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17 Celebrities Who Were Forced To Hide Their Sexualities To Protect Their Careers
One actor hid pictures of his husband on Instagram before auditioning for a big drama series.
BuzzFeed • Kristen HarrisIf Your Living Room Lacks Personality, Grab These 27 Decor Pieces From Anthropologie
Make your living room as colorful and fun as you are!
BuzzFeed • Courtney Hayes‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Season 18 Premiere Review: This Show is Obsessed with Death
“Frank Marries a Corpse” and “Dennis and Dee Don’t Get Rich” show that the Gang can go lower than six feet
Cracked: All Posts • Keegan KellyEric Hobsbawm's Age of Contradictions
RealClearPolitics • John MerrickBean Counting, Antisemitism and the EEOC
RealClearPolitics • Kenneth MarcusTrump Doubles Down on Strait of Hormuz as U.S. Territory
If you voted for the Republican ticket because it promised a restrained foreign policy, I have some bad news for you.
RealClearPolitics • Steve BenenCA Admits It Doesn't Track Noncitizens on Voter Rolls
California has now told the country that it doesn't know how many noncitizens have been removed from its voter rolls.
RealClearPolitics • Jordan SekulowDemocrat Divisions on Display in Austin
Monday, August 17th on RealClearPolitics:00:00 How Big is the Big Tent?
RealClearPolitics • BevanMaking Americans Healthier Again
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has transformed how Americans think and talk about health policy.
RealClearPolitics • Kevin RobertsR.I.P. Columbia House: Here’s How It Improbably Survived This Long
It wasn't music streaming that killed it, because it pivoted.
Gizmodo • Mike Pearl23 Products To Put You In The Mood For Fall Even If It’s Still 90 Degrees Where You Live
These zombie popsicle molds and pumpkin soft serve are sure to hold you over until the leaves turn brown.
BuzzFeed • Mariel GuzmanPeople Are Sharing Their Scariest Stories About Being On The Dark Web, And Holy Crap
"I was trying to buy those super cool laser pointers, and I got a random message saying, 'I know where you live.' I noped out of that site straight away."
BuzzFeed • Ajani Bazile-DutesData centre securitisation: what the SEC staff letter actually says
Nvidia announced $500bn of AI infrastructure financing last week, alongside Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR. A fortnight earlier, the Securities and Exchange Commission staff answered a question. It concerned how deals of that general type are regulated. The exchange took six days.
The Next Web • Alina Maria Stan35 Skincare Products That, Trust Me, You’re Going To Want ASAP
I'm telling ya — once you get your hands on this Abib sunstick, you'll never want to wear anything else.
BuzzFeed • Daysha EdewiDid Adnan Syed Really Kill Hae Min Lee? Inside The Debate Surrounding The 1999 Murder
The podcast Serial brought the controversial case of Adnan Syed into the spotlight in 2014, 15 years after he was charged with strangling his ex-girlfriend and burying her in Baltimore's Leakin Park.
All That's Interesting • Rivy LyonSpirit Airlines data: Google chose its own anonymisation agent
Google has agreed to pay $10mn for what a dead airline knew. A judge considers the sale on Wednesday morning. Reuters reported the price on Monday. Every account of the deal rests on one word. The data is deidentified, so nobody need worry.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinOnly True 2010s Pop Fans Can Match These Songs To The Correct Boy Band
The mid-2010s boy band era gave us unforgettable hits!
BuzzFeed • silvertree3048Cursor Origin is on by default, and its data terms are missing
Cursor started rolling out Origin, its own code hosting platform, on Monday morning. About three and a half hours later GitHub fell over. The order matters, because most of the internet reversed it. Matt Palmer works at Cursor. He quote-tweeted his own company’s launch with a line that then travelled further than the product.
The Next Web • Ana Maria Constantin27 Walmart Products That’ll Make Your Backyard The Place Everyone Actually Wants To Hang Out
"Want" is tame; people will need to hang out in your backyard this summer.
BuzzFeed • Brock Pirtle19 Celebs Who Ruined Their Career In A Single Interview
"I've never seen somebody fall into irrelevancy like that."
BuzzFeed • Hannah Marder18 Age Gaps In Movies That Get Way More Uncomfortable Once You Learn How Young The Actors Were
Keira Knightley was only 17 when she filmed Love Actually,
BuzzFeed • Jamie KoPeople Are Stunned by What This Teacher Wore to School
TA woman’s video showing off her outfit in what appears to be a classroom has sparked debate online, with some viewers questioning whether the look was appropriate for a teacher. X user @HistorianUSA1 was among those who criticized the viral clip, calling the outfit unprofessional.
The Daily Dot • JenniferCopilot Autofix did not write the Snowflake flaw, GitHub say
A security company said on Monday that an AI wrote a critical flaw into Snowflake’s code, and that another AI found it and broke in. The second half holds up. The first half came apart in about eight hours. What is left is still worth your attention. It is just not the story that travelled.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinQwen3.8-27B runs frontier-class coding agents and reasoning locally, no cloud API required
The biggest AI model release of the past few days, at least among the developers and AI power users on social media, wasn't a frontier cloud model from OpenAI, Anthropic or Google.
VentureBeat • Carl FranzenNeed A New Purse? I’m Here To Help With 27 Options Under $50 From Amazon
~Bag~ these purses so you can carry your belongings in style.
BuzzFeed • Emma KershawMan Shows Off 90-Square-Foot Apartment in New York City
New York City is known for being one of the more expensive places to live, and so many people rent out apartments on the smaller side just so they can call it home. They’re still expensive, but when compared to the others, it’s the only option some can afford if they want to be in the city that never sleeps. And a man is showing what that looks like in a video he shared on social media, which has since been reshared by X user @lalovestrump. And it’s pretty small.
The Daily Dot • JenniferUnfortunately, there are only three Ana and Din mysteries
Having finished The Tainted Cup, I immediately dove into the next Ana and Din novel by Robert Jackson Bennett. I also finished the third in the series. Now I must wait.
Boing Boing • Jason WeisbergerGreg Brockman: we underestimated our own models
Greg Brockman went on CNBC on Monday to say the executive departures at OpenAI are not unusual. “I actually think that the difference between OpenAI and other organizations is that we are so much in the spotlight, so every departure gets scrutinized in a way that it doesn’t otherwise,” the company’s president told Squawk Box.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinWhat Celebrity Death Surprised You So Much, The News Didn’t Feel Real?
Fans and celebrities alike are mourning the unexpected death of Hayden Panettiere.
