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- Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combinedvariety.com Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined
Five men were convicted for their part in operating Jetflicks, one of the largest illegal streaming services in the U.S., officials said.
- U.S. Military Planes Are in Haiti. Haitians Don’t Know Why.foreignpolicy.com /2024/06/13/haiti-gangs-violence-us-military-planes-international-security-mission-kenya/
cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/27061000
> cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10758148 > > > In the past several weeks, I have watched dozens of sleek U.S. military planes descend over Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where I live. They were the first flights to land since gangs blockaded and halted commercial air traffic in March. U.S. news reports suggest that the aircraft contained civilian contractors and supplies to pave the way for the deployment of a Kenyan-led security mission to Haiti, which is expected to begin any day now. > > > > But no one has informed Haitians who or what was on board. Even the members of Haiti’s new transitional government told me that they did not know precisely what the United States was flying into the country. Although the Haitian members of the presidential council have met with Kenyan and Haitian officials to discuss the force, they said they have not provided input to U.S. officials. Aides to newly installed Prime Minister Garry Conille confirmed that he has had no say on decisions related to the mission. It remains unclear what the force’s specific goals are or how it can contribute to rebuilding the Haitian state.
- 500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Librarywww.techdirt.com 500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Library
If you found out that 500,000 books had been removed from your local public library, at the demands of big publishers who refused to let them buy and lend new copies, and were further suing the lib…
- Denver basic income reduces homelessness, food insecuritywww.businessinsider.com Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic income program received up to $1,000 a month. They became more housing secure and landed full-time jobs.
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- Bayer lobbies Congress to help fight lawsuits tying Roundup to cancer | Republicans have repeatedly pushed provision — drafted with Bayer’s help — that would undo some nationwide pesticide protectionswapo.st Bayer lobbies Congress to help fight lawsuits tying Roundup to cancer
Republicans have repeatedly pushed a provision — drafted with Bayer’s help — that critics say would undo some nationwide pesticide protections.
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- Chiquita banana ows big for damage caused
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Sorry for the poor headline. Lemm.ee cross post and title generator is broken (for me at least) and no idea when it will be fixed. Brainworms has not shut down, just gone into hibernation. We do this in recognition of the comrade in RFK jr.s head
- The affluent can have their souls enriched at university, so why not the poor as well? | Kenan Malikwww.theguardian.com The affluent can have their souls enriched at university, so why not the poor as well? | Kenan Malik
The latest Tory crusade over ‘rip-off’ degrees continues to stereotype students based on class
- FBI RAIDS Corporate Landlords For Rent Price Fixing
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- Kansas supreme court rules state constitution does not provide the right to votewww.theguardian.com Kansas supreme court rules state constitution does not provide the right to vote
Narrow decision says lower court failed to identify ‘fundamental right to vote’, drawing fiery dissent from three of seven justices
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16128511
> In a bizarre mixed ruling combining several challenges to a 2021 election law, Kansas’s supreme court has ruled that its residents have no right to vote enshrined in the state’s constitution. > > The opinion centering on a ballot signature-verification measure elicited fiery dissent from three of the court’s seven justices. But the majority held that the court failed to identify a “fundamental right to vote” within the state. > > The measure in question requires election officials to match the signatures on advance mail ballots to a person’s voter registration record. The state supreme court reversed a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit that challenged that. The majority of justices on the state supreme court then rejected arguments from voting rights groups that the measure violates state constitutional voting rights. > > … > > Justice Eric Rosen, one of the three who dissented, wrote: “It staggers my imagination to conclude Kansas citizens have no fundamental right to vote under their state constitution. > > “I cannot and will not condone this betrayal of our constitutional duty to safeguard the foundational rights of Kansans.”
- Union-busting firms like Littler Mendelson and Morgan Lewis advise corporate management to break labor laws because of low violation costsinthesetimes.com Corporations Have Very Good Reasons to Break Labor Laws and Bust Unions
Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.
- First ever Samsung strike, employees asking for raise and bonus pegged to company earningsau.finance.yahoo.com Samsung Electronics union calls first-ever strike
A full-scale strike at the firm could have an impact on the global supply chains of electronics.
- Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide officewww.texastribune.org Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office
The platform was voted on Saturday, with tallies expected next week. Other planks call abortion homicide and gender-transition care “child abuse.”
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15917987
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15907509 > > > Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office
- Federal Health Agency Acknowledges Psilocybin's Therapeutic Potential And Touts Forthcoming Psychedelic Researchwww.marijuanamoment.net Federal Health Agency Acknowledges Psilocybin's Therapeutic Potential And Touts Forthcoming Psychedelic Research - Marijuana Moment
A newly posted page about psilocybin on a federal health agency’s website acknowledges the potential benefits the psychedelic substance might provide—including for treatment of alcohol use disorder, anxiety and depression. The page also highlights psilocybin research being funded by the federal gove...
- Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committeewww.theguardian.com Texas doctor who said nine-year-olds can safely give birth appointed to maternal mortality committee
Dr Ingrid Skop called the supreme court’s overturning of Roe v Wade ‘a victory’ and has argued in favor of abortion bans
- The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’www.wired.com The Low-Paid Humans Behind AI’s Smarts Ask Biden to Free Them From ‘Modern Day Slavery’
African workers who label AI data or screen social posts for US tech giants are calling on President Biden to raise their plight with Kenya's president, William Ruto, who visits the US this week.
- After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politiciansapnews.com After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians
After one North Carolina city's only hospital closed, residents there say they're not only worried about their health but they've lost trust in politicians.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15610251
> Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently. > > Some residents worry the hospital’s sudden closure last August could cost them their life. > > “I know we all have to die, but it seems like since the hospital closed, there’s a lot more people dying,” Linda Gibson, a lifelong resident of Williamston, North Carolina, said on a recent afternoon while preparing snacks for children in a nearby elementary school kitchen. > > More than 100 hospitals have downsized services or closed altogether over the past decade in rural communities like Williamston, where people openly wonder if they’d survive the 25-minute ambulance ride to the nearest hospital if they were in a serious car crash.
- In 'Abandonment of Public Education,' Louisiana to Allow Tax Dollars to Pay for Private Schoolswww.commondreams.org In 'Abandonment of Public Education,' Louisiana to Allow Tax Dollars to Pay for Private Schools | Common Dreams
"We must build and maintain a public education system that serves all children," said one Democratic lawmaker.
- The Central Bank of China will use $42 billion to buy back unsold new buildings, which will then be converted into affordable housing.www.caixinglobal.com PBOC to Provide $42 Billion Cheap Loans for Program to Buy up Unsold Homes - Caixin Global
PBOC to Provide $42 Billion Cheap Loans for Program to Buy up Unsold Homes - Banks to pass on lending to local state-owned enterprises to buy unsold properties and resell or lease them as affordable housing
- North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crimeabcnews.go.com North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included ...
- Video Game Execs Are Ruining Video Gamesjacobin.com Video Game Execs Are Ruining Video Games
The cycle of mass layoffs in game development isn’t a problem of the industry’s inherent “instability.” It’s a problem of exploitation.
- Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester | Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shootingwapo.st Abbott grants Daniel Perry pardon in murder of Black Lives Matter protester
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is pardoning Daniel Perry, the former Army sergeant convicted in the fatal shooting of a protester during a Black Lives Matter protest.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/9595878
> The idea is to make it effectively legal to kill anybody deemed left-of-center
- Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with “dark patterns”www.theverge.com Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with “dark patterns”
Amazon already faces a major antitrust challenge from the FTC.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/15519721
> > Amazon already faces a major antitrust challenge from the FTC.
- Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Educationwww.propublica.org Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education
The largesse from billionaires Tim Dunn and brothers Farris and Dan Wilks has made its way into local politics across Texas. Courtney Gore, a Republican school board member in Granbury, says it’s part of their strategy to build support for vouchers.
- When Your Rulers Ignore Voters But Are Terrified Of Protesters, That Tells You Somethingcaitlinjohnstone.com.au When Your Rulers Ignore Voters But Are Terrified Of Protesters, That Tells You Something
When nobody in power will lift a finger to earn your vote but they’re falling all over themselves trying to stomp out a robust protest movement, that tells you what the powerful are actually afraid…
- Belgian sex workers to get health insurance, pensions and maternity leave in world firstwww.yahoo.com Belgian sex workers to get health insurance, pensions and maternity leave in world first
Belgium has become the first country in the world to approve a labour law on employment contracts for sex workers.
- Argentina: government targeting rights, such as collective bargaining, that support greater fairness and equality, while threatening those who protest with repression and criminalisation
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/18986886
> https://www.ituc-csi.org/Argentina-why-we-stand-in-solidarity
- Trinity to work towards total divestment from Israel in unprecedented win for BDStrinitynews.ie Breaking: Trinity to work towards total divestment from Israel in unprecedented win for BDS – Trinity News
Trinity has agreed to work towards total divestment from Israeli institutions in an unprecedented victory for Trinity Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). Trinity encampment protestors, who have camped in Fellows’ Square for five nights, have unanimously agreed to accept College’s terms on cutti...
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/1014563
> Trinity has agreed to work towards total divestment from Israeli institutions in an unprecedented victory for Trinity Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). > > Trinity encampment protestors, who have camped in Fellows’ Square for five nights, have unanimously agreed to accept College’s terms on cutting ties. > > Following a meeting at 1pm today, Trinity College Dublin Students Union (TCDSU) President László Molnárfi, president-elect Jenny Maguire, BDS Chair Isobel Duffy and Postgraduate Workers’ Organisation (PWO) Chair Conor Reddy announced to the camp that College has agreed to work towards their demands.
