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Sony raises the price of the Playstation 5 in the US
2025-08-21

Sony raises the price of the Playstation 5 in the US

Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles being sold in the United States by $50.“Similar to many global businesses, we continue to navigate a challenging economic environment,” Sony Global Marketing Vice President Isabelle Tomatis wrote in a blog post. “As a resu...

Huawei names Kirin 9020 in Pura 80, ending years of silence on flagship chips
2025-08-21

Huawei names Kirin 9020 in Pura 80, ending years of silence on flagship chips

Huawei has officially acknowledged the Kirin 9020 powering its new Pura 80 phones, the company’s first open confirmation of a high-end chip in nearly five years.

Halloween Game Developer Reveals How It’s Bringing Back a Fan Favorite Character (Exclusive)
2025-08-21

Halloween Game Developer Reveals How It’s Bringing Back a Fan Favorite Character (Exclusive)

IllFonic and Gun Media have a new Halloween game on the way in 2026, which will be released on Xbox Series X|S, PS5, and PC. Details are pretty slim right now, but we know that it will take place in 1978, just like the original movie. One of the more underrated elements of the Halloween [...]The post Halloween Game Developer Reveals How It’s Bringing Back a Fan Favorite Character (Exclusive) appeared first on ComicBook.com.

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Just Got the Update Fans Were Waiting For
2025-08-21

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Just Got the Update Fans Were Waiting For

Image Courtesy of Sony PicturesSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a phenomenon when it released in 2018, earning widespread critical acclaim thanks to its heartfelt story and stunning animation style. Two follow-ups were quickly announced, the first of which — Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — premiered in 2023 and received similar amounts of praise and box office success. The wait [...]The post Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Just Got the Update Fans Were Waiting For appeared first on ComicBook.com.

Pumpkin Fest returns to Laird
2025-08-21

Pumpkin Fest returns to Laird

The fourth annual Pumpkin Fest runs Sept. 27 at Laird Fairgrounds. Activities include a biggest pumpkin competition, games and jack-o-lantern carving, a release says. Pumpkin Fest runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is by donation or non-perishable food item for Christmas Cheer. Volunteers are needed. Call 705-248-2395.

Blake Shelton Announces Las Vegas Residency 2026 Dates - Ticket & Venue Info Revealed!
2025-08-21

Blake Shelton Announces Las Vegas Residency 2026 Dates - Ticket & Venue Info Revealed!

Blake Shelton is heading back to Las Vegas! The country superstar just announced that he’s returning to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in early 2026 for another round of shows. Blake will perform eight dates in January: January 15, 18, 21, 23, 24, 28, 30 and 31, with each show starting at 8 p.m. Keep [...]

Bullet Was Fired Into Chiefs Coach Andy Reid’s Office While He Was Inside
2025-08-21

Bullet Was Fired Into Chiefs Coach Andy Reid’s Office While He Was Inside

A bullet penetrated the office of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid last year while he was working inside. The incident happened at the Chiefs practice facility in May 2024, according to the Kansas City Star. Reid, 67, was working alone inside his office when a bullet was fired from the outside of the [...]

Horse Racing as a Metaphor for Life Explored in Sanfic Industria Title ‘The Curve’
2025-08-21

Horse Racing as a Metaphor for Life Explored in Sanfic Industria Title ‘The Curve’

Set in Montevideo, Uruguay, documentary “The Curve” (“La curva”) follows legendary horse trainer, 74-year-old Jorge Firpo, on the cusp of retirement as its director, Agustín Flores, reckons with the suicide of his father. What starts as an exploration of legacy turns into a moving treatise on emotional fragility, resilience and the drive we need to [...]

Hollow Knight: Silksong finally has a release date
2025-08-21

Hollow Knight: Silksong finally has a release date

Team Cherry's Hollow Knight Silksong now has a release date: Sept. 4.

T.J. Holmes Has 'Shouting Match' With Daughter Over 'TSITP' Love Triangle
2025-08-21

T.J. Holmes Has 'Shouting Match' With Daughter Over 'TSITP' Love Triangle

T.J. Holmes is now part of The Summer I Turned Pretty shipping war thanks to his daughter — but is he Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah? “I’m coming on now so you all can hear my continuation of a shouting match I’ve been having with a 12-year-old child for the past hour,” Holmes, 48, who [...]

