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#SouthAfrica today filed a new application for additional #Gaza measures with the International Court of Justice.
It accuses Israel of deliberate acts that are causing famine, and says the ICJ has one last chance to save many lives.
Make Israel halt its attack on Gaza or Palestinians will starve, SA tells ICJ in new filing
https://www.news24.com/news24/world/news/make-israel-halt-its-attack-on-gaza-or-palestinians-will-starve-sa-tells-icj-in-new-filing-20240306

Microsoft makes changes to Copilot, including blocking requests to create images of teens playing with assault rifles, following a staffer's letter to the FTC (Hayden Field/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/08/microsoft-

Shaved off the goatee & sideburns.
Ravishing!

Oh look, the BBC has a headline from 1953. 😒
“Will Guyana's record economic growth benefit people in remote Essequibo?”
"No sign here that the country has become a premier-league petrostate. Eleven billion barrels of oil lie in the Stabroek Block subsea reserve off Guyana's coast, but fossil fuel riches are not yet flowing to the people of Smith Creek.”

Netflix names Dan Lin, the producer of the Lego movies and the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, as head of film, replacing Scott Stuber (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts<…

Netflix hires 'It' producer Dan Lin for top film job, replacing Scott Stuber
Since forming his production company, Rideback, which is located in L.A.'s historic Filipinotown neighborhood, nearly 15 years ago, Lin has produced films including the "Lego" franchise and others that have grossed $6 billion in worldwide box office.

#SouthAfrica today filed a new application for additional #Gaza measures with the International Court of Justice.
It accuses Israel of deliberate acts that are causing famine, and says the ICJ has one last chance to save many lives.
Make Israel halt its attack on Gaza or Palestinians will starve, SA tells ICJ in new filing
https://www.news24.com/news24/world/news/make-israel-halt-its-attack-on-gaza-or-palestinians-will-starve-sa-tells-icj-in-new-filing-20240306

Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 authorize a strike; the union says the vote is partly due to planned layoffs after record profits in 2023 (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/law360-staffers-vote-to-strik…

Law360 staffers vote to strike - Talking Biz News
Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 voted to authorize a strike Monday. The union says the strike is due to lack of progress at the bargaining table, unlawful tactics that violate union members’ rights and planned layoffs following record profits in 2023. Law360 Union is part of the NewsGuild of New York, which represents nearly […]

Filing: Dell cut 13,000 employees over the last fiscal year, a steeper reduction than initially announced, and had 120K staffers globally as of February 2, 2024 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Dell Layoffs Hit 13,000 Employees Over The Past Year
Dell Technologies Inc. cut 13,000 employees over the last fiscal year, a steeper reduction in headcount than initially announced.

Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 authorize a strike; the union says the vote is partly due to planned layoffs after record profits in 2023 (Chris Roush/Talking Biz News)
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/law360-staffers-vote-to-strik…

Law360 staffers vote to strike - Talking Biz News
Unionized editorial workers at LexisNexis-owned Law360 voted to authorize a strike Monday. The union says the strike is due to lack of progress at the bargaining table, unlawful tactics that violate union members’ rights and planned layoffs following record profits in 2023. Law360 Union is part of the NewsGuild of New York, which represents nearly […]

The Long Beach Post lays off staffers following a switch to nonprofit ownership and amid employees' efforts to unionize; source: staff was cut from 17 to eight (Christi Carras/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts

Long Beach Post layoffs hit striking staffers
The Long Beach Media Guild announced Friday that nine Long Beach Post staffers received layoff notices after moving to unionize and going on strike.