BuzzFeed • Remy TepnerHow Many Summerween-Coded Movies Have You Seen?
And share your Summerween essential viewing in the comments — this ghoul always wants recommendations.
BuzzFeed • Sara Thompson29 College Essentials You’ll Use Every Single Day And Be So Glad You Bought For The Year
Your end-of-the-year self will be thanking your beginning-of-the-year self for getting this super handy closet organizer and bed shelf.
BuzzFeed • Lily BurrillThere’s A New “Romeo & Juliet” Adaptation, And My 8th Grade English Self Is Sat
Our favorite Shakespearean story modernized for the microdrama age.
BuzzFeed • Michele BirdThe Meta social media trial: $1.4tn is the defence’s number
Opening statements in the states’ case against Meta begin today in Oakland. The court seated a jury last week. The trial should run about five weeks. Twenty-nine state attorneys general brought the case in 2023. Lawyers for California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey will argue it.
The Next Web • Ana-Maria Stanciuc28 Target Products You Won’t Just “Normal” Like, You’ll *Reallllllllyyyy* Like
Just a bunch of all-star little treats that deserve a spot in your Target cart lineup.
BuzzFeed • Ashley SchumacherWhy Researchers Believe An ‘Assyrian Game Of Thrones’ Erased Three Ancient Monarchs From The Historical Record
Ancient Assyrian kings named Aššur-uballiṭ, Tiglath-pileser, and Shalmaneser are seemingly missing from the official record, suggesting that their successors may have tried to erase them from history for political reasons.
All That's Interesting • Braden BjellaWispr Series B hits $2bn as Menlo bets the text box dies
Wispr has raised $280mn at a $2bn valuation. Menlo Ventures led the round, having led the last one too. Total funding now stands at $361mn. The company makes Wispr Flow, a dictation app that turns speech into cleaned-up text in whatever application your cursor happens to be in.
The Next Web • Cristian DinaRedditor Considers Breakup Over Girlfriend’s “Horrific” Breath
A Redditor is seeking advice online because his girlfriend’s bad breath has him considering a breakup. In the thread, he described it as “horrific” and said he can’t even sleep facing her anymore because it’s gotten so bad. He identified himself as u/CoolCharge7113 in the r/Advice thread.
The Daily Dot • JenniferTrump Got Asked About “Woke” AOC, And You Have To Hear His Response For Yourself
President Donald Trump made predictions about a potential Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presidential run and the future of “the woke.”
BuzzFeed • Hilary HansonThe macOS Screen Sharing flaw took an AI four hours to crack
A security company built working exploits for two pre-authentication root bugs in macOS. It took four hours. The firm, Calif, used an AI agent. It now withholds technical details of one of those bugs, CVE-2026-65400, until most Macs carry the patch. The reason is the speed. Producing the exploit was too easy.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinLost VHS promos from the twilight of the arcade era
Brian Peek scanned and shared his collection of gaming promotional VHS cassettes, including five that Atari Games sent to arcade operators in the 1990s.
Boing Boing • Rob BeschizzaMan Says His $500K Car Wash Investment Is Paying Off Big
A man says he invested $500,000 in a car wash, and a video posted on X shows him giving viewers a look at how much cash the business brings in each week.
The Daily Dot • HaleyThe Trump-Kim Jong Un bromance comes roaring back
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here.
VOX • Cameron PetersWoman Says Vietnam Police Conduct Random Apartment Checks
A woman’s video about an encounter with police in Vietnam is going viral online. She says police conduct random apartment checks to verify who lives there and make sure residents have the proper documentation. According to her, officers can show up without notice to conduct the checks.
The Daily Dot • JenniferAndreessen Horowitz DOJ probe: two boards, one 1914 statute
The US Justice Department is investigating Andreessen Horowitz. At issue is whether partners at the venture capital firm improperly sit on the boards of competing artificial intelligence companies. Bloomberg reported the investigation on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Those sources put the investigation at nearly a year old.
The Next Web • Alina Maria StanGet Your Pour On With The 12 Best Wine Subscription Boxes And Clubs
Whether you're looking to expand your palate and go on a flavor journey or you simply want an easy way to restock your bar cart each month, these have you covered.
BuzzFeed • Daniel BoanCursor launches Origin code hosting platform as GitHub outage exposes opening in AI coding race
Cursor began rolling out Origin, its own code hosting platform, to paid users on Monday morning. Roughly three and a half hours later, GitHub's status page lit up with what became a six-hour-and-forty-two-minute global degradation — error rates near 20% across pull requests, issues and the API, and near 50% on archive and raw file downloads, according to GitHub's incident log. Enterprise single sign-on went down with it: SAML, OIDC, SCIM provisioning and Team Sync all failed. So did Copilot.
VentureBeat • Michael NuñezWomen Get Into Fight Inside Target Store in Viral Video
A video of women getting into a fight inside a Target store has sparked debate online after it was shared on X. The video shows a group of women getting into a massive fight in the middle of the store that quickly turns physical. They are punching and hitting each other while other women laugh as they try to separate them.
The Daily Dot • HaleyIt’s Official: No Man Can Outrun Our Robot Overlords
Unitree’s "Superman" humanoid robot was recorded running at a top speed of 12.66 meters per second.
Gizmodo • Bruce GilIslamist Immigrant Murderer Allowed To Flee Country, Was Given ’48-Hour’ Leave From Mental Hospital
An Islamist illegal alien murderer was allowed to escape back to his home country thanks to Virginia officials, who failed to get a guilty verdict even after he admitted guilt, helped him get a foreign passport, and allowed him to leave the mental hospital on unsupervised visits.In 2019, Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda stabbed his roommate Mohammed Hemmatian to death in their Vienna, Virginia home. He was found “covered in blood from head to toe,” and told police “I am guilty,” according to court records.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Luke RosiakHarder boners for a longer life
Rock harder, rock out for longer. The biohacking community has found a new trend that's easy to jump on: erectile dysfunction medication for longevity.
Boing Boing • Jason WeisbergerThe amber Series A: €7mn, and a bet against the Cloud Act
Aachen-based amber has closed a €7mn Series A. Ventech co-led it with NRW.Venture, the venture arm of NRW.BANK. NRW.BANK is the development bank owned by the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. By the standards of this year’s AI rounds, €7mn is small. The argument behind it is not.
The Next Web • Cristian DinaMan Refuses Hospital Care After Staff Ask Him to Stop Filming
A video a man recorded in the hospital is going viral on X. His behavior at some point broke hospital protocol, so he took out his phone to catch the conversation he had with the security guards on shift. When the nurses returned to check on him, they asked if he would stop filming. Instead, he refused medical care and asked to leave the hospital entirely.
