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Russia frees Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko, detained since March 2021, and Belarus frees Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei, detained since July 2023 (Lauren Wolfe/Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/06/russia-and-bel

Russia and Belarus release two journalists who had been detained for years - Committee to Protect Journalists
Paris, June 23, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko and Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei, who had been unjustly detained for years by Russia and Belarus, respectively.   Russia freed Yesypenko on June 20 after he served a five-year prison sentence on charges of possessing and transporting explosives, which he denied. Karnei, detained for nearly 2...

Die ePetition 182492 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Normung mit dem Titel
Änderung der Bestimmung der Energieeffizienzklasse bei Waschmaschinen
kann bis zum Montag 04. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition soll erreicht werden, dass bei Waschmaschinen die Energieeffizienzklasse and…

Die ePetition 182492 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Normung mit dem Titel
Änderung der Bestimmung der Energieeffizienzklasse bei Waschmaschinen
kann bis zum Montag 04. August 2025 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition soll erreicht werden, dass bei Waschmaschinen die Energieeffizienzklasse and…

Of course, I don't know 'hardware', as you can tell from my technical description, but I have a sample from another tuning peg gear, and the peg and gear for testing, I get to Home Hardware and they have loose bolts of small dimension. I quickly learn that #6 is too large, #4 is too small and they have no #5's where the thread matches.
But you know what works? Do you remember those little chrome bolts with the hex-wrench heads that used to hold expansion cards in the ibm-pc? Perfect match, only 5mm too long, easily compensated by buying a matching nut and my 53-years owned pawnshop 5-string, my first banjo, is back in action!

Sources: Google reduces the budget for Google TV and Android TV by 10% and cuts Android TV and Google TV's ~300 employees by 25%, as it focuses on YouTube (Sahil Patel/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-cuts-smar…

Google Cuts Smart TV Budget as It Doubles Down on YouTube
Google has cut its smart TV budget and trimmed its team—marking the most concrete signs yet of the company’s waning interest competing with the likes of Samsung and Roku as it centers its TV business around YouTube. The company has reduced the budget for Google TV and Android TV 10%, according ...

Sources: CBS decided to end The Late Show on June 27, before the 60 Minutes settlement, but Colbert's agent only informed him after he taped the July 16 episode (Lesley Goldberg/The Ankler)
https://theankler.com/p/on-vacation-colbert-didnt-know-late

On Vacation, Colbert Didn’t Know ‘Late Show’ Was Dead. His Manager Did
SCOOP: James Dixon waited two weeks to tell his star and more new details about who knew what and when, and what comes next

The UK CMA says it has provisionally found Google meets the legal tests to designate it with "strategic market status" in general search and search advertising (Financial Times)
https://t.co/B2evUJQFta

Google faces UK push to loosen its grip on search
Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authority’s plan as ‘punitive’ and risk to economic growth

Several LAT staffers say Jon Stewart's unchallenging interview of Patrick Soon-Shiong on The Daily Show left many inside the LAT newsroom perplexed and furious (Oliver Darcy/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/jon-stewart-patrick-soon-shiong-la-times

Softballs for Soon-Shiong
Jon Stewart torched media executives for bowing to Trump—then handed Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, one of the worst offenders, an unchallenging interview minutes later.

Sources: ESPN and the NFL are nearing a landmark deal to add Red Zone, NFL Network, and more to the ESPN's streamer, launching in the fall for $29.99 per month (Andrew Marchand/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6509767/202…

ESPN and NFL closing in on ‘Next Era’-defining media deal
What could be in the deal: Red Zone Channel, NFL Network, seven regular-season games, enhanced betting and fantasy possibilities.

Q&A with comedian Andrew Schulz about becoming America's "foremost political journalist", interviewing Donald Trump and others, "podcast bros", and more (David Marchese/New York Times)
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Andrew Schulz, ‘Podcast Bro,’ Might Be America’s Foremost Political Journalist
The comedian and host has a huge audience and many thoughts on what podcasters like him are responsible for now.