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Doctor Is Cancer-Free After Using World's First 'Drug Before Surgery' Treatment He Helped Discover (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Australian cancer expert fights back and survives aggressive brain tumour with his own experimental treatment, offering hope for future patients.
Could blocked magazines no longer appear in Random Post and Random Thread sidebars? (kbin.social)
A lot of the larger abandoned magazines are just spam pools now. I don't see their posts in my feed, but I don't like that the two sidesbars of random posts and threads are now just spam advertising sidebars. I triedblocking the magazines, but doesn't that prevent the posts from showing in those sidebars....
A four-holed piece of ivory provides a glimpse into ancient rope-making (www.sciencenews.org)
The tool, unearthed in Central Europe, suggests that locals made devices for stringing together sturdy cords over 35,000 years ago, researchers say.
Mastodon Is the Good One (www.404media.co)
Mastodon is interoperable, decentralized, operated by a nonprofit, lively, and, ACTUALLY, isn't hard to use. So why is everyone championing Threads as the main Twitter alternative?
We're back (kbin.social)
Today, a technical server malfunction occurred. Unfortunately, it wasn't the planned update yet. The upcoming one will definitely be much shorter ;)...
Giant never-before-seen long-necked 'titan' dinosaur unearthed in Europe (www.livescience.com)
The newly identified titanosaur, Garumbatitan morellensis, roamed what is now Spain around 122 million years ago. The unusual shape of some of its bones could hold clues about the evolutionary history of a unique group of sauropods.
FBI warned prominent US Sikhs of threats after murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
Revelation comes days after prime minister Justin Trudeau blamed the assassination of the Sikh activist on the Indian government
The Biden administration is suing Amazon over its monopoly (www.vox.com)
The Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move.
DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow (www.youtube.com)
Ukraine says it killed top Russian admiral in Crimea missile attack (www.politico.eu)
’34 officers died, including the commander of the Russian armed forces,’ Kyiv says.
Ancient Humans Created Super-Fertile “Dark Earth” (www.popularmechanics.com)
Researchers now hope to use the environmental engineering success to combat climate change.
Many of today’s unhealthy foods were brought to you by Big Tobacco (www.washingtonpost.com)
A new study suggests that tobacco companies, who were skilled at marketing cigarettes, used similar strategies to hook people on processed foods. (adding archive link here: https://archive.ph/cRRVa)
US military asks the public for help finding its missing F-35 fighter jet after its pilot had to eject while training over South Carolina (news.yahoo.com)
The US military is appealing to the public to help find an advanced F-35 fighter jet that has gone missing over South Carolina.
Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts (www.bbc.co.uk)
Missing winter sea ice signals changes that could be a "disaster for the world", scientists say....
California sues oil giants for downplaying risks posed by fossil fuels (www.reuters.com)
Sept 16 (Reuters) - The state of California has sued major oil companies including Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), Shell PLC (SHEL.L), and Chevron Corp (CVX.N), accusing them of playing down the risks posed by fossil fuels, according to a court filing on Friday....
Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands (www.theguardian.com)
The French supermarket chain Carrefour has put labels on its shelves this week warning shoppers of “shrinkflation”, the phenomenon where manufacturers reduce pack sizes rather than increase prices....
What to Know About the New COVID-19 Vaccine (time.com)
The CDC recommends most people should get the updated COVID-19 vaccine, especially as hospitalizations from infections increase.
EU risks trade war with China over electric vehicles (www.politico.eu)
Anti-subsidy probe puts the EU on course for a battery battle with Beijing.
‘Gender Apartheid:’ UN denounces Iran’s proposed law threatening women who refuse to wear hijab with 5-to-10-year prison sentence (www.ictj.org)
"The draft law could be described as a form of gender apartheid, as authorities appear to be governing through systemic discrimination with the intention of suppressing women and girls into total submission,” experts said.
U.S., abortion rights group sues on behalf of women denied care in emergencies (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Center for Reproductive Rights on Tuesday filed legal actions in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma on behalf of women who say they were denied abortion care in medical emergencies. The actions represent an escalation of the strategy the center used earlier this year in a Texas lawsuit arguing that exceptions to protect the life...
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins (www.theguardian.com)
Outcome could reshape how public accesses and interacts with the internet, or embolden Google to pursue tighter grip on the market
Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18 b (www.nasa.gov)
https://www.nasa.gov/goddard/2023/webb-discovers-methane-carbon-dioxide-in-atmosphere-of-k2-18b