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Alt - Zero Hedge - 2 hours ago

War Returns To Ethiopia As The Horn Edges Closer To Abyss

War Returns To Ethiopia As The Horn Edges Closer To Abyss Authored by Joseph Solis-Mullen via The Libertarian Institute Barely four years after the Pretoria Agreement formally ended one of the deadliest wars of the twenty-first century, serious fighting has returned to northern Ethiopia. As we begin October, Tigrayan forces have seized the airports at Mekelle, Aksum, and Shire, launched coordinated attacks into neighboring Afar and Amhara regions, and declared themselves once again...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 4 hours ago

UK Officials Are Keeping A List Of Brits Who Question Government Policy

UK Officials Are Keeping A List Of Brits Who Question Government Policy Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The British state is compiling a list of people who criticise its own counter-terror programme. Ordinary X and Reddit users who questioned Prevent training, flagged a one-sided focus on the "far Right," or simply criticised it have had their posts logged, stored and "investigated" by a Home Office-linked unit most of them have never heard of. Officials spent more ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 5 hours ago

Europe's Housing Crisis Is An Immigration Crisis, Berlin Data Confirms

Europe's Housing Crisis Is An Immigration Crisis, Berlin Data Confirms Via Remix News, In a system that rejects mass immigration, the population can fall, opening up room for cheaper housing, lower rents, and even an increase in the birthrate. Across the West, native Europeans are dying out but rental prices continue to go up every year. While the left would like to point the finger at capitalists and greedy landlords, the primary factor driving the housing affordability crisis ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 9 hours ago

Counter-ISIS Mission In Iraq Comes To An End

Counter-ISIS Mission In Iraq Comes To An End Authored by Patty Nieberg via Task and Purpose, The U.S. military-led mission to counter the Islamic State in Iraq has officially come to an end. Counter-ISIS Mission In Iraq Comes To An End. Operation Inherent Resolve will continue with a new hub in Jordan to counter ISIS in Syria.U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Wednesday that the "orderly departure" of U.S. personnel and equipment from Erbil Air Base in northern Iraq was offi...

Alt - Boing Boing - 9 hours ago

Instax Pal 2: fun but pricey pocket toy camera

Fujifilm's ever-growing Instax range trends toward both high-end retro and pocketable fun (consider the runaway success of Kodak's Charmera), with both to be found in the Instax Pal 2. Shorn of its printer and only 1.4 x 1.6 x 3.6 inches (37 x 42 x 92mm), it's completely unlike the bloblike original in style. Read the rest The post Instax Pal 2: fun but pricey pocket toy camera appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 9 hours ago

Trump Explains Why He's Okay With North Korea Having Nukes, But Not Iran

Trump Explains Why He's Okay With North Korea Having Nukes, But Not Iran Here's what White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said a mere week ago on the rationale for the US attacking Iran: "The President is courageously ensuring that such an evil country never possesses a nuclear weapon, which will make the entire world safer and more stable," she said. This week President Trump was asked why he seems OK with a deeply totalitarian state like North Korea and its dictator Kim Jong Un ha...

Alt - Boing Boing - 10 hours ago

RAM shortage to last two more years, say top manufacturers

Executives from Samsung and Micron, two of the world's top sellers of random access memory, warned this week that the RAM shortage would continue through 2028. AI companies take it all for their datacenters, and what's left for everyone else will continue to command premium prices. Read the rest The post RAM shortage to last two more years, say top manufacturers appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 10 hours ago

"The Cycle's TXU?": Paramount's Record Bond Offering Craters Before The Ink Is Dry

"The Cycle's TXU?": Paramount's Record Bond Offering Craters Before The Ink Is Dry On Monday we flagged that September was shaping up as the worst month for junk since 2022. We also noted that Paramount's $12.4 billion high-yield tranche would be bigger than SoftBank's recently issued record $11 billion junk deal. The next morning the company kicked off the high-grade portion. By Tuesday afternoon it reported $109 billion of demand.  With so much excess demand, the offering was sup...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 10 hours ago

Australia's Tobacco Taxes Have Fueled A Massive Black Market For Cigarettes

Australia's Tobacco Taxes Have Fueled A Massive Black Market For Cigarettes One lesson governments never seem to learn is that when taxes push the legal price of something high enough, a black market will eventually show up to collect the difference. Australia is now getting a particularly ugly demonstration of that principle. After more than a decade of relentlessly increasing tobacco taxes in an effort to crush smoking, the country has created an enormous price gap between legal ...

Alt - Boing Boing - 10 hours ago

11 mystery Flock cameras identified in Florida county

Florida recently ordered law enforcement agencies to remove Flock cameras installed on the state's roads: the intrusive technology and regular misuse by police officers has led to a national backlash against the company and surveillance cameras in general. Most are already gone, but there's a problem: there are Flock cameras in St. Read the rest The post 11 mystery Flock cameras identified in Florida county appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

The $40 Billion Minerals Gamble: Can Trump Break China's Chokehold Before The West's Rearmament Hits A Wall?

The $40 Billion Minerals Gamble: Can Trump Break China's Chokehold Before The West's Rearmament Hits A Wall? The Trump administration has committed billions of dollars to rebuild conflict-free critical materials supply chains outside China. The question remains whether these supply chains will be up and running in time for the West's rearmament cycle, which desperately needs missiles, bombs, drones, fighter jets, submarines, and even night-vision equipment. Bloomberg Intelligence a...

