Dowfart – Meaning: 1. A dimwit. 2. A coward.
Digital sewer socialism: Mamdani’s Public Interest Technologists are what DOGE should have been.
Talarico Explains Infamous ‘Powell Memo’ to Texas Voters. The top 1% put the American Dream behind a paywall,” said the Texas Democrat as he unveiled a framework for his economic vision.
History Wars: The Declaration of Independence
First Came the Flock Cameras. Now Local Cops Want Autonomous Drones. Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI. Also, are Flock cameras in your neighborhood?
The Manosphere and MAHA Have Merged. I Worry for My Pre-Teen Son
FDA Approves First mRNA Flu Vaccine — Approval is for people 50 years or older
‘The Good Maharaja’: How an Indian Prince Saved Hundreds of Polish Children During WWII. When the world looked away, Maharaja Digvijaysinhji Jadeja stepped forward to provide refuge and hope to young castaways
A High Schooler Invents a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades.
Waiting for a Library Book? This Man Makes Sure You Get It
Sydney Towle, who chronicled her cancer on TikTok, dies at 26
Tommy John, Dodgers pitcher and medical pioneer, dies at 83. After tearing an elbow ligament, he underwent a risky procedure and returned at his best, changing baseball and giving new hope to injured players.
Why Gen Z and millennials are embracing “grandma hobbies”
Can Robots Save an Aging Japan?
Ireland (The Words)
Memories of Goldmine
The Reality TV Show That Wasn’t Out of This World and The Driver That Can’t Give the Cops the Split and When Astronauts Smuggled Mail into Space and The Worst 2.6% of the Planet? and The Baseball Steroid Testing Loophole of 2003 and Jeopardy! is Full of Lies
FOTUS
Treasury Confirms $1.4 Trillion FY 2026 Deficit So Far, Higher Than 2025
& the DOJ: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Inside the New York court where children face deportation without access to attorneys
Draft dodger sure loves big battleships and military cosplay
Helicopter hiccup shows air traffic control is still a mess
Proposed arch could obstruct views of Washington’s historic sites
MUSIC
Funk music is as unapologetically Black as the musicians who pioneered it
The Enduring Power Of Stevie Wonder’s “As,” R&B’s Greatest Song Ever, and you could make a strong case for it being the greatest song ever recorded, period.
Claustrophobia – Bee Gees
Andy Warhol – David Bowie
Vienna — Billy Joel
Black Coffee In Bed – Squeeze
Under A Violet Moon -Blackmore’s Night
Radar Love – Golden Earring
That’s The Way I Always Heard It Should Be – Carly Simon
Coverville 1588: Queen’s Final 1986 Concert and 1589: The Glen Hansard Tribute
Glen Hansard edition
Grand March from the opera La reine de Saba by Charles Gounod