Facebook owner Meta faces EU ban on targeted advertising (www.reuters.com)
Belarus musicians jailed for up to nine years amid protest crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
Last operating US prison ship, a grim vestige of mass incarceration, set to close in NYC (abcnews.go.com)
A little-known New York City jail believed to be the last operating prison ship in the country is set to shutter the week...
Supreme Court wades into social media wars over free speech (www.nbcnews.com)
Supreme Court wades into social media wars over free speech::Three major issues on the role of social media in society are before the Supreme Court, with oral arguments in the first two cases taking place this week.
Man stabbed to death in Devon street as two teens arrested (www.cornwalllive.com)
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Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive (apnews.com)
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'Anxiety' racks Israeli hostage families as army assaults Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Watch out for the sharp end! Red Roman “spider” [oc] (mastodon.africa)
Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings. Some say more is needed after Lewiston killings (apnews.com)
Barely four years before a gunman’s deadly rampage in Maine, a state that is staunchly protective of gun rights, the governor signed a law aimed at preventing a mass shooting like the one Wednesday night that claimed at least 18 lives....
British lawyers call on government to press for ceasefire in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Google Pixel 8 review - GSMArena (gsmarena.com)
Amazon adds AI-generated review summaries so you don’t have to read the comments (www.theverge.com)
It’s been there for a while and the article is also a bit older, but I only recently saw this.
Friday Facts #381 - Space Platforms (factorio.com)
Military attack leaves Myanmar’s displaced civilians with ‘no safe place’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Dozens were killed last week when the military bombed a camp for people displaced by decades of conflict.
VirtualBox 7.0.12 Adds Initial Support for Linux 6.6 and openSUSE 15.5 Kernels (9to5linux.com)
Love classic RTS games? Check out D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict (www.gamingonlinux.com)
India's Supreme Court declines to recognize same-sex marriage - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
The Constitution bench of India's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday against formally recognizing same-sex marriage, saying it was up to Parliament to change the country's Special Marriage Act to include such union.
Lethal Climate Change Millions of Years Ago Was Due to Volcanic Eruptions (www.nyu.edu)
A community for naming pets, people or inanimate objects. Revel in discussions about names or post memes about names. (sopuli.xyz)
!nameit...
Israel urges Gazans south, airstrikes continue ahead of ground assault (www.reuters.com)
The Israeli military said on Sunday it would continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south ahead of an expected ground assault by its forces on the Gaza Strip in retaliation for unprecedented attacks by Hamas militants eight days ago....
Michael Caine Announces Retirement From Acting (people.com)
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