America's housing shortage is keeping home prices high ( www.axios.com )
We’re also seeing a rapid increase in commercial vacancies with WFH. But there are big challenges and costs to turning commercial properties into residential....
Hunter Biden reaches plea deal with feds to resolve tax issues, gun charge ( www.politico.com )
Crackers demand $4.5 million ransom and API pricing changes from Reddit ( www.theverge.com )
Musk says looking to bring Tesla and Starlink to India after meeting with PM Modi ( techcrunch.com )
One of America’s top abortion rights lawyers was just confirmed as a federal judge ( www.vox.com )
Thousands of realistic but fake AI child sex images found online, report says ( arstechnica.com )
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Woodworking and Hugs: Inside the Mental Health Movement for Men ( reasonstobecheerful.world )
Twitch will require new labels for streams with sexual themes, gambling and M-rated games ( techcrunch.com )
Spotify’s will reportedly launch HiFi audio through a costlier premium subscription ( techcrunch.com )
Bird Populations Are in Meltdown ( 12ft.io )
Almost 400 websites spread Russian propaganda in Bulgaria ( www.euractiv.com )
EU wants “readily removable” batteries in devices soon—but what does that mean? ( arstechnica.com )
Putin orders creation of psychiatric institute to “study the behavior of LGBT people”, Russian health minister warns of "suicides across the country" ( web.archive.org )
On June 14, Russia’s State Duma passed a bill banning surgical operations “aimed at changing a person’s sex” and changing one’s gender marker in legal documents in its first reading. During the session, multiple parties in the Duma vocally criticized the document. After Russia’s Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko...
EU countries vote to move forward with Nature Restoration Law, piling further pressure on MEPs ( www.euronews.com )
New York City: Social Media Is a Public Health Threat ( www.govtech.com )
Explainer - Missing Titanic submersible: what is the Titan tourist sub and what might have happened to it? ( 12ft.io )
AP News: A search is underway for missing submarine that takes people to see Titanic ( apnews.com )
Netflix launches website based on the fictional streaming service from ‘Black Mirror’ ( techcrunch.com )
Hunter Biden to plea guilty in tax, gun case ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Estonia becomes the first ex-Soviet country to legalize gay marriages ( www.themayor.eu )
The Riigikogu, Estonia’s Parliament, passed a new law which legalizes marriage for same-sex couples, thus becoming the first post-Soviet country to do so. That this happened in the month of June, which is generally when most Pride parades take place around the world, is also highly symbolic and poignant.
Estonia legalizes same-sex marriage ( www.politico.eu )
Uruguay won’t melt huge bronze Nazi eagle into a dove, president says ( www.politico.eu )
Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida ( archive.is )
"I’m beginning to understand that we’re not on the right side" - Russian soldiers who surrendered say morale on the Russian side is very low ( web.archive.org )
One captured Russian soldier says he worries about what will happen if he is returned to Russia in a prisoner swap. “If I have the opportunity, I’ll refuse to be exchanged." Another fighter reported that a doctor declared him unfit for combat after he was wounded in March, but his commander ordered him back to the front.