Bluesky Is Building The Decentralized Social Media Jack Dorsey Wants, Even If He Doesn’t Realize It (www.techdirt.com)
Congress replaces statue of white supremacist with statue of anti-LGBTQ+ zealot (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Failure to Safeguard Free Speech is Always a Problem (znetwork.org)
Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base (www.nytimes.com)
PSA for reporting best practices (lemmy.cafe)
Created using feedback from lemmy.cafe/post/4823550. Maybe this can be useful....
Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for Donald Trump in Florida and Texas, AP sources say (apnews.com)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is planning to raise money for former President Donald Trump in the coming weeks, putting into action the commitment he made at a meeting with Trump last month to help his former rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to two people familiar with the matter....
David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents (www.bbc.com)
University of North Carolina to divert $2.3m DEI budget to safety and policing (www.theguardian.com)
Musk's SpaceX is quick to build in Texas, slow to pay its bills (www.reuters.com)
SpaceX is building launch facilities, office buildings and even a shopping center in rural Texas, as billionaire Elon Musk’s space venture rapidly expands its rocket and satellite business across the Lone Star state....
Switzerland’s Nemo is first nonbinary singer to win Eurovision Song Contest (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Gitea is hosted on Github, ignored issue since 7 years (github.com)
Instead of delivering a nice funny image, just scroll through this issue.
Outrage after ex-Trump aide claims he gave unhoused people fake money (www.theguardian.com)
Punk rock band Trophy Eyes fan left paralyzed after singer jumped on her at concert (www.independent.co.uk)
Iranian film director Mohammad Rasoulof flees after jail sentence (bbc.com)
Mohammad Rasoulof was sentenced over his new film, which is to be premiered at the Cannes festival.
Cohen’s Testimony Makes Clear: Trump’s Greed Fueled This Whole Debacle (www.thedailybeast.com)
Israel’s ‘total victory’ in Gaza is unlikely, top US official says (www.politico.com)
Trapped in Rafah, U.S. medical volunteers say they can't save lives and can't evacuate (www.npr.org)
Save 100% on Machinika: Museum on Steam (store.steampowered.com)
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blows Into U.S., Setting Stage for Another Miserable Summer (gizmodo.com)
Corrupt Real Estate Firms Are Displacing Indigenous Mexicans in New Colonialism (truthout.org)
US commander appeared to suggest UK special forces were operating in Ukraine (www.businessinsider.com)
Air Force is “growing concerned” about the pace of Vulcan rocket launches (arstechnica.com)
Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor (apnews.com)
UK will become dangerous under Keir Starmer, Says Rishi Sunak: vows to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP (www.arktrek.shop)
