Outrage is mounting in Georgia and across the United States as the federal government moves to dramatically expand Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention capacity as part of an escalating war on immigrants. In rural Social Circle, Georgia, local officials revealed that ICE intends to purchase a 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse and convert it into a massive detention complex capable of holding up to 10,000 people, a scale of incarceration not seen in the United States since the mass imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Spock and Kirk. Spock asks, “Did we do it? Did we save the daylight?”

Donald Trump said Thursday that Mojtaba was “unacceptable,” and Israel has vowed to target any declared successor to Khamenei.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday would not commit to blocking any additional funding for the war in Iran, saying the president has so far failed to justify the war but “we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.”

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The current Pentagon press corps is made up of mostly conservative outlets that agreed to the policy

Arizona’s Democratic Governor has turned down proposals for a new state license plate featuring Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, saying it would not “bring people together.”

The mayor was inside the residence at the time, the police department said later Saturday

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillars_of_Creation

If you can't safely take the Cybertruck to a car wash, I wonder how it will fare as a boat?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42881298

Sharing my favorite feminist meme.

https://www.oglaf.com/tax-deductions/

I was looking for a sausage maker. I think I’ll give this one a miss.

https://github.com/egg82/fetcharr

It has outpaced some of the year’s heaviest hitters including Resident Evil Requiem, Mewgenics, and Marathon.

The second-generation Blade battery can charge from 10-70% in just about five minutes and from 10-97% in under 10 minutes. More impressively, the company showcased the battery charging flawlessly from 20-97% at -22°F (-30°C) in just about 12 minutes, only around three minutes slower than it charges in normal temperatures.

New U.S laws designed to protect minors are pulling millions of adult Americans into mandatory age-verification gates to access online content, leading to backlash from users and criticism from privacy advocates that a free and open internet is at stake. Roughly half of U.S. states have enacted or are advancing laws requiring platforms — including adult content sites, online gaming services, and social media apps — to block underage users, forcing companies to screen everyone who approaches these digital gates.

belated but finally coming out of a coma

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OpenAI claims it has accomplished what Anthropic couldn’t: securing a Pentagon contract that won’t cross professed red lines against dragnet domestic spying and the use of artificial intelligence to order lethal military strikes. Just don’t expect any proof.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/64975432

If you can feel a very small tinge of existential horror when you read the words “try to”, congratulations, you’re a true *nix devotee.

I hope everyone who wants to be on permanent DST experiences an eternity of the first day of spring forward, never rested again

https://youtu.be/as2KoDtsS_0

The Foundation sees this as a contradiction to the EU’s own interoperability goals. Although XLSX is standardized as OOXML according to ISO/IEC 29500, Microsoft’s implementations often deviate from the specifications. Furthermore, features often change undocumented, which complicates compatibility with open-source software such as LibreOffice.

Put plainly, Israel is aligning itself with an authoritarian wave sweeping Europe to legitimise its policies of genocidal warfare and democratic erosion, while Europe’s far right increasingly becomes normalised and mainstream.

I’ve just realized that in some countries in the EU you have to opt in to be able to donate organs in case of death. In others it’s the default and they offer opting out.

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Want your Mac to be in Icelandic? Then install @opensuse and @kde because that's how you get your Mac in Icelandic.

Sweden’s Minister for Migration Johan Forssell tells Europe Today that the EU “cannot have another refugee crisis”, after the bloc’s home affairs ministers gathered to discuss the spiralling conflict in the Middle East.

Brutal technology field-tested on Palestinians has helped to propel the state’s economy to the top of global performance charts

Daylight saving time begins today in much of the Western Hemisphere.

An anti-Islam protest organized by right-wing influencer and pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang drew roughly 20 participants, while a counter-protest called “Drive the Nazis Out of New York” peaked at about 125 people

If you are making a cake, after baking the sponge layers and letting the cool down, maybe not leave them where the dogs can reach them when you leave the kitchen.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/wrRGDV

cross-posted from: https://libretechni.ca/post/1012064