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Review of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff (abcnews.go.com)
An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees has found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011
Australian hospital staff plead with bite victims to stop bringing snakes to emergency departments (www.rnz.co.nz)
Snake bite victims are endangering medical staff by bringing the reptiles with them to hospital, doctors say....
India's Modi accused of anti-Muslim campaign hate speech (www.dw.com)
At a weekend rally, Prime Minister Modi claimed the opposition wanted to take Hindus' money and give it to "infiltrators." The opposition Congress Party said he meant Muslims, and lodged an official election complaint.
If you like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Silicon Valley you might want to check out Mythic Quest (www.imdb.com)
I feel like it leans more into the latter as a kind of tech industry comedy. It stars Rob McElhenney who played Mac in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and I feel like a lot of the humor his character adds is present in Mythic Quest....
UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill will become law after peers eventually backed down on amending it, opening the way for legal battles over the potential removal of dozens of people seeking asylum....
When was the last time you answered a Lemmy or Reddit post/thread that was more than five months old?
I think there should be some incentive for that, like make those kinds of comments a spotlight or something. Maybe make a community called “late replies” that showcases the best such replies, or have a rule saying they grant free karma (in Reddit’s case).
OC Banning spam accounts
Banning spam accounts on kbin.social is a cumbersome affair....
Columbia faculty members walk out after pro-Palestinian protesters arrested (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of members of teaching staff demonstrate in solidarity with arrested students as protest tents put back up on campus...
‘Quiet on Set’ Survivors Say Docuseries Exploited Their Trauma, Then Shut Them Out (www.indiewire.com)
A Paradigm Shift in Social Policy: How Finland Conquered Homelessness (www.spiegel.de)
What is the next "big thing"?
Right now it seems like its "A.I.". Still big now are the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Recently we had COVID 19....
The Last Man on Earth (1964 1080p) (www.youtube.com)
The Last Man on Earth is a 1964 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The film was produced by Robert L. Lippert and directed by Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow, and stars Vincent Price and Franca Bettoia....
China Moves Toward Ban on Japanese-Style ‘Maid Cafés’ (www.sixthtone.com)
Should we replace democracy with science?