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  • California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt

    09/01/2026 7:42:59 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 6 replies
    Tom's Hardware ^ | 29 August 2026 | Luke James
    California’s legislature has passed Assembly Bill 1856, exempting open-source operating systems from the State’s Digital Age Assurance Act months before the law is due to take effect on January 1, 2027. The Senate amended the Bill on August 21 before passing it on the 26th in a 39-0 vote, with the Assembly then accepting these changes in a concurrence vote the following day. The amendment ends almost a year of uncertainty surrounding whether Linux distributions and SteamOS would be forced to collect user age data during account setup alongside Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. AB 1856 has now been sent...
  • Andriake: Lost Roman Harbor Almost Untouched for 2,000 Years [21:47]

    09/01/2026 7:39:22 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 2 replies
    YouTube ^ | August 29, 2026 | Rumiseus | Lost Civilizations
    The earliest confirmed archaeological layers at Andriake date to the 3rd century BCE, though many researchers believe the harbor served Myra as early as the Classical period. The synagogue is currently dated to the 5th–6th century CE based on inscriptions and architectural context; further publication of the excavation is ongoing. This documentary follows current archaeological interpretations and distinguishes established evidence from open academic questions. Andriake: Lost Roman Harbor Almost Untouched for 2,000 Years | 21:47 Rumiseus | Lost Civilizations | 1.44K subscribers | 31,173 views | August 29, 2026
  • New Hampshire Senate and House

    09/01/2026 7:30:22 AM PDT · by Jim Noble · 4 replies
    Self | September 1, 2026 | Jim Noble
    In 2008, I changed my registration for one day to vote for Obama in the Presidential primary - because I thought he was the one candidate certain to lose to McCain. So take what I say with a grain of salt. In both the US Senate race (retiring Democrat) and NH CD 1 (Democrat congressman running for Senate) there are opportunities for Republican pickups in a purple-trending blue state. The primary is next week. The Democratic Senate race features my congressman, Chris Pappas, a Mayor Pete wannabe who has been thought likely to win the nomination against a DSA candidate....
  • How Ed Markey may survive Seth Moulton’s generational challenge

    09/01/2026 7:08:26 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 6 replies
    The 80-year-old junior senator from Massachusetts is facing a primary challenge from a representative who wasn’t alive when he was first elected to Congress. Recent surveys show the senator with a 15-to-35-point lead.
  • Any update on threat to Oklahoma schools?

    09/01/2026 6:52:04 AM PDT · by bluescape · 5 replies
    Anyone here know some details about the threat to Oklahoma schools from yesterday? The sheriff folks are understandable tight lipped right now. I think some schools closed for a bit, and other have added security. I was looking for details about the threats that were posted online. I think TikTok and Snapchat were listed but I don't see what specifically was said in the threats. And I'm wondering what groups had what complaints. We're a very red state and I'm not surprised that volatile libs would have a beef with our politics but I don't recall a specific school policy...
  • The Crucial Midterm Elections

    09/01/2026 6:04:58 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 32 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 1 Sep, 2026 | Rick Charles
    he 2026 midterm election will mark one of the most important inflection points in our history. The results will determine what groups and theory of governance direct our country going forward. The stakes could not be any higher regarding the future of our nation and most of its citizens. Most alarming is nobody is safe if the radical left’s vision of America wins. Today’s Democrat candidates are leading a political movement that is geared to promote socialism and a rise in tyranny in our country resulting in a significant loss of freedom and control over their daily lives for Americans....
  • The Victory Garden Thread - September, 2026

    09/01/2026 5:40:17 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 19 replies
    September 1, 2026 | Diana in WI/Greeneyes in Memoriam
    The MONTHLY Victory Garden Thread is a gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...
  • Are Deep State bureaucrats plotting suppressor revenge?

