Cartoon villain shit: This week, the Everett Herald introduced layoffs to over half of its workers with the elimination of 12 positions. Writer Rudi Alcott claimed “readers would not discover” the numerous cuts to the workers, in accordance with the Herald’s personal reporting. However, the writer deleted that article from the web site on Thursday, calling its portrayal of actual occasions and the affect on actual native journalism “a success piece.” Sadly, this transfer drew extra consideration to the layoffs, stirred up some good old school outrage, and a “friendlier” model of the piece was restored to the location after a number of hours. The Streisand impact strikes once more!
The unique model of the story lives on in print: As they are saying, print is ceaselessly. Wait, they are saying that, proper?
Our writer took down this story on-line after shedding half the newsroom. Fortunately print lives on. @EverettHerald @EverettGuild pic.twitter.com/JzEbd2Ussj
— Jenelle Baumbach (@jenelleclar) June 20, 2024
No arrests in Garfield capturing: It has been two weeks since a lunchtime altercation at Garfield Excessive Faculty left 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine useless. The Seattle Police Division nonetheless has not caught the suspected “school-aged” shooter, but they’re working “very, very onerous on that investigation,” in accordance with a division spokesperson.
Some solstice information: Yesterday, as all of us in fact know, was the summer time solstice. The longest day of the 12 months fluctuates between June 20 and June 22. This 12 months, the solstice got here on June 20 at 1:24 p.m. That is the earliest solstice in 228 years. To place that into context, the final time the solstice occurred this early, George Washington was president. This does not spell doom or gloom, however is merely a results of calendar quirks.
Summer time lovin’: We did it, we have reached the sweaty, skin-sizzling zenith of the 12 months. The solar shall be out and shall be displaying off Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, the solar will take a break and let the clouds have one other mainstage second.
Heat, dry situations will proceed into Saturday. Cooler temperatures are anticipated alongside the quick coast. Excessive temperatures will peak for many inside areas on Friday. Cooler temperatures are possible by Sunday as a weak system strikes by way of the world. #WAwx pic.twitter.com/I2nHqM8cTn
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) June 20, 2024
That is the dangerous place: Along with main Joe Biden within the polls, convicted felon Donald Trump is totally obliterating Biden on the subject of fundraising. Within the final month, Trump fundraised $60 million greater than the Biden marketing campaign. The 34 felonious counts appear good for enterprise; Trump raised $141 million in Could alone.
One other mysterious monolith: Bear in mind in 2020 when these unusual monoliths popped up in locations all over the world after which shortly disappeared? To my data, we by no means bought any solutions about these. Possibly our probability for fact is now—one other monolith has simply appeared in Nevada’s Desert Nationwide Wildlife Refuge. I hope the wrongdoer is aliens reasonably than efficiency artists or, worse, a company advertising and marketing scheme.
MYSTERIOUS MONOLITH!
We see numerous bizarre issues when individuals go climbing like not being ready for the climate, not bringing sufficient water… however test this out!
Over the weekend, @LVMPDSAR noticed this mysterious monolith close to Gass Peak north of the valley. pic.twitter.com/YRsvhJIU5M— LVMPD (@LVMPD) June 17, 2024
FBI raids Oakland mayor’s home: First-term Mayor Sheng Thao’s home was overrun with FBI brokers on Thursday. It’s unclear what the raid issues. ABC Information heard from sources that it’s a public corruption case, and the IRS and the US Postal Service are working along with the FBI on it. In what appears to be a connection to this raid, the FBI additionally raided properties owned by politically influential Duong household which owns the recycling firm Cal Waste Options.
Costs dropped towards most Hamilton Corridor protesters: On Thursday, the Manhattan District Lawyer’s Workplace dropped a lot of the expenses towards the Columbia College college students who took over a college constructing throughout pro-Palestine demonstrations this spring. The workplace dismissed 31 of 46 trespassing expenses as a consequence of “lack of proof.” Fourteen different individuals, solely two of whom are college students, can have their expenses dropped if they don’t seem to be arrested within the subsequent six months. A fifteenth individual nonetheless faces a trespassing cost in addition to a cost of burning an American flag and breaking an NYPD digicam whereas in a holding cell.
Simply Cease Oil protesters broke into a non-public airfield to vandalize Taylor Swift’s non-public jet.
Neither of the 2 plane that have been really vandalized are owned by Swift. pic.twitter.com/cH47JqLjrx
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 21, 2024
Barcelona bans Airbnb: The Spanish metropolis’s mayor, Jaume Collboni, introduced Barcelona will ban all quick time period house leases for vacationers by 2029 as a technique to management rental prices for precise residents of town. Barcelona will cease issuing new short-term rental licenses and can cease renewing present licenses.
Effectively, that is a aid: The US Supreme Court docket issued an opinion Friday upholding an present regulation banning alleged home violence offenders from proudly owning firearms. The opinion was 8-1 with Justice Clarence Thomas the one dissenter.
Forbidden paint job: Two local weather protesters with Simply Cease Oil broke right into a London airfield and spray painted two non-public jets orange. They have been reportedly attempting to focus on Taylor Swift’s jet, however her aircraft wasn’t parked at that airfield. This demonstration comes simply days after different Simply Cease Oil protesters spray painted Stonehenge orange. Are these techniques working? No thought. However, they’ve gotten my consideration, so perhaps that is an indication of efficacy.
Simply Cease Oil protesters broke into a non-public airfield to vandalize Taylor Swift’s non-public jet.
Neither of the 2 plane that have been really vandalized are owned by Swift. pic.twitter.com/cH47JqLjrx
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 21, 2024
You simply cannot make this shit up: Apparently, Michigan Republican congressional candidate Anthony Hudson is in scorching water as a result of he deepfaked some audio and made Martin Luther King Jr.’s voice endorse him in a marketing campaign video. In line with Michigan’s Fox affiliate, a TikTok video from the candidate featured MLK saying, “I’ve one other dream. Sure, it’s me, Martin Luther King. I got here again from the useless to say one thing,” the audio says. “As I used to be saying, I’ve one other dream that Anthony Hudson shall be Michigan’s eighth District’s subsequent congressman. Sure, I’ve a dream once more.” After the backlash, Hudson mentioned his good friend was the one who posted the video. I am actually having fun with fascinated with the inventive course of behind this. Like, a bunch of Republicans in a room being like, “You already know what can be loopy? If we might get the coveted post-humous MLK endorsement.”
A music to your Friday: In honor of Kendrick Lamar’s Juneteenth live performance the place he performed his Drake diss observe “Not Like Us” 5 occasions this is that observe to your listening pleasure:
