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I’m moving off kbin to lemmy, so I won’t be posting from here (unless kbin social gets it together).
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Japan’s top court strikes down required removal of reproductive organs to officially change gender (apnews.com)
Japan’s Supreme Court has ruled that a law requiring transgender people to have their reproductive organs removed in order to officially change their gender is unconstitutional.
Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food (www.theguardian.com)
The rise in nuisance influencers comes as tourism numbers in Japan near their pre-pandemic levels
Music Industry Sues Anthropic for Alleged Theft of Lyrics (futurism.com)
Universal Music Group and several other record labels have accused Anthropic of stealing their lyrics to train its chatbot Claude 2.
"Fuck you, we're not paying": inside Unity’s Runtime Fee fiasco (mobilegamer.biz)
A major partner told John Riccitiello personally that it will not pay the Runtime Fee – and in the strongest possible terms.
Stressed Out by Mass Layoffs, CD Projekt Staff Have Finally Set Out to Unionize — So What’s Next? (www.ign.com)
CD Projekt staff are unionizing in response to sweeping layoffs. IGN speaks to workers at the Cyberpunk 2077 developer to find out what's next.
Bandcamp Editorial Director: “Fuuuuuck Bandcamp United” (www.404media.co)
"Bandcamp United is privileged tech workers cosplaying as Amazon warehouse workers," he said.
Fourth defendant negotiates plea deal with Fulton prosecutors (www.ajc.com)
Attorney Jenna Ellis on Tuesday became the fourth defendant in the Fulton County election interference case to strike a deal with prosecutors.
A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court has upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples. It's the latest victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community.
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence (apnews.com)
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
Women in Iceland including the prime minister go on strike for equal pay and an end to violence (apnews.com)
Iceland’s prime minister and women across the island nation are on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
Now freed, an Israeli hostage describes the 'hell' of harrowing Hamas attack and terrifying capture (apnews.com)
Eighty-five year-old Yocheved Lifschitz spoke of a “hell that we never knew before and never thought we would experience” as she described the harrowing assault on her kibbutz by Hamas militants and the terror of being taken hostage into the Gaza Strip.
Miners from a rival union hold hundreds of colleagues underground at a gold mine in South Africa (apnews.com)
The head of a gold mine in South Africa says a group of miners from an unregistered, rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground for the second day over a union dispute.
Elon offers Wikipedia $ 1 billion to change their name to Dickipedia (www.theguardian.com)
Now is a good time to flood Wikipedia with donations. For the first time in my life, i have just donated to them and will do so again. You can do it too for a minimum of €2, no requirement for recurring donations or any nonsense.
Whose voice is it anyway? Actors take on AI copycats (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Artists around the world are joining forces to protect their jobs, and their souls, from the ramifications of AI that sounds just like them.
Whose voice is it anyway? Actors take on AI copycats (www.japantimes.co.jp)
Artists around the world are joining forces to protect their jobs, and their souls, from the ramifications of AI that sounds just like them.
Threats against rape victim, 10, lay bare Bolivia’s culture of sexual violence (www.theguardian.com)
Websites stole and monetized a free browser game, so the designer replaced it with Goatse (www.pcgamer.com)
"It has been one of my greatest achievements as a dev".
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
Black founders received 0.13% of capital this Q3 | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Funding to Black founders is only getting worse after the promises made in 2020.
CBC mainly remains off X, citing low traffic six months after scaling back presence (www.sasktoday.ca)
Mickey Djuric
TVNZ documentary No Māori Allowed revisits Pukekohe's history of segregation (www.stuff.co.nz)
Producer Reikura Kahi knows No Māori Allowed will be confronting for many viewers but believes it is a story that needs telling....
Florida man sentenced to 1 year in federal prison for trying to run over 6 Black men (apnews.com)
A 62-year-old white man convicted of attempting to run down six Black men at the site of the Rosewood massacre has been sentenced to a single year in prison....
