Friday, November 13, 2026

Elon Musk spreads falsehoods about Social Security, calling it a ‘Ponzi Scheme’, to justify cuts

Musk’s comments, while not new in conservative circles, are part of a broader pattern of attacks on Social Security, which millions of Americans rely on for retirement and disability benefits.

America: Land of lemmings?

It’s no surprise to hear the Cheater-in-Chief calling Americans who are not lemmings, who constitute a clear majority, and who oppose his reelection, cheaters.

3 Trump has torched atomic power’s last illusion of credible regulation

But the low-cost zero-carbon tsunami of green Solartopian technology may yet prove unstoppable in the marketplace.  

CDC study reveals increase of biofilm in US water systems

Due to the country’s aging infrastructure, the CDC expects a further increase to the transmission of diseases through biofilms and water systems.
Aerial view of a large data center complex in the desert

From the Great Basin to Gaza: How Nevada’s Data Centers Power a Surveillance Pipeline...

Reno and Sparks are approving the data centers that feed AI warfare abroad, then buying the camera networks that bring it home.

Growth of AI data centers delays transition to cleaner grid

There is a dramatic slowdown in the previously accelerating pace of coal plant retirements because utility companies are responding to a rise in electricity demand from data centers and other sources. 

Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban

For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.
A Renaissance fresco of the biblical flood with the ark afloat

‘My religion’s better than yours’ – so there!

To fix all truths on realms invisible Strikes skeptics as inadmissible.

The Minneapolis protests recall a long lineage of women’s peace movements

We saw in Minneapolis what we’ve long seen in U.S. peace movements: Women bringing innovation, moral clarity, caregiving and an insistence on justice.

Business leaders welcome July 1 minimum wage hikes

Advocacy groups like Business for a Fair Minimum Wage highlighted that a higher wage floor creates a level playing field, reduces costly employee turnover, and increases consumer spending power.