August 25, 2026
Trump started the morning on social media saying: “The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect…
On MAHA Media Hub, guest claims that if people "eat vitamin A foods, take daily cod liver oil, keep your kids well nourished, you will weather measles just fine"
“They Want People Scared”: Former Palestine Action Member Blasts Trump’s Terror Sanctions
Anti-genocide organizers say the “terrorism” label is intended to crush direct action against Israeli weapons shipments. The post “They Want People Scared”: Former Palestine…
Why I think polyamory is net negative for most people who try it
This is crossposted from my Substack TL;DR: -Most people cannot reduce jealousy much or at all - It fundamentally causes way more drama because of strong emotions, jealousy, no…
Trump blacklisting of "woke" Anthropic deemed illegal by federal judge
Anthropic refused to support lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance.
The AI ‘Ghosts’ Contaminating Academic Publishing
“The academic record is being quietly haunted” by researchers with names like Elena Vasquez and Marcus Chen.
First Draft: Inside Team Trump’s Plan to Use Michael Cohen to Go After Trump’s Enemies
If you thought Trump’s fixer really became one of the good guys, we have news for you. Anti-vax crank Robert F. Kennedy Jr., meanwhile, knows who to blame for measles deaths.…
As Backlash Grows, More Americans Now Oppose Automated Police License Plate Readers Than Support
A new survey on police license plate cameras found that "more Americans oppose these surveillance cameras than support them," reports TechCrunch: According to a new YouGov survey…
Greg Bovino: "The threat to your nation is your run-of-the-mill illegal alien," not "the worst of the worst"
Nepal Floods Demonstrate Threat of Climate-Driven Glacier Collapse
“What happened yesterday is unfortunately the new normal,” one geoscientist said of the devastating floods.
Pluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026)
Today's links How Canada can save Americans and defeat America: True Carneyism has never been tried. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Brazil v AIDS drug…
Meta makes AI glasses slightly less creepy with limit on nonconsensual recording
Meta fixes AI glasses to stop recording any time users cover up the safety light.
An Unsimulated Simulation
The Simulation Hypothesis Bob is an alien in an alien universe with a googol times as many resources as the entire earth combined. Bob decides, as anyone would do in his…
Comparing Nixon’s Attacks On The Press To Trump’s
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In his White House Correspondents’ Association dinner speech on July…