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Alt - Zero Hedge - 1 hour ago

After Murder Of Henry Nowak, Amnesty International Condemns Right Wing 'Political Commentary'

After Murder Of Henry Nowak, Amnesty International Condemns Right Wing 'Political Commentary' Via Remix News, Amnesty International’s reaction to the murder of Henry Nowak has prompted outrage, with the organization having nothing to say about the atrocious and inhumane actions of the police during the incident, but sharply condemning the “political commentary” in the wake of Nowak’s death. “At a time when hate crimes are rising, and violence and fear are becoming a daily reality ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

EU Could Lose 1.3 Million Jobs Due To Energy Price Surge From Iran War

EU Could Lose 1.3 Million Jobs Due To Energy Price Surge From Iran War Up to 1.3 million jobs across the EU are at risk because of the ongoing war in the Middle East, European Commissioner for jobs Roxana Mînzatu said on Wednesday. "Due to the war in the Middle East, up to 1.3 million jobs are at risk, particularly in energy-intensive industries," Mînzatu said at a press conference. "Let me also underline that increased energy costs will have a particular negative impact on lowe...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 3 hours ago

Iran To Deepen Ties With 'Principal Strategic Partner' China: Ghalibaf

Iran To Deepen Ties With 'Principal Strategic Partner' China: Ghalibaf Via The Cradle Iranian Parliament Speaker and special representative for China affairs, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, held the first joint meeting with key economic officials on Wednesday to align Tehran's economic strategy toward Beijing. The session in Tehran included the ministers of economy, oil, and industry, alongside the central bank governor and the head of the Plan and Budget Organization. The assembly ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

US Formally Rejects Somaliland Sovereignty In Blow To Israel

US Formally Rejects Somaliland Sovereignty In Blow To Israel Via Middle East Eye The US has reaffirmed “the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Somalia, in a move seen as a blow to Somaliland, the breakaway region recently recognized by Israel and close to the United Arab Emirates. In a report to Congress on “Potential Areas for Improved United States Engagement with Somaliland”, the US State Department stated that Somaliland was included in the Federal Republic of Somalia. ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago

US Govt. Lab Launches Advanced Battery Lab To Help Power Grid

US Govt. Lab Launches Advanced Battery Lab To Help Power Grid Authored by Georgina Jedikovska via Interesting Engineering, The US has recently launched a new battery production line, which is expected to help researchers develop safer and cheaper energy storage technologies for the electric grid. PNNL's new prismatic cell line will allow researchers and industry partners to create, test and demonstrate real-world prismatic cells at an industrially relevant scale. (Andrea Starr/Paci...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 6 hours ago

Samsung Joins Blue-State Exodus, Moves U.S. HQ From New Jersey To Texas

Samsung Joins Blue-State Exodus, Moves U.S. HQ From New Jersey To Texas We're still trying to settle on a name for the new "Rust Belt" for blue states, where high taxes, de-growth climate policies, permitting paralysis, and an obsession with woke governance have sparked a historic outflow of people, businesses, and capital to red states. The old Rust Belt was hollowed out by decades of deindustrialization. This new version in blue states is being hollowed out by self-inflicted prog...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 7 hours ago

US Special Ops Fields Caliber-Swapping MK24 Rifle For 7.62 Combat And 6.5 Range

US Special Ops Fields Caliber-Swapping MK24 Rifle For 7.62 Combat And 6.5 Range Authored by Aamir Khollam via Interesting Engineering, A new rifle heading to U.S. special operations forces can switch between 7.62mm NATO and 6.5mm Creedmoor ammunition in roughly a minute, giving operators a way to adapt to changing mission requirements without carrying separate weapon systems. MK24 modular rifle (LMT Defense on Facebook) The weapon, known as the MK24 Medium Range Gas Gun Assault (M...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 7 hours ago

Lefty Tech Rag Panics As Manhattan Institute Pivots From Killing DEI To Crushing NGO-Funded Riots

Lefty Tech Rag Panics As Manhattan Institute Pivots From Killing DEI To Crushing NGO-Funded Riots Left-leaning Condé Nast, through Wired, appears to be running narrative cover for the protest-industrial complex, gaslighting readers over efforts to impose real penalties on chaos and disorder stemming from protests and riots. Wired reporter Ali Winston's target is the Manhattan Institute. She appears to be upset that the Manhattan Institute is pushing for new state laws that make va...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

Colonoscopy: The Most Used Screening Test For Colon Cancer, Here Are The Benefits And Risks

Colonoscopy: The Most Used Screening Test For Colon Cancer, Here Are The Benefits And Risks Authored by Mercura Wang via The Epoch Times, Medically reviewed by Jimmy Almond, M.D. Colonoscopy is the most widely used screening test for colon cancer, which is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. It is considered the gold standard and is more accurate than two other common screening methods - stool tests and sigmoidoscopy - because it allows doctors ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

Is John Cornyn Trying To Sabotage Ken Paxton?

Is John Cornyn Trying To Sabotage Ken Paxton? Texas Republicans handed Sen. John Cornyn one of the most humiliating defeats in the state's modern political history in this year's primary runoff. A week after being clobbered by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, he is amplifying a Libertarian candidate, in an apparent attempt to siphon conservative votes from Ken Paxton in the general election in November. In a post on X, Cornyn shared a Houston Public Media interview profiling Li...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 8 hours ago

Amazon Plans Data Center In Wheatfield, Indiana; Will Pay $1.25BN To Reduce Energy Cost Impact On Local Payers

Amazon Plans Data Center In Wheatfield, Indiana; Will Pay $1.25BN To Reduce Energy Cost Impact On Local Payers By Georgia Butler of DataCenterDynamics Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking to develop a data center campus in Wheatfield, Indiana. Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, the cloud giant has purchased more land in India. Located in Jasper County and southwest of Michigan City, Wheatfield is a small town and has a population of around 900 as per the 2020 census. AWS p...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 9 hours ago

Andrew Left's Conviction Could Change The Rules For Every Market Commentator...But How?

