Kim Jong Un’s New Warship Capsizes at Launch Due to ‘Absolute Carelessness’ - The Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com/world/asi…

Kim, who witnessed the mishap unfold at a Wednesday launch event, lambasted officials for their “absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism” in causing the “serious accident,” North Korea’s state media reported. The 41-year-old dictator equated the gaffe to a criminal act.

Thought you were having a bad day?

Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy to leave posts in White House, sources say - CBS News

In March, Waltz came under scrutiny after he put together a Signal chat and mistakenly included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, disclosing discussions with top national security officials about plans for a military strike on Houthi targets in Yemen.

Part of being a security adviser is being, you know, competent at security.

Sharon Osbourne calls for Irish band’s U.S. visas to be revoked after Coachella show - pennlive.com

“At a time when the world is experiencing significant unrest, music should serve as an escape, not a stage for political discourse.”

This is the stupidest possible take on music and art. Her husband sang “War Pigs”.

California is now 4th-largest economy in world, surpassing Japan

Some Americans constantly talk about how much CA supposedly sucks and is on the edge of collapse. My favorite criticism is that “no one wants to live there because it’s so expensive”, although the fundamentals of capitalism explain that it’s so expensive because so many people want to live there.

Meanwhile, back in reality…

CVE program faces swift end after DHS fails to renew contract, leaving security flaw tracking in limbo | CSO Online

This is fine.

France Fines Apple €150 Million Over iOS Data Consent Rules - Bloomberg

Things like this are why it’s hard for me to take EU regulation seriously. (In before “but what about the US…” Yeah, I know.)

It’s purely good that Apple makes apps get your approval before allowing them to track your actions. France claims this is hard for the poor companies like Facebook that want to collect every move you make. Yes. It’s supposed to be. That’s the point. I want it to be.

After White House national security adviser Michael Waltz’s idiotic misadventure of texting top secret war plans to reporters, I don’t ever, ever want to hear another word about Hilary Clinton’s email server. Not a whisper.

A Case for Turning Tulsa Into the Next Big Tech Hub | WIRED

Requirements OK will never meet:

• Better politics. Techies are largely for individual rights. The Midwest largely isn’t.
• Better worker protections. Great tech jobs aren’t usually in right to work states.
• Employees own their ideas. In CA, for example, you can launch your own startup while still working for someone else. In the places in the Midwest I’ve lived, your employer generally owns things you create while working for them.

If you don’t build those, they won’t come.

California now requires credit card companies to assign a merchant category code to gun stores. Stripe has a list with 294 already used codes including Electric Razor Stores (5997); Glassware, Crystal Stores (5950); Massage Parlors (7297); and Shoe Repair/Hat Cleaning (7251).

Gun advocacy extremists make it sound like credit card companies are trying to do something new and unique to punish gun stores. In reality the law creates 1 more category alongside the few hundred others.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao’s home raided by FBI agents - CBS San Francisco:

In an emailed statement to CBS News Bay Area, the FBI said, “The FBI is conducting court authorized law enforcement activity on Maiden Lane. We are unable to provide additional information at this time.”

Election officials just announced that Thao’s recall election petitions met the criteria to be put to ballot. This hasn’t been a pleasant week for her.