hands.”...
Turkey says 'intensive contacts' underway to free Israel's hostages with Hamas (www.al-monitor.com)
A Stanford University instructor has been removed from the classroom amid reports they called Jewish students colonizers and downplayed the Holocaust (www.cnn.com)
An instructor at Stanford University has been removed from teaching duties as the school investigates reports that during a discussion on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the instructor downplayed the Holocaust and singled out students “based on their backgrounds and identities.”...
More presumed human remains recovered from imploded submersible: Coast Guard (abcnews.go.com)
The Coast Guard has recovered remaining debris, including presumed human remains, from a submersible that imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five onboard, deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, officials said Tuesday....
Defense stocks jump as war rages between Israel and Hamas (markets.businessinsider.com)
How 1880s technology made it possible for 2 women to travel around the world in under 80 days (www.businessinsider.com)
How 1880s technology made it possible for 2 women to travel around the world in under 80 days::In 1889, Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland went around the world. Making the trip in under 80 days required trains, ships, and other technology.
