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Gen Z can’t work alongside people with different views because they ‘haven’t got the skills to disagree’ says British TV boss (finance.yahoo.com)
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‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier. (Paywall) (www.nytimes.com)
A Times analysis shows that increasingly complex oil and gas wells now require astonishing volumes of water to fracture the bedrock and release fossil fuels, threatening America’s fragile aquifers....
WGA strike: Hollywood studios send writers 'best and final' offer as deal nears on strike | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
F-35 crash: Pilot called 911 after parachuting into backyard (www.bbc.com)
The pilot of a US Marines F-35 jet that went missing called emergency services from a South Carolina home where his parachute landed....
Michael Bloomberg Dials Up a War on Plastics (www.nytimes.com)
Michael Bloomberg is many things: former New York City mayor, founder of a financial data company, failed presidential candidate and the 11th richest man in the world....
House GOP pulls key vote to advance stopgap government funding bill (www.cnbc.com)
The House of Representatives canceled a scheduled key procedural vote Tuesday on a temporary government funding bill hashed out by Republicans....
New revelations from the Snowden archive surface (www.computerweekly.com)
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Rishi Sunak considers weakening key green policies (www.bbc.com)
Plans could include delaying a ban on sales of new petrol cars and the phasing out of gas boilers....
In major breakthrough, researchers close in on potential preeclampsia cure (www.sciencedaily.com)
The tragic death of American track and field champion Tori Bowie earlier this year put the spotlight on preeclampsia, which disproportionately impacts Black and Hispanic women....
CTV: Abandoned Apollo 17 lunar lander module is causing tremors on the moon (www.ctvnews.ca)
Marc Benioff says he's a remote worker after calling Salesforce employees back to office (fortune.com)
The office is crucial for professional development. You can’t expect to grow in your career without spending time with your coworkers, learning by osmosis, picking up cues from observing your superiors, and bonding with your peers and managers....
Biden and Zelensky to meet in US next week (www.cnn.com)
US President Joe Biden plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky next week around the United Nations General Assembly meetings, according to multiple officials familiar with the plans....
Strange light phenomenon seen before some earthquakes is a long-standing mystery. Here’s what scientists think it means (www.cnn.com)
Earthquake lights can take several different forms, according to a chapter on the phenomenon coauthored by Derr and published in the 2019 edition of the Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics....
Australia Indigenous referendum set to fail as support dips, poll shows (www.reuters.com)
Since Australian independence in 1901, only eight of the 44 proposals for constitutional change have been approved....
Michigan State suspends coach Mel Tucker after allegations he sexually harassed a rape survivor (apnews.com)
Unborn girl sent signals from the womb of her mother and ‘doctors discovered something astonishing (summitgist.blogspot.com)
X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions (arstechnica.com)
Body cam shows prolific federal drug prosecutor offering cops business card in DUI crash arrest (apnews.com)
When police arrived at his house to investigate a hit-and-run, Joseph Ruddy, one of the nation’s most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors, looked so drunk he could barely stand up straight, leaning on the tailgate of his pickup to keep his balance....
Suspected Chinese operatives using AI generated images to spread disinformation among US voters, Microsoft says (www.cnn.com)
Suspected Chinese operatives have used images made by artificial intelligence to mimic American voters online in an attempt to spread disinformation and provoke discussion on divisive political issues as the 2024 US election approaches, Microsoft analysts warned Thursday....
Weather Is Driving Up Your Food Bill. Winners and Losers. (www.barrons.com)
For food companies, it will be a balancing act between raising prices and losing customers. For the agriculture business, it may be a boon....
US says 52 mln air bag inflators should be recalled over rupture threat (www.reuters.com)
Burning Man organizers lift driving ban after heavy rains left the event smothered in mud and trapped thousands (www.cnn.com)
Hundreds of trucks, RVs and other vehicles are journeying out of the Burning Man festival grounds after heavy rains trapped tens of thousands of people in the makeshift city and surrounded them with ankle-deep mud too thick to drive in....
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
The social media company formerly known as Twitter has been accused in a revised civil US lawsuit of helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses against its users, including by disclosing confidential user data at the request of Saudi authorities at a much higher rate than it has for the US, UK, or Canada....
The bloody labor crackdown Paramount didn't want America to see (www.motherjones.com)
