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Texas appeals court overturns voter fraud conviction for woman on probation (apnews.com)

Scotland was 'hoodwinked' by Donald Trump, says former aide (www.bbc.com)

Ohio high school English teacher, Jennifer Ruziscka, resigns after OnlyFans account discovered (nypost.com)

Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87 (apnews.com)

I may have to try to find a copy of Enemy Mine to watch in remembrance.

Twitter Caught Selling Data to Government Spies While Complaining About Surveillance (futurism.com)

Former gaming executive sentenced to death in poisoning of billionaire Netflix producer in China (www.cbsnews.com)

A former executive at Yoozoo Games was sentenced to death on Friday in the 2020 poisoning of the founder of the high-profile Chinese gaming company, which has links to Game of Thrones and the new Netflix series, “The Three-Body Problem.”...

Jamaica pulls U.S. boys from troubled teen school after allegations they were abused (www.nbcnews.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/jamaica-troubled-teen-abuse-all…

In Arizona’s Most Populous County, There’s a New Sheriff in Town (www.democracydocket.com)

In November of 2023, Paul Penzone announced that he was stepping down as Maricopa County sheriff, which became effective in January of this year. (He took a job at Blue Cross Blue Shield.)...

400 people with mental illness are sitting in Colorado jails. Some state lawmakers want to divert them to treatment instead. (coloradosun.com)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/400-people-with-mental-illness-…

Alabama Civil Rights Groups Scramble to Fight Back Against New Voting Law (boltsmag.org)

Archived at web.archive.org/…/alabama-law-absentee-voting-law…

Youngkin vetoes Virginia bills mandating minimum wage increase, establishing marijuana retail sales (apnews.com)

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail salesof marijuana to begin next year and measures mandating a minimum wage increase....

Ted Cruz, US senator mocked for flight to Cancún, seeks airport police escorts (www.theguardian.com)

Republican senator, who flew to Mexico as Texas faced deadly cold snap, complains of ‘serious security threats’ to lawmakers...

Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions (apnews.com)

Sounds like Russia is getting desperate for armaments.

Revealed: Idaho professor behind extremist site that spread conspiracies (www.theguardian.com)

BSU’s Scott Yenor ran Action Idaho, which attacked the university, LGBTQ+ people and Republicans deemed not rightwing enough...

Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed? (www.theguardian.com)

In 2004, Donald Davis and fellow scientists at the University of Texas made an alarming discovery: 43 foods, mostly vegetables, showed a marked decrease in nutrients between the mid and late 20th century....

Baltimore mayor responds to racists who called him ‘DEI mayor’ (www.thebaltimorebanner.com)

Mayor Brandon Scott has come to expect overt and not-so-overt racism....

Georgia Republican official and outspoken election denier caught voting illegally 9 times (eu.usatoday.com)

Cross-post from slrpnk.net/post/8104275...

Parents offered class photo version with no 'complex needs' pupils (www.bbc.com)

A council has apologised after parents were offered a choice of class photos with or without children with complex needs in them....

Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit (arstechnica.com)

US changes how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. It's the first revision in 27 years (apnews.com)

For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage....

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