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US Abrams tanks failing in Ukraine as Russia mocks them as ‘empty tin cans’ (www.yahoo.com)

We're Watching Facebook Die (www.wheresyoured.at)

In the first quarter of 2024, Meta made $36.45 billion dollars - $12.37 billion dollars of which was pure profit. Though the company no longer reports daily active users, it now uses another metric: “family daily active people.” This number refers to “registered and logged-in users of one or more of Facebook’s Family...

The first social media babies are adults now. Some are pushing for laws to protect kids from their parents’ oversharing (www.cnn.com)

Denmark Made Home Buying Easier. America Should Follow Its Lead. (www.businessinsider.com)

'Who really cares?' Fox News pundit throws cold water on Hunter Biden 'addiction' segment (www.rawstory.com)

Zelenskyy says Ukraine has taken back control in areas of Kharkiv region, aerial attacks continue (apnews.com)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered the northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said....

Europe’s new political consensus: We need to make more weapons (www.politico.eu)

The war in Ukraine has shifted thinking — both among politicians and the public — on the need to spend more on defense....

'Trump posts Nazi rhetoric and you're silent': Stefanik shamed over antisemitism hearing (www.rawstory.com)

Dockworkers Push Union Resolution to Block Shipment of Israeli Military Cargo (truthout.org)

Why Americans' confidence in finding a new job is tanking even as the labor market is humming along (www.businessinsider.com)

ASML could brick Taiwan's chipmaking machines in case of uninvited guests (www.theregister.com)

China Uses Giant Rail Gun to Shoot Smart Bomb Nine Miles Into the Sky (futurism.com)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy rejects Macron’s Olympic truce proposal (www.politico.eu)

"I lost trust": Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded (www.vox.com)

Twitter is officially X.com now (www.theverge.com)

The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff (www.reuters.com)

May 15 (Reuters) - The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging division last month, they had high hopes as charging chief Rebecca Tinucci went to meet with Musk about the network’s future, four former charging-network staffers told Reuters....

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker bashes Pride Month, tells women to stay in the kitchen (touchdownwire.usatoday.com)

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker criticized Pride Month and suggested women should stay in the kitchen during a commencement address....

Stormy Daniels wore a bulletproof vest to Trump’s hush money trial, attorney says (www.independent.co.uk)

Earlier this year, porn star said she accepted hush money so Donald Trump could not have her killed...

Sam Altman takes nuclear energy company Oklo public to help power his AI ambitions (www.cnbc.com)

Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking (arstechnica.com)

Surely the clearest path to retaining only the best.

Russian Copium Banner for May 9 Victory Day - Su-30SM over the Pentagon. (sh.itjust.works)

r*ddit

Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape (www.gamespot.com)

I don’t think big companies know how to make a good FPS campaign anymore, let alone hone in on classic deathmatch multiplayer. The last FPS I bought was Half-Life: Alyx four years ago, and the first one to come along and interest me since then was Phantom Fury, but I’m letting that one iron out bugs for a few weeks before I...