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The MOVE Fire

This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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Shirley Chisholm — Unbought and Unbossed

In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.

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Meta Horizon Store

Meta Horizon Store
DeveloperMeta Platforms
Launched2013
Websitewww.meta.com/experiences

The Meta Horizon Store, known from 2013 to 2015 as Oculus Share, 2015 to 2022 as Oculus Store and from 2022 to 2024 as the Meta Quest Store, is the main video game and app store digital distribution service and storefront developed by Meta Platforms for the Meta Quest and its successors, as well as for Meta Horizon OS-based devices.

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The beta version of the Oculus Share website was first announced on August 19, 2013, to allow users to self-publish, discover, download, and play games and experiences.[1] In 2015, following Oculus VR's acquisition by Facebook, Oculus Share was shut down and revamped as the Oculus Store for the consumer-facing Oculus Rift, including pre-approvals, sales taxes and comfort ratings.[2] In addition, the company announced an investment of $10 million into indie game developers to distribute their games in the store.

In 2021, Facebook introduced "App Lab", a new section within the storefront allowing developers to upload and distribute apps without going through the formal review process. App Lab is designed primarily to support early access models, and can support public and invite-based distribution.[3]

As a result of Facebook's corporate rebranding as Meta Platforms, CTO Andrew Bosworth announced that the Oculus brand would be phased out in 2022; all Facebook hardware products will be marketed under the Meta name, and Oculus Store would be renamed Quest Store. Likewise, immersive social platforms associated with Oculus will be brought under the Horizon brand (such as Horizon Worlds).[4][5][6][7][8]

On April 22, 2024, the company announced that the Meta Quest Store was renamed as the Meta Horizon Store. In the same announcement, software platform would be rebranded as Meta Horizon OS and opened to third-party headset manufacturers (starting with Microsoft, Asus and Lenovo), the Meta Quest mobile companion app renamed as the Horizon mobile app, and a new spatial app framework was announced to assist mobile developers in porting their software to, or programming original apps for, Horizon OS.[9] In addition, the company announced that App Lab would be phased out in two phases, first placing App Lab access inside of a tab in the Horizon Store instead of a separate URL,[10] and later phasing out all references to App Lab and merging App Lab content into the Horizon Store while no longer rejecting submissions to the Store on the basis of taste or quality.[11]

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In 2022, the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of New York, Tennessee, and North Carolina began investigations into Meta's VR-related business practices, including third-party app distribution on the Oculus Store, over allegations of anti-competitive behaviors.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ VR, Oculus. "Announcing Oculus Share (Beta)! | Meta Quest Blog". www.meta.com. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  2. ^ Constine, Josh (2015-06-12). "Oculus App Store Will Require Pre-Approvals, Comfort Ratings, Tax". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  3. ^ Faulkner, Cameron (2021-02-02). "Oculus' App Lab offers a new way to try early access VR apps without sideloading". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  4. ^ Robertson, Adi (2021-10-28). "Facebook's Oculus Quest will soon be called the Meta Quest". The Verge. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  5. ^ "Company formerly known as Facebook unceremoniously kills off 'Oculus' brand". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  6. ^ Feltham, Jamie (November 5, 2021). "Meta Quest 2 Is Already Replacing Oculus Quest 2 Branding". Retrieved February 21, 2022.
  7. ^ Daniel Piper (February 3, 2022). "Meta's Oculus Quest rebrand is off to a disastrous start". Creative Bloq. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  8. ^ Khan, Imad (January 27, 2022). "Oculus Quest 2 just officially renamed Meta Quest — and it's not going well". Tom's Guide. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  9. ^ "Your Request Couldn't be Processed". Meta for Developers. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  10. ^ Heaney, David (April 22, 2024). "Meta Is Getting Rid Of App Lab And Opening Up The Store". UploadVR. Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  11. ^ Heaney, David (August 23, 2024). "Quest's App Lab Is No More As Meta Horizon Store Launches". UploadVR. Archived from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  12. ^ Robertson, Adi (2022-01-14). "The FTC is reportedly investigating Meta's VR division for antitrust violations". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
  13. ^ "Meta's Oculus Unit Faces FTC-Led Probe of Competition Practices". Bloomberg.com. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
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Meta Horizon Store

The Meta Horizon Store, known from 2013 to 2015 as Oculus Share, 2015 to 2022 as Oculus Store and from 2022 to 2024 as the Meta Quest Store, is the main video game and app store digital distribution service and storefront developed by Meta Platforms for the Meta Quest and its successors, as well as for Meta Horizon OS-based devices.

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List of delisted video games

This is a list of notable video games that have been digitally delisted from distribution platforms such as Battle.net, Epic Games Store, GOG.com, Meta Horizon Store, Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Steam, Ubisoft Connect, and Xbox Games Store. This list only includes titles which have been delisted from all digital platforms. Shovelware, asset flip, and mobile-only video games are not included in this list.

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Maestro (2024 video game)

Maestro is an indie virtual reality rhythm game developed and published by Double Jack. It involves simulating conducting a group of musicians such as an orchestra or brass band, making movements with a virtual baton, commanding them to start and stop playing, changing the instruments dynamics and so on. The game was released in October 2024 for Steam VR, Meta Quest and on the following year for PlayStation 5, being supported in virtual reality headsets such as Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest Pro, Pico 4 and PlayStation VR2. It is included in the Meta Horizon+ subscription on Meta Horizon Store. On September 17th, 2026, Double Jack released a version for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, thus making it non-VR compatible for the first time. The new release includes a new song, "Ashes on the Fire", from Attack on Titan, which was released as a paid DLC for other platforms on August 20th. A demo version, for both platforms, is available since August 14th.

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Meta Horizon OS

Meta Horizon OS, previously known informally as Meta Quest Platform or Meta Quest OS, is an Android-based extended reality operating system for the Meta Quest line of devices released by Meta Platforms. Initially developed for the embedded operating system on the Oculus Rift and Oculus Rift S, the platform has been based on the Android operating system since the release of the Oculus Go in 2018. It first supported augmented reality via grayscale camera passthrough upon the release of the Oculus Quest in 2019, and has supported color passthrough since the release of the Meta Quest Pro in 2022. On April 22, 2024, the company announced that the platform would be rebranded as Meta Horizon OS.

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Greenwood / Black Wall Street

Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.

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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY

Who became the first Black woman to travel into space?

Mae Jemison, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.