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After immigration officers murdered two people in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the DHS made some noises about outfitting officers with body cameras. Six months later — and following even more killings — nearly every officer was still bereft of state-owned recording devices. The administration offered this excuse for its lack of compliance with its own promises: While talking […]

“Senator Darline Graham’s acknowledgment at a televised debate this week that she was ‘not that informed on national security’ has magnified her biggest vulnerability in the race to succeed her brother in the Senate, reviving questions about her level of political experience,” the New York Times reports. Washington Post: Darline Graham’s “oops” moment and the […]

Tesla laid out an updated timeline for Full Self-Driving, its Cybercab, and the Optimus robot in a recent meeting with JPMorgan at its Fremont factory. The bank walked away with claims that FSD v15 is a “step-change,” that today’s HW4 computer can handle unsupervised driving, and that Optimus could go on sale to outside buyers as soon as the second half of 2027.

Most of it repeats promises Tesla has made, and missed, before.

Analysts Warn U.S. Economy Becoming Overly Dependent On Anne Hathaway. “We estimate that Anne Hathaway films currently account for a staggering 63% of all U.S. exports.” Zendaya is the other 37%.

“New videos of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on the Senate floor 10 days before he disappeared from Capitol Hill following an apparent health crisis appeared to show him barely moving over the course of a six hour vote-a-rama and at times, confused,” Mediaite reports.

Tucked in at the bottom of a bombshell document released last week detailing DHS’ undercover operations in Minneapolis is a...

“The White House in recent weeks has made public a steady drip of previously classified intelligence about foreign threats to elections and other matters, offering President Trump and his allies ammunition for baseless conspiracy theories about potential vote rigging,” the New York Times reports. “But one crucial document has not been among the releases, despite […]

Roblox is first platform to submit to independent audits under the Online Safety Act.

For years, I’ve wanted to have a standalone version of Apple’s Touch ID authentication feature for my Mac, but without having to use an Apple keyboard. (I generally like their keyboards, but my daily driver keyboard these days is a big clicky mechanical beast.) I’d gone down...

The DNC has sued the Trump administration for FOIA records because it wants to know whether federal agents are planning to seize ballots, voting machines or other election-system components during the 2026 midterms.

RFK Jr mispronounces "cyclospora" as "cytospora" 3 times in a row

Colorado’s largest electric school bus fleet has a new charging hub to keep its 28 buses ready to run their daily routes.

Galicia, August 2026.

From the video Why I work on multiple photography projects at once.

There are certain things one might reasonably expect when working inside the White House. A background check, for example. A security clearance, especially if your job involves being in close proximity to the President and handling information that passes through the Oval O...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is providing free inhalers to all public and charter schools in California.

The U.S.S. Lincoln has begun its journey back to the U.S. after 9 months of deployment.

Multiple sailors tried to jump off the ship after enduring severe supply shortages, lack of basic hygiene products, and poor-quality rations.

Right-wing dark money groups and Big Oil are pressuring the Supreme Court to shield the fossil fuel industry from paying for climate change-related damages.

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An update on the August 17 outage and the steps we're taking to improve reliability.

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It’s been a summer of bad news for anybody with favorable feelings (me!) about Texas Tech. The New York Times joined the pig pile this week with a feature story whose subhead said the school had become a “a dystopian academic nightmare.” As if this year’s athletics debacles ...