4 climbers dead Mount Everest, 1 missing; ice collapse among factors cited (www.usatoday.com)
Deadly strike on Rafah a tragic mishap, Netanyahu says (www.bbc.com)
US Supreme Court Accused of 'Full-On Gutting of the Equal Protection Clause' (www.commondreams.org)
China’s military shows off rifle-toting robot dogs (www.cnn.com)
Coming soon to a western military near you…
MultiVersus relaunches to more than 114,000 concurrent players on Steam (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Germany: We will execute ICC warrant against Netanyahu (www.jns.org)
(May 23, 2024 / JNS) - Germany will detain Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant against him, a German government spokesman said Wednesday....
Right-wing Heritage Foundation trolls Pride month by declaring June 2 "Ex-Gay Visibility Day" (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Biden Weighs Letting Ukraine Strike With U.S. Weapons in Russia (www.nytimes.com)
[Interview] 'Star Trek: Discovery' is over. Now Alex Kurtzman readies for 'Starfleet Academy' and 'Section 31' (www.latimes.com)
Only seven EU countries require parties to reveal identity of all private donors (www.theguardian.com)
Spain and France are among the most opaque when it comes to declaring who party funders are, analysis shows...
UBS: More Billionaires inherited their wealth then gained it by entrepreneurship (www.ubs.com)
Imho an intressting development in the completly wrong direction. However it shows the massive problem capitalism has, that it increases capital accumulation within a small group of people. It also is a strong argument against the idea of billionaires having earned their wealth.
Bus rule (slrpnk.net)
Onosecond (imgflip.com)
South Africa’s ANC on course to lose majority in early projections (www.semafor.com)
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress looks set to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time since coming to power after the end of apartheid 30 years ago, according to projections based on early election results....
Chinese Spaceplane Releases Mysterious Object in Orbit Months After Launch (gizmodo.com)
PlayStation 5 "most profitable generation to date", Sony says (www.eurogamer.net)
Leaked Google Search API documentation (sparktoro.com)
I didnt need even more motivation to degoogle but got it anyway.
House Democrats Reject Mike Johnson’s Invite for Netanyahu to Address Congress (truthout.org)
Trump is conditioning MAGA for the next stage (www.salon.com)
White House says Israel’s latest actions in Rafah do not cross US red line (www.theguardian.com)
Trump floats 'cutting' retirement spending, drawing quick pushback from Biden (www.nbcnews.com)
The Republican nominee-in-waiting said that “there’s a lot you can do in terms of cutting” when pressed on CNBC about the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid....
Former Marco Rubio Intern Indicted for Storming Capitol on January 6 (www.miaminewtimes.com)
Biden’s Black voter troubles are setting off alarm bells (www.politico.com)
Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU (www.theguardian.com)
At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to a new report by security researchers....
