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[TMZ] 'The Price is Right' Host Bob Barker Dead at 99 (www.tmz.com)

Bob Barker, longtime 'The Price Is Right' host and animal rights activist, has died ... TMZ has learned. Barker died peacefully at his home in Los Angeles.

Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit (www.theregister.com)

A prison guard says she was forced to stay at her post during labor pains. Texas is fighting compensation for her stillbirth. (www.texastribune.org)

The seven-months-pregnant officer reported contraction-like pains at work, but said she wasn’t allowed to leave for hours. The anti-abortion state is fighting her lawsuit, in part by saying her fetus didn’t clearly have rights.

Push For A 4-Day Work Week Picks Up Steam — And Critics (www.foxnews.com)

Valve is now selling refurbished Steam Decks with up to £110 off (www.eurogamer.net)

Canada’s Far-Right is Planning a Convoy to Toronto to ‘Save the Children’. It’s Already Spinning Out of Control. (pressprogress.ca)

The ‘Save the Children Convoy’ is struggling as organizers accuse one another of being ‘undercover cops’ or planning ‘violence’ and ‘terrorism’

Comcast, Centurylink Fail To Derail Community-Owned Gigabit Fiber Network In Bountiful, Utah (www.techdirt.com)

The city of Bountiful, Utah voted to build a $48 million fiber network to provide affordable gigabit broadband for its residents and businesses. Regional internet providers Comcast and CenturyLink opposed the plan and tried to force a public vote through a taxpayer group they fund. However, communities often build their own...

Florida Has Approved PragerU ‘Curriculum’ for the Classroom (www.thedailybeast.com)

Man grabs Greta Thunberg's microphone after pro-Palestinian address at climate rally (news.sky.com)

Little light, no beds, not enough anesthesia: A view from the ‘nightmare’ of Gaza’s hospitals (apnews.com)

The state of Gaza’s hospitals: Surgeries without anesthesia and with only mobile phones for light. Vinegar from the corner store as disinfectant. 5,000 patients in a hospital built for 700, some sleeping on the floor. No power, no clean water, little fuel.

Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds (www.aljazeera.com)

Researchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood....

Video Game Actors Vote ‘Yes’ on a Strike Authorization (gizmodo.com)

What do you mean mechs are non-credible? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

Hong Kong’s top court rules in favour of legal recognition for same-sex couples (www.theguardian.com)

Hong Kong must provide an alternative to marriage in order to legally recognise the rights of same-sex couples, the city’s highest court has declared, opening the way for civil unions....

SAG-AFTRA votes unanimously to expand its strike to include the games industry (www.eurogamer.net)

Rebel Scum (lemmus.org)

Orcas Continue To Target Sea Vessels With No Signs Of Stopping Leaving Experts Baffled (www.msn.com)

For the past 18 months, orcas have been attacking boats and yachts in the Mediterranean Sea near the Strait of Gibraltar. A new report of an orca boat attack in the North Sea near Scotland is a surprising development....

More than 1000 fires burning in Canada right now (sh.itjust.works)

The human mind is a mystery (sh.itjust.works)

Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat' (wpde.com)

Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: ‘It’s a national security threat’::WPDE covers news, sports, weather, and local events in and around the Grand Strand, Pee Dee, and the Border Belt.

Welcome To Aftermath - Worker-owned video game journalism (aftermath.site)

Welcome to Aftermath, a worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them. Just launched today.

Package managers be like (linux.community)

Sorry Python but it is what it is.

Arkansas drops AP African American Studies course (www.ualrpublicradio.org)

Just 48 hours before the first day of school, the Arkansas Department of Education announced that Advanced Placement African American Studies wouldn’t count towards graduation. They said they’re reviewing the course for possible indoctrination....