Noble sacrifices, gaming historians and nudity filters + this day in history w/Virginia Tech 33 and our song of the day by Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark on your #MorningMonarchy for April 16, 2024.
Notes/Links:
UK Plans Facial Recognition Expansion, Empowering Cops To Scan Faces in the Street
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-plans-facial-recognition-expansion-empowering-cops-to-scan-faces-in-the-street
JP Morgan Chase Cashes in on Customer Data
https://reclaimthenet.org/jp-morgan-chase-cashes-in-on-customer-data
Trump Reportedly Nods Off While Attending First Day of Criminal Trial; Prosecutors are already moving to punish the former president for his Truth Social posts. He didn’t seem riveted
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-new-york-hush-money-trial-day-one-1235004719/
Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest-ever fraud case
https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-truong-my-lan-sentence-fraud-trial-f0b97cf206f5656e09eb9c410861a153
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses Congress amid skepticism about US role abroad
https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/04/11/japanese-prime-minister-fumio-kishida-addresses-congress-amid-skepticism-about-us-role-abroad/
Japanese PM Fumio Kishida addresses U.S. ‘self-doubt’ about world role in remarks to Congress; Republicans, especially those in the House, have resisted providing foreign aid to places under threat, including Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/japanese-prime-minister-fumio-kishida-address-congress-joint-meeting-rcna147339
Video: Fumio Kishida meet: Japanese Prime minister addresses joint meeting of congress | WION (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn2U3-F4qfY
EU Party Pushes Back Against Gaming Companies Shutting Down Games People Have Paid For
https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-party-pushes-back-against-gaming-companies-shutting-down-games-people-have-paid-for
Image: @Hybrid’s Cover Art – Game Genie’s “STOP KILLING GAMES!”
https://mediamonarchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/20240416_MorningMonarchy.jpg
“The Tourists Have Taken Everything” Laments Japanese Resident As Retro Runs Dry
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/the-tourists-have-taken-everything-laments-japanese-resident-as-retro-runs-dry
NEW VIDEO | The Story of The Oregon Trail; In 1971, three student teachers created a computer game about traveling the Oregon Trail. It became one of the best-selling edutainment games of all time. But the creators never made a penny. Runtime: 1hr 27 min
https://vxtwitter.com/GamingHistorian/status/1778476161728692491
Video: The Story of The Oregon Trail (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QbjlHeoLdc
The wallet-busting era of car ownership
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/13/car-prices-insurance-repairs
Google One VPN to Shut Down Later This Year
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/12/google-one-vpn-shut-down-later-this-year/
Meta criticised after lowering WhatsApp minimum age from 16 to 13
https://news.sky.com/story/meta-criticised-after-lowering-whatsapp-minimum-age-from-16-to-13-13113483
New Instagram tool will stop children receiving nude pictures
https://news.sky.com/story/new-instagram-tool-will-stop-children-receiving-nude-pictures-13112913
Video: “Nudity Filter For Instagram” | Meta Ramp Up Security On Social Platform (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9BqPANaJa0
April 2014 – Page 6 – Media Monarchy
https://mediamonarchy.com/2014/4/page/6/
Flashback: Biography: David and Nelson Rockefeller (Apr. 16, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/biography-david-and-nelson-rockefeller/
Flashback: Saturn’s Newborn: Scientists Say Planet’s Ring May Give Birth to Baby Moon (Apr. 16, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/saturns-newborn-scientists-say-planets/
Flashback: Medicated to Death: SSRIs and Mass Killings (Apr. 16, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/medicated-to-death-ssris-and-mass/
Flashback: NATO Chief Calls on Russia to Stop Destabilising Ukraine (Apr. 16, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/nato-chief-calls-on-russia-to-stop/
Flashback: Mormons, Atheists Discussion Held in Salt Lake City (Apr. 16, 2014)
https://mediamonarchy.com/mormons-atheists-discussion-held-in/
#ThiwsDayInHistory/#MorningMonarchy: April 16, 2018 – Virginia Tech massacre that kills 33, including lone gunman, Seung Hui Cho, in 2007 (Audio)
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180416morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 16, 2018 ♬ Soul Asylum & Fugazi
https://mediamonarchy.com/20180416pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: April 16, 2019 – Space Billboards Are Coming to RUIN Everything
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190416morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 16, 2019 ♬ The Drums & Electric Light Orchestra
https://mediamonarchy.com/20190416pumpupthavolume/
#MorningMonarchy: April 16, 2021 – DMX Received Covid Vaccine Days Before Heart Attack, Family Says No Drugs
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210416morningmonarchy/
#PumpUpThaVolume: April 16, 2021 ♬ DMX & Tom Jones
https://mediamonarchy.com/20210416pumpupthavolume/
#PumpUpThaVolume/#TruthMusic: Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark – “Kleptocracy” (Audio)
https://youtu.be/tzNvDQ7Iav8