Why Ethereum Mirrors BitTorrent Scale and Linux Trust?
Ethereum is often described as a blockchain for money, but that description is too narrow. At its heart, Ethereum is trying to become a shared infrastructure for value, identity, and coordination on the internet. To understand what Ethereum is building, it helps to look at two older technologies…Read MoreContinue Reading
Ford warns Carney not to cut tariffs on Chinese EVs as PM looks to repair ties with Beijing
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to stand firm when he travels to China later this month and keep the steep tariffs on its electric vehicles in place…Continue Reading
ISS astronaut medical evacuation latest news: New commander to take charge soon
Refresh 2026-01-11T22:28:51.915Z SpaceX splashdown options for Crew-11 astronauts 2026-01-11T19:58:16.092Z SpaceX details 11-hour return to Earth for Crew-11 astronauts “After performing a series of departure burns to move away from the space station, Dragon will conduct multiple orbit-lowering maneuvers, jettison the trunk, and re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for splashdown off the coast of California approximately 11 hoursContinue Reading
‘A completely new manufacturing frontier’: Space Forge fires up 1st commercial semiconductor factory in space
First plasma produced aboard a commercial satellite is a major step toward in-orbit manufacturing. (Image credit: Space Forge) In-orbit manufacturing start-up Space Forge has produced its first plasma in orbit aboard the ForgeStar-1 satellite. It’s a world first and a major step toward the company’s vision of making novel semiconductors in space, which could revolutionizeContinue Reading
As protests rage, Iran pulls the plug on contact with the world
Iran has disconnected its internet and phone lines to cut off its 85 million people from the rest of the world. Thursday night’s action sharply limits the sharing of images and accounts of the growing protests over Iran’s struggling economy. The shutdown foll…Continue Reading
At Least Half of the $2 Trillion in Billionaire Wealth Has Left California
The total wealth that has left California is now $1 trillion. California had $2 trillion of billionaire wealth just a few weeks ago. Now, 5src% of that wealth has left – taking their income tax revenue, sales tax revenue, real estate tax revenue and all their staffs (and their salaries and income taxes) with them…Continue Reading
Security Council’s Deep Concern Over United States’ Venezuela Action
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern about the immediate future of Venezuela. In a statement read by Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, Guterres told the Security Council’s emergency meeting he was deeply concerned about “possible intensification of the instability in the country…Continue Reading
Anti-ICE protests held nationwide after killing of Renee Good
Nationwide protests were held calling to get “ICE out for Good” on Saturday and Sunday. There were more than 1,000 events scheduled nationwide. These protests were led by groups such as Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, Voto Latino, United We Dream, 50501, the Disappeared in AmericaContinue Reading
Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This
Are you interested in leveraging Markdown for online content without any website setup or build process? How about seamlessly embedding constraint-free Markdown or HTML into multiple platforms (such as a content management system or learning management system)? The open source project Docsify-This, built with Docsify.js, provides an easy way toContinue Reading
3 reasons to host a docathon for your open source project
Your open source project’s documentation is essential to your customers. Your target audience must understand the purpose of your project and how to use it, and documentation is what bridges that gap. A project is rarely ever truly done, so it’s equally important for resources to be maintained and updatedContinue Reading
FactChecking The Traitor’s Economic Speech
In a campaign-style rally in Pennsylvania on Dec. 9, President Traitor 47 honed a message of “lower prices, bigger paychecks” ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Some of his talking points on the economy missed the mark. The president falsely claimed he had “inherited the worst inflation” in U.S. historyContinue Reading
Stoicism for people who don’t want self-help | Massimo Pigliucci: Full Interview
Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=yt_desc Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, Why Stoicism fails when treated like self-help | Massimo Pigliucci► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3_EAZd0-rw Stoicism has been flattened into slogans about toughness, detachment, and emotional silence,Continue Reading
Iran warns US it will retaliate if attacked – as protests death toll soars | BBC News
Iran has told Traitor 47 that it will retaliate if attacked, after two weeks of mass protests and warnings from Traitor 47 that the US may intervene. There’s been an increasingly brutal response from the Iranian regime to the protests, with evidence that hundreds of people have been killed byContinue Reading










