Liz Truss says being compared to a lettuce was not funny ( www.politico.eu )
Uruguay won’t melt huge bronze Nazi eagle into a dove, president says ( www.politico.eu )
US ‘deeply troubled’ as Israel plans to approve thousands of homes in West Bank ( www.theguardian.com )
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 beginning to understand that we’re not on the right side" - Russian soldiers who surrendered say morale on the Russian side is very low ( web.archive.org )
One captured Russian soldier says he worries about what will happen if he is returned to Russia in a prisoner swap. “If I have the opportunity, I’ll refuse to be exchanged." Another fighter reported that a doctor declared him unfit for combat after he was wounded in March, but his commander ordered him back to the front.
Techradar Just Shouted Out Beehaw! ( www.techradar.com )
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"Tipflation" may be causing tipping backlash as more digital prompts ask for tips ( www.cbsnews.com )
AI Artist Creates Satanic Panic About Hobby Lobby ( www.vice.com )
Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users ( www.techdirt.com )
Our fall COVID boosters will likely be a monovalent XBB formula ( arstechnica.com )
Donald Trump Just Got Dumped by His Lawyer Again ( www.thedailybeast.com )
‘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 )
Greg Abbott Axes Water For Texas Construction Workers Amid 3-Digit Temperatures ( www.huffpost.com )
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She thought she was unshockable, then two castrated Ukrainian soldiers arrived ( www.thetimes.co.uk )
For a month the two men could not tell their psychologist what had happened to them, only that it was horrible beyond words. “If there’s hell somewhere, it’s worse than that,” said one....
‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags ( web.archive.org )
In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city became the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council. They viewed the power shift and diversity as a meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign. This...
Amazon Delivery Drivers Walk Out in First-Ever Driver Strike | Vice ( www.vice.com )
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Reddit r/pics votes on reopening with sexy pictures of John Oliver only ( old.reddit.com )
Voting has now closed....
UPS Drivers Officially Vote to Authorize a Strike ( gizmodo.com )
TechCrunch shouted out Lemmy and Kbin in their Reddit coverage today: Reddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-party apps ( techcrunch.com )
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George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four returned to Portland library after 65 years ( www.bbc.com )
This book and also Brave New World should be on every school curriculum.
“I receive death threats on a daily basis": Chinese artist's exhibition in Poland will be attended by Western officials to prevent censorship by Beijing ( web.archive.org )
On 9 June, executives at Ujazdowski Castle, a museum in Warsaw, expressed their “concern and astonishment” after the Chinese ambassador entered the museum and demanded the exhibition by Chinese artist Badiucao to be closed down. On 12 June, Yao Dongye visited the museum a second time to repeat his demand. Chinese-Australian...