2025-08-21

A New York appeals court has thrown out President Donald Trump’s massive civil fraud penalty

A New York appeals court has thrown out President Donald Trump’s massive civil fraud penalty.

University of Waterloo team develops cheap, fast handheld E. coli detector
2025-08-21

University of Waterloo team develops cheap, fast handheld E. coli detector

A cheap, fast, and highly portable way to detect potentially deadly E. coli in water, all thanks to a team from the University of Waterloo. Team leader, Dr. Carolyn Ren, told 570 NewsRadio, ‘So basically, we’re talking about a minute, versus hours or days” for current test methods. Ren explained that by the time you [...]The post University of Waterloo team develops cheap, fast handheld E. coli detector appeared first on CityNews Kitchener.

Silver used as form of currecy in Land of Israel 3,600 years ago
2025-08-21

Silver used as form of currecy in Land of Israel 3,600 years ago

For years, researchers had discovered dozens of silver hoards in Israel from the Bronze and Iron Ages, but they were often thought to be raw metal, jeweler's...

New Tricare Prime option coming to beneficiaries in 2 metro areas
2025-08-21

New Tricare Prime option coming to beneficiaries in 2 metro areas

About 150,000 eligible beneficiaries can enroll for the demonstration program during open season.

Ukrainian man arrested in Italy over Nord Stream pipeline blasts
2025-08-21

Ukrainian man arrested in Italy over Nord Stream pipeline blasts

BERLIN (AP) — A Ukrainian man suspected to be one of the coordinators of undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 was arrested in Italy on Thursday, authorities said.

Humpy Wheeler, the ‘P.T. Barnum of motorsports,’ dies at 86
2025-08-21

Humpy Wheeler, the ‘P.T. Barnum of motorsports,’ dies at 86

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Humpy Wheeler, a pioneering motorsports promoter and former president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway, has died, NASCAR said. He was 86. Charlotte Motor Speedway said Wheeler died of natural causes Wednesday in Charlotte, surrounded by his family. “Humpy Wheeler was a visionary whose name became synonymous with promotion and [...]

Prosecutors urge court to deny request by Combs for acquittal or new trial
2025-08-21

Prosecutors urge court to deny request by Combs for acquittal or new trial

In a filing made public on Wednesday night, federal prosecutors said that Sean "Diddy" Combs had no legal grounds to request an acquittal from the court. The music mogul was convicted of two prostitution-related charges in early July and faces 10 years of prison on each count. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 3.

Lawyers ask judge to order ICE to free Spanish-language journalist from immigration detention
2025-08-21

Lawyers ask judge to order ICE to free Spanish-language journalist from immigration detention

ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist who has been held in federal immigration detention since June argue in a court filing that the government is retaliating against him for his news coverage and is holding him in violation of his constitutional rights. Local police in DeKalb County, just outside Atlanta, arrested Mario Guevara [...]

Humpy Wheeler, the 'P.T. Barnum of motorsports,' dies at 86
2025-08-21

Humpy Wheeler, the 'P.T. Barnum of motorsports,' dies at 86

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Humpy Wheeler, a pioneering motorsports promoter and former president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway, has died, NASCAR said. He was 86.

Space Guard proponents hope for last-minute Trump intervention
2025-08-21

Space Guard proponents hope for last-minute Trump intervention

A survey conducted by the Colorado Air National Guard taken in February and provided to Breaking Defense, found that of 101 space operators only eight would transfer to the Space Force under the current plan.

Missing Montreal man, 95, believed seen in Gatineau
2025-08-21

Missing Montreal man, 95, believed seen in Gatineau

Montreal police are asking for help locating Reza Falsafi.

Menendez brothers face parole hearings; Texas approves new maps | Hot off the Wire podcast
2025-08-21

Menendez brothers face parole hearings; Texas approves new maps | Hot off the Wire podcast

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Close-Up Views of NASA’s DART Impact to Inform Planetary Defense
2025-08-21

Close-Up Views of NASA’s DART Impact to Inform Planetary Defense

On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal into deep space. Its destination was NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft flying toward an asteroid more than 5 million miles away. The message prompted the spacecraft to execute a series of pre-programmed commands that caused a small, [...]

