Right-wing media are scandalized by NYC Mayor Mamdani's request to set AC units at 78 degrees, even though it has long been standard guidance for heat waves
Omar Files Resolution Opposing Rubio’s ICC Threat as He’s Sued for ICC Sanctions
“If we respect human rights,” Rep. Ilhan Omar said, “we have nothing to fear from the ICC.”
Steve Bannon on Trump's Thursday prime-time address: "This information is going to change the direction of politics."
Socialist Arizona Candidate Says Israel Is Interfering in His Election
Kai Newkirk, a democratic socialist, is challenging an incumbent Democratic lawmaker in Arizona.
A short, hypnotic video by Matthew Wilcock of the music...
A short, hypnotic video by Matthew Wilcock of the music generated by a tennis rally at Wimbledon . “Duplicating the players and then using the rhythm of the multiple tennis balls…
A most improbable astronaut just went to space
"I pretty much, at that point in time, gave up on being an astronaut."
US Government Warns That Russia State Hackers Are Coming After Your Router
CISA and allied governments are warning users to secure their routers as Russian state-backed hackers continue compromising the devices and turning them into proxy nodes to…
How Brussels can avoid becoming a digital vassal to US Big Tech
An export-control order in June exposed the real problem—and why Europe's regulatory toolkit can't fix it. [1] The most important AI-governance development of 2026 so far wasn’t a…
Graham Platner Allegations: What do they mean for Democrats?
How should we evaluate serious allegations against public figures? In this clip from Suspension of the Rules, Isaac Saul, Kmele Foster, and Audrey
Beautiful Hand-Drawn Guide to The Legend of Zelda
Philip Summers hand-draws game guides for old school video games . He’s done guides for games like Mega Man , Castlevania , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) , and Metroid . But…
SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's 13th test flight later this week
This flight will put Starship under higher pressure and test out new Starlink satellites in orbit.
Apple Reportedly Agreed to Intel Chips To Avoid White House Tariffs
According to the Wall Street Journal (paywalled), Apple agreed to use Intel's U.S. chipmaking plants after White House officials pressured Tim Cook during tariff-relief talks last…
Watch a chess transformer think
I was poking around at a chessformer which mimics human play and made this fun companion app to visualize a lot of the internals of the engine. Check out how attention heads look,…
NEWS: Trump Leaves Instructions if he Dies, ICE Mocked Immigrant After Killing Him, Endangered Species Protections Rolled Back
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