10 years ago, Batkid was battling bad guys and cancer — now he's 15 and healthy (www.npr.org)
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Pluralistic: “Brand safety” killed Jezebel (11 Nov 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)
Cory Doctorow educating us on the facts of Jezebel’s closure.
OpenAI's ChatGPT back online after 'major' outage (www.cnbc.com)
ChatGPT, OpenAI's viral chatbot was down and citing "high error rates" for the tool's more than 100 million weekly active users.
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India's devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combine (apnews.com)
BY SIBI ARASU Updated 7:11 AM BST, October 1, 2023...
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Elon Musk woos world leaders, courting controversy (www.bbc.com)
A parade of foreign leaders on recent US trips, including on official state visits at the White House’s invitation, have added sit-downs with Elon Musk to their schedules....
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Consciousness theory slammed as ‘pseudoscience’ — sparking uproar (www.nature.com)
Researchers publicly call out theory that they say is not well supported by science, but that gets undue attention....
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Small arms fire kills Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh, says Defense Ministry — Meduza (meduza.io)
A group of Russian servicemen were killed on September 20, when their vehicle came under fire in Nagorno-Karabakh, reports the Russian Defense Ministry....
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China’s Country Garden dodges default for second time in four days, state media report (www.cnn.com)
Country Garden, the embattled Chinese real estate firm, made late interest payments on two US dollar bonds shortly before the end of a 30-day grace period, avoiding an imminent debt default, according to multiple state media reports....
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12 things student loan borrowers should know about the return to repayment (www.npr.org)
October's coming, and we're here to help you get ready.
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Rural areas sacrificed for Xi Jinping’s new city, satellite imagery shows (www.washingtonpost.com)
Satellite imagery and firsthand accounts show the damage wrought when Chinese authorities opened floodgates and dams this month, sacrificing whole villages to spare politically important cities....
School shooting draws gun reform groups (www.axios.com)
Throngs of demonstrators returned to the Tennessee Capitol on Monday, once again urging lawmakers to respond to The Covenant School shooting with new gun control measures.
Trump's bond set at $200000. (www.cnbc.com)
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Appeals Court Upholds Legality of Abortion Pill but With Significant Restrictions (www.msn.com)
Mark Zuckerberg says 'time to move on' from Elon Musk cage fight (news.sky.com)
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China’s consumer prices fall for the first time in 2 years, as fears of deflation grow (www.cnbc.com)
China’s central bank has pushed back against deflation fears and said it expects consumer prices to pick up after a dip in July.
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Black fisherman repeatedly confronted by white neighbors, who ask what he’s doing there (www.nbcnews.com)
Anthony Gibson said his TikTok videos show “what people like me have to go through when they live in a nice neighborhood.”
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Sixty-six years after returning to Russia, mathematician is an exile once more (www.reuters.com)
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Who will be the next head of the U.N. climate science body IPCC? (www.reuters.com)
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"Last hope": Eager Germans are prepared to pay for weight-loss drug (www.reuters.com)
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Independent pathologists to review 100 in-custody deaths investigated during tenure of former Maryland chief medical examiner (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)
Excerpt from the article...
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Israel's Netanyahu goes to hospital for pacemaker. He says he will push ahead with judicial overhaul (www.euronews.com)
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US natgas output and demand to hit record highs in 2023 -EIA (www.reuters.com)
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Prada and Axiom Space collaborate to design NASA's lunar spacesuits (www.reuters.com)
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Announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics (www.youtube.com)
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