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According to a memo obtained by NBC News, the Defense Intelligence Agency ordered a pause of all activities and events related to 11 “special observances” in compliance with President Donald Trump’s ban on DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) programs in the federal workplace.

In addition to Black History Month, the agency also ordered the suspension of events marking Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, National American Indian Heritage Month, LGBTQ Pride Month, Women’s History Month, Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Holocaust Remembrance Day.

I'm not sure the best way to ask or if there is a better community to post...

I'm hoping to use my home server to control my home thermostat but not sure where to start.

Does anyone use Home Assistant for this? Another software?

I'm not sure if I'm allowed to ask about hardware here, but are there things to be aware of in making sure that a wifi thermostat is best suited for the job?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/38443025

On a sleepy road on the outskirts of Sydney sat a caravan that would make international headlines.

Inside, New South Wales police discovered enough explosives to cause a “potential mass causality event”, but no detonator. There was a list of Jewish sites and a note that included the words: “Fuck the Jews.”

It marked a significant escalation in a wave of antisemitic vandalism and arson attacks over the past months across Sydney.

Eleven people have been charged under Strike Force Pearl, which was set up to investigate hate crimes across Sydney, including one man charged on Friday evening with allegedly defacing a wall with Nazi symbols.

None have been charged in connection with the caravan. The Guardian does not suggest anyone charged over separate incidents has any connection to the caravan incident.

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For the families of the released hostages, it was a day they had long been waiting for.

Wilas Thaenna wept after receiving a call to say his son Pongsak had been freed on Thursday.

"I never thought this day would come, everything has been too quiet for a while," the 65-year-old told the BBC.

He revealed he had barely slept the night before, as he was so excited at the prospect of his son being released.

"I don't know how to explain how I got through all that happened," he continued.

"My son was taken captive, I lost my wife, I had to stay strong.

"First five or six months, I've lost so much weight. It was distressing, I didn't have strength to do anything or go anywhere. I was worried all the time.

For the families of the released hostages, it was a day they had long been waiting for.

Wilas Thaenna wept after receiving a call to say his son Pongsak had been freed on Thursday.

"I never thought this day would come, everything has been too quiet for a while," the 65-year-old told the BBC.

He revealed he had barely slept the night before, as he was so excited at the prospect of his son being released.

"I don't know how to explain how I got through all that happened," he continued.

"My son was taken captive, I lost my wife, I had to stay strong.

"First five or six months, I've lost so much weight. It was distressing, I didn't have strength to do anything or go anywhere. I was worried all the time.

A Mississippi district attorney proposed new legislation Wednesday to pay bounty hunters a reward for helping to deport immigrants in the country illegally.

• Colombia has agreed to deportation flights
  

• Washington says sanctions threat is on hold
• Trump's immigration crackdown hiking tensions in Latin America
• Brazil condemns US handcuffing of migrants on flight

There is now an Actually Infuriating community on Lemmy! Post things that are beyond just mildly infuriating. It's only mildly infuriating that someone didn't make this sooner!

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cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/NEWS/t/1701331

The 25-year-old says music has been one of the most important parts of her healing process.

Hundreds of people began registering their marriages at a mall in Bangkok, as Thailand became one of the few places in Asia to legalize same-sex unions.

Mozambique’s new president, Daniel Chapo of the ruling Frelimo party, appointed 12 cabinet ministers on Friday amid ongoing protests over alleged election rigging. At least 308 people have been killed since protests began on Oct. 21, according to election-monitoring group Plataforma Decide.

The Frelimo party has been in power for 50 years—ever since the country’s independence from Portugal in 1975—but young Mozambicans born after the colonial era want to rid the country of a party tainted by graft scandals. It’s part of a trend seen nearby in South Africa, Angola, and Botswana—in which young Africans have turned away from liberation movements due to corruption and poor governance.