Storm Ciarán kills at least 15 across western Europe as floods strike Italy (www.theguardian.com)
Surprise Discovery Reveals a Whole New Source of Evaporation (www.sciencealert.com)
The Canary Mission’s doxxing needs to stop (dailycollegian.com)
Speech is being discouraged and student’s futures threatened
Gboard for Android getting a ‘Scan Text’ OCR tool (9to5google.com)
Plasma 6 fundraiser update (pointieststick.com)
Why Is Pakistan Expelling 1.7 Million Afghans? (foreignpolicy.com)
NaNoWriMo - a community for national novel writing month! (which starts today!) (literature.cafe)
!nanowrimo is the community, if you plan on participating in the challenge feel free to post over there about it :D
The Fictional Terrorist Conspiracy Being Tried in France (www.thenation.com)
A 20-kilogram blend of industrial-strength ammonium nitrate, sugar, and acetone peroxide explodes in the cherished Place de la Vendôme in central Paris. The bomb, assembled by a far-left terrorist cell, sets off hundreds of meters of destruction, felling the square’s famed column and damaging many of the surrounding...
Colorful HIG | Jakub Steiner (blog.jimmac.eu)
Dota2 International Tournament Finals start today in Seattle. (www.twitch.tv)
While the gameplay isn’t for everyone I think the yearly TI production can be pretty fun to watch with how excited the crowd and casters can get when the action happens. Valve has also done a good job keeping the native Linux client up to date, though the change to SDL3 had a few bumps Icculus was able to help get most of...
Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang dead at 68: state media (www.cnn.com)
Former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, once seen as a reform-minded contender to the country’s top leadership role, died of a sudden heart attack early Friday in Shanghai, state media reported....
Addressing Changes to pfSense Plus Home+Lab (www.netgate.com)
Indo-European Languages: New Study Reconciles Two Dominant Hypotheses About Their Origin (theconversation.com)
Despite numerous studies, many questions still remain as to the origin of Indo-European: where was the original Indo-European language spoken in prehistoric times? How long ago did this language group emerge? How did it spread across Eurasia? New Study Reconciles Two Dominant Hypotheses About Their Origin. There are two main,...
Celtic fans defy club and display Palestine flags for Champions League clash at Parkhead (www.rte.ie)
The displays will inevitably lead to UEFA disciplinary action against Celtic, given the European governing body has already fined the club for fans flying Palestine flags on previous occasions.
How copyright drives Internet fragmentation, and why it is hard to fix (walledculture.org)
University of Michigan employee, student data stolen in cyberattack (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
The University of Michigan says in a statement today that they suffered a data breach after hackers broke into its network in August and accessed systems with information belonging to students, applicants, alumni, donors, employees, patients, and research study participants.
Encrypted traffic interception on Hetzner and Linode targeting the largest Russian XMPP (Jabber) messaging service — (notes.valdikss.org.ru)
XMPP (Jabber) instant messaging protocol encrypted TLS connection wiretapping (Man-in-the-Middle attack) of jabber.ru (aka xmpp.ru) service’s servers on Hetzner and Linode hosting providers in Germany. The attacker has issued several new TLS certificates using Let’s Encrypt service which were used to hijack encrypted...
Scientists finally figure out why hundreds of gray whales keep washing up dead along US coasts (www.livescience.com)
Macron calls for international coalition against Hamas based on anti-ISIS campaign (www.timesofisrael.com)
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Nvidia says U.S. speeded up new export curbs on AI chips (www.reuters.com)
Sahel: Russia to build nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso (north-africa.com)
Burkina Faso last year experienced two military coups — both triggered in part by discontent at failures to stem a raging jihadist insurgency. More than 17,000 people have died in attacks since 2015, more than 6,000 just since the start of this year, according to a count by an NGO monitor called the Armed Conflict Location and...
Israel-Hamas war: ‘Heavy bombardments’ in Gaza, hospitals at risk (www.aljazeera.com)
UK government keeping files on teaching assistants’ and librarians’ internet activity (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Department for Education monitoring social media posts from England-based staff for criticism of its policies
Slovenia to introduce border checks with Hungary and Croatia after Italy did the same with Slovenia (apnews.com)
Slovenia said Thursday it will introduce border checks with neighboring Hungary and Croatia following Italy’s decision to do the same with Slovenia because of security concerns due to violence in the Middle East....