

Gaming enthusiast, writer, artist, and social media ronin. Current denizen of the Dork Web, aka federated media. Doesn't play well with others.
Gaming enthusiast, writer, artist, and social media ronin. Current denizen of the Dork Web, aka federated media. Doesn't play well with others.
Ex-police chief who spread Jan. 6 conspiracy theories is sentenced to 11 years in Capitol riot case (www.nbcnews.com)
WASHINGTON — A former California police chief who called for the execution of Donald Trump’s political enemies, joined the U.S. Capitol attack and then spread conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison Thursday....
Donald Trump Still Wants to Kill Obamacare. Why? (www.nytimes.com)
Why this renewed assault? “Obamacare Sucks!!!” declared the former and possibly future president. For those offended by the language, these are Trump’s own words, and I think I owe it to my readers to report what he actually said, not sanitize it. Trump also promised to provide “MUCH BETTER HEALTHCARE” without offering...
Elon Musk considers reinstating Alex Jones' X account, backtracking on prior decision (www.cnbc.com)
HP misreads room, awkwardly brags about its “less hated” printers (arstechnica.com)
A City Council Candidate Loses by One Vote, After Not Voting | A race in Rainier, Wash., was determined by a single vote, avoiding a tie and coin toss. One of the candidates did not cast a ballot. (www.nytimes.com)
Israel and US are at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza (apnews.com)
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, this week announced that Israel would retain an open-ended security presence in Gaza. Israeli officials talk of imposing a buffer zone to keep Palestinians away from the Israeli border. They rule out any role for the Palestinian Authority, which was ousted from Gaza by Hamas in 2007...
Minter comes alive in Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, coming for numerous game systems (www.youtube.com)
Digital Eclipse is on fire lately! The creators of Atari 50 and Karateka Gold are now setting their sights on cult game designer Jeff Minter, who made dozens of twitchy arcade-style titles for home computers like the VIC-20 and Atari ST....
Moms for Liberty founder leaves rightwing leadership role amid queer sex scandal & rape allegations (www.lgbtqnation.com)
The co-founder of the anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group Moms for Liberty seems to have resigned from her most recent position in the wake of rape allegations against her husband and her own involvement in a same-sex sex scandal....
Judge: Amazon “cannot claim shock” that bathroom spycams were used as advertised (arstechnica.com)
After a spy camera designed to look like a towel hook was purchased on Amazon and illegally used for months to capture photos of a minor in her private bathroom, Amazon was sued....
Reuters journalist was killed in Lebanon in targeted strike | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Mike Johnson: Send Money Because God Is About To Smite Our Country For Having So Many LGBTQ Youth (www.joemygod.com)
Mike Johnson seems to have forgotten he’s been elected to public office, not to church leadership. Conflating the two violates our First Amendment right to freedom of conscience.
Early impressions of Google's Gemini aren't great | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Mike Johnson says God will punish “depraved” U.S. because more teens identify as LGBTQ+ (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Georgia prosecutors predict jail sentences in Trump 2020 election case (www.theguardian.com)
Trump says he will only be a dictator 'on day one' if re-elected as US President (www.euronews.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/60I8o...
Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade blamed for a second death, lawsuit alleges (www.nbcnews.com)
Panera Bread’s highly caffeinated Charged Lemonade is now blamed for a second death, according to a lawsuit filed Monday....
The mothership (startrek.website)
BBC Says It Was Shut Down By Paramount PRs When Questioning Kelsey Grammer On His Support For Donald Trump (deadline.com)
Kelsey Grammer sounded curt this morning when he brusquely told a BBC Today program interviewer that he still supports Donald Trump but, according to his interviewer, this curtness doesn’t tell the full story....
Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil in raids (www.theguardian.com)
The surprisingly robust careers of Star Trek stars who became video game voice actors (arstechnica.com)
Still going to wreck it... (lemmy.ca)
Man plotted 'mass casualty' attack at Cybertruck event attended by Elon Musk in Texas, officials say (www.nbcnews.com)
An AI Singer-Songwriter Just Debuted Her Original Song—And The Responses Are Just Brutal (www.comicsands.com)
Ed Averett's Inspiration Pack brings Odyssey2 games, confusion to the ColecoVision (www.youtube.com)
The YouTube channel Mike's Gaming Channel came across this peculiar ColecoVision release... a multi-cart featuring two dozen games for the Magnavox Odyssey2....
He thinks I could do better?... that's nice of him (lemmy.ca)
Could X go bankrupt under Elon Musk? (www.bbc.com)
Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates (arstechnica.com)
Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars (apnews.com)
(Anti Union talk due to new UAW wins/Tesla to unionize) Elon Musk: I disagree with the idea of unions [5:36 | Elon Musk and Andrew Ross Sorkin | CNBC Television] (www.youtube.com)
title edit: Tesla to unionize wording
American Psychological Association Announces “Feeling Like Dying But Not Really Suicidal” New Baseline For Normal Mental Health (thehardtimes.net)
Trump calls on supporters to 'guard the vote' in Democratic-run US cities (www.reuters.com)
Speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, Trump said it was important to scrutinize the vote in the battleground states likely to determine the general election. He singled out the biggest cities in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia....
Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers (www.texastribune.org)
Meg Ryan Defends Son Jack Quaid Of ‘Nepo Baby’ Label: “That Nepo Stuff Is So Dismissive Of His Work Ethic” (deadline.com)
Co-founder of anti-LGBTQ+ extremist group allegedly was in 3-year sexual MFF three-way relationship (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Ron DeSantis endorsed her for school board partly on the basis of her anti-LGBTQ+ activism....
GOP Lawmaker Laments Workers' Laziness In Hearing About Overtime Pay (www.huffpost.com)
“There’s just a lot of people in this country that don’t want to work, period,” Rep. Virginia Foxx said during a hearing about people who work too much....
Amazon exec says it’s time for RTO: ‘I don’t have data to back it up, but I know it’s better’ (fortune.com)
“We’re here, we’re back. It’s working.”