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Avoiding overload in AWS distributed systems by putting the smaller service in control.
https://aws.amazon.com/builders-library/avoiding-overload-in-distributed-systems-by-putting-the-smaller…

An in-depth look at Meta's AI-fueled rampage through its engineering organization, reassignments of engineers on core teams to data labeling, and more (Gergely Orosz/The Pragmatic Engineer)
https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/why-is-meta-destroyin…

Why is Meta destroying its engineering organization?
Leadership at the social media giant has been on an AI-fueled rampage through its engineering org. We report what’s happened

Some TV streaming executives express unease about Fox's proposed Roku deal, wondering whether Fox would favor its own programming on a key TV distributor (Kerry Flynn/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/18/fox-roku-streaming-distribution-bias

Fox's Roku deal raises concerns over distribution bias
Can TV's "front door" stay neutral?

#billgates

Israeli leaders are akin to the Taliban in their assault on education.
Israel uses law to destroy Palestinian education in East Jerusalem | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/7/

Israel uses law to destroy Palestinian education in East Jerusalem
Legislation recently passed by the Knesset is meant to dismantle the Palestinian education system in East Jerusalem.

Cómo la precariedad académica corroe la integridad y la visión de la investigación, y tampoco las vidas.
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/universidad/precariedad-academica-dilema-del-ayudante-doctor

Under new European Union rules, businesses must prioritise keeping unsold clothing or shoes in use by selling them (including through discounts or alternative markets), donating them to charities or social enterprises, or preparing them for reuse (repairing, refurbishing or remanufacturing).
Destruction will be allowed only under specified circumstances and must be carried out in accordance with the waste treatment hierarchy, giving priority to recycling

Ban on destruction of unsold clothes and shoes enters into application
Under the new rules, businesses must prioritise keeping products in use by selling them or preparing them for reuse.

Mehrheit befürwortet Social-Media-Verbot für Kinder unter 14
Australien hat's vorgemacht, Deutschland diskutiert: Social-Media-Verbot für Kids? Forschende warnen vor Schnellschüssen und zweifeln an der Umsetzbarkeit.

Mehrheit befürwortet Social-Media-Verbot für Kinder unter 14
Australien hat's vorgemacht, Deutschland diskutiert: Social-Media-Verbot für Kids? Forschende warnen vor Schnellschüssen und zweifeln an der Umsetzbarkeit.

Interviewer: “When you see Gaza destroyed like this, how do you feel?”
Katz: “What do I feel? Feel good.”
Hey boy, are you a work of art? Because you’d look great hanging in Nuremberg. @…

Drop Site on Twitter
🇮🇱 A new Channel 14 report shows senior Israeli government and military officials openly celebrating the destruction of Gaza, the mass killing of Palestinians, their forced displacement to the coast, and Israel’s permanent occupation of the territory. One senior officer described all 70,000 Palestinians he said Israel had killed as “terrorists.” The full video is linked below. Here are some of the remarks: 🔹 Defense Minister Israel Katz: “The important thing: those neighborho…

Greenlanders are not 'experimental subjects', says minister as she decries US doctor's visit (Miranda Bryant/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/18/greenland-us-doctor-visit-trump-envoy-deeply-problematic
http://www.memeorandum.com/260518/p128#a260518p128