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Louisiana's new "Ten Commandments" law actually contains eleven commandments (boingboing.net)
Trump floats ‘migrant league of fighters’ in latest dehumanizing rhetoric against migrants (www.cnn.com)
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said he floated the idea of having a “migrant league of fighters” to UFC President Dana White, again employing dehumanizing language to describe people who enter the US illegally....
YSK: Using dairy milk after being tear gassed or pepper sprayed doesn't provide more relief and has slightly increased infection risk. Use water or saline instead
Generally medical professionals do not vouch for using milk for tear gas despite it often being touted. The research seems to suggest they are largely the same in providing relief...
Federal firefighters left in limbo as fire season heats up (www.nbcnews.com)
After a year of funding uncertainty in Congress, agencies are struggling to recruit and retain firefighters....
What's was your favourite fast food product that unfortunately got retired and never came back?
Here, for a while at McDonald’s there was a 🍔 called “the 1955” and it was the best, big pieces of onion, an special sauce, buns and big piece of beef with bacon (for Europe standards anyways) it disappeared once and came back for an encore only to be removed again and never return.
Texas adopts guidance for how doctors should interpret abortion ban (feeds.texastribune.org)
Texas law bans abortion, except when a doctor, in their “reasonable medical judgment,” believes it is necessary to save the life or protect the health of the pregnant patient. Doctors have struggled to know when they can safely intervene without risking their medical license, as well as potentially up to life in prison and a...
Journalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injuries (www.cbsnews.com)
A journalist shot by police during the 2020 Minneapolis unrest following the murder of George Floyd is dying from her injuries, friends say....
what invisible thing could set off my smoke detector?
(I have carbon monoxide detectors that are not going off)...
Kyle Rittenhouse's family plead for money as they face eviction (lemmy.world)
Kyle Rittenhouse’s sister Faith is seeking $3,000 on a crowdfunding website in a bid to prevent the eviction of herself and her mother Wendy from their home, citing her “brother’s unwillingness to provide or contribute to our family.”
Report: Literacy Rates in the United States Have Declined Significantly in the Last 30 Years (medium.com)
New Zealand woman sues partner for not taking her to airport (www.bbc.com)
Utah's bathroom snitch line hasn't found one legitimate complaint out of 12,000 (www.advocate.com)
Utah invokes sovereignty to ignore Biden admin’s Title IX transgender protections (www.kuer.org)
Why not serve fried chicken on Juneteenth? How is it different from serving corned beef on St. Patrick’s day? (old.lemmy.world)
Disclaimer: I am not trolling, I am an autistic person who doesn’t understand so many social nuances. Also I am from New Hampshire (97% white), so I just don’t have any close African-American friends that I am willing to risk asking such a loaded question.
Rights Groups To Sue as Louisiana Requires Ten Commandments Displayed in Classrooms (www.commondreams.org)
Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws (www.engadget.com)
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law (apnews.com)
Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday....
"Smile more" applies to both. (lemmy.world)
Boeing CEO admits company has retaliated against whistleblowers during Senate hearing (www.independent.co.uk)
Majority of Hispanics Support Mass Deportations (www.newsweek.com)
Start building #community and #mutualaid systems now. It’s about to get ugly out there....
babe wake up Project Azorian 2 just dropped (sh.itjust.works)
Sources: Azorian1.0...
Massachusetts’ 911 system is down statewide, Boston Fire says (www.cnn.com)
Michigan Republicans' bill: Make AR-15 state's official rifle (www.detroitnews.com)
Some days, those who would command govern represent us just make it too easy for, among other things, finding “post fodder.”...
More parents are taking on debt to pay for Disney vacations as prices soar (www.businessinsider.com)
Have you seen someone die in front of you?
And I’m not talking about autopsy videos or banned stuff, I’m talking about real life experiences…...
DeSantis rejects climate change rationale for record-breaking rain (www.washingtonpost.com)
Ex-Trump Official Makes Stunning Revelation: Trump Talked About Executing People At Several WH Meetings (www.mediaite.com)
Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports (www.cnbc.com)
Bannon vows Trump’s opponents will be prosecuted in a second term | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, vowed investigations and prosecutions of those who have probed the former president and his political allies, declaring at a conservative gathering Saturday that Inauguration Day in 2025 will be “accountability day.”...
CEOs at Trump meeting: Ex-president ‘meandering’ and ‘doesn't know what he's talking about’ (www.cnbc.com)
Among the topics on which Trump offered scant details were how he would reduce taxes and cut back on business regulations, according to two other people in the room who spoke to CNBC....
Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Vegas massacre (apnews.com)
Elon Musk Offered Horse To Flight Attendant In Exchange For Sex: Report (www.ndtv.com)
How long have you been in there?! A popular tourist destination in China has installed toilet timers. Reactions are mixed. (edition.cnn.com)
A video recently shared on various Chinese news and social media sites shows a set of timers installed above a row of toilet cubicles in a female washroom, with each stall getting its own digital counter....
Harlan Crow Provided Clarence Thomas at Least 3 Previously Undisclosed Private Jet Trips, Senate Probe Finds (www.propublica.org)
AI candidate running for Parliament in the U.K. says AI can humanize politics (www.nbcnews.com)
Cross posted from: lemmy.world/post/16498799
Elon Musk claims Optimus robots could make Tesla a $25 trillion company — more than half the value of the S&P 500 today (www.cnbc.com)
Arizona man planned a mass shooting targeting African Americans at an Atlanta concert to incite a race war, feds say (www.nbcnews.com)
The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake (www.yahoo.com)
Sony buys Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (www.theverge.com)
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the popular movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the two companies announced on Wednesday....
Pope Francis again uses slur for gay priests in the Vatican: Italian media (www.usatoday.com)
Samuel Alito's wife, Martha-Ann, calls to replace the Pride flag with a 'shame' flag (www.advocate.com)
Hunter Biden convicted of three felony counts in federal gun trial (www.cbsnews.com)
What industry do you work in and what are the LPT the general public should know about it?
Give us the cheat codes to your industry/place of work!
What jobs were you horrified to learn are done by people with little to no experience or training?
Mine is fresh highschool graduates getting 2 weeks of training to go work acute, all-male forensic psychiatry. We’re taking criminally insane men who are unsafe to put on a unit with criminally insane women....