Why AI Search Blew Up in Google’s Face (nymag.com)
Revealed: how a US far-right group is influencing anti-gay policies in Africa (www.theguardian.com)
A long-standing US anti-pornography campaigning group has advised, promoted and endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ activists and politicians in Uganda, including a governing party member who endorsed anti-LGBTQ+ laws by saying gays “should be castrated”, and a virulently homophobic founder of a “militaristic” Christian boys camp....
Texas’ Attorney General Is Increasingly Using Consumer Protection Laws to Pursue Political Targets (www.propublica.org)
Former OpenAI Board Member Says Sam Altman Created a Culture of ‘Psychological Abuse’ (gizmodo.com)
The Green-Energy Revolution Shows What Real Innovation Looks Like (prospect.org)
An 81-Year-Old ‘Serial Slingshot Shooter’ Is Arrested After Decade of Mischief (archive.ph)
Trump trial live updates: Trump says 'Mother Teresa could not beat these charges' as jury deliberates (abcnews.go.com)
No way did trump say that!...
Walgreens is cutting prices on 1,500 items, joining Target, Walmart and Amazon | CNN Business (lite.cnn.com)
Alpacas test positive for H5N1 bird flu for the first time (www.cnn.com)
CEO Who Tanked Company's Stock By 20% Reveals 5-Point $700m Plan To Save Cracker Barrel (www.ibtimes.co.uk)
Cracker Barrel’s CEO faces an uphill battle to revive the restaurant chain after a blunt admission sent stock prices plummeting 20 per cent.
The Washington Post said it had the Alito flag story 3 years ago and chose not to publish (apnews.com)
Nine days after The New York Times reported about the political symbolism of an upside-down American flag that flew at U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home, the Washington Post acknowledged it had the same story more than three years ago and decided not to publish it....
Homeless sent out of Edinburgh to make room for Taylor Swift fans (www.bbc.co.uk)
U.S. workers are less satisfied with nearly every aspect of their jobs than they were a year ago, survey finds (www.cnbc.com)
Judgment day looms for Donald Trump in New York | CNN Politics (edition.cnn.com)
His reputation, future, and even perhaps the White House’s destiny, will on Wednesday be placed in the hands of 12 citizens of his native New York City, proving that not even once-and-possibly future commanders in chief are above the law....
The first social media babies are adults now. Some are pushing for laws to protect kids from their parents’ oversharing (www.cnn.com)
Louisiana could become first state to require display of Ten Commandments in classrooms (www.cnn.com)
Denmark Made Home Buying Easier. America Should Follow Its Lead. (www.businessinsider.com)
Poland unveils details of €2.4bn fortification of eastern borders (notesfrompoland.com)
Moderate Texas Republican sees off primary challenge from ‘neo-Nazi’ (www.theguardian.com)
Global sales of polluting SUVs hit record high in 2023, data shows (www.theguardian.com)
Half of all new cars are now SUVs, making them a major cause of the intensifying climate crisis, say experts...
The art of drag has become a target. With Pride Month nigh, performers are organizing to fight back (apnews.com)
“Drag is joy, but it’s under attack. Our very existence, our self-expression, our art — all of it is being threatened. And we’ve had enough.”...
How calls for social media block are hitting celebrities (www.newsweek.com)
Montreal Jewish school targeted by gunfire, police say (www.cbc.ca)
Atlanta police surveil people opposing ‘Cop City’: ‘There’s this constant stalking feeling’ (www.theguardian.com)
Atlanta police have been carrying out around-the-clock surveillance in several neighborhoods for months, on people and houses linked to opposition against the police training center colloquially known as “Cop City”....
Vanity Fair France apologizes after editing out actor’s Palestinian flag pin (www.cnn.com)
