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‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state (www.theguardian.com)

Many prisoners clean toilets and prep food with no pay – as the state charges $50 a day for their incarceration...

FreeBSD 14.1 vs. DragonFlyBSD 6.4 vs. NetBSD 10 vs. Linux Benchmarks (www.phoronix.com)

Majority of Japanese support government-run dating apps (www.asahi.com)

New legal powers for Jewish settlers open door to 'actual annexation' of West Bank (thecradle.co)

The Israeli military has given religious settler and minister Bezalel Smotrich increased legal control over the occupied West Bank...

EU used anti-subsidy probe to 'snoop' on Chinese EV makers, report says (www.yicaiglobal.com)

Pixelfed Groups, targeting Lemmy support and the Groups FEP for now (mastodon.social)

FDA advisors voted against MDMA therapy – researchers are still fighting for it (www.bbc.com)

Some 13 million Americans struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Existing therapies only bring relief for a fraction of patients, and new treatments are sorely needed, according to psychiatrists wrestling with the scale of the problem. So, there was distinct disappointment when an advisory committee at the US Food...

Power outage hits Balkan states as heat overloads system, minister says (www.reuters.com)

PODGORICA, June 21 (Reuters) - A major power outage hit Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania and most of Croatia’s coast on Friday, disrupting businesses, shutting down traffic lights and leaving people sweltering without air conditioning in the middle of a heatwave....

Jeff Landry signs bill allowing surgical castration of some sex offenders (www.nola.com)

Louisiana judges can now sentence certain sex offenders to surgical castration, after Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday signed a bill into law that creates that penalty....

The Supreme Court rules against California woman whose husband was denied entry to US (apnews.com)

Kazakh government critic in hospital after being shot in Kyiv (www.cnn.com)

'Incomprehensible censorship': French journalist forced to leave India as MHA refuses to renew his work permit (www.telegraphindia.com)

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 73 (and 72) (fediversereport.com)

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Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws (www.engadget.com)

A surprising winner in the Supreme Court gun ruling: Hunter Biden (www.politico.com)

Spectrum Call Center in Charlotte, NC Reportedly Provided Fried Chicken and Watermelon to Employees for Juneteenth (thencbeat.com)

“We want to acknowledge some feedback received regarding our Juneteenth celebration,” Pezzuto said in his letter obtained by The North Carolina Beat. “Although our intent was to celebrate this nationally recognized day, some of you voiced your concerns regarding the associated food choices.”...

Connecting Hobby Project to LLM (hijacked.link)

I love playing with LLMs locally at home. The cost of running hobby projects against paid services like OpenAI is too high for me so in this article you can find out how I work around that to keep my LLM infra deployed locally at home and still use it anywhere I like.

28 riders stuck upside down on amusement park ride for about 30 minutes (www.washingtonpost.com)

"Completely different creatures, but they learn to get along and be each other's family": Escaped pet donkey found 'living best life' with elk (www.bbc.com)

A pet donkey that escaped his owners five years ago in California has been found “living his best life” with a herd of wild elk....

Taiwan slams China death penalty for 'diehard' Taiwan independence advocates as 'Beijing has no jurisdiction over Taiwan' (focustaiwan.tw)

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Microsoft has blocked the bypass that allowed you to create a local account during Windows 11 setup by typing in a blocked email address (www.tomshardware.com)