Alt - Boing Boing - 11 hours ago

Book of Shapes: customizable SVG patterns for print and web

Book of Shapes [via] is a collection of minimalist generative SVG patterns created by Nikolaj Sokolowski. Beautiful and elaborate, yet each defined by a few lines of code, they can be customized for use on the web or in print. Read the rest The post Book of Shapes: customizable SVG patterns for print and web appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 11 hours ago

3 Huge Storms Will Combine Over The Central United States To Form A Gigantic "Hybrid Storm" That Will Cause Widespread Flooding

3 Huge Storms Will Combine Over The Central United States To Form A Gigantic "Hybrid Storm" That Will Cause Widespread Flooding Authored by Michael Snyder via End Of The American Dream, We are about to witness something extremely rare. At the same time that a historic financial storm is brewing on Wall Street as bond yields go wild, a historic weather event threatens to dump trillions of gallons of rain over the middle of the country. Meteorologists are telling us that 3 enormous s...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 12 hours ago

Trump Sees Likely Iran Link In FlyDubai Attack, Vows 'Very Hard' Response

Trump Sees Likely Iran Link In FlyDubai Attack, Vows 'Very Hard' Response It hasn't taken long at all for Israeli and US officials to strongly suggest a link between Wednesday's scary FlyDubai security incident and Iran. President Trump raised Thursday that Iran may be linked to the copilot who tried to crash an Israel-bound plane, which forced it to make a dangerous rapid descent and an emergency landing, after passengers and crew rushed the cockpit. But while investigators have ...

Alt - Boing Boing - 12 hours ago

Trump keeps trying to label Texas' meat-eating Talarico a "vagan"

In an attempt to shame the Texas senatorial candidate, who is not accused of bribery or securities fraud, Dementia Donnie keeps calling the omnivorous James Talarico a "vagan." The number one way we know James Talarico isn't a "vagan" is because he isn't constantly telling us how ethical he is for being one. Read the rest The post Trump keeps trying to label Texas' meat-eating Talarico a "vagan" appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 12 hours ago

Why Congress Should Restore The Monetary Veto

Why Congress Should Restore The Monetary Veto Authored by Sean Fieler via RealClearMarkets, American democracy prides itself on being "of the people, by the people, and for the people." But the people lack control over a key part of their daily lives: the money supply. Its expansion and contraction affect the value of every paycheck, every dollar of savings, and the price of virtually everything that can be purchased. Americans once had the ability to redeem their dollars for g...

Alt - Boing Boing - 12 hours ago

France discovers the dubious pleasures of AI detection

AI detection is a difficult job, made worse for everyone by it being such a delicious ingredient in academic snake oil. But one service has clearly outperformed the others in tests: Pangram. It went beyond obvious characteristics of LLM output such as perplexity and ngram distance, training its own classifiers on large collections of human text and generative imitations. Read the rest The post France discovers the dubious pleasures of AI detection appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 12 hours ago

Bridgewater CEO Warns Unregulated AI Could Trigger 'Societal Breakdown' - Even As The Firm Profits From It

Bridgewater CEO Warns Unregulated AI Could Trigger 'Societal Breakdown' - Even As The Firm Profits From It Artificial intelligence could displace nearly one-fifth of the US labor market, threatening profound societal disruption if left unregulated, according to Bridgewater Associates CEO Nir Bar Dea. Speaking on an upcoming episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations, Bar Dea projected an 18% labor dislocation rate, noting that a technology capable of radically ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 13 hours ago

Why Insurance Fails To Protect Americans From Medical Debt

Why Insurance Fails To Protect Americans From Medical Debt Authored by Sylvia Xu via The Epoch Times, Having health insurance is no guarantee of avoiding medical debt, according to a recent study. About one-third of working-age Americans who have health insurance also have outstanding medical bills or debt, according to a Sept. 17 survey conducted by Commonwealth Fund, a private healthcare foundation. That includes people with an employer-sponsored health plan, an individual he...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 13 hours ago

While Subprime Auto Loans Default, Their Bonds Somehow Keep Performing

While Subprime Auto Loans Default, Their Bonds Somehow Keep Performing America’s subprime auto market has become a fascinating example of how financial engineering can remain remarkably healthy even while the consumer sitting underneath it is getting progressively sicker, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg recently dug through nearly 3 million auto loans originated by Exeter Finance, Santander, Carvana and GM Financial and subsequently stuffed into publicly traded asset backed secur...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

Waste Of The Day: IRS Enforcement Delayed

Waste Of The Day: IRS Enforcement Delayed Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Americans underpaid their taxes by an estimated $696 billion in 2022, according to new data released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Most of the money came from people and businesses that understated their income. But 9% came from people who didn't file a tax return at all, and efforts to track them down have been slow-moving as the Internal Revenue Service...

Alt - Boing Boing - 14 hours ago

Sir Clive Sinclair on AI, from 2006

In 2006, The BBC reviewed predictions about robotics and AI made in the 1980s. Now, another 20 years later, we can reappraise its appraisal. When Will Intelligent Machines Take Over? The segment features Sir Clive Sinclair, icon of early home computing, who plainly claims that the endgame of computing technology is AI. Read the rest The post Sir Clive Sinclair on AI, from 2006 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 14 hours ago

Get Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for $50 for life

TL;DR: Give your PC a software upgrade with this $50 Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus lifetime license for Windows. For some reason, software expenses always come up at the worst time. But this Boing Boing-exclusive Flash Sale is an easy way to get ahead of those unexpected costs. Read the rest The post Get Microsoft Office 2024 Professional Plus for $50 for life appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 14 hours ago

Cotton Calls For Military Supply Chain Security Review After F-35 Parts Diverted To Hong Kong

Cotton Calls For Military Supply Chain Security Review After F-35 Parts Diverted To Hong Kong Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) asked the Department of War on Sept. 29 to review security controls for U.S. military equipment and supplies transported through commercial and contractor-managed supply chains, citing reports that F-35 components bound for the United States from Australia were diverted to Hong Kong. A U.S. Air Force F-35 takes flight ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 15 hours ago

Tennessee Man Who Recorded Police Sues After Eight Armed Officers Raided His Home

Tennessee Man Who Recorded Police Sues After Eight Armed Officers Raided His Home A Tennessee man has taken legal action against the Kingsport Police Department after a yearslong criminal case that began with him recording an officer on the road and ended with an appellate court throwing out his conviction, according to Fox News. Joshua Gibbons says police targeted him because he publicly called attention to an officer’s behavior. His lawsuit, brought with the Foundation for Indivi...