The Daily Dot • HaleyGoogle May Have Leaked Its Next Fitbit—Or Let AI Hallucinate It
Some ads for the company's new Pixel 11 series include a mysterious new wearable that might be the Fitbit Charge 7.
Gizmodo • Ian Carlos CampbellArchaeologists In Vienna Found A Mass Grave Of Roman Soldiers With A Shockingly High Number Of Groin Wounds
Construction of a sports complex in Vienna turned up a mass grave filled with at least 129 ancient Roman soldiers that had been sitting right underneath a soccer field.
All That's Interesting • Ella SpitzHiggsfield Series B: $400mn, and agencies should look up
Higgsfield has raised $400mn at a $5.4bn valuation. DST Global led the round. Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, and Liberty Global Tech Ventures all took part, alongside Tribe Capital, Smash Capital, Fifth Wall, Valor Capital, Mirae Asset Capital, and NTT DOCOMO Ventures. The company was valued at $1.3bn in January.
The Next Web • Cristian DinaPilots and Flight Attendants Are Bombarded by Cosmic Radiation—And Getting Deadly Cancers From It
New research finds that pilots and flight attendants are the occupations with the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers in the U.S.
Gizmodo • Ed CaraOpenAI preparedness team gone, weeks after a rogue model
OpenAI shut down its preparedness team at the end of July, the Financial Times reports. The team existed to work out whether OpenAI’s models posed catastrophic risks. It also designed the ways to contain them. The work has not disappeared. Responsibility now sits with senior staff inside existing teams, split by subject.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinSpiteful Tenant Pours Oil down his Kitchen Sink to Flex on Landlord
A man on X recorded himself pouring hot oil down the kitchen sink of the property he is renting on. The spiteful tenant claimed to have done this to prove to others why he chooses to be rent for the rest of his life rather than to own his own property.
The Daily Dot • Akil RashidThis Weird Angle Of Donald Trump's Butt Has Everyone Talking
Trump's rear end is starting quite the conversation online.
BuzzFeed • Alexa LisitzaSorry, But Only Cinephiles Will Succeed In This Week’s Community Challenge
Lights, Camera, Action!
BuzzFeed • BuzzFeed Community, Abigail Whittington25 Pieces From Loft That Deserve A Permanent Place In Your Work Wardrobe
As Rihanna might say, these pieces put in work, work, work, work, work.
BuzzFeed • Jamie SandersFrance’s tax agency lost data on 678,000 people to a stolen login
The French tax agency says an attacker took data belonging to 678,000 individuals and businesses. The intrusions happened in June and July. The agency did not establish that anything had left its systems until the attacker said so in August.
The Next Web • Alina Maria StanTerra Industries closes a $52mn seed and opens its first office outside Africa
Terra Industries has added $18mn to close a $52mn seed round and will open its first office outside Africa in London, while keeping manufacturing in Ghana and Nigeria. The Nigerian company was founded in 2024 and says it is on track for more than $100mn in contract bookings this year.
The Next Web • Ana-Maria StanciucJulianne Nicholson Says ‘Expect the Unexpected’ in ‘Paradise’ Season 3
Samantha 'Sinatra' Redmond herself offers some predictably vague teases of what's to come.
Gizmodo • Cheryl EddyEnhance your workflow with this $55 MS Office 2024 Pro Plus lifetime license
TL;DR: Get this lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for Windows for just $54.99 (reg. $249.99).
Boing Boing • Boing Boing's Shop24-hour clock face shows the hours of darkness
Geoff Pack made Sun Clock is a neat online visualization of the hours of daylight and darkness, casting it against a regular (but 24-hour!) clock face. You can tweak with the appearance and hands, set location and direction manually, and turn off the moon.
Boing Boing • Rob BeschizzaFamily Finds Missing Son After Searching by Boat—‘That’s Him!’
A video about a son lost at sea and a family’s concerns about the lack of urgency from rescue teams has people online emotional over the outcome. According to the video, the family went looking for their son after he had been gone for hours. The rescue team was not acting quickly enough for them, so they took matters into their own hands and took a boat out themselves to look for him. The son was found just before nightfall.
The Daily Dot • Rachel TollesonSpirit Airlines Is Dead, but Its Data Will Haunt Google’s Servers for Generations to Come
We'll always have Spirit in the data center of our hearts.
Gizmodo • AJ DellingerHeisenberg Said Empty Space Isn’t Really Empty. A Magnetic Star May Have Finally Proven Him Right
Some of the best quantum labs are literally out of this world.
Gizmodo • Gayoung LeeYellowstone Kids Break Park Rules in Viral Video
A woman and her family visited Yellowstone National Park for the first time, but the video showing her kids’ behavior left a bad taste in the mouth of X users. The video shows the children playing around the park, but their mother repeatedly told them to stop. After enjoying time at the park, she felt they had to leave because of the criticism they received from other people.
The Daily Dot • Haley47 Hilarious Fails From Last Week That Made Me Laugh So Hard I Have One Tiny Tear Running Down My Cheek
I'd love to see the aftermath of that Roomba's adventure.
BuzzFeed • Kelley GreeneMarvel Adds ‘Ghost Rider’ to a Crowded 2028 Slate
The Ryan Gosling film joins 'X-Men' and 'Black Panther III,' all of which are coming in the same year.
Gizmodo • Germain LussierTrump’s 2024 Grocery Photo Op Is Now Haunting Republicans In The Midterms
Two years on, higher gasoline and grocery prices are squeezing household budgets and turning the cost of living into the top issue for voters.
BuzzFeed • ReutersEY will keep interns on for a year before offering them a job
EY is launching a paid Career Residency that keeps assurance interns employed part-time for 8 to 12 months after their eight-week internship, working remotely on EY projects during their final year of college. Those who complete it and receive an offer join as analysts rather than staff.
The Next Web • Alina Maria StanInside the Axios OpenAI local news deal
OpenAI is paying the startup costs of 13 new Axios Local newsletters, covering both staff and technology. Axios employees also get free credits for OpenAI’s enterprise tools. In return, Axios lets OpenAI train its models on its free published coverage. The term is three years.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinThis Man’s Dating Turn-Off Sent 2 Million People Into A Frenzy, And Women Are Completely Divided
"The old me would have done it..."
