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Boing Boing 

OK State Superintendent using Libs of TikTok to "hunt down school employees who joked about Trump's ear"

Ryan Walters, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction, recently posted a video announcing that he is using information gathered from Libs of TikTok—the notoriously transphobic and anti-LGBTQ social media account founded and run by right-wing "journalist" and activist Chaya Raichik—to as Ron Filipkowski puts it, "hunt down school employees who joked about Trump's ear getting nicked so that they can be fired."  — Read the rest

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Rock Paper Shotgun 

Paradox delay Prison Architect 2 and cancel preorders: "improving the performance has proven to be a task that will take time"

Jail shake-and-breaker management sim Prison Architect 2 has been delayed indefinitely, a couple of months after publishers Paradox parted ways with original developers Double Eleven. Current developers Kokku will use the additional time "to improve both the game's performance and its content". Additionally, Paradox are removing the option to preorder the game until they have a "robust" release timeline. Existing preorders on all platforms will be refunded, and all preorder-exclusive items will be added into the base game. Читать дальше...

EurActiv 

EIB and Deutsche Bank join forces to lift EU wind production

The European Investment Bank (EIB)’s €5 billion wind package kickstarted with the first €500 million counter-guarantee deal with Deutsche Bank, as part of a financial effort set to strengthen the European wind industry.

Business Standard 

Japanese markets report worst fall since 2020

The Nikkei average plunged 5.81 percent to 35,909.70, registering its second-largest point drop in history as technology stocks suffered heavy losses and a strengthening yen clouded the outlook for the country's exporters.

Business Standard 

China Shanghai Composite index falls 0.92%

Recession worries gripped markets as weak U.S. manufacturing and labor market data highlighted emerging cracks in the world's largest economy.