A Juneteenth celebration with about 1,000 people in Oakland, California, turned violent when multiple people were shot and stabbed near Lake Merritt. The residents are trying to recall the new Oakland mayor who prioritized diversity. According to Lokmat Times, one person was reported killed and eight injured. Other reports say no one was killed, and […] The post Sad Juneteenth Celebration with Shootings and Stabbings appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

The Daily Wire found that poultry giant Tyson was selling shirts for its annual Juneteenth celebration, which read that the holiday is the nation’s true independence day. The holiday marks the day that some African Americans in a remote area of Texas learned slavery ended two-and-a-half years earlier. One shirt says, “Juneteenth is my Independence […] The post No July 4th for Tyson appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

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A video shared on Instagram claims President Joe Biden’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens, is married to Stephen Owens, who purportedly owns Dominion Voting Systems. Verdict: False Multiple sources, including Biden Owens’ personal website, indicate she is married to attorney and businessman Jack Owens. According to Forbes, Stephen Owens is the managing director/co-founder of State Street […]

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Move over McKenzie Scott, there’s a new philanthropic heiress in town. This is Marlene Engelhorn, a Millennial member of one of the richest families in Austria, and the proud owner of several receipts demonstrating how she gave away her inheritance. The heiress, whose forebearers founded the BSAF pharmaceutical company, and who would come to acquire […] The post Austrian Heiress Appoints Fifty Citizens to Give Away Her €25 Million Fortune appeared first on Good News Network.

Books cover reveal Revealing Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures, edited by Ann LeBlanc A new anthology of cyberpunk and posthuman stories written by transfem authors. By Reactor | Published on June 20, 2024 Photo courtesy of Ann LeBlanc Comment 0 Share New Share Photo courtesy of Ann LeBlanc We’re thrilled to share the cover and table of contents for Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures, a new anthology edited by Ann LeBlanc—publishing August 27th with Neon Hemlock. Embodied Exegesis is an anthology of cyberpunk and posthuman stories written by transfem authors. The included stories explore the limits of the genre: gender-affirming cybernetics, the literary surveillance state, transcendent hive-minds, a transgender coffee machine, and weaponized shitposts. The future of cyberpunk is trans, so stay tuned for an anthology of wild and weird stories exploring the limits of technological transformations of our bodies and minds. Cover art by Lyss Menold; Design by dave ring Table of Contents “The Repossession of Kevin’s Perfect Hair” by Lillian Boyd “Bespoke” by Elly Bangs “Right To Remain” by Riley Tao “Labelscar” by Anya DeNiro “The Woman of Water Dreams” by Ryka Aoki “Syndical Organization in Revolutionary Transition” by Izzy Wasserstein “The Majestic Art of Flesh” by Hailey Piper “Each of Us is All of Us” by TT Madden “The Wrong Body” by AGA Wilmot “Top 11 Reasons Being a Ghost is Better Than Being Human, Actually (via FizzRoll.net)” by Adeline Wong “A Canyon of Blood for the Normalest Man Alive” by Palimrya “The Missile Knows Where It Is” by Petra Skelton “My Robot Body” by Meghan Hyland “Residuals” by Jess Levine “Moonpool” by Coyote Dembicki “The Hundred Eyes” by Catherine Kim “Carseed” by Max Firehammer “A Notorious Intergalactic Criminal” by Maya Deane “ANIMA” by J Jennifer Espinoza Ann LeBlanc is a writer, editor, and woodworker. Her stories have been published in Strange Horizons, Clarkesworld, Escape Pod, and Baffling Magazine. Her debut novella, The Transitive Properties of Cheese, is forthcoming from Neon Hemlock Press in 2024. Ann is also the editor of Embodied Exegesis, an anthology of cyberpunk and posthuman stories by transfem authors. You can find her online at annleblanc.com. The post Revealing <i>Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures</i>, edited by Ann LeBlanc appeared first on Reactor.