- How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest?themarkup.org How Do I Prepare My Phone for a Protest? (Updated 2024) – The Markup
Simple steps to take before hitting the streets
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/14890991
> > Simple steps to take before hitting the streets
- AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Saytheintercept.com AIPAC Is Secretly Intervening in Portland’s Congressional Race to Take Down Susheela Jayapal, Sources Say
The pro-Israel group is funneling money to Susheela Jayapal’s opponent Maxine Dexter through a “pro-science” PAC, according to two members of Congress.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15021607
> The pro-Israel group is funneling money through a “pro-science” PAC, according to two members of Congress.
- Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall.techcrunch.com Exclusive: Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall
Spotify didn't offer any more detail about why it's now paywalling lyrics, but clearly, it's a bid to push more people to its paid tier.
- EXPOSED: Ted Cruz ROBS Americans With CORRUPT Airline Law | The Kyle Kulinski Show
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- 54.4% of the accounts using the hashtag #IrelandIsFull were based in the USAweb.archive.org How international social media users are stoking Ireland's migration debate
Sky News' Data & Forensics Unit analysed recent posts concerning unrest and mentioning anti-migration hashtags, finding the majority originate outside of Ireland.
- Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenlywww.newsweek.com Second Boeing whistleblower dies suddenly
Joshua Dean, a former Spirit AeroSystems employee, had accused the aircraft manufacturer of ignoring defects in the production of 737 MAX planes.
- Big oil spent decades sowing doubt about fossil fuel dangers, experts testifywww.theguardian.com Big oil spent decades sowing doubt about fossil fuel dangers, experts testify
US Senate hearing reviewed report showing sector’s shift from climate denial to ‘deception, disinformation and doublespeak’
- Brown University agrees to hold Israel divestment vote after pressure from student protesterswww.thehill.com Brown University agrees to hold Israel divestment vote after pressure from student protesters
Brown University’s corporate board will vote on a proposal to divest from Israeli interests, the university announced Tuesday, a major victory for student protesters who have taken over dozens of c…
- With US Workers on the March, Southern States Take Aim at Unionswww.commondreams.org With US Workers on the March, Southern States Take Aim at Unions | Common Dreams
GOP leaders in the region are "truly astonished that workers might not trust their corporate overlords with their working conditions, pay, health, and retirement," said one critic.
- The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracywww.seattletimes.com The WA GOP put it in writing that they’re not into democracy
Some Republicans have been defensive that the party has a strong anti-democratic bent. But the state GOP convention embraced it, putting it right in the party platform.
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/13397046
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- Congressional Lawmakers Demand DEA 'Promptly' Reschedule Marijuana, Regardless Of 'Internal Disagreement' At The Agencywww.marijuanamoment.net Congressional Lawmakers Demand DEA 'Promptly' Reschedule Marijuana, Regardless Of 'Internal Disagreement' At The Agency - Marijuana Moment
A coalition of 21 congressional lawmakers is telling the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to “promptly remove marijuana from Schedule I,” while recognizing that the agency may be “navigating internal disagreement” on the issue. In a letter led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and John Fetterman...
- The University of Texas at Austin has 'delisted' this video so that it's harder to find.
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> cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8937537 > > > The University of Texas at Austin has 'delisted' this video so that it's harder to find. > > > > Univeristy of Texas at Austin 6 months ago: > > > > Video: "Why can members of the public come to campus at any time and engage in demonstrations and speeches?" > > > > >Why can members of the public come to campus at any time and engage in demonstrations and speeches? > > > So state law in Texas actually allows uh members of the public just like our university community to come onto campus and use our common outdoor areas for speech activity. > > > I think that surprises a lot of students they show up here and they think who is this random stranger setting up a table talking about a thing I find upsetting but it's protected by state law and members of the public just like university community can use our common outdoor areas. > > > Now it isn't a free-for-all. > > > So when you say they can why can they come at any time there's there's some Nuance there. > > > It's subject to our University rules that are permitted under the law so we can put in place time place and manner restrictions that are really all about uh making sure those are content neutral. > > > > > > So we can't have rules that say well you can't come to campus and talk about this or that subject or express this or that view. > > > But we can have rules about where you can set up tables for example or um you know that during the hours of 8 to 5 we don't have amplified sound in areas outside of designated amplified sound areas. > > > People can't congregate in front of openings to buildings you know we have a safety concern we have an interest in what our mission is in making sure our students and our faculty and staff can get into buildings can attend classes and do the work of the University. > > > So all those kinds of restrictions those time and place and manner restrictions are permissible and that's what keeps it from being a free-for-all but it is open and it's open to everyone. > > > > Univeristy of Texas at Austin yesterday: > > > > ! > > > > https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/ut-austin-students-to-protest-in-support-of-gaza-with-class-walk-out-and-campus-sit-in/ > > > > > The Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors issued a statement condemning UT Austin President Jay Hartzell and other UT leaders. > > > > > > “There was no threat of violence, no plan to disrupt classes, no intimidation of the campus community,” the statement reads.