Andrew Left's Conviction Could Change The Rules For Every Market Commentator...But How? Andrew Left's fraud conviction is sending shockwaves through the activist short-selling community, not simply because of the verdict itself, but because it has exposed deep uncertainty about what market commentators are legally allowed to do, according to the Financial Times. For years, activist short sellers operated in an area where investors would build positions, publish research or opinions...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 9 hours ago

Scientists Boost Battery, Fuel Cell Performance By Over 300%

Scientists Boost Battery, Fuel Cell Performance By Over 300% Authored by Neetika Walter via Interesting Engineering, Researchers in South Korea have developed a new catalyst design strategy that boosts the efficiency of reactions used in batteries and hydrogen fuel cells without changing the catalyst itself. New catalyst approach could improve fuel cells and batteries  (Representational image)Shutterstock The team, led by Professor Seung Jun Hwang of POSTECH and Professor Jaeyune ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 10 hours ago

Central Bank Gold Buying Rebounds In April From Dramatic March Selloff

Central Bank Gold Buying Rebounds In April From Dramatic March Selloff First the good news: according to the latest World Gold Council update, central banks, a key pillar of the bullish case for gold, have returned to adding holdings in April after notable selling in March sent the price of the precious metal tumbling. The 17 ton purchase represents a turnaround from steep sales in March, which at nearly 30 tons were the largest monthly gold sales in years, driven almost entirely by...

Alt - Boing Boing - 10 hours ago

Amazon uses AI to invent products you can't buy

Amazon's latest AI shopping "feature" generates fake product images while you type, because apparently searching through the world's largest pile of actual products was too grounded in reality. Available starting today, the Amazon app will generate images of products as you type words into the search bar. Read the rest The post Amazon uses AI to invent products you can't buy appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 10 hours ago

House Passes Dem Resolution to Block U.S. Military Action Against Iran In Narrow Vote

House Passes Dem Resolution to Block U.S. Military Action Against Iran In Narrow Vote The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on June 3 directing the withdrawal of U.S. troops from armed hostilities with Iran, in a closely divided 215–208 vote. Four Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure, which invokes the 1973 War Powers Resolution to require President Donald Trump to either end the operations or seek explicit congressional approval to continue them...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 10 hours ago

Broadcom Crashes After AI Chip Revenue Forecast Misses

Broadcom Crashes After AI Chip Revenue Forecast Misses Broadcaom stock is plunging in after-hours trading, after the company reported Q2 results which delivered a disappointing forecast for AI chip revenue, signaling that the company is either progressing more slowly than anticipated in the burgeoning industry, or that unlike its peers, is actually truthful in predicting the potential of the AI bubble. The historicals were ok: in the fiscal second quarter, which ended May 3, sales ...

Alt - Boing Boing - 10 hours ago

Grandpa Pudding Brains unveils "our pool is bigger than skyscrapers" chart

Dementia Donnie thinks this infographic is impressive. To celebrate his pool guy coating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a deep blue, Trump held up a visual aid comparing its 2,030-foot length to the height of famous skyscrapers, under the heading "Our Pool is Bigger than Skyscrapers." Read the rest The post Grandpa Pudding Brains unveils "our pool is bigger than skyscrapers" chart appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

SPLC Employee Funneled $1.2 Million To Neo-Nazi Lover - And More: DOJ Superseding Indictment

SPLC Employee Funneled $1.2 Million To Neo-Nazi Lover - And More: DOJ Superseding Indictment The Southern Poverty Law Center built a massive empire - ballooning to over $787 million in assets - by promising donors it was the frontline defender against "hate" and white supremacy. But according to the Department of Justice's superseding indictment, the organization allegedly funneled millions in tax-exempt donor dollars to the very extremists it publicly condemned. The Juiciest Rev...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

Federal Inspection Reportedly Finds Delaney Hall In Compliance On Virtually All Standards

Federal Inspection Reportedly Finds Delaney Hall In Compliance On Virtually All Standards Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill has repeatedly claimed that conditions in the Delaney Hall ICE facility are abhorrent, inhuman, and intolerable. Democratic leaders claimed that the conditions were so horrific that there was a hunger strike going on. As is often the case, there is a closed loop of information fueling such claims. The med...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

India Throws Open The Bond Gates: Modi Slashes Foreign Investor Taxes In Scramble To Halt Rupee Collapse

India Throws Open The Bond Gates: Modi Slashes Foreign Investor Taxes In Scramble To Halt Rupee Collapse Having spent the better part of a decade assuring the world that the Indian growth miracle was self-sustaining, structurally sound, and impervious to the “fragile five” indignities of yesteryear, New Delhi has quietly arrived at the only conclusion that ever follows a currency in freefall: print incentives, slash taxes, and beg foreigners to please, please come back. According t...

Alt - Boing Boing - 11 hours ago

A hobbyist projects SFO's overhead planes onto his ceiling in real time

Living under an airport's takeoff path usually means complaining about the noise. A Redditor who goes by I_am_Root01 went the other way and built a ceiling projection that shows every plane passing over his house in real time. A receiver picks up the ADS-B radio signals that aircraft constantly broadcast, and a projector throws a live map onto his ceiling, each plane labeled with its flight number and type. Read the rest The post A hobbyist projects SFO's overhead planes onto his ceiling in re...

