Chris Rock Asked Out Jada Pinkett Smith Before the Slap, Explaining Everything (www.cracked.com)
A Shocking Number of Amphibian Species Are Vanishing, Scientists Warn (www.sciencealert.com)
Amid the sixth mass extinction, frogs, salamanders, and caecilians remain the most threatened group of vertebrates on Earth. Over 40 percent of amphibian species are now threatened, the latest global assessment has found....
Shani Louk Is Still Alive, Mother Reveals (www.newsweek.com)
Israel Bombs Egypt Border Crossing It Had Touted as an Escape Route for Besieged Palestinians (www.msn.com)
Israeli planes bombed the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, even as an Israeli military spokesman encouraged Palestinians to use the border post to flee to safety....
‘Plastic air pollution’: Microplastics in clouds could be exacerbating climate change, study says (www.euronews.com)
The presence of tiny plastics in clouds risks the contamination of ‘everything we eat and drink’, researchers say....
Unity CEO John Riccitiello Steps Down After Pricing Blowup (www.wired.com)
US nutrition panel’s ties to top food giants revealed in new report (www.theguardian.com)
Israel strikes Gaza tower as death tolls jump after Hamas attack (www.aljazeera.com)
At least 198 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids; Hamas attack kills 70 Israelis, ‘big number’ also captured.
She Was Supplementing Her Income (apnews.com)
Cult of self-proclaimed 'Queen of Canada' threatens Sask. village with public executions (www.cbc.ca)
An extremist cult leader and her followers have set up camp in a small Saskatchewan village, 83 kilometres northwest of Maple Creek, near the Alberta border. The group has called for public execution of elected officials and other members in and around the community....
"We have the technology, but we’re not going to save your kid because we can’t make any money on you’? Really?" (www.nature.com)
Cat accused of wiping US Veteran Affairs server info after jumping on keyboard (www.theregister.com)
Cat accused of wiping US Veteran Affairs server info after jumping on keyboard::US govt confirms outage, leaves feline in a quantum state of uncertainty
In Singapore, a certificate to own a car now costs $106,000 (www.reuters.com)
Swiss LGBTQ+ rights groups hail 60-day sentence for polemicist who called journalist a 'fat lesbian' (abcnews.go.com)
Samsung is adding cloud gaming to your Galaxy phone, and it could arrive this week (9to5google.com)
cross-posted from !android...
This quote is fucking metal (sh.itjust.works)
And the fact it came from Steve Jobs is just funny
New UN migration chief says private sector 'desperate' to take migrants despite negative narrative (apnews.com)
The new head of the U.N.'s migration agency said Monday that the private sector is “desperate” for their countries to take in migrants to mop up labor shortages, especially in the West — endeavoring to steer a narrative away from reticence and suspicion about migrants in many parts of the world....
Google to add emoji reactions to its Android Gmail app (and how to enable them) (9to5google.com)
They’re intended to work and look like your usual Discord or similar emoji reactions, as long as it’s between Gmail users:...
The synthetic social network is coming (www.platformer.news)
More than 100 dolphins dead in Amazon as water hits 102 degrees Fahrenheit | CNN (www.cnn.com)
More than a hundred dolphins have been found dead in the Brazilian Amazon amid an historic drought and record-high water temperatures that in places have exceeded 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
Transgender minors in Nebraska, their families and doctors brace for a new law limiting treatment (apnews.com)
As Nebraska’s new law restricting gender-affirming care for minors goes into effect this weekend, families with transgender children and the doctors who treat them are steeling themselves for change. But exactly what and how much change is anyone’s guess....
Fresno becomes second U.S. city to ban caste discrimination (www.nbcnews.com)
Fresno, California, has become the second city in the U.S. to ban caste discrimination, after the City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to incorporate two new protected categories into its municipal code....
The Great Wall of China Has Suffered 'Irreversible' Damage After Two Workers Excavated a Shortcut Through the Cultural Relic (news.artnet.com)
Hatoful Boyfriend creator: "btw I’ve got no royalty payment for Hatoful Boyfriend from Epic since they acquired Mediatonic back in spring 2021" (twitter.com)
US may pay 3x more than EU for Moderna’s US-funded COVID shot (arstechnica.com)
Compared with other countries, the US is again seeing exorbitant prices for a medicine—even one it helped develop....
