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Israel open to ideas to de-escalate in Lebanon, says Israel's UN envoy (www.reuters.com)
Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ objections and innocence claims (www.theguardian.com)
Prosecutors raise concerns about lack of evidence as family of victim supports saving Williams from the death penalty...
Israel submits legal challenge to ICC warrants, arguing it should investigate itself (www.middleeasteye.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/20594945...
Sorry, there’s no way Qualcomm is buying Intel (www.theregister.com)
Georgia election board orders hand count of votes in US presidential contest (www.reuters.com)
Georgia’s Republican-controlled state election board voted on Friday to require a labor-intensive hand count of potentially millions of ballots in November’s election, a move voting rights advocates say could cause delays, introduce errors and lay the groundwork for spurious election challenges....
How Israel Built a Modern-Day Trojan Horse: Exploding Pagers (www.nytimes.com)
The Israeli government did not tamper with the Hezbollah devices that exploded, defense and intelligence officials say. It manufactured them as part of an elaborate ruse....
How Hamas Uses Brutality to Maintain Power (www.nytimes.com)
Early this summer, Amin Abed, a Palestinian activist who has spoken out publicly about Hamas, twice found bullets on his doorstep in northern Gaza....
If Donald Trump was black, would he have made it this far in politics?
Same rhetoric, policies, party, etc....
Aileen Cannon, judge who tossed Trump case, violated disclosure rule (www.rollingstone.com)
Florida Judge Aileen Cannon failed to disclose lavish trips hosted by influential conservative law school...
How Hamas Uses Brutality to Maintain Power (www.nytimes.com)
The group has abused hostages and Palestinians as it wields rough justice in its efforts to maintain control of Gaza and wage an insurgent war....
“Fascists”: Elon Musk responds to proposed fines for disinformation on X (arstechnica.com)
Pot: Kettle
Should Ukraine Launch Western Weapons Deep Into Russia? (www.nytimes.com)
President Biden has refused to allow Ukraine to use long-range Western missiles on Russian military targets, but he appears to be wavering....
Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race?
Kamala Harris running a damn near flawless campaign, with just a month 1/2 of campaigning. She’s been holding rallies nonstop with Tim Walz & not making her talking points about her race or gender like Hillary. She’s offering expanded healthcare, reinvestments back into public housing, wants to take on corporate greed,...
Americans' inflation-adjusted incomes rebounded to pre-pandemic levels last year (apnews.com)
Federal Reserve unveils toned-down banking regulations in victory for Wall Street (www.cnbc.com)
Judge delays Trump's sentencing in hush money case until after November election. (www.voanews.com)
Amazon Bans Its Drivers From Moving Their Own Lips Too Much At Work [Update] (jalopnik.com)
Amazon trying to cover their ass?...
Politico Gets Raked Over the Coals for Kamala Harris Post: ‘One of the Worst Headlines Written in a Long Time’ (www.mediaite.com)
Hopefully the mods are okay with a little journalism about journalism so that people know where Politico stands in terms of being a trustworthy source....
Mr.Beast Hires Elon Musk's Favorite Attorney to Fight Sociopath Claims (gizmodo.com)
Columbia Cuts Due Process for Student Protesters After Congress Demands Harsher Punishment (theintercept.com)
“We’ve never seen anything like this, where the students have suffered sanctions before a finding of their responsibility for violations of the rules,” Franke said, “And the sanctions that they received before any finding of guilt are far more stringent than anything we’ve seen with much more disruptive protests.”....
CEOs with lowest-paid US workers ‘focused on own short-term windfall’ – report (www.theguardian.com)
The CEOs of some of the largest employers with the lowest-paid workers in the US are more “focused on their own personal short-term windfall” – spending significantly more money on stock buybacks than capital investments and contributions to employee retirement plans, according to a new report released by the Institute for...
Body of Israeli solder slain on Oct. 7 recovered from southern Gaza (www.timesofisrael.com)
103 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of 33 confirmed dead by the IDF....
NASA says astronauts stuck in space will not return on Boeing capsule, will wait for SpaceX craft (www.nbcnews.com)
Zelenskyy calls out US, UK, France over slow weapons deliveries (www.politico.eu)
Despite success inside Russia, Ukraine has been struggling to fend off Moscow’s assault in the east....
Joe Biden Appoints Hawkish Official To Lead Israel Policy At State Department (www.huffpost.com)
The Biden administration on Friday tapped Mira Resnick, an official deeply involved in weapons transfers to Israel, for a new role shaping policy at the State Department on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to two people familiar with the move....
Why are so many leaders in tech evil?
I remember when I was growing up, tech industry has so many people that were admirable, and you wanted to aspire to be in life. Bill Gates, founders of Google Larry Page, Sergey brin, Steve Jobs (wasn’t perfect but on a surface level, he was still at least a pretty decent guy), basically everyone involved in gaming from Xbox...
Elon Musk was just forced to reveal who really owns X. Here’s the list (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
Elon Musk wants to implant millions of people with Neuralink brain chips (www.independent.co.uk)
Former Israeli Envoy to UN Calls It 'Unnecessary' and Should Be 'Wiped Off the Face of Earth' (www.haaretz.com)
Israel’s outgoing Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, called his former place of employment “an unnecessary building,” and said that it should be “wiped off the face of earth.”
The threat from domestic terrorism is rising, but, with Republicans decrying the “deep state,” the F.B.I. is cautious about investigating far-right groups. Vigilantes are leaping into the fray. (www.newyorker.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/web/…/infiltrating-the-far-right
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Is Now the Worst Buyout for Banks Since the Financial Crisis
Nearly two years after Elon Musk’s acquisition, X’s business is still struggling to climb out of the deep hole it fell into under his ownership....
Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1,000 miles from California to Seattle office instead of relocating (www.cnbc.com)
Starbucks says Niccol can live in his home in Newport Beach, California and commute to Starbucks’ head office 1,000 miles away on a corporate jet
Tesla semi-truck fire prompts I-80 closure in California as hazmat response halts Sierra Nevada freeway traffic (www.cbsnews.com)
A Tesla big rig that caught fire kept both directions of California’s Interstate 80 closed in the Sierra Nevada for hours on Monday....
Chrystul Kizer jailed for 11 years for killing her abuser (www.bbc.com)
A Milwaukee woman has been jailed for 11 years for killing the man that prosecutors said had sex trafficked her as a teenager....
Blinken says Netanyahu supports Gaza ceasefire bridging proposal (www.reuters.com)
GOP-led House committees release lengthy report alleging President Biden committed impeachable offenses (www.nbcnews.com)
The nearly 300-page report is a summary of the investigation conducted by the House Oversight, Judiciary and Ways and Means committees over the past year and a half, nearly all of which has already been made public....
Wealth tax on super-rich could raise £1.5tn globally, campaigners say (www.theguardian.com)
The Tax Justice Network said trillions could be raised with a ‘featherlight’ tax on the 0.5% of richest households, copying a current Spanish tax...
Headlie (lemmy.world)
Lemmy devs are considering making all votes public - have your say (github.com)
Probably better to post in the github issue rather than replying here....