How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet (www.wired.com)
Say you search for “children’s clothing.” Google converts it, without your knowledge, to a search for “NIKOLAI-brand kidswear,” making a behind-the-scenes substitution of your actual query with a different query that just happens to generate more money for the company, and will generate results you weren’t searching...
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Over 75,000 workers poised for largest healthcare strike in US history (www.theguardian.com)
Kaiser Permanente workers push for improvements to staffing levels and wage increases after union contract expires
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Social media traffic to top news sites craters (www.axios.com)
Traffic referrals to the top global news sites from Meta's Facebook and X, formerly Twitter, has collapsed over the past year, according to data from Similarweb....
Pandas could be gone from America's zoos by the end of next year (apnews.com)
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What was Elon Musk’s strategy for Twitter? A fired Trump White House staffer offers a tantalizing clue (www.nbcnews.com)
The text messages described a series of actions Musk should take after he gained full control of the social media platform: “Step 1: Blame the platform for its users; Step 2: Coordinated pressure campaign; Step 3: Exodus of the Bluechecks; Step 4: Deplatforming.”
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75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are on strike (www.cnn.com)
More than 75,000 unionized employees of Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health providers, are walking off the job Wednesday, marking the largest health care worker strike in US history....
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Michigan's 1st 3D printed home is in Detroit — and almost complete (www.freep.com)
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Bus crash near Venice kills 21 people (www.cnn.com)
At least 21 people were killed, including two children, when a passenger bus plunged from a bridge in Mestre, Italy, near Venice on Tuesday, in what has been described as an “apocalyptic scene.”
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Scorching heat caused deaths to double at busiest US-Mexico border route (www.theguardian.com)
More than 100 of 148 recorded deaths in El Paso sector were recorded between May and September when heat topped 100F
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Grimes sues Elon Musk over parental rights (www.nbcnews.com)
Grimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, filed a petition to establish a parental relationship in San Francisco Superior Court on Friday....
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Kevin McCarthy is ousted as House speaker in a historic vote pushed by conservatives (www.nbcnews.com)
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New York judge issues limited gag order after Trump makes disparaging post about court clerk (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge quickly imposed a limited gag order in Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial Tuesday after the former president disparaged a key court staffer....
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The Black Cat in Silver Lake becomes California's first LGBTQ+ historical landmark (abc7.com)
Traffic comes to a stalk on Hwy. 400 as crews clean up celery following rollover (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
No injuries have been reported....
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Netflix is planning to raise prices... again (www.theverge.com)
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Invasive ants are a huge problem in Australia, but a classic computer game could help solve it (www.abc.net.au)
Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and the University of Western Australia have used Age of Empires to simulate ant warfare, to figure out how to help native ant species fight their invasive counterparts....
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Man crashes car into police station while blasting Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" (consequence.net)
Sorry the website is kind of shitty, but that’s pretty damn funny.
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The UAW Decided to Use a Novel Strike Strategy. It’s Working. (jacobin.com)
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Drug dealer tried hiding cocaine by dumping it in a police car, Nebraska authorities say (www.klkntv.com)
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Physicists Who Explored Tiny Glimpses of Time Win Nobel Prize (www.quantamagazine.org)
The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons....
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Idaho Banned Abortion. Then It Turned Down Supports for Pregnancies and Births. (www.propublica.org)
Reposting from local post on SDF instance:...
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Man accidentally shot child while officiating wedding near Lincoln, deputy says (www.klkntv.com)
A Texas man accidentally shot a child while officiating a wedding in Lancaster County on Saturday, the sheriff’s office says....
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Pope Says There Could Be Ways to Bless Same-Sex Unions (time.com)
Pope Says There Could Be Ways to Bless Same-Sex Unions...
14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown bangkok (www.theguardian.com)
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