The Daily Populous

Sunday May 19th, 2024 night edition

image for Rudy Giuliani is served indictment papers at his own birthday party after mocking Arizona attorney general

The announcement came less than two hours after a social media post from Giuliani taunted Mayes for failing to deliver his indictment.

The notice was served to Giuliani during a celebration in Palm Beach, Florida, for his 80th birthday.

An hour and 14 minutes later, Mayes responded to Giuliani’s post, writing, “The final defendant was served moments ago.

Giuliani, 79, turns 80 on May 28 and was enjoying an early birthday celebration in Palm Beach on the night he was served, according to social media activity.

“The mayor was unfazed by the decision to try and embarrass him during his 80th birthday party.

The Arizona “fake electors” scheme isn’t the only controversy Giuliani has faced in the wake of efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

In December 2023, Giuliani was hit with a $148 million verdict for defaming two Georgia election workers. »

Conservative activist's son sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for 'relentless' attack on Capitol

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A Pennsylvania man whose father is a prominent conservative activist has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol.

Conservative activist's son sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison for 'relentless' attack on Capitol.

Bozell's father, L. Brent Bozell III, founded the Media Research Center, the Parents Television Council and other conservative media organizations. »

Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain

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Two programmer-musicians wrote every possible MIDI melody in existence to a hard drive, copyrighted the whole thing, and then released it all to the public in an attempt to stop musicians from getting sued.

Functionally, this means they are similar to public domain works, though copyright lawyers disagree on whether this puts them truly in the public domain.

A work is considered in the “public domain” if it’s a government work or if it has had its copyright expire, which happens many decades after a work’s release. »

Samuel Alito's snide denial of his Jan. 6 flag is just as ugly as flying it in the first place

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There's no universe, Scarborough noted, in which the upside-down flag is used as a way to throw the finger to neighbors you're in a spat with.

Martha-Ann Alito took offense to a neighbor who "displayed an anti-Trump sign with an expletive" around the election.

Things escalated, and, as neighbors and documentary evidence show, the inverted flag was up in the days after the riot. »

Fallout is officially coming to Fortnite, and it looks like Epic's already teasing a new POI and the Brotherhood of Steel

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With a new official teaser having just landed, it looks like that time is Fortnite Season 3.

Today, Fortnite developer Epic tweeted an image of a Brotherhood of Steel member clad in the iconic Fallout power armor, looking through some billowing smoke clouds.

Rumors and datamines have pretty definitively predicted that Season 3 will be apocalypse themed, and this Fallout crossover would certainly fit right in. »