Moscow was again forced to shut down its major airports after Ukraine drones again targeted Russia's capital (www.businessinsider.com)
Reddit launches moderator rewards program amid sitewide discontent (techcrunch.com)
The Mod Helper Program is a tiered system that awards helpful moderators with trophies and flairs. Reddit users accrue karma by receiving upvotes and awards, and lose karma if they receive downvotes. The program rewards moderators who receive upvotes on comments in r/ModSupport....
NCD is a pathway to abilities some consider to be...unnatural (media.kbin.social)
Belgium Considers Recognizing State of Palestine, Vows Sanctions Against Israel (www.moroccoworldnews.com)
Belgium announced that it is considering recognizing the state of Palestine, vowing to impose sanctions against Israeli occupation forces due to its genocidal war on Gaza.
Solar power expected to dominate electricity generation by 2050—even without more ambitious climate policies (techxplore.com)
Solar power expected to dominate electricity generation by 2050—even without more ambitious climate policies::In pursuit of the ambitious goal of reaching net-zero emissions, nations worldwide must expand their use of clean energy sources. In the case of solar energy, this change may already be upon us.
Tiktok's most popular painter sends followers after art critic for negative review of gallery exhibit (news.artnet.com)
Israel announces 'total' blockade on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
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Russian Anti-War Activist Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Internet Posts (www.rferl.org)
Andrew Tate: Chats in 'War Room' suggest dozens of women groomed (www.bbc.com)
Evidence that dozens of women were groomed into online sex work by members of influencer Andrew Tate’s “War Room” group has been uncovered by the BBC....
Forbes: Reddit Protests Escalate As Rebel Mods Are Kicked Out (www.forbes.com)
Forbes: Reddit Protests Escalate As Rebel Mods Are Kicked Out::Fresh trouble for Reddit as users deface digital artwork with messages attacking the company’s embattled CEO.
‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president (www.theguardian.com)
Ozone hole goes large again (www.esa.int)
Air Canada changed my flight for the 3rd time, I'm now landing in Toronto 1 hour AFTER my next flight departure. (slrpnk.net)
SAG-AFTRA votes unanimously to expand its strike to include the games industry (www.eurogamer.net)
Key issues up for negotiation include pay and conditions, but also “protections against unrestrained use of artificial intelligence”, specifically the impact upon performance capture artists....
This Texas town has about 250 people. It has 50 sworn police officers. (www.khou.com)
KHOU 11 Investigates discovered more than half of the cops in the Coffee City Police Department had been suspended, demoted or fired from their previous jobs....
Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel (www.propublica.org)
The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.
Apple’s China ties under Congressional scrutiny after Jon Stewart cancellation (arstechnica.com)
Suella Braverman says rough sleeping is ‘lifestyle choice’ (theguardian.com)
The home secretary, Suella Braverman, has described rough sleeping as a “lifestyle choice” while defending her decision to restrict the use of tents by homeless people on the streets of Britain....
Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates (www.theverge.com)
Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.
Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building (www.cnn.com)
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said the newly named interim speaker, GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building....
Arson turns Amazon reforestation project to ashes (phys.org)
A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit (apnews.com)
Roku lays off 300 workers and removes streaming content to save money (www.engadget.com)
Roku looks to be seriously tightening its pursestrings. The company’s laying off a full ten percent of its workforce, over 300 employees, in addition to a conducting a number of other cost-cutting measures, as reported by Variety. These job cuts are just the beginning, as Roku’s also removing streaming content, consolidating...