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Text: Amazon's electric cargo bikes have arrived in DC.

Image: A four-wheeled vehicle that appears to be a cross between a bicycle, a go-cart, and a mini-truck

Response text from high t alpha shemale @gluetaster: that's not a cargo bike man that's a loopholemobile

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1191421/that-feeling-when-you-convince-everyone-your-companies-are-worth-25x-their-annual-revenu

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Removal currently in progress. Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhm880quUg

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/38985245

Orignal author: CookieCaffine, on Reddit.

A Venezuelan asylum seeker injured during an encounter with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last month has submitted a sworn statement that contradicts the agency’s version of events.

Yerlys Moreno López said ICE agents forced her to the ground after a May 19 car chase and crash, breaking her knee and causing other injuries that required emergency surgery. The agency claims she sustained the injuries in the crash itself. Medical records submitted by her attorneys appear to support her account. At the hospital a few hours after the incident, Moreno López repeatedly told doctors that she was injured after getting out of her vehicle.

Moreno López’s injuries fuel concerns that ICE’s tactics have become increasingly violent during President Donald Trump’s second term. Another migrant, Mohamd Salim Abdessamed, was severely injured last week after an apparent ICE car chase.

Judge wants proof that top DOJ officials are ‘not moving forward’ with plans for an Anti-Weaponization Fund

A federal judge has indefinitely blocked Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund for his political allies after officials claimed they were “not moving forward” with the plans.

Friday’s injunction from Virginia District Judge Leonie Brinkema extends a previous order that prevented the government from “taking any further action pursuant to the creation or operation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund” — including transferring money to it, considering any claims and mailing any checks while a legal challenge plays out.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Department of Justice insisted the administration would follow the court’s order and abandon plans for the fund, but officials have also suggested that they are still looking for pathways to issue massive taxpayer-funded payouts to alleged “victims” of government “weaponization,” including January 6 rioters and close allies of the president.

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Edit: Dangit, forgot to include this link for information on the watch: https://web.archive.org/web/20230402124449/https://www.citizenwatch.com/us/en/product/AN3662-51W.html

My ex bought our son a ‘23 Camry XSE (I’m paying half obvs). During the first ride I got with him, the telltale sign of a warped rotor brought us some bumpy braking.

Today, he replaced the front rotors and pads on his own. I was there to tell him how to do, and let him struggle a bit so that he can know the frustration that can come with automotive maintenance or repair. Drivers side took almost 2 hours. When we moved to the passenger side, I joked “Man, you’ll knock this out in 20 minutes!”

He did it in 30.

The braking is buttery smooth, he gets to now say “I know how to work on cars”, and I get to stand back in awe of what this young man is capable of.

I am so got dang proud of that man. Saying “man” still doesn’t feel right, but, he shows me each day that he is becoming the man I know he can be.

The Washington National Opera has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $17 million from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, alleging the institution has refused to turn over funds that belong to the opera company following their separation earlier this year.

According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in the United States Court of Federal Claims and reported on Friday by The New York Times, the opera company claims the Kennedy Center has withheld money that includes endowment assets, donor contributions, and other funds collected on the opera’s behalf during the years the two organizations were affiliated.

“W.N.O. reluctantly files this case to preserve its future and to protect its donors and artists,” attorneys for the opera company wrote in court filings. The suit further argues that the disputed funds consist of donations accumulated over many years that are “critical” to the organization’s continued operations.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48091572

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/66036629

Met Police say they have been arrested for supporting a proscribed terror group