Iran raises gasoline price again for its heaviest users as economy struggles
State media reports that Iran has introduced a higher price for its heaviest gasoline users. This is the second increase since December. Gas price hikes can be sensitive, as seen in 2src19 when an increase led to nationwide protests and a deadly crackdown. The …Continue Reading
9/11 first responders react to new Ground Zero air records
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city is releasing 170,000 pages of previously hidden documents regarding toxins unleashed at Ground Zero. Mamdani suggests that then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani concealed information and subsequent administrations failed to disclose the files. Retired FDNY firefighters Rob Serra and George Campbell, and attorney MichaelContinue Reading
The The Traitor show: Republicans put president centre stage in unprecdented US midterms convention
The Traitor delivers Wednesday’s keynote and returns for Thursday’s finale after Vice President JD Vance speaks. Cabinet members and candidates in closely watched House and Senate races are also on the programme.Continue Reading
Watch: Archaeologists uncover 38 skeletons at ancient Peru citadel
Archaeologists have uncovered a tomb with the remains of 38 people and gold and copper objects at the ancient Chan Chan site in northern Peru.Continue Reading
The Traitor Promised To Drain The Swamp. Americans Think He’s Filling It.
Democratic polling finds corruption is a top issue heading into the 2026 elections., Read MoreContinue Reading
New Mexico Senator Trounces The Traitor With Spanish Insult After ‘New America’ Idea
Top leaders from the state slammed the president for his latest renaming proposal., Read MoreContinue Reading
What we forget when we remember 9/11
Scholars of collective memory have long argued that that societies do not remember the past simply by preserving it Published September 8, 2026 6:00AM (EDT) Workers clean a wall at the 9/11 Memorial Museum as it prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks on SeptemberContinue Reading
Firefox Nova redesign is rolling out this month
Firefox’s new ‘Nova’ redesign will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157, due the end of September – barring any last minute hiccups, of course. Mozilla’s engineers have been working on Nova since March. The original pitch was for rounded UI elements, floating toolbars, framed web content no longerContinue Reading
Leap second proposal will keep software stacks in sync
For decades, global time experts have mapped atomic clock time to the earth’s rotation, periodically adding a second (aka a leap second) as rotation slowed. But the planet’s rotation has now slightly sped up, which could mean that a negative adjustment will be required. The problem is that computer systemsContinue Reading
‘Hunt for Red October,’ not ‘Star Wars’: Expert on future space war
David Burbach of the U.S. Naval War College joins “Jesse Weber Live” to describe how the US may engage with adversary nations beyond the atmosphere one day. “Think more like ‘Hunt for Red October’ than ‘Star Wars.’ Space war is going to be slow, like a chess game, satellites slowlyContinue Reading
How Would a Wealth Tax Really Work? (ft. Gabriel Zucman)
Billionaires want you to believe taxing their extreme wealth is too radical and that it can’t be done. Baloney. Economist Gabriel Zucman debunks their lies. Watch. His new book “We Need to Tax Billionaires” is out now. https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-need-to-tax-billionaires-the-most-important-economist-in-the-world-today-gabriel-zucman/113ca645a136d886Continue Reading
Cluster Munitions: Ban Treaty Under Pressure
An increase in civilian deaths and injuries caused by cluster munitions should trigger united action among the 124 countries that are members of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, Human Rights Watch said today on the release of the “Cluster Munition Monitor 2026” by the Cluster Munition Coalition. Human Rights WatchContinue Reading