self-care purractice (mstdn.social)
Russia supplies oil to North Korea as UN sanctions regime nears ‘collapse’ (www.ft.com)
Russia has started supplying oil directly to North Korea in defiance of UN sanctions ⠀...
Judge rules that lawsuits against social media can move forward in Buffalo massacre case (www.democratandchronicle.com)
Nearly Two Years After Uvalde Massacre, Here Is Where All the Investigations, Personnel Changes Stand (www.propublica.org)
Baltimore mayor responds to racists who called him ‘DEI mayor’ (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)
Mayor Brandon Scott has come to expect overt and not-so-overt racism....
Chevron owns this city's news site. Many stories aren't told (www.npr.org)
Open flames shot upward from four smokestacks at the Chevron refinery on the western edge of Richmond, Calif. Soon, black smoke blanketed the sky....
Brussels passes bill to prevent purchase of products from Israeli West Bank settlements (www.brusselstimes.com)
The Brussels City Council unanimously passed a motion on Monday evening to block public procurement of products from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, with the MR and N-VA parties abstaining....
‘Mamma Mia!’ Stage Star Sara Poyzer Replaced By AI On BBC Show To Recreate Voice Of Dying Person — Update (deadline.com)
The BBC has issued a statement that offers important context to Sara Poyzer’s viral social media posts. The British broadcaster said it is using AI technology in a “highly sensitive documentary” to represent the voice of a person who is nearing the end of their life....
Georgia Republican official and outspoken election denier caught voting illegally 9 times (eu.usatoday.com)
Cross-post from slrpnk.net/post/8104275...
Embracer say their restructure is over, but it's "too early" to start acquiring studios again (web.archive.org)
Parents offered class photo version with no 'complex needs' pupils (www.bbc.com)
A council has apologised after parents were offered a choice of class photos with or without children with complex needs in them....
Baltic leaders urge Nato members to bring back conscription (www.ft.com)
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Suicide Mission - What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane (prospect.org)
U.S. signs off on more bombs, warplanes for Israel (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Kansas Legislature Bans Trans Kids From Accessing Gender-Affirming Care (truthout.org)
As a C beginner, should I be bothered by not being able to understand this? (queue.acm.org)
Most of the stuff went over my head, Why should I care that C is no longer low-level? What exactly is considered close-to-metal in today’s time, apart from binary and assembly?
A Loyal Israel Ally, Germany Shifts Tone as the Toll in Gaza Mounts (www.nytimes.com)
Days after Hamas launched its Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was one of the first Western leaders to arrive in Tel Aviv. Standing beside the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, he declared that Germany had “only one place — and it is alongside Israel.”...
400 people with mental illness are sitting in Colorado jails. Some state lawmakers want to divert them to treatment instead. (coloradosun.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/400-people-with-mental-illness-…
Wealthy Chinese, fearful of prosecution, are selling private jets and ostentatious symbols of wealth: American CEO (twitter.com)
This Week in Self-Hosted (29 March 2024) (selfh.st)
As usual, not my blog, just a good community share. Authors are on Mastodon at @selfhst
US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years (apnews.com)
For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage....
‘Shortcuts Everywhere’: How Boeing Favored Speed Over Quality (www.nytimes.com)
American intelligence withheld information on Moscow terror attacks out of fear of exposing intelligence sources or methods (www.nytimes.com)
The adversarial relationship between Washington and Moscow prevented U.S. officials from sharing any information about the plot beyond what was necessary, out of fear Russian authorities might learn their intelligence sources or methods.
Protestors force Israeli arms company Elbit to sell arms factory in Tamworth (socialistworker.co.uk)
the site’s new owners, listed as Griffin Newco Ltd, told Palestine Action that they will have nothing to do with the previous owners, Elbit, and have discontinued any arms manufacturing. ⠀...
Crystal Mason: Texas woman sentenced to five years over voting error acquitted (www.theguardian.com)
A Texas appeals court has thrown out a five-year prison sentence for Crystal Mason, a Texas woman who was sentenced for trying to cast a provisional ballot in the 2016 presidential election that was rejected....
