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Crime in Russia has hit its highest level in 12 years, the exiled news outlet Vyorstka reported, citing Prosecutor General’s Office data.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, Russia registered 27,124 crimes in the first half of 2025 — 3,747 more than in the same period a year earlier and the highest figure since 2013.

The figures also mark the first time that the the tally exceeded 23,377 in a six-month span since 2014.

The agency did not disclose the types of crimes.

The figures come as more than 130,000 veterans of the war in Ukraine — including thousands of former prison inmates — return home.

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The government has long debated how to manage returning ex-combatants, particularly those recruited from prisons.

Last year, Nina Ostanina, head of the State Duma’s Family Protection Committee, urged the authorities to establish permanent oversight of former inmates returning from the front.

But Andrei Alshevsky, a lawmaker on the Duma’s Security Committee, rejected the idea, arguing that “heroes of the [special military operation]” had already “atoned for their guilt with blood” and deserved the state’s care.

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so I thought it wouldn't be available because it needs connection to MS servers I think? anyway, I was looking at the sites on the megathread and MS flight simulator is available on several websites, like fitgirl repacks, steamrip etc (I assume that's the 2020 version but there is a 2024 one as well on gamebounty). so now I'm actually curious, has anyone tried it? does it work well?

• Most human and animal teams suffer from the Ringelmann effect: individuals contribute less the more the team grows
• Weaver ants avoid the Ringlemann effect as they work in a team to fold leaves into nest chambers
• A study showed that weaver ants use division of labor to not only avoid the Ringlemann effect but to achieve super efficiency

A federal judge in Miami late on Thursday ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail within 60 days, and ruled that no more detainees were to be brought to the facility while it was being wound down.

The shock ruling by district court judge Kathleen Williams builds on a temporary restraining order she issued two weeks ago halting further construction work at the remote tented camp, which has attracted waves of criticism for harsh conditions, abuse of detainees and denial of due process as they await deportation.

In her 82-page order, published in the US district court’s southern district of Florida on Friday, Williams determined the facility was causing severe and irreparable damage to the fragile Florida Everglades.

About two decades too late, but now the DCEU finally has the chance to actually be entertaining slop instead of a depressing slog full of Übermenschen. I actually really enjoyed the new Superman, so maybe we'll get more fun excuses to eat popcorn this time around.

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The Bolshoi Theatre’s management has signed an agreement to roll out special software to monitor its employees, Sistema reports. The contract for installing InfoWatch Traffic Monitor provides surveillance of 500 work computers at a cost of 21.6 million rubles ($270,000).

The program will monitor the work and behavior of employees — who are referred to in technical documents as “controlled persons.” — generating individual profiles for each staff member while recording any ‘abnormal actions.’ Criteria for being placed in a “risk group” include the use of profanity in work emails, discussing management, or preparing to change jobs. The software also flags any expressed “interest in the war in Ukraine,” along with unspecified “political views.”

Violations will be detected through artificial intelligence that creates “shadow copies” of all employee activity on social media and messaging platforms (WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram) and web browsers. In addition, the software will log all text typed by users. The collected data will be processed by the security service in real time.

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i hate this tone redditors take when they say shit like this too. like they’re talking about middle schoolers or some shit. shut uuuuup

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[...] A coalition of 72 freedom of expression and human rights organisations [published] a letter to the UK’s Prime Minister, Sir Kier Starmer, urging him to secure the release of writer, media publisher and UK citizen Jimmy Lai.

Earlier this week, Jimmy Lai’s long-running national security trial resumed for closing arguments after being delayed twice last week due to poor weather and concerns over Jimmy Lai’s health, which has deteriorated significantly over the last year. Aged 77, Jimmy Lai has been held in solitary confinement for almost five years and faces a potential life sentence if convicted.

During yesterday’s closing arguments, a representative of Jimmy Lai’s defence team addressed the judges, stating ‘It is not wrong to support freedom of expression. It is not wrong to support human rights‘.

In the joint letter, led by Reporters Without Borders, the coalition calls on the UK government to act swiftly to secure Jimmy Lai’s humanitarian release on medical grounds, so he can be reunited with his family and receive necessary medical care.

For further background information on Jimmy Lai, please refer to the PEN International Case List.

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