BuzzFeed • Krista TorresBlack Man Frying Chicken for White Frat Boys Sparks Race Debate
A video on X showing a Black man frying chicken for a group of white fraternity members has sparked a debate over race online. Instead of focusing on the apparent camaraderie in the video, some online viewers reacted with suspicion and concern, pointing out that the Black man appeared to be surrounded by and ‘outnumbered’
The Daily Dot • Akil RashidViral Elevator Mishap Compilation Has Viewers Laughing
A compilation of elevator fails and malfunctions is giving internet users a laugh, while some viewers said they were glad they weren’t involved. The two-and-a-half-minute compilation features several elevator malfunctions, from elevators getting stuck to doors breaking off and water leaking inside.
The Daily Dot • Rachel TollesonHow Many Of These “Basic Household Problems” Do You Know How To Fix?
This is the true adulting test.
BuzzFeed • Sara De LedesmaIf You Feel Torn Between A Deep Desire For A Clean House And Deep Laziness, Get These 27 Products
When it comes to cleaning, your motto is "work smarter, not harder."
BuzzFeed • Kathleen Shea-PorterIf You’re Scared of Spiders, You’re Going to Want to Avoid This Trailer
'Crawlers' follows 'a catastrophic infestation of venomous and deadly spiders,' and it's out October 16.
Gizmodo • Germain LussierTesla Quietly Enables Power Export On Its Best-Selling EV
Tesla has quietly enabled vehicle-to-load on the Model Y Premium in the US and Puerto Rico through an $80 adapter offering two 120-volt outlets and up to 2.4kW.
The Next Web • Darius PopaParents Who Wanted Surrogate Baby Aborted Agree To Life-Saving Heart Surgery
A baby with a heart defect at the center of an extraordinary surrogacy battle between a pro-life surrogate and biological parents, who sought an abortion, has undergone his first life-saving surgery.CBS News reported Monday that Rumi underwent complex heart surgery to treat hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a serious congenital defect that typically requires three surgeries. Lee Budner, an attorney for the parents Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar, said a medical team determined that the baby was eligible for the Norwood procedure,
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Jacob WheelerAmazon Worker Says Employees Asked for Raises, Got Foosball Table
A person claiming to be an Amazon employee took to social media to criticize the company after saying workers asked for raises but received a foosball table instead. They claim that instead of giving employees the raises many had asked for, the company provided them with a toy for employees to share.
The Daily Dot • JenniferA Man Wonders if His Wife Would Survive Being a Man
A man decided to test his wife on some of the unwritten rules he associates with being a man. Instead of hypothesizing, he came up with a test that would put her knowledge to work. The test included a ‘urinal quiz’ that challenged his wife to choose the correct urinal in several hypothetical situations. X users quickly weighed in on her answers, with users weighing in with their thoughts on her answers.
The Daily Dot • Haley“ Sand temperatures above 29°C now produce 95–99%
“Sand temperatures above 29°C now produce 95–99% female sea turtles instead of the historical 50–50 ratio, creating a reproductive bottleneck that could collapse populations within two generations.”
Main - Kottke.org • Jason Kottke30 Shoes From Walmart That You Can Wear To Basically Any Occasion
For practically every dress code your calendar can throw at you.
BuzzFeed • Ashley AchenbachThe first Ferrari Luce sold for $40mn before it exists
The first production Ferrari Luce sold for $40mn at RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction, setting records for the most expensive new car, electric car and charity car sold at public auction.
The Next Web • Darius Popa‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Season 18 Preview: Ranking The Most Likely Candidates To Break The Emmys Curse
Our top picks to break the seal on the ‘Always Sunny’ trophy case
Cracked: All Posts • Keegan KellyTeaching Kids Scarcity in an Age of Abundance
Students head back to classrooms this month. Many arrive already convinced their future is hopeless.
RealClearPolitics • Nathan HardenThe Tragedy of Jason Arday
Before he died, he pondered his own possible downfall. Instead of blaming racism, his defenders should admit the true cause of his collapse, writes Douglas Murray.
RealClearPolitics • Douglas MurrayUkraine's Long Shot
The country may have hoped that deeper drone attacks would cause Russians to protest the war, but mass demonstrations don't look likely.
RealClearPolitics • Anna NemtsovaCeuta Tests Spain's Border, Exposes Britain's
The arrival of approximately 80,000 Moroccans at Ceuta highlights challenges in Europe's immigration policy and the contrasting approaches of Spain and the U.S. government.
RealClearPolitics • Conrad BlackThe Prestige Industrial Complex
On this week's episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with the Substacker who writes under the pseudonym "Yuri Bezmenov" (he'll tell us why) about his reporting on the network of awards, fellowship, teaching gigs and other lucrative and prestigious incentives that reward people who espouse progressive ideas.
RealClearPolitics • ZaneDid Trump's Harvard Loss Conceal a Strategic Victory?
It's hard to tell in the middle of a president's term how much he's changing the country. Donald Trump's second presidency has seemed transformative on many fronts - trade, immigration and culture - but he has mostly pursued his objectives through unilateral executive actions rather than legislation. Genuinely transformative presidencies notch achievements that last; Democrats can reverse much of Trump's populist agenda as soon as they retake the White House.
RealClearPolitics • Jason WillickMcDonald’s Worker Caught Putting Food Back on Tray
A video showing a McDonald’s employee picking food up from the floor and placing it back on a serving tray is going viral online. According to the video, the incident took place at the 32 Ave NE location. The video was originally uploaded as part of a Google review.
The Daily Dot • Rachel TollesonPeople Noticed Something Wild In The Background Of This Senator's State Fair Photo
Always check the background before posting!
BuzzFeed • Matt StoperaWhat Tasks Was Rep. Swalwell Performing for China?
OANN's Jack Posobiec speculated about this new report from "Just The Nes about Rep. Eric Swalwell's relationship with an alleged Chinese spy, Monday on Bannon's "War Room."
RealClearPolitics • Jack PosobiecThe Pilot Kakuno Fountain costs under $20 and writes beautifully
A fountain pen or gel pen is a superior way to write, says science fiction writer Neal Stephenson. He says handwriting is good for your brain.
Boing Boing • Mark FrauenfelderHey, Your AI Is Showing
It's obvious to anyone with an internet connection that AI-generated content is all over the place. Still, case-by-case determinations are often difficult to make. For every piece of unapologetic copy-and-paste chatbot content, there's a student essay with a style that's suspicious but not quite dispositive, an avatar that's polished but not implausible, or a LinkedIn post that's useless and annoying in a way that seems GPT-ish but also might just be how your co-worker writes now.
