Leftovers

• Jim Nielsen ☛ Custom Elements Don’t Require a Hyphen as a Separator

  Scott Jehl reached out to help me resolve a conundrum in my post about what constitutes a valid custom element tag.

• Science

  • Science Alert ☛ Newly Found Dinosaur Lokiceratops Had Insane Horns Unlike Any Other

    Our new favorite!

  • Science Alert ☛ One Simple Exercise Is an Overlooked Solution to Lower Back Pain

    It's free too.

  • Science Alert ☛ Deep-Sea Shipwreck Hidden For Millennia Is The Oldest Ever Found

    "Far beyond what we could imagine."

  • Science Alert ☛ A Huge Imbalance of Energy Has Been Detected on Saturn

    It's the first time we've seen something like this.

• Education

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korean universities seek to lure more foreign students

    More South Korean universities are facing financial crises due to a shrinking student population.

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea to expand visa, job options for foreign students to try to plug vacancies

    The plans are in the early stages of development and will be adopted by the end of 2025, said officials.

• Hardware

  • CNX Software ☛ DFI X6-MTH-ORN fanless Edge Hey Hi (AI) Box computer combines 14th Gen defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra SoC with NVIDIA Jetson Orin Hey Hi (AI) module

    DFI X6-MTH-ORN is a fanless Edge Hey Hi (AI) Box Computer that combines an NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX/Nano Hey Hi (AI) module with a 14th Gen defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra “Meteor Lake-U” 15W processor for AI-driven applications leveraging GPU computing, machine learning, and image processing.

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] Still no timeline for Calgary water restoration after workers' injuries halt repair effort

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-06-12 [Older] Highly Potent Opioids Are Showing up in Drug Users in Africa for the First Time, Report Says

  • Science Alert ☛ 'Unprecedented' Spread of Bird Flu Exacerbated by Climate Crisis, Experts Warn

    Two deadly threats collide.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong Kong health inspectors charged with conspiracy to steal imported luxury seafood purchased for radiation testing

    Five Hong Kong government health inspectors have been charged with theft, after they allegedly conspired to steal canned abalone, crab bisque and other imported food samples purchased for radiation tests by the food safety authority.

  • Science Alert ☛ Extreme Heat While Pregnant Could Mean Lifelong Health Issues For Your Child

    The findings are clear.

  • Latvia ☛ Swine fever detected in domestic pigs in Latvia

    An outbreak of African swine fever has been detected in a domestic pig farm "Lelles" in Matīši parish, Valmiera municipality. The disease was found in a small commercial holding with 527 pigs. This is the first case of the disease detected in domestic pig holdings in Latvia this year, the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) said in a press release.

  • Science Alert ☛ This Centuries-Old Hack Is a Proven Way to Boost Your Health And Immunity

    "One of the easiest, most effective and safest ways to stay healthy."

  • France24 ☛ World leaders announce $1.2 billion to produce vaccines in Africa at Paris summit [Ed: The real issue is the patent monopolies on those, not where they are manufactured]

    World leaders, health groups and pharmaceutical firms announced $1.2 billion in funding at a summit Thursday to produce vaccines in Africa, which is facing numerous health crises including rising cholera outbreaks.

  • Latvia ☛ Don't get hospitalized over Midsummer, rescuers plead

    On Midsummer, the emergency services always have more to do than usually. Mostly, accidents happen due to carelessness, recklessness, and the influence of alcohol, so rescuers ask people to avoid too much of all three, Latvian Television reported on June 20.

  • New York Times ☛ Japan Makes It Very Hard to Be Sterilized. These Women Demand Change.

    A lawsuit challenges a societal assumption that all women are “destined to become a mother.”

  • Science Alert ☛ Study Confirms One Type of COVID Mask Is 'Significantly Better' Than Others

    They're not all the same.

  • The Straits Times ☛ After electoral setback, Modi may be forced to amend India's food policy

    MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a policy conundrum after losing ground in the recent election: how to control food inflation without resorting to export curbs and more imports - steps that have angered farmers, a sizeable voting bloc.

  • Silicon Angle ☛ New York signs bill to counteract social control media addiction in the young

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul today signed a bill that would give parents the ability to block their children from seeing posts suggested by a social control media platform’s algorithm, a move that addresses a years-long concern around the negative effects of social control media on the nation’s youth.

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-10 [Older] She's living with a needle left in her spine, yet no one will tell her which doctor did it

• Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  • Latvia ☛ NATO STRATCOMCOE makes Hey Hi (AI) discussion available online

    The Rīga-based NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence (STRATCOMCOE) on June 20 published a video of a recent discussion it hosted about Articificial Intelligence.

