Lemmy, Kbin, Mastodon shoutout from Lifehacker: The Four Best Reddit Alternatives ( lifehacker.com )
Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, But Allows Hitler’s Mein Kampf ( www.themarshallproject.org )
LexisNexis Is Selling Your Personal Data to ICE So It Can Try to Predict Crimes ( theintercept.com )
The legal research and public records data broker LexisNexis is providing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with tools to target people who may potentially commit a crime – before any actual crime takes place, according to a contract document obtained by The Intercept. LexisNexis then allows ICE to track the purported...
At recovery summit, UK's Sunak to unveil major Ukraine support ( www.eureporter.co )
Georgian president pardons jailed journalist after EU, US outcry ( www.politico.eu )
Ukraine has recorded 208 crimes of a sexual nature committed by the Russian occupiers. The youngest victim is 4 years old. ( web.archive.org )
British woman claims Etihad Airways employee sent her unsolicited private messages after searching her data in the airline's system ( nitter.net )
"Terrifying experience travelling alone", she tweets.
ChangeMakers: Aegor Ray advocates to decriminalize sex work in Minneapolis ( www.mprnews.org )
Greek election looks set to strengthen PM Mitsotakis’ power ( www.politico.eu )
Ukraine Blocks Journalists From Front Lines With Escalating Censorship ( theintercept.com )
Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive 'not meeting expectations,' Western officials tell CNN ( edition.cnn.com )
New EU sanctions put the squeeze on Russian oil smugglers ( www.politico.eu )
Philly's Violence Prevention Grant Program Brought Mixed Results. Now What? ( www.thetrace.org )
The U.S. Coast Guard says debris field has been found near the Titanic during search for submersible ( apnews.com )
Russia threatens it will blow up the Galați-Giurgiulesti bridge ( www.romaniajournal.ro ) Romanian
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Australia takes on Elon Musk over spike in online hate on Twitter ( 12ft.io )
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Ukrainian intelligence shows Moscow is plotting 'terror attack' on nuclear plant, Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims ( news.sky.com )
Pentagon dismisses WSJ report on China spy station in Cuba ( www.reuters.com )
[Texas] Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes bill that would give people with disabilities new option to vote by mail ( www.texastribune.org )
Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded vote-by-mail access for people with disabilities — specifically people who are blind or paralyzed and need assistance marking their ballot.
A 988 operator, faced with a flood of calls, turns to AI to boost counselor skills ( www.statnews.com )
TW: Some discussion of suicide...
Musk-owned Twitter stiffed employees on promised bonuses, class action says ( arstechnica.com )
The first cultivated meat is approved for sale in the US ( upsidefoods.com )
German energy prices are so high they're driving companies to relocate, industry body says ( www.cnbc.com )
Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court ( www.propublica.org )
In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of his leg, Alito posed for a picture. To his left, a man stood beaming: Paul Singer, a...
The Guardian view on danger at sea: The contrast between the frantic hunt for a missing submersible and the failure to save migrants drowning in the Mediterranean is illuminating ( www.theguardian.com )
A massive operation is under way to find and save a stricken vessel and its passengers. As time passes, anxious families and friends wait with growing fear. The US coastguard, Canadian armed forces and commercial vessels are all hunting for the Titan submersible, which has gone missing with five aboard on a dive to the wreck of...