House Republicans Propose Renaming Oceans After Donald Trump (dailyboulder.com)
House Republicans have ignited a firestorm with a proposed bill that would rename the vast coastal waters encircling the United States after former President Donald Trump. The legislation, spearheaded by Florida Representative Greg Steube, seeks to rebrand the US Exclusive Economic Zone as the “Donald John Trump Exclusive...
Apple announced RCS with a whimper when it should have been a bang (www.theverge.com)
Files allegedly obtained in the 2021 CD Projekt hack indicate Cyberpunk 2077 was once planned to have a level or DLC set on the Moon (www.pcgamer.com)
Trump gets name of his doctor wrong as he challenges Biden to cognitive test (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia's ruling party proposes LGBTQ+ "propaganda" law that compares homosexuality to incest (www.lgbtqnation.com)
The Feds Want to Know How Fake Titanium Got in Boeing's Planes (gizmodo.com)
Justice Thomas raked in staggering $2.4 million in gifts, watchdog says (www.independent.co.uk)
Fix the Court, the group that released the findings, calculated the total in gifts from January 2004 to December 2023 and said the nine current justices received 344 gifts totaling nearly $3million....
Ex-Trump Official Makes Stunning Revelation: Trump Talked About Executing People At Several WH Meetings (www.mediaite.com)
Kremlin bots spam internet with fake celebrity quotes against Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
Russian bots with a Kremlin disinformation network published 120,000 fake anti-Ukraine quotes falsely attributed to celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Scarlett Johansson, in one day, the independent Russian media outlet Agentsvo reported June 15....
In Snap Election, French Left Forms Alliance To Counter Far Right and Neoliberals (www.commondreams.org)
Up to ten people including children shot at public splash pad in Michigan (www.theguardian.com)
A Final Fantasy Tactics Remaster Is Confirmed And In Development | Retro Gaming News 24/7 (www.retronews.com)
Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier has confirmed that a Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is indeed in development. This confirmation comes after speculation surrounding the credibility of frequent Atlus news leaker Midori, who recently admitted to adopting an online persona....
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay shaken after 'really bad' cycling accident in Connecticut (www.bbc.com)
Trump Hits “I Have Black Friends” Stage of Total Racism (newrepublic.com)
“I have so many Black friends that if I were a racist, they wouldn’t be friends, they would know better than anybody, and fast,” Trump said. “They would not be with me for two minutes if they thought I was racist—and I’m not racist!”
House Republicans subpoena ex-Capitol Police intel head for Jan. 6 inquiry (www.rawstory.com)
Cities skylines 2 is broken (beehaw.org)
I managed to make this much income with a tiny city within hours of booting up the game again, I don’t know what they did, but it seems they broke the economy so hard it’s now TOO easy to make money.
Moonring on Steam (free beer alert) (store.steampowered.com)
“A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.”
UK ‘morally incoherent’ for sending arms to Israel and aid to Gaza, says Oxfam chief (www.theguardian.com)
Two men arrested for creating illegal telephone mast in the UK (www.datacenterdynamics.com)
28 riders stuck upside down on amusement park ride for about 30 minutes (www.washingtonpost.com)
Build the greatest car parks ever in the Car Park Capital! (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Old style graphics (a la sim city) for a satirical game centered on a mechanic that was excluded by sim city because it would have been boring, as revealed by a developer...
‘No pride in occupation’: queer Palestinians on ‘pink-washing’ in Gaza conflict (www.theguardian.com)
“Israel presents itself as an LGBT haven in the region, but for Palestinians it offers neither refuge nor solidarity”