Police dog's attack on Black trucker in Ohio echoes history (apnews.com)
A K-9 police dog's attack on a Black motorist in Ohio is resurrecting questions about race relations and law enforcement tactics.
Woman returns from vacation to find Atlanta home demolished (apnews.com)
A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta.
Israel says it found Hamas files with instructions for making cyanide-based weapon (www.axios.com)
The Israeli military found a USB key with instructions for the production of a "cyanide dispersion device" on the body of a Hamas operative who participated in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, according to two Israeli officials and a copy of a classified Israeli Foreign Ministry cable obtained by Axios.
Israeli Arabs arrested over Gaza social media posts (www.bbc.com)
Influencer Dalal Abu Amneh is among those to be held in a crackdown on Gaza-linked content.
Genshin Impact's new web event uses nightmare-inducing AI animation (www.destructoid.com)
A new Genshin Impact web event has some great loot, but you're going to have to look at some terrifying AI animation.
BBC Confirm Policy Change On Describing Hamas In Meeting With Jewish Leaders (www.mediaite.com)
Following weeks of backlash the BBC will reportedly no longer refer to Hamas as “militants” opting instead to describe them as "a proscribed terrorist organisation" or simply "Hamas." This shift in policy by the public service broadcaster was announced by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in a press release on Friday,...
Google owes executive $1 million after losing gender bias lawsuit (www.theverge.com)
The jury agreed that Google retaliated when Rowe complained.
The ‘new elites’ of X: Identifying the most influential accounts engaged in Hamas/Israel discourse (www.cip.uw.edu)
Since the first news of the attack on Israel by Hamas, we have seen anecdotal reports from users of X (formerly Twitter) that the platform has become less useful for surfacing verified news and more generally disorienting. Through a novel data collection process we identify highly influential accounts in the Hamas/Israel...
Maryland police find vehicle linked to suspect in fatal shooting of judge (www.cnn.com)
Police have found the vehicle of the suspect who allegedly shot and killed a Maryland judge Thursday....
Manhunt continues for suspect in 'targeted' killing of Maryland judge; U.S. Marshals Service offers $10K reward (www.nbcnews.com)
A $10,000 reward is now being offered for information that leads to the arrest of a man accused of fatally shooting a Maryland judge in a “targeted attack” outside his home....
AI Is Becoming a Band-Aid over Bad, Broken Tech Industry Design Choices (www.scientificamerican.com)
After decades of messy, thoughtless design choices, corporations are using artificial intelligence to sell basic usability back to consumers
Spooked by Halloween mayhem, Tokyo's famous Shibuya district tells revelers, "please do not come" (www.cbsnews.com)
Halloween revelry around Tokyo's iconic Shibuya crossing has grown too scary for its own good, but can "saying 'Don't come here'" keep a lid on it?
British Museum Will Digitize Entire Collection at a Cost of $12.1 M. in Response to Thefts (www.artnews.com)
The British Museum will update or upgrade records of 2.4 million items to increase security and public access.
Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict - Committee to Protect Journalists (cpj.org)
The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip. CPJ is investigating all reports of journalists killed, injured, detained, or missing...
Palestinians under attack as settler violence surges in the West Bank (www.bbc.com)
Palestinian families say they have been intimidated and displaced in the wake of Hamas's attack on Israel.
Killings in the U.S. are dropping at a historic rate. Will anyone notice? (www.latimes.com)
Homicides went up in 2020 and 2021 and are now rapidly coming back down. Violent crime nationwide hasn't increased. But the perception of a crime wave still colors U.S. politics.
Billions of crabs went missing around Alaska. Scientists now know what happened to them | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death.
‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
Herders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign
The French far right's 'outdated' definition of identity (www.dw.com)
The French far right promises to defend French identity. But researchers say the party's definition of the term is outdated.
‘Forever chemical’ bans face hard truth: Many can’t be replaced (www.japantimes.co.jp)
As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of 'forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute.
Google Is Offering Serious Cash to Lure iPhone Users to the Pixel 8 (www.howtogeek.com)