Alt - Boing Boing - 15 hours ago

Grandpa Pudding Brains demonstrates the little "steering-wheels" airplanes "used to have"

In yet another moment of "this guy is not competent to be President of the United States" moment, Donald Trump demonstrated how pilots used to use "little steering-wheels" to control airplanes. The plane he was discussing, the Boeing 737 MAX, certainly still has yokes. Read the rest The post Grandpa Pudding Brains demonstrates the little "steering-wheels" airplanes "used to have" appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 15 hours ago

Remembering The False Gloom And Doom Of The 1992 Elections... And The Upcoming Midterms

Remembering The False Gloom And Doom Of The 1992 Elections... And The Upcoming Midterms Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Republicans risk repeating 1992 by failing to counter economic pessimism with the facts about strong growth, falling inflation, rising incomes, and a recovering economy. In 1992, Bill Clinton won the presidential election partly on the basis of his campaign's false accusation that George H. W. Bush had overseen "the worst economic performa...

Alt - Boing Boing - 15 hours ago

Fox cuts away while JD Vance argues with hecklers and the positions he assigned them

America's most boring sycophant, JD Vance, was mercilessly heckled at a rally for Byron Donalds and Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL), and he created some interesting backstories for them. While good ol' Just Dance, Vance didn't know the protesters' names, where they were from, or what brought them to a place where heckling a credibilityless, self-professed liar seemed like a good use of time—he was willing to imagine political positions and opinions for them. Read the rest The post Fox cuts away while ...

Alt - Boing Boing - 15 hours ago

Spy magazine turns 40 with daily posts about a certain short-fingered vulgarian

Kurt Andersen, co-founder of the late great Spy magazine, announced that the 40th anniversary of the magazine will be celebrated on Substack, where "we'll start publishing starting next Monday the 5th, a limited series of daily excerpts and links from the magazine's archive, with bits of new commentary and context. Read the rest The post Spy magazine turns 40 with daily posts about a certain short-fingered vulgarian appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

"Showings Have Stopped": Housing Market Freezes As Mortgage Rates Soar To 7.28%, Highest In 3 Years

"Showings Have Stopped": Housing Market Freezes As Mortgage Rates Soar To 7.28%, Highest In 3 Years The American dream has never been more out of reach. Mortgage rates posted their largest increase in four years this week, one of the clearest signs of how the recent bond-market selloff is spilling into the broader economy - if not memory and chip stocks which continue to trade entirely on the highly efficient circular financing and junk bond markets. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages r...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

Supertanker Ablaze After Iran Attack In Hormuz As US Deploys 10K More Troops and Third Carrier To Mideast

Supertanker Ablaze After Iran Attack In Hormuz As US Deploys 10K More Troops and Third Carrier To Mideast Update(1530ET): Iranians are apparently going back on the offensive, after it's been widely reported that US-protected oil transit through the Strait of Hormuz has been fast gaining steam. Iran state media says a supertanker is burning off the coast of Oman after coming under Iranian attack: Local sources reported that a 2.5 million barrel capacity supertanker that was traveli...

Alt - Boing Boing - 16 hours ago

Captain America No. 1 kept in a cardboard box for 80 years sells for $716,750

The Merrimack Valley Collection is a legendary comic book collection in which someone bought comics off the rack and stored them in a cardboard box for almost 80 years. Heritage Auctions sold many of these comics in a couple of auctions in Dallas last week. Read the rest The post Captain America No. 1 kept in a cardboard box for 80 years sells for $716,750 appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

'Covered Their Tracks'? New Details Emerge In OpenAI's 'Rogue-AI' Breach

'Covered Their Tracks'? New Details Emerge In OpenAI's 'Rogue-AI' Breach OpenAI's AI agents "obscured hacking activity" during breaches of government websites, citing digital forensics firm Asymmetric Security. According to the FT, the agents pulled data from 55 websites, including the CDC, the SEC, the International Energy Agency and the Mayo Clinic, using tactics that included "erasing records or making them inaccessible." Asymmetric co-founder Pippa Thompson told the paper it ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 16 hours ago

France Erupts Into Chaos As "Rioting Migrant" Kids Torch Schools And Busses

France Erupts Into Chaos As "Rioting Migrant" Kids Torch Schools And Busses Social unrest erupted across hundreds of French high schools and dozens of universities Thursday, forcing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to convene an emergency meeting to address the "urban violence." Corporate media describes the rioters as "French students" or "high school students," while alternative media outlets such as Remix News and Visegrád24 claim the rioters are migrant kids.  🇫🇷 French polic...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 17 hours ago

Cantor: Almonty "Moving Seamlessly" Into Production As Korean Tungsten Mine Becomes Western Lifeline

Cantor: Almonty "Moving Seamlessly" Into Production As Korean Tungsten Mine Becomes Western Lifeline Cantor Fitzgerald metals and mining analyst Matthew O'Keefe provided clients on Tuesday with an update on Almonty Industries, citing a corporate update from CEO Lewis Black. The miner's crown jewel tungsten mine in South Korea has begun shipping concentrate as the West's answer to conflict-free tungsten supply comes online, playing into a bigger theme we've outlined called "owning th...

Alt - Boing Boing - 17 hours ago

Trump "super intelligence" rebrand leads to land rush for .si domains

Following his meeting with top AI executives yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that artificial intelligence will henceforth be known as "super intelligence." The order, which applies to federal government, call he made last week during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly. Read the rest The post Trump "super intelligence" rebrand leads to land rush for .si domains appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 17 hours ago

What Zohran Mamdani Could Learn From His Father

What Zohran Mamdani Could Learn From His Father Authored by Peter Jacobsen via The Daily Economy, Before Zohran Mamdani burst onto the scene of NYC politics with promises of cheap groceries, rent control, and calls to seize the means of production, his father, Mahmood Mamdani, was making important political contributions himself. The elder Mamdani's work is more academic in nature and generally more interesting than the "free stuff" brand of left-wing politics. A family welcomes a...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 17 hours ago

Oil Soars As US Sending 10K More Troops, 3rd Carrier, To Mideast After Trump Threatens Post-Midterm Bombing

Oil Soars As US Sending 10K More Troops, 3rd Carrier, To Mideast After Trump Threatens Post-Midterm Bombing Signs of potential major escalation, or the next round at least (which Trump has hinted will come after the midterm elections), just hit The Wall Street Journal, and sent oil prices soaring. A quick summary: The Pentagon is sending a third aircraft-carrier strike group and additional Marine Corps ships to the Middle East, adding 9,000 to 10,000 more troops to the region. The...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 17 hours ago

Watch Live: SpaceX To Launch Google AI Chips Into Orbit In Push For Space-Based Data Centers

Watch Live: SpaceX To Launch Google AI Chips Into Orbit In Push For Space-Based Data Centers Specialized chips Google designed to run artificial intelligence workloads will be catapulted into low Earth orbit on Thursday afternoon atop a Falcon 9 rocket from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base, with hopes of making data centers in space a reality amid growing backlash on the ground that has sent many terrestrial projects into a tailspin. Up next, Falcon 9 will launch 130 paylo...

