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Kansas Cops Raid Small Town Newspaper In Extremely Questionable ‘Criminal Investigation’ (www.techdirt.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1463853...

Bridge closed, due to raids (media.kbin.social)

Your arch system (with xfce, kde or lxqt) suddenly takes 20 sec to open firefox etc? (forum.manjaro.org)

This is a bug I just experienced on one of my manjaro computers. I was puzzled as fuck because cpu/io usage wasn’t high but it was pretty slow....

More than 40 feared dead after boat sinks in Mediterranean near Lampedusa (www.theguardian.com)

Investigating the 'spiritual healers' sexually abusing women (www.bbc.com)

What is not in the article is that the problem is basically built into Islam since there are four reliable muslim male witnesses required in order to punish a rapist and when those witnesses are not available often the women is punished since she admitted with her rape allegations that she had extramarital sex....

Niger coup: Wagner taking advantage of instability - Antony Blinken (www.bbc.com)

Russia’s Wagner mercenary group is “taking advantage” of instability in Niger, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told the BBC.

From Athens, the ECB will announce the digital euro – How it will work (hellas.postsen.com)

Trump boasts at Alabama fundraiser that he needs ‘one more indictment to close out this election’ (apnews.com)

Former President Donald Trump, fresh off his third appearance in court as a criminal defendant, delivered a speech full of defiance and bluster on Friday night, insulting prosecutors and declaring that the charges he faces only help his 2024 presidential campaign.

“Absurd”: Google, Amazon rebuked over unsupported Chromebooks still for sale (arstechnica.com)

Archived version: archive.ph/vNSJa

Google users can now ask to have their explicit photos removed from search results (www.nbcnews.com)

The company also introduced a new dashboard that tracks when a person’s personal contact information appears in its search results.

Brazil’s Lula slams UN over war in Ukraine (www.laprensalatina.com)

Excel’s esports revolution is coming back to ESPN this week (www.theverge.com)

The contestants in an event like the Excel World Championship are given what’s called a “case,” which could be almost anything. One case from last year’s competition required each player to figure out all the possible outcomes and associated rewards for a slot machine; another required modeling how a videogame character...

Insight: Rising domestic violence is a hidden front in Ukraine's war (www.reuters.com)

Body caught in Rio Grande floating barrier, says Mexico (www.theguardian.com)

Texas government installed barrier to deter migrants – Mexican and US governments want it removed as dangerous and illegal

Turns out you can acquire resistance to tick bites (www.statnews.com)

New Player in Human Aging: Neural activity emerges as a factor in longevity. (hms.harvard.edu)

Thailand: Why many men become 'short-term' monks (www.dw.com)

After graduating from university, Palath Dilokloetthanakorn, then 22, did what many other young Thai men do before starting their careers: he joined a Buddhist monastery....

Google it? People now are searching with TikTok or Reddit. (wapo.st)

How users discover information on the internet is changing

‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)

‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools::Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices

Two pilots killed as plane fighting Greek wildfires crashes (www.reuters.com)

DOJ sues Texas and Gov. Greg Abbott over Rio Grande barrier (www.politico.com)

The lawsuit alleges that Abbott violated the law by building structures in the Rio Grande River without authorization, creating an obstruction in U.S. waters.