Arleen Sorkin, Original Voice of Harley Quinn and ‘Days of Our Lives’ Actress, Dies at 67 (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Arleen Sorkin, who portrayed Calliope Jones on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives and served as the original voice of the DC Comics character Harley Quinn, had died. She was 67....
Ukraine to Russia: Your ‘Lost’ Mi-8 Pilot Actually Defected (www.thedailybeast.com)
in Western Australia, until 2021, it was illegal to transport more than 50kg of potatoes in your car unless you were a member of the potato corps. (www.drive.com.au)
Tokyo man deemed eligible for compensation after outing by boss (www.japantimes.co.jp)
The case is likely the first time an outing has been recognized as a work-related injury.
South Africa: Putin to miss BRICS summit by ‘mutual agreement’ (www.aljazeera.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the summit of the BRICS group of nations in South Africa in August “by mutual agreement”, South Africa’s presidency said on Wednesday....
Meta’s Threads sent another app named Threads to the top of the App Store charts (www.engadget.com)
It’s confusing, I know.
Evernote Lays Off Most of Staff, Triggering Fears of Closure (www.thurrott.com)
US destroyer shoots down drone flying toward it in the Red Sea, defending itself in uneasy waters (www.businessinsider.com)
8-year-old boy, pregnant mom held at gunpoint by California police over mistaken identity (abc7.com)
An 8-year-old boy and his pregnant mother were pulled over at gunpoint by multiple Sacramento police officers on their way to football practice.
U.S. military finishes renaming bases that previously honored Confederates (www.cbsnews.com)
Israel to refuse visas to UN officials after Guterres speech on Gaza war (www.aljazeera.com)
Cities Skylines 2 reportedly runs with 7-12fps on an Intel Core i9 13900KS with AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX at 4K/High Settings (www.dsogaming.com)
Israeli girl, 12, seen in viral ‘Harry Potter’ photo found dead with grandma in Gaza (nypost.com)
The 12-year-old Israeli girl whose “Harry Potter”-inspired photo went viral after she was kidnapped by Hamas has been found dead alongside her grandmother in Gaza.
US House lawmaker receives death threats after voting against Jordan for speaker (www.reuters.com)
Miller-Meeks, a Republican who represents a politically competitive district in Iowa, voted for Jordan the first time but switched to vote for Representative Kay Granger, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, on Wednesday afternoon....
le fuk (slrpnk.net)
France mobilises 7,000 troops and goes on high alert after school stabbings and mosque knife arrest (www.euronews.com)
France is mobilising 7,000 soldiers and increasing its alert status to “emergency attack” level after the death of a teacher in the northeast town of Arras, stabbed to death Friday by a former student with a record of Islamic radicalisation....
Amazon’s Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen (www.washingtonpost.com)
The popular voice assistant says the 2020 race was stolen, even as parent company Amazon promotes the tool as a reliable election news source – foreshadowing a new information battleground...
Drew Barrymore’s 3 co-head writers aren’t returning, even after WGA strike lifts (www.nbcnews.com)
Even though the writers strike that crippled talk shows has lifted, the three co-head writers for Drew Barrymore’s daytime show have declined to return, sources close to the production said....
Firefox rolls out ECH enabled by default in 118 (blog.mozilla.org)
ECH (encrypted client hello) is going or get enabled by default (already existed in a hidden setting) with version 118....
Newsmax Host Rails Against ‘Lizard People,’ Asks Viewers ‘You Think I’m Crazy?’ (www.mediaite.com)
Ukrainian parents invited to ‘collect their children’ from Russia - UPI.com (www.upi.com)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov invited Ukrainian parents to "collect their children" taken from Ukraine amid the ongoing war.