Alt - Boing Boing - 17 hours ago

In Pittsburgh, people compete to see who can parallel park fastest and closest to the curb

In the latest issue of Why Is This Interesting, Mark Slavonia writes about the annual parallel parking championship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where people compete to see who can parallel park. The rules are that the clock starts ticking when the referee sees your reverse lights go on. Read the rest The post In Pittsburgh, people compete to see who can parallel park fastest and closest to the curb appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 18 hours ago

Debt Crisis Back? European Bond Markets Crash, CDS Explode Amid France Budget Panic Contagion

Debt Crisis Back? European Bond Markets Crash, CDS Explode Amid France Budget Panic Contagion It's starting to smell awful sovereigny crisisy in Europe all over again. In a vivid deja vu to the peak European debt crisis days of 2010 (and 2011... and 2012... and 2015), credit spreads, credit default swaps and the risk premium in euro-area government bonds exploded on Thursday to levels not seen in over a decade, following a rout sparked by concerns around France’s fiscal and politic...

Alt - Boing Boing - 18 hours ago

Catalina medevac crashes into the sea after picking up a patient for a flight to the mainland

A REACH medical evacuation helicopter crashed into the Pacific while departing Catalina Island. Of the five people aboard, two have died; two were taken to hospitals, and the patient is missing. Catalina Island is a beautiful and remote place to live. Read the rest The post Catalina medevac crashes into the sea after picking up a patient for a flight to the mainland appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 18 hours ago

Jensen, Zuck Gang Up On 'Doomer' Dario Behind Closed Doors At White House AI Summit

Jensen, Zuck Gang Up On 'Doomer' Dario Behind Closed Doors At White House AI Summit Tuesday's White House "Super Intelligence" luncheon was sold as a kumbaya moment. Tech titans flanked President Trump on the driveway after signing a voluntary, "morally binding" pledge to police themselves, and the cameras got their picture of a united industry calming the public's nerves. Behind the scenes, it was a different story. According to the Wall Street Journal, Nvidia's Jensen Huang wa...

Alt - Boing Boing - 18 hours ago

Watch a skater befriend a rabbit at the skatepark

A young rabbit was having a terrible time attempting a flyout at the local skatepark. Stuck in the bowl and unable to escape, the cottontail made a new friend. This kind, patient skater pulled off an amazing tailgrab and eventually helped his new bunny buddy escape. Read the rest The post Watch a skater befriend a rabbit at the skatepark appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Boing Boing - 18 hours ago

Officers search Santa Ana for a deadly but AI-generated African viper

"I wish it was AI. It's in my backyard, and it's scary," said a man who used AI to create an image of a venomous Gaboon viper and had teams of police and reptile hunters searching for the dangerous creature. Santa Ana Police called in experts to help them find a four- to five-foot-long Gaboon viper after a gentleman shared photos of one in his neighbor's yard. Read the rest The post Officers search Santa Ana for a deadly but AI-generated African viper appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

NANO Nuclear Buys The One Thing You Can't Speed Up: A Fuel-Cycle License

NANO Nuclear Buys The One Thing You Can't Speed Up: A Fuel-Cycle License Ask anyone in the nuclear business what holds up the "renaissance" and you won't hear much about reactor physics. You will hear about paperwork, fuel, and paperwork for fuel. The DOE's Deputy Secretary James Danly put it bluntly last week: "If we are going to have this nuclear renaissance, we are not going to be able to do it without fuel." So it makes sense that the latest move from the NANO Nuclear (NNE), a ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 19 hours ago

Sen. Marsha Blackburn Sues Former Special Counsel Jack Smith

Sen. Marsha Blackburn Sues Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday sued former special counsel Jack Smith and the Department of Justice (DOJ) over a subpoena Smith's office issued for her phone records during his investigation of President Donald Trump's actions around Congress's certification of the 2020 election. Blackburn alleged Smith violated her constitutional rights and was unlawfully appoi...

Alt - Boing Boing - 19 hours ago

Novel withdrawn from running for France's top literary prize after AI claims

France's Académie Goncourt has withdrawn Canadian-Haitian author Thélyson Orélien's novel C'était ça ou mourir (It Was That or Die) from consideration for its top literary prize. The book shows signs of being written by AI, reports The Guardian. A lyrical first-person account of how a history and geography teacher flees a home country mired in gang violence… Published in France by Grasset in August, it has sold about 35,000 copies and won the Prix du roman Fnac, with translation rights sold to ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Federal Judge Blocks $100,000 Fee For H-1B Visas

Federal Judge Blocks $100,000 Fee For H-1B Visas Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times, A second federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from imposing a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas, which allow U.S. companies to hire high-skilled foreign workers. U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam, based in Oakland, California, determined that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department did not adhere to proper federal rule-making processes before the ...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Musk, Luckey And Gingrich Walk Into The Pentagon: Hegseth Unveils "Project Meridian" As Defense Stocks Suffer Record Losing Streak

Musk, Luckey And Gingrich Walk Into The Pentagon: Hegseth Unveils "Project Meridian" As Defense Stocks Suffer Record Losing Streak What do you get when you put the world's first trillionaire, the man who builds killer drones in Ohio, and a former House Speaker in a room and ask them to design the next century of warfare? According to Pete Hegseth, you get "Project Meridian." In a sprawling "State of the Force" address to junior officers and enlisted troops at Marine Corps Base Qu...

Alt - Boing Boing - 20 hours ago

Secure a lifetime of unlimited website hosting for $150 with Hostdeal

TL;DR: Get unlimited website hosting, unlimited NVMe SSD storage, unlimited bandwidth, and 54 free lifetime domains with this Hostdeal Unlimited Plan lifetime subscription for just $149.99 (reg. $1,800). If you're already hosting multiple websites for clients, small businesses, or your side projects, you'll know how costly things can get. Read the rest The post Secure a lifetime of unlimited website hosting for $150 with Hostdeal appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 20 hours ago

Opposite What You're Told, Markets Don't Wait For The Fed

Opposite What You're Told, Markets Don't Wait For The Fed Authored by Shahid Islam via RealClearMarkets, Financial commentary often makes monetary policy sound mechanical. The Federal Reserve raises interest rates, borrowing costs rise. The Fed cuts rates, borrowing costs fall. History is considerably messier. Beginning in June 2004, the Federal Reserve raised its federal-funds target 17 consecutive times, taking it from 1 percent to 5.25 percent. What happened to the 10-year ...

Alt - Boing Boing - 20 hours ago

Slugs blamed for broken traffic lights

Newly-installed traffic lights at a busy corner in Stretford, England, keep failing and leaving motorists fightened and confused. Part of a £17.6m (about $24m) redevelopment of the town center, the new lights have gone out three times, reports the Manchester Evening News, a pattern one local councillor described as "very odd." Read the rest The post Slugs blamed for broken traffic lights appeared first on Boing Boing.

Alt - Zero Hedge - 21 hours ago

AI Less Than A Year Away From Developing Its Own Language, Researcher Tells Congress

AI Less Than A Year Away From Developing Its Own Language, Researcher Tells Congress Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models may be less than a year away from inventing and deploying unique languages that humans would struggle to understand, a frontier AI researcher told Congress on Sept. 30. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee convened a meeting examining the threat that "rogue" AI may pose to U.S. nat...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 21 hours ago

US Manufacturing Survey Strongest Since May 2022 On AI Spend, Prices Paid Spike

US Manufacturing Survey Strongest Since May 2022 On AI Spend, Prices Paid Spike Following the explosive growth signaled by SandP Global's PMI data last week, this week we get a final look for September's Manufacturing surveys and fresh data from ISM. SandP Global's final September read for US Manufacturing dipped from the preliminary level but remains at its strongest since May 2022. ISM's September survey of US Manufacturers also dipped at the headline level (54.5 vs 55.0 exp), b...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 21 hours ago

'Iran's Deadline Expires Today': Tehran Threatens Renewed Attacks As Blockade Bites, Rial Collapses

'Iran's Deadline Expires Today': Tehran Threatens Renewed Attacks As Blockade Bites, Rial Collapses The Iran conflict is currently in an all too familiar stalemate, and many of the same statements are being regurgitated from each side - but this does indicate that negotiations have not yet entirely collapsed. Tehran is still apparently reviewing a Trump administration counterproposal to last week's Iranian seven day ceasefire pitch (which Trump had promptly rejected). Foreign Minis...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 22 hours ago

The Data Center Boom Faces Mounting Obstacles

The Data Center Boom Faces Mounting Obstacles By Brian Martucci of UtilityDive, The U.S. data center boom has entered a new, contradictory phase. On the one hand, both data center construction activity and credible forecasts for near-term capacity additions to the electric grid to serve data centers remain robust. The Electric Power Research Institute, for example, said in February that data centers will represent up to 17% of U.S. electricity demand in 2030 and as much as 20% i...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 22 hours ago

Futures Rise As 10Y Yields Pull Back From 24 Year High

Futures Rise As 10Y Yields Pull Back From 24 Year High The disconnect continues. With 10Y yields rising as high as 5.34% - a new 24 year high - before easing back US equities remain completely oblivious of the tightening in financial conditions and instead are obsessing with the memory bubble, and pushing higher on the first day of Q4 as strength in technology shares held up against volatility in bond markets and a renewed climb in oil. As of 8:00am ET, SandP 500 futures were up 0.4...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 23 hours ago

Mystery Shrouds Destruction Of US Spy Satellite

Mystery Shrouds Destruction Of US Spy Satellite A mysterious breakup of a decades-old American spy satellite has sent debris hurtling through low-Earth orbit, with the U.S. Space Force now tracking the fragments for potential threats to other spacecraft, according to Space-Track. The satellite, known as USA 32, came apart on September 13 at approximately 5:13 p.m. ET, according to U.S. Space Forces-Space. Officials have not publicly determined what caused the nearly 40-year-old s...

Alt - Zero Hedge - 23 hours ago

Amazon Secures 20 Years Of Nuclear Power From Constellation As Goldman Sees Industry-Wide Win

Amazon Secures 20 Years Of Nuclear Power From Constellation As Goldman Sees Industry-Wide Win Goldman analyst Carly Davenport views Amazon's nuclear power deal with Constellation Energy as "positive for industry broadly" as the "Powering Up America" theme and nuclear theme continue as Big Tech scrambles for the cleanest form of stable power to fuel data centers chip stacks.  Davenport said Constellation Energy's 20-year deal to supply Amazon with 690 megawatts from Maryland's Calve...

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Lilly's "Incredible Hulk" Obesity Combo Delivers Record 23% Weight Loss In Diabetics

Lilly's "Incredible Hulk" Obesity Combo Delivers Record 23% Weight Loss In Diabetics Eli Lilly's experimental combination of eloralintide and Mounjaro delivered average weight loss of up to 23% in people with diabetes, strengthening the company's competitive edge against Novo Nordisk in the obesity and diabetes treatment market. Participants who received the highest dose lost an average of 54 pounds over 48 weeks. Their A1C, a measure of average blood sugar, fell 2.9 percentage poi...

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Tennessee Botches Execution: Inmate Still Snoring After Two Doses Of Pentobarbital, Hauled To Hospital

Tennessee Botches Execution: Inmate Still Snoring After Two Doses Of Pentobarbital, Hauled To Hospital The State of Tennessee spent Wednesday trying to carry out a death sentence it has had on the books for thirty years, and ended the night with the condemned woman in an ambulance. Christa Gail Pike, 50 - the only woman on Tennessee's death row - was still breathing, audibly snoring, and maintaining a heartbeat after prison staff administered two doses of pentobarbital at Nashvil...

