Biden names Harris to lead first federal gun violence prevention office (www.theguardian.com)
Effort continues administration’s work to prevent mass shootings and homicides that primarily affect Black and Latino communities...
New files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science (www.theguardian.com)
Executives privately sought to downplay link between fossil fuels and climate change despite public pronouncements, WSJ reports...
This used to be a witty title but some pro-censorship arse complained so here we are (www.theguardian.com)
No more cordon blur: France prepares to ban vegetarian products from using meaty language
Nato official suggests Ukraine could give up land in exchange for membership (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/1335364...
Uncharted territory: do AI girlfriend apps promote unhealthy expectations for human relationships? (www.theguardian.com)
Uncharted territory: do AI girlfriend apps promote unhealthy expectations for human relationships?::Chatbots such as Eva AI are getting better at mimicking human interaction but some fear they feed into unhealthy beliefs around gender-based control and violence
Biden to sign executive order to close southern US border to asylum seekers (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden will this week sign an executive order to temporarily close the southern US border to asylum seekers in a sharp political U-turn aimed at winning support on a key voter concern in a presidential election year....
The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates (www.theguardian.com)
When you picture the tech industry, you probably think of things that don’t exist in physical space, such as the apps and internet browser on your phone. But the infrastructure required to store all this information – the physical datacentres housed in business parks and city outskirts – consume massive amounts of energy....
China testing ability to ‘seize power’ in second day of military drills around Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)
China has begun its second day of military drills targeting Taiwan, in what it says is punishment for “separatist acts” after the inauguration of its new president on Monday....
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Study confirms Altria, Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders...
California sheriff’s deputies kill 17-year-old boy with mental health issues (www.theguardian.com)
Boy, as yet unidentified, is third child killed by San Bernardino law enforcement in less than two years and second in under a month...
Let them eat Flakes: Kellogg’s CEO says poor families should consider ‘cereal for dinner’ (www.theguardian.com)
Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter (www.theguardian.com)
Russian courts halt cases against Alexei Navalny after jailed activist disappears | Alexei Navalny | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu declares a ‘second war of independence’ as fears for Gazans grow (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song by listening to people’s brainwaves (www.theguardian.com)
Sound clip is pretty creepy.
US supreme court sides with Starbucks in union case over fired employees (www.theguardian.com)
US designates Scandinavian neo-Nazi group and three leaders as terrorists (www.theguardian.com)
In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar (www.theguardian.com)
In Fort Mohave, Arizona, even Republican voters are fighting gas power plants as utilities try to lock in fossil fuels...
‘Are we joking?’: Venice residents protest as city starts charging visitors to enter (www.theguardian.com)
Day-trippers will have to pay €5 to visit Italian city under scheme designed to protect it from excess tourism...
All billionaires under 30 have inherited their wealth, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Surprise, surprise!
Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency (www.theguardian.com)
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv....
Dying woman’s last wish: to pay off others’ medical debt – $15m worth (www.theguardian.com)
The New York City book publisher arranged to use money raised in her memory to buy up the medical debt of others – and then pay it off, according to a website which assisted her philanthropic effort and as of Friday had collected nearly all of her six-figure goal....
Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike (www.theguardian.com)
The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19
Vice blocked news stories that could offend Saudi Arabia, insiders say (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Media company recently signed lucrative deal with Saudi government-controlled MBC Group
Donald Trump offers supporters $299 assassination attempt-themed sneakers (www.theguardian.com)
As surely as Donald Trump sought to cash in on his various criminal indictments, so the former president turned Republican presidential nominee began to sell merchandise commemorating his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania last weekend....
