Reddit CEO warns employees not to wear Reddit swag in public as users revolt ( www.businessinsider.com )
Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout “will pass” ( www.theverge.com )
Dude this article gives me work PTSD. I hate working for CEOs and stupid fucking managers. Open source forever.
[LIVE THREAD] Donald Trump's arraignment in Miami; his supporters expected to protest outside of courthouse ( lemmy.world )
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Redditors Go To War With The Company As It Enforces Eye-Watering Prices For Reddit API ( www.forbes.com )
Declassified report reveals that the US government is buying troves of data about its citizens ( web.archive.org )
Perhaps most controversially, the government believes it can “persistently” track the phones of “millions of Americans” without a warrant, so long as it pays for the information, a newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, ODNI, reveals. Were the government to simply demand...
Illinois passes law to outlaw book bans ( abcnews.go.com )
With many states and smaller local governments in the U.S. banning or attempting to ban books, Illinois' state government is doing the opposite, penalizing book bans by withdrawing funding from libraries that restrict or remove books due to "partisan or doctrinal" disapproval.
Here’s How Many Years in Prison Trump Would Be Facing if He Were Treated Like Any Other Defendant ( slate.com )
Reddit down amid major protest ( lemmy.world )
Reddit has stopped working for millions of users around the world....
UK Government Fraud Quadruples ( www.thelondoneconomic.com )
Unsurprisingly the BBC have coverage of how hot it is and Boris’ resignation on the front page rather than this.
Big Oil lobbyist tells Fox viewers in the US that wildfire smoke is safe to breathe [video, 1:24 min] ( nitter.net )
While smoke from devastating wildfires in Canada blanketed much of the US, forcing millions to stay indoors, lobbyist Steve Milloy told Fox News there is “no health risk” associated with inhaling such polluted air. “We have this kind of air in India and China all the time—no public health emergency,” he said. " This is...
Russian commander claimed the Wagner mercenaries had kidnapped and tortured his soldiers during battle for Bakhmut ( www.theguardian.com )
In a video posted online, Lt Col Roman Venevitin, who called himself the “already former commander”, also accused Wagner soldiers of stealing arms, forcing mobilised soldiers to sign contracts with Wagner, and attempting to extort weapons from the Russian defence ministry in exchange for releasing kidnapped (Russian)...
Total, Raiffeisen, Pepsi & Co: Profits of Western businesses that decided to stay in Russia have skyrocketed ( novayagazeta.eu )
Many foreign companies released statements about leaving Russia soon after the invasion of Ukraine. Almost a year and a half later, it can be stated that only a small part of foreign companies left Russia. According to calculations made by the Kyiv School of Economics, only 7% of Western companies halted all operations in...
Explosion of Kakhovka plant in Ukraine displaces nearly 1900 households, floating landmines and oil spill pose further threat, aid workers say ( www.care.org )
At least 150 tons of oil have been released into the Dnipro River with the risk of further leakage of more than 300 tons. This may lead to the Nyzhniodniprovskyi National Nature Park, which comprises more than 80 000 hectares of protected land, to disappear.
Army of fake accounts on Twitter and Medium defends UAE presidency of climate summit ( web.archive.org )
Posts from fake accounts claimed: “The UAE’s commitment to being the perfect host for Cop28 is a testament to its leadership in tackling climate change,” and that Cop28 president Al Jaber, who is also CEO of the state oil firm, is “the ally the climate movement needs”. Others retweeted or reposted UAE government tweets...
Pornhub attacks states for passing “unsafe” age-verification laws ( arstechnica.com )
Bothered by pot smell, she sued her neighbor to stop smoking — and won ( www.washingtonpost.com )
A D.C. judge has ruled that a man who smokes medical marijuana in his apartment must stop after a neighbor complained that the odor from his marijuana crept into her home and caused a nuisance.
My life was turned upside down by Beijing threats, wife of Chinese ex-official tells US court ( web.archive.org )
'Operation Fox Hunt’ trial started in New York City.
Residents in Russia's Belgorod region say authorities are charging 3,000 rubles for evacuation of their children ( web.archive.org )
[In pictures] Hong Kong police deploy en masse, activists apprehended as Tiananmen massacre commemorations muted ( hongkongfp.com )
Hong Kong’s US and EU consulates light candles to mark Tiananmen crackdown anniversary. hongkongfp.com/…/in-pictures-hong-kongs-us-and-eu…
"Everyone knows what day is today:" Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy activist on Tiananmen Square anniversary ( web.archive.org )
Scores of police were stopping people to search their belongings and question them. By late afternoon local time, reporters witnessed at least eight people taken away by police in vans – including Alexandra Wong, a well-known pro-democracy activist better known as Grandma Wong. The 67-year-old was carrying flowers as police...
European Starlings are awesome [video, 1min] ( mastodon.social )
Stumbled upon this on Mastodon.
Ethnic minorities in Russia are campaigning for the breakup of the country ( theworld.org )
Tiananmen exhibit set to open in New York City two years after the shutdown of the Tianamen museum in Hong Kong in June 2021 ( web.archive.org )
The removal of the memorials in Hong Kong came after Beijing imposed a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong, leading the local government to essentially ban public commemorations of the 1989 killings. The 2,000-square-foot display includes newspaper clippings, letters written to protesters who were sent to jail, a...
Saudi Arabian woman detained over Twitter and Snapchat posts promoting reform ( web.archive.org )
Manahel al-Otaibi, a 29-year-old certified fitness instructor and artist who frequently promoted female empowerment on her social media accounts, was accused by Saudi authorities of using a hashtag – translated to #societyisready – to call for an end to male guardianship rules.She has not yet been convicted or sentenced and...