"No one does it alone, not even the madness." — Nicholas Ray If it's possible, it may happen. If it's impossible, it might happen. "Shut your eyes and you'll burst into flames." — Log Lady
The ignorance and incompetence of the Trump regime continues — and no one is surprised. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conferenceState department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazilwww.theguardian.comLook, up in the sky! A new flying menace! Expecting bulk purchases from law enforcement ... “No learning curve. No pilot skills. No controller,” the company says. “Just launch and go.” petapixel.com/2026/07/30/h...
HoverAir Versa Is the World's First Flying Pocket CameraFrom handheld gimbal camera to flying camera in seconds.petapixel.comLobby-ing — "The building is not all that different from what many feel about Obama himself: gravity defying, seemingly impossible, yet also a real, apparently indomitable force in American liberalism." www.bostonreview.net/articles/in-...
In the Lobby of Hope and ChangeThe Obama Presidential Center monumentalizes a liberalism still incapable of seeing its flaws.www.bostonreview.net"Unidentified falling objects" in the Large Hadron Collider might hint at dark matter. (Does your brain hurt yet?) www.sciencealert.com/ufos-in-the-...
'UFOs' in The Large Hadron Collider May Be Hints of Dark MatterFor years, strange signals have been emerging from inside the Large Hadron Collider.www.sciencealert.comWhy we can't have nice, and cheaper, things. www.techdirt.com/2026/07/30/t...
Trump Republicans Are Destroying Decades Of Policy Progress On Affordable BroadbandQuick background: the $8 billion FCC Universal Service Fund (USF) applies a small surcharge on traditional phone lines to fund broadband expansion to unserved rural homes, schools, and libraries (of which the U.S. has a lot thanks to rampant telecom monopolization). While the USF, like all government programs, hasn't been absent of fraud (usually at...www.techdirt.comAI — too cheap to control? (Like the PR over nuclear power at its beginning: "Clean, safe, too cheap to meter.") www.vox.com/technology/4...
AI could end up too cheap to controlThink anarchy, not oligarchy.www.vox.comTrump is making U.S. less safe. Is this a pretext for crackdowns should a big terror attack happen? www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/dems/p...
Peters Report Finds Trump Administration Has Dismantled Critical Counterterrorism Infrastructure and Weaponized What Remains Against Political Opponents, Leaving Americans Vulnerable to Terror Threats...Senator Gary Peters released a new report detailing how the Trump Administration has systematically dismantled key elements of the nation’s post-9/11 counterterrorism infrastructure, diverting personn...www.hsgac.senate.govNow, why would that be? "America gripped by election fears as November nears" www.axios.com/2026/07/30/e...
Election fears run rampant as November nears: pollThe worry over democracy doesn't stop with Election Day.www.axios.comDear residents of TX and AZ, Go find your own solar power. I'm taking yours. Love, Elon www.statesman.com/business/art...
Tesla’s increasing energy needs drive new solar deals in Texas, ArizonaTesla is expanding purchases of solar power as its need for energy grows at Gigafactory Texas and elsewhere across the state.www.statesman.comRe "Fauci faces contempt vote after invoking Fifth Amendment in Senate hearing," let's take a stroll down memory lane ... www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Trump invokes Fifth Amendment nearly 450 times in N.Y. AG’s civil probe of his business practicesAn attorney for Trump said the former president answered only one question, about his name, during the four-hour deposition.www.nbcnews.comMobsters gonna mob. emptywheel.net/2026/07/29/t...
Todd Blanche Colluded with an Italian Mafioso ... and Also Rudy Guiliani ... to Indict Jim Comey - emptywheelThe backup to Jim Comey's various motions to dismiss his seashell prosecution are compelling. They are also evidence of a deeply unwell nation.emptywheel.netChristian nationalist “historian” — popular.info/p/the-fake-h...
The fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusadeLast Friday, President Trump released an executive order directing officials to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) informing visitors that the museum pr...popular.infoDEFCON 1 for perv glasses at DEF CON 2026 — www.theregister.com/security/202...
DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses'More organizers prohibit camera-equipped specs, even with prescription lenseswww.theregister.com