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School principal on leave after calling parents crazy on voicemail

A school principal is on leave after voicemail caught her making ill-considered remarks about the parents of a 5-year-old girl who reported that she was inappropriately touched by a classmate. The parents of the girl, attending Grand Oaks Elementary school in Harris County, Texas, called to report the incident on September 25. Read the rest The post School principal on leave after calling parents crazy on voicemail appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Freckle is a kid's phone that sends them on real-world quests

Freckle is a small, square smartphone aimed at youngsters aged 7-13, designed to give them "independence" without providing features that encourage prolonged or repetetive use. The $199 device has a 3.1", 720 × 720 touchscreen and runs a proprietary operating system, ClayOS, with no app store, web browser or social media apps—and definitely no YouTube. Read the rest The post Freckle is a kid's phone that sends them on real-world quests appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Central Banks Cannot Fix The Sovereign Debt Bubble

Central Banks Cannot Fix The Sovereign Debt Bubble Authored by Daniel Lacalle via dlacalle.com, Global investors spend a great deal of time worrying about an alleged artificial intelligence bubble. However, they should pay more attention to the government debt bubble. The most dangerous assumption is that governments can keep borrowing and making promises because central banks will always step in, disguising fiscal irresponsibility with quantitative easing programs. Many market par...

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Mystery Shrouds Destruction of US Spy Satellite

Mystery Shrouds Destruction of US Spy Satellite A mysterious breakup of a decades-old American spy satellite has sent debris hurtling through low-Earth orbit, with the U.S. Space Force now tracking the fragments for potential threats to other spacecraft, according to Space-Track. The satellite, known as USA 32, came apart on September 13 at approximately 5:13 p.m. ET, according to U.S. Space Forces-Space. Officials have not publicly determined what caused the nearly 40-year-old s...

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16 U.S. Trucking Companies File For Bankruptcy In Less Than A Month As Diesel Prices Soar

16 U.S. Trucking Companies File For Bankruptcy In Less Than A Month As Diesel Prices Soar Diesel prices have exploded over the past month, creating another major cost shock for an industry that was already operating on thin margins. The national average climbed from roughly $5.60 per gallon at the end of August to a record $6.53 in late September, an increase of about 17% in just a few weeks. Prices have eased slightly from that peak, but the EIA’s latest weekly reading still puts d...

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'Sensitive Security Situation': Israeli Army Chief Abruptly Cancels Trip To US

'Sensitive Security Situation': Israeli Army Chief Abruptly Cancels Trip To US Via The Cradle The Israel military's Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has canceled a planned trip to the US due to a "sensitive security situation," Israeli news outlet i24 reported on 30 September.  There is "increased alertness" in the army, said i24 military analyst Yossi Yehoshua. "The decision to cancel the trip was made by the military's top echelon even before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stateme...

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The Disastrous UK Disability Signal That Corroborates The US Data!

The Disastrous UK Disability Signal That Corroborates The US Data! Authored by Ed Dowd: Beyond the Narrative via Substack, The Disability Signal Across the Atlantic On August 11 I wrote US Disabilities Hit an All-Time High of 37 Million In July: UP 23% Since Feb 2021. The BLS Current Population Survey printed 37,029,000 Americans 16 and over reporting a disability. That is seven million more people since February 2021, a 3-to-4 sigma break from the pre-2020 plateau that has not me...

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Brazil Election Polls Too Close To Call, But Polymarket Gives Bolsonaro Clear Lead

Brazil Election Polls Too Close To Call, But Polymarket Gives Bolsonaro Clear Lead Brazil's presidential race is entering the final stretch ahead of Sunday's first-round vote.  HSBC strategists led by Nicole Inui wrote in a note that the latest polls show socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva slightly ahead of right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, though the race remains neck and neck. Both candidates remain statistically tied. If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid vo...

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"Zero Hormuz": Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Readies Tens Of Billions To Turn Fujairah Into Hormuz Bypass

"Zero Hormuz": Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Readies Tens Of Billions To Turn Fujairah Into Hormuz Bypass On March 3, just days after the first US and Israeli strikes on Iran, when most of the market was still busy pricing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz as a temporary inconvenience, we pointed out something that seemed rather obvious (to us): the UAE's oil port of Fujairah, which sits on the Gulf of Oman and bypasses the strait completely, was far too small for its strategic importanc...

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Uranium Term Prices Hit A Record... So Why Is Nuclear Getting Nuked?

Uranium Term Prices Hit A Record... So Why Is Nuclear Getting Nuked? If you only looked at the price of the fuel, you'd think the nuclear trade has never been better. Long-term uranium prices are sitting at $96/lb, an all-time record and up ~12% YTD, taking out the $95/lb high set in mid-2007 at the peak of the last uranium mania (per UxC data compiled by TD Cowen). Spot has followed along to roughly $90/lb, up ~11% YTD. If, however, you looked at anything with a ticker attached to...

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Protection Orders, Gun Training, And 3D Printing Laws Among Gun Bills Signed By California Governor

Protection Orders, Gun Training, And 3D Printing Laws Among Gun Bills Signed By California Governor Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of 10 gun bills into law that he says will enhance what he considers to be the state's already exemplary record of firearms safety. Newsom's office announced the signing in a press release on Monday. According to the release, the laws are meant to reduce violent crime involving guns and...

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Ken Griffin Pledges Record $3 Billion To Carnegie Mellon, With $2 Billion Going To Miami

Ken Griffin Pledges Record $3 Billion To Carnegie Mellon, With $2 Billion Going To Miami Mamdani wants New York’s billionaires to cough up more money. Maybe he should call Florida and ask how they’re getting them to hand it over voluntarily. Because Miami just scored a $3 billion pledge from billionaire Ken Griffin, with $2 billion earmarked for a brand new Carnegie Mellon campus in the city, according to Forbes. The massive commitment represents Griffin’s latest investment in Mia...

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Ron Paul: The Coming GOP Bloodbath?

