Students Show Up to Graduation, Find Commencement Speaker Is an AI Robot ( futurism.com )
The Importance Of Bad Companions In Games Like Baldur's Gate 3 ( www.thegamer.com )
Wyll is Baldur's Gate 3's most boring companion, but he's a necessary force for good in these games.
Morehouse Students Turn Their Backs, Walk Out of Graduation as Joe Biden Gives Speech ( www.yahoo.com )
After the only hospital in town closed, a North Carolina city directs its ire at politicians ( apnews.com )
Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear permanently....
OpenAI founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman go on the defensive after top safety researchers quit ( www.businessinsider.com )
Viral kids creator Ms. Rachel says she experienced bullying after fundraising for children in Gaza ( www.nbcnews.com )
706 people named Kyle got together in Texas. It wasn’t enough for a world record ( apnews.com )
How many people named Kyle can fit in one place? For one Texas city, not enough....
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM and Hamas leaders ( www.abc.net.au )
Confrontations continue over planned voting rules change in New Caledonia ( peoplesdispatch.org )
Fictional alien time travellers can’t be black, insist morons ( newsthump.com )
Despite polls, Biden aides insist Gaza campus protests will not hurt reelection bid ( www.reuters.com )
WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Several top White House aides say they are confident protests across U.S. college campuses against Israel's offensive in Gaza will not translate into significantly fewer votes for Joe Biden in November's election, despite polls showing many Democrats are deeply unhappy about the president's policy...
Baldur's Gate 3 developer opens Poland studio as work on new projects "ramps up" ( www.eurogamer.net )
Trump flattened for talking about executing Biden before gun owners ( www.rawstory.com )
Analysts: PS5 Outsold Xbox Almost 5 To 1 This Past Quarter ( www.forbes.com )
Keeping pet cats indoors would save millions of native animals and billions of dollars. So what's stopping us? ( www.abc.net.au )
Broader adoption of keeping cats safe at home would have large benefits for cat welfare, human health, local wildlife and even the economy. So, should cat owners be required to keep their pets contained to their property?...
Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention ( www.theguardian.com )
Donald Trump flirted with the idea of being president for three terms – a clear violation of the US constitution – during a bombastic speech for the National Rifle Association in which he vowed to reverse gun safety measures green-lighted during the Biden administration....
Nintendo of America has requested the removal of 717 games on Vimm's Lair ( vimm.net )
Sad news tonight. Nintendo of America has requested for 717 games and their images to be removed from The Vault. Each download plus it's box art and screen shots are no longer available.
The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy? ( www.theguardian.com )
But privately in the climate and biodiversity sector, the mood around the Bezos Earth Fund has turned to one of growing unease. Researchers, climate policy advisers and NGO staff voiced concerns about the level of influence the organisation holds over critical environmental institutions for halting climate change and...
Biden says pro-Gaza student protesters ‘voices should be heard’ in Morehouse speech ( www.independent.co.uk )
WWE on X - “Five years ago on May 20, 2019, Mick Foley introduced the 24/7 Championship. Here are some of the 24/7 Title's greatest, memorable, and most chaotic moments.” ( x.com )
Direct link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Iymnp1nTRY
Masahiro Sakurai refused to add Dolby Surround to a Kirby game because players had to sit through the logo ( www.videogameschronicle.com )
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for brutal crackdowns against political opposition, dies at 63 ( www.nbcnews.com )
Queen thought Meghan’s wedding dress was ‘too white’ as Sussexes mark 6th anniversary ( www.independent.co.uk )
$400 for one pineapple: The rise of luxury fruit ( www.cnn.com )
US House votes to force weapons shipments to Israel, rebuking Biden ( www.reuters.com )
The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as he urges Israel to do more to protect civilians during its war with Hamas....
