THE POSTHOLE
Wednesday, 24 June 2026 · Midday Edition · Vol. 1 No. 196
MJD 61215.62
LEAD — STATE & LOCAL
As options for those with sensory needs have expanded, going out to eat can still be a challenge.
INTERNATIONAL
▸ Law enforcement, banks warn of money laundering gaps in major US crypto bill
-- ICIJ
The crypto industry and law enforcement groups are in the midst of a lobbying showdown over the proposed Clarity Act.
▸ China and the West are taking opposite paths on EV battery recycling
-- Rest of World
NATIONAL
▸ Public Records Show FBI Secretly Extracted Data From ICE Protesters’ Phones
-- Mother Jones
On the evening of June 11, 2025, Shailynn Bray-Waters joined hundreds of other protesters at a demonstration outside an ICE...
▸ We Are Drinking the Earth—and Eating It
-- Mother Jones
▸ Trump’s Gilded White House Makeover Is All About Power
-- Mother Jones
HEALTH
▸ Even in Blue States, Hospitals Have Continued To Drop Gender-Affirming Care for Youths
-- KFF Health News
Massachusetts passed laws and joined lawsuits to protect access to gender-affirming care for minors. But faced with the Trump...
INVESTIGATIVE
▸ Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure
-- ProPublica
The post Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure appeared first on ProPublica .
TECHNOLOGY
▸ Slint 1.17 Released
-- Lobsters
Comments
▸ Porting WINE to a new Hobby OS
-- Lobsters
▸ AOL was down (1996)
-- Lobsters
SECURITY
▸ Embedding Forbidden Text in Spyware to Discourage AI Analysis
-- Schneier on Security
At least one malware developer is adding text about nuclear and biological weapons to their spyware, in an effort to stop...
#infosec #cybersecurity #posthole
IN BRIEF
• AI Is Moving up the Software Lifecycle: From Code Review to PRD Governance -- InfoQ
• Presentation: Rules for Understanding Language Models -- InfoQ
• Article: Beyond CLEAN and MVP: Architecting an Offline-first Reactive Data Layer in... -- InfoQ
• Lucide Releases Version 1.0, Removing Brand Icons and Cutting Bundle Size for Millions... -- InfoQ
• Presentation: The Time It Wasn't DNS -- InfoQ
SECTIONS
Gaming Greatness: Waiting for GTA 6's PC release might save you dropping an extra... #gamin...
