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Let's discuss: Earthbound / Mother (beehaw.org)

The format of these posts is simple: let’s discuss a specific game or series!...

Top Secret: In a 2018 letter, Netanyahu asks Qatar to fund Hamas (www.ynetnews.com)

Chuckles, I'm in Danger (sh.itjust.works)

Over 100 far-right militias are coordinating on Facebook (arstechnica.com)

Revive That Old Computer With AntiX Linux (fosspost.org)

Martin Myers tried and failed to steal a cigarette. Why has he spent 18 years in prison for it? (www.theguardian.com)

Young women in Saudi Arabia sentenced to 11 years in prison by "anti-terrorism court" after being arrested for “her choice of clothing and support for women’s rights” (www.theguardian.com)

Saudi officials confirmed in a statement to the United Nations high commissioner for human rights that Manahel al-Otaibi was sentenced on 9 January for what the Saudi government called “terrorist offences”....

As Biden Plans to Reschedule Marijuana, Advocates Say 'Fully Legalize' It (www.commondreams.org)

Google is building a fart button into Android (www.theverge.com)

Google Phone starts rolling out ‘Audio Emoji’ and they’re really weird [Video] (9to5google.com)

I'm a Tenured College Professor. I'm Quitting. Here's Why. (www.okdoomer.io)

(I am not the author)

For 'Cheap' Labour, Google Fires Its Entire Python Team: Report (www.freepressjournal.in)

Manor Lords is off to a flying start on Steam, just hours after its early access release (www.eurogamer.net)

Musk moves Tesla's goalposts, investors happily move shares higher (www.theregister.com)

US government reportedly ponders crimping China's use of RISC-V (www.theregister.com)

Researchers find lower grades given to students with surnames that come later in alphabetical order (phys.org)

As graders go on grading, their comments become more frustrated and their good-will becomes much sloppier. At least that's the hypothesis to explain this. Researchers found the reverse effect on graders who sorted in reverse-alphabetical order.

FTC bans noncompete agreements for workers (www.washingtonpost.com)

West Virginia confirms first measles case since 2009 (apnews.com)

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth (blogs.nasa.gov)

Prosecutors will make history with opening statements in Trump's hush money criminal trial (apnews.com)

Trust the yanks to do the right thing after trying everything else first (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

Dutch government says it may stop using Facebook over privacy concerns (www.cnbc.com)

The Dutch government said Friday that it may be forced to stop using Facebook after a warning from the Netherlands’ privacy regulator about the Meta owned social media platform’s privacy risks....

The drug war devastated Black and other minority communities. Is marijuana legalization helping? (apnews.com)

Argument for legalizing the adult use of cannabis was to stop the harm caused by disproportionate enforcement of drug laws in Black, Latino and other minority communities.