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Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to. ( www.vox.com )

On a personal note: I find that not even FOSS developers like me are spared from this.

Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to. ( www.vox.com )

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From Gaza to Sudan, conflict is driving a rise in hunger worldwide ( www.vox.com )

In the 21st century, famine isn’t inevitable. It’s a policy choice....

Bats have a unique superpower. Climate change is turning it into a liability. ( www.vox.com )

Bats’ flight-adapted physiologies make them highly susceptible to severe droughts and heat waves. Plus, the proliferation of wind turbines — a climate solution that provides energy without harmful greenhouse gas emissions, and one we’ll need more of to combat warming — is killing them in droves....

A new Supreme Court case threatens to take away your right to protest ( www.vox.com )

The shoplifting scare might not have been real — but its effects are ( www.vox.com )

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/748626...

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers. ( www.vox.com )

Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do. The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.::undefined

Oklahoma is begging the Supreme Court not to make it kill a man ( www.vox.com )

The case against Richard Glossip fell apart. Even the state’s Republican attorney general says he should not be executed. The Supreme Court may not care....

Is Nikki Haley a moderate or a conservative? Yes. ( www.vox.com )

Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere? ( www.vox.com )

John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett are unsure if they should crown themselves king and queen ( www.vox.com )

Four justices appeared absolutely determined, on Wednesday, to overrule one of the most consequential Supreme Court decisions in the Court’s entire history....

A New York Times copyright lawsuit could kill OpenAI ( www.vox.com )

A New York Times copyright lawsuit could kill OpenAI::A list of authors and entertainers are also suing the tech company for damages that could total in the billions.

Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere? ( www.vox.com )

Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?::Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?

How cyberscams are drawing China into Myanmar’s civil war ( www.vox.com )

Last fall, a coalition of rebel groups known as the Three Brotherhood Alliance launched a rapid-fire offensive across Myanmar’s northern Shan state, quickly overrunning more than 100 military outposts and seizing several key towns along the country’s border with China....

Can Ultraviolet lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts? ( www.vox.com )

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

Cities are asking SCOTUS for more power to clear homeless encampments (2023) ( www.vox.com )

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

America is retreating from global health leadership at the worst possible time ( www.vox.com )

Covid politicized public health. Now, the US might give up on saving millions of lives....

How Iowa accidentally became the start of the presidential rat race ( www.vox.com )

Welcome back to the Iowa caucuses — or at least, a version of them....

The shoplifting scare might not have been real — but its effects are ( www.vox.com )

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240110132209/https://www.vox.com/politics/24025691/shoplifting-scare-criminal-justice-reform

How a horny beer calendar sparked a conservative civil war ( www.vox.com )

It’s called “Calendargate,” and it’s raising the question of what — and whom — the right-wing war on “wokeness” is really for....

The "10,000-hour rule" was debunked again. That’s a relief. ( www.vox.com )

The shoplifting scare might not have been real — but its effects are ( www.vox.com )

It turns out shoplifting isn’t spiraling out of control, but lawmakers are pushing for tougher penalties for low-level and nonviolent crimes anyway.

The shoplifting scare might not have been real — but its effects are ( www.vox.com )

It turns out shoplifting isn’t spiraling out of control, but lawmakers are pushing for tougher penalties for low-level and nonviolent crimes anyway....