Alt - Boing Boing - 12 hours ago

If you're paying a la carte for AI models, this $60 lifetime pass gets you ChatGPT, Claude and more

TL;DR: ChatPlayground AI lets you compare GPT, Claude, Gemini, and more side-by-side in one tab—and lifetime access is $59.97 (reg. $619) through June 14 I don't know what's worse—handling monthly individual subscription fees or navigating a jungle of multiple tabs on your browser. Read the rest The post If you're paying a la carte for AI models, this $60 lifetime pass gets you ChatGPT, Claude and more appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 12 hours ago

California's 'Wealth' Tax Is Coming For Everyone

California's 'Wealth' Tax Is Coming For Everyone Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, If you own property in California, you're not safe. A new ballot measure will empower the state to confiscate a percentage of the assets of any resident, even though its initial provisions don't communicate that intent. California's "One-Time Wealth Tax for State-Funded Healthcare, Education, and Food Assistance Programs Initiative," which has already qualified for the November ballot, ...

Alt - Boing Boing - 12 hours ago

Meta backs off tracking workers' keystrokes after they revolt

Meta has backed off a little. After announcing in April that a tool called the Model Capability Initiative would log employees' keystrokes and mouse clicks to train its AI models, the company has now told staff they can pause the data collection for "up to 30 minutes at a time" or request an exemption altogether, according to an internal memo seen by the BBC. Read the rest The post Meta backs off tracking workers' keystrokes after they revolt appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 12 hours ago

When Meta, Google, and Apple agree on "privacy," watch your wallet

Don Marti has a rule of thumb: when Meta, Google, and Apple all line up behind a new "privacy" feature, someone should ask who actually benefits. In a post about the browser ad-measurement standard called Attribution Level 1, he argues the answer is Big Tech. Read the rest The post When Meta, Google, and Apple agree on "privacy," watch your wallet appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 12 hours ago

Never Let Politicians Decide What Is True

Never Let Politicians Decide What Is True Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, We are living through an age that has abandoned the dedicated pursuit of truth. Our politicians and news personalities talk about "the narrative." Our academies teach young minds to accept "expert opinion." Our philosophers argue that truth is "subjective." Social theorists argue that truth is an "illusion" that powerful people use to control others. Whenever I hear Democrat Senator Cory Booke...

Alt - Boing Boing - 12 hours ago

Bears in Japan also sick of humans

It seems global bear populations are letting humanity know we've encroached far enough. Seems this bear really wanted to explain the rules of the wild. Previously:• A bear got into a backyard hot tub and drank a guy's margarita• Man who moved into bear country demands bear respect zoning laws The post Bears in Japan also sick of humans appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 13 hours ago

The strange economics of setting your own cash on fire

In The Armchair Economist, Steven Landsburg makes the case that burning your own money is a form of philanthropy. Destroy a banknote, he argues, and "all surviving money slightly increases in value," so everyone else gains wealth in proportion to what they already hold. Read the rest The post The strange economics of setting your own cash on fire appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 13 hours ago

IBM Announces Five-Year, $10BN Quantum Investment

IBM Announces Five-Year, $10BN Quantum Investment IBM is set to invest more than $10 billion in quantum computing over the next five years. According to the company, the investment will cover RandD, capex, manufacturing scaling, ecosystem partnerships, and MandA; areas that IBM says will help accelerate its quantum roadmap beyond 2029, when it expects to deliver the world's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. The announcement comes two weeks after the US governme...

Alt - Boing Boing - 13 hours ago

A stolen slice of watermelon sparked a deadly 1856 riot in Panama

On the evening of April 15, 1856, an American named Jack Oliver took a slice of watermelon from a Panama City vendor, José Manuel Luna, and refused to pay the dime he owed. Oliver, being American, drew a pistol to settle the matter. Read the rest The post A stolen slice of watermelon sparked a deadly 1856 riot in Panama appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 13 hours ago

Uber Introduces $1,500 Monthly Cap On AI Coding Tools After Budget Blowout

Uber Introduces $1,500 Monthly Cap On AI Coding Tools After Budget Blowout Uber has set a $1,500 monthly cap on employee spending for specific AI coding tools after the company exhausted its entire 2026 budget for those tools in the first four months of the year. The limits apply to agentic coding platforms such as Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cursor, according to Stocktwits. Prior to the caps, some engineers were generating monthly bills between $500 and $2,000 in token consumpti...

Alt - Boing Boing - 14 hours ago

What happened to the 2.5 mile high building designed to be taller than Mount Fuji?

In 1995 the Japanese construction giant Taisei Corporation unveiled plans for the X-Seed 4000, a tower four kilometers tall a building shaped like Mount Fuji that would have stood 224 meters higher than the actual mountain. It called for 800 floors, room for up to a million residents in Tokyo Bay, and more than three million tonnes of steel. Read the rest The post What happened to the 2.5 mile high building designed to be taller than Mount Fuji? appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

Latest Fed Beige Book Underscores "K-Shaped" Split Of US Economy

Latest Fed Beige Book Underscores "K-Shaped" Split Of US Economy Economic activity increased at a "slight to moderate" pace for ten of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts, while one District reported a slight decline and one reported no change, according to the latest Fed Beige Book. The just released Beige Book - prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City based on information collected on or before May 27, 2026, and is the second one to capture the effect of the war on t...

Alt - Boing Boing - 14 hours ago

Candace Owens takes her patriot act to Putin's talent show

Raw Story reports that Owens is scheduled to appear at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on a panel called "A Big Family, A Big Reach: New Demographics and Narratives for Media Leaders." Other scheduled panelists include Russian media and political figures under U.S. Read the rest The post Candace Owens takes her patriot act to Putin's talent show appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

Dispersion And Correlation Are Screaming Overbought, Downside Hedging Is Cheap

Dispersion And Correlation Are Screaming Overbought, Downside Hedging Is Cheap Submitted by SpotGamma CBOE’s Dispersion Index (DSPX) is at levels only seen during Covid and the April ’25 tariff crash, while Correlation (COR1M) is near all-time lows. This divergence signals extreme positioning risk driven by the AI stock chase, and makes SPY downside hedges historically cheap. Traders have been chasing AI related names in such heavy-handed fashion that it has now created positionin...

