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Washington state senator arrested in Hong Kong for carrying a gun through airport (amp.cnn.com)

From my town lol

Details leaked of "GOST" program used to profile the social media posts of US visa applicants (www.404media.co)

Settlers take advantage of Gaza war to launch West Bank pogroms (www.972mag.com)

TIL Press win + k to quickly connect to a bluetooth earphone in Windows 10

never again go to system tray bluetooth icon > show bluetooth device > connect

People who've been to a (regular) party, what do people do there?

By “party”, I mean a physical social gathering of people for the purposes of having fun. It may be used in a sentence as “I am throwing a party!” or “Let’s party!”....

Pluralistic: Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR’s traffic (14 Oct 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)

Enshittification is the process by which a platform lures in and then captures end users (stage one), who serve as bait for business customers, who are also captured (stage two), whereupon the platform rug-pulls both groups and allocates all the value they generate and exchange to itself (stage three):...

Israel halts electricity supply to Gaza Strip: Energy minister (english.alarabiya.net)

Israel ordered its state-run electricity company to halt supply to the Gaza Strip on Saturday after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, the energy minister said....

Business owner 'hires' ChatGPT for customer service, then fires the humans (nationalpost.com)

Business owner ‘hires’ ChatGPT for customer service, then fires the humans::Experts divided on whether a new wave of call centre automation will make for better jobs for people, or merely throw millions out of work

Eruption also works... 🌋 (slrpnk.net)

Germany approves bringing coal-fired power plants back online this winter (www.reuters.com)

Judges aiming to give Black voters more influence in Alabama set to redraw congressional districts (apnews.com)

A federal judge said Tuesday that the court will soon adopt new congressional districts for Alabama, choosing among proposals aimed at giving Black voters a greater opportunity to influence election outcomes in the Deep South state....

EU set to announce Ukraine accession talks by December (www.politico.eu)

The European Union is gearing up to open negotiations with Ukraine on its future accession to the bloc with a formal announcement expected as soon as December....

Gang removed hundreds of kidneys to sell to wealthy clients, Pakistan police say (www.cnn.com)

Police in eastern Pakistan have smashed an illegal organ harvesting ring, arresting eight people for surgically removing kidneys from hundreds of patients for wealthy people needing a transplant, authorities said Monday....

Grizzly bear kills couple and their dog at Banff National Park in Canada (www.cbsnews.com)

Shawarma, fries and chicken. (lemmy.world)

North Korea to 'expel' US soldier Travis King, who crossed from South, state media reports (www.cnn.com)

North Korea has decided “to expel” US Army Private Travis King, who crossed into the North from South Korea during a tour of the joint security area in July, state media KCNA reported on Wednesday....

US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military (apnews.com)

Your mother was a Treykan Beast and your father smells of Icoberries (startrek.website)

OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity (arstechnica.com)

On Wednesday, OpenAI announced DALL-E 3, the latest version of its AI image synthesis model that features full integration with ChatGPT. DALL-E 3 renders images by closely following complex descriptions and handling in-image text generation (such as labels and signs), which challenged earlier models. Currently in research...