Links 05/02/2024: More Mass Layoffs This Monday, Free Speech Under Growing Pressures in Asia
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GNU/Linux
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Benchmarks
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Leftovers
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] U.S. government among those concerned about Quebec's new French-language sign rules
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Off Guardian ☛ AUDIO: Making Sense of Multipolarity with Iain Davis & Rolo Slavskiy
Iain Davis joins Slavland Chronicles host Rolo Slavskiy to discuss the multipolar bait & switch, why the Deep State is promoting “multipolarity”, how communist China needs the capitalist West, the Superclass and the Global Usury-State, the Dork Enlightenment and more.
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Hackaday ☛ HF In Small Spaces
Generally, the biggest problem a new ham radio operator will come across when starting out on the high frequency (HF) bands is finding physical space for the antennas. For a quick example, a dipole antenna for the 20 m band will need around 10 m of wire, and the lower frequencies like 80 m need about four times as much linear space. But if you’re willing to trade a large space requirement for a high voltage hazard instead, a magnetic loop antenna might be just the ticket.
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Hackaday ☛ Common Enzyme Breaks Down PLA Fast
The global issue of plastic waste has prompted scientists to seek innovative solutions for recycling. Single-use plastics, notorious for their environmental impact, require new methods for efficient and sustainable management. For some common plastics, though, salvation could be at hand, with researchers identifying a common enzyme that can be used to break them down fast.
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Hackaday ☛ POP! Goes The Hydrogen Howitzer
Military models are great 3D printing projects, even more so if they are somewhat functional. [Flasutie] took it a step further by engineering a 3D-printed howitzer that doesn’t just sit pretty—it launches shells with a hydrogen-powered bang.
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Hackaday ☛ Popup Playground Roams Around
Going to the park is a time-honored pastime for kids around the world, but what if there isn’t one nearby? COMPA Teatro Trono and the International Design Clinic have designed a park that can come to you.
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Hackaday ☛ Altoids Tin Keyboard Is A Breath Of Fresh Air
Well, here’s a fresh idea! [flurpyflurples] is back from hiatus with the Mintboard, a 40% that fits inside of an Altoids tin. Who could ask for more than a rugged little Bluetooth keyboard with a built-in cover that fits in your pocket?
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Hackaday ☛ Sega’s AI Computer Embraces The Artificial Intelligence Revolution
Recently a little-known Sega computer system called the Sega AI Computer was discovered for sale in Japan, including a lot of the accompanying software. Although this may not really raise eyebrows, what’s interesting is that this was Sega’s 1986 attempt to cash in on Artificial Intelligence (AI) hype, with a home computer that could handle natural language. Based on the available software and documentation, it looked to be mostly targeted at younger children, with plans to launch it in the US later on, but ultimately it was quietly shelved by the end of the 1980s.
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Science
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Science Alert ☛ Tardigrade Genes Reveal a Strange History of Their Crazy Survival Skills
They might be tiny, but they're not simple.
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Science Alert ☛ 'Sleepy Girl Mocktails' Might Work After All, if You Know What You're Doing
The perfect night cap.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Homo sapiens made it to northern Europe 45,000 years ago
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Japan's SLIM 'Sniper' starts investigating the moon
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Hardware
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Tom's Hardware ☛ AMD creates its own edible chips, embraces Guai Guai culture to ensure smooth running Ryzens
AMD engineers seem to be very fond of Taiwan’s Guai Guai (乖乖) snacks. We also saw a TSMC special edition of these 'edible chips' released last week.
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CBC ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Canada a 'high-priority' target for Chinese interference, CSIS doc tells Hogue inquiry
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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The Straits Times ☛ Ground-breaking drug to be given to 1,500 Alzheimer’s patients in China
February 05, 2024 7:03 AM
Leqembi works by removing a toxic protein called beta amyloid from the brain.
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Wildland firefighters call on Ontario to acknowledge risks linked to toxin exposure
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Science Alert ☛ Antifungal Creams Could Be Triggering a Wave of Superfungal Skin Infections
We should be careful.
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Science Alert ☛ Bipolar Disorder Linked to a Higher Risk of Early Death Than Smoking
Startling new findings.
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Science Alert ☛ Video Games Could Put Millions at Risk of Permanent Hearing Loss
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Science Alert ☛ US Woman Receives Revolutionary Brain Implant For OCD And Epilepsy
"This is the first time in the world that's been done."
