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The startup offering free toilets and coffee for delivery workers — in exchange for their data (restofworld.org)

Iran’s attacks against Israel has the West scrambling for a narrative (peoplesdispatch.org)

High risk of animal-to-human diseases developing in some China fur farms, animal protection group says (www.reuters.com)

Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11142800...

Smart locks from Chirp systems found to store app credentials in plain text (krebsonsecurity.com)

Mehdi Unfiltered, Ep. 1 - Mehdi Hasan Clashes with Former Israeli Prime Minister (zeteo.com)

Zeteo presents the first episode of Mehdi Hasan’s new show “Mehdi Unfiltered”

Fake Footage of Iran’s Attack on Israel Is Going Viral (www.wired.com)

Over 350 humanitarian sites and aid convoys hit in Gaza since 7 October (www.middleeasteye.net)

At least 357 humanitarian-run sites and convoys in Gaza whose coordinates had been shared in advance with warring parties were hit before the World Central Kitchen (WCK) attack this month, Middle East Eye has learnt. UN officials and aid workers, many speaking on condition of anonymity, have told MEE it had been clear for months...

Abortions in first 12 weeks should be legalised in Germany, commission says (www.theguardian.com)

Most cases of abortion are illegal in Germany, which report says is not compatible with international standards...

2 visitors captured on video destroying ancient rock formations at Lake Mead (www.cnn.com)

Prospects fade for rebuilding Gaza's health infrastructure, warns WHO (peoplesdispatch.org)

Fast Paced Environment (slrpnk.net)

Israeli settlers set fire to cars, homes of Palestinians under occupation (www.aljazeera.com)

Mobs of Israeli settlers have rampaged through the occupied West Bank attacking Palestinians and their property, killing two people. The latest violence was sparked by the disappearance of a 14-year-old boy from an illegal outpost, whose body was later found.

The Life and Death of Hollywood: Film and television writers face an existential threat (harpers.org)

Remember that PlaytronOS from some weeks ago? Turns out it's for a "crypto powered" portable console (arstechnica.com)

For anyone that missed the initial news back in March -> arstechnica.com/…/playtron-wants-to-go-way-wider-…...

Open source newsletter platform Ghost is considering joining the Fediverse (forum.ghost.org)

The nonprofit company is contemplating federating Ghost over ActivityPub. There is a survey asking users about their usage of ActivityPub platforms like Mastodon and how they expect ActivityPub functionality to work in Ghost.

China’s Xi Jinping says ‘no force’ can stop ‘reunion’ with Taiwan (globalnews.ca)

Amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan, Chinese President Xi Jinping told a former Taiwanese president who supports unification that the countries “belong” together....

Semiautomatic firearm ban passes Colorado's House, heads to Senate (apnews.com)

Colorado’s Democratic-controlled House on Sunday passed a bill that would ban the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms, a major step for the legislation after roughly the same bill was swiftly killed by Democrats last year....

Gun supervisor for 'Rust' movie to be sentenced for fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on set (apnews.com)

A movie weapons supervisor is facing up to 18 months in prison for the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” with her sentencing scheduled for Monday in a New Mexico state court....

Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas (apnews.com)

The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas....