LGBTQ Community Wants Input as Private Club Opens Up on Historic Public Beach
The community that has made a home out of Jacob Riis Beach is using every lever of power available to preserve it.
August 11, 2026
Days off have been thin on the ground in 2026 as the news comes at us like a firehose.
Tennessee Plans Another Execution Despite Its Brutal Recent Mistakes
Despite a record of botched executions, three states including Tennessee plan to kill by lethal injection on Thursday. The post Tennessee Plans Another Execution Despite Its…
Twitch is Mining Peoples' Streams to Train Amazon's AI
Here's how to opt out of Twitch's new generative AI training setting.
Flock Announces Changes Amid Backlash Over Its License Plate Reader Network
Flock Safety is tightening controls on its nationwide license plate reader network after mounting backlash over privacy and documented police misuse. By January 1, law enforcement…
Right-wing media's affordability burrito brawl
Last week, Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet's post about a college student noting the high price of a burrito sparked a debate among conservative commentators over whether food…
The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font
“ShieldFont” aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people.
The presumption of irregularity
It's a new DOJ, and that's no good. This week alone, DOJ's actions regarding executive privilege, the IRS case sanctions order, the Epstein files, and DHS investigations are at…
Why weren’t bicycles invented sooner? “Why...
Why weren’t bicycles invented sooner? “Why was no one…even considering the question of human-powered vehicles until the 1400s? Why weren’t there bicycle mechanics in the 1300s,…
All Utilitarians Should Be Classical Utilitarians
This is a crosspost from my blog post . I recently had the great joy of meeting a group of utilitarians, but, to my complete horror, out of the twelve of them, not a single one…
Cheating Is All Trump Knows
From golf to marriage to being the president, Donald Trump cheats in every realm of life and, say the experts, is a 'very ill man.'
Trump Family Crypto Empire Wins Approval for Bank Charter
"The most brazen act of self-dealing our financial system has ever seen,” said Elizabeth Warren.
Memories Mysteriously Survive After Brain Shutdown, And Scientists Don’t Know Why
Mice can access memories after hibernation, a state that largely shuts their brains off and reduces synapses, suggesting that memories are stored across shifting neural systems.
US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer
Study finds wait times for cancer surgeries hit 10-year high.