Led by killings in Haiti, Ukraine and Mexico, journalist deaths rose by 50% in 2022, reports the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. In Mexico, the slayings appeared to be… Read the rest of the article: Journalist deaths increased 50% last year
After days of wrangling—including Britain pledging a couple of dozen retirement-age tanks and Poland threatening to send its own German-made tanks without permission—the U.S. and Germany have finally signalled their… Read the rest of the article: U.S. and Germany to send tanks to Ukraine
George Santos, the GOP congressman who lied about virtually every aspect of his life to win his Long Island seat, also claimed to have been the target of an assassination… Read the rest of the article: GOP liar George Santos claims assassination attempt in 2021
In 2018, Elon Musk tweeted that he was about to take Tesla private at $420 a share, sending the company's stock into turmoil for weeks. The general presumption was that… Read the rest of the article: At trial, Elon Musk claims his "taking Tesla private at $420" tweet has nothing to do with weed
Police in the U.S. are downplaying the prevalence of hate crimes and failing to report them to the Department of Justice, it says. The 7,000 forces that do not do… Read the rest of the article: Department of Justice says 7,000 U.S. police departments, including NYPD and LAPD, failing to report hate crimes
ABC News reports that Charles McGonigal, a former FBI agent in a senior counterintelligence role, was arrested over suspicions he helped a Russian billionaire violate sanctions. He was arrested Saturday… Read the rest of the article: Retired FBI official arrested over ties to Russian oligarch
Twitter unceremoniously shut off access to most third-party apps nine days ago—a crude evening failure followed by rushed-out policy changes to suggest, if nothing else, that it was at least… Read the rest of the article: The end of third-party Twitter clients
Behold PSone.css and NES.css, stylesheets that make it easy for you to make websites look like video games of popular vintage. The former evokes the gradientastic world of the PlayStation… Read the rest of the article: CSS frameworks to make your websites look like 25 year-old video games (or a 35-year-old ones)
Jair Trejo, inspired by Ben Finegold and Bob Seger, created Ain't It Funny How The Knight Moves, an online chess puzzle. You might be tempted to interpret the instructions as… Read the rest of the article: Ain't It Funny How The Knight Moves is a devilish online chess puzzle
The Washington Post reports that physical attacks of American Jews and gays are increasing, and ties it to the decay of content-moderation standards online, especially on Twitter. New research to… Read the rest of the article: Violent attacks on U.S. Jews and gays reportedly increasing
A woman in Idaho relates how her miscarriage led to medical problems—and that doctors in the state refused to provide necessary medical care for her. The presumption is that they… Read the rest of the article: Idaho abortion ban prevented woman suffering miscarriage from receiving medical care
Huu Can Tran, 72, shot and killed 10 people at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Los Angeles Saturday night, then shot and killed himself when police surrounded his van.… Read the rest of the article: 10 dead in mass shooting at California dance hall
In what the New York Times describes as a "scathing ruling", a Florida judge has ordered Donald Trump and his lawyer to pay nearly $1m in sanctions for filing a… Read the rest of the article: Trump ordered to pay $937,989.39 for filing frivolous Hillary Clinton lawsuit
Google is to lay off 12,000 workers, writes CEO Sundar Pichai. we hired for a different economic reality than the one we face today The announcement comes two days after… Read the rest of the article: Google to lay off 12,000 workers
Skeletal remains dating back 8,000 yearts at 180 sites in northwestern Europe show so much evidence of violence and weaponry that archeologists suspect that it might be the first place… Read the rest of the article: Neolithic farmers in northwest Europe extremely violent, say archeologists
Apple's Lisa computer introduced many of the desktop UI conventions we're still working with decades later, but as a single-user machine with an inflation-adjusted $30,000 price tag, it was doomed… Read the rest of the article: Great article about the "ill-fated" Apple Lisa, 40 years later
PBS affiliater KUOW and Oregon Public Broadcasting report that the FBI warned utilities that far-right groups and individuals were planning to attack electricity substations. "The individuals of concern believe that… Read the rest of the article: Soft targets: FBI warned utilities that white supremacists were targeting energy infrastructure
Elon Musk recently tweeted that he declined an invitation to the annual Davos meeting of business executives, leaders and celebrities because it "souned boring af lol". Davos organizers yesterday went… Read the rest of the article: Spokesman for elite Davos gathering say Elon Musk was not invited, after Musk claims to have turned them down
Tesla's 2016 video promoting the cars' self-driving technology was staged, according to Ashok Elluswamy, director of Autopilot software at the company. Ellusway admitted the fakery in a deposition last summer,… Read the rest of the article: Tesla exective admits 2016 self-driving demo video was staged
A gallery owner filmed hosing down a homeless woman was arrested Wednesday. CBS News reports that Collier Gwin, whose Foster Gwin gallery was feet from the scene, was charged with… Read the rest of the article: Gallery owner who hosed homeless woman charged with battery