  • Xbox's Matt Booty Suggests That Change in Leadership Could Have Been a Deciding Factor in Tango Gameworks' Closure

    Xbox Gaming President Matt Booty has suggested that a change in leadership at Tango Gameworks could have been among the deciding factors for the studio's recent closure. He stated that despite the success of Hi-Fi Rush, there's no guarantee that the developer could necessarily repeat the trick.

  • “They Don’t Let Studios Grow”: Layoffs Risk Snuffing Out Gaming’s Next Hidetaka Miyazaki – Is Innovation Dead Before It Starts as Layoffs Continue

    The games industry is on the precipice; so much is currently at stake, and the big corporations seem intent on barreling towards the edge without a thought about the potential fallout.

    With so much news of studio closures and big buyouts that result in more studio closures, it feels like unique games are not being given the chance they deserve anymore, in favor of the big proven IPs getting the spotlight.

  • India Today ☛ More than 90,000 IT employees already lost jobs in 2024, many now facing silent layoffs

    The tech industry continues to witness significant layoffs in 2024, with a growing trend of silent layoffs now affecting many IT employees.

• Security

  • Privacy/Surveillance

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-06-10 [Older] US Supreme Court to Hear Facebook Bid to Scuttle Shareholder Lawsuit

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-06-10 [Older] Meta Platforms to Use Social Media Posts From Europe to Train AI

    • The Age AU ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] A school parent discovered Charlotte was gay on Facebook. Days later, she was sacked

    • CBC ☛ 2024-06-10 [Older] Canada, U.K. launch joint privacy probe into 23andMe data breach

  • Confidentiality

    • LRT ☛ E-voting in Lithuania would create ‘more risks than benefits’, study finds

      E-voting cannot be introduced in Lithuania until 100 percent security is guaranteed, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has said following a feasibility study.

• Defence/Aggression

  • The Straits Times ☛ South Korea fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed border on June 20

    It is at least the third such incident in June.

  • France24 ☛ South Korea fires warning shots after North Korean troops cross border

    Seoul's military said Friday it had fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third such incursion this month.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Children among 73 rescued from human traffickers in Malaysia

    Some 113 suspected human traffickers were also detained in the large-scale nationwide operation.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Japan has no right to meddle in China-Philippines maritime issues, says Chinese embassy in Japan

    Japan said it was concerned over actions that obstruct freedom of navigation and increase regional tensions.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Vietnam says willing to talk to Philippines about Manila's UN maritime claim

    HANOI - Vietnam said on Friday it is willing to talk to the Philippines to seek measures that are in line with the interests of both countries, after Manila last week filed a claim with the U.N. to an extended continental shelf in the South China Sea.

  • The Strategist ☛ High noon at Second Thomas Shoal

    China has identified the beleaguered garrison at Second Thomas Shoal as a weak link among the South China Sea features physically occupied by the Philippines and, by extension, the US-Philippines alliance.

  • The Straits Times ☛ US and China hold first informal nuclear talks in 5 years, eyeing Taiwan

    Beijing told US that China won't resort to atomic threats over Taiwan, said 2 American delegates.

  • The Straits Times ☛ Subway under construction collapses in China's Chengdu, creating sinkhole

    HONG KONG - A metro station under construction in China's southwestern city of Chengdu collapsed early on Friday, opening up a large sinkhole in a road in a popular tourist and commercial district.

  • RFA ☛ China's political refugees remain at risk long after leaving country

    On World Refugee Day, asylum-seekers share their stories about being persecuted – and fear of being sent back.

  • RFA ☛ Xi Jinping visits Mao’s caves

    The Chinese leader uses symbolism of wartime revolutionary base to signal grip on the military.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Rights groups urge UN to ‘address the human rights situation’ in China’s Xinjiang region

    Rights groups called Thursday on the UN to take action nearly two years after the publication of a report detailing a litany of violations in China’s Xinjiang region.

  • JURIST ☛ US civil rights activists slam China suppression of Xinjiang Uyghur Muslim population

    The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned on Wednesday Chinese authorities’ ongoing suppression of the Muslim community in Xinjiang. The civil rights and advocacy NGO accused the Chinese government of attempting to “erase” Uyghur culture, the Chinese Muslim ethnic minority, by renaming their villages in a manner that reflects the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ideology.