World’s Smallest Cat 🐱✨
2025-08-21

World’s Smallest Cat 🐱✨

Watch World’s Smallest Cat on Interesting Engineering. Explore the latest in technology!

There might be a 'Planet Y' hiding in the outer solar system
2025-08-21

There might be a 'Planet Y' hiding in the outer solar system

Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet X, that might be warping the orbits of objects beyond Neptune

'The Magician' Just Broke a Pay Record in Soccer
2025-08-21

'The Magician' Just Broke a Pay Record in Soccer

The National Women's Soccer League in the US has a major new star—at a landmark price. The Orlando Pride have signed Mexico's Lizbeth Ovalle after paying what is known in the sport as a transfer fee of $1.5 million, reports the Athletic . The Pride essentially bought out her...

Leaving a Legacy of Philanthropy
2025-08-21

Leaving a Legacy of Philanthropy

Barb Prillaman ’86 has established the first legacy endowment for NC State’s Data Science and AI Academy.

Swiss-US Sensor Gauges Biological Age From Sweat
2025-08-21

Swiss-US Sensor Gauges Biological Age From Sweat

(MENAFN - Swissinfo)Scientists from Switzerland and the United States are developing sensors that can measure biological age based on molecules in sweat.This content was published onAugust 21, ...

NASA Invites Media to Joint Launch of Sun, Space Weather Missions
2025-08-21

NASA Invites Media to Joint Launch of Sun, Space Weather Missions

Media accreditation is open for the launch of three observatories that will study the Sun and enhance the ability to make accurate space weather forecasts, helping protect technology systems that affect life on Earth. NASA is targeting no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23, for the launch of the agency’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), [...]

Florida Utility Companies, Energy Technology Groups And Community Organizations Team Up To Empower Teens With Hands On Stem-Related Energy Career Information
2025-08-21

Florida Utility Companies, Energy Technology Groups And Community Organizations Team Up To Empower Teens With Hands On Stem-Related Energy Career Information

(MENAFN - 3BL) Duke Energy Florida, Ocala Electric, SECO Energy, Orlando Utilities Commission, Siemens Energy, Gainesville Regional Utilities and the Florida Chapter of the American Association ...

SCLC Data Drive Changes in First-Line Maintenance and Second-Line Care
2025-08-21

SCLC Data Drive Changes in First-Line Maintenance and Second-Line Care

Five experts gathered for the OncLive Peer Exchange to discuss SCLC data that continues to drive the evolving treatment paradigm.

5 offline-first productivity tools for your documents, notes, and research
2025-08-21

5 offline-first productivity tools for your documents, notes, and research

Discover 5 powerful offline-first tools for creating private documents, notes, and research without relying on cloud storage or accounts.

Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms
2025-08-21

Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms

Tidal forces from Earth, Venus and Jupiter may help keep the sun calm, reducing the risk of powerful solar storms that threaten Earth, a new study suggests.

The Vera Rubin Observatory is ready to revolutionize astronomy
2025-08-21

The Vera Rubin Observatory is ready to revolutionize astronomy

Sporting the world’s largest digital camera, the new telescope is poised to help solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries.

2025-08-21

140,000-year-old skeleton shows earliest interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals

Scientists have uncovered the world s earliest fossil showing both Neanderthal and Homo sapiens features: a five-year-old child from Israel s Skhul Cave dating back 140,000 years. This discovery pushes back the timeline of human interbreeding, proving that Neanderthals and modern humans were already mixing long before Europe s later encounters.

The State of Biotech 2025
2025-08-21

The State of Biotech 2025

In GEN’s flagship virtual event, The State of Biotech, outstanding research and business leaders from industry and academia will discuss the latest research developments, innovations, new technologies, and convulsive regulatory changes that are reshaping the world of biotech.The post The State of Biotech 2025 appeared first on GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.

Fast charging makes zinc-ion batteries stronger instead of weaker, US study finds
2025-08-21

Fast charging makes zinc-ion batteries stronger instead of weaker, US study finds

Researchers in the US have found out that fast charging makes zinc-ion batteries more durable and could potentially replace lithium-ion ones.

