Putin peace terms slammed as Ukraine summit begins
Leaders from Italy and Germany called the Russian president's plan "propaganda" and "dictatorial".
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Inside Out 2 ruins one of Inside Out’s best gags — and it’s no big deal
Image: Disney/Pixar via Everett Collection Where were the new emotions during Inside Out? It honestly isn’t worth all the Anger Continue reading…
Noah Schamus on How Their Debut Feature ‘Summer Solstice’ Captures Trans Intimacy by Mocking Bad Tropes and Embracing Bad Sex
The only thing more powerful than a first impression is a second one — at least, that’s the bet that “Summer Solstice,” a new anti-romantic comedy from Cartilage Films, makes on itself. Beginning with a character giving an impassioned monologue recounting his gender-affirming
Suicide threats are a weapon of family violence. How can police balance mental health needs with protecting victims?
It's relatively common for perpetrators of family violence to threaten suicide to control a victim-survivor's actions. A study by the Australian Institute of Criminology suggests 39% of women who experience coercive control are subject to perpetrators' threats of self-harm.
Southwest flight came within 400 feet of crashing into the ocean
Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/15/us/southwest-flight-hawaii-federal-investigation/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40691312 Points: 4 # Comments: 0
Radiation could pose challenge to putting people on Mars
Radiation levels during a solar storm were the equivalent of getting 30 chest X-rays.
Tank vs. Martin PPV: Here’s How To Watch the Boxing Match Live Online
The boxing world has a lightweight title bouts in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 15 with the co-headliner matches between Americans Gervonta “Tank” Davis (29-0) vs. Frank “Ghost” Martin (18-0) for the WBA Lightweight Championship. The other headliner features American David
‘Hacks’: J. Smith-Cameron Isn’t Done Working with Jean Smart and Wants to ‘Explore the Relationship More’
“It feels to me like there’s more there.” J. Smith-Cameron is manifesting a return to “Hacks,” hoping the showrunners Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky find a way to bring Kathy Vance back to the show. The last time she did that, was on HBO’s “Succession” where a
Nas And Arthur Baker Are Adapting Beat Street Into A Musical
The classic hip-hop movie Beat Street premiered in theaters 40 years ago this month. On Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival, rap great Nas announced he will be helping on a musical adaptation with Arthur Baker.
Harris vows to protect DACA: 'The story of Dreamers is a story of America'
Vice President Harris lauded the Biden administration's moves to protect recipients under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Saturday, the 12th anniversary of the Obama-era policy. "The story of Dreamers is a story of America. Dreamers across our Nation serve in
ESASky
Article URL: https://sky.esa.int/esasky/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40691042 Points: 22 # Comments: 0
Eight Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza
Israel's military said Saturday that eight soldiers were killed in southern Gaza in the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in months.
People left dangling upside down on amusement park ride
Footage recorded by an eyewitness shows the moment people got stuck on a ride in Portland, Oregon.
‘The Acolyte’ Star Lee Jung-Jae on How Jedis Learn From Their Mistakes, Leslye Headland’s Approach to the Show’s Characters
At the Monte-Carlo TV Festival Saturday, Lee Jung-Jae, one of the stars of new Disney+ series “Star Wars: The Acolyte,” spoke with Variety about how he prepared for his role as Jedi Master Sol, the strengths of Leslye Headland, the show’s creator, as a showrunner, and the
This LED mask hides your face behind a creepy pixelated smile
Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/13/24177741/mask-led-qudimask2-emotive-emoji Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40690996 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Show HN: Keydogger – Minimal keyboard macro for Linux(Wayland)
Works using uinput & wl-clipboard Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40690990 Points: 10 # Comments: 5
Megan Thee Stallion’s Houston Show Features Local Legends Bun B, Slim Thug & Lil Keke
Megan Thee Stallion returned to her home territory of Houston, Texas for an explosive show that featured local legends Bun B, Slim Thug and Lil Keke.
How small solutions can solve big electric grid problems
We can use precision tools to shape the system more precisely and keep costs down while keeping the lights on.
George Conway predicts Trump will ‘lose big’ in Supreme Court immunity case
Conservative attorney George Conway said Friday that he thinks former President Trump will “lose big” in his presidential immunity case that is before the Supreme Court. Conway joined CNN’s Jim Acosta to talk about the highly anticipated decision from the nation’s highest
Perfectionism is optimizing at the wrong scale
Article URL: https://www.autodidacts.io/holistic-perfectionism/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40690936 Points: 15 # Comments: 4
Members Of Duran Duran, Roxy Music, Boney M, & M People Receive King’s Birthday Honors
Earlier this week, the model for Duran Duran’s Rio cover was finally identified . On Friday, the band’s frontman Simon Le Bon made an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honors, along with Heather Small of M People and Liz Pemberton-Mitchell of Boney M.
