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Palestinians scramble to flee south in Gaza as Israel urges a mass evacuation and conducts raids (apnews.com)

Mark Goddard Dies: ‘Lost In Space’ Actor Was 87 (deadline.com)

UK to send navy ships and spy planes to support Israel (www.theguardian.com)

Britain will send surveillance aircraft, two Royal Navy support ships and about 100 Royal Marines to the eastern Mediterranean from Friday to support Israel and help prevent any sudden escalation of fighting in the Middle East....

Family hoping to find ashes [of human and dog remains] that were taken away in stolen vehicle in West Philly (6abc.com)

Skeletons of 1918 Flu Victims Reveal Clues About Who Was Likely to Die (www.nytimes.com)

While a narrative emerged that the pandemic indiscriminately struck the young and healthy, new evidence suggests that frail young adults were most vulnerable.

GNOME Merge Requests Opened That Would Drop X.Org Session Support (www.phoronix.com)

Iran’s support for Hamas fans suspicion it’s wrecking Israel-Saudi deal (www.politico.eu)

Tehran’s remarks will feed speculation Iran is whipping up conflict to prevent a US-brokered normalization of Saudi-Israeli ties....

Condemnation and calls for restraint after Hamas attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)

New UCF Technology Could Reduce Lag, Improve Reliability of Online Gaming, Meetings | University of Central Florida News (www.ucf.edu)

The novel class of optical modulators can make data transfer over optical fiber communication faster and more efficient....

The Black Cat in Silver Lake becomes California's first LGBTQ+ historical landmark (abc7.com)

Drug dealer tried hiding cocaine by dumping it in a police car, Nebraska authorities say (www.klkntv.com)

Sorry, Philip: Young Canadians' unhappiness is older generations' fault (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)

Google released this weather feature inside google maps, only on iPhones over 4 years ago. Is it ever coming to Android? (www.talkandroid.com)

I think it’s neat, I just discovered it today when browsing on someone’s iphone. Or is it a step in the wrong direction towards 1-in-all apps like Wechat?

At least 56 killed after suicide bombings rip through two religious ceremonies in Pakistan (www.cnn.com)

Suicide bombings ripped through two religious ceremonies in Pakistan Friday, killing at least 56 people and injuring dozens more as worshipers celebrated the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad, according to police and local officials....

The double-edged sword of privatisation is poised to cut deep into the heart of a failing South African state (www.dailymaverick.co.za)

An interesting assesment of how a failing state almost makes privatisation inevitable. But at the cost of not servicing the majority of the country’s population, and only catering to those who can pay for all services. Pay to win in reality.

Japanese startup to develop refueling satellite for U.S. Space Force (japantoday.com)

Lotus 1-2-3 For Linux (lock.cmpxchg8b.com)

‘Ready to die’: Indonesia Eco-City row grows as eviction deadline looms (www.aljazeera.com)

Michael Bloomberg Dials Up a War on Plastics (www.nytimes.com)

Michael Bloomberg is many things: former New York City mayor, founder of a financial data company, failed presidential candidate and the 11th richest man in the world....

Rishi Sunak delays ban on petrol and diesel cars until 2035 amid furious Tory net zero row (www.independent.co.uk)

Rishi Sunak has sparked fury among environmentalists, business, international allies and many of his own MPs by watering down key climate change commitments aimed at reaching net zero by 2050....

GE-Proton8-15 Released (github.com)

Upstream proton symstore fixes added...

‘No corridor without Turkey’: Erdogan opposes India-Middle East-Europe mega project (www.firstpost.com)

One of the biggest successes of the G20 Summit 2023 under India’s presidency was the announcement of India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor, but one of the leaders of the group member countries, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been opposing it....