Twins miss plenty of opportunities in loss to Athletics
2025-08-21

Twins miss plenty of opportunities in loss to Athletics

That the Twins were in a position to possibly win Wednesday night’s game is a testament to Bailey Ober and the team’s bullpen, which bent but did not break over the first nine innings of the game. Finally, 10 innings in, the fact that the Twins were unable to get a hit at the right moment caught up to them. Shea Langeliers hit a two-run home run off reliever Génesis Cabrera in the 10th inning ...

Patrick Mahomes Makes It Count as NFL’s Richest Athletes Return With $533.6 Million Salaries, 0 Super Bowls
2025-08-21

Patrick Mahomes Makes It Count as NFL’s Richest Athletes Return With $533.6 Million Salaries, 0 Super Bowls

The quarterback is the most important position on the gridiron. A great QB can be the difference between winning and losing, which is why teams are willing to take big risks and pour massive investments into one player, hoping it will eventually pay off. Still, there are no guarantees. Winning the ultimate prize, the Super [...]The post Patrick Mahomes Makes It Count as NFL’s Richest Athletes Return With $533.6 Million Salaries, 0 Super Bowls appeared first on The SportsRush.

Israel opens new embassy in Zambia, once home to a historic Jewish community
2025-08-21

Israel opens new embassy in Zambia, once home to a historic Jewish community

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Zambian Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe opened the embassy together on Wednesday. Israel has opened an embassy in...

Can Brock Purdy and San Francisco’s veteran leadership extend the 49ers’ window over five years?
2025-08-21

Can Brock Purdy and San Francisco’s veteran leadership extend the 49ers’ window over five years?

Locked into long-term contracts, Brock Purdy, Kyle Shanahan, and John Lynch give the 49ers stability, but their trajectory depends on developing young talent around an aging core and maintaining championship-level coaching.

Mike Tannenbaum: Jaxson Dart is ‘better player and better athlete’ than Russell Wilson
2025-08-21

Mike Tannenbaum: Jaxson Dart is ‘better player and better athlete’ than Russell Wilson

Heading into training camp, the expectation was Russell Wilson would be the New York Giants’ starting quarterback after signing with the franchise this offseason. But Jaxson Dart put together a strong training camp, and ESPN’s Mike Tannenbaum argued he should get the starting nod. Tannenbaum, a former general manager with the New York Jets, drew [...]

Climate Change Brings More Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes; NOAA Cuts Make Forecasting Them Harder
2025-08-21

Climate Change Brings More Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes; NOAA Cuts Make Forecasting Them Harder

By Jeff Masters, Yale Climate Connections As Hurricane Helene roared toward the Florida Panhandle on September 26, 2024, the storm put on an intimidating display of rapid intensification, ramping up from a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph (129 km/h) winds to a Cat 4 monster with 140 mph (225 ... [continued]The post Climate Change Brings More Rapidly Intensifying Hurricanes; NOAA Cuts Make Forecasting Them Harder appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Pope calls for fasting and prayer for peace in Middle East and Ukraine as he returns to Vatican
2025-08-21

Pope calls for fasting and prayer for peace in Middle East and Ukraine as he returns to Vatican

Pope Leo XIV has asked people to fast on Friday to pray for peace and justice in the Middle East and Ukraine. He issued the special appeal as he returned to the Vatican from summer vacation. During his weekly general...

Pentagon officials blast Washington Post for putting ‘lives at risk’ with report on Pete Hegseth’s security
2025-08-21

Pentagon officials blast Washington Post for putting ‘lives at risk’ with report on Pete Hegseth’s security

Pentagon officials criticized the Washington Post's latest reports, claiming it has put the lives of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his family at risk by disclosing exclusive security details.

1 killed in Elton Road crash
2025-08-21

1 killed in Elton Road crash

Driver killed in fiery crash during stolen car chase

Iga Swiatek-Casper Ruud rally to reach U.S. Open mixed final
2025-08-21

Iga Swiatek-Casper Ruud rally to reach U.S. Open mixed final

Poland's Iga Swiatek and Norway's Casper Ruud, two points away from a defeat, rallied to win the final six points and beat the United States' Jessica

All-American candidates Cade Klubnik, Nick Singleton among Rhoback's latest NIL class
2025-08-21

All-American candidates Cade Klubnik, Nick Singleton among Rhoback's latest NIL class