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s leader Pooh-tin Jinping vows to step up crackdown on corruption in armed forces

    China’s President Pooh-tin Jinping has vowed to boost his crackdown on corruption and enhance loyalty within the armed forces, state media reported Wednesday. Pooh-tin has waged an unrelenting crackdown on deep-seated corruption since coming to power a decade ago, a campaign critics say is a tool to purge political rivals.

  • The Strategist ☛ The China challenge can make Australia more cohesive, but only if we all face it

    Whatever diplomatic niceties were exchanged during Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia this week, China wants to undo the established liberal order and impose a different order on the region.

  • France24 ☛ Haiti PM Conille touts new police chief in fight against violent gangs

    Haiti's Prime Minister Garry Conille said Thursday that a decision to replace the national police chief was motivated by a need to give security forces a "new lease of life" against gangs terrorising the population.

  • Digital Music News ☛ TikTok’s Taylor Blowout Continues with Album-Focused Challenges, Digital Collectibles [Ed: CPC controlling Western culture]

    TikTok encourages more engagement with Taylor Swift through an interactive fan experience with album-focused challenges and digital collectibles. As Taylor Swift embarks on the UK leg of her blowout Eras Tour this week, Fentanylware (TikTok) has launched the next phase of its in-app fan experience, first launched in March 2023.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] Dozens killed in DRC suspected Islamist rebel attack

  • Defence Web ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] Burkina Faso takes over from Afghanistan as most terrorism-affected country

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-14 [Older] What will be the human cost of Poland's new border defenses?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-14 [Older] Why is the world ignoring the Sudan civil war?

  • HRW ☛ 2024-06-14 [Older] Angola Becomes First Country to Join African Criminal Court

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-09 [Older] Thousands march in Toronto's 'Walk with Israel' event. Police report 6 arrests

  • New York Times ☛ Attack of Jewish Girl Spurs Tensions Over Antisemitism in France

    An attack on a 12-year-old Jewish girl is inflaming an already tense and divisive situation.

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • RFERL ☛ Romanian President Withdraws NATO Bid, Clearing Final Hurdle For Rutte

      Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has announced that he is exiting the race to become the next head of NATO, removing the last obstacle to the candidacy of longtime Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

    • France24 ☛ Putin signs cooperation deals with Vietnam as he seeks to bolster Asia ties

      Russia and Vietnam pledged Thursday to deepen ties as President Vladimir Putin made a state visit aimed at bolstering his alliances to counter Moscow’s growing isolation over the war in Ukraine.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ The troubling significance of Putin’s Pyongyang deal

      The Russian president was feted in North Korea this week, showing how a confederation of autocracies is emerging to support the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine and each other.

    • Atlantic Council ☛ Putin just reminded the world why Russia must lose

      Vladimir Putin's bogus recent peace proposal was in reality a call for Ukraine's surrender that underlines his continued commitment to the destruction of the Ukrainian state, writes Peter Dickinson.

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• Environment

  • Energy/Transportation

    • H2 View ☛ SK Plug Hyverse awards Nikkiso contract to build 24 liquid hydrogen stations

      Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (CE&IG) has secured a contract to build and maintain around 24 liquid hydrogen refuelling stations in South Korea.

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] China threatens WTO action over EU electric car tariffs

    • CBC ☛ 2024-06-08 [Older] 'Give us $600 and also we hate you': WestJet's new UltraBasic fare gets roasted online

    • CBC ☛ 2024-06-10 [Older] WestJet ending flights from Hamilton to Atlantic Canada, reducing service to Florida

    • CBC ☛ 2024-06-12 [Older] WestJet mechanics reject deal in 'deeply concerning' move, airline president says

    • CBC ☛ 2024-06-09 [Older] Quebec residents against graphite mine fear powering Pentagon, environmental ruin

    • International Business Times ☛ 2024-06-10 [Older] Woman Quits Her Job To Move Into Her Tesla With Her Pets, Now Travels Around The US And Canada

    • CBC ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] Megabus Canada's parent company files for bankruptcy protection in U.S.

  • Wildlife/Nature

    • CBC ☛ 2024-06-09 [Older] Post-wildfire mushroom picking rush in B.C. causing conflicts

    • Science Alert ☛ This Is The First Animal Ever Found That Doesn't Need Oxygen to Survive

      Revolutionary!

• Finance

  • France24 ☛ French PM Attal pledges household finances boost ahead of legislative elections

    French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance would lower power bills, soften inheritance tax and link pensions to inflation if it wins a snap election, the prime minister said, seeking to counter the far right and a new left-wing bloc.

