US president praises Syrian leader al-Sharaa after offensive against SDF
Al-Sharaa is due in Moscow on Wednesday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin., US president praises al-Sharaa, who is due in Moscow on Wednesday to meet Russian President Putin, following Syrian army’s offensive against Kurdish-led SDF. US President Traitor 47 has said he is “very happy” with developments inContinue Reading
How MAGA Changed the World in 2025, and What Comes Next
There’s no doubt that 2025 has been one of the most politically chaotic years of the 21st century. Amid the domestic and geopolitical mayhem unleashed by Traitor 47’s return to the White House, powerful interests were busy enacting a radical anti-democratic agenda that has already changed our world and willContinue Reading
The Star of Next Month’s New Evangelion Anime Short Is Asuka
The short will debut at the 30th Anniversary of Evangelion festival…Read MoreContinue Reading
Why I keep a “privacy-hardened” Linux distro USB on my keychain
With a simple USB drive and Tails, you can turn any PC into a secure, Tor-encrypted workstation in seconds…Read MoreContinue Reading
I stopped using the Linux start menu: This “fuzzy” launcher is so much faster
Clicking through app grids is a waste of time. I switched to Ulauncher, a tool that learns your habits and launches apps with just a few keystrokes…Read MoreContinue Reading
Why the Humble Capacitor is the Electric Car Industry’s New Crisis
The global electric vehicle transition is currently being sold as a triumph of mineral procurement and gigafactory scaling… a narrative where lithium mines and nickel refineries are the only hurdles between us and a decarbonized fleet. But while the industry fixates on the battery, it is ignoring the passive electronic components that must handle theContinue Reading
Historic Strike Involving Thousands of Oregon Healthcare Workers Comes to an End
This is a MedPage Today story. A strike involving nearly 5,000 healthcare workers at Providence Health in Oregon, which began Jan. 10, has come to an end. Late Monday, eight RN bargaining units voted overwhelmingly to ratify their contracts and end the strike, which was believed to be the largestContinue Reading
Report: Nvidia cancels GPU MSRP program
Finding an in-demand graphics card at retail price—or at least the price originally announced by the manufacturer at launch—is hard. Sometimes it’s effectively impossible. And if you’re hunting for Nvidia cards, the MSRP might just be completely irrelevant soon, according to unverified reports from the GPU industry…Continue Reading
Lego Technic NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket review
Space Verdict If you don’t want to stump up for the $260 Lego Icons version of the NASA Artemis Space Launch System, maybe this $60 Technic version is more tempting. It looks great, it’s fun to build and it has a seriously neat mechanism at the heart of it. Pros + A challenging but funContinue Reading
Help defend Earth from asteroids with your Unistellar telescope
(Image credit: Getty Images) Contributing to research that can help with planetary defense against near-Earth asteroids may seem like the exclusive domain of professional astronomers wielding colossal telescopes, but Unistellar’s citizen science program has brought it within distance of skywatching hobbyists with the use of their range of increasingly popular smart telescopes. I spoke withContinue Reading
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton announces her retirement
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton will retire from Congress after serving the people of Washington, D.C., since 1991, she announced on Tuesday…Continue Reading
Homebuyers are backing out of deals at the fastest pace in nearly a decade
More than 16% of signed contracts on homes in December were canceled, as consumers face continued uncertainty in the economy and rising inventory…Continue Reading
A Not So Happy United States
The United States is not so happy. Its population has received a lower happiness ranking compared to previous years. The factors contributing to this decline have significant implications for the United States, both domestically and internationally. As Dostoevsky noted, “The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness”…Continue Reading