A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur, a school official said....
over 2,800 boxes of LEGO sets, each ranging in price from $20 to $1,000.
Not to be reductive and at the risk of pissing off Lego fans, how much could those $1000 sets cost Lego to make? We’re talking about plastic bricks that must cost a fraction of a cent per brick.
Legos are very cool but they seem ridiculously overpriced to me. Especially now that they’re getting fans to design things, so they can’t even claim any sort of R&D going into it.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to report to prison on July 1 to begin a four-month prison sentence for defying subpoenas from the Jan. 6 Committee after a higher court rejected his appeal....
I don’t know about hairdressers and drivers, but many servers are legally paid less than minimum wage because they are expected to make up the difference in tips.
So this is essentially people being fucked over by not being paid enough fucking over other people who aren’t being paid enough. And if you object to them not being paid enough, the solution isn’t to not tip them, it’s to not go to the restaurant.
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre....
The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approached a handful of influential party campaign committees with a request: Sign onto guidelines that would commit them to use the technology in a “responsible” way....
Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming (www.popsci.com)
A California company is advertising ‘tactical response’ Tesla Cybertruck upgrades for police cruisers, including shotgun racks and sirens.
The Monorail Song was better in the original Greek (lemmy.world)
Even old, crusty Klingons know to celebrate diversity. Happy Pride! ❤️🖖🏻🏳️🌈 (lemm.ee)
Massachusetts teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction and using racial slur, official says (abcnews.go.com)
A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur, a school official said....
No end to Gaza war until ’destruction’ of Hamas, says Netanyahu (www.theguardian.com)
If they were a little higher in quality or a little lower priced I would have gotten them, but at least I can share... (lemmy.world)
Two arrested, including 71-year-old man, for allegedly stealing almost 3,000 boxes of LEGOs (www.nbcnews.com)
Topographical Quarries (lemmy.world)
Clarence Thomas admits billionaire paid for private club membership and luxury Bali trips (www.rawstory.com)
Would they ban this book? (lemmy.world)
Texas asks people to avoid using their cars (www.newsweek.com)
The latest exercise craze on the Enterprise D (lemmy.world)
Inspired by a comment from FlyingSquid
"I can never tell when he's joking." - Kira (lemmy.world)
DS9 s4e6 “Rejoined”...
Judge orders Steve Bannon to report to prison on July 1 for contempt of Congress sentence (www.nbcnews.com)
A federal judge on Thursday ordered former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to report to prison on July 1 to begin a four-month prison sentence for defying subpoenas from the Jan. 6 Committee after a higher court rejected his appeal....
Consumers say they're pulling back on tipping servers, drivers and hair stylists (www.nbcnews.com)
People are a little bit stingier in barber chairs and Ubers than they were just a few years ago....
Did everyone stick to yesterday's agenda? (lemmy.world)
Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars (www.cnn.com)
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre....
It's not just pride month... (lemmy.world)
Russia Declares War on ‘Mediocre Actor’ George Clooney (www.thedailybeast.com)
Wikipedia has a bunch of 'famous last words' pages. I compiled the most amusing ones I saw.
Note: I did these for a website that doesn’t allow swearing, so I didn’t include some funny sweary ones....
Boeing executives unlikely to be charged over 737 MAX crashes: Source (www.channelnewsasia.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/16367200...
Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere (apnews.com)
The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approached a handful of influential party campaign committees with a request: Sign onto guidelines that would commit them to use the technology in a “responsible” way....
Netanyahu aide says Israel agreed to Biden's cease-fire plan for Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
Felt Age Culture (lemmy.world)
I am 1pm friend (lemmy.world)