Ron Paul: The Coming GOP Bloodbath? Authored by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Most indicators suggest that the Republicans in the House and Senate are going to face a brutal backlash from the American people in November. Polling with generic ballots suggest a big win for the Democrats and likely the loss of Republican control of both houses of Congress. There is little reason to cheer a Democratic party victory, however Republicans in charge have ...

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Bloomberg Terminals in repose

Back in the day, when writing on the Internet was new and cool, I wanted a keyboard that had specialized keys for useful tasks such as multiple copy/paste, blockquote wrapping, and the all-important Curators' Code symbols. In essence, a Bloomberg Terminal for blogging. Read the rest The post Bloomberg Terminals in repose appeared first on Boing Boing.

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To Build Golden Fleet Frigate Fast, Two Shipyards Are Needed

To Build Golden Fleet Frigate Fast, Two Shipyards Are Needed Authored by Brent Sadler and Chase Ouellette via RealClearDefense, In 1798, while at war with France, an exasperated British Lord Nelson exclaimed, "Were I to die at this moment, 'want of frigates!' would be stamped on my heart." It's a perennial problem: Frigates formed the backbone of navies in Nelson's time and do so today as well, and there seldom seems to be enough. The U.S. Navy's ambitious Golden Fleet shipbuilding...

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Benchmaxxed: Google's New Gemini 4 Aces SAT, Struggles With Actual Job, "Skeptical Employees" Admit

Benchmaxxed: Google's New Gemini 4 Aces SAT, Struggles With Actual Job, "Skeptical Employees" Admit After a year in which Google's AI roadmap resembled a Waymo stuck in a roundabout, the search giant on Wednesday finally unveiled Gemini 4 "Argon", its long-awaited flagship model. The market cheered, briefly: according to Goldman's closing equities color, GOOG traded +2% after hours on the "Argon" announcement.  Then Bloomberg reported that some of the people who have actually use t...

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Wild footage of Indiana's White River flooding a massive quarry

Last month's flooding in Carmel, Indiana, saw the White River burst its banks and destroy a number of homes—and caused a highway overpass to collapse. Eleven inches of rain fell in two days, raising the river to a record 24.6 feet crest. Read the rest The post Wild footage of Indiana's White River flooding a massive quarry appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Judge Orders New York City To Scrap Notices For Mamdani's Tax On Second Homes

Judge Orders New York City To Scrap Notices For Mamdani's Tax On Second Homes Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, A Staten Island judge ruled Sept. 29 that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration mishandled the rollout of a pied-à-terre tax on second homes in July, ordering the city to scrap the notices and start over. Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi sided with homeowners who claimed the program that in July added a special tax on second homes worth mor...

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Battleground Democrats Are Snubbing Two 2028 Presidential Contenders

Battleground Democrats Are Snubbing Two 2028 Presidential Contenders Democratic candidates in several of this fall's most competitive House and Senate races are keeping Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and former Vice President Kamala Harris off their campaign trails - even though both women rank among the party's leading prospects for the 2028 presidential nomination. The Democratic bench for 2028 includes Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Transportation Secreta...

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US Ambassador Says China Is 'Weaponizing' Rare-Earth Dominance

US Ambassador Says China Is 'Weaponizing' Rare-Earth Dominance Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, Beijing is "weaponizing" its dominance of rare earths, and Chinese authorities have escalated restrictions on efforts to diversify supply chains away from China, U.S. Ambassador David Perdue said on Sept. 29. A view of the MP Materials rare-earth open-pit mine in Mountain Pass, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2020. Steve Marcus/Reuters"This is a single-source dominant position that Chi...

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Rival SCP Foundation movie will have Creative Commons license

A movie featuring the SCP Foundation mythos proved controversial after the studio paying for the production, A24, implied in marketing that it would own the material. The problem is that the SCP Foundation is a sprawling collaborate project of unclear origins. Read the rest The post Rival SCP Foundation movie will have Creative Commons license appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Massive Gas Pipeline Blast Rocks Damascus Suburbs - 2nd Suspected Sabotage This Week

Massive Gas Pipeline Blast Rocks Damascus Suburbs - 2nd Suspected Sabotage This Week A huge explosion has rocked a Damascus suburb area on Wednesday evening (local), in what could be the second act of suspected sabotage against natural gas infrastructure in just a few days. "A gas pipeline exploded Wednesday near the Tishreen power station in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta area in the Damascus countryside," Alikhbariah TV reported. According to more per regional sources, "It said the loud...

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Pool Square street sign regularly painted over to read Poo Square

Contractors working for the city of Sheffield, England, have repainted the street sign for Pool Square at least eight times since being awarded a highway maintenance contract there, reports The Star. It's more likely than not they will do so on any given year. Read the rest The post Pool Square street sign regularly painted over to read Poo Square appeared first on Boing Boing.

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One 3D design tool can model your whole building, and it's on sale for $399 (reg. $3,005)

TL;DR: Design and analyze 3D building models with a one-year Autodesk Revit subscription for $399 (reg. $3,005). Designing a building usually means managing separate files for the architecture, the structure, and the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. Autodesk Revit is a 3D building design tool that keeps all of those models on one platform, and a one-year subscription is on sale for $399 right now (reg. Read the rest The post One 3D design tool can model your whole building, and it'...

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Newsom Signs Laws Banning Shock Gloves And Taxing Immigration Detention Centers

Newsom Signs Laws Banning Shock Gloves And Taxing Immigration Detention Centers Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 21 bills on Sept. 29 aimed at limiting federal immigration enforcement in the state, including a ban on officers using shock gloves and a new 25 percent tax on private detention centers. California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks in Los Angeles on Sep. 25, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times"California is taking action to streng...

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Hegseth Orders Cyber Command, Intel Agencies To Counter Foreign Threats To Midterms

Hegseth Orders Cyber Command, Intel Agencies To Counter Foreign Threats To Midterms Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has directed U.S. Cyber Command and the Pentagon's combat support agencies to focus intelligence and cyber tools on foreign efforts to interfere in the 2026 midterm elections. The Department of War (DoW) memo circulated Monday and dated Sept. 22 was addressed to the Cyber Command chief and the directors of the National Security Agency (NSA), the Defense Intelligence A...

