This HMP inmate says a rat gave birth in his pants — but it was no surprise (www.cbc.ca)
Her Majesty’s Penitentiary inmate Devon Fitzpatrick says early one morning in mid-May he woke up and felt something moving in the crotch of his pants. When he reached in, he discovered a rat had given birth there....
More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
Civil society groups say that despite the arrests, demonstrations and a planned sit-down outside the parliament buildings will continue....
North Carolina Supreme Court Secretly Squashed Discipline of Two GOP Judges Who Admitted to Violating Judicial Code (www.propublica.org)
Last fall, out of public view, the North Carolina Supreme Court squashed disciplinary action against two Republican judges who had admitted that they had violated the state’s judicial code of conduct, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the decisions....
‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Creator Mike McMahan On Making His “Dream Animated” Series: “Five Years Later, It Still Feels Like A Miracle” (deadline.com)
Sir Ian McKellen Set to Make 'Full Recovery' After Falling Off London Stage (www.rollingstone.com)
President Zelensky calls China and Brazil uncivilized for not signing Communiqué (unn.ua)
Time may be up for a far-right school board president who embroiled a California district in controversy (19thnews.org)
Up to ten people including children shot at public splash pad in Michigan (www.theguardian.com)
Succor borne every minute (www.ftc.gov)
toxic help forum (lemmy.world)
Landmark California hotel, nearly 100 years old, destroyed by fire (www.theguardian.com)
Google, Cloudflare & Cisco Will Poison DNS to Stop Piracy Block Circumvention * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)
Sir Ian McKellen falls off stage during performance (www.bbc.com)
That is a hell of a fall for an 85 year old…
Greek coastguard threw migrants overboard to their deaths, witnesses say (www.bbc.com)
First Horizon Bank system detects when a call center worker was on the brink of "losing it" and plays an AI-made montage of family photos set to their favorite song to calm them down. (www.bloodinthemachine.com)
We live in a sci-fi dystopia.
Right-wing host forced to remove videos after calling gay dad a 'pervert homo' (www.advocate.com)
Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts (wedistribute.org)
Maven, a new social network backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, found itself in a controversy today when it imported a huge amount of posts and profiles from the Fediverse, and then ran AI analysis to alter the content.
‘A Big Step Back’: In Ukraine, Concerns Mount Over Narrowing Press Freedoms (www.nytimes.com)
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Proton: Surfing the Wave of Windows Compatibility (boilingsteam.com)
The United States Is the Main Obstacle to Peace in Palestine - Antiwar.com (original.antiwar.com)
Nintendo Direct announced for June 18 at 7 AM PT (www.resetera.com)
“Join us for a #NintendoDirect livestream focused on #NintendoSwitch games coming in the second half of 2024! There will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during this presentation.”...