Alt - Boing Boing - 14 hours ago

Bari Weiss' CBS News swims in Epstein-related baggage

Substacker Dean Blundell has a long look at the Epstein-related baggage now sloshing around Bari Weiss' CBS News, and the argument is not that proximity proves guilt. It is that a newsroom built to interrogate power can only get squeamish when the power is all over its own org chart. Read the rest The post Bari Weiss' CBS News swims in Epstein-related baggage appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

New York Democrats Move To Redraw Congressional Maps

New York Democrats Move To Redraw Congressional Maps Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, New York Democrats are moving to give state lawmakers the power to redraw the state’s congressional maps, entering the national fight over control of the U.S. House. The proposed constitutional amendment would allow lawmakers to draw district lines themselves and redraw them mid-decade. It had not been formally filed as of Tuesday morning, but The Epoch Times has reviewed a memo des...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 15 hours ago

Iran Issues 4-Stage Proposal For Deal With US, After Most Intense Overnight Clashes Since April

Iran Issues 4-Stage Proposal For Deal With US, After Most Intense Overnight Clashes Since April Summary State media issues four-stage proposal for deal with US, says indirect talks are 'ongoing'. GCC blasts 'cowardly attacks' after Kuwait International Airport rocked by Iranian missiles: one dead, 63 injured. Overnight saw US-Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz - as US attacked Qeshm Island - and Iran unleashed more projectiles on Gulf states. Most intense fighting since April...

Alt - Boing Boing - 15 hours ago

Sticky tires are dirtier than they look

California's proposed replacement-tire rules are aimed at reducing rolling resistance, which is exactly the boring technical phrase that matters here. A tire that takes more energy to roll makes a gas car burn more fuel or an EV use more battery. Read the rest The post Sticky tires are dirtier than they look appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 15 hours ago

Bear shows hiker who is boss

A hiker on Glacier National Park's Grinnell Glacier Trail surprised a grizzly in a noisy snowfield, and the grizzly responded with a fractured-arm performance review. A 32-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a surprise encounter with a grizzly bear Thursday on the Grinnell Glacier Trail in Glacier National Park. Read the rest The post Bear shows hiker who is boss appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 15 hours ago

SDNY Prosecutors Looking At Valuation Discrepancies In Private Credit Market

SDNY Prosecutors Looking At Valuation Discrepancies In Private Credit Market In a move that is long overdue, Jay Clayton, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, said his office is looking at possible valuation discrepancies in the private credit marketplace.  Wall Street’s top prosecutor addressed the issue Wednesday while speaking at the Bloomberg Global Credit Forum in New York. Clayton said the difference between the price at which assets are marked on one balan...

Alt - Boing Boing - 15 hours ago

No whey? Protein shortage looms

Responding to the latest dietary craze, America put protein in Pop-Tarts, chips, candy, soda, and water, and now the whey mines are running dry. The Atlantic reports that wholesale whey powder prices are up more than 50 percent since January, inventories are tight, and some manufacturers have already sold through their supplies for the year. Read the rest The post No whey? Protein shortage looms appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 16 hours ago

The next Silent Hill has a twist fans won't see coming

I know you just got done running around and trying to keep your sailor suit intact in Silent Hill f, but Konami has another helping of moody horror for you already. Silent Hill is a yearly franchise now, remember? Read the rest The post The next Silent Hill has a twist fans won't see coming appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 16 hours ago

New God of War game does not feature the god of war

Honestly, I wondered what game announcement could possibly be so hype-inducing that PlayStation would rent out theaters nationwide to host it. The Last of Us 3? Bloodborne 2? Unfortunately, the levels of hype weren't quite that nuclear, but the show's much-speculated-about 'one last thing' a new God of War game from Santa Monica Studio was still pretty nice to see. Read the rest The post New God of War game does not feature the god of war appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 16 hours ago

Insomniac's Wolverine game looks every bit as bloody as it should

With how great Insomniac's Spider-Man game was and how okay its sequel was, it's no surprise that Marvel has apparently designated them the Marvel game studio. Despite a devilish sequel tease, we probably won't see the third installment of their Spider-Man series until the 2030s, and in the meantime, they've focused their attention on something a little more… visceral. Read the rest The post Insomniac's Wolverine game looks every bit as bloody as it should appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

'The Pricking Is Coming': Dalio Warns AI Bubble Will Burst Like Dot-Com, But Tech Will Endure

'The Pricking Is Coming': Dalio Warns AI Bubble Will Burst Like Dot-Com, But Tech Will Endure Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio appeared on Bloomberg TV today and delivered a measured yet cautionary assessment of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy. He highlighted classic bubble dynamics - sky-high valuations, rampant speculation, and "paper wealth" vastly outpacing actual cash flows - while drawing direct parallels to the 2000 dot-com era. "All great technology ...

Alt - Boing Boing - 16 hours ago

Newly discovered fish species looks just like Big Bird's best friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus

It's surely no surprise that my favorite Sesame Street character is Aloysius Snuffleupagus, a.k.a. Mr. Snuffleupagus, a.k.a. Snuffy. I mean, it's not a secret that I'm a sucker for an awesome snout, and Snuffy's snout which is technically a trunk affectionately known as a "snuffle" is just about the best one of all time. Read the rest The post Newly discovered fish species looks just like Big Bird's best friend, Mr. Snuffleupagus appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 16 hours ago

Antarctica's winds permanently bent New Zealand's trees sideways

At Slope Point, the southernmost tip of New Zealand's South Island, the wind has become a sculptor. The trees here don't grow straight toward the sky. They all lean in the same direction, their trunks and branches twisted and locked into shape by years of punishing gusts. Read the rest The post Antarctica's winds permanently bent New Zealand's trees sideways appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 16 hours ago

This playful online rave is the perfect party for homebodies

On Hallucinate, you can drop into a massive, free online rave as a customizable avatar you can dress up and style. The site's pixelated aesthetic gives the whole experience a charmingly nostalgic vibe. Videos of real DJ sets from YouTube play on the main stage, while you hang out in the crowd. Read the rest The post This playful online rave is the perfect party for homebodies appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

Snubbed By SpaceX, Jefferies Now Helping Traders Short World's Biggest IPO

Snubbed By SpaceX, Jefferies Now Helping Traders Short World's Biggest IPO Two weeks ago, when the SpaceX IPO prospectus landed, we observed, that "Goldman is lead left; and pretty much every other bank is on the cover." Goldman is lead left; and pretty much every other bank is on the cover. They need that to sell it to retail https://t.co/9JogVIxo1i pic.twitter.com/nSnvx6tWqs — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 20, 2026 Yet one bank was missing: middle-market specialist (with a penchant...

