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The US govt has revoked the non-immigrant visa of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka [video] (youtube.com)

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Adventure can be disastrous: digital nomad families 'worldschooling' their kids (theguardian.com)

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Japanese Game co. asks applicants to draw in person to avoid generative AI fraud (automaton-media.com)

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They built a mobile observatory to film nebulae 7,500 Light-Years Away [video] (youtube.com)

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Lithuania More Than Halved Its Suicide Rate (reasonstobecheerful.world)

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Merriam-Webster banks on "actual intelligence" over artificial intelligence (marketplace.org)

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Austria: Pylons as sculpture for public acceptance of expanding electrification (goodgoodgood.co)

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Hogeweyk: Amsterdam's Revolutionary Dementia Village (faroutmagazine.co.uk)

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I, a French Jewel Thief, Refuse to Rob the Louvre Before Mid-Morning (mcsweeneys.net)

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The Beijing courier who went viral: how Hu Anyan wrote about delivering parcels (theguardian.com)

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Laurene Powell Jobs:Beware Philanthropists Who Want Control in Return for Giving (wsj.com)

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Texas bans people/entities from China, Iran, Russia, Korea from buying property (theguardian.com)

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Culinary epitaphs: Recipe on Gravestone Helps to Remember the Dearly Departed (smithsonianmag.com)

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US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official info (theguardian.com)

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Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical (theguardian.com)

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Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out (karenattiah.substack.com)

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How Thomas Peterffy automated trading, made Interactive Brokers a $100B business (joincolossus.com)

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13-year-old boy survives 90 minute flight stowed away in airplane's landing gear (cnn.com)

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Move into Maui tiny home village, two years after fires (goodgoodgood.co)

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Startup Founder Charlie Javice Sentenced to over 7 Years for Defrauding JPMorgan (wsj.com)

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The airliner pilot who gets to fly World War Two's biggest bomber (bbc.com)

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ChatPerson, our new RI (real intelligence) service (mcsweeneys.net)

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China is ditching the dollar, fast: Officials believe the yuan has come of age (economist.com)

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Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting (theguardian.com)

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U.S. Wildfire Fighters to Mask Up After Decades-Long Ban on Smoke Protections (nytimes.com)

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African authorities dismantle cybercrime and fraud networks, recover ~100M (interpol.int)

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Protests as Greenlandic woman's newborn taken after 'parenting competence' tests (theguardian.com)

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Think Doing Business in India Is Hard? Try Getting a Drink After Work (wsj.com)

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African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks Africa's size (theguardian.com)

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Spain put up wealth taxes – without chasing away the billionaires (theguardian.com)

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The Perfect Algorithm for Finding Love? Trevor Noah Interviews Christian Rudder [video] (youtube.com)

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Rise of ARFID, childhood disorder that shuts off the basic human instinct to eat (thecut.com)

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A chemist/computer scientist brought self-driving laboratories to Toronto (torontolife.com)

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Dr. Ozempic: Inside the medical discovery that revolutionized weight loss (torontolife.com)

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The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations (mcsweeneys.net)

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[flagged] The Bleach Community Is Ready for RFK Jr. To Make Their Dreams Come True (wired.com)

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The Mysterious Billionaire Behind the OnlyFans Porn Empire (wsj.com)

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First US college declines federal science grants due to new DEI requirements (science.org)

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Copenhagen is adapting to a warmer world with rain tunnels and 'sponge parks' (npr.org)

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How a Hazelnut Spread Became a Sticking Point in Franco-Algerian Relations (newyorker.com)

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Busting the Myth That the Canadian Federal Govt Has Hurt Alberta's Oil Industry (thetyee.ca)

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I Bought a Tesla and the Previous Owner Has Been Remotely Controlling My Car (torquenews.com)

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Japanese scientists develop artificial blood compatible with all blood types (tokyoweekender.com)

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'The Internet Sucks.' Cory Doctorow Tells How to Fix It (thetyee.ca)

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A Library in New Zealand Replaces Dewey with System Rooted in Māori Tradition (1000libraries.com)

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How A Canadian Ostrich Farm Sparked a Far-Right Crusade (thetyee.ca)

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'Garage Mahals' Are Driving Neighbors Nuts (wsj.com)

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How to buy a chicken sandwich in Shenzhen: China's $100B livestream sales sector (restofworld.org)

