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Palestinian-American Student Expelled Over Mom’s Online Support for Gaza
Jezebel,
A Palestinian-American student named Jad Abughamda has been expelled from his private high school, Pine Crest School, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida because his mom posted support for Gaza on social media, the school confirmed this week. Maha Almasri, a Palestinian-American woman and the 15-year-old’s mother, also worked… Read more...
Jonathan Majors’ Trial Has Been Jarring. Domestic Violence Experts Have Seen It All Before.
Over the last two weeks, Jonathan Majors’ ongoing domestic violence trial has unearthed a series of gutting revelations about his former relationship with Grace Jabbari, whom Majors is charged with assaulting one evening in March. After closing statements were made on Thursday, the jury began deliberating and returned… Read more...
Bradley Cooper Has a Chair Problem
What to a man is a chair? Well, if you ask Bradley Cooper: a big fucking problem. Read more...
Judiciary Democrats call for stronger transparency on amicus brief funding
Politico,
Oklahoma Wants to Prosecute Woman Who Took Edibles Because Her Fetus Didn’t Have Medical Marijuana Card
On Thursday, Pregnancy Justice filed a lawsuit asking the Oklahoma Supreme Court to stop prosecutors from charging pregnant people in the state with felony child neglect for using medical marijuana—a legal medication—during pregnancy. Per reporting from The Frontier, since 2018—when the state voted to legalize medical… Read more...
House GOP reeling after a top recruit blasts Trump on tape
In a must-win Ohio race, one Republican candidate is facing allegations of stolen valor — and now another is inviting the former president's wrath by bashing him.
Stolen Device Protection in iOS 17.3
mjtsai,
Joe Rossignol: The first iOS 17.3 beta rolling out to developers today includes a new “Stolen Device Protection” feature that is designed to add an additional layer of security in the event someone has stolen your iPhone and also obtained the device’s passcode. Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen: With Stolen Device Protection: If you want […]
Threads in EU and on ActivityPub
Jon Porter (via John Gruber): Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is now available in the European Union, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced. “Today we’re opening Threads to more countries in Europe,” Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Threads. The launch follows the service’s debut in the US and over 100 other countries across the world, including […]