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Science Alert ☛ You May Not Need to Lose as Much Weight as You Think, Expert Reveals
The evidence is clear.
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France24 ☛ Air pollution a factor in spiking cancer cases, report says
New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) predict a 77% increase in cancer cases globally by 2050. The report points to air pollution as one of the factors driving the expected increase in cancer rates, even though it does not have the same effect on everyone.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Colorectal cancer 'hype' suggests rates rising in under 50s
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] French lawmakers vote to enshrine abortion in constitution
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] B.C. to restrict cellphones in schools in effort to protect kids from online harm
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Why deadly, invasive strep A infections are surging in Canada and beyond
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] 'Don't sit on it,' warns woman whose husband died of strep A
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Ban on non-essential water use in Edmonton area due to pump failure at water plant
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] India: Why are younger generations so stressed?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Bayer ordered to pay $2.25 billion in latest Roundup case
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Security
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Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Man Charged in 20-Plus Calls of False Threats in US, Canada Pleads Guilty
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] KK Park: How Chinese mafia run a brutal scam factory
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Privacy/Surveillance
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Defence/Aggression
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YLE ☛ Civilian service applications surge after Defence Minister's remarks
The Civilian Service Centre reported a daily record number of applications to switch from the military reserve to civilian service on Friday.
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Security Week ☛ General Timothy Haugh Takes Lead of NSA and Cyber Command
General Timothy D. Haugh assumed command of NSA and USCYBERCOM on February 2, 2024, taking over the role from General Paul M. Nakasone.
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The Straits Times ☛ US official urges Papua New Guinea to reject Chinese security deal
Richard Verma warned that any security guarantee with Beijing comes with consequences and costs.
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RFA ☛ Japan ‘rushing’ to improve defense networks amid Chinese attack concerns
It expects to boost cyber units to about 4,000 by 2027 from approximately 890 in 2022.
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New York Times ☛ China Expands Nuclear Arsenal Under Xi, Bracing for Growing Rivalry With U.S.
China’s leader built up a nuclear arsenal, steeling for a growing rivalry with the United States. Now China is exploring how to wield its newfound strength.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ YMTC denies Pentagon allegations - says it doesn't supply technology for Chinese military use
YMTC claims it does not supply 3D NAND to the military. But its owner Tsinghua Unigroup is linked to China's government
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RFA ☛ Why nonviolent resistance is the key to a democratic China
A former Chinese Communist Party theorist says true democracy can only be achieved through democratic means.
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RFERL ☛ U.S. Vows Additional Steps -- 'Some Perhaps Unseen' -- In Attacks Against Iran-Linked Sites
U.S. forces said they hit another Huthi target in Yemen overnight, destroying what they said was an “anti-ship cruise missile” site that had threatened Red Sea shipping traffic.
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New York Times ☛ U.S. Strikes in Yemen, Syria and Iraq: A Timeline
The United States has led a wave of retaliatory strikes in the Middle East, hitting scores of targets belonging to Iranian-backed armed groups.
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New York Times ☛ Pakistan’s Military Is Swaying Elections, Now More Than Ever
A political crackdown has been more visible than those in previous years, analysts say, making this week’s vote among the least credible in the country’s history.
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New York Times ☛ Middle East Crisis: U.S. Plans Further Retaliation in Mideast as Blinken Heads to the Region
National security officials said an additional response was coming to a drone attack that killed three American soldiers. The timing was uncertain.
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New York Times ☛ U.S. Strikes Iranian-Backed Targets for Third Day in a Row
The attack on Houthi militants in Yemen came as Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed for the Mideast to try to defuse escalating tensions.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Myanmar: How much longer can the junta stay in power?
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France24 ☛ How 'Myanmar Witness' documented a deadly air strike denied by state-owned media
A number of photos and videos that circulated on social control media and were picked up by pro-democracy media outlets show the aftermath of an air strike on the village of Ka Nan, in the west of Myanmar on January 7, 2024. While the state television outlet claimed that reports of the air strike were “fake news”, a visual investigation published by "Myanmar Witness" documented the attack and proved the Myanmar Air Force's involvement. Seventeen civilians are believed to have been killed.
