An unbearable video about the “future of media”—complete with endless buzzwords and nonsense—is not, in fact, a joke. From the Observer: Earlier this month Michael Ferro, chairman of Tribune Publishing, announced that the legacy media group was rebranding as tronc, or 'Tribune Online Content' (though the
* Senators say no to strengthening background checks and preventing suspected terrorists from purchasing guns. * On the gun vote: only 11 senators' votes were up for grabs. * Gun control point and counterpoint: Leah Finnegan annotates an AR-15 owner’s apologia. * Every time a bomb goes off somewhere, every time
Finally, the Japanese Donald Trump commercial we’ve all been waiting for.
* US Senate to vote on four gun control bills today; none are expected to pass. * Summer solstice arrives tonight with a rare "strawberry moon." * The Sahel, the world’s largest interconnecting crisis area, is on the verge of collapse. * First country-to-country ride-hail service takes people
Footage from Japan’s Onbashira festival—reputed to have continued, uninterrupted, for 1,200 years—where young men prove their mettle by riding enormous logs down a hill.
* "Secret" memo sees dozens of US diplomats urging Obama to attack Assad, in response to more than 400,000 dead. * The vast majority of mass shooters use handguns, not assault rifles, in their attacks. * See also: FBI crime data shows murder victims by weapon, 2010–2014. * Brexit campaign
* Democratic Senator's filibuster leads to a "path forward" in the Senate on two gun control measures. * Since the gun lobby has long suppressed research, basic questions remain about how policy can lead to prevention. * Trump sees two civilizations at conflict; for Obama, they are one. * To
* Neither Clinton nor Trump have articulated why more airstrikes in Syria are the right response to an attack ISIS didn't coordinate. * Clinton wins the final primary in DC and meets with Sanders, who will address his supporters on Thursday. * If Trump wins, he'll be the oldest
* Photos of worldwide memorials to Orlando—including in places where it's illegal to be gay. * Orlando shooter was enough of a regular at Pulse to have been kicked out before. * Clinton backs assault weapon ban. * A timeline of the NRA and gun makers' wildly successful manipulation of
