Vancouver gas prices drop to 2023 low [Video, 2:04] (bc.ctvnews.ca)
British Columbia sets tougher penalties for trucks that hit overpasses (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
Non-Paywall Article
Reaffirming choice and openness on Android and Google Play (blog.google)
Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma (www.theverge.com)
Under pressure from regulators, Adobe calls off its plans to acquire a leading competitor....
NASA’s GUSTO balloon telescope will map part of the Milky Way (www.theverge.com)
The first to be funded as part of the Explorers Program, GUSTO will spend at least 55 days floating above Antarctica.
Twitch will now allow "Artistic Nudity" following the viral topless meta (www.dexerto.com)
Twitch Updated their Sexual Content Policy:...
Canada faces declining EV interest, report shows, despite push to boost sales (globalnews.ca)
The data found about 68 per cent of car shoppers in 2022 who did not own an EV showed an intent to purchase one, but that dropped to 56 per cent this year.
Researchers measure physical changes to trans women's vocal cords as a result of voice training (www.science.org)
Original article is here (paywalled 😑). Not sure how far to take these results with such a tiny N but interesting if it can be replicated with a larger sample size. It looks like they initially hypothesized that HRT had caused the changes but ended up rejecting that idea in favor of it being the voice training.
hanukkiah and menorah, Mandela Effect? (www.myjewishlearning.com)
I’m 62 years old and I just heard about the Hanukkiah for the first time tonight on puppy dog pals. What the heck? How can I live my entire life and never have heard of this. I’ve been around plenty of Jewish people and we talked about Hanukkah plenty of times. I’ve known about the menorah. I’ve known about the dreidel....
Cities Skylines 2 mods removed due to "toxic and hostile" community (www.pcgamesn.com)
Conservative social media app Parler planning to relaunch ahead of 2024 election (www.nbcnews.com)
Parler was removed from Apple's and Google's app stores after it was used by participants of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
Homelessness In U.S. at Highest Level Since 2008 Financial Crisis, Federal Report Reveals (www.vice.com)
The federal report on homelessness shows "that the rent is too high for a growing number of Americans," advocates say.
NASA’s Webb Rings in Holidays With Ringed Planet Uranus - NASA (www.nasa.gov)
Canada joins EU, Britain, others decrying 'extremist settlers' violence in West Bank (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
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Putin: Russia will concentrate more military units near Finland (yle.fi)
As a Finn I say this is fine. Every military resource that is tied down and not raping and destroying Ukraine is net positive.
Is this too credible? (sh.itjust.works)
The best Monster Hunter game sees massive resurgence amid Steam sale (www.pcgamesn.com)
German prosecutors charge 27 over alleged far-right plot to topple government (www.theguardian.com)
'Max Payne' Voice Actor James McCaffrey Dead at 65 After Cancer Battle (www.tmz.com)
[GOG] Lost Ruins (www.gog.com)
Apple Watches being pulled from stores this week due to potential import ban (arstechnica.com)
Renewables cover more than half of Germany’s electricity demand for first time this year (www.cleanenergywire.org)
[2022] ‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges. First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution (www.theguardian.com)
In History: The first ever video game console, 50 years on (www.bbc.com)
Poilievre threatens to delay MPs' holidays with House tactics, Gould warns of impact on Canadians (www.ctvnews.ca)
Could Bitcoin Millhouse be even less likeable? Yes, the answer is yes.
