Schools across the U.S. are increasingly deploying AI-powered surveillance tools like Gaggle, Lightspeed Alert, Bark, and GoGuardian to monitor students’ online activity on school-issued devices, aiming to identify signs of self-harm, violence, or bullying Wikipedia. A widely publicized case involved a 13-year-old girl in Tennessee. After making an offensive (but contextually non-threatening) joke through a […]
There’s currently no credible evidence that a government website “glitch” removed content specifically about former President Trump. What actually occurred—according to widely reported sources—is that key sections of the U.S. Constitution, including the writ of habeas corpus, went missing from the Library of Congress’s official site due to a coding error. Here’s a breakdown: What […]
In a violent and high-profile incident early Sunday morning, Edward Coristine — a 19-year-old former employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and widely known online by his nickname “Big Balls” — was assaulted during an attempted carjacking in Washington, D.C. The attack occurred in the Logan Circle neighborhood around 3 a.m. while Coristine […]
As of July 2025, California legislators are considering Senate Bill 466, aimed at giving water utilities legal immunity from lawsuits during the period they work toward compliance with the state’s newly enacted hexavalent chromium‑6 drinking water standard CalMatters. Chromium‑6, the carcinogenic chemical highlighted in the Erin Brockovich–inspired Hinkley water contamination case, has prompted California to […]
On August 4–5, 2025, multiple outlets—including Futurism and NPR—reported that the White House has instructed NASA to prepare plans to terminate at least two climate-focused satellites, specifically the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO‑2) and OCO‑3, which track atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. OCO‑2 launched in 2014 and became a global “gold standard” for high-resolution CO₂ data; OCO‑3, […]
• Yesterday (August 4, 2025), Tesla’s board approved a new $29 billion stock-based compensation award for CEO Elon Musk. The award grants him 96 million restricted shares, valued at approximately $300 per share, contingent on his continued service in executive leadership for at least two years at Tesla. Musk must also hold the shares for five […]
On August 4, 2025, a landmark database—the Police Records Access Project—went live, providing unprecedented public access to formerly secret internal police records in California WIRED. Built over seven years by a coalition involving UC Berkeley, Stanford University, CalMatters, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and public interest groups, the database contains roughly 1.5 million pages […]
In a sweeping move emblematic of the Trump administration’s approach to governance, the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is using artificial intelligence to eliminate hundreds—and potentially hundreds of thousands—of federal regulations. Launched via executive order in January 2025, DOGE’s mission is simple: reduce federal regulatory burdens by 50% by January 20, 2026, using […]
On January 29, 2025, an American Airlines regional jet (Flight 5342) collided midair with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River, approximately 0.8 km from runway 33 at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. All 67 individuals aboard both aircraft died, marking the worst U.S. aviation disaster since 2001 AP News+13Wikipedia+13Facebook+13. Over several days of […]
Summary:For the first time in its 90-year history, the Culinary Workers Union represents employees at every major casino on the Las Vegas Strip. This follows two major breakthroughs in late 2024: The Culinary Union, with 60,000 members—most in Las Vegas—is the largest labor organization in Nevada. Experts call this achievement a rare success in a […]