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Cows Look Like Maps

2025-05-26 12:40:05

BlackRock is Suing UnitedHealth for Giving “Too Much Care” to Patients After the CEO was Murdered

BlackRock is Suing UnitedHealth for Giving “Too Much Care” to Patients After the CEO was Murdered

BlackRock — the world’s most powerful asset manager and UnitedHealth’s biggest shareholder with nearly 10% ownership — is literally suing the health insurance giant. But not for what you’d expect…

^{HR NEWS (Medium)}

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cross-posted from: lemmy.wtf/post/22266116

Musk's SpaceX town in Texas warns residents they may lose right to 'continue using' their property

Starbase was officially formed earlier this month after Elon Musk's aerospace and defense contractor prevailed in a local election.

^{Lora Kolodny (CNBC)}

Link without the paywall

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Palantir Is Going on Defense

Palantir threatened to call police on a WIRED reporter and kicked out other journalists from a recent conference following reports of the data analytics firm’s work with the Trump administration.

^{Caroline Haskins (WIRED)}

With those tipping screens now seemingly everywhere, Americans think that the practice has “gotten out of control,” according to a new survey.

At least 63 percent of US residents now having a negative view of tipping, up from 59 percent last year, according to Bankrate, a financial publisher and comparison service.

Yet, the number of Americans who have gotten used to tipping has gone up since the COVID-19 pandemic, when it slipped. There have not been significant declines in tips for service providers, the survey noted, particularly for hairdressers and restaurant servers.

Nearly half of Americans say tipping has ‘gotten out of control’

Sixteen percent of people said they’d pay higher prices if tipping were eliminated

^{Michelle Del Rey (The Independent)}

Reddit privacy moderators recently censored this content over a day after it was posted. IMO the reason is suspicious.

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(There are no subreddit rules banning "political propaganda" or "character assassination." Nor does this comment appear to rise to either of those accusations: other non-removed comments back up the removed one.)

Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian airfields on 1 June probably damaged about 10% of Russia's strategic bomber fleet, German Major General Christian Freuding has said.

Source: Freuding in a podcast, as reported by European Pravda, citing Reuters

Quote: "According to our assessment, more than a dozen aircraft were damaged, TU-95 and TU-22 strategic bombers as well as A-50 surveillance planes."

Details: According to the general, who coordinates Berlin's military assistance to Kyiv and works closely with the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, the A-50s, which have a similar function to NATO's AWACS aircraft in providing air surveillance, were probably not in working order.

"We believe that they can no longer be used for spare parts. This is a loss, as only a handful of these aircraft exist," he said.

"As for the long-range bomber fleet, 10% of it has been damaged in the attack according to our assessment," Freuding added.

The United States estimates that the daring Ukrainian drone attack hit up to 20 Russian warplanes, destroying about 10 of them, two US officials told Reuters. Experts say it will take Moscow years to replace the affected aircraft.

Despite the losses, Freuding sees no immediate reduction in Russian strikes on Ukraine, noting that Moscow still retains 90% of its strategic bombers, which can launch ballistic and cruise missiles in addition to dropping bombs.

"But there is, of course, an indirect effect as the remaining planes will need to fly more sorties, meaning they will be worn out faster, and, most importantly, there is a huge psychological impact," he said.

Freuding said that Russia felt secure in its vast territory, which also explains why the aircraft were not well protected.

"After this successful operation, this no longer holds true. Russia will need to ramp up the security measures," the general said.

Operation Spider's Web: Germany estimates that Ukraine damaged 10% of Russian strategic aircraft

Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian airfields on 1 June probably damaged about 10% of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, German Major General Christian Freuding has said.

^{Ivanna Kostina (Ukrainska Pravda)}

YouTube pulled a popular tutorial video from tech creator Jeff Geerling this week, claiming his guide to installing LibreELEC on a Raspberry Pi 5 violated policies against "harmful content." The video, which showed viewers how to set up their own home media servers, had been live for over a year and racked up more than 500,000 views. YouTube's automated systems flagged the content for allegedly teaching people "how to get unauthorized or free access to audio or audiovisual content."

Geerling says his tutorial covered only legal self-hosting of media people already own -- no piracy tools or copyright workarounds. He said he goes out of his way to avoid mentioning popular piracy software in his videos. It's the second time YouTube has pulled a self-hosting content video from Geerling. Last October, YouTube removed his Jellyfin tutorial, though that decision was quickly reversed after appeal. This time, his appeal was denied.