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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Alex Hern UK technology editor)
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‘Gifs are cringe’: how Giphy’s multimillion-dollar business fell out of fashion
Generational divide threatens future of tech firm as it seeks approval for $400m takeover by Facebook owner MetaIt is rare for a multimillion-dollar company to explicitly state that its business is dying because it is simply too uncool to live.But that is the bold strategy that the gif search engine Giphy has adopted with the UK’s competition regulator, which is trying to block a $400m (£352m) takeover attempt by Facebook’s owner, Meta. Continue reading...
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Emma Brockes)
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Digested week: focus at Queen’s funeral on handholding and heckling | Emma Brockes
Insults shouted at Andrew in Scotland, while all eyes in London are on the princes’ body languageLest we get too comfortable in our attitudes of deference this week, let’s take a quick, corrective glance at Prince Andrew. There he was, out front at Balmoral at the weekend, trying to slide back into public favour and by Monday, apparently, succeeding. Continue reading...
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Angela Giuffrida in Rome)
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Deadly flood-water ‘tsunami’ sweeps through Italian towns
Rescue operation ongoing in central region of Marche after ‘exceptional’ extreme weather eventAt least nine people have died and four are missing after dramatic storms provoked severe flooding in Italy’s central Marche region, forcing politicians to finally raise the topic of the climate crisis a week before general elections.Dozens of others are reported to have saved themselves by climbing on to rooftops and trees, in scenes described as being akin to an “apocalypse”. Fifty people are being tr
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Simon Speakman Cordall in Tunis)
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‘The country is being suffocated,’ say Tunisians weary of food shortages
Rationing and empty shelves have become commonplace as the government struggles to pay salaries and food subsidiesAssaad sits outside his cafe in central Tunis, heavy metal shutters locked behind him. There is no sugar, he says, and he cannot operate without it. Sugar, like coffee and countless other subsidised staples for Tunisians, is in very short supply.Rationing has become commonplace, while supermarkets and small local shops have yawning gaps on shelves once crowded with everyday products.
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Stephen Marche)
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Biden says US democracy is under threat. Here’s what he can do to help fix it | Stephen Marche
We don’t need lofty rhetoric about democracy. We need to pack the courts, fight partisan gerrymandering, campaign finance reform and moreIn the run-up to the midterm elections, liberal America is starting to realize how much danger it’s in. The right has been openly, defiantly stoking the fires of civil war since at least 2008 – openly promoting secession, political violence and the overturning of electoral outcomes. Now the left, slowly, probably too late, is having some of the same discussions
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Sophie Brickman)
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From doing laundry to washing the dishes: unpaid work is bad for our mental health | Sophie Brickman
Women do the majority of unpaid labor – and it creates a taxing mental loadI’ve been agonizing over how to respond to an email for the last 48 hours.It doesn’t involve a medical issue, a work deadline, some horrifying piece of news, a kids-back-to-school task that requires unearthing the dreaded label-maker or logging into some byzantine online portal – all of which are represented in full force in my inbox. Just a completely anodyne suggestion, from a colleague of a college friend who’s eager t
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Mark Serwotka)
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The threat to lay off King Charles’s staff while the nation mourns is despicable | Mark Serwotka
My union has demanded the notification be immediately withdrawn and the workers given the respect they deserveMark Serwotka is general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services UnionAmong the many people across Britain mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II are those who work at Clarence House, the former official residence of the new King. Some of those staff have served for decades. So it’s incredibly cruel that for about 100 of these mourning workers, their service and commitment have
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Agence France-Presse in Beijing)
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Major fire engulfs skyscraper in Changsha, central China
State media report number of casualties currently unknown in blaze at telecommunications firmA fire engulfed a skyscraper in the central Chinese city of Changsha, with authorities saying that no casualties had yet been found.The blaze broke out in a 42-floor building housing an office of the state-owned telecommunications company China Telecom, according to the state broadcaster CCTV. Continue reading...
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Mark Brown North of England correspondent)
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Festival of Thrift: make-do-and-mend fair grows as cost of living bites
Ten-year-old festival in Redcar features swap shops, repair shops and workshops in art of thriftIn an office window on Redcar’s rainswept esplanade hangs a washing line of recycled paper, slowly drying after being pulped and having seeds embedded into it. Soon the paper will become business cards and leaflets. Inside the the office, organisers of a festival taking place on 24-25 September discuss what workshop should go where, from sessions on how to make your own laundry liquid and do-it-yourse
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Sep 16, 2022
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The Guardian - Top Stories (Reuters)
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Team events ‘hurting themselves’ by barring LIV golfers, says DeChambeau
Ryder Cup among team events to reject rebel playersDeChambeau says ‘it is sad’ they cannot playTeam events such as the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup are only “hurting themselves” by banning players who signed up for LIV Golf, the former US Open champion Bryson DeChambeau has said.Players who joined the Saudi-backed LIV series are no longer eligible to participate in PGA Tour events, including the Presidents Cup and all other tours sanctioned by the circuit. DeChambeau has played for the United St