Perplexity AI Is Lying about Their User Agent
Article URL: https://rknight.me/blog/perplexity-ai-is-lying-about-its-user-agent/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40690898 Points: 155 # Comments: 105
Jeremy Tepper, SiriusXM’s ‘Outlaw Country’ Chief and a Leader of the Americana Movement, Dies at 60
Jeremy Tepper, a musician, journalist, executive, program director of SiriusXM’s “Outlaw Country” channel and for decades a leading light of the Americana/ alt-country movement, died Friday of a heart attack. Singer Laura Cantrell, Tepper’s wife of 27 years, confirmed the news
Biden campaign hits Trump with bilingual video on DACA anniversary
President Biden's reelection campaign unveiled a bilingual video Saturday, attacking former President Trump for his aversion to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy — a 2012 program that protects immigrants who came to the U.S. as children from
Acorn Computer Systems catalogue circa 1983
Article URL: https://blog.jgc.org/2024/06/acorn-computer-systems-catalogue-circa.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40690807 Points: 12 # Comments: 1
Over 50,000 Palestinian children need malnutrition treatment
UNRWA has warned that with humanitarian aid restrictions, thousands of Palestinian children are in need for dire treatment due to acute malnutrition.
The Day I Learned to Think Like a Browser
Article URL: https://www.thebookwormsburrow.com/p/the-day-i-learned-to-think-like-a Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40690771 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
A ‘Blade’ Timeline: Five Years and Counting for Marvel’s Reboot With Mahershala Ali
Before “Iron Man” and “Thor,” before “Spider-Man” and “X-Men,” there was “Blade.” Starring Wesley Snipes as the titular daywalking half-vampire vampire slayer, the movie debuted in 1998 at a time when Marvel comics had yet to enjoy a successful feature film adaptation. The New
Farah Griffin: Trump talked about executing people at several White House meetings
Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said former President Trump talked about executing people multiple times at White House meetings. Farah Griffin joined Mediaite’s Aidan McLaughlin to discuss her time in the Trump administration and what she thinks
Engineer's Solar Panels Are Breaking Efficiency Records
Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/solar-panels-breaking-efficiency-records Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40690718 Points: 18 # Comments: 13
French protesters decry far-right shift as snap election looms
About 250,000 people protested in France on Saturday, authorities said, in a show of force against the rising far-right National Rally party guided by Marine Le Pen.
Alicia Vikander, Jude Law Talk Surprising Ending of Henry VIII Movie ‘Firebrand’
[This story contains spoilers for the film Firebrand.] The fates of Henry VIII’s wives are well known, with a particularly macabre children’s rhyme dedicated to their untimely ends. Less committed to the cultural zeitgeist is much about the wives, themselves, especially
James Blake Releases Surprise CMYK 002 EP
On Friday, James Blake held a 12-hour event full of DJ sets and performances, taking place at New York’s Knockdown Center from 5PM-5AM. On Wednesday and Thursday, the British singer and producer performed piano shows with covers of Frank Ocean, Joni Mitchell, Feist, and more.
Ukraine's president says 'history being made' at Swiss peace summit
The summit aims to plot the first steps toward peace in Ukraine even though analysts don't expect any major breakthroughs because Russia is absent.
See Post Malone Bring Out Billy Strings for Two Songs at Bonnaroo
Singer detours from his new country career during headlining set, but enlists bluegrass buddy for "Rockstar" and "Stay" at the festival
Iran, Sweden free prisoners in Oman-mediated swap
Iran and Sweden announced a prisoner exchange on Saturday that saw a former Iranian official released in Sweden in exchange for a European Union diplomat and a second Swede. "Hamid Noury, who has been in illegal detention in Sweden since 2019, is free and will return to the
Activists, exiled opposition slam Sweden's 'shameful' freeing of Iranian ex-official
An exiled Iranian opposition group and activists on Saturday slammed as shameful Sweden's freeing in an apparent swap for two Swedes of a former Iranian official jailed over his role in the mass executions of dissidents in 1988. Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prison official,
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The best sci-fi movies to watch on Netflix this June
Image: Toho The Oscar-winning kaiju thriller stands tall as one of this month’s best sci-fi films Continue reading…
If Biden doesn’t ace the first debate, will he be replaced at the convention?
The scheduled presidential debate on June 27 will be the most crucial test yet to determine Biden’s mental acuity.
Biden, Trump step up outreach to Black men
President Biden and former President Trump are ramping up their messaging toward Black male voters, underscoring the political power the demographic will hold in November. Though Black voters overwhelmingly identify as Democrats, concerns that Black men are leaving the party
Italy's Meloni plays down G7 abortion row
There are reports of tensions over the wording of the final statement from this year's summit.
Stephen Fry on Reprising the King in ‘Red, White & Royal Blue 2’ and Why Prince William and Harry Are ‘Very Gay-Friendly’
British actor Stephen Fry remembers being about 10 years old in the late 1960s when he first saw a production of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest” on television. He immediately checked out the “Complete Works of Oscar Wilde” from the mobile library that
US military strikes Houthi radar sites in Yemen after ship goes missing in Red Sea
The U.S. military is striking radar sites operated by Yemen’s Houthi rebels after a merchant sailor and boat went missing in the Red Sea earlier this week. U.S. strikes have destroyed seven radars within Houthi territory, the military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The