Five Takeaways From the WSJ Swing-State Poll (www.wsj.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13897979...
Scheduled blackouts introduced in 6 Ukrainian regions due to Russian attacks (kyivindependent.com)
Scheduled blackouts were introduced in six Ukrainian regions due to power deficits caused by Russian attacks on the country’s energy system and high consumption, Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s state grid operator, reported on April 4....
Doctor at IDF field hospital for detained Gazans: 'We are all complicit in breaking law' (www.haaretz.com)
“Just this week, two prisoners had their legs amputated due to handcuff injuries, which unfortunately is a routine event,” the physician said in the letter. He said inmates are fed through straws, defecate in diapers, and are held constant restraints, which violate medical ethics and the law....
Study underlines role of past injustices in medical mistrust (news.uga.edu)
Memory of Tuskegee impacted vaccine uptake among Black Americans in the South...
More students are dropping out of college, money is a main concern (www.cnbc.com)
Jurassic Park: Survival TBA on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
Cable lobby vows “years of litigation” to avoid bans on blocking and throttling (arstechnica.com)
Canadian family says their relative starved to death in Gaza waiting for a visa (www.cbc.ca)
Why ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Built Season 5 Around a Classic Episode From a Legacy Series (variety.com)
Microsoft's Collapse in the Web Server Space Continued This Month (techrights.org)
Could the US Government Self-Host a Fediverse Server? (wedistribute.org)
In response to Joe Biden and the White House enabling ActivityPub federation via Threads, a number of people asked: “Why didn’t the White House just self-host their own Mastodon server?”...
As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice (www.washingtonpost.com)
ウクライナ万歳！ (lemmy.world)
President Xi Jinping Speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden on the Phone (www.fmprc.gov.cn)
Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016 | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
‘No choice’: Ukraine eyes Kerch bridge in Crimea for drone attack (www.theguardian.com)
Third attack on Kerch bridge between Russia and occupied Crimea ‘inevitable’, say Ukraine’s military intelligence...
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza (www.972mag.com)
a notable point in here, particularly given the recent WCK murders:...
[Retro Dodo]Google is killing Retro Dodo and Other Independent Sites (retrododo.com)
I know that the source is more focused on retro gaming as a topic but the topic of this post is Google and its pagerank algorithm which is more appropriate for this community....
‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets (www.theguardian.com)
Medellín, Colombia, bans sex work in two areas after U.S. tourist found with minors (www.nbcnews.com)
The ban will be in effect for six months, and some bars will be required to close by 1 a.m. for the next month, according to a statement from the mayor’s office....
Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany (www.bbc.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/10012136...
Egypt charges pro-Palestine protesters with 'spreading fake news' (www.middleeasteye.net)
Egyptian security forces on Thursday detained 10 young men who took part in a protest that denounced Egypt’s role in the siege on Gaza. They are facing charges of “collaborating with a terrorist group” and “spreading and publishing fake news”....
Fwupd Will Use Zstd Compression (9to5linux.com)
Linux Firmware Update Utility Fwupd Will Use Zstd Compression for Future Releases...
Bulgarian Police Find Stash Of Weapons Linked To Hamas (www.barrons.com)
Schools close and crops wither as ‘historic’ heatwave hits south-east Asia (www.theguardian.com)