RealClearPolitics • John HerrmanWarsh Is Wise To Ditch the Dots
The first major component of Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh's reform agenda to be implemented is the elimination of "forward guidance" by the Federal Open Market Committee and Fed officials as to future policy positions. The FOMC's postmeeting statements have seen a 49% reduction in word count from one year ago, its minutes have slimmed down by 24%, and the number of speeches made by Fed governors is down by 27%. Mr. Warsh resolutely refuses to be goaded into making news at post-FOMC press conferences.
RealClearPolitics • Donald LuskinWhat Trump's Obsession With Small-Dollar Fraud Reveals
Who gets cracked down on, and who gets off easy?
RealClearPolitics • Zeeshan Aleem‘Threads’ Hits Just as Hard Today as It Did During the Cold War
The 1984 BBC production is now streaming on Shudder, for all your nuclear nightmare needs.
Gizmodo • Cheryl EddyTrump Kids Back Venture That Sidesteps Trump Administration’s AI Firewall
The not-so-great walling off of China.
Gizmodo • AJ DellingerMom Testifies About Lindsay Clancy’s Twisted Thoughts Before Killing Children
The mother of Lindsey Clancy took the stand Monday to describe the disturbing thoughts and mental deterioration that consumed her daughter in the weeks before Clancy strangled her three young children in their Massachusetts home.Paula Musgrove testified for the defense in her daughter’s high-profile murder trial, describing changes she observed leading up to the January 24, 2023 killings of Clancy’s 5-year-old daughter, Cora, 3-year-old son, Dawson, and 8-month-old son, Callan. “I remember her being very nervous.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Jacob Wheeler36 Things That’ll Really Come In Handy If You Live With Two Or More Cats
Like these vet-developed nail caps that prevent damage from scratching, and a "Litter Genie" that makes daily scooping less of a headache.
BuzzFeed • Jenae SitzesCalifornia’s first self-driving trucks are already testing
California has issued its first permits to test autonomous trucks on public roads, to Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, with Kodiak already running vehicles around Mountain View. Teamsters California filed suit on 5 August asking a court to repeal the rules that made the permits possible.
The Next Web • Darius PopaA lost Spanish flagship could be under the ocean, under a river, or even a beach
Researchers from the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology are looking for a 500-year-old coastline to find a 500-year-old lost flagship. The ship hasn't moved, but the coastline has.
Boing Boing • Jason WeisbergerA NASA-Funded Project Could Send Swarms of Aerobots to Explore the Underground Caves of Titan
The ion-powered robots would be able to access the methane-carved caves of Saturn's largest moon.
Gizmodo • Passant RabieA.J. Jacobs recently interviewed “the Papa Bear of
A.J. Jacobs recently interviewed “the Papa Bear of Puzzling”, Will Shortz and came away with seven lessons he learned from him. “Creativity is usually more about evolution than revolution.”
Main - Kottke.org • Jason KottkeMilwaukee's Latest Election Mess a Bit of History Repeating
Milwaukee has a way of coming up with just enough votes the Democrat machine needs to win swing state Wisconsin. Call it a 'lair for drama.'
RealClearPolitics • M.D. KittleThis Chicago Subway Installed Bulletproof Glass for added Security
A video circulating on X shows a Subway location in Chicago where employees work behind bulletproof glass. But this video on X shows just how dire the situation is, after a man recorded a Subway franchise that had encased the entire ordering station, including the employees, in bulletproof glass.
The Daily Dot • Akil RashidRazer Is Back With Another Insufferably Cute Gaming Headset
There's a new puppy-eared gaming headset for the Sanrio stans.
Gizmodo • James Pero‘Parasites’: Puerto Rican-Born Man Torches Dems’ Socialist Takeover
A growing rift between Democrats and their growing socialist wing is threatening to alienate the very voters the party needs to win elections — including people who have lived under communist regimes.On Mark Halperin’s The Morning Meeting platform, a Puerto Rican-born voter with Cuban heritage living in Florida sounded the alarm Monday over the Democrats’ far-left drift and announced a permanent breakup with the party he used to support. “I’m a pretty open-minded guy. I voted Democrat many times. I was a big supporter of Hillary Clinton.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Jacob WheelerAll The Best Deals At Walmart This Week
Save on everything from CeraVe's Skin Renewing Night Cream to a Dreo 3-in-1 HEPA air purifier.
BuzzFeed • Cierra CowanThese 19 Horrible People Got Karma So Brutal, It’ll Make Your Entire Day Better
"These humans should be studied."
BuzzFeed • Jennifer McPheeFood Pantry Worker Sparks Debate Over Halal Food Requests
A video made by a man who works at a food pantry is sparking heated debate online for his criticism of Muslim Americans. In it, he talks about how they show up at the food pantry and ask whether halal or non-pork options are available because of their religious dietary restrictions.
The Daily Dot • Rachel TollesonIf Comfort Is A Top Priority For You, You’ll Love These 29 Fashion Pieces
Including some sneakers you'll never want to take off and a sports bra you could totally wear as a top.
BuzzFeed • Negesti KaudoA dog, tho joining in the fun, does not help a skateboarder at all
This excellent doggo saw a good time fly by his face and decided it was playtime. This skater is having a ball until he isn't! Those awesome wallrides had the dog just wanting to play!
Boing Boing • Jason WeisbergerSanctuary City Mayor Vows To Hunt Down Property Owners Looking To Lease To ICE
Boston Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu wants to expose property owners looking to lease parking spots to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in her sanctuary city.The federal immigration enforcement agency recently posted about its search for property owners across the country “capable of providing surface and/or structured vehicle parking spaces in the vicinity of existing or planned ICE facilities,” according to the Boston Herald.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Jennie TaerGranola Is the Latest Recall in America’s Salmonella-Drenched Food System
The granola was sold on Amazon and other online retailers.
Gizmodo • Matt NovakSea lion-kicking young man discovers the Marine Mammal Protection Act
MMA loses to the MMPA. The gentleman in question was most assuredly NOT Max Holloway. Tyler Muehl approached a resting California sea lion at La Jolla Cove, assumed a fighting stance, invoked the UFC star's name, and started kicking. The sea lion tried to flee. — Read the rest The post Sea lion-kicking young man discovers the Marine Mammal Protection Act appeared first on Boing Boing.
Boing Boing • Jason WeisbergerGTA 6 is now paywalling its own advertisements
For better or worse, the state of the contemporary game industry has always been reflected in Rockstar's blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series. The mid-2000s push toward gritty realism (i.e.