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France24 ☛ Houthis vow response to US, UK strikes on Yemen targets
Yemen's Houthis said on Sunday that US and British air strikes "will not deter us" and vowed a response after dozens of targets were hit in retaliation for the Iran-backed rebels' repeated Red Sea attacks. Scores were reported killed in overnight Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip, after the Palestinian militant group Hamas said that it needed more time to consider a proposal that would halt its war with Israel in the besieged Palestinian territory. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Israel-Hamas war: UN says UNRWA funding halt 'catastrophic'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Kölsche Kippa Köpp: Celebrating carnival in the shadow of war
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Pakistan's ex-leader Imran Khan handed more jail time
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Pakistan: What's next for ex-PM Imran Khan and his party?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years: party
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Poland renews demand for German war reparations
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Germany's methods to ban foreign far-right extremists
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Germany's Middle East policy has reached a dead end
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Germany's parliament commemorates Holocaust victims
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Red Sea: Houthi attacks put pressure on Cairo
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Kenyan women march against femicide
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Mali to start peace talks after ending deal with separatists
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] South Korea detects another cruise missile launch by North
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] After US, Germany freeze aid to UNRWA, could EU follow?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Iran: 4 executed over attempted sabotage and Mossad links
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Israel-Hamas war: Iran denies links to Jordan drone strike
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Israel-Hamas war: US weighs response to Jordan strike
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Malawi: Elderly living in fear of being called 'witches'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Istanbul: Gunmen attack Italian church, killing one person
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] North Korea fires several cruise missiles, says Seoul
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] US soldiers killed in drone attack in Jordan
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Iran launches three satellites simultaneously for first time
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] China steps up military pressure on Taiwan after US visit
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Transparency/Investigative Reporting
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IT Wire ☛ CIA man who leaked to WikiLeaks gets 40-year sentence
"When the FBI caught him, Schulte doubled down and tried to cause even more harm to this nation by waging what he described as an ‘information war’ of publishing top secret information from behind bars.
"And all the while, Schulte collected thousands upon thousands of videos and images of children being subjected to sickening abuse for his own personal gratification.
"The outstanding investigative work of the FBI and the career prosecutors in this office unmasked Schulte for the traitor and predator that he is and made sure that he will spend 40 years behind bars – right where he belongs.”
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Environment
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Inside a recyclable, 3D-printed tiny home
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Mona Lisa: Activists throw soup at painting in Paris
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CBC ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Canada's Greener Homes program is ending. Thousands of layoffs could follow
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CBC ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Trans Mountain mulling how to remove 'obstruction' causing newest construction delay
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Energy/Transportation
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France24 ☛ Parisians vote in referendum on raising parking fees for SUVs
Paris voters on Sunday backed a proposal from the capital's socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo to triple parking charges on hefty SUV-style cars, according to official results from city hall.
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Judge rejects injunction to stop work on EV battery plant east of Montreal
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Same car, same charge, different prices? EV drivers face inconsistent, unreliable charging network
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Germany: Police seize bitcoins worth €2 billion
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Could large heat pumps revolutionize how we warm our homes?
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Trans Mountain expansion hits 'technical issues,' possibly delaying completion
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Oil companies in N.B. being overcompensated for federal clean fuel costs, experts say
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CBC ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Company that had 3 secret cryptocurrency mines must pay $400K, cease operations in Alberta
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CBC ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] 'Crypto King' associate sentenced to 5 months in jail for contempt
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Wildlife/Nature
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Science Alert ☛ Forests Break a Mesmerizing Law Found Throughout Nature
Unruly systems.
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New York Times ☛ Chile Wildfire Photographs
Officials said Sunday that at least 99 people had been killed and hundreds remained missing, and warned that the toll could rise sharply.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] What are wetlands?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Sierra Leone: Freetown 'under threat' from deforestation
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Gizmodo ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Alien-Looking Fossil Trees Uncovered in Canada: 'Unlike Any of Those That Live at the Present'
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CBC ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] Hike to U.S. softwood lumber duties 'entirely unwarranted,' trade minister says
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Overpopulation
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Finance
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India Times ☛ Tech layoffs in January 2024: CEO fires the whole company over 2-minute call; Google, Microsoft, Amazon continue layoffs; job cuts at TikTok, Flipkart, Swiggy, and others
Frontdesk, a US-based prop-tech company, has fired all 200 employees, and CEO Jesse DePinto broke the news during a two-minute Google Meet call. The company has decided to go for a state receivership instead of declaring bankruptcy.
