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https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/11/lets-be-clear-the-rioting-in-la-is-by-the-cops-not-the-protestors/

Let’s Be Clear: The Rioting In LA Is By The Cops, Not The Protestors
I already wrote about the GOP’s bloodthirsty desire to use the military on Americans. They manufactured a nonsense “crisis” by over-aggressively sending in ICE agents to grab people off the streets…

Isn't it weird how when a Federal Crown Corporation - Marine Atlantic - buys a new ship... there is nary a mention that it was built in China (#BCPoli #BCFerries

Here is what some existing medical research has to say about how to stay safe, one body part at a time.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-protect-yourself-during-protests/

How to Protect Yourself during Protests
Demonstrators face tear gas, flash bangs, coronavirus and surveillance

"Rhode Island Freedom to Read Act is First in Nation with Special Guarantees to Writers and Readers Against Censorship"
https://pen.org/press-release/rhode-island-freedom-to-read-act…

Rhode Island Freedom to Read Act is First in Nation with Special Guarantees to Writers and Readers Against Censorship - PEN America
Joining a growing number of states that are passing laws to protect the right to read, Rhode Island’s newly signed Freedom to Read Act provides safeguards for both public and school libraries, protections for librarians and staff and is the first in the nation to guarantee writers and readers a special right of action against censorship.

Apple unveils updates to help parents protect kids and teens, including easier Child Accounts setup, stronger defaults, and granular App Store age ratings (Marcus Mendes/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/11/ios-26-expands-family-tool…

iOS 26: Apple will expand family tools for child accounts - 9to5Mac
Apple today announced updates aimed at helping parents protect kids online, as part of its broader push to make Apple platforms safer.

Ask yourself: How many water bottles thrown at cops are worth keeping one innocent American* teen out of inhumane #ICE detention?
For anyone criticizing the #LA protests or suggesting they should stop for any reason, let's be clear about the stakes. Read this article (or my summary):
https://abcnews.go.com/US/massachusetts-teen-detained-ice-family-video-ice/story?id=122511685
This 18-year-old was snatched without a warrant, because he was in his dad's car and allegedly (possibly a lie or mistake) his dad drove recklessly. He's been in the US since he was 5, originally on a student visa that's since expired. He is an innocent American, by any reasonable definition of those two words*. Thankfully, he's since been released on bail, but he may yet be held indefinitely in ICE detention (in inhumane conditions that have been repeatedly documented) and/or separated from his family & friends and shipped off to Brazil where he last lived when he was 5 (ICE does not care whether he speaks Portuguese, has any family there, etc), all potentially without due process (though he seems to be getting that in this case). Even if this doesn't happen to Marcelo due to the media attention & protests, it is certainly happening to other innocent Americans throughout the country who aren't as lucky to have people standing up for them.
Here's Marcelo speaking about detention conditions and those he was detained with:
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZpZMUb9aEys?si=bpK-022CU7Acb5RY
Do you know how many kids like Marcelo were detained in LA yesterday? Probably zero, because of the protests, including their confrontational tactics. The most "violence" I've seen (from the protestors) is throwing a water bottle at a line of heavily-armored riot police. So the protests are working to protect the community. If you're suggesting a change in tactics, consider whether your suggested tactics (like pre-scheduled non-confrontational protests that have been happening for weeks) will protect the Marcelos of LA.
*Whether he's innocent or American should not in fact matter, but sadly it might to some reading this. If that's you, you've still got some growing up to do.

Die ePetition 180634 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Lebens- und Genussmittel mit dem Titel
Verhinderung der Lebensmittelverschwendung in Produktionsstätten
kann bis zum Donnerstag 24. Juli 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird gefordert, die Lebensmittelverschwendung in Produktionsst…

As the LA protests roll on, social media creators have at times outnumbered the traditional press corps at rallies, playing an outsized role in sharing media (Eli Tan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/technology/la-protests-influen…

Los Angeles Protests Amplified by Influencers and Online Creators
Creators such as Cam Higby, who is conservative, have sometimes outnumbered traditional media outlets at the immigration protests. Their posts have gone viral.

Federal Agents Clash With Protesters During Immigration Raid at California Farm
Officers appeared to use crowd control munitions and tear gas against protesters.
The F.B.I. said it was searching for a person who appeared to fire a pistol at officers.
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Federal Agents Clash With Protesters During Immigration Raid at California Farm
Officers appeared to use crowd control munitions and tear gas against protesters. The F.B.I. said it was searching for a person who appeared to fire a pistol at officers.

Child labor is making a comeback in the U.S. 
Several states are passing laws to weaken protections for child labor so that younger children may be gainfully employed for hours every day.
This is just one more “What century is this, again?” issue;
they seem to be becoming more common.

The Rev. Edgar Gardner Murphy And The Movement To End Child Labor
Child labor is making a comeback in the U.S.  Several states are passing laws to weaken protections for child labor so that younger children may be