Boing Boing • Grant St. ClairI Love This Red Analogue Pocket, but Hate the Supreme Logo
The next special edition Analogue Pocket comes with some insufferable branding.
Gizmodo • Kyle Barr‘Get Out Of My Office’: Israeli-American Woman’s Appointment Takes An Ugly Turn
An Israeli-American woman said she was told to leave a Virginia permanent makeup studio after the owner learned she was Israeli.Jessica Walton had gone to Karimi Brows in Alexandria for an eyebrow appointment with owner Fatana Karimi.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Leona SalinasUnwinding the Great Tech Power Grab . “If tech seeks to
Unwinding the Great Tech Power Grab. “If tech seeks to replace democratic governance itself, then the response has to be more democracy, not less.” Lots of related links in this piece too.
Main - Kottke.org • Jason Kottke‘Lanterns’ Is Here and Sets the Stage Masterfully
'Lanterns' sets up a intriguing mystery in its first episode—then pulls the rug out from under you.
Gizmodo • Germain LussierThe comic strip that may have cast Sean Connery as the first James Bond
In 1958, London's Daily Express newspaper started running a comic strip adapting Ian Fleming's James Bond novels. This was well before the first James Bond movie (Dr.
Boing Boing • Ruben BollingMost People Can’t Identify These 25 Books From Their Famous Opening Lines. Can You?
Don't get confused between Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice.
BuzzFeed • Tanishtha KotianOne AI module faked 86% of a pipeline's accuracy gains by feeding another the answers
A retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) system is built to answer strictly from the documents it retrieves. But when engineers optimize these AI pipelines end-to-end, the reader module can learn a shortcut: instead of relying on retrieved evidence, it starts answering from its own internal memory — while the system's overall accuracy keeps climbing. This is the hidden challenge of "role drift," a failure mode in compound AI systems where individual modules learn to bypass their assigned tasks even as end-to-end performance improves.
VentureBeat • Ben DicksonThe Digi-Comp I was a $5 plastic computer powered by rubber bands
The Digi-Comp I was a plastic and rubber band toy that sold for $5 in 1963. According to Chris Staecker, a Fairfield University math professor who posted a video about its operation,
Boing Boing • Mark FrauenfelderA little plastic holder for the yen coins in my pocket
I'm headed back to Japan soon. This will be my 10th visit there. I've been going to Japan since 1986. It's changed in a lot of ways. Most noticeably, it is less expensive than it was in 1986, and there are far more foreigners in Tokyo now.
Boing Boing • Mark Frauenfelder26 Home Office Items Reviewers Literally Called “Lifesavers”
"I work from home, and having the ability to hop on this thing regularly throughout the day is a lifesaver."
BuzzFeed • Jenae SitzesCambridge’s DEI Superstar Was A Serial Liar, Plagiarist, And Hate Hoaxer
Jason Arday was a serial liar, thug, narcissist, criminal, and plagiarist who quickly rose to the rank of full professor at Cambridge — one of the most prestigious and sought-after jobs in all of academia. Arday was awarded his job as a “Professor of Sociology of Education” not because of his talent or scholarship, but because he was a black activist. He told liberal white women what they wanted to hear. Arday fabricated elaborate, obviously fraudulent narratives about how racists had oppressed him throughout his life.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Matt WalshDisney will reunite Figment and Dreamfinder at EPCOT
Disney made many announcements for the future of its theme parks at the D23 Disney fan event in Anaheim, California, Saturday night.
Boing Boing • Ruben BollingSynchrony wants your Amazon and Walmart store cards inside ChatGPT
Synchrony Financial, which issues store credit cards for Amazon, Walmart and Lowe’s, is working with OpenAI so shoppers can buy inside ChatGPT using those cards. Its chief strategy officer says general-purpose cards will take six to twelve months and store-specific cards longer. Synchrony Financial wants its cards inside ChatGPT.
The Next Web • Cristian DinaByteDance signs a copyright pact with Hollywood’s MPA to rein in its Seedance AI video tool
The TikTok owner has agreed a pact with the Motion Picture Association, the trade body for the major US studios, to tighten copyright protections on its AI image and video generators, ending, at least officially, a standoff that began when the studios accused the company of building a machine for wholesale infringement.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinJeff Gundlach says making AI chips an asset class looks like a market top
Jeff Gundlach has criticised Nvidia’s plan with six asset managers to mobilise more than $500bn for AI infrastructure, asking why assets of unknown life are collateral for long-term debt. Mark Cuban compared chips as an asset class to crypto. Jeff Gundlach thinks Wall Street has told on itself.
The Next Web • Ana-Maria StanciucMerriam-Webster's Time Traveler tool sorts English words by birth year
Just today, I became a time traveler. Unfortunately, you'll need to put aside the images of a humble writer running from dinosaurs or flirting with Cleopatra running through your head right now, but the reality is still pretty cool.
Boing Boing • Grant St. ClairGroq closes $350M Series A at $3.5bn evaluation and Nvidia joins the round
Groq, the AI-inference chip company that spent the better part of a decade pitching itself as the scrappy alternative to Nvidia, has raised fresh money at a valuation that quietly concedes how much has changed.
The Next Web • Cristian DinaWhy the NABJ Gave Stephen A. Smith a Thumbs Down at This Year’s Conference
After NABJ gave Stephen A. Smith the "Thumbs Down" award for his record of criticizing Black women politicians, he threatened to finish what they started.
The Root • Phenix S Halley30 Wayfair Products That Will Make Your Place Look High-End Without Actually Breaking The Bank
Nobody has to know how much you really spent on these luxe-looking home goods.
BuzzFeed • Cierra CowanHBO Has Finally Made ‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Season 2 Official
Andy and Barbara Muschietti's Stephen King adaptation will bring Pennywise back to streaming for more screaming.
Gizmodo • Cheryl EddyCherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Projects on Tribal-Owned Lands
The tribe cited concerns over energy, water use, and the relatively small number of permanent jobs these massive facilities create.
Gizmodo • Bruce GilIn Lynx, a cybernetic cat solves murders next to killer angels
I knew I was going to like Lynx the moment I encountered the cybernetically-enhanced, be-goggled, crime-fighting talking cat. Sometimes you just know.
Boing Boing • Gareth BranwynWe live in a world of ordinary abundance & luxuries
We live in a world of ordinary abundance & luxuries only dreamed of in centuries past: music on demand, photographs, books, eyeglasses, refrigeration, vaccination, bicycles, and the washing machine.
Main - Kottke.org • Jason KottkeMummified Human Remains Are Being Sold Online—Biohazards Included
No, seriously. Don't mess around with dead stuff.
