‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms - Israeli prime minister says country can ‘stand alone’ but later says he hopes US and Israel can overcome differences(theguardian.com)
Caramelo, the Brazilian horse stranded on a roof by floods, is rescued after stirring the nation(apnews.com)
Police shoot and kill Black US airman in Florida home - Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, was at home in apartment when officers burst into wrong unit and shot him dead, family says(theguardian.com)
Saidit was mentioned in two /r/conspiracy/ threads about reddit alternatives recently(self)
"You remind me of my daughter": Stormy Daniels testifies that Trump compared her to Ivanka - Trump also assured Daniels that he and Melania didn't “even sleep in the same room," she testified(salon.com)
BTC-e Operator Alexander Vinnik Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Conspiracy Charge - Vinnik was first arrested in 2017, but faced a lengthy extradition process that saw him spend time in Greece and France before being sent to the U.S.(coindesk.com)
Bluesky confirms Jack Dorsey is no longer on its board - Bluesky is seeking a replacement board member in the wake of Dorsey’s departure.(theverge.com)
The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials told Axios. It is the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that the U.S. has stopped a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military.(axios.com)
"Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World" Fungi's role in our world has been vastly underestimated, says biologist Merlin Sheldrake. They can even make decisions, just like us. (2020)(spiegel.de)
How the Zombie Fungus Takes Over Ants’ Bodies to Control Their Minds - The infamous parasite’s methods are more complex and more sinister than anyone suspected. (2017)(theatlantic.com)
This fungus turns cicadas into zombies who procreate until they die: Massospora consumes cicadas from the inside out then drives them to mate—in the process making infected males more attractive to both sexes.(nationalgeographic.com)
Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing - Rishi Sunak’s government tries to limit the damage as the Conservatives’ worst fears prove correct in the English local elections(theguardian.com)
Canadian police have charged three members of an alleged hit team for their role in the assassination of the Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the first arrests in a high-profile killing which officials believe was masterminded by India.(theguardian.com)
The Securities and Exchange Commission has barred the accounting firm for former President Donald Trump’s social media venture from practice for “deliberate and systemic failures” to comply with U.S. audit standards ... The company and owner Benjamin Borgers have agreed to pay a combined $14 million(politico.com)
Steven Pinker on "Gender": "a grammatical distinction among categories of nouns ... grammatical term was co-opted to refer to the conceptual distinction between M & F because the English word "sex" also refers to copulation, and writers & speakers wanted to be clear they weren't referring to *that*"(twitter.com)
Subscene is closing: "im sorry to report that the site will be closing within the next 24 hours. A takeover plan was not possible."(web.archive.org)
Skeletons with hands and feet missing are discovered buried at 'Wolf's Lair' home of Hermann Goring: Horrifying find of three adults, a teenager and a baby by amateur archeologists sparks murder probe(dailymail.co.uk)
Fox News Quietly Deletes Hunter Biden ‘Mock Trial’ Series - The conservative cable giant has quickly moved to comply with the presidential scion’s demands.(thedailybeast.com)
The US military has published photos showing a floating pier being built in the Mediterranean Sea to help increase humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza ... Costing about $320m (£255m), the pier and a causeway attached to the shore should be operational in a week.(bbc.com)
Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk - Mammal-to-mammal transmission raises new concerns about the virus's ability to spread.(arstechnica.com)
Attorneys representing President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden are threatening to sue Fox News for violating "revenge porn" laws and publishing since-discredited bribery allegations as part of a scheme to "paint him in a false light," according to a letter obtained by ABC News.(abcnews.go.com)