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Thousands–Including Many Visitors–Volunteer in Taiwan to Help Flood Victims Following Typhoon https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/thousands-including-visitors-volunteer-in-taiwan-to-help-flood-victims-following-typhoon…

Thousands Including Visitors Volunteer in Taiwan to Help Flood Victims Following Typhoon and Flood
Heading southward in extra trains, the volunteers included two Ukrainian women who had lived in Taiwan for 9 years.

Filing: Strava voluntarily dismissed its patent lawsuit against Garmin, for allegedly infringing its heat map and segments features, just 21 days after filing (Ray Maker/DC Rainmaker)
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/strava-drops-voluntarily-lawsuit-again…

Strava Voluntarily Drops Lawsuit Against Garmin
 Strava’s multifaceted legal (and social media) attack on Garmin was short-lived. Just 21 days after filing the original patent infringement case, alongside a Reddit post from their executive team attacking Garmin, the company has decided to dismiss the case

Sources: Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees in its UK offices, following similar offers in several US divisions this year (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-offers-voluntary-buyouts-uk-employees-ve…

Google offers voluntary buyouts to UK employees
After offering teams in the US voluntary buyouts earlier this year, Google is now doing the same in the UK.

Progress of happiness-inducing and battery-charging events in the next months:
39c3:
✅ Ticket (paid)
✅ train ticket to HH
✅ train ticket back to CH
✅ hotel
Disobey2026
✅ Ticket (accepted as volunteer)
◻️ flight
◻️ hotel
On the other hand, my bank account looks unhappy 😐
#39c3

Far-left professor Eman Abdelhadi charged with violent felonies after Chicago ICE facility riots (Anthony Blair/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/us-news/professor-eman-abdelhadi-charged-after-violent-chicago-ice-riots/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251007/p145#a251007p145

Investigation: in 22 US states, Uber approves drivers with many types of convictions, such as violent felonies, that are over seven years old to keep costs low (Emily Steel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/business/uber-background-chec…

Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape.
The ride-hailing giant’s background check process was intended to speed drivers onto its network while keeping costs down, internal documents show.

How China stopped an NYC-based independent Chinese film festival, including pressuring directors and moderators, as it largely erases independent films in China (Vivian Wang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/world/asia/china-film-festival-new-…

How China Reached Into New York to Stop a Tiny Film Festival
A showcase for independent Chinese films was scrapped after the Chinese authorities pressured directors, moderators and even a volunteer to pull out.

Truck driver sues Mark Sanchez and Fox after violent fight over parking space https://www.foxsports.com/articles/motor/truck-driver-sues-mark-sanchez-and-fox-after-violent-fight-over-parking-space

Federal judge demands answers from Trump admin on following order to avoid violent encounters with Chicago protesters (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/us/illinois-judge-trump-chicago-protesters
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p63#a251016p63

Waymo plans to issue a voluntary software recall over how its robotaxis operate around school buses following an NHTSA investigation opened in October (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/waymo-to-issue…

Waymo to issue software recall over how robotaxis behave around school buses | TechCrunch
The voluntary recall comes as scrutiny by federal regulators and local school district officials increases.