{"id":33268,"date":"2024-01-17T14:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-the-big-greasy#id33063"},"modified":"2024-01-17T14:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:05:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-the-big-greasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-the-big-greasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: The big greasy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States attacks Houthi ballistic missiles in Yemen over the Iran-aligned group's targeting of Red Sea shipping.<\/a> \/ PBS<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they attacked Israel's “spy headquarters” in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.<\/a> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

Pakistan warns of retaliation for an Iranian airstrike.<\/a> \/ CNN<\/span><\/p>\n

OpenAi no longer prohibits using its technology for military purposes.<\/a> \/ The Intercept<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: Amazon is now full of products with names like “I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy.”<\/a> \/ Ars Technica<\/span><\/p>\n

Worldwide, more than one in three women do not feel safe walking alone at night in their own community.<\/a> \/ Gallup<\/span><\/p>\n

In China, suspected criminals who end up in court are found guilty 99% of the time.<\/a> \/ The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n

In the United States, chronic absenteeism in schools nearly doubled between 2018-19 and 2021-22, to 28% of students.<\/a> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n

A dialect group selects “enshittification” as 2023's word of the year.<\/a> \/ The American Dialect Society<\/span><\/p>\n

See also, from last month: “It's been a year of endless einsteins.”<\/a> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

Emma Stone says she applies to be on Jeopardy! every year—”and not that 'Celebrity' horsecrap.”<\/a> \/ AV Club<\/span><\/p>\n

BBC Radio 1's first female presenter Annie Nightingale dies at 83.<\/a> \/ Mixmag<\/span><\/p>\n

“Gen Z lip-sync face” refers to young men physically contorting their faces online to appear to have prominent jawlines.<\/a> \/ GQ<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: “It's a new year, the annual Great De-bogging, when we all attempt to heave ourselves out of the muck and into a better life.”<\/a> \/ Experimental History<\/span><\/p>\n

A company harvests ice from Greenland's fjords and ships it to bars in the United Arab Emirates.<\/a> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

A short video on how river ice is made into hot tea in Mongolia.<\/a> \/ The Kid Should See This<\/span><\/p>\n

A study finds around 99% of Americans live near at least one Mexican restaurant.<\/a> \/ axios<\/span><\/p>\n

Similar to how General Tso's chicken is hard to find in China, “New Orleans-style wings” have almost nothing to do with Louisiana.<\/a> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

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The United States attacks Houthi ballistic missiles in Yemen over the Iran-aligned group’s targeting of Red Sea shipping.<\/a> \/ PBS<\/span><\/p>\n

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they attacked Israel’s “spy headquarters” in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.<\/a> \/ Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n

Pakistan warns of retaliation for an Iranian airstrike.<\/a> \/ CNN<\/span><\/p>\n

OpenAi no longer prohibits using its technology for military purposes.<\/a> \/ The Intercept<\/span><\/p>\n

Related: Amazon is now full of products with names like “I’m sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy.”<\/a> \/ Ars Technica<\/span><\/p>\n

Worldwide, more than one in three women do not feel safe walking alone at night in their own community.<\/a> \/ Gallup<\/span><\/p>\n

In China, suspected criminals who end up in court are found guilty 99% of the time.<\/a> \/ The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n

In the United States, chronic absenteeism in schools nearly doubled between 2018-19 and 2021-22, to 28% of students.<\/a> \/ The New Yorker<\/span><\/p>\n

A dialect group selects “enshittification” as 2023’s word of the year.<\/a> \/ The American Dialect Society<\/span><\/p>\n

See also, from last month: “It’s been a year of endless einsteins.”<\/a> \/ The New York Times [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

Emma Stone says she applies to be on Jeopardy! every year\u2014”and not that ‘Celebrity’ horsecrap.”<\/a> \/ AV Club<\/span><\/p>\n

BBC Radio 1’s first female presenter Annie Nightingale dies at 83.<\/a> \/ Mixmag<\/span><\/p>\n

“Gen Z lip-sync face” refers to young men physically contorting their faces online to appear to have prominent jawlines.<\/a> \/ GQ<\/span><\/p>\n

See also: “It’s a new year, the annual Great De-bogging, when we all attempt to heave ourselves out of the muck and into a better life.”<\/a> \/ Experimental History<\/span><\/p>\n

A company harvests ice from Greenland’s fjords and ships it to bars in the United Arab Emirates.<\/a> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n

A short video on how river ice is made into hot tea in Mongolia.<\/a> \/ The Kid Should See This<\/span><\/p>\n

A study finds around 99% of Americans live near at least one Mexican restaurant.<\/a> \/ axios<\/span><\/p>\n

Similar to how General Tso’s chicken is hard to find in China, “New Orleans-style wings” have almost nothing to do with Louisiana.<\/a> \/ The Wall Street Journal [+]<\/span><\/p>\n

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