The California State Assembly Has Passed the 'Protect Our Games Act'
https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/22330/stop-killing-games-movement-gains-momentum-california-assembly-passes-game-protection-bill
https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/22330/stop-killing-games-movement-gains-momentum-california-assembly-passes-game-protection-bill
InvenGlobal
'Stop Killing Games' Movement Gains Momentum: California Assembly Passes Game Protection Bill
©California State LegislatureThe 'Stop Killing Games' movement, which advocates for the right to continue playing games even after service termination, has achieved a significant legislative milestone in the U.S.
Canada in Technical Recession
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/recession-gdp-may-2026-statscan-9.7216352
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/recession-gdp-may-2026-statscan-9.7216352
CBC
Canada slips into technical recession as economic growth stalls | CBC News
Canada's economy contracted in the first quarter of the year on an annualized basis by a slim margin, Statistics Canada data showed on Friday, making it two consecutive quarters of annualized decline, which some would call a technical recession.
Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption)
https://github.com/secluso/core
https://github.com/secluso/core
GitHub
GitHub - secluso/core: A privacy-preserving Raspberry Pi home security camera that uses advanced end-to-end encryption.
A privacy-preserving Raspberry Pi home security camera that uses advanced end-to-end encryption. - secluso/core
WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/white-house-proposes-new-rules-giving-political-appointees-final-say-on-research-grants/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/white-house-proposes-new-rules-giving-political-appointees-final-say-on-research-grants/
Scientific American
White House proposes new rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants
These proposed Office of Management and Budget regulations would render the federal research grant review process opaque
Records Show UC Sharing Data with US Customs and Border Protection
https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/records-show-uc-sharing-data-with-us-customs-and-border-protection/article_785ac3ca-9ab2-4ab0-bbb8-07742e62d3d8.html
https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/records-show-uc-sharing-data-with-us-customs-and-border-protection/article_785ac3ca-9ab2-4ab0-bbb8-07742e62d3d8.html
Daily Cal | Berkeley news
Records show UC sharing data with US Customs and Border Protection
Public records turned up by The Ellis Collective, a student-led research group, have revealed that the UC system shared data collected by automated license plate readers at multiple campuses with
OpenRCT2 v0.5.1 "Swamp Castle" released Last version to support Windows 7
https://openrct2.io/blog/2026/05/openrct2-v0.5.1-released
https://openrct2.io/blog/2026/05/openrct2-v0.5.1-released
Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/danish-pension-fund-excludes-spacex-citing-governance-valuation-2026-05-29/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/danish-pension-fund-excludes-spacex-citing-governance-valuation-2026-05-29/
Reuters
Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and valuation
Danish pension fund Akademikerpension said on Friday it had placed SpaceX on its portfolio exclusion list ahead of the company's initial public offering, citing concerns about the governance structure and what it said was an overvalued stock.
Rsync 3.4.3 has hundreds of Claude commits
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@JeremiahFieldhaven/116654345332213390
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@JeremiahFieldhaven/116654345332213390
Gamedev Mastodon
Jeremiah Fieldhaven (@JeremiahFieldhaven@mastodon.gamedev.place)
So my systems recently updated to rsync 3.4.3, and as soon as that happened my backup system - which does incremental backups using multiple --compare-dest= arguments - started to fail on anything but a full backup.
Revert to 3.4.1 and it works.
So I go…
Revert to 3.4.1 and it works.
So I go…
The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History
https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-kaiser-and-a-mediocre-man-theory
https://www.deadcarl.com/p/the-kaiser-and-a-mediocre-man-theory
Deadcarl
The Kaiser and a "Mediocre Man" Theory of History
A Case Study in the Historical Importance of Incompetence
Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/05/28/leos-first-encyclical-attacks-technological-messianism
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/05/28/leos-first-encyclical-attacks-technological-messianism
The Economist
Leo’s first encyclical attacks technological messianism
The Pope warns against replacing humans with AI, though he seems to use it himself
Show HN: Helios – what plug-in solar could generate for any address in Britain
https://helios.southlondonscientific.com/
https://helios.southlondonscientific.com/
Southlondonscientific
Helios. Is plug-in solar worth it?
Address-specific yield estimates for plug-in solar in Great Britain. Built by South London Scientific.