Gizmodo • Gayoung LeeBlack TikToker Addresses Alleged Content Plagiarism
'The Root' spoke exclusively with Black content creator Brianne Saturdays about allegations that a white creator plagiarized one of her posts.
The Root • Ty ColeHow Maryland is Reckoning With Forgotten Black Boys Who Died in State Care More Than a Century Ago
More than a century later, the state of Maryland is investigating the deaths of Black boys who died in state custody.
The Root • Phenix S HalleyEnterprises with AI context layers report agent failures at more than twice the rate of those without one
A company builds a governed context layer specifically to stop its AI agents from confidently giving wrong answers. Once that layer is live, the company is more than twice as likely to report the failure happening — not less.
Deutsche Telekom buys Macquarie’s Polish fibre and TV assets in a €1bn bet on convergence
Deutsche Telekom has agreed to buy two of Poland’s best-known fibre businesses, Fiberhost and INEA, from the Australian investment group Macquarie, in a deal worth roughly €1bn and aimed squarely at the country’s scramble to bundle mobile, broadband, and television into a single monthly bill. The German operator confirmed on Monday that its local arm,
The Next Web • Cristian DinaThese 36 Inexpensive Alternatives To Popular Beauty Products Are So Good, You Will Never Buy The Pricier Version Again
It's time to cut your beauty routine costs by half — or even more.
BuzzFeed • Maitland QuitmeyerThe Year’s Ugliest Animated Movie Has Become an Anti-AI Phenomenon
Is Niu Lai outsider art, grift gone wrong, or avatar of anti-AI evangelism? Why not all three?
Gizmodo • Tom HawkingWhen ‘My Body, My Choice’ Becomes Something Much Darker
I know Rep. Nancy Mace. She’s a nice lady, but has always been a rather attention-seeking political personality. This goes all the way back to 1999, when she successfully integrated The Citadel – the men’s military academy. Then she ran for Congress, where she has been rather performative while in office. She made big headlines over the weekend because she decided to do a body reveal on national TV.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Ben ShapiroHow The NGO-Media-UN Pipeline Launders Falsehoods When Israel Is Involved
Repeating a claim long and loud enough doesn’t make it true. But nowadays, many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the United Nations apparently prefer advancing fraudulent narratives over pursuing facts. The UN’s latest Commission of Inquiry report targeting Israel offers a revealing example.It works like this: an obviously partisan NGO propagates a claim that demonizes Israel, citing unfalsifiable generalizations and anonymous sources.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Naftali ShavelsonAzerbaijan wants to become a tech hub as its startups raised $2.6m last year
Every petrostate eventually discovers that the oil will not last forever, and Azerbaijan has reached the stage of the story where the government starts talking about technology.
The Next Web • Ana-Maria StanciucInstagram blocked rizz. The feed serves the videos anyway
The genre is simple enough to describe. A man wearing camera glasses walks up to a woman in the street. He delivers a line and films her reaction without asking. The clip goes to Instagram, tagged as shot on Meta glasses. The woman is now content. Some of these videos have millions of views.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinVerizon cannot claw back its $47mn location data fine
The US Supreme Court has refused Verizon’s request to amend a June ruling so it could pursue a refund of the $47mn it paid over selling access to customer location data. AT&T, whose case is procedurally different, can still seek reimbursement of its $57mn.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinAlphabet takes its AI debt spree Down Under with a first Australian dollar bond
Alphabet is preparing to sell its first bond denominated in Australian dollars, a modest-sounding piece of financial housekeeping that says a good deal about how the AI build-out is now being paid for.
The Next Web • Cristian DinaAnother California Democrat Hit With Sexual Assault Claims
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) is officially under investigation by the House Ethics Committee over allegations of sexual misconduct, making him the latest California Democrat to face scrutiny as a series of scandals continues to roil Congress.The bipartisan Ethics Committee announced Monday that it is reviewing allegations that Gomez “may have engaged in sexual misconduct” in violation of the House Code of Official Conduct, including “inappropriate sexual contact with a House staffer.”
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Drew BerkemeyerUkraine Strikes Rocket Factory Critical to Russia’s Space Program
A Ukrainian missile strike dealt a blow to the heart of Roscosmos over the weekend.
Gizmodo • Ellyn LapointeThe Best Moments From the 2026 Basketball Hall of Fame Ceremony
Unforgettable speeches, touching family tributes, and iconic reunions headlined an emotional weekend honoring the game’s greatest legends.
The Root • Rashad GroveCan Intel Save the Suffocating Gaming Handheld Scene?
The next 'budget' handheld PC may rely on cheap chips and software tricks.
Gizmodo • Kyle BarrUnitree, China’s humanoid robot champion, lists in Shanghai on 19 August after record demand
Unitree Robotics, the Hangzhou company that has done more than anyone else to turn Chinese humanoid robots into a spectator sport, is due to begin trading on Shanghai’s STAR Market on 19 August, according to Reuters.
The Next Web • Ana-Maria Stanciuc27 Weird Little Treats That’ll Make You Go “Well, Now I Need That”
"I got it for laughs, but I was amazed by the quality."
BuzzFeed • Karly JacklinI Bet You Can’t Guess Which Classic Novels Inspired These 19 Popular Movies Without Googling it
Do you actually know what The Lion King is based on?
BuzzFeed • Jennifer McPheeTraffic Deaths Rise 15% on Days Major Albums Are Released, Study Finds
Drivers should listen to their latest musical obsession without playing with their phone, the researchers say.
Gizmodo • Ed CaraLevel up your piano skills with this $150 Skoove lifetime subscription
Boing Boing • Boing Boing's ShopAI maths: the famous results are counterexamples, not proofs
A counterexample and a proof are not the same kind of achievement. A proof shows that something is always true. A counterexample shows that something claimed to be always true is not, by producing one object where it fails. Both settle a question. They ask different things of whoever finds them.
The Next Web • Ana Maria ConstantinOzu in Color (Every Frame a Painting)
For TCM, Every Frame a Painting’s Taylor Ramos & Tony Zhou tell us how legendary Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu made the transition to color filmmaking. His first color film was Equinox Flower in 1958 and it took a couple of films for Ozu to work out how to best employ color.
Main - Kottke.org • Jason KottkeUber is partnering with drone-delivery firm Zipline and targets a million drone deliveries a day
Uber, the ride-hailing giant said on Monday that it is teaming up with Zipline, the autonomous drone-delivery firm, to fly Uber Eats orders to customers across the United States, sweetened by an undisclosed strategic investment.
