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Is there a labour-friendly car company?

I’m shopping for a new car, and would like to choose one made with the least bad labour practices, if possible....

Twitter is Still Throttling Competitors’ Links—Check for Yourself. (themarkup.org)

HES GOT US SURROUNDED (loot.buckodr.ink)

happens a lot irl :/ (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

The War Thunder forum has once again been used to share restricted plane documentation - this time about the F-117 Nighthawk (www.techradar.com)

The thread has now been removed

Google antitrust trial: Tech giant denies abusing power to gain monopoly - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

cross-posted from !google

Libyan city buries 700 people killed in devastating floods as 10,000 are reported missing (apnews.com)

Libya’s eastern city of Derna has buried 700 people killed in devastating flooding and 10,000 were reported missing as rescue teams struggled to retrieve many more bodies from the horrific deluge, officials said Tuesday....

TIL that The Smallest Computer in the World Fits On a Grain of Rice (ece.engin.umich.edu)

Around the Bend, by Manish Mamtani, National Geographic [Kancamagus Highway, New Hampshire] (i.natgeofe.com)

Source: nationalgeographic.com/…/beautiful-landscapes-aro…...

Your car wants to know about your sex life (www.politico.eu)

Industry hoovered up data through sensors and technology built into newer car models that calculate people’s weight, filmed the car inside and outside with cameras, listened to conversations through microphones and tracked users via connected apps on smartphones.

Surge in ‘abortion travelers’ to Mass. post-Dobbs (news.harvard.edu)

A new study confirms a rise in travelers from states as far away as Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Georgia visiting Massachusetts to seek abortion care since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in June 2022....

Chinese hack of Microsoft engineer led to breach of US officials’ emails, company says (www.cnn.com)

The Chinese hackers who breached senior US officials’ emails in May and June were able to do so by first stealing sensitive data from a Microsoft engineer, the company revealed Wednesday....

Google, Netflix, Apple and Amazon are the "barbarians at the gate" of the games industry, says ex-Sony boss (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

Not directly linux gaming, but still think that its kind of relevant and interesting.

How To Reply To Negative Comments (90's Tutorial) (www.youtube.com)

How do you deal with high adrenaline situation afterwards?

I should be asleep but can’t due to being in a high adrenaline situation (escalated roadrage, not fighting) couple hours ago. Was my first time in such situation so any tips for dealing with high adrenaline situations afterwards?

Wireless carriers are messing with your autopay discount (www.theverge.com)

Wireless carriers are messing with your autopay discount::AT&T and T-Mobile customers who were using a credit card to qualify for a monthly autopay discount will have to switch to a debit card or bank account — or pay up.

[OC] Ducky (i.imgur.com)

Open Source Hardware Recommendations

Does anyone have strong opinions on open source hardware? I’m finally at a point where I need to upgrade my laptop....

Will youtube eventually run out of storage?

Edit: To clarify:...

China had almost 2 million excess deaths after the end of ‘zero-Covid,’ U.S. study finds (www.nbcnews.com)

There were almost 2 million excess deaths in the two months after China lifted its “zero-Covid” restrictions, a U.S. study found, contradicting official figures from Beijing that have been criticized as too low....

gluetun: VPN client in a thin Docker container for multiple VPN providers (github.com)

Russian geneticist gets probation for DNA smuggling. Discovery of vials prompted alarm at airport (apnews.com)

Customs agents were alarmed at their discovery last August at Dulles International Airport: an undeclared cooler packed in a suitcase and filled with 10 test tubes of an unknown yellowish substance, brought to the U.S. by a woman claiming to be a Russian scientist....