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U.S. Rejects International Investigation Into Gaza Hospital Bombing - U.S. State Department Spokesman Says International Investigation Into Gaza Hospital Incident "Inappropriate" (nitter.net)

An innovative, green, tech hub? How Ukrainians are looking to the future (www.opendemocracy.net)

Civic groups are fast, flexible and innovative, and will be a key driver in “building back better”, said Inna Pidluska, deputy director of the Renaissance Foundation, which fights for a stronger role for civil society in reconstruction....

Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart [1987] (yewtu.be)

I tossed up posting a song called The Crying Scene, from their next album, instead of this one. However, I decided to go with their most well known track. Either way, Roddy Frame, knew how to write a good tune. There are many dotted through their discography....

Netherlands Consumer Group Sues Amazon Over Privacy Violations (www.pymnts.com)

Blur - Song 2 [1997] (yewtu.be)

Seeing as this hasn’t been posted yet, I feel it’s my duty to do so. A song that was meant to be a prank on the record company that became, arguably, their best known song....

Deux militants de la CGT du Nord interpellés à leur domicile pour apologie du terrorisme (www.lemonde.fr)

Deux syndicalistes membres de la CGT du Nord, parmi lesquels le secrétaire départemental, ont été interpellés vendredi 20 octobre à leur domicile pour apologie du terrorisme, a appris l’Agence France-Presse (AFP) auprès du syndicat et d’une source proche du dossier. Leurs gardes à vue, qui ont duré toute la...

Ubuntu 23.10 is out (ubuntu.com)

Release notes:...

Nintendo says it has a ‘great relationship’ with Microsoft, after it emerged Xbox wanted to buy the company | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)

Browsing the community today (beehaw.org)

Casually Classic: WoW Classic’s leveling journey shows how much retail has lost its way (massivelyop.com)

WhatsApp will now let users log into two accounts simultaneously (news.retiolus.net)

US gives Israel ‘private backing’ for ground invasion of Gaza. Fuck the US and Israel. (www.thetimes.co.uk)

Principal apologizes for asking student to remove Palestinian flag from online profile (www.cbc.ca)

The principal of an Ottawa public school has apologized for asking a student to remove the Palestinian flag as their profile picture.

Zounds! A Renovation at a U.K. Theater Uncovers 600-Year-Old Floorboards Believed to Have Been Trod on by Shakespeare (news.artnet.com)

The Bard himself performed at the venue in the 1590s....

US judge approves Deutsche Bank $75 million settlement with Epstein accusers (www.reuters.com)

Taking on SpaceX: Why Germany is building its own spaceport – DW – 10/21/2023 (www.dw.com)

Proton gets upgrades for TEKKEN 8, Burnout Paradise Remastered, Cyberpunk 2077 (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Trudeau wants cities to change zoning rules. Why does that matter? (globalnews.ca)

The Housing Accelerator Fund, a $4-billion federal funding program, earmarks funds for municipalities to support housing. These incentives are tied to zoning changes.

China's Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports (www.reuters.com)

“We are tired of this life:" Uyghurs in Afghanistan fear Taliban buying China's Huawei surveillance tech (feddit.de)

Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/4769196...

Canada removes 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi threatens to revoke their immunity | AP News (apnews.com)

Sinsheim: sichtlich verwirrter 75-jähriger fähr in falscher Richtung ein wenig auf der Autobahn (www.presseportal.de) German

“Dem Fahrzeugführer war es zuvor gelungen, seine Fahrt in falscher Richtung bis zur Anschlussstelle Sinsheim-Steinsfurt fortzusetzen. Dort wendete er seinen Sprinter und fuhr auf der richtigen Fahrbahn wieder in Richtung Mannheim. Der 75-Jährigen wirkte bei der Kontrolle sichtlich verwirrt und war Gegenwärtig nicht mehr in...

Encrypted traffic interception on Hetzner and Linode targeting the largest Russian XMPP (Jabber) messaging service (notes.valdikss.org.ru)

TL;DR: we have discovered XMPP (Jabber) instant messaging protocol encrypted TLS connection wiretapping (Man-in-the-Middle attack) of jabber.ru (aka xmpp.ru) service’s servers on Hetzner and Linode hosting providers in Germany. The attacker has issued several new TLS certificates using Let’s Encrypt service which were used...