The Next Web • Ana-Maria StanciucHow Harvard Won By Making Hate Go Quiet
Judge Richard Stearns needed four pages to hold that a university may violate Title VI for two academic years, retain every federal dollar it received, and defeat the United States by merely behaving itself once the government’s letter arrives.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Mark GoldfederInstagram Is Still Drowned in Creepy Smart Glasses Content
A new report found dozens of videos promoting "pickup artist" and prank content despite a promise to remove people who violate the platform's harassment policies.
Gizmodo • James PeroAs enterprises confront AI agent sprawl, xpander wants them to own their own control and context layer
Enterprise AI has a new infrastructure problem: companies are accumulating agents faster than they are developing systems to govern them.
VentureBeat • Carl FranzenNvidia’s $105bn Ohio guarantee covers buildings, not OpenAI
A residual value guarantee is a promise about an object, not about a tenant. Someone builds a thing. Someone else rents it. A third party promises the thing itself will still be worth a set amount. If the renter walks, the owner relets or sells. The guarantor covers only the shortfall.
The Next Web • Cristian DinaIf You’re Absolutely Done Feeling Like A Sweaty Mess, Let These 27 Products Help
Antiperspirant creams, personal fans, a cooling deodorant spray, and other products to keep you from feeling like an icky, sticky swamp monster.
BuzzFeed • Cierra CowanHow Heidi built production-ready AI for healthcare at global scale
Presented by MongoDB Building AI that is accurate, secure, and reliable is a major engineering feat for organizations subject to the compliance obligations that govern healthcare, financial services, and transportation. The challenge of delivering AI-driven products is compounded by the fact that technology in these industries has tended to lag behind other sectors because regulation requires organizations to move carefully — and slowly.
Welcome To The CCP Of NYC
Let’s check in on the People’s Republic of New York City.演出现场见!https://t.co/3aEqbt0cp5 https://t.co/tuBi2oDn5E pic.twitter.com/qtIAMIMVlQ— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) August 16, 2026Oh. An announcement of 2,000 free Broadway tickets for NYC public high school students, delivered in Mandarin. How thoughtful. How necessary. Never mind that our commander-in-chief signed an executive order making English the official language of these United States!No need for the subtitles, Mr. Mayor.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Chloe TrapanottoThis Orca Hunt Left Behind a Brutal Scene—and the Photo Just Won an Award
The 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year highlight the hidden lives of sea creatures navigating a rapidly changing habitat.
Gizmodo • Passant RabieGravis Robotics has raised a $200M Series A led by SoftBank
Gravis Robotics, an ETH Zurich spinout building software that lets excavators and diggers run themselves, has raised a $200m Series A led by SoftBank, a round it bills as the largest ever in construction robotics. The deal confirms reports that surfaced earlier that Masayoshi Son’s conglomerate was circling the young company.
The Next Web • Ana-Maria Stanciuc‘Chaos’ Reigns In ‘Must-Win’ Senate Race For Dems
With control of the U.S.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Virginia Kruta35 Products To Help Solve Those Little Organizing Problems You’ve Been Avoiding
This slim rolling storage cart instantly creates bathroom storage in that awkward gap next to your toilet.
BuzzFeed • Chelsea StuartNew FBI Files Blow Open Swalwell’s Long Running Fang Fang Mystery
Newly released FBI files reveal that former Rep.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Drew BerkemeyerTwo new episodes of Ric Burns’ 1999 documentary
Two new episodes of Ric Burns’ 1999 documentary series New York will soon air on PBS. “Produced by the same team that created the original NEW YORK series, The Future of Cities presents a sweeping and dramatic portrait of New York since Sept 11th.”
Main - Kottke.org • Jason Kottke“Scream” Extra Recalls Touching Hayden Panettiere Moment After Actor’s Death Aged 36
"Hayden was nothing but nice to everyone around her..."
BuzzFeed • Becca MonaghanThis Medieval Skeleton Had 160 Broken Bones, and Scientists Just Figured Out What Hit Him
Archaeologists have identified the shattered remains of a 14th-century man whose 160 bone fractures appear to be the first documented crushing from a trebuchet launch.
Gizmodo • Matthew PhelanUser Texted the Wrong ‘Dave’ to Say a Neighbor’s Wife Was Having Wine. It Blew Up an Already Shaky Marriage
What started as a simple favor between neighbors became a relationship crisis when a Reddit user claimed he accidentally texted the wrong man, saying his wife was drinking wine at a neighbor’s house.
The Daily Dot • SohiniPutin Fires Top Economist Who Said Russia Is Losing Ukraine War
Andrei Klepach, who was one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top macroeconomists, was fired after saying Russia was “falling behind” in the war with Ukraine. Two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that the economist was fired over remarks he made in May that resurfaced in Russian media last week. Speaking at a gathering at the Nikitsky Club of economists, academics, and government officials, Klepach said, “We are falling behind.” He added, “We are losing both the technological and economic competition in the world.
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & Podcasts • Brecca StollYale study : “A single-payer universal health care
Yale study: “A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace.”
Main - Kottke.org • Jason KottkeCambridge’s Youngest Black Professor Found Dead Following Plagiarism Probe
From overcoming disability to becoming Cambridge’s youngest Black professor, Jason Arday’s remarkable journey ended amid controversy, scrutiny and tragedy.
The Root • Phenix S HalleyDutch contractor rules 2026: what changed and what it costs
Somewhere in Amsterdam there is a developer who has invoiced the same foreign company every month for three years. Same rate, same hours, same Slack channel, same standup at 09:30. Everyone involved has always called it a contractor relationship.
The Next Web • TNW StudioJordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns Say ‘I Do’ in a Glamorous Malibu Wedding
The longtime friends said “I do” in an intimate oceanfront ceremony surrounded by family, friends and their celebrity peers.
The Root • B.Kadijat TowolawiThis Woman Quit Her NYC Banking Job for Zimbabwe. Then a Python Moved Into Her Ceiling
A TikToker who found a python living in her ceiling in Zimbabwe says the snake hasn’t been seen since she came back.
The Daily Dot • SayantanDSA Leader Welcomes Chinese Communists, Reveals What He Wants To Push Across America
A DSA national leader welcomed a Chinese Communist Party delegation at an event in New York City and laid out the group’s goals in plain terms: “We try to push socialism into the masses of America,” and “China is an incredible positive vision of socialism for everyone around the world.”Ahmed Husain, who is a prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee, described the organization as the largest socialist group in the country, with more than 200 chapters across most states.
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