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Plastic Fantasy (www.propublica.org)

I’ll be surprised if by the end of the current century if the petrol companies don’t see a class action suit similar to the tobacco companies for damages wrought upon humanity....

As Ukraine Expands Military Draft, Some Men Go Into Hiding (www.nytimes.com)

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CUDIMM Standard Set to Make Desktop Memory a Bit Smarter and a Lot More Robust (www.anandtech.com)

Ukraine faces rolling blackouts after Russia attacks its power grid (www.pbs.org)

Ukraine, including Kyiv, is struggling to cope with a new wave of rolling blackouts after relentless Russian attacks took out half the country’s power generation capacity....

Why pick on us? Cyprus perplexed by Hezbollah threats (www.reuters.com)

Crackdown on hunger-striking Myanmar prisoners in Indian jail – (eng.mizzima.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/23589474...

U.S. puts Japan back on currency manipulator watch list after 1 year (english.kyodonews.net)

Namibia high court overturns law banning consensual gay sex (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17125300

Politician who pushed Philippines natural gas boom is behind firm that planned to profit (apnews.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17124918

Beaten schoolchildren, military training, and Kremlin propaganda: new report accuses Russia of violating international law through 'Russification' of Ukrainian education system (www.hrw.org)

Russian authorities are imposing the Russian curriculum and Kremlin propaganda in Ukrainian schools in occupied areas of Ukraine and have retaliated against school workers if they refuse to implement the imposed Russian curriculum, a report published by Human Rights Watch days....

The US plans to halt some orders for Patriot missiles and give them to Ukraine instead: report (www.businessinsider.com)

The US plans to stop open orders for Patriot interceptor missiles, the Financial Times reported....

Pakistani 'blasphemy vigilante' mob kills man (www.dw.com)

A crowd of vigilantes in Pakistan killed and burned the body of a man whom they accused of desecrating the Quran. Police registered a case against the mob of hundreds....

Paradox Lays Off Entire Studio Before Its Game Was Even Released - Aftermath (aftermath.site)

Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge Of The Seven Confirmed For Release On PS5, PS4, Switch, And PC | Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)

Square Enix has announced a Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven remake. This updated version will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam) starting October 24th at a price of $49.99....

Russia wages a scorched-earth war in Ukraine with retrofitted bombs and new airstrips (www.npr.org)

Pocket 386 is a mini laptop for retro computing with support for DOS and Windows 95 - Liliputing (liliputing.com)

Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” (arstechnica.com)

Turns out Corporations aren't made of money they can hand out for unskilled labor - California's $20 Minimum Wage Forces Owner to Shut Down Iconic Arby's After 55 Years: 'Final Nail in the Coffin' (www.thegatewaypundit.com)

Who could have predicted this???...