Trump’s 80th birthday #UFC stunt on the South Lawn of the #WhiteHouse on Sunday night was a mass-media spectacle unlike any in the history of the presidency.

#Trump sat ringside beside his wife, Melania Trump, as fighters whaled on one another inches away inside an 8-sided cage wrapped in #cryptocurrency ads. All 5 of his children & nearly all his grandchildren sat around him.

#grotesquerie #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/us/ufc-trump-white-house.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

From May to August last year, Corpus Christi's #Bitcoin mine consumed 11,563,000 gallons of water, according to utility records that the Observer previously obtained via a local resident’s public information request.

Now the city is refusing to share the latest data. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/

#cryptocurrency #tech #water #CorpusChristi #politics #USpol #Texas #GulfCoast #drought #news

From May to August last year, Corpus Christi's #Bitcoin mine consumed 11,563,000 gallons of water, according to utility records that the Observer previously obtained via a local resident’s public information request.

Now the city is refusing to share the latest data. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/

#cryptocurrency #tech #water #CorpusChristi #politics #USpol #Texas #GulfCoast #drought #news

[noted]: The Second Circuit has rejected Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal, upholding his conviction and 25-year sentence. The court ruled that whether his investments ultimately paid off is “irrelevant”. Meanwhile, SBF has applied for a presidential pardon.

https://www.citationneeded.news/second-circuit-rejects-sam-bankman-frieds-appeal/

#SBF #SamBankmanFried #crypto #cryptocurrency

[noted]: The Second Circuit has rejected Sam Bankman-Fried's appeal, upholding his conviction and 25-year sentence. The court ruled that whether his investments ultimately paid off is “irrelevant”. Meanwhile, SBF has applied for a presidential pardon.

https://www.citationneeded.news/second-circuit-rejects-sam-bankman-frieds-appeal/

#SBF #SamBankmanFried #crypto #cryptocurrency

New from Candice Bernd: The drought-stricken City of Corpus Christi is withholding how much #water a controversial #cryptocurrency mine is siphoning away from surrounding residents. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/

#environment #politics #CorpusChristi #ClimateChange #drought #Texas #news #USpol

New from Candice Bernd: The drought-stricken City of Corpus Christi is withholding how much #water a controversial #cryptocurrency mine is siphoning away from surrounding residents. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-cryptomine-water-usage-secret/

#environment #politics #CorpusChristi #ClimateChange #drought #Texas #news #USpol