Starbucks Union Plans to Strike Over Pride Décor and Labor Practices ( www.nytimes.com )
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New Jersey sues three school districts over transgender notification policy ( www.politico.com )
[Image description: "Protect Trans Rights" and "Too cute to be binary" protest signs]
‘You’re remembered for the rules you break’: OceanGate CEO who was piloting the Titan admitted in 2021 that the sub’s construction had ‘broken some rules’ ( fortune.com )
“I’d like to be remembered as an innovator,” he said, speaking from the interior of one of OceanGate’s submersibles. “I think it was [famous American General Douglas] MacArthur that said, ‘You’re remembered for the rules you break.’”...
Supreme Court says states can’t overrule Biden on whom to deport ( thehill.com )
Another bullshit legal theory from Texas goes down in flames. Justice Alito dissented because of course he did....
‘We Never Stopped Applying Pressure’: IBEW railroad workers win four short-notice, three convertible sick days ( www.ibew.org )
While President Joe Biden was calling on Congress in November to pass legislation to implement the agreement, he stressed that he would continue to encourage the railroads to guarantee paid sick time for their employees....
James Cameron reacts sub implosion: 'I'm struck by the similarity of the Titanic disaster itself' ( www.youtube.com )
Film director James Cameron has expertise in designing and testing these submersibles, and he has many criticisms of the design of the sub that imploded, and of the hubris of the CEO who ignored repeated safety warnings from the diving community. He also mentions that the sub seems to have been attempting to resurface when it...
New research underscores benefits of gender-affirming hormones, rebutting anti-trans claims ( www.statnews.com )
Actual evidence from actual scientists....
Elon Musk Silences Critics By Deactivating Accounts And Reaching Out To Their Employers ( finance.yahoo.com )
Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin in standoff with Russian army amid 'armed mutiny' ( www.reuters.com )
This possible armed conflict between the Russian Army and the Wagner Group may come to fruition due to allegations that the Russian Army opened fire on fellow Russians acting as mercenaries in the Wagner Group....
7.5 million Baby Shark bath toys are being recalled. 12 kids were cut or stabbed playing with them. ( apnews.com )
Opinion - Death clocks are ghoulish, whatever you think about billionaires in subs ( 12ft.io )
Infowars 'War Room' host Owen Shroyer pleads guilty to entering restricted area during Capitol riot ( abcnews.go.com )
Infowars host Owen Shroyer has pleaded guilty to joining the mob of Donald Trump supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol
Russia launches lab to study Xi Jinping ideology ( www.politico.eu )
Thus proving once and for all that China is a totally cool and normal country with healthy power structures.
Macron calls for an international taxation deal to finance climate efforts ( www.politico.eu )
Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law ( apnews.com )
A Canadian bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law. The Senate passed the bill Thursday amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and Silicon Valley tech giants. Ottawa has said the law...
Fox News is altering language in AP and Reuters articles on anti-trans legislation — including a quote from an elected official ( www.mediamatters.org )
“Gender affirming care” was replaced with “sex change” or “sex reassignment” in at least 19 articles.
Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Who had this on their bingo card?
Wyoming Judge Temporarily Blocks State’s Ban on Abortion Pills ( www.nytimes.com )
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Activists host ‘retirement party’ for New England’s last running coal plant, but its future is uncertain ( nenc.news )
Frozen fruit sold at Walmart, Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Target, Whole Foods recalled over possible listeria contamination | CNN ( www.cnn.com )
Victims lose €3.5m in scam accusing them of viewing child abuse images ( www.theguardian.com )
U.S. Navy Heard What It Believed Was Titan Implosion Days Ago ( www.wsj.com )
Original: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-implosion-days-ago-6844cb12
The U.S. Population Is Older Than It Has Ever Been ( www.nytimes.com )
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'Rust' weapons supervisor charged with dumping drugs on day of Alec Baldwin shooting ( apnews.com )
“Supporting the war is now a Russian citizen’s constitutional duty”: Legal experts on Russia’s Constitutional Court June 21 ruling ( web.archive.org )
A recent ruling by Russia’s Constitutional Court supporting the legality of a law on “discrediting the army” is in fact a constitutional coup d'etat. The judges have proclaimed that the supreme value of the Constitution is no longer the individual, and his or her rights and freedoms, but the state. The approval of the...