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Forbes ☛ Snap Slashes 10% Of Workforce In Latest Tech Layoffs
Snap is laying off about 10% of its employees worldwide, the social media company announced Monday, becoming the latest tech company to start the year off by cutting some of its workforce.
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Variety ☛ Gaming Layoffs Cut Costs at Expense of Fresh IP [Ed: IP is the wrong term to use here]
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US job cuts more than double in January
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Remote Workers, Middle Managers Will Be Fired First By Tech Companies
One category of workers who are actually vulnerable to layoffs are the remote workers, and it is the actual distance from the workplace which makes it easier for the company to terminate their contracts.
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Business Insider ☛ The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, from UPS to Google and Microsoft
A slew of companies across the tech, media, finance, and retail industries made significant cuts to staff in 2023. Tech titans like Google and Meta, finance giants like Goldman Sachs, and manufacturers like Dow all announced layoffs.
2024 is already looking grim. And it's only February.
Thirty-eight percent of business leaders surveyed by ResumeBuilder think layoffs are likely at their companies this year, and around half say their companies will implement a hiring freeze.
ResumeBuilder talked to around 900 leaders at organizations with more than 10 employees. Half of those surveyed cited concerns about a recession as a reason.
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New York Times ☛ Welcome to ‘Dalifornia,’ an Oasis for China’s Drifters and Dreamers
Young Chinese are flocking to the picturesque mountain town of Dali to escape the cutthroat competition and suffocating political environment of the country’s megacities.
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The Straits Times ☛ Welcome to ‘Dalifornia,’ an oasis for China’s drifters and dreamers
The area has long been a hub for backpackers and artists lured by its cheap rents and idyllic old town.
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Latvia ☛ Bundesbank goes Baltics
The Deutsche Bundesbank has placed its first representative in the Baltics in an initiative to deepen ties with the central banks in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Eurozone: inflation sinks slightly to 2.8%
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] German inflation drops to slowest pace since mid-2021
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Germany: KaDeWe department store group files for bankruptcy
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Germany records a sharp rise in counterfeit bills
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Germany: Doctors to go on strike at university hospitals
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-27 [Older] Germany's train drivers strike to end early
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Farmers protest in Brussels amid EU summit
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] France: Farmers unions call for end to roadblocks
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] France pushing for EU law change as farmers target Paris
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] France: farmers and police set to face off in Paris
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] France: Farmer protests block Paris roads in row over EU rules
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Germany: Local public transit workers to strike on Friday
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Germany explores 4-day workweek amid labor shortage
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Germany tempts foreign workers, despite discrimination
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Budget woes: What can Germany still afford?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] German economy shrinks in final quarter of 2023
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Rent prices soared in 2023 as Canada saw lowest vacancy rate on record
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CBC ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] High interest rates aren't to blame for housing crisis, Bank of Canada governor says
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CBC ☛ 2024-02-02 [Older] 3 landlords among largest real estate holders in Ontario owe $144M, under bankruptcy protection: documents
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] In an RV outside a B.C. Walmart, a senior dreams of housing
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-01-28 [Older] Ed Broadbent on Why We Must Move Beyond the Welfare State
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Calgary-based Enbridge to cut 650 jobs in effort to shrink costs
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] China Evergrande: How would liquidation impact the economy?
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Job cuts continue in 2024: A look at recent layoffs
The year 2024 has started with major corporations announcing significant job cuts. Tech players like Alphabet, Shell, Sports Illustrated, Amazon, Macy's, Microsoft, Citigroup, eBay, and Wayfair. United Parcel Service (UPS) reportedly plans to cut 12,000 jobs and mandate a return to the office for its employees. Despite mixed economic signals, the concerns are about a recession which will be caused due to artificial intelligence, resulting in layoffs, and will be causing anxiety in the tech spaces.
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New York Times ☛ Why Is Big Tech Still Cutting Jobs? [Ed: Wall Street Times is hyping up the Wall Street "AI" bubble as if that means anything for profits]
Profits are up and the economy is strong. But the tech industry faces two challenges — dealing with a frenetic work force expansion in the pandemic and building A.I.
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India Times ☛ Google, Microsoft and 7 other companies cut more than 1,000 jobs in the first month of 2024
The cloud computing and software firm cut 1000 jobs on January 10 and trimmed its manpower by 12%
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Desjardins to cut a third of outlets, ATMs in Quebec, Ontario
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Las Vegas home of alleged Ponzi schemer Greg Martel to be sold for $5.1M US
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] 4 million Canadians have a criminal record. Companies not hiring them are missing out, say advocates
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Brazil police search properties of Bolsonaro's son
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-30 [Older] Northern Ireland eyes end to government shutdown
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Censorship/Free Speech
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Explainer: Hong Kong’s national security crackdown – month 43
On January 30, exactly 43 months since Beijing’s national security law came into force in Hong Kong, the city began the process of enacting its own domestic security legislation as required by Article 23 of its mini-constitution, the Basic Law.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-31 [Older] Thai court stops royal insult law reform
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Civil Rights/Policing
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New York Times ☛ Trump Pushes Immigration Conspiracy Theories and Mass Deportations
Former President Donald J. Trump suggested to Fox News that China was orchestrating illegal immigration and that Latin American governments were picking criminals to send to the United States.
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University of Michigan ☛ The role of the University of Michigan Police Department Oversight Committee
The University of Michigan Police Department Oversight Committee, established under Act 120 of the Public Acts of 1990, was designed to maintain accountability within the U-M Division of Public Safety & Security.
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-26 [Older] Rogers Sugar announces tentative deal in Vancouver refinery strike
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Canada to Further Delay Assisted Death Based Solely on Mental Illness
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-02-01 [Older] Canada to Delay Assisted Death Solely on Mental Illness Until 2027
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-29 [Older] Amazon abandons iRobot buyout after EU objections [Ed: Only to discover that iRobot was quire worthless all along and faked its supposed "value" (like many companies do)]
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Patents
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Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Highlights of Swiss patent monopoly litigation in 2023: Swiss Federal Patent Court on SPC for sitagliptin and metformin
From the potpourri of decisions that the Swiss Federal Supreme Court handed down last year, I have selected one in subjective hindsight that I consider to be particularly relevant regarding further cases.
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Copyrights
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TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Taylor Swift announces new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ at the Grammys
Swift shocked fans during her acceptance speech for best pop vocal album at the Grammys.
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Taylor Swift announces new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ — NOT ‘Reputation (Taylor’s Version)’ — at the Grammys
The "Getaway Car" singer, 34, announced the news on Sunday at the Grammys, where her "Midnights" album was nominated for six awards including album of the year.
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Gemini* and Gopher
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Personal/Opinions
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It's not asceticism, it's real life.
Asceticism gets invoked quite often when talking about abstaining from what we might call consumer pleasures: commercial social media, video games optimized for dopamine throughput, fast food, things of that nature.
I feel like that does it an injustice, because I'm not convinced those things can make you happy in a meaningful way.
I suppose this has been a dialogue I've been having with myself for pretty much as long as I can remember. I've long been very concerned with this idea of real experiences--things unencumbered by the apparently manipulative properties of consumerism. I've sought to eschew them many times, often with some success, but I find this manipulative brand of pleasure always finds its way back in different forms.
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🔤SpellBinding — ABCHTMI Wordo: BREED
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Politics and World Events
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Why Marxism?
I want to try to answer directly a set of questions that I keep encountering now that I publicly defend communist theory and history, legitimate questions that I have grappled with myself. I hope this particular synthesis of existing ideas sheds some light and understanding on the ongoing disputes between socialist tendencies in the imperial core, disputes that at first glance may seem needlessly sectarian.
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Technology and Free Software
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Perixx budget split keyboard - first impression
I got interested in typing ergonomics approximately a year ago when I first heard of the Dvorak keyboard layout. Now I use Colemak more as it feels more balanced with its many special characters and shortcuts for Finnish letters with a diaeresis (å, ä, ö).
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Internet/Gemini
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re: The state of gopher
IanJ of gopher.icu wrote a quick rant on things that bother him about the current state of gopher[0]. In short, line length, misuse of type i, and escape codes for things like color deccoration. We run into this sort of gopher purism a lot in the bitreich community. It's not new, and it's also a perfectly fine opinion. I just don't share it.
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.