As Trump mobilizes the marines to quell an “insurrection” in LA, it’s essential to be clear about how the protests started and what actually happened.

Braces himself for the influx of Linux users

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/66763214

You can just lure them inside with wet food!

A Chinese national has been sentenced to three years in prison for damaging an undersea cable connecting Taiwan's main island and the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait.

More salaciously, some sources have also claimed that Iran has embarrassing personal information about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rivals, revealing their alleged involvement in blackmail and criminal activity.

Federal troops continued to be on duty in the streets of Los Angeles on Friday after a series of court rulings, and more arrived, with large protests planned in California and across the country this weekend against the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigration raids and a big military parade in Washington DC.

The death toll comes after Israel’s attacks across Iran which hit dozens of targets in and around Tehran including nuclear facilities and official headquarters.

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Hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were given special permission to come to the US will be told that they must leave the country immediately.

A Michigan man was sentenced today to five years in prison for possessing over 41,026 images and videos of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). He was also ordered to pay $63,000 in restitution.

Tyler Technologies’ major county contracts – peppered with delays and cost overruns – were shepherded by well-connected lobbyist Jay Doherty, who is set to be sentenced this summer for his role in the unrelated utility scandal.

My bank blocked my card due to a "high risk transaction"... again. This time they told me unblocking isn't possible, and issued me a free replacement.

Flight AI171 was bound for London when it crashed into residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff

New legislation in Florida introduces a financial model that would enable local governments around the country to invest virtually limitless sums in the Israeli war effort, despite the mounting financial risk of doing so.

The project’s GitHub repository shows an impressive slate of features, but also notes that things are changing as this is alpha software. The CAD kernel is a common one brought in via WebAssembly, so there shouldn’t be many simple bugs involving geometry.

FBI agents handcuffed Alejandro Theodoro Orellana for allegedly “distributing face shields to suspected rioters” on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli posted.

A list of new features from their release page:

Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran.

DS9 s6e19 "In the Pale Moonlight"

Gaslight Obstruct Project

Bibimbap made on a bed of jasmine rice, homemade pickled daikon & carrot, sautéed sesame soy bok chet and bok choi greens from the garden, home pickled radish, thinly sliced tenderloin marinated in a homemade ponzu sauce, home fermented hot pink kimchi, farm fresh fried egg with black sesame seeds, and our house aged fermented gochujang.

What happens when a golf-cart-sized spacecraft collides with an asteroid? Learn about NASA's daring DART mission.

After he was forcibly removed from a press conference held in Los Angeles yesterday by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Democrats in the House of Representatives backed a resolution Friday that thanked federal agents for handcuffing Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA). “We express gratitude to law enforcement for bravely apprehending a sitting U.S. senator who expressed dissent in a public forum,” read the resolution, which won the support of 75 Democrats and praised both FBI and Secret Service agents for risking their lives to throw Padilla to the ground, handcuff him, and drag him outside. [...]

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Republicans target public broadcasters in rarely used gambit while also slashing global health programs

For instance, 4:26PM instead of 16:26, I'm on linux (NixOS) if that helps.

Artist: Jen Sorensen

As some of you know a few good people and I are starting a co-op to help European organizations switch from USA big tech to FOSS software and EU based service providers. Thanks for all the supporting words and early feedback. I'd like to draw from the well fediverse wisdom again.

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Located not too far from the Sunwapta falls, Athabasca falls is a popular waterfall on the icefields parkway. At just half a mile round trip to the falls, it is great for a quick visit. Continuing upstream from the falls may give you a chance to separate from the crowds while seeing magnificent views of Mt Geraldine and surrounding peaks. There is also an area that lets you check out the slot canyon downstream, but it was still closed when I went there on May 4th. The falls itself was decent, but the whole area would be great for a picnic, which could pretty much be said for any stop along the parkway.

The death toll in floods in one of South Africa’s poorest provinces rose to at least 78 on Thursday as a top official said rescue attempts in the first hours after the disaster had been “paralyzed” by a lack of resources.