MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now
please post any subsequent updates here unless they're huge happenings. i just woke up and half our news front page is updates which is nice but also A Lot and most of these don't have to be their own thread
US says Wagner coup is ‘real’ and ‘serious’ as White House consults allies (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Joe Biden has been briefed on the chaotic situation in Russia with US officials describing it as “serious”....
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Video update on Russia with context (youtu.be)
Beau of the Fifth Column talking about what’s going on in Russia
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Leader of Wagner mercenaries says forces entered Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance (www.pbs.org)
Rostov holds the HQ of the Russian ministry of defense, and is also a major logistics hub.
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Wagner leader calls for rebellion against Russian defense chief, Kremlin orders his arrest (apnews.com)
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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...
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New research underscores benefits of gender-affirming hormones, rebutting anti-trans claims (www.statnews.com)
Actual evidence from actual scientists....
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Elon Musk Silences Critics By Deactivating Accounts And Reaching Out To Their Employers (finance.yahoo.com)
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Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage (www.washingtonpost.com)
Who had this on their bingo card?
U.S. Navy Heard What It Believed Was Titan Implosion Days Ago (archive.ph)
Original: wsj.com/…/u-s-navy-detected-titan-sub-implosion-d…
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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.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Russia Acted In 'Good Faith' In Ukraine Invasion (news.yahoo.com)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he believes Russia acted in “good faith” amid the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, adding the U.S., in fact, bore heavy responsibility for the ongoing war.
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Ohio Prison System Bans Java Computer Manual, But Allows Hitler’s Mein Kampf (www.themarshallproject.org)
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[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.
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The first cultivated meat is approved for sale in the US (upsidefoods.com)
Tesla hacker discovers secret ‘Elon Mode’ for hands-free Full Self-Driving (www.theverge.com)
A Tesla software hacker has found an ‘Elon Mode’ driving feature that seems to allow Tesla vehicles with Full Self-Driving to operate without any driver monitoring....
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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...
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Musk Overruled Tesla Engineers, And Now They Are In Serious Trouble (medium.com)
USA: Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors (web.archive.org)
Judge James M. Moody Jr. of Federal District Court in Little Rock said the law both discriminated against transgender people and violated the constitutional rights of doctors. He also said that the state of Arkansas had failed to substantially prove a number of its claims, including that the care was experimental or carelessly...
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“My father handed my passport over to the draft board”: How war aggravated generational conflict in Russia (web.archive.org)
Amidst the war outbreak, numerous Russians experienced miscommunication with their close ones, resulting in family disputes, workplace conflicts, and strained friendships due to divergent perspectives. In interviews conducted by The Insider, people recounted their accounts of clashes with parents who resorted to threats of...
Andrew Tate is indicted on human trafficking and rape charges in Romania (www.npr.org)
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Estonia becomes the first ex-Soviet country to legalize gay marriages (www.themayor.eu)
The Riigikogu, Estonia’s Parliament, passed a new law which legalizes marriage for same-sex couples, thus becoming the first post-Soviet country to do so. That this happened in the month of June, which is generally when most Pride parades take place around the world, is also highly symbolic and poignant.
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Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida (archive.is)
AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic (apnews.com)
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