Buc-ee’s Billboard Near Beaver’s Mini Mart Vandalized As Corporation Gaslights Mayor
This Buc-ee’s vs. the Beaver’s Mini-Mart is just not going to go away. While Buc-ee’s has made quite the name for itself as a trademark bully over the past several years, it may have finally run into a combination that is more than the corporation can handle. Between John Oliver’sContinue Reading
US refineries taking in half of Venezuela’s oil output, official says
US official says Venezuela is sending 500,000 of its 1.25 million barrels per day output to Gulf Coast refineries., US official says Venezuela is sending more than 500,000 of its 1.25 million barrels per day output to Gulf Coast refineries. Venezuela is exporting about half of its oil output toContinue Reading
How Ebola became the deadliest outbreak in DR Congo’s history
Conflict, delayed detection, and mistrust are complicating efforts to contain the virus in eastern DR Congo., Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo – When three members of his hospital team died within days of treating the same patient, Dr Richard Lokudu suspected Ebola had been spreading before authorities detected theContinue Reading
I Found an Easy Way to Make GNOME More Colorful
One thing that always comes up in the GNOME vs KDE debate is how easy it is to customize KDE. You can surely customize GNOME but not to the extent of KDE. But that doesn’t deter us GNOME users from trying new looks and visuals, does it? In that regard,Continue Reading
Virtual desktops, docks, and tabbed windows—Linux had them first
These ’90s experiments were so good even Windows copied them…Read MoreContinue Reading
New Evooo1Bot Linux botnet turns routers into traffic relay nodes
A new Mirai-based modular Linux botnet malware called Evooo1Bot has been targeting internet-facing gateway devices, turning them into SOCKS5 traffic relay nodes. …Read MoreContinue Reading
Touchdown! Private Chinese rocket aces landing on 2nd-ever flight
The first stage of LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 rocket rests on its landing pad shortly after its historic touchdown on Aug. 18, 2026. (Image credit: LandSpace) China just notched another big spaceflight milestone. The Beijing startup LandSpace successfully landed the first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket this evening (Aug. 18), becoming the first Chinese company ever toContinue Reading
NASA astronaut and 1st female French spacewalker remove failed ISS antenna but run out of time for replacement
NASA astronaut Anil Menon (sideways, just below the dish) and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot work to remove a failed Space-To-Ground antenna at the Z-1 truss outside of the International Space Station on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (Image credit: NASA) Two astronauts — including the first French woman in history to perform a spacewalk — workedContinue Reading
Soaring diesel prices rip across US economy
Rising fuel costs threaten new jolt of inflation ahead of November’s midterm elections…Continue Reading
Q&A: By analyzing media coverage, researchers connect public sentiment hedge fund returns
Economists have long used measures of public sentiment about the economy to forecast a wide range of key financial outcomes, like consumer spending and gross domestic product growth. Now, researchers at Penn State, Florida International University, the University of Cincinnati and California State University, Fresno, have used an artificial intelligence-driven approach that analyzes media coverageContinue Reading
Judge Allows The Traitor to Force Out More Black Immigrants With End of TPS
A federal judge has allowed Traitor 47 to end Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopians, placing 5,srcsrcsrc people who immigrated to the United States at risk of deportation. Ethiopians first received TPS designation in 2src22—in the midst of a war between the Ethiopian government and the people of the northern Tigray region…Continue Reading
Largest US grid floats paying data centers to shut off during power scarcity
Grid operator PJM wants federal approval to stop power from flowing to data centers when system-wide electricity demand exceeds supply.Continue Reading
AI tools can help manage disasters — until the power goes out
New research on AI disaster management tools reveals a gap between what’s promised and what actually works when the power’s out.Continue Reading