    09/01/2026 5:15:24 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 19 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 1 Sep, 2026 | Mike McDaniel
    n August 9 in Short-barreled rifles are finally legal—sort of—maybe… I wrote about a recent decision by a Texas federal judge striking down portions of the 1934 National Firearms Act. That act was written under congressional taxing powers, but when President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill eliminated that tax for NFA items, the lawful basis for requiring registration of short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and suppressors vanished. In effect, the constitutional basis of the NFA disappeared. Graphic: X PostThe catch is the judge’s injunction, which hasn’t yet been appealed by the DOJ but might be, applies only to the parties to the...
  • DeSantis: All Flock cameras on Florida highways will be removed

    09/01/2026 5:03:41 AM PDT · by V_TWIN · 42 replies
    notthebee.com ^ | Aug 31, 2026
    DeSantis does it again. On Monday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis did something no other governor has done. He tore down all the Flock cameras on the highways. [DeSantis] told interviewer Eric Bolling that state agencies would take down the units they control and that 'we're going to clear the state right-of-ways.' The governor estimated that the large majority of Florida's roughly 7,500 license-plate readers sit on local rather than state roads. The memo applies only to devices in the right-of-way of the State Highway System. It does not cover cameras on county or city roads, private property or other types...
  • First ‘space elevator’ — a 66,000-mile cable to the cosmos— closer than ever before as scientists make breakthrough

    09/01/2026 5:02:14 AM PDT · by Libloather · 53 replies
    NY Post ^ | 8/31/26 | Chadwick Moore
    On a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston last week, President Trump promised American astronauts would establish a permanent presence on the Moon before pushing forward to Mars. “Our nation will conquer … this vast frontier that we have before us … We will explore it, we will tame it, and we will win it,” he said of America’s present “golden age” of space exploration. But researchers thinking of truly big ideas say we’ll never get there with today’s inefficient chemical rocket technology. And they point to an important breakthrough. “We’re really pushing for permanent infrastructure, like a...
  • Why Lefties and Islamists Believe the Way They Do.

    09/01/2026 4:36:17 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 20 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 1 Sep, 2026 | Christopher Chantrill
    What is communism? asks Krzysztof Szczawinski on X. No, it’s not the “bread lines, gulags, failed five-year plans, and the collapsed Soviet Union.” No, it’s not “a discredited economic theory”. [Instead, it’s] a total, systemic, institutionalized commitment to lying. Not occasional dishonesty. Not spin or propaganda in the ordinary sense. Something deeper -- a civilizational war against truth itself[.] Then he goes on to give us two words that the Poles invented to describe life under communism: Zakłamanie [zah-kwah-MAH-nyeh] -- a state of total, pervasive, socially embedded falsehood[.] And Obłuda [ob-woo-dah] -- a deep, performative hypocrisy[.] I’m sure he’s right....
  • TODAY! Primary in Massachusetts

    09/01/2026 4:20:32 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 11 replies
    If you live in Massachusetts, GO VOTE!
  • Portland Public Schools taps drag queen ‘Poison Waters’ for back-to-school message (Video)

    09/01/2026 3:56:40 AM PDT · by Jan_Sobieski · 9 replies
    The Post Millennial ^ | 08/30/2026 | Hayden Cunningham
    Portland Public Schools welcomed students back to the 2026-27 academic year with a social media video featuring a drag queen.The school district shared a video on social media featuring drag queen Poison Waters, whose real name is Kevin Cook, describing the performer as an advocate, educator, and host. Waters has been an entertainer since the 1980s and has been involved in LGBTQ-related events for decades.“I’m here to wish you all a successful 2026-2027 school year and to thank all the amazing principals, teachers, and staff for your dedication to your students and their learning,” Waters said. “While we can often...
  • Today's Toons 9/1/26

    09/01/2026 3:51:27 AM PDT · by pookie18 · 9 replies
    The Right Reasons ^ | 9/1/26 | pookie18
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  • Today’s Cryptogram