Alt - Boing Boing - 16 hours ago

Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs swoon over the manliest man they've ever seen

Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs swoon over the manliest man they've ever seen -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this hostile Trumpverse! JOIN US IN THE INNER HIVE, and be the first kid on your block to get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic – before it's published anywhere. Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs swoon over the manliest man they've ever seen appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 17 hours ago

Rabo On Regime-Change At The Fed: What Warsh Can (And Should) Do First

Rabo On Regime-Change At The Fed: What Warsh Can (And Should) Do First The honeymoon period for Warsh is over. The FOMC could have given him the professional courtesy of allowing him to settle in, but in recent weeks several Committee participants have staked out their position. They want to drop the FOMC’s easing bias and instead take a more neutral stance. This means it will be more difficult for Warsh to convince the Committee of cutting rates anytime soon. Against that int...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 17 hours ago

Quantum Computing: Hype Or The Real Deal?

Quantum Computing: Hype Or The Real Deal? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The word “quantum” is defined as “an amount,” with its Latin root meaning “how much.” In physics, a quantum is the smallest discrete unit of any physical property. The adjective form, as in “quantum leap,” describes a sudden, significant, and fundamental change. It is also a perfect adjective for coining the next potential technological innovation—quantum computing. Quantum compu...

Alt - Boing Boing - 18 hours ago

Imagine never seeing a website hosting renewal email again after paying $149.99 once

TL;DR: Most web hosts treat your website like a subscription. PawnHoster's King Plan would rather take your money once and call it a day. For a limited time, get one for $149.99 you'll only pay once. Running a website is already enough work without getting hit with another hosting renewal every year. Read the rest The post Imagine never seeing a website hosting renewal email again after paying $149.99 once appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 18 hours ago

Oil Prices Hold Gains As Gasoline Stocks Hit 12 Year Lows, Cushing 'Tank Bottoms' Loom

Oil Prices Hold Gains As Gasoline Stocks Hit 12 Year Lows, Cushing 'Tank Bottoms' Loom Brent crude prices are rising back toward $100 per barrel this morning following the latest flare-up in fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire Prices rose after the U.S. military said Iran fired missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, which failed to hit their targets. The United States said it then struck an Iranian military ground control station on an island in the Strait of Hormuz.   API...

Alt - Boing Boing - 18 hours ago

Cop fired and arrested after pulling gun on colleague who microwaved fish

A South Carolina cop was so infuriated by another officer microwaving fish that he aimed his service firearm at him. Michael Debiase, 46, was fired, arrested, and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm at a person. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigated the incident, reports ABC News, which took place at Myrtle Beach Police Department. Read the rest The post Cop fired and arrested after pulling gun on colleague who microwaved fish appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 19 hours ago

Poster of The Birds of Palestine

John Rooney's The Birds of Palestine is a beautiful collage of avian species residing there. It's available as a print from his Etsy store (and from Shop Palestine, though the store appears to be down today), and the latest in a series: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Iceland. Read the rest The post Poster of The Birds of Palestine appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

Step Aside Private Credit: Partners Group Is First Private Equity Fund To Gate Investors

Step Aside Private Credit: Partners Group Is First Private Equity Fund To Gate Investors The private credit gating-gate is spilling over to private equity.  Partners Group Holding AG has capped withdrawals at one of its evergreen private equity funds amid heightened redemption pressure, as the investor anxiety that hit private credit vehicles is now spilling over to other asset classes within private markets, Bloomberg reported. The Swiss firm, one of Europe’s largest listed alter...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

SpaceX Reportedly Targets $135 IPO Price As Morningstar Says Valuation Should Be Halved

SpaceX Reportedly Targets $135 IPO Price As Morningstar Says Valuation Should Be Halved Last week, Elon Musk called Bloomberg's "SpaceX Said to Cut IPO Value" story "false," marking the latest clash between Musk and the MSM over coverage of his companies. Reuters has released a new report, which, based on sources, says SpaceX is planning an IPO at a price of $135 per share, aiming to raise a record $75 billion by selling about 555.6 million shares at an estimated $1.75 trillion ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Family Of Henry Nowak's Migrant Killer Sparks Outrage After Asking For "No Further Pain" In Tone-Deaf Statement

Family Of Henry Nowak's Migrant Killer Sparks Outrage After Asking For "No Further Pain" In Tone-Deaf Statement Via Remix News, The family of Vickrum Digwa has been accused of adding insult to injury after issuing a statement asking that Henry Nowak’s murder not be used to cause “further pain,” despite fierce public anger over the way the 18-year-old was stabbed, falsely accused, handcuffed and left dying in the street. Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to life in prison with a minimu...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Major Iranian Attack On Kuwait International Airport Leaves One Dead, 63 Injured

Major Iranian Attack On Kuwait International Airport Leaves One Dead, 63 Injured Kuwait International Airport has come under Iranian missile and drone attack on Wednesday, in a significant strike that killed one person and left 63 people injured - according to the country's health ministry, with several of the victims being seriously wounded. A passenger terminal was directly struck, damaging facilities including diplomatic missions at the airport, Kuwaiti authorities have said. Ar...

