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X/Twitter exec who defended restoring account that posted child sexual abuse material leaves the company (gizmodo.com)

Nick Pickles gave shocking testimony in Australia last year that didn’t get much coverage in the U.S.

White House warns Iran on missile transfers to Russia. (www.voanews.com)

Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots (futurism.com)

The feds seem to have him dead to rights.

[news] American Killed at West Bank Protest Was a Campus Organizer [gift article - expires in 30 days] (www.nytimes.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/20044676...

UPS faces backlash from extreme heat incidents: ‘I got flowers and that was it’ (www.theguardian.com)

Driver Chris Begley’s death in August underscores a list of alleged heat-related incidents across Texas...

Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent (www.theguardian.com)

Researchers say procedure not yet tested on people could eventually be used to help locate injuries or tumours...

[news] Massive London March Demands Israeli Arms Embargo After Police Drop Restrictions (www.commondreams.org)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/20052486...

Breaking: Student shot at Joppatowne HS has died (www.yahoo.com)

A Joppatowne High School student shot by a classmate Friday died at a hospital, Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler said. The sheriff identified the student who died as Warren Curtis Grant, 15, of Edgewood. The sheriff said calls started to come in around 12:36 p.m. Friday for an active shooting situation. The sheriff said it...

JPMorgan Plans to Report Customers Who Exploited TikTok ‘Glitch’ to Authorities (www.wsj.com)

Bypass paywall: archive.ph/TBaGa

Wisconsin health officials recall eggs after a multistate salmonella outbreak (apnews.com)

Wisconsin health officials initiated a recall of eggs following an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm....

[news] Israeli podcasters are laughing about genocide. What would it take to stop? (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/20051547...

US ‘hero voters’ key to Harris win, say top ex-aides who plotted Labour UK victory (www.theguardian.com)

Keir Starmer’s former pollster, Deborah Mattinson, is to meet Kamala Harris’s campaign team in Washington this week to share details of how Labour pulled off its stunning election win by targeting key groups of “squeezed working-class voters who wanted change”....

X Is Working With a GOP Consulting Firm (www.wired.com)

Targeted Victory’s largest client is the Republican National Committee. It’s now fielding inquiries for X about Elon Musk’s standoff with Brazil....

Hollywood Stars Call on U.S. to End Arms Sales to Israel in Campaign (variety.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/19484886...

Boeing's beleaguered Starliner capsule leaves space station without its astronauts. (www.voanews.com)

Former Vice President Dick Cheney to vote for Kamala Harris (www.nbcnews.com)

Kamala Harris’ Donors Privately Urge Firing of FTC’s Khan, SEC’s Gensler (finance.yahoo.com)

[news] American killed in West Bank was longtime activist ‘bearing witness to oppression’, friends say (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/20052176...

Nevada inmate was pepper-sprayed and held face down before he died. His death was ruled a homicide (apnews.com)

A Nevada prisoner died after he was pepper-sprayed by guards, shut in a storage room, shackled and restrained with his face to the ground, according to an autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press....

Cops lure pedophiles with AI pics of teen girl. Ethical triumph or new disaster? (arstechnica.com)

New Mexico is seeking an injunction to permanently block Snap from practices allegedly harming kids. That includes a halt on advertising Snapchat as “more private” or “less permanent” due to the alleged “core design problem” and “inherent danger” of Snap’s disappearing messages. The state’s complaint noted...

Colin Gray, father of Georgia school shooting suspect Colt Gray, formally charged in connection with son's shooting spree (6abc.com)

Colin Gray, was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) said.

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