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SkyWest Airlines facing federal lawsuit over alleged ‘fake company union’ (www.theguardian.com)

Largest regional airline in North America also sued by flight attendant union for alleged retaliatory firings...

NZ police race to recover meth-laced sweets distributed by charity (www.bbc.com)

Police in New Zealand are racing to trace sweets containing “potentially lethal levels of methamphetamine” after they were distributed by a charity in Auckland....

Thai court dismisses PM Srettha for breaching ethical rules in Cabinet appointment - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/39610534

Venezuela elections lack 'integrity,' says UN (www.dw.com)

A panel of UN experts said the way the recent presidential vote was carried out “had no precedent.” Meanwhile, the UN human rights chief has raised alarm over detentions and use of force in the election’s aftermath....

The deepfake election nightmare hasn’t happened. Singapore still wants to ban them. (restofworld.org)

Scientists cook up a plan to save freshwater crocodiles from toxic cane toads (phys.org)

Cane toads are at it again! Scientists from Macquarie University working with Bunuba Indigenous rangers and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) in Western Australia have trialed a new way to protect freshwater crocodiles from deadly invasive cane toads spreading across northern Australia.

A nice evening, cat and I are spending some time outside :BlobCat_Heart: (fedinerds.social)

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U.S. Security Communications Advisor John Kirby on Ukraine's incursion in Russia: "If it’s making Putin a little uncomfortable, he can just get the hell out of Ukraine and call it a day" (www.whitehouse.gov)

Asked to comment on Russian president Putin’s recent characterization of Ukraine’s incursion in Russia’s Kursk region as “the West being at war with Russia,” Mr. Kirby said during a press meeting in the White House:...

UN Delegates Cheer As They Vote To Approve Increased Surveillance Via Russia-Backed Cybercrime Treaty (www.techdirt.com)

'Never seen a fire like this': Thousands flee as Athens battles major wildfires (www.nbcnews.com)

Iowa and Utah are banning books state-wide. (lithub.com)

cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/5372070...

Announcing Lix 2.91 "Dragon's Breath" (lix.systems)

Lix is a Nix implementation focused on reliability, predictability, friendliness, developed by a community of people from around the world. We have long term plans to incrementally evolve Nix to work in more places, to make it more reliable and secure, and to update the language and semantics to correct past mistakes and reduce...

Extreme Privacy What It Takes to Disappear - 5th Edition where to get it pls? (inteltechniques.com)

As per title. Its just for me. Too poor these days to buy it. Feel free to DM me. Thanks. I’ve tried the wiki, nada.

Puerto Rico cancels classes, activates National Guard as Tropical Storm Ernesto approaches (www.seattletimes.com)

Puerto Rico activated the National Guard and canceled the start of classes in public schools as forecasters warned that the U.S. territory would be hit by Tropical Storm Ernesto, which formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday....

DNA on weapons implicates ex-U.S. Green Beret in attempted Venezuelan coup, federal officials say (apnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/18562111...

Sick of Spammy Twitter Replies? X Now Lets You Filter Out the Blue Checks (www.pcmag.com)

King Charles banknotes go for 11 times face value (www.bbc.com)

Banknotes with a face value of £78,430 have raised more than 11 times that amount for charity following a series of auctions....

The Putin Magnet: the GRU spy and the women who loved him - VSquare.org (vsquare.org)

All of Poland heard about his arrest and expulsion, and moreover, there was global media interest in González. What no one knows is that there is an important element missing from the spy story: it involves someone else, too....

Israel spokesperson accuses BBC’s Mishal Husain of pro-Palestinian bias (www.theguardian.com)

Heat aggravated by carbon pollution killed 50,000 in Europe last year – study | Continent is warming at much faster rate than other parts of world, leading to fires, drought and health problems (www.theguardian.com)

The study is here

The Revenge of the Home Page: As social networks become less reliable distributors of the news, consumers of digital journalism are seeking out an older form of online real estate. (www.newyorker.com)

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