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The Indian company forcing Uber to change its business model (restofworld.org)

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Why weight-loss drug users are telling no one – not even their partners (theguardian.com)

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How Far Would You Go to Make a Friend? Startups Selling Treatment for Loneliness (thecut.com)

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Broken Justice: how Europe let its courts decay (ft.com)

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Flies in the evidence room: Inside Belgium's rotting Justice Palace (ft.com)

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Vietnam's Village of Moroccan Defectors (newlinesmag.com)

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The Agonizing Task of Turning Europe's Power Back On (wired.com)

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Law students organize to give Trump-caving firms a recruitment problem (allrisenews.com)

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Ping, You've Got Whale: AI detection system alerts ships of whales in their path (biographic.com)

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Cocoa prices are rising so new chocolate firms are using alternative ingredients (bbc.com)

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There's No Reason We Can't Be Friends Before You Are Liquefied (mcsweeneys.net)

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Kermit the Frog tapped as University of Maryland commencement speaker (theguardian.com)

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Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada (theguardian.com)

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In some parts of the US, the clack of typewriter keys can still be heard (bbc.com)

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The Tech CEOs Who Want a Doge for Canada (thetyee.ca)

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Ponzi and pyramid schemes dressed in startup clothes rampant in the UAE (bloomberg.com)

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Safe Place for Science: French University Ready to Welcome American Scientists (univ-amu.fr)

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'I decided I was done':Canada pizzeria boycotts US ingredients in tariff dispute (theguardian.com)

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An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn't It Used More? (nytimes.com)

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US Govt not a startup: DOGE moving fast, breaking what can't afford to be broken (wired.com)

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State policies shaped by white supremacy increase mortality rates (bostonreview.net)

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US Postal Service Suspends Incoming Parcels from China and Hong Kong (theguardian.com)

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'Cancel culture' insurance offers respite to panicking celebrities (ft.com)

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Impeached South Korean president arrested after hours-long standoff at residence (theguardian.com)

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Yemeni Coffee Shops in Texas (texasmonthly.com)

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Should more of us be moving to live near friends? (architecturaldigest.com)

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MacKenzie Scott donates over $2B in 2024 to 199 organizations (yieldgiving.com)

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Ohio passes law letting police charge public up to $75/hour for body cam videos (cleveland.com)

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Fukushima to identify improperly sorted trash and publicly identify offenders (bbc.com)

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The Passengers a Norwegian Cruise Ship Left Behind (curbed.com)

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Khalid Sheldrake: The East Dulwich man who would be King (nationalarchives.gov.uk)

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[flagged] South Korea's parliament votes to impeach President over his martial law order (apnews.com)

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Family of alleged killer Luigi Mangione has extensive involvement in healthcare (nationalpost.com)

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Investigation: Visas have become an Indian foreign interference tool (globalnews.ca)

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Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo (theguardian.com)

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France in political crisis after no-confidence vote topples government (theguardian.com)

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Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property (theguardian.com)

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Interpol arrests 5,500 across 5 continents for cybercrime, seizes over $400M (interpol.int)

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Prince Nico Mbarga’s biggest hit outsold any of The Beatles’ (2017) (narratively.com)

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Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit (theguardian.com)

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Secrets of a ransomware negotiator (economist.com)

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'Children are suffering' as Calgary's 60 year fluoride debate drags on (cbc.ca)

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I Made a Wholesome OnlyFans to Try to Make Ends Meet (wired.com)

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The Untold Story of Trump's Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela's President (wired.com)

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The FTC's ban on fake online reviews is now in effect (fastcompany.com)

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LA Times, MSNBC, WaPo staff fear execs made editorial decisions to appease Trump (npr.org)

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Owner of the Los Angeles Times Blocked the Paper from Endorsing Kamala Harris (semafor.com)

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The Online-Betting Boom Is Ruining Sports–and Lives (macleans.ca)

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Tiny Town in Ontario, Canada Selling Properties for $10 a Pop (macleans.ca)

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My Ozempic Nightmare: I became sicker than ever instead of shedding pounds (macleans.ca)

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US Tariffs on China Hurt Local Job Market Growth, Economy (bloomberg.com)

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Hindu nationalists use WhatsApp to organize forced Christian conversions (restofworld.org)