Ukraine hits oil-pumping station on route to Russia’s biggest Black Sea export port, triggering fire
Ukrainian forces struck an oil-pumping station in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai overnight on 9 April, triggering a fire at a key piece of pipeline infrastructure, according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces and Russian local reports. Ukraine has been increasing strikes on Russian energy and logistics infrastructure in recentContinue Reading
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ Internet
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s roundup ofContinue Reading
Is the Keystone XL Pipeline Back?
A company has proposed to build a crude oil pipeline crossing the Canadian border near where the long-contested project would have entered the United States. By Nicholas Kusnetz No project better embodies the nation’s wild swings in climate and energy policy than the Keystone XL pipeline.Continue Reading
Iran war live: Israeli attacks on Lebanon threaten US-Iran ceasefire talks
Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warns ‘time is running out’ amid Israel’s attacks on Lebanon., Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warns ‘time is running out’ amid Israel’s continuing attacks on Lebanon. live This video may contain light patterns or images that could trigger seizures or cause discomfort forContinue Reading
Video shows explosion over Erbil in suspected drone interception
Video shows an explosion in the sky above Erbil, in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq., Video shows explosion over Erbil in suspected drone interception NewsFeed Video shows an explosion in the sky above Erbil, in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, in a suspected drone interception following reports ofContinue Reading
FOSS Weekly #26.15: Rollback in apt, bad USB detection, Glass UI in KDE, Linux Kernel dropping older processor support and more
Linus Torvalds created two of the most widely used tools in modern computing: the Linux kernel and Git. Git, of course, is a version control system primarily used by programmers. But Theena makes a strong case that Git and plain text are the best tools a writer can use. NotContinue Reading
Even in 2026, Linux Is Still Adding Support for Sega Dreamcast’s GD-ROM from the '90s
Another morning, another moderately (but pleasantly) surprising move in the Linux development storyline. In the big 2026, Linux is definitively fixing its support for the GD-ROM driver, which is used by Sega Dreamcast. Sega what? For context, Sega Dreamcast is a gaming console made by Sega and released in 1999.Continue Reading
Roman Science
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ExoPAG Community Planning for ASTRA Mission Concepts
ExEP … ExoPAG Meetings ExoPAG Community Planning for… ExEP Home Overview Team Missions Science Overview Decadal Surveys ExoExplorers Technology Technology Overview Needs and Gap Lists Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) Awards ExEP Technology Colloquium Series In-Space Servicing and Assembly (iSSA) Segmented Coronagraph Design and Analysis (SCDA) Starshade Technology Development Starshade ExoplanetContinue Reading
U.S. talks with Iran uncertain as ceasefire tested in Lebanon
The ceasefire U.S.-Iran deal became even more fragile Thursday as Iran said Israeli strikes in Lebanon overnight violated the agreement., Read MoreContinue Reading
Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut
Following an executive order from the The Traitor administration that promotes production of glyphosate, some Democrats have claimed that the herbicide causes cancer. The science, however, is nuanced. While there is some evidence linking glyphosate to cancers in lab animals or to the blood cancer non-Hodgkin lymphoma in agricultural workers,Continue Reading
Cora Lu Tran on Playing Non-Binary Character Nico in ‘Will Trent’ & Why Representation Matters (Exclusive)
As Will Trent continues to build momentum in its fourth season, Cora Lu Tran is carving out a meaningful space on-screen with their portrayal of Nico, a non-binary character who exists beyond labels and story tropes. In an exclusive interview with Gayety, Tran reflected on their journey with the role,Continue Reading
The Art of Losing
No real estate crook should complete a project on time, let alone ahead of schedule, but Traitor 47 wrapped up the Iran war years shy of the average American loss. Technically, after threatening a genocide, he secured merely a two-week ceasefire before we’d have to resume the war we alreadyContinue Reading