    09/01/2026 2:03:01 AM PDT · by Apple Pan Dowdy · 7 replies
    ZVP FINSM KNPYAH PRPNUIOP, YOM YJZPNFYNM, HIDP YNP HZNIOB YZ ZVP KNIAPO TSYLPH. — PNOPHZ VPDQOBFYU
  • 2,500-year-old Etruscan treasure found in ancient well

    08/31/2026 11:16:35 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 28 replies
    Heritage Daily ^ | August 16, 2026 | Mark Milligan
    Researchers working at the archaeological site of Kainua near the modern town of Marzabotto found two bronze female statuettes and an extremely rare bronze bowl inside an ancient well system. Human remains belonging to two adults were also found at the site. The excavation is being conducted by the University of Bologna in collaboration with the Ravenna Archaeological Group. The objects have been dated to between the late sixth and early fifth centuries BC, when the Etruscan settlement was being established and developed... The location of the discovery adds to its significance. The well stands within Kainua’s sanctuary district, where...
  • Abortionists Hate the “Social Disapproval” They Get From Killing Babies

    08/31/2026 10:38:33 PM PDT · by Morgana · 26 replies
    life news ^ | Aug 25, 2026 | Sarah Terzo
    A book released in 2021 (Abortion and Mothering: Research, Stories, and Artistic Expressions) has a chapter by writer Jessica Shaw called “Abortion Providers as Mothers, with Mothers,” where abortionists discuss the stigma and “social disapproval” they feel about committing abortions. Even Her Friends Don’t Know One abortionist, identified only as “Kate,” admitted that most people in her life (even many of her close friends) don’t know she performs abortions. She says she has “some very close friends that have no idea what I do. They just think I’m a family physician…[T]hey just have no clue.” (Jackson and Shaw, 57) Kate...
  • Conservatives slam NY Gov. Hochul for wearing head scarf at Islamic center

    08/31/2026 10:33:41 PM PDT · by Libloather · 33 replies
    NY Post ^ | 8/31/26 | Chris Nesi
    Conservatives slammed Gov. Kathy Hochul for wearing a headscarf during a visit to an Islamic center in New York City over the weekend. The Democratic governor wore a charcoal gray suit and a black scarf mirroring those many Muslim women don to symbolize modesty and their religious faith, according to a clip of the appearance at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York in Queens. Hochul addressed the congregants during the weekly Friday Jummah prayer service, giving a shout out to “his excellency” Tareq Albanai — the United Nation’s permanent representative for Kuwait — thanking him for welcoming her to...
  • Detroit Public Schools are paying kids up to $1,000 just to attend class — and teaching them an awful lesson

    08/31/2026 10:09:50 PM PDT · by Libloather · 24 replies
    NY Post ^ | 8/31/26 | Rikki Schlott
    Detroit public schools have an absolutely hideous rate of chronic absenteeism. But their solution is even worse — paying kids to show up. A newly expanded program could see middle and high school kids making as much as $500 or $1,000-a-year, respectively, in gift cards for simply attending class. The district claims it creates an incentive for kids to show up — it’s called the “Perfect Attendance Pays” program — but it’s a desperate, last-ditch attempt to fix a much deeper cultural crisis. The program is actually teaching toxic life lessons: that simply showing up is some sort of accomplishment,...
  • Hunter Biden admits he used cushy Burisma gig to fund crack cocaine addiction

    08/31/2026 10:00:07 PM PDT · by Libloather · 28 replies
    NY Post ^ | 8/31/26 | Victor Nava
    Hunter Biden acknowledged in a new interview that his lucrative board appointments, including one at Ukrainian energy company Burisma, helped finance his crack cocaine addiction. “I never went broke,” Biden boasted on the “Dopey” podcast, after describing a two-month-long bender at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, Calif., where the former first son said he tried to “go out with a bang.” “Dopey” host Dave Manheim asked Biden how he was able to “scrape the money together” for the cocaine and prostitutes and private bungalows at the luxurious Chateau Marmont. “Well, I still had the residual. Like for instance, I still...