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Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week (www.reuters.com)

Canada launches warning labels on each cigarette (www.bbc.com)

Canada will be the first nation to start printing warnings directly onto individual cigarettes in a bid to deter young people from starting smoking and encourage others to quit....

Tesla was so swamped with complaints about driving ranges that it created a secret team to cancel owners' service appointments, source says (www.businessinsider.com)

Tesla was so swamped with complaints about driving ranges that it created a secret team to cancel owners’ service appointments, source says::To suppress the volume of complaints the automaker created a secret “Diversion Team” in Las Vegas to cancel appointments, Reuters reported.

Investigation disproves Israel claim of Hamas tunnel under Gaza hospital (www.aljazeera.com)

Elon Musk angers German government with post backing far-right party - UPI.com (www.upi.com)

Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Elon Musk is under fire after publicly backing a far-right political party in Germany, suggesting the current government should not be re-elected over its position on the current migrant crisis in Europe.

New York employers must include pay rates in job ads under new state law (english.elpais.com)

5:01 and Done: No One Wants to Schmooze After Work (www.wsj.com)

Office happy hours, client dinners and other after-hours work gatherings lose their luster as more people feel the pull of home...

Pope Francis fires conservative Texas bishop who opposed LGBTQ reforms (www.independent.co.uk)

Nonbinary Teacher in Florida Fired for Using Mx. Title (www.advocate.com)

The virtual school says its hands are tied due to Florida’s “don’t say gay” law. However, the teacher has lodged a complaint against it.

I tear myself open / I sew myself shuuut (slrpnk.net)

X adds video calling — and lets strangers ring you: Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up (www.independent.co.uk)

X adds video calling — and lets strangers ring you: Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up::Turned on by default, tool lets anyone you follow potentially call you up

Frontier Airlines CEO says the pandemic made workers 'lazy' and less productive: 'People are still allowing people to work from home, all this silliness, right?' (www.businessinsider.com)

Someone out there needs to hear this today, be kind to each other (lemm.ee)

Panera now displaying warning about its caffeinated lemonade in all stores after lawsuit over customer's death (www.nbcnews.com)

Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and died hours after she drank Panera’s Charged Lemonade, a large cup of which contains more caffeine than Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined....

Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu)

Engineers at MIT and in China are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with a completely passive device that is inspired by the ocean, and powered by the sun....

For science! (lemmy.zip)

Developers fight back against Unity’s new pricing model (www.theverge.com)

Jury acquits delivery driver of main charge in shooting of YouTube prankster (abcnews.go.com)

A jury has found a delivery driver not guilty in the shooting of a YouTube prankster who was following him around a mall food court earlier this year

Flashback - Mark Zuckerberg on billionaires: 'No one deserves to have that much money' (www.cnn.com)

Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)

Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate::Legal firm had said Real World Portal encouraged misogyny and there was evidence to suggest it is an illegal pyramid scheme

5 years ago Valve released Proton forever changing Linux gaming (www.gamingonlinux.com)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/4952617...

World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events (apnews.com)

The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials.

30% titanium 30% nickel (sh.itjust.works)

Monaspace - Microsoft presents a new font family for code (monaspace.githubnext.com)

The way they talk about it makes it sound like they invented the written word, but that notwithstanding the fonts actually look really nice in my opinion.