Parasite outbreak cases in Devon double to 46 (www.bbc.co.uk)
China continues to strengthen its relations with socialist Cuba in practical ways (socialistchina.org)
It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in North Carolina (arstechnica.com)
Learn long and prosper: U of T’s Fisher Library becomes ‘eternal archive’ on Star Trek: Discovery (www.utoronto.ca)
Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester (apnews.com)
Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows (about.winamp.com)
Disaster recovery with ZFS and zrepl (chromakode.com)
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)
Mayoral candidate, five others killed in gunfire at a campaign rally in Mexico (abcnews.go.com)
France imposes state of emergency, bans TikTok in riot-hit New Caledonia (www.france24.com)
China tries drastic measures to boost ailing property sector (www.dw.com)
China has announced some policies designed to shore up its ailing property sector after the latest data showed housing prices slumped nearly 10% since the start of the year....
Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies (arstechnica.com)
EU Commission opens formal proceedings against Meta under the Digital Services Act related to the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram (ec.europa.eu)
The Commission is concerned that the systems of both Facebook and Instagram, including their algorithms, may stimulate behavioural addictions in children, as well as create so-called ‘rabbit-hole effects’. In addition, the Commission is also concerned about age-assurance and verification methods put in place by Meta....
Maven Is a New Social Network That Eliminates Followers—and Hopefully Stress (www.wired.com)
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Attempted assassination of Slovak prime minister follows country’s slide into political polarization (theconversation.com)
ABC News: DOJ releases proposed rule to reclassify marijuana (abcnews.go.com)
President Joe Biden, in a video posted Thursday on X, touted the proposal as “an important move toward reversing longstanding inequities.”...
University of California Workers Authorize Union to Call for Strike Over Protest Crackdowns (www.nytimes.com)
Is This the End of Plastic? Visa's New Technology Could Replace Physical Cards (www.cnet.com)
A school banned all books with LGBTQ+ parents. Now people are fighting back. (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Intel's OpenVINO Now Available In openSUSE (www.phoronix.com)
Putin and Xi vow to deepen 'no limits' partnership as Russia advances in Ukraine (www.nbcnews.com)
Unmasking counterprotesters who attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment (www.cnn.com)
As Russia Advances, NATO Considers Sending Trainers Into Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
NATO allies are inching closer to sending troops into Ukraine to train Ukrainian forces, a move that would be another blurring of a previous red line and could draw the United States and Europe more directly into the war....
Syrians Facing Expulsions at Home and Abroad (unicornriot.ninja)
