A federal judge on Thursday ordered private prison company GEO Group to admit Washington Department of Health inspectors to the Tacoma detention center it operates under contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Senior U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle granted Washington’s request for a preliminary injunction barring GEO Group from refusing state inspectors access to the Northwest ICE Processing Center, where ICE detains individuals awaiting immigration proceedings.

Pay the $25 ransom little devs or else!

From Doc’s Veterinary Wildlife

What a bunch of incompetent idiots.

Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing secrets about products still in development, setting up a legal face-off between two of the world’s biggest tech companies.

Fifteen of the 45 immigration detention facilities holding 500 or more people hadn’t been inspected in over 12 months as of late June, while five had no inspection on record, a CBS News analysis of inspection reports found. 

(idk if this really belongs here tbh but it’s what we’re posting today :P )

I almost had a heart attack… but found out it’s just a wooden cut out from when it was a show mine 40 years ago.

old.news now but still funny

From WKYC

cross-posted from: https://libretechni.ca/post/1812743

I was out for like three days and Ukraine just about shut off the Sea of Azov. I mean this looked like a turkey shoot. Fuel tankers trying to reach the besieged Crimean peninsula were easy targets and in four days, 35 ships were hit.

(Thought I’d take a swing at it)

Schüsse aus Polizeiwaffen gelten in Frankreich künftig als Notwehr. Opfer müssen beweisen, dass der Beamte die Waffe regelwidrig benutzt hat. Kritiker sind entsetzt und fürchten Straflosigkeit.

This table was painted in 1522 and was part of the use of the Matter of Britain by HenryVIII. The Tudors celebrated their descent from the Welsh Kings to secure better support for themselves. Note the Tudor Rose in the centre.

Author: Briangotts?

Probably, no one will attempt to fight.

The Hiroshima bombing was one of two atomic attacks on Japan which effectively ended the Second World War and killed about 140,000 to 220,000 inhabitants in the short term.

It was saved in my parents’ home for years until I have re-discovered it and got it tailored to suit my current physique. I have tried this shirt with different chinos, undershirts, and shoes.

Wizard Oil cures tooth aches AND sprains. Cuts AND diphtheria. Ear aches AND a lame back.

I had the boardwalk between the house and the summer cottage replaced, but with twist - literally: both ends of the boardwalk now gently rise up and meet the house’s backdoor and the cottage’s terrace level, so there are no steps anywhere. Also, it’s wider than regular, commercial boardwalks. You could say it’s a boardwalk with accessibility in mind.

I really enjoyed painting textures onto this one. All textures custom made by me in Procreate. (Textures extracted from creative commons images).

Detainees at the Delaney Hall center in Newark have complained for months about dirty, unhealthy living conditions. Documents echo their claims.

Weeks before introducing a bill to streamline data center development across Pennsylvania, [Republican] State Sen. Greg Rothman’s real estate firm quietly collected a fee from the $30 million sale of land now hosting the state’s largest proposed data center. Whether that sequence amounts to a conflict of interest — or simply an uncomfortable overlap — depends entirely on who you ask and what standard you think elected officials should be held to.