A report published Aug. 2, 2022, by Ready Nutrition recorded 84 large fires and complexes burning 3,071,353 acres in 13 states, with wildfire season underway amid an unprecedented heat wave. The report said concern was spreading among residents in states that previously had little reason to worry. A homeowner guide published on August 21, 2025,…
Two days ago, I wrote an article detailing the sudden rash of “rogue AI agents” allegedly besetting the tech community, and how that may be used to bring in new regulations, notionally targeting AI, but actually limiting or monitoring how ordinary people use the internet. In the 48 hours since, that blatant fear-mongering has gone WILD. Within…
If I had walked into my fourth-grade classroom in 1978 and told my teacher that one day virtually every school district in America would have multiple classrooms dedicated to children who could not speak, who required one-on-one aides, who wandered, who self-injured, who had seizures, who would require lifelong care, she would have assumed I…
The latest polling from Europe exposes the hypocrisy behind the entire war campaign. Europeans have been frightened into supporting larger military budgets, common European debt, weapons for Ukraine, and an EU defense structure, but when they are asked whether they would personally pick up a rifle, the enthusiasm suddenly disappears. They support war in theory as long…
In the latest episode of Foreign Policy with Robert Inlakesh, we look at the details hidden behind US President Donald Trump’s repeated retreats after threatening to wipe out Iran’s infrastructure. The predicament of the US in West Asia has dramatically changed, its options are slim, munitions drained, and, amidst all of this, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth…
Potential buyers, including Exodus, passed on BitMEX amid concerns over founder ownership and its shrinking business, according to a source familiar. Before once-popular crypto exchange BitMEX announced plans to wind down operations, it spent two years exploring a sale with multiple prospective buyers including competitor exchanges and payments platform Exodus, but failed to clinch a…
The outrage is surging. Mass surveillance technology might be popular with police departments, but for the US public, it’s becoming an increasingly difficult sell. At least 54 cities across the US have voted to cancel, non-renew, or reject Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPRs) since the start of the year, according to data collected by the Washington…
Beneath veneer of normalcy—stock markets humming, coffee brewing, children laughing—something ancient stirs. Not metaphorically. Literally. Systems constructed over centuries teeter upon thresholds invisible to those who trust the evening news. You sense it already, don’t you? That tightness in chest before thunder cracks. That whisper suggesting tomorrow might not resemble today. Civilization stands upon precipices…
[Source: InSpanje] Recent events in the Spanish city of Ceuta, where tens of thousands of migrants from African countries flocked in late July 2026, have starkly highlighted the problem of the biological risks posed by uncontrolled migration. Currently, the European Union has a population of approximately 451 million. Until now, the majority of the population…
Story at-a-glance A study found that alcohol raises dementia risk at every level of drinking, overturning decades of claims that moderate use protects your brain Even light drinking damages neurons, disrupts mitochondrial energy production, and accelerates brain aging, showing there is no safe dose for cognitive health Genetic data revealed that for every measurable increase…
