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Estonia becomes the first ex-Soviet country to legalize gay marriages ( www.themayor.eu )

The Riigikogu, Estonia’s Parliament, passed a new law which legalizes marriage for same-sex couples, thus becoming the first post-Soviet country to do so. That this happened in the month of June, which is generally when most Pride parades take place around the world, is also highly symbolic and poignant.

SVB Customers Who Lost Their Deposits Remain on the Hook for Loans ( www.wsj.com )

cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/125873...

Federal judge rules Utah city violated first amendment when it refused permit for drag show ( boingboing.net )

A dozen French police wounded in clashes with protesters opposing high speed rail project ( www.eureporter.co )

"Do the lives of Russians anywhere matter to the Russian empire? The answer is simple – they don’t," a political scientist says ( web.archive.org )

“The emperor only values his throne and will do anything to protect it, while all others are mere resources to be exploited,” writes Aleksandar Đokić, a Serbian political scientist and former lecturer at RUDN University in Moscow. “In other words, the Russian empire is knowingly throwing its own people, people of its own...

‘I’m afraid I won’t make it to 15 June’: Russian Activist Anatoly Berezikov predicted his own death and died in a jail for minor offenders on 14 June ( web.archive.org )

Berezikov's lawyers believe that their client was tortured at the police station during the several hours that she was looking for him. She managed to take a photo of Berezikov’s back in the courthouse: the lawyer believes there were stun gun bruises on it. “He told me in the courthouse: I won’t make it to 15 June. I’m...

Death on the Job: Texas Says "NO" To Water Breaks in the Heat ( 103kkcn.com )

Shell plans to increase fossil fuel production despite its net-zero pledge ( www.npr.org )

Southern Baptists Vote to Further Expand Restrictions on Women as Leaders ( www.nytimes.com )

Yikes. There is quite a pattern developing in the religious right, in the US at least. We are turning back the clock folks.

New airline planes will be required to have secondary barriers to the cockpit to protect pilots ( apnews.com )

Author Cormac McCarthy Dead at 89 ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )

TRUMP UNDER ARREST ( edition.cnn.com )

Garth Brooks Says His New Nashville Bar Will Be Safe for Trans People, Serve Bud Light ( jezebel.com )

Opinion | If the Supreme Court Abolishes Affirmative Action, Here’s What Women Need to Do | The New York Times ( archive.today )

Archive Link from archive.today...

Chinese censors to restrict use of AirDrop and Bluetooth, activists fear it will further hinder their ability to mobilise people and share information ( web.archive.org )

Bluetooth, AirDrop and such file-sharing services are crucial tools in China, where the so-called Great Firewall has resulted in one of the mostly tightly-controlled internet regimes. In recent years, anti-government protesters have often turned to AirDrop to organise and share their political demands. For instance, some...