Humanoid Robot Wins Half-Marathon and Smashes Humans’ Record

Another Turing point in technology? (See what I did there?) #robotics www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/w...

Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’ Jose Serrano, a sergeant, said Deisy Rivera Ortega, his wife, was arrested at an immigration appointment

Another military spouse detained by ICE.
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Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

Buchardt Audio P300 Compact Speaker Review YouTube video by THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

First impressions can be deceiving, very deceiving. To wit, the Buchardt Audio P300 Compact Speaker Review, from #TheAbsoluteSound youtu.be/WJatSDrN800?...

This tariff-refund portal is about to be America's hottest website Exactly two months after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Trump's tariffs, the U.S. government has set Monday as the day when some companies can begin requesting refunds.

Businesses may finally get their money back from #Trump's con game. www.npr.org/2026/04/19/n...

Opinion | It’s Called Silicon Sampling, and It’s Going to Ruin Public Opinion Polling

#AI cannot save us from stupid human ideas. #SiliconSampling www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/o...

Blue Owl, Ailing Private Credit Firm, Reveals Even More Troubles

The owl in the coal mine? Is a run on traditional banks next? #BlueOwl unable to meet investor withdrawal demand: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/b...

Some people just shouldn't speak in public. #everyoneknowswhowearetalkingabout

Yep, that about sums it up. Tonka Toy.

#NYAutoshow debut of #Hyundai Boulder

Speakers That Will Move You: Martin Logan's Motion XT B100 Speakers About 40 years ago Martin Logan started shipping its first audacious and stunning electrostatic speakers. Since then, the company has become a venerable brand offering not only cutting-edge towers but...

ICYMI: From #OntheRoadtoAutonomy: www.ontheroadtoautonomy.com/single-post/...

Eversolo Play Music Streamer & Amplifier YouTube video by THE ABSOLUTE SOUND

A modestly priced streaming amp that makes for a good starter system, from #TheAbsoluteSound www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH7w...

E. Coli outbreak linked to cheeses grows. See affected states, items. More than half of the people sickened in the E. coli outbreak are children under the age of 5, said the FDA.

Some like #RFKjr think that raw milk and cheese is good for you. The technical bioethical term for that view is "stupid." www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Video: Stranded Humpback Whale Beats the Odds and Swims Out to Sea

Every once in a while, a glimmer of hope. “All our fingers are crossed.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/w...

I have always thought if you serve you should be made a citezen on completion of service. Good enough to die for this country but not good enough to live in this country. Shameful

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#Trump's war on Iran and when asked about ending it (with U.S. fighting overseas), the Don says: "I don't care." nypost.com/2026/03/26/u...

LAGUARDIA (NYC): ICE agents standing around this morning.

T.S.A. Tipped Off ICE Agents Before Arrests at San Francisco Airport

Witness: "It's just wrong." #ThisIsICE www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

Supreme Court grapples with laws allowing mail ballots that arrive after Election Day to be counted The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots that are postmarked by but received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.

By promulgating a lie (about mail fraud), #Trump is looking to block citizens from voting, including military serving overseas. It's an attempt to cause chaos in the coming elections, and his SCOTUS seems willing to go along. www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme...

He's going stuff, er, "count" them himself. #ChadBianco is looking to rig the vote.

I think #NPR can be great, but spoiling #ProjectHailMary right on the front page for folks is an amateur move. Come on.

One thing this story fails to mention is that #HunterAlpha is an agentic AI, which looks designed to leapfrog current models that are using shells. Could this crack open #OpenClaw? lnkd.in/gy7rRggf

Kudos to the photo editor. 👿

Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court and Orders Bosses to Testify

What do you do when the head of the Justice Department insists on continuing to perform illegal acts? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/n...

Peter Thiel’s secret lectures on Antichrist in Rome spark debate | CNN Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. It’s an event that the Vatican, and the pope, are treating with...

Peter #Thiel is the guy who has access to all of your tax and health records (and a heck of lot more). And he's lecturing about the antichrist. In Rome. No, this isn't a Dan Brown story: www.cnn.com/2026/03/16/e...

The U.S. is being terrorized by ICE, not Iran.

Jürgen Habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s Most Influential Thinkers

I complained about having to read The Theory of Communicative Action, but I'm with him on the belief in rational discourse. Still believe in it, even now. RIP #Habermas. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

Pete Hegseth Says ‘the Sooner David Ellison’ Buys CNN, ‘the Better’

#Hegseth and Germany of early 1930's www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE

#Reuters has been helping #ICE track citizens. That's a problem. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/t...