Wayne James

All-purpose journalist - I like ze news and I like ze weather and I like ze comedy.

Blocked by @SebGorka, @therealroseanne, @abbymartin, @jimmy_dore

[Cristian Crespo F. 🇨🇺 @cristiancrespoj]

😢Así vivieron esta pareja de ancianos el terremoto de #Venezuela

Dos fuertes sismos sacudieron el miércoles el oeste de la capital de Venezuela, provocando el derrumbe de edificios en #Caracas, dejando personas atrapadas bajo los escombros, y llevaron a científicos a estimar que se producirían “numerosas víctimas y daños extensos” en el país.

#Venezuela

[Daan van den Broek @Daaanvdb]

🇩🇪 Germany is next. 🔥

The German ICON model projects maximum temperatures well above 40°C in Eastern parts of Germany.

Locally, up to 43°C is possible according to ICON.

🚨 Germany's current all-time record is 41.2°C (Duisburg-Baerl and Tönnisvors on 25 July 2019).

[VE sin Filtro @vesinfiltro]

🟢 En desarrollo: Comenzaron a desbloquear @X·com en #Venezuela.

En la madrugada posterior al terremoto CANTV, Thundernet, Digitel y Movistar levantaron el bloqueo a X·com que lleva casi 2 años.

No todos los ISP lo han desbloqueado y algunos contenidos aún podrían no cargar.

[Wayne James @WayneOnTheWire]

M7.2, M7.5 earthquakes struck northern Venezuela back-to-back on Wednesday evening, causing buildings to collapse in Caracas.

There is high damage potential overall, with risks of soil liquefaction.

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Today was the hottest day ever recorded in France, breaking the record set just yesterday.

[Wayne James @WayneOnTheWire]

@insauga Sasquatch photos have been clearer.

[Wayne James @WayneOnTheWire]

@aubetony poussé*

[Wayne James @WayneOnTheWire]

@aubetony Quit being a pussy. Take off some clothes.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Moscow hit by largest Ukrainian attack since start of Russia's full-scale war https://t.co/L7bP193fwY

[Vera Bergengruen @VeraMBergen]

Trump has told his advisers that no one can handle Netanyahu, and that he wants to “bomb everyone,” according to a person who heard his comments. @jdawsey1 @alexbward @AnatPeled1 https://t.co/PdgyJny2go

[Wayne James @WayneOnTheWire]

Also affecting parts of Southeastern Ontario

[NWS Buffalo @NWSBUFFALO]

Peak wind gusts will likely reach the 45 to 55 mph range today, strongest northeast of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. These wind speeds are rare for June, with fully leafed out trees likely contributing to scattered wind damage and power outages. #nywx

[Stormwx1 @stormwx1]

Widespread 40-60+mm across the GTA with much falling since midnight. Watch for flooding in some spots this morning.

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Well past midnight and the votes continue on Bill C-22 amendments. Just amendment numbers with no discussion, no debate, and no way for the public to even know what is being voted on.

[Wayne James @WayneOnTheWire]

"...The country’s population stood at 41.4 million people, including citizens, permanent and temporary residents, according to new estimates from Statistics Canada.

By contrast, a year ago, Canada’s population was approximately 0.5 per cent higher, at 41.6 million people."

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Outflow of temporary residents drives drop in Canada’s population for third consecutive quarter https://t.co/KET5Y4ynEi

[Wayne James @WayneOnTheWire]

@robbiegoodwin @StoryWarz @BeckyLynchWWE @HARLANDHIGHWAY @marknorm @bigjayoakerson @luisjgomez @gasdigital Das right

[Axios @axios]

U.S.-Iran deal to end war "now in place": Pakistani PM https://t.co/4cCWCcv6Qi

[Steve Lookner @lookner]

President Trump announces the US military has killed the leader of Tren De Aragua with an airstrike in Venezuela

[Wayne James @WayneOnTheWire]

The provision is a part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA, and grants American spy agencies sweeping powers to collect and examine the communications of foreigners located outside the United States without first getting a warrant.

[Eric Tucker @etuckerAP]

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire today after failed congressional efforts to renew it. It’s the most important surveillance tool in the government’s arsenal.

A look at what the lapse means — and doesn’t mean.

https://t.co/i0oUvrDPSD

[Nico Perrino @NicoPerrino]

It's a precarious time for the free and open internet.

Between age verification, KOSA, NO FAKES, and government stakes in AI companies, we may be looking at the most dramatic federal reshaping of the internet — and how it's allowed to operate — since its creation.

Nothing we're seeing in the news looks good for free speech. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are eager to regulate internet content to a degree it has never been regulated before. And you will be required to verify your identity before accessing that content.

Unfortunately, public opinion seems stacked against free speech and an open internet. There is not the natural and noisy constituency for freedom that there used to be.

Civil libertarians have often had to stand against public opinion to protect freedom. We won with the early internet against great odds. I'm hopeful we will do so here, too. But it may require litigation, as it did in the '90s.

As for federal preemption, it can be a good thing if it protects free speech, as Section 230 did. It can also be a bad thing if it requires censorship.

We'll see how that shakes out. But we shouldn't trade good preemption in one context for burdensome censorship in another.

[Marty Swant @martyswant]

This was already an important story last week when Wired wrote about NameTag. Now, news of Meta removing its system is double newsworthy since Meta's top execs had publicly (and wrongly) criticized the original reporting.

Yet another great scoop.