Four years ago, I drove back to Canada after living for a time in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. Taking the highway north, adjacent to the coast—often lousy with… Read the rest of the article: The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails

There are no atheists in foxholes. Soon, there won't be any Wiccans, Rosicrucianism, shamanic faiths, Troth, Unitarian Universalists, Humanists, Heathens, or Astaru and a whole lotta Protestant denominations, either. According… Read the rest of the article: 180 religions dropped from Pentagon's approved list of faiths

Good news! If you're on LinkedIn looking for your next opportunity, have a top secret clearance, access to sensitive economic data, or currently work for the government or the military… Read the rest of the article: China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information

Ask anyone who knows me: I've got the memory of a frigging goldfish and not in that happy Ted Lasso kinda way. Being able to pretend that I'm a functional… Read the rest of the article: The E Ink device that keeps you on schedule without the rabbit hole

Over the past few years, Apple TV+ has churned out some of the best episodic science fiction television that we've seen in decades. For All Mankind, Invasion, Pluribus, Star City,… Read the rest of the article: Will the new season of Silo stack up to the first two in the series?

Freezer burn, plastic glasses, jumbo shrimp and Trump's Board of Peace. Y'all know an oxymoron when you read one. Guess which one of these three contradictions has failed to come… Read the rest of the article: Where is the Board of Peace's aid cash for Gaza?

Every workplace has goldbrickers. It's a time-honored tradition to work hard to look like you're working hard whilst hardly working. Those willing to work, but only enough to keep the… Read the rest of the article: Ex-CIA official arrested with $40M in gold bars at home

The very premium air leak in the very best Russian part of the International Space Station is back! It may well be that, much like the Little Green Men in… Read the rest of the article: The International Space Station has sprung a new leak

As Rob mentioned on Friday, the Trump phone can't be found in the wild: the only models out there, as far as any outlet can see, were the units sent… Read the rest of the article: Trump Mobile data breach may affect far more than its own customers

China has done a lot to appear impartial whenever Russia's invasion of Ukraine comes up. Maybe "impartial" is the wrong word: the People's Republic of China has even talked up the idea… Read the rest of the article: China secretly trained Russian troops, and some have since fought in Ukraine

Hey! Do you have $650,000 to spend? Not interested in pissing away that cash on feeding a school full of kids lunch for a few years or helping a couple… Read the rest of the article: Would you spend $650,000 to ride a transforming mecha?

For years, Plex has been an inexpensive, easy way for folks to organize and stream their media collection. Starting in July, Plex will still be an easy way to do… Read the rest of the article: Plex lifetime pass is jumping from $250 to $750 in July

It's been a while since I had a good belly laugh: employees at Meta are having the vapors over the company monitoring their keystrokes and mouse movements. Imagine having your… Read the rest of the article: Meta is tracking its employees' every mouse click — and they're mad

Commencement! A time for students to reflect on their years of hard work. They've become an expert in their field or trade, and they've got the paperwork and the massive… Read the rest of the article: Eric Schmidt gets booed at University of Arizona commencement

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hit by an outbreak of Ebola. According to the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the outbreak was discovered in the northeast… Read the rest of the article: WHO declares global health emergency over Congo Ebola outbreak

When the first teaser for HBO's upcoming Lanterns series was released, a lot of fans griped about the lack of power ring use. Fair enough: the ring is both a… Read the rest of the article: HBO's Lanterns trailer goes heavy on the green light

You may recall that AI writing and editing helper Grammarly admitted to shitting the bed last month when it was caught allowing its users to polish their scribbling in the… Read the rest of the article: Grammarly caught using AI to simulate dead writers… again

With everything going on in Iran, the dangerous anti-terrorism laws being set in motion here at home, and the lunacy surrounding a ballroom that taxpayers are definitely paying for, it's… Read the rest of the article: Cuba is bracing for a U.S. invasion

While the United States Congress can't seem to find its ass with both hands of late, the United States Library of Congress has a bead on what's vital to the… Read the rest of the article: Doom's 1993 soundtrack inducted into the Library of Congress

When Boing Boing alum Cory Doctorow coined the phrase enshittification, I'm positive he didn't see this coming. Today's newsletter from 404 Media tells the tale of an everyday data hero… Read the rest of the article: Man tried to sell 150,000 poop photos he collected via AI app