L.A. mayoral forum canceled after leading candidates pull out
Organizers on Monday canceled a televised forum for Los Angeles mayoral candidates after City Councilmember Nithya Raman dropped out,
which meant all three of the leading candidates would be no-shows.
Mayor Karen Bass originally committed to the forum but dropped out last week,
saying she would instead travel to Sacramento to lobby state officials for funding on a variety of issues including homelessness a…
“Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles”
https://vale.rocks/posts/game-console-browsers
There is a *lot* here. Not screen shots of sites, but history of the browser on each platform with interesting nuggets.
Waymo launches a $30 per month membership program called Waymo Premier, with perks including 10% cashback and five free ride cancellations per month (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/waymo-launches-a-lo…
"Testing the waters: can pumping chemicals into the ocean help stop global heating?"
#Chemicals #Environment #Oceans
The Department of Government Efficiency ( #DOGE )
tagged Jewish themes as “#DEI” (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) in ChatGPT
when searching for federal humanities grants to cancel last year,
according to a class-action lawsuit.
The methodology contributed to the cancellation of National Endowment for t…
🐧 #science Using ankle bands on penguins for chemical surveillance.
https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/penguin-toxicologists-find-pfas-chemicals-r…
Laos can do more to mitigate chemical pollution of rivers flowing into Vietnam (analysis) https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/laos-can-do-more-to-mitigate-chemical-pollution-of-rivers-flowing-into-vietnam-analysis/…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Chemical Brothers:
🎵 Galvanize
#TheChemicalBrothers
https://clavette.bandcamp.com/track/the-chemical-brothers-galvanize-clavette-reboot
https://open.spotify.com/track/4bz7uB4edifWKJXSDxwHcs
Adobe agrees to pay $75M to resolve a US government lawsuit accusing it of concealing hefty termination fees and making it difficult to cancel subscriptions (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/adobe-pay-75
The interior department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development,
as Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.
The 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management,
which oversees about 10% of land in the US.
It allowed public property to be leased for restora…