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The author of The Castle likes his music in a time capsule and silence in his home—but definitely not in his stories.

Paul Gauguin, Eve, from the Suite of Late Wood-Block Prints, 1898 #museumarchive #paulgauguin

“With early voting about to begin in competitive midterm races, President Donald Trump has kept most of his super PAC money on the sidelines, causing Republican leaders to conclude it’s too late to fully deploy the cash in the midterms and that he intends to hold on to much of it for his own purposes,” […]

“Voters are in an uproar over data centers — and Democrats are trying to direct anger toward Republicans by pointing to a tax provision buried in the GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill.’” Politico reports. ”Of the myriad talking points on this issue that Democrats are preparing deploy heading into the midterms, they this week began alluding […]

“The House passed a stopgap spending bill this week to avert a government shutdown, but the measure does little to relieve the Pentagon’s mounting financial strain six months into the Iran war — or the pressure facing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,” NOTUS reports. “While the continuing resolution keeps the government funded into early December largely […]

“Kalshi’s profit margins depend on keeping Washington on its good side. It’s spending big in D.C. to make that happen as the prediction market company manages regulatory threats, potential legislative action and public relations challenges,” NOTUS reports. “Kalshi now has over two-dozen federal lobbyists working on its behalf. Almost all of them have congressional bona […]

“With a slew of polls showing that most Americans oppose the construction in their communities of new data centers to power AI, a growing number of Republicans running in this year’s elections are putting daylight between themselves and President Donald Trump,” Fox News reports. “Trump, a strong proponent of data center development, took to social […]

“U.S. Secret Service leaders have long wanted a more fortified White House. President Donald Trump is giving it to them,” the Washington Post reports. ”Trump officials on Thursday will publicly present their latest plans to permanently fence Lafayette Square, the public park across the street from the White House. The project, a longtime Secret Service […]

From the start, the greatest fear for those developing artificial intelligence was that their creations would go rogue to act in unauthorized and dangerous ways. Some researchers now say it has happened. Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The New York Times, explains wh...

While companies promise they can help users monitor gut health, experts suggest that smart toilets provide little in the way of benefits to the average person.

Ford has set a goal to sell 100,000 of its upcoming Fathom electric truck in the model’s first year of sales, which would put it among the best-selling EVs in America, and the best-selling non-Tesla EV.

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We have no idea. Of course, there’s plenty of behavioral data. Say this phrase, or offer that treat, and this particular dog is likely to act in a certain way. But our inclinations about what it’s actually like to be a dog are all inventions, reverse-engineered to give us a clue about what they might […]

To keep scammers at bay, dating apps are embracing biometric scanning tools and “verified human” badges. These moves are sparking concerns about surveillance and privacy.

Landscape, 1867 #romanticism #paulcezanne

Democrats haven’t won a U.S. Senate seat in Maine since 1988 — but Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins isn’t out of the woods yet.

Democrats haven’t won a U.S. Senate seat in Maine since 1988 — but Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins isn’t out of the woods yet.

September’s sky features brilliant Venus, the Milky Way’s hazy center, and the seasonal turning point of the equinox. The month ends with a glowing Harvest Moon rising near Saturn and faint Neptune.

Elephant Butte Reservoir, New Mexico’s largest reservoir, plunged to just 1.4 percent capacity in July 2026 after years of extreme drought and record early snowmelt. The dramatic decline exposed long-submerged debris and underscored the growing strain on Rio Grande water supplies used by farms in New Mexico and Texas.

Star formation across the universe has fallen dramatically over the past 4.5 billion years, but astronomers have uncovered a surprising twist: the supply of neutral hydrogen, a key ingredient for making stars, has barely declined. Using China’s FAST radio telescope and data from roughly 2.5 million galaxies observed by DESI, researchers found that star formation was about 2.5 times higher 4.5 billion years ago, while neutral hydrogen levels were only about 1.4 times higher.

Sitting for long, uninterrupted stretches may carry greater health risks than sitting the same amount of time in shorter bouts. Researchers found that each extra hour of prolonged sedentary behavior was associated with a 9% higher risk of cancer death. Breaking up sitting with movement showed the opposite pattern, while replacing an hour of prolonged sitting with light activity was linked to a 12% lower risk.