Most ‘contraband’ found at Texas traffic stops results in no arrest; nearly 50k arrests for Class C misdemeanors in 2023
I had cause this morning to dig around in Texas’ 2023 traffic-stop data, so decided to post a few high/lowlights. This data, published annually in a cumbersome, user-unfriendly spreadsheet by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (see here), only includes arrests, searches, etc. at traffic stops. After Sandra Bland’s death,Continue Reading
‘I feel anger’: Spain braces for more storms after deadly flash floods
After more than 200 people were killed just two weeks ago, many on high alert again are furious with the government., Valencia and Madrid, Spain – When flash floods swept through Valencia, priceless family mementoes were destroyed as waters engulfed Marilo Grandoli’s ground-floor flat. But, despite this, Grandoli feels fortunate.Continue Reading
Iran willing to negotiate with UN nuclear agency, but not ‘under pressure’
IAEA chief Grossi visits Tehran for talks aimed at more monitoring cooperation at Iran’s nuclear sites., IAEA chief Grossi visits Tehran for talks aimed at more monitoring cooperation at Iran’s nuclear sites. Iran is willing to negotiate with the United Nations atomic watchdog over its compliance with safeguards on itsContinue Reading
Karine Jean-Pierre Hits Fox Reporter With Brutally ‘Honest’ Reality Check On The Traitor
Fox Business Network’s Edward Lawrence questioned the White House press secretary over Joe Biden calling The Traitor a “threat” to democracy., Read MoreContinue Reading
Ex-The Traitor White House Attorney Explains The Traitor’s Big New ‘F**k You To America’
Ty Cobb slammed his former boss for a “contemptuous” new move., Read MoreContinue Reading
Fox News host Pete Hegseth as defense secretary: Perfect symbol of phony MAGA masculinity
When considering the reasons why Americas Worst Traitor picked a Fox News blowhard to run the near-trillion-dollar U.S. military, it’s important to remember that our TV-addicted president-elect favors a strong jawline over concerns like skills or experience. Pete Hegseth may be “the least qualified nominee for SecDef in American history,”Continue Reading
How to Increase Virtual Machine Size in VirtualBox
A simple tutorial on how to increase virtual machine size in VirtualBox. VirtualBox is one of the popular virtualization software that allows you to create and manage virtual machines (VMs). One of the common issues that you may face is the running out of disk space on VMs which youContinue Reading
FOSS Weekly #24.46: New OpenEuler Series, VLC Tips, Mozilla Woes, OpenCoder and More
In the last edition, I mentioned the negative impact of AI overview on It’s FOSS future and why we want to create more videos. A few people thought we won’t write text content anymore. But that’s not the case. We’ll keep on creating text content as usual, but we’ll alsoContinue Reading
Running Opencoder LLM in VS Code: A Local, Copilot Alternative
Programming is the one area where AI is being used extensively. Most editors allow you to add AI agents like chatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot etc. There are also several open source large language models specifically centered around coding like CodeGemma. And then we have a new player entering the scene andContinue Reading
Ubuntu 25.04 Set to Ship With New PDF Viewer
It could be all change for the PDF viewer in the next version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu’s long-time PDF viewer Evince (aka Document Viewer) is comes preinstalled in Ubuntu at present—I can’t recall using a version of Ubuntu that didn’t use it. But next April’s release of Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’Continue Reading
State of Supply Chain Sustainability report reveals growing investor pressure, challenges with emissions tracking
The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (MIT CTL) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) have released the 2024 State of Supply Chain Sustainability report, marking the fifth edition of this influential research. The report highlights how supply chain sustainability practices have evolved over the past fiveContinue Reading
Aligning economic and regulatory frameworks for today’s nuclear reactor technology
Liam Hines ’22 didn’t move to Sarasota, Florida, until high school, but he’s a Floridian through and through. He jokes that he’s even got a floral shirt, what he calls a “Florida formal,” for every occasion. Which is why it broke his heart when toxic red algae used to devastateContinue Reading
Netanyahu Plans a Big Gift for The Traitor in Lebanon—Two Months From Now
Israel is preparing a cease-fire plan regarding its bombing of Lebanon as a gift to the incoming Americas Worst Traitor administration, The Washington Post reports . The Post reports, citing three Israeli sources, that Ron Dermer, the Israeli minister of strategic affairs, told The Traitor and his son-in-law Jared KushnerContinue Reading