Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth (www.nytimes.com)
A growing number of researchers in the field are using their expertise to fight the climate crisis....
Feds accuse Rhode Island of warehousing kids with mental health, developmental disabilities (apnews.com)
As Insurers Around the U.S. Bleed Cash From Climate Shocks, Homeowners Lose (www.nytimes.com)
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Secret Service notified as Trump aide brags about 'causing innocent people to be arrested' (www.rawstory.com)
Donald Trump’s former White House aide is under fire after a video showed him claiming to distribute fake money to homeless people so that they will be arrested when they spend it....
Exclusive first look: Here's Chrome OS running on an Android phone (www.androidauthority.com)
Is your bank funding climate change? - Which? News (www.which.co.uk)
JPMorgan Chase was named the biggest fossil fuel financier in the world, having increased its financing from $38.9bn in 2022 to $40.8bn in 2023....
2 French prison officers killed, 3 injured in attack on prison van (www.voanews.com)
Lesbian Women Set on Fire in Argentina (www.hrw.org)
Three lesbian women have died and one more is in critical condition in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after a man threw a Molotov cocktail into their boarding house room on May 6, setting them all on fire. One woman, Pamela Fabiana Cobas, was severely burned and died almost immediately. Her partner, Mercedes Roxana Figueroa, died of...
Bluesky Is Building The Decentralized Social Media Jack Dorsey Wants, Even If He Doesn’t Realize It (www.techdirt.com)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 CPU and GPU clocks revealed by new rumour (www.notebookcheck.net)
A Weibo tipster states the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will launch with an Adreno 830 GPU clocked at 935 MHz. The SoC’s P-cores will have a peak clock of 4.2 GHz and the other six cores will max out at 2.6 GHz....
Alabama follows DeSantis' lead in banning lab-grown meat (www.cbsnews.com)
Congress replaces statue of white supremacist with statue of anti-LGBTQ+ zealot (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Boat found in connection with hit-and-run that killed Florida teen: Authorities (abcnews.go.com)
T-6 Instructor Pilot Dies After Ejection Seat Goes Off on the Ground (www.airandspaceforces.com)
Kill your clone before they find you in DoubleWe (www.gamingonlinux.com)
AMD launches Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F — budget Zen 4 CPUs without the RDNA 3 integrated graphics (www.tomshardware.com)
Hungary teases veto over new EU Russian gas sanctions (www.politico.eu)
Budapest opposes measures “that might have a negative impact on EU gas market” — a stance that could kill the EU’s effort to squeeze Moscow’s gas revenue....
Biden expected to quadruple tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to 100%: Source (abcnews.go.com)
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Bumble's billboard ads sneered at celibacy as an alternative to dating — and the company got stung (apnews.com)
The dating app Bumble got stung after running billboard ads that appeared to sneer at celibacy as an alternative to meeting people online....
Facing an Endless Barrage, Ukraine’s Air Defenses Are Withering (www.nytimes.com)
U.S. threats led to rupture of vital military ties, Nigerien leader says (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Parishioners stopped teen with a rifle from entering church with 60 children inside (www.nbcnews.com)
Children were inside St. Mary Magdalen in Abbeville, Louisiana, waiting to take their first Holy Communion, the church said....
Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage (www.ghacks.net)
Microsoft’s announcement: “We are introducing a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. The Game Pass recommendation card on Settings Homepage will be shown to you if you actively play games on your PC. As a reminder – the Settings homepage will be shown only on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11...
