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But U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman’s warnings to Texas to act after finding the conditions in the prison system unconstitutional could resonate elsewhere in the U.S. where similar challenges are ongoing, according to attorneys leading the Texas case and other prisoner advocates.

Texas is just one of several states, mostly in the South, facing lawsuits over prison conditions when temperatures often rise above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius). In Louisiana, a group of men incarcerated at a state penitentiary this week again asked a federal judge to take steps to protect prisoners doing outdoor agricultural labor in dangerous heat.

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Donald Trump seeks near-total control over Ukraine’s critical minerals, energy assets, and infrastructure in a new draft deal, significantly expanding his previous demands.

The proposal, sent to Kyiv, includes no security guarantees for Ukraine, sparking concerns about sovereignty and dependence on the US.

Energy law experts called the terms unprecedented, noting the US could withdraw without obligation. Trump also suggested US control of Ukraine’s nuclear plants.

Critics warn Russia may exploit Trump’s urgency for a quick deal, complicating peace efforts and post-war stability.

On Saturday, March 8, a woman named Sarahi hopped into the car with her two kids and her 19-year old brother to drive from their home in Detroit, Michigan to do some shopping at the local Costco and get some lunch.

A few minutes into the drive, the GPS instructed them to turn onto the Ambassador Bridge, which is a one-way toll road that connects the U.S. and Canada. Sarahi says she quickly realized her mistake as American immigration agents approached — they'd accidentally typed in directions to the Costco in Windsor, Ontario, on the Canadian side of the border.

Accidentally driving onto the Ambassador Bridge to Canada from the Detroit-area is a common mistake. Locals say it's an area that is always under construction and can be confusing.

But for Sarahi, it was a life-altering wrong turn: she and her brother are both Guatemalan immigrants in the U.S. without legal status. She requested NPR only use her first name because she fears retaliation for speaking with the media.

For the next five days, Sarahi said she and her children were held in a windowless office space, in a one story building between the toll plaza and the bridge, with no access to legal counsel or communication with her consulate.

Her two daughters, ages 1 and 5, are both American citizens. As a result of that wrong turn, she says her family lived through a nightmare that "felt like a kidnapping."

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• Death of a Unicorn, a horror-comedy from A24
• The Woman in the Yard, a psychological horror from Blumhouse
• A Working Man, an action-thriller from MGM

I'm making this post to bring attention to original movies being released that people here might not have heard about. If it's recieved well, perhaps I'll make this a weekly series of posts about originals being released.

Okay, technically, A Working Man is based on a book, but for all intents and purposes, it's original.

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Portugal updated its travel advice for the U.S., in light of stricter entry conditions and gender recognition changes under Trump.

The foreign ministry warned that having an ESTA or visa does not guarantee entry, as border agents make the final decision.

It advised non-binary travelers to use birth-assigned gender on forms, following Trump’s executive order recognizing only male and female sexes.

Other European countries, including Germany, France, and the UK, have issued similar guidance amid rising concerns over U.S. immigration practices and border incidents.

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Archive: https://archive.is/2025.03.28-120233/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-28/reddit-s-50-plunge-fails-to-entice-dip-buyers-as-growth-slows

The gloomy sentiment around Reddit Inc. has failed to dissipate after its shares fell 50% from a February high, with volatile technology stocks under pressure. 

The social media platform has struggled to recover since an earnings report in February showed that it is failing to keep up with larger digital advertising peers such as Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google. Reddit’s outlook seemed precarious because its traffic took a hit from a change in Google’s search algorithm.

In recent weeks, the short interest in Reddit — a proxy for the volume of bets against the company — has ticked up, and forecasts for the company’s share price have fallen. One analyst opened coverage of Reddit this month with a recommendation that investors sell the shares, in part due to the company’s heavy reliance on Google.

“It’s been super overvalued,” Bob Lang, founder and chief options analyst at Explosive Options said of Reddit shares. “Their growth rate is very strong, but they still are not making any money”

Kristian White was sentenced to 450 hours of community service and placed under the supervision of a corrections officer for two years for manslaughter.

“Mr. White made by what any measure was a terrible mistake,” Justice Ian Harrison said in the New South Wales state Supreme Court.

Prosecutors had called for a prison term in the killing of Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother who suffered dementia, but the judge said such a punishment was disproportionate.

“It is ... at the lower end of seriousness of crimes amounting to wrongful death,” Harrison said.

The patient had the organ transplanted at a hospital in Ohio in December and died in January, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Lynn Sutfin said.

A subsequent investigation that also involved the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ohio Department of Health determined the patient got rabies from the donated organ. Sutfin did not specify which organ was transplanted.

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"The Fediverse has its own full-fledged YouTube alternative that possesses some unique superpowers thanks to ActivityPub. In the previous article in this series I covered what it’s like to use PeerTube from the point of view of a casual user:

Today’s post will discuss: how to use the software as a video creator – and its advantages over video hosting platforms by Big Tech companies."

geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/9881357

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Deutschland untersucht den Verdacht, dass Russland hinter einer Reihe von Terroranschlägen steckt, die von Asylbewerbern verübt wurden, so The Telegraph. Deutsche Geheimdienstmitarbeiter untersuchen die Theorie, dass Russland versucht hat, psychisch kranke und/oder extremistische Asylbewerber zu rekrutieren, um die Anschläge vor der Wahl am 23. Februar zu begehen.
Das Ziel, so die Sicherheitsquellen, wäre gewesen, die Unterstützung für die rechtsextreme, kremlnahe Partei Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) zu erhöhen, kurz bevor die Deutschen ihre Stimme abgeben.
"Einige dieser Anschläge geschahen, als die AfD eine niedrige Kurve in ihrer Popularität hatte", sagte eine deutsche Sicherheitsquelle.
"Wir wissen, dass die Russen Agenten aus zweiter Hand einsetzen, kleine Jungs auf der Straße, um es schwieriger zu machen, zu verstehen, wer dahinter steckt." [...]

I have noticed that lemmy so far does not have a lot of fake accounts from bots and AI slop at least from what I can tell. I am wondering how the heck do we keep this community free of that kind of stuff as continuous waves of redditors land here and the platform grows.

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Isar Aerospace aims for weekend launch. A German startup named Isar Aerospace is will try to launch its first rocket Saturday, aiming to become the first in a wave of new European launch companies to reach orbit, Ars reports. The Spectrum rocket consists of two stages, stands about 92 feet (28 meters) tall, and can haul payloads up to 1 metric ton (2,200 pounds) into low-Earth orbit. Based in Munich, Isar was founded by three university graduate students in 2018. Isar scrubbed a launch attempt Monday due to unfavorable winds at the launch site in Norway.