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McConnell and 178 other Republican lawmakers sign Supreme Court brief on keeping Trump on ballot ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240119131926/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/18/mcconnell-trump-supreme-court-colorado-ballot/
How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity ( www.wired.com )
"This is the story of the revelation in late 2013 that Bitcoin was, in fact, the opposite of untraceable—that its blockchain would actually allow researchers, tech companies, and law enforcement to trace and identify users with even more transparency than the existing financial system."
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?
DOJ report on Uvalde shooting cites 'cascading failures' ( abcnews.go.com )
Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman warns AI is a ‘fundamentally labor replacing’ tool over the long term ( fortune.com )
Google DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman warns AI is a ‘fundamentally labor replacing’ tool over the long term::Despite today’s AI hype, it’s still a “truly transformational” technology that will replace jobs unless policy steps in, Suleyman said.
Hamas’ philosophy: All civilians, all children are tools of war ( nypost.com )
Major Y [an American who went to Israel to fight] and other people on the ground I have spoken with say that they estimate about one in every two or three [civilian] homes in Gaza they go into has military weaponry, including AK47s, grenades and rocket launchers. And they routinely find entrances to Hamas’s terror tunnels...
Google CEO tells employees to expect more job cuts this year. ( www.theverge.com )
Google CEO tells employees to expect more job cuts this year.::In an internal memo, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said recent layoffs are about “removing layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas.” He warned that more are coming.
Canonical's Steam Snap is Causing Headaches for Valve ( www.omgubuntu.co.uk )
Timothée Besset, a software engineer who works on the Steam client for Valve, took to Mastodon this week to reveal: “Valve is seeing an increasing number of bug reports for issues caused by Canonical’s repackaging of the Steam client through snap”....
Secret WhatsApp messages show co-ordinated campaign to oust Antoinette Lattouf from ABC ( www.smh.com.au )
The ABC sacked broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf after a high-level and co-ordinated letter-writing campaign from pro-Israel lobbyists that directly targeted the corporation's chair, Ita Buttrose, and managing director David Anderson....
Which terminal emulator do you use?
I've always just used konsole or gnome terminal. Never really looked into what else is available. Tried cool-retro-term the other day, but the novelty wore off pretty fast for me....
Top NATO Military Officer Urges Allies and Leaders to Plan for the Unexpected in Ukraine ( www.msn.com )
White teacher accused of classroom noose display claims she’s victim of racial discrimination ( www.independent.co.uk )
A white New York school teacher allegedly accused of putting up a racially offensive image in a classroom claims she was a victim of racial discrimination herself....
Poultry processor hit with proposed $212,646 fine after second worker, a teen, killed by machine | CNN Business ( edition.cnn.com )
100% fruit juice associated with weight gain in children and adults, study finds ( www.cbsnews.com )
Drinking one glass or more of 100% fruit juice each day is associated with weight gain in children and adults, according to a new analysis of 42 previous studies....
Putin says past U.S. elections were rigged ( www.yahoo.com )
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, running for a new six-year term in an election that his opponents say is a parody of democracy, said on Tuesday that past U.S. elections had been rigged by postal voting....
The Supreme Court declines to step into the fight over bathrooms for transgender students ( apnews.com )
The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed up a chance to intervene in the debate over bathrooms for transgender students, rejecting an appeal from an Indiana public school district....
The 'old American Dream died,' Realtor details salary needed to buy a home, afford a middle class life in 2024 ( finance.yahoo.com )
TL;DR: Americans now need to make $120K a year to afford a typical middle-class life and qualify to purchase a home. Minimum.
Hamas says two Israeli hostages have been killed by Israeli airstrikes ( www.theguardian.com )
Hamas has released a video announcing the death of two Israeli hostages and claimed that they were killed by Israeli airstrikes....
‘Giving us oxygen’: Italy turns to Cuba to help revive ailing health system ( www.theguardian.com )
Female Hamas Hostage Who Pleaded for Life on Bike Is Forced to Reveal Fate of 2 Fellow Israeli Captives in Sick Video ( themessenger.com )
Switzerland to host Ukraine peace summit at Zelenskyy's request ( www.ctvnews.ca )
Israel-Gaza live updates: 1 dead, 13 injured in car-ramming attacks near Tel Aviv ( abcnews.go.com )
World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer ( www.theguardian.com )
Hamas releases video of three Israeli hostages saying they'll learn 'fate' on Monday ( www.standard.co.uk )
The undated 37-second video of Noa Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38, released on Sunday night showed them speaking presumably under duress, pleading with Israel’s government to end the war and get them home....
77 Groups Worldwide Back Genocide Lawsuit Against Biden in U.S. Court. The Biden administration is due in federal court later this month, while Israel faces charges of genocide at The Hague this week. ( theintercept.com )
A Florida hotel cancels a Muslim conference, citing security concerns after receiving protest calls ( apnews.com )
A South Florida Marriott Hotel canceled a Muslim group’s conference at the last minute after a protest group claimed the coalition was promoting Hamas, terrorism and antisemitism....