Category: The Web and Metaverse

Streaming media – The Roku Channel

Currently On Roku Channel: “Edge of Tomorrow”

Major Bill Cage (Tom Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of fighting when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat against an invading alien race. Top Letterboxd Comment by millfsforjesus: “War never changes unless you can time travel and are Tom Cruise.”

North Carolina News – NC NEWSLINE

NC House panel recommends changes to involuntary commitment system

A North Carolina House committee voted on Tuesday to approve interim recommendations to improve public safety in the state, but lawmakers say they’re a long way from finishing their work on involuntary commitment. || Christine Zhu

video and transcript – Democracy Now

“The Future Is Peace”: Maoz Inon & Aziz Abu Sarah on Israelis and Palestinians Working Together

Israeli Maoz Inon and Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah have closely worked together calling for peace in their communities. They just released a book titled “The Future Is Peace: A Shared Journey Across the Holy Land.”

online posts – bluesky – ErinInthemorning.com

Some Birds Posted on Bluesky

Two new birds on my life list this morning on my morning walk, a female Hairy Woodpecker and a Northern House Wren. 🙂

Triangle News – INDYWeek

Apex Approves One-Year Moratorium on Data Centers

The temporary ban gives the town time to develop regulations for data centers and related uses.

Tech News – REST OF WORLD

RedNote chases U.S. expansion after its “TikTok refugee” moment fades

The company is now opening offices in Palo Alto and New York, and hiring for its “founding teams” in the U.S., according to job postings on LinkedIn. The positions include a recruiter, an algorithm engineer, and a community growth manager. || Viola Zhou

Science News – Science Daily

A crushed fossil revealed a dinosaur that shouldn’t have existed

A badly mangled dinosaur skull, once forgotten in a drawer, turned out to be a rare and important discovery. Reconstructed by a Virginia Tech student, it revealed a new species of early carnivorous dinosaur with unusual features never seen before. The fossil suggests some dinosaur groups were wiped out during the end-Triassic extinction, not just their rivals.

Entertainment Blog – Why So Blu?

Criterion Announces July Releases

The Elephant Man (1980); Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1973); Hud (1963); The Crying Game (1992); Cruel Story of Youth (1960); The Love That Remains (2025); [Collection] I’ll Remind You of Everything: The Films of Mike Mills (Beginners, 2010; 20th Century Women, 2016; C’Mon C’mon, 2021)

Commentary – Shelterforce

How Public Banks Can Meet Public Needs

In 2020, the nonprofit organization Action Center on Race & the Economy published a study showing that state and local governments pay $160 billion in annual interest on the money they borrow. Banks owned by cities, counties, regional authorities, or states—better known as public banks—would enable local governments to recapture that money by borrowing from themselves.

political News – Reuters

Leftist Sanchez in line for Peru runoff as vote count goes down to the wire

Leftist Peruvian congressman Roberto Sanchez shifted into second place in a presidential vote tally heading ‌down to the wire on Wednesday, rattling financial markets at the prospect of him facing Keiko Fujimori in the runoff.

YouTube Video – NYC Mayor’s Office

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re Taxing the Rich.

Zohran Mamdani: I’m thrilled to announce the city’s first-ever pied-a-terre tax, which is a fee on luxury apartments worth more than $5 million whose owners don’t live full time here. Because we all have to contribute to this city. And some, more than others.

Youtube Video – Gaming – Lukael Plays

Lukael Plays: Blue Prince Blind Playthrough

Hello everyone and welcome to Blue Prince! In this puzzle/roguelite game, we must navigate through the shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers of our great uncle’s estate. How can we find the mysterious 46th room?