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ADP Reports US Economy Added The Most Jobs In 16 Months In May

ADP Reports US Economy Added The Most Jobs In 16 Months In May Following a shockingly strong JOLTS report, ADP just reported a stronger than expected rise in jobs added in May. ADP says 122k jobs were added in May - better than the 120k expected - and the biggest monthly addition since January 2025 Source: Bloomberg "Hiring was more broad-based in May than we've seen in the last few years," said Dr. Nela Richardson, Chief Economist, ADP. "The labor market continues to show sus...

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These Two Things Are Not The Same...

These Two Things Are Not The Same... Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity, Viral images of a grand classical arch and a twisted modernist one reveal the unbridgeable divide between leaders who celebrate America's heritage and those who seem determined to replace it with something cold, crooked, and alien. The contrast could not be clearer or more deliberate. On one side stands towering marble, golden eagles, and inscriptions evoking "One Nation Under God." On the other, a bent...

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Trump Team Proposes New Tariff Round On 60 Countries Over Forced Labor Practices

Trump Team Proposes New Tariff Round On 60 Countries Over Forced Labor Practices The U.S. Trade Representative has issued an overnight statement and proposed a new round of tariffs of at least 10% on imports from 60 trading partners, marking the administration's largest attempt yet to rebuild its tariff empire after the Supreme Court struck down earlier levies. The new duties stem from Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, which investigates whether trading partners are failing to ...

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Bass Advances To Runoff In LA Mayor's Race; Pratt Leads Contenders

Bass Advances To Runoff In LA Mayor's Race; Pratt Leads Contenders Authored by Jackson Richman and Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advanced to the November runoff election for Los Angeles mayor. The Associated Press called Bass’s advancement after 1:30 a.m. ET on June 3. Reality TV star Spencer Pratt and Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman lead 11 other candidates in the race for runner-up. The runner-up will face Bass in the runo...

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"Dramatically Less Accessible To The Average Fan": Knicks Finals Tickets At MSG Sell From $3K To $280K

"Dramatically Less Accessible To The Average Fan": Knicks Finals Tickets At MSG Sell From $3K To $280K For the first time since 1999, the New York Knicks are heading to the NBA Finals. For fans, it's a dream decades in the making. For anyone hoping to attend a game at Madison Square Garden, however, that dream comes with a staggering price tag in the thousands of dollars.  The 2026 NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs have produced some of the most expen...

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Commodity Markets Are Living On Borrowed Time

Commodity Markets Are Living On Borrowed Time Authored by Helen Thomas via City AM, Governments and industry have softened the impact of energy and commodity supply disruptions by releasing reserves, reducing inventories, and increasing operational flexibility. These measures are temporary, and continued inventory drawdowns are pushing oil and metal markets toward historically tight conditions. Once inventories become critically low, higher prices may become the primary...

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Reactor Developers Advance Sweden's Nuclear Ambitions While State Puts Up $3.7 Billion

Reactor Developers Advance Sweden's Nuclear Ambitions While State Puts Up $3.7 Billion Sweden advanced its nuclear revival with two major filings for new capacity and a government proposal to commit up to $3.7 billion in state capital for SMR projects. On May 18th, Blykalla submitted the first application for an advanced reactor park under Sweden’s new siting process. The Norrsundet site would host six 55-MWe SEALER lead-cooled reactors, for 330 MWe total.  CEO Jacob Stedman cal...

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Welsh Police Officers Ordered To Log Anti-Islam Comments In Chilling Free Speech Crackdown

Welsh Police Officers Ordered To Log Anti-Islam Comments In Chilling Free Speech Crackdown Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Britain's free speech traditions face fresh erosion as South Wales Police directs officers to record conversations and comments about Islam that stray beyond what the force deems "legitimate" discussion. The policy, exposed in recent social media posts, risks logging lawful criticism as hostility incidents that could surface in future employment...

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White Girls Raped By Dogs, Whisky Bottles, and 100s Of Men: Britain's Migrant Grooming-Gang Scandal Exposed

White Girls Raped By Dogs, Whisky Bottles, and 100s Of Men: Britain's Migrant Grooming-Gang Scandal Exposed Via Remix News, Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe used a Westminster Hall debate on Monday to confront MPs with harrowing testimony from White girls and women who were raped, tortured, trafficked, and degraded by migrant grooming gangs, and abandoned by the very authorities that should have protected them. The debate was secured after 260,974 Brits signed a petition calli...

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US Warns Ally Oman That It Better Pick The 'Right' Side In Hormuz Standoff

US Warns Ally Oman That It Better Pick The 'Right' Side In Hormuz Standoff The saga of rare Washington pressure on its longtime regional ally Oman continues, with on Tuesday The Wall Street Journal reporting that US officials are growing "increasingly frustrated" with Muscat's neutral stance, which they now view as hostile to US interests. Oman has stood accused of cooperating with Iran on a proposed toll collection scheme which would benefit Tehran and circumvent America's aims fo...

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Russia Weighs $50 Million Plan To Influence Armenia's Election

Russia Weighs $50 Million Plan To Influence Armenia's Election Via Eurasianet, Reuters reported that Russian officials discussed influence operations aimed at weakening Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ahead of Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary election. One alleged proposal involved temporarily bringing Armenian passport holders living in Russia back to Armenia to vote for opposition candidates. Despite the reported efforts, polling suggests Pashinyan’s Civil Contract Party...

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Early Returns Show Surprises In California As Other States Wrap Up

Early Returns Show Surprises In California As Other States Wrap Up Update (0030ET): Voters in six states went to the polls today for key primaries. While many races followed expectations, California delivered notable early drama with slow-counting mail ballots still to come. California Governor (Top-Two Primary) The race to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom remains the biggest story. In a crowded nonpartisan jungle primary, early returns (approx. 45-50% counted) show: Steve ...

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Barbarian Mindset: How Leftists And Third-World Invaders Think Alike

Barbarian Mindset: How Leftists And Third-World Invaders Think Alike Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us The fall of the Roman Empire is often presented as symbolic of the slow but steady decline of the western world today, and it’s true, this comparison might be more accurate than many people realize. The disastrous collapse which escalated over the course of the 5th century was driven by economic crisis, a split of the empire into eastern and western halves, government re...

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How China Is Remaking Its Vast Western Frontier

How China Is Remaking Its Vast Western Frontier China is undertaking a vast effort to reshape its western frontier, transforming Xinjiang and Tibet from remote borderlands into strategic hubs for industry, energy, tourism and trade, according to a new lengthy report from Financial Times. Under President Xi Jinping, Beijing is pouring investment into highways, railways, renewable energy projects, manufacturing bases and tourism infrastructure across a region that covers nearly a thi...

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Cliffwater Private Credit Fund Gates Investors For Second Straight Quarter After Redemption Requests Soar To 17%

Cliffwater Private Credit Fund Gates Investors For Second Straight Quarter After Redemption Requests Soar To 17% The market may be in full-blown face-ripping bubble mode, and software stocks are now gripped in by a category 5 gamma squeeze hurricane, but not even that is helping the ongoing debacle that is private credit. The flagship private credit fund of Cliffwater, a fund which has was slammed by redemption requests in the past quarter as the private credit crisis came to a for...

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Feds Seize Over A Ton Of Cocaine At Massive US-Mexico Drug-Smuggling Tunnel

Feds Seize Over A Ton Of Cocaine At Massive US-Mexico Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Authorities charged four suspects on June 1 with felony drug distribution violations after finding a hidden tunnel used by drug runners inside a retail store in San Diego County that led into Tijuana, Mexico. Investigators also seized more than a ton of cocaine worth about $45 million in connection with the subterranean tunnel, according to the U.S. Attorney...

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Whistleblower Leaks Stanford's Private Foreign-Funding Records, Exposing CCP-Linked Donors

Whistleblower Leaks Stanford's Private Foreign-Funding Records, Exposing CCP-Linked Donors Some of America's top universities have become soft targets for foreign espionage and influence operations, creating potential gateways for adversarial powers to access sensitive research, elite policy networks, and federally funded innovation pipelines. The latest report from The Stanford Review should be viewed as yet another warning about the urgent need to protect academic institutions fr...

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Do We Really Believe In Freedom?

Do We Really Believe In Freedom? Authored by Mollie Engelhart via The Epoch Times, Do we really believe in freedom? Or do we only believe in freedom when it applies to people who agree with us? Do we trust people we fundamentally disagree with to remain free citizens? Or do we believe they must be controlled through laws, censorship, surveillance, or social pressure because they are too dangerous to be trusted with liberty? That question sits at the center of what I am most i...

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Leftists Try To "Cancel" Giants Quarterback For His Appearance At Trump Rally

Leftists Try To "Cancel" Giants Quarterback For His Appearance At Trump Rally Leftists often claim that when someone of celebrity status appears with Donald Trump, it gives Trump "legitimacy."  This is the common rationale they use to justify their insane cult-like behavior - Their habit of using mobs of mindless activist zombies in order to frighten people with status away from openly identifying as conservative.  The truth is, the political left is a paper tiger, an astroturf move...

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High-Dose Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk In Some People

High-Dose Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk In Some People Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times, A specific variation in the vitamin D receptor gene may determine whether high-dose supplementation lowers diabetes risk in prediabetic people. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock Nearly 115 million Americans are on the road to diabetes. New research suggests an inexpensive, widely available supplement could slow that journey, but only for some of them. A genetic qui...

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US Treasury Sanctions Iran's Largest Crypto Exchange

US Treasury Sanctions Iran's Largest Crypto Exchange Peace talks appear stalled, or even halted completely - despite President Trump's denials - and the US Department of Treasury is still swinging hard, as part of the ongoing effort to bring about economic collapse in Iran and 'solve' the Hormuz Strait shipping crisis. In the latest installment of Washington's economic whac-a-mole, the US on Tuesday unveiled sanctions on Iran's biggest cryptocurrency exchange - and several others, ...

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Trump Signs AI 'Cyber Defense' Executive Order

Trump Signs AI 'Cyber Defense' Executive Order Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, AI companies would be required to submit their frontier models on a voluntary review basis before public releases. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 2 intended to address cybersecurity threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) technology and the new frontier models being released by major industry players. Signed in private, the order allows some AI firms to sub...

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US, China Militaries Hold 'Candid' Deconfliction Talks In Hawaii As Trump Goes Quiet On Taiwan

US, China Militaries Hold 'Candid' Deconfliction Talks In Hawaii As Trump Goes Quiet On Taiwan American and Chinese military officers have sat down for rare deconfliction talks in Hawaii, soon on the heels of the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing last month. According to a late Monday statement from the Chinese Navy, the two superpowers held what they described as "candid and constructive" exchanges during a two-day closed-door meeting. It happened last week in Honolulu, reports have newly...

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US Bill Would Prevent Chinese Connected Cars In Canada From Entering United States

US Bill Would Prevent Chinese Connected Cars In Canada From Entering United States Authored by Olivia Gomm via The Epoch Times, Two U.S. lawmakers are set to introduce a bill aimed at preventing Chinese-connected vehicles from entering the United States via Canada and Mexico, amid growing concerns over Chinese-made electric vehicles entering the Canadian market. BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded on a ship are stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port at S...

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Iran Sends Missiles, Drones Targeting Airbases Across Gulf After US Nighttime Attack On Qeshm Island

Iran Sends Missiles, Drones Targeting Airbases Across Gulf After US Nighttime Attack On Qeshm Island Summary: Two bases come under fresh missile attack in Kuwait, Fars and Reuters report. Iran state media says retaliation for night US attack on Qeshm Island. Explosions and air raid sirens also being reported in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain. It seems that war is popping off once again. rump insists reports that Iran and US have not been talking for days is 'fake news'; Rubio als...

