Pilot Who Tried to Kill Flight’s Engines Told Cops He’d Taken Shrooms, Feds Say ( www.thedailybeast.com )
Gulf Stream current could collapse in 2025, plunging Earth into climate chaos: 'We were actually bewildered' ( www.livescience.com )
A vital ocean current system that helps regulate the Northern Hemisphere’s climate could collapse anytime from 2025 and unleash climate chaos, a controversial new study warns....
Oregon Finally Legalizes Pumping Your Own Gas After 72 Years ( www.thedrive.com )
Oregon’s Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be self-service. The bill, responding to industry staffing shortages, also prohibits charging more for full-service than self-service, likely...
Leader of Wagner mercenaries says forces entered Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance ( www.pbs.org )
Rostov holds the HQ of the Russian ministry of defense, and is also a major logistics hub.
Doomed Titanic sub CEO tried to sell cut-price tickets, saying it was ‘safer than crossing the street’ ( nypost.com )
The NY Post got their hands on some pretty damning text messages where this CEO was irresponsibly downplaying the risks and cutting the ticket price for a potential prospect. I know he’s dead now, but I hope some sort of regulations come out of this.
Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana ( www.cbsnews.com )
Argentina’s gig workers are rallying against regulation — and supporting the libertarian candidate ( restofworld.org )
Israel strikes Gaza tower as death tolls jump after Hamas attack ( www.aljazeera.com )
At least 198 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids; Hamas attack kills 70 Israelis, ‘big number’ also captured.
Meta begins process to end news access to Facebook, Instagram users in Canada ( globalnews.ca )
Titanic sub CEO was on a 'predatory' mission to convince influential people to support his unsafe vessel, says expert ( www.insider.com )
Bipartisan Bill Plans To Force Data Brokers To Delete Your Private Info When Requested ( reclaimthenet.org )
ERCOT can’t be sued over power grid failures during 2021 winter storm, Texas Supreme Court rules ( www.texastribune.org )
Heads of 3 top US colleges refuse to say calling for genocide of Jews is harassment ( www.timesofisrael.com )
Abandoned babies found decomposing in Gaza hospital weeks after it was evacuated ( www.nbcnews.com )
Spotify to phase out service in Uruguay following new copyright bill requiring ‘fair and equitable remuneration’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Nepal bans TikTok and says it disrupts social harmony ( apnews.com )
In Singapore, a certificate to own a car now costs $106,000 ( www.reuters.com )
The pork industry’s forced cannibalism, explained ( www.vox.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2879916...
WikiLeaks publishes "The Intolerance Network", over 17,000 documents from right-wing campaigning organisations globally ( wikileaks.org )
The data covers the work of organisations HazteOir and CitizenGO, comprising documents which date from 2001 to 2017 like spreadsheets of donors and members, strategy and planning documents, letters, financial charts and legal and training documents. HazteOir was first founded in 2001 in Spain to campaign for right wing values,...
Macron Wants Platforms To Delete Riot Content, Blames Social Media and Video Games For Riot Spread ( reclaimthenet.org )
Germany approves global minimum corporate tax ( www.reuters.com )
Multinational firms will have to pay a minimum of 15% tax on all of the profits they make worldwide, regardless of where the profits are generated.
When Zionists redefine ‘antisemitism’ into a political cudgel ( therealnews.com )
North Korea punishes women for wearing shorts, declaring them ‘capitalist fashion’ ( www.rfa.org )
Christie on new Trump charges: ‘These guys were acting like the Corleones with no experience’ ( thehill.com )
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ® compared new charges against former President Trump that accuse him of working with Mar-a-Lago employees to delete surveillance footage at the club to the tactics of the fictionalized Corleone organized crime family....