'Cheating and exploiting undermine the integrity of our game': Over 600 Star Citizen accounts have been suspended for racking up in-game currency (www.pcgamer.com)
Amazon union workers and the Teamsters have inked a deal (www.theverge.com)
From the article: Amazon Labor Union workers have joined forces with one of biggest unions in the US, hoping to get Amazon to the bargaining table.
Thailand to be first Southeast Asian country to recognise same-sex marriage (www.reuters.com)
Introducing a new RISC-V Mainboard from DeepComputing | Frame.work (frame.work)
Hamas' alleged captive IDF soldier unmasked as West Bank Palestinian (www.ynetnews.com)
Karine Jean-Pierre calls out Republican attacks on transgender Americans during Pride Month (www.advocate.com)
This inmate says rat gave birth in his pants- but no suprise (www.cbc.ca)
Her Majesty’s Penitentiary inmate Devon Fitzpatrick says early one morning in mid-May he woke up and felt something moving in the crotch of his pants. When he reached in, he discovered a rat had given birth there.
The United States Is the Main Obstacle to Peace in Palestine - Antiwar.com (original.antiwar.com)
Russia turns to blackmail and 'financial incentives' to hire Germans to spy to make up for expelled diplomats, German agency says (www.reuters.com)
Russia has turned increasingly to blackmail and financial incentives to hire Germans to spy for it after the blow dealt to its intelligence services by Europe’s expulsion of some 600 Russian diplomats, Germany’s domestic security service said....
Willie Mays, SF Giants legend and MLB all-time great, is dead (www.sfchronicle.com)
RIP
Former Trump national security adviser urges resumption of nuclear testing (www.theguardian.com)
Contra Reforged Turns Konami's '80s Classic Into A Third-Person Shooter | Time Extension (www.timeextension.com)
The iconic run-and-gun shooter, Contra, is now reimagined in a third-person perspective with the release of Contra Reforged by homebrew developer Retrolead. This modern take on the classic game retains its retro graphics and difficulty level while offering unique features such as an auto lock-on mechanism that eliminates the...
Doctor accused of illegally obtaining health data of Texas Children's patients, in crusade against Transgender medical treatments (www.houstonchronicle.com)
The doctor has publicly identified himself as the person who released information to a conservative activist about the transgender care program at Texas Children’s. Citing “whistleblower documents,” the activist published a story in May 2023 saying Texas Children’s provided transgender care, which was legal at the time,...
Conservative media conglomerate amplifies misleading attacks on Biden’s fitness (www.motherjones.com)
Beijing urges Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms over Russian links (www.reuters.com)
China’s commerce ministry said on Wednesday that it had urged Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms after the country sanctioned five Chinese companies over their links to Russia....
Introducing Housing_Bubble_2 : Return of the Ugly (lemmy.world)
This community is documenting the impending second collapse of the housing market with an emphasis on the US but international news is included as well....
Millions face record-high temperatures as heat dome intensifies over US (www.theguardian.com)
Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F – 25 degrees above normal...
China's Xi accused the US of trying to trick him into invading Taiwan, but said he won't take the bait, report says (www.businessinsider.com)
Xi Jinping accused the US of trying to trick China into invading Taiwan, the Financial Times said....
TikTok Is in Some Minority Report-Style Legal Trouble (gizmodo.com)
'Bling bishop' US pastor sentenced to 9 years in prison (www.bbc.com)
A flamboyant Brooklyn pastor known as the “Bling bishop” has been sentenced to nine years in prison for schemes that included preying on the bank account of one of his own followers....
Japan has an excess sushi problem. These food waste activists put it in numbers (www.bbc.com)
The country’s ubiquitous convenience stores throw out huge amounts of edible food. In Tokyo, Rachel Nuwer meets the campaigners trying to change that....