Mike’s Blog Round Up … from Crooks & Liars Batocchio
driftglass: What is dead may never die. The Education Wars: What’s behind the Trump world’s obsession with education? Lawyers, Guns and Money: Corporatism, faculty governance,…
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The Vote-Suppressing ‘SAVE Act’ Just Passed The House … from Crooks & Liars NewsHound Ellen
The House of Representatives passed the Orwellian “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act” (SAVE Act) on Thursday. It purports to protect our democracy from the non-existent…
Backlash Ensues Over GOPer’s ‘Deeply Embarrassing’ Lie About Measles Outbreak … from Crooks & Liars Conover Kennard
Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Mackenzie told a bold-faced lie on CNN’s Town Hall, claiming without evidence that undocumented immigrants were to blame for the measles outbreaks…
Aging Narcissist Replaces Obama’s Portrait With ‘Assassination Attempt’ Photo … from Crooks & Liars Conover Kennard
The raging Narcissist-in-Chief’s pettiness is on display again — literally. Donald’s jealousy of Barack Obama continues as he replaced the former President’s portrait with the…
Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact Review: Versatile, Uneven from Wired Matthew Korfhage
The Smart Oven Air Fryer Compact has truly intelligent presets, and a lot of functionality in a wee device. But I wonder about the airflow.The…
Is Airplane Mode on Flights Necessary or Outdated? (2025) from Wired Boutayna Chokrane
If you don’t, your flight won’t crash, but ignoring airplane mode uses up your battery and annoys the pilot.If you don’t, your flight won’t crash,…
HECTOR RODRIGUEZ Crosses the Divide with EL PESO HERO: BORDER WAR from Comic book Yeti Andrew Irvin
Hola, mi amigos! Hernando Diaz welcomes Hector Rodriguez to the Yeti Cave in a rare Spanish language entry to our interview offerings. … Read More
Lady Gaga Proves Why She’s a Once-in-a Generation Pop Icon During Coachella Set … from Rolling Stone Tomás Mier
Singer transformed the desert into an operahouse, and told the story of Mayhem — while effortlessly embedding the classics in her gothic dream sequence Read More
China Secretly (and Weirdly) Admits It Hacked US Infrastructure from Wired Lily Hay Newman
Plus: The Department of Homeland Security begins surveilling immigrants’ social media, President Donald Trump targets former CISA director who refuted his claims of 2020 election…
An Instagram iPad App, a New Motorola Razr, and Gemini’s Latest—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week from Wired Julian Chokkattu
Plus: Nothing teases a new CMF smartphone, Specialized’s new mountain ebike starts at $8,000, and Teenage Engineering’s big software update for its sampler.Plus: Nothing teases…
The Vuori Performance Joggers Are Everything a Pair of Sweatpants Should Be from Wired Louryn Strampe
These sweats strike the perfect balance between comfort and looks.These sweats strike the perfect balance between comfort and looks.
Bad News for Man’s Best Friend: Dogs Are Environmental Villains … from Mother Jones Donna Lu
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Dogs have “extensive and multifarious” environmental impacts, disturbing wildlife,…
Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space’ from Wired Eric Berger, Ars Technica
The approximate 20 percent budget cut could force the closure of the Goddard Space Flight Center and would see projects such as the Nancy Grace…
One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley from Wired Laura Mallonee
The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the…