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Micron Flat After Strong Revenue Guidance Offsets Slight Margin Miss

Micron Flat After Strong Revenue Guidance Offsets Slight Margin Miss The highly anticipated Micron earnings (since memory is the one place in the sector in the market where all those massive new bond sales are funding) are finally out and they painted a solid, if slightly mixed, picture compared to buyside bogeys. As we said in our preview, what would matter today is not what the company did in Q4, but how it guided to Fiscal Q1 (ending next calendar quarter), and sure enough Q3 wa...

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Who Keeps The Money When AI Rewrites Bank Code?

Who Keeps The Money When AI Rewrites Bank Code? Authored by Patrick Feeley via Substack, The code most American banks run on was designed in 1959, the year Alaska and Hawaii became states. A committee of government and industry people wrote COBOL so that business programs could be read by people who were not mathematicians, and a good part of it was modeled on FLOW-MATIC, an earlier language from Grace Hopper, a Navy officer. I doubt anyone on that committee thought it would still ...

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Street photography with Dyson's CameraJet toothbrush

The $500 Dyson CameraJet toothbrush (previously at Boing Boing) takes 28 images of your mouth per second to better direct its flossing jet at your dirty choppers. The tiny, low-resolution sensor is fit for that purpose, but All The Gear, No Skill on Instagram decided to put it to use on the street: "I never would have thought a vacuum cleaner would create the most fun camera of 2026." Read the rest The post Street photography with Dyson's CameraJet toothbrush appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Trump Responds To Watchdog Report: Force Powell Off The Fed Board - Or Sue Him

Trump Responds To Watchdog Report: Force Powell Off The Fed Board - Or Sue Him Update (1554ET): So much for "finality." Minutes after the Fed's own inspector general cleared the Eccles renovation of criminality - and of administrative misconduct - President Trump made clear he is not treating the Horowitz report as the last word. Powell, Trump said on Truth Social, should be "forced to resign" from the Board of Governors. If he doesn't, "he should be sued by the US." As for the ...

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Chat Pile's songs are bleak, but their live show is a blast

Chat Pile definitely isn't easy listening. The Oklahoma City sludge and noise rock band tackles lyrical topics as heavy as they get: families falling apart, homelessness, and, on their latest album, the climate crisis. This year Chat Pile released their third full-length album, Who Loves the Sun, to wide acclaim from fans (myself included) and critics like Anthony Fantano, who gave it a rare 9/10. Read the rest The post Chat Pile's songs are bleak, but their live show is a blast appeared first ...

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Police "Islamophobia" Training Equates Farage's Words With Hate Crime

Police "Islamophobia" Training Equates Farage's Words With Hate Crime Authored by Steve Watson via MODERNITY, North Yorkshire officers sat through a publicly funded "Islamophobia" talk that treated Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's remarks on British values as if they belonged in the same conversation as a racially aggravated attack. The trainer then asked the room which man had done "the most harm" - the politician on national television, or a man filmed abusing a Muslim bus driv...

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Stabbed Indian Pilot Foils Crash Plot By Crazed Omani Co-Pilot As Jet Plunged 18,000 Feet

Stabbed Indian Pilot Foils Crash Plot By Crazed Omani Co-Pilot As Jet Plunged 18,000 Feet Summary:  Heroic Captain Fights Off Omani Co-Pilot In Suspected Hijacking Of Israel-Bound Jet CNN Sources Say Co-Pilot Tried To Hijack Plane  Omani Co-Pilot Stabbed Pilot  Midair Horror: FlyDubai Pilot Reportedly Stabbed, Israeli News Says Incident Treated As "Full-Fledged Terror Attack" New Details  New details have emerged about what happened on the Israel-bound Flydubai flight earlier t...

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Top Shia Cleric Says US Should Compensate Iraqis As Last American Forces Leave

Top Shia Cleric Says US Should Compensate Iraqis As Last American Forces Leave Via Middle East Eye Influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has said the US should compensate Iraqis for the damage inflicted on the country, as the last American troops pull out of Iraq. In a statement on Wednesday, which is the deadline for American forces to end their 12-year presence (since the start of 'Inherent Resolve' against ISIS) in the country, Sadr hailed the "independence of Iraq" and prais...

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Mother Arrested After Toddler Pulls Loaded Gun From Backpack At Michigan Daycare

Mother Arrested After Toddler Pulls Loaded Gun From Backpack At Michigan Daycare A toddler pulled a loaded handgun from a backpack inside a Michigan daycare Monday, leaving a teacher to step in before anyone was hurt. The child's mother has been arrested, while the father, reportedly a Detroit police officer, is the subject of a separate departmental review. Local reporting describes an incident captured on surveillance video and a criminal investigation into the circumstances. T...

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Every British TV show

Michael Spicer mocks a distinctive formula of television out of the United Kingdom, one fans of The Great British Bake Off will immediately recognize. "For as long as I can remember," he says, kicking off Most TV is Just This Now, "I've loved nature." Read the rest The post Every British TV show appeared first on Boing Boing.

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Navy Awards Boeing $20 Billion Contract For Next-Generation Fighter

Navy Awards Boeing $20 Billion Contract For Next-Generation Fighter Authored by Tom Gantert via The Epoch Times, Boeing has secured a contract worth more than $20 billion to develop the U.S. Navy's next-generation carrier-based fighter. The Boeing Co. logo is displayed outside of company offices near Los Angeles International Airport in El Segundo, Calif., on Jan. 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Navy contract covers full-scale development of the sixth-generatio...

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"Seek Higher Ground Now": A Near Dam Failure In New Mexico Was Just The Warm-Up For A Record El Niño

"Seek Higher Ground Now": A Near Dam Failure In New Mexico Was Just The Warm-Up For A Record El Niño A flood-control dam in southern New Mexico came close enough to failing Tuesday that the National Weather Service ordered people downstream to get out of the way. Forecasters issued a flash flood emergency for McLeod Dam near Garfield in Doña Ana County, after dam operators and county officials reported that failure was imminent: "This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK...