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Senate Democrats launch investigation into Jared Kushner's business (www.axios.com)
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) this month launched an investigation into Affinity Partners, the Saudi-backed private equity firm led by Jared Kushner,” Axios reports....
Prof Arturo Casadevall: ‘It is hubris to think a fungal pandemic can’t happen to us’ (www.theguardian.com)
Arturo Casadevall is a professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has spent four decades investigating how fungi can both improve and devastate life as we know it. His new book, What If Fungi Win?, charts how we might overcome the rising threat....
EXO-6 Unveils Museum-Grade Collectible Captain Picard Figures from Star Trek: The Next Generation (www.startrek.com)
South Korea thinktank suggests girls start school earlier to raise birthrate (www.theguardian.com)
Critics label as ‘absurd’ idea from government-backed thinktank as country seeks to address population decline...
Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, some chanting 'Death to Arabs' (apnews.com)
Israeli far-right ministers threaten to resign over Gaza ceasefire proposal (www.bbc.com)
Two far-right Israeli ministers have threatened to quit and collapse the governing coalition if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal unveiled by US President Joe Biden on Friday....
The Silent Hill 2 remake has a release date (www.videogameschronicle.com)
The following month, Bloober Team president Piotr Babieno said the trailer “does not reflect the spirit of the game”, saying the marketing side of things was Konami‘s responsibility....
PC Gamers in Countries Without PSN Hit Out at Sony for Blocking Sale of Single-Player Games God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn on Steam - IGN (www.ign.com)
Most Israelis dislike Netanyahu, but support the war in Gaza – an Israeli scholar explains what’s driving public opinion (theconversation.com)
RFK Jr. is even crazier than you might think (www.motherjones.com)
France ‘investigating whether Russia behind’ graffiti on Holocaust memorial (www.theguardian.com)
France is investigating whether graffiti painted on the wall of Paris’s Holocaust memorial last week was a destabilisation operation coordinated from Russia, French media have reported....
Wilders on verge of forming EU's latest hard-right government (www.euronews.com)
Far-right anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders is close to forming a four-way coalition, six months after coming in first in the Netherlands national elections....
Google accidentally deleted a $125 billion pension fund's account (qz.com)
EA is looking at putting in-game ads in AAA games — 'We'll be very thoughtful as we move into that,' says CEO (www.tomshardware.com)
We Don’t Need Warrior Cops Policing Campus Protests (www.thedailybeast.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/we-dont-need-warrior-cops-polic…
Biden unveils $3 billion for nationwide lead pipe replacement (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden announced Thursday $3 billion toward identifying and replacing the nation’s unsafe lead pipes, a long-sought move to improve public health and clean drinking water that will be paid for by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law....
Why Georgia’s government thinks it can scorn the EU and keep its grip on power (www.politico.eu)
Some 80 percent of Georgians want to join the EU, which begs the question of why the ruling party feels so secure....
Kristi Noem doubles down on dog-killing to win over MAGA — here's why her story is backfiring (www.salon.com)
South Dakota’s governor gets the sadism of Trump supporters, but screws up by saying the quiet parts out loud...
World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil, Germany, Spain and South Africa sign motion for fairer tax system to deliver £250bn a year extra to fight poverty and climate crisis...
'Mark my words': Canadian tech investor warns Trudeau of capital flight after tax hike (financialpost.com)
A prominent Canadian technology investor joined the chorus of Canadian businesses criticizing the increase to the capital-gains tax. Read on
Russia vetoes a UN resolution calling for prevention of a dangerous nuclear arms race in space (apnews.com)
Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church (apnews.com)
Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday, as a judge extended a ban on social media platform X sharing video of a knife attack on a bishop that started the criminal investigation....
IDF says Netzah Yehuda Battalion carrying out new pinpoint operation in north Gaza’s Beit Hanoun (www.timesofisrael.com)
The IDF launched a new pinpoint operation in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun just before Passover began yesterday. The raid is being carried out by the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion, alongside other forces under the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade....
UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda (www.theguardian.com)
Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east Africa...
Older patient gamers: what is your preferred gaming platform?
I used to be a PC-only gamer but the older I get the more I gravitate toward very ‘simple’ platforms....
Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains (news.ucr.edu)
Star Wars Outlaws' $110 and $130 editions prompt a collective sigh from potential players tired of season passes and ill-advised early access periods (www.pcgamer.com)
Just more AAA bullshit…...
[Karl Jobst] Cheater Billy Mitchell Is BACK With A Vengeance (www.youtube.com)
Thoughts on VPN providers?
What’s everyone’s opinion on a VPN provider? I’ve used Nord for a long time, but my subscription is up next month and I’m exploring my options. I use a vpn 24/7 on my laptop and most of the time on my phone as does much of the family....
France asks for foreign police and military help with massive Paris Olympics security challenge (apnews.com)
The Brazilian farm workers exploited to harvest an everyday ingredient (www.bbc.co.uk)
MAGA’s Ugly, Hateful Response to Bridge Horror Is About to Get Worse (newrepublic.com)
If they can try to turn the tragic Baltimore bridge collapse into a culture war, they’ll go anywhere—hurting their own people in the process....
Lasse Collin, the other xz maintainer, has acknowledged the backdoor (tukaani.org)
They haven’t particularly made a comment on the situation so much as acknowledged it’s happening. They seem to be going with the story that they had nothing to do with it and this is news to them. Hope to hear more from them soon so we can find out more about the situation, how and why this happened, etc....
Reddit started blocking VPN users on old.reddit.com (lemm.ee)
At this point, I’m not even going to bother trying to go on there anymore.