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Thai king signs same-sex marriage bill into law (www.bbc.com)
Thailand’s king has signed a marriage equality bill into law, making the country the first in South East Asia to recognise same-sex unions. The bill cleared the Senate in June but required royal endorsement to become law. It was published in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday and will come into effect on 22 January next year.
We lost Keanu
Four dead and 18 hurt in Alabama mass shooting (www.bbc.com)
At least four people have been killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, police say....
Ohio residents flock to Springfield’s Haitian restaurants: ‘They are family’ (www.theguardian.com)
Locals support and volunteer at Haitian-owned businesses to stand against Trump and Vance’s anti-immigrant lies...
Full Stack Developer
NYPD shot four people - including two bystanders one who is in critical condition - and another cop over a $2.90 fare. (www.nbcnewyork.com)
Police opened fire on a subway platform in Brooklyn during a confrontation with an alleged fare-beater, striking the man cops said was armed with a knife, two straphangers caught in the fray, and one of the firing officers, NYPD officials said Sunday....
One big happy family. (lemmy.world)
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,...
Despite tech-savvy reputation, Gen Z falls behind in keyboard typing skills (www.techspot.com)
UPS faces backlash from extreme heat incidents: ‘I got flowers and that was it’ (www.theguardian.com)
Driver Chris Begley’s death in August underscores a list of alleged heat-related incidents across Texas...
*clap clap*
AI bros
Chinese EV owners are losing access to smartphone app updates and driving features when companies go bust (restofworld.org)
Chinese drivers’ frustrations point to the broader risks of “smartphones on wheels,” where reliability is contingent upon software maintenance and updates....
Sip, return, repeat’: US city tackles throwaway cup culture with first-of-its-kind system (www.theguardian.com)
Instead of the single-use paper or plastic cups that Gearhard would usually line up for the barista slinging espresso, he’s passing over shiny new reusable cups that bear the slogan “Sip, Return, Repeat”. Customers who need their lattes to go can take the purple cups with them, then return them to one of 60 bins scattered...
Russia was going to take Kyiv in 3 days. Now it’s installing concrete shelters at home (www.politico.eu)
Reinforced concrete shelters will be installed across the Kursk region, local Russian authorities announced Thursday as Ukraine keeps up its daring attack on Moscow’s territory....
George Santos pleads guilty to two counts in federal corruption case, faces years in prison (www.usatoday.com)
Former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., who was expelled from the House of Representatives after being indicted on 23 federal counts including fraud and misusing campaign funds, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to two of the charges....
2K removes its pointless launcher from Civilization 6, while also announcing that Civilization 7 players will never have to suffer launching the game twice for no reason (www.pcgamer.com)
Be very very quiet....
Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to the US (www.bbc.com)
The internet entrepreneur faces several criminal charges in the US, including copyright infringement.
Life in Afghanistan dire as Taliban mark 3 years of rule (www.dw.com)
No country has so far officially recognized the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government due to their hard-line policies. The drastic erosion of women’s rights continues.