Shawn Fain’s Victory in United Auto Workers Elections Keeps Union on New Course
The election was a referendum on the union's new direction, pursuing bold contract fights and new organizing campaigns.
Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What’s next for human employees?
The second-largest corporate employer has bet big on robot workers to scale.
Anti-Indian racism has been surging in right-wing media
Right-wing media’s racist attacks and ethnic slurs directed at Indians, other South Asians, and South Asian Americans have surged over the past year, in part fueled by…
US Measles Cases Top 4,200 as Pennsylvania Reports Sixth Death Related to Virus
The CDC website has only recognized two of the six measles-related deaths recorded in Pennsylvania this year.
All the Percents on Star Trek: TNG
I 100% love this video of every time someone says a percentage on Star Trek: The Next Generation. And the word “percent” has lost all of its meaning due to semantic satiation .…
Nearly 4M Records of Enslaved People in 20 Former British...
Nearly 4M Records of Enslaved People in 20 Former British Colonies Now Searchable Online . “ The Former British Colonies Enslavement Registers contains about 300,000 pages…
High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom
Co-author: “The unique geometry of the valves is the key; they act as collapsible pistons" to deliver venom.
Amazon In Talks To Buy AI Startup Decart For Around $7 Billion
Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire AI startup Decart in a deal that could value the company at up to $7 billion. Decart's DOS software helps developers optimize AI models…
October 8, 2026
On October 8, 1871, dry conditions and strong winds drove deadly fires through the Midwest.
Google wants to host your personal vibe-coded apps in the Play Store
Google plans to help turn those personal AI-generated apps into wide releases.
Prompting as Self-Portrait. “We need the blank page and...
Prompting as Self-Portrait . “We need the blank page and the silence to go deeper into our thoughts and our understanding of ourselves and of the world.”
Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta Has Reached AI 'Frontier', Rejects Calls For Slowdown
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company has reached the AI "frontier" with its new Muse Wonder model and will be offered as a closed, paid product for businesses. Zuckerberg…
How the US Nuclear Plant Fleet Is Leaning Into AI
"This year, nearly the entire fleet of 94 U.S. nuclear reactors has been offered the chance to integrate AI into its operations, and most have taken it," reports IEEE Spectrum: In…
‘Secretary of Cuck’: How Marco Rubio Learned to Love Waging Trump’s War on the World
Rubio was once a supposedly reasonable Republican, even the GOP’s ‘savior.’ Now he’s Donald Trump’s ‘Narco Rubio’ and overseeing a level of violence his staffers are terrified to…