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"The Value Didn't Arrive": Bain Finds Cost-Savings From AI Are Falling Far Short Of Projections

"The Value Didn't Arrive": Bain Finds Cost-Savings From AI Are Falling Far Short Of Projections Now that attention within the AI revolution has one again firmly turned toward the cost-benefit equation (i..e., ROI) of tokens (see "From Singularity To Tokenomics: The AI Narrative Just Hit A Serious Snag") in particular, and the trillions behind the AI spending rollout in general, and we say once again because every few months we get some iteration of the following report from Goldman ...

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Dems Have A Voter Problem. Gerrymandering Was Never Going To Fix It

Dems Have A Voter Problem. Gerrymandering Was Never Going To Fix It Authored by Ryan Young via RealClearPolitics, In November 2024, 47% of Virginia voters cast ballots for Republican congressional candidates. Under the map Virginia Democrats tried to push through, those voters would have ended up with exactly one Republican district out of 11. Going from a 6-5 to a 10-1 split was what Democrats called "restoring fairness." To get it done, Democrats bypassed a bipartisan redistri...

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What happens when the machine keeping you alive dies on vacation

On her blog, game writer Laura Michet describes what happened when her insulin pump, a Tandem t:slim X2, started failing once or twice a day in the middle of a Santa Fe vacation. She has type 1 diabetes and has worn a pump for 25 years without one ever quitting on her. Read the rest The post What happens when the machine keeping you alive dies on vacation appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Pigeons may navigate using magnetic cells in their liver

A study in the journal Science argues that homing pigeons may read Earth's magnetic field using iron-rich cells in their livers, rather than their beaks or eyes. Researchers wiped out those cells in 34 trained birds; under heavy overcast, none could find their way home, while untreated birds all made it back within 70 minutes. Read the rest The post Pigeons may navigate using magnetic cells in their liver appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Woman Fatally Stabbed "Two Dozen Times" In Brazen Daytime Attack On Atlanta's MARTA Train

Woman Fatally Stabbed "Two Dozen Times" In Brazen Daytime Attack On Atlanta's MARTA Train A woman riding a MARTA train in Atlanta was killed in a brutal daytime attack Saturday, suffering nearly 20 stab wounds in what investigators say was a seemingly random act of violence, according to the NY Post. Police allege that 25-year-old John Elijah Matthews approached 66-year-old Margaret Swan after boarding the train Saturday morning. Surveillance video reportedly shows him lingering ne...

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Is the AI apocalypse a religion in disguise?

In his talk "Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People," Maciej Cegłowski takes apart the fear that a self-improving AI will bootstrap itself into a god and wipe out humanity the Nick Bostrom, paperclip-maximizer scenario beloved in Silicon Valley. He finds the whole thing "somewhat silly, and full of unwarranted assumptions." Read the rest The post Is the AI apocalypse a religion in disguise? appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years.

Quanta's "The Dirt That Refused To Die" follows a French lab that sterilized soil with gamma radiation, sealed it in jars, and watched it keep breathing taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide for six years, with no living cell left inside. Read the rest The post Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years. appeared first on Boing Boing.

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A Mass-Graves Myth Is Media Malpractice

A Mass-Graves Myth Is Media Malpractice Authored by Daniel McCarthy via PJ Media, A hoax costs taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and appears to incite arson attacks against dozens of churches. No, this isn't the latest headline out of Minnesota - look a little further north. Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 In 2021, at a time when media throughout the Western world were still in a state of agitation after the killing of George Floyd, Canadian outlets pick...

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This HP EliteBook delivers business-class performance for $400

TL;DR: This HP EliteBook comes with a range of professional features you can depend on and software compatibility with MS Office and other legacy tools for just $399.99 (reg. $899.98). When it comes to finding a device that can handle your workload, folks will usually look for a laptop that's durable, reliable, and powerful enough to run multiple apps at once. Read the rest The post This HP EliteBook delivers business-class performance for $400 appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Permadrought: 75% Of Global Population Lives In A Country Affected By 'The Great Drying'

Permadrought: 75% Of Global Population Lives In A Country Affected By 'The Great Drying' Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, Our planet is drying out at a pace that is unlike anything we have ever seen before. Once massive lakes are rapidly shrinking, once mighty rivers are steadily dwindling, and colossal underground aquifers are being pumped dry all over the world. This is an absolutely enormous problem, because very soon we simply will not have enough fres...

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The chemistry behind Garden Grove's runaway chemical tank

Over the long weekend, a storage tank of methyl methacrylate in Garden Grove, California, started to warm up and as the chemist Derek Lowe lays out in a post on the chemistry of the saga, a warming MMA tank is exactly the wrong thing to see. Read the rest The post The chemistry behind Garden Grove's runaway chemical tank appeared first on Boing Boing.

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DOGE Alumni Launch AI Startup To Target Waste On Main Street - And Already Have Their First Target

DOGE Alumni Launch AI Startup To Target Waste On Main Street - And Already Have Their First Target Two alumni of the Department of Government Efficiency are bringing their cost-cutting experience from Washington to the private sector, launching Special, a startup that aims to harness artificial intelligence to wring inefficiencies out of what it describes as America's $10 trillion Main Street services economy. Nate Cavanaugh and Justin Fox spent much of 2025 at DOGE, where they s...

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Venezuela Oil Exports Hit 7-Year High

Venezuela Oil Exports Hit 7-Year High Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Venezuela’s oil exports inched up from April to hit a fresh seven-year high in May as shipments to the United States and India continued to rise. Venezuela exported an estimated 1.25 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in May, up by 0.7% compared to April’s 1.23 million bpd exports and a massive 61% jump compared to May 2025, according to ship-tracking and vessel-loading data reviewed by Reut...