  • New York Times ☛ How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Might Affect Europe’s Economy

    Economists are debating what effect the singer’s sweep through Europe will have this summer as swarms of fans increase demand for hotels and services.

  • Zimbabwe ☛ The ICT sector is posting losses as costs outpace revenue, something has to give

    As we know, you don’t want to get caught by a dying horse’s kick.

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] Sudbury, Ont., man builds portable toilets to help homeless people downtown

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-12 [Older] B.C. becomes 1st province to give Uber, Skip the Dishes and other gig workers a mininum wage

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-14 [Older] Germany sees company bankruptcies soar

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-11 [Older] National Bank reaches deal to buy Canadian Western Bank at $5B valuation

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] Canada Lawmakers Who Knowingly Helped Other Nations Must Be Removed, Party Leader Says

  • Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

    • Press Gazette ☛ Politicians’ claims rather than Hey Hi (AI) fakes have kept UK election fact-checkers busy

      Fact checkers spending more time on verifying claims made by politicians than on fake AI-generated content.

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-15 [Older] US court allows sale of Alex Jones' assets

    • Gizmodo ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] Alex Jones Might Lose His Social Media Accounts in Bankruptcy

    • Gizmodo ☛ 2024-06-14 [Older] U.S. Military Ran Hundreds of Anti-China Twitter Accounts Spreading Anti-Vax Propaganda: Report

    • Make Tech Easier ☛ 2024-06-11 [Older] How to Delete Your X (Twitter) Account

    • Gizmodo ☛ 2024-06-12 [Older] Likes on X Are Officially None of My Business

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • BIA Net ☛ İstanbul Bar slams investigation into YouTuber over ‘Sharia’ controversy

    The government has openly sided against an agnostic YouTuber involved in a debate with another social control media figure who advocates for Sharia law.

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Top New York Times editor criticises ‘corrosive effect’ of security laws on press freedom in Hong Kong

    The executive editor of The New York Times has criticised the “corrosive effect” of Hong Kong’s national security laws on press freedom during a journalism awards ceremony in the city, but said that local news media continued to produce impactful coverage despite facing such challenges.

  • Press Gazette ☛ How Total Politics is making un-paywalled political journalism pay

    Mark Wallace on how Total Politics does business with free mags, events and selling ads for both sides.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-15 [Older] Slovak journalists fear govt. repression after Fico shooting

• Civil Rights/Policing

  • Press Gazette ☛ Women’s voices and issues are not being heard in UK general election

    Analysis of women's issues in election coverage as well as share of women voices.

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-15 [Older] Slovakia: Fico ally Pellegrini sworn in as president

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-15 [Older] Honduras to build an emergency 'mega-prison'

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-15 [Older] China's Li urges dispute resolution on Australia trip

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-15 [Older] French march against far-right National Rally as polls loom

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-15 [Older] Sweden-Iran prisoner swap frees EU diplomat

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-15 [Older] US Catholics 'sorry' for abuse of Native American children

  • Press Gazette ☛ ‘Pick up the phone’ is one of 26 fixes offered to police by Crime Reporters Association

    The report asks forces to stage more unreportable briefings - and start picking up their phones again.

  • Press Gazette ☛ Bad vibrations: Daily Mail publisher suing gym neighbours

    Associated Newspapers are heading for a High Court showdown with their neighbours in London’s Kensington High Street. DMG Media‘s national newspapers and websites occupy the first four floors of the premises and are seeking a court order against gym owners, Equinox Kensington, who occupy the two floors above them.

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-11 [Older] Ontario youth detention centres at overcapacity, creating concerns as another is set to close

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-11 [Older] Tentative deal reached for Canada's border workers, averting possible job action

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-11 [Older] U.S. officials discussed hitting Canada with trade sanctions over Quebec's language law

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-11 [Older] Ontario ombudsman to 'raise questions' with province about segregation in jails

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-12 [Older] Student suing Université Sainte-Anne alleges school failed her after sexual assaults

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-11 [Older] Dalhousie University halts Saint John cardiac training after students allege harassment

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-12 [Older] B.C. man awarded $5K by tribunal after sex video shared on OnlyFans without his consent

• Internet Policy/Net Neutrality

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-09 [Older] Africa's e-commerce platforms and rising digital marketplace

  • CBC ☛ 2024-06-13 [Older] Victoria goes to court to ban company from managing Airbnbs anywhere in city

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-06-10 [Older] Fiber-optic leap bridges African digital divide

Monopolies/Monopsonies