LOL, made the mistake of tagging russia/ukraine in a post and immediately got some random troll account. It appears there is some kind of Russian anti-Ukraine operation active here on the Fediverse. (duly blocked)
Interesting, if the attractive Russian woman tells you about a job offer in Russian, you probably shouldn't take it...
BBC: 'We were tricked': How one woman lures foreign men to fight on Russia's front line
Australia: Record number of black and grey-headed flying foxes die during east coast heatwave
"...Wildlife rescuers say more black and grey-headed flying foxes could die in the coming days as a result of Saturday's heatwave.
A record-breaking 700 animals died at two known camps in Wollongong, with hundreds more in Sydney and southern NSW. ..."
ProPublica: We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
"....Former Police Are Appalled: We showed former police and immigration officials videos of incidents. They said agents are out of control. One said it’s “the kind of action which should get you fired.”..."
From the United States Holocaust Museum:
"The Third Reich was a police state characterized by arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of political and ideological opponents in concentration camps.
With the reinterpretation of "protective custody" (Schutzhaft) in 1933, police power became independent of judicial controls. In Nazi terminology, protective custody meant the arrest—without judicial review—of real and potential opponents of the regime. "Protective custody" prisoners were not confined within the normal prison system but in concentration camps under the exclusive authority of the SS (Schutzstaffel; the elite guard of the Nazi state)."
CW: Racism
Conversation I had at a business conference a decade ago.
Them: "Where are you from?"
ME: "LA!"
Them: "No, originally!"
Me: "Utah! Why do you ask?"
Them: "No, WHAT COUNTRY?"
Me: "Uhh... I was born here... In Utah. I'm an American."
Them (very slowly, as if I don't understand English): "What-is-your-mother-country? What-is-the-country-of-your-people?"
Me: "America" (at which point, I walked away).
#racism
‘Because I was Latino, that’s it’: ICE rams car in south Minneapolis while profiling driver
Federal immigration agents are swarming over the Twin Cities. ICE agents rammed one Latino man’s car in south Minneapolis, and let him go once they realized he is a U.S. citizen.
