Man Sentenced to Four Months in Prison for Carrying a 6-Inch Master Sword in Public (www.ign.com)
“As reported by Eurogamer, 48-year-old Anthony Bray, of Nuneaton in Warwickshire, England, was spotted carrying a replica of the iconic weapon from Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series openly in the local town centre....
Trump could legally sell pardons under 'blueprint for totalitarianism' from Supreme Court (www.rawstory.com)
Whether It’s Biden or Someone Else, Gaza Remains Top Priority for “Uncommitted” Voters (theintercept.com)
Activists from around the country told The Intercept that they will advocate for an anti-war agenda at the convention in August and withhold their vote in November unless an adequate candidate steps up, listing policy priorities such as support for a permanent ceasefire and standing up to the pro-Israel lobby as it intervenes in...
Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. (www.cnn.com)
Luckily being President is mostly a 9-5 /s
'Love triumphs over prejudice' in Thailand as marriage equality bill passes (www.sbs.com.au)
Thirteen people killed and dozens wounded in Kenya as police open fire on protesters (www.sbs.com.au)
The lawsuit accusing Trump of raping a 13-year-old girl, explained (www.vox.com)
Johnson claimed that Trump violently raped her when she was 13 at a 1994 orgy hosted by Jeffrey Epstein — the billionaire who was convicted in 2008 of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution and has been accused of having sex with more than 30 underage girls....
Could this be the end of the GOP supermajority in Ohio's legislature? (www.wvxu.org)
Exit poll suggests Labour set for huge landslide win in UK general election (www.theguardian.com)
The American People Need A New Independence (www.kenklippenstein.com)
The 4th of July feels like a sad holiday to me. We celebrate an independence won over two centuries ago, like an out of shape former athlete reminiscing about his glory days on the high school football team....
Times Gonna Times (talkingpointsmemo.com)
Whatever else happens in the coming days with the presidential election, the whole saga will permanently affect my understanding of the culture of The New York Times.
Le Pen Rivals Set to Block Far-Right French Majority, Polls Show (www.bloomberg.com)
"Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is set to fall well short of an absolute majority in the French legislative election on Sunday, according to projections from three polling companies,” Bloomberg reports....
Ladybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivals (devclass.com)
Myanmar shop owners jailed for raising wages (www.bangkokpost.com)
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE is now available on GOG (www.gog.com)
Australia to build Top Secret cloud in AWS for defence users (www.theregister.com)
riding rules (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Adopting a stray cat (sh.itjust.works)
FUTO Keyboard - Offline, privacy respecting, and speech to text (keyboard.futo.org)
Biden at 81: Often sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful (apnews.com)
Exclusive: Firms weigh removing Taiwan staff from China after death penalty threat (www.reuters.com)
Some foreign companies are considering moving Taiwanese employees out of China after Beijing said it could impose the death penalty on “diehard” Taiwan independence separatists, said four people familiar with the matter....
After nine years in office, is it time for Justin Trudeau to go? (www.theguardian.com)
A Canadian prime minister who has outstayed his welcome, persistent inflation, a government bumped and bruised by scandal and a fired-up opposition leader itching for a public showdown....