Apparel brand reveals full roster of college football stars making up Rhoback U class of 2025

Al Horford Could Sign Two-Year Deal With Warriors Worth Over $11M
2025-08-21

Al Horford Could Sign Two-Year Deal With Warriors Worth Over $11M

Al Horford and the Golden State Warriors continue to wait on a resolution to the Jonathan Kuminga situation before finalizing their agreement. Horford could be signed for the full taxpayer midlevel exception on a two-year deal with the second season a player option.The taxpayer midlevel exception for the 2025-26 season is worth $5.685 million.Horford appeared in 60 games last season with the Boston Celtics, averaging 9.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 27.7 minutes. The Warriors will value Horford's ability to stretch the floor and swith on defense at the center position.The Kuminga situation continues to drag out with the restricted free agent having an October 1st deadline to sign the qualifying offer or agree to terms on a contract.

Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylum
2025-08-21

Brazilian police say ex-President Bolsonaro had planned to flee to Argentina seeking asylum

Brazil’s federal police say messages found on the telephone of former President Jair Bolsonaro show he once wanted to flee to Argentina and request political asylum

AMBER Alert issued for missing Bell County 13-year-old
2025-08-21

AMBER Alert issued for missing Bell County 13-year-old

The Bell County Sheriff's Office said 13-year-old Natalie Driver was last seen at her home outside of Salado on Aug. 17.

Former Longhorns QB lands starting job in Pac-12
2025-08-21

Former Longhorns QB lands starting job in Pac-12

Former Longhorns QB Maalik Murphy will start games for his third college team. The former Duke QB has been named the starter for Oregon State.

2025-08-21

Notice Of Signing A Share Purchase Agreement In Relation To Northern Horizon Capital AS Shares

(MENAFN - GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Northern Horizon Capital AS, the management company of Baltic Horizon Fund, hereby notifies that management company's current sole shareholder Northern Horizon A/S ...

2025-08-21

Jonny Bass Foundation Sweepstakes For Free Pottery Kit -- Benefits K-12 Classrooms

(MENAFN - EIN Presswire)Free Pottery KitSAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES, August 21, 2025 /EINPresswire / -- Jonny Bass Foundation, a 501(c)(3) Public Charity, has launched its end of summer drive to ...

Bitcoin and ether ETFs debut in Hong Kong after unveiling of stablecoin rules
2025-08-21

Bitcoin and ether ETFs debut in Hong Kong after unveiling of stablecoin rules

Two spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) debuted in Hong Kong on Thursday, with early trading volumes pointing to cautious investor appetite, in contrast with the market euphoria that followed the city’s unveiling of new stablecoin rules.The ETFs, launched by Hong Kong-based...

Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo Predicted To Win NBA MVP
2025-08-21

Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo Predicted To Win NBA MVP

In reality, the Milwaukee Bucks probably are questioning how long the most important player in franchise history will remain with the team. Outwardly, they express confidence about Giannis Antetokounmpo‘s future in Milwaukee.

Inter Miami overcomes Messi’s absence to beat Tigres in Leagues Cup
2025-08-21

Inter Miami overcomes Messi’s absence to beat Tigres in Leagues Cup

Luis Suarez scored twice on penalty kicks and Inter Miami overcame Lionel Messi’s absence to beat Tigres UANL from Mexico 2-1 in a Leagues Cup quarterfinal Wednesday night.

Federal judge orders Mississippi Supreme Court electoral map to be redrawn
2025-08-21

Federal judge orders Mississippi Supreme Court electoral map to be redrawn

Mississippi Supreme Court map violates Voting Rights Act, judge rules

Stanton crushes pinch-hit home run to give Yankees lead in extras
2025-08-21

Stanton crushes pinch-hit home run to give Yankees lead in extras

Watch as New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton rips a frozen rope for a two-run, pinch-hit homer to give his team the lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the 10th inning.

Iowa high school football: Top 3A quarterbacks
2025-08-21

Iowa high school football: Top 3A quarterbacks

Here are some of the best quarterbacks set to hit the field in Class 3A in Iowa high school football this year.

Montebello man suspected in multi-million dollar storefront cargo theft operation taken into custody
2025-08-21

Montebello man suspected in multi-million dollar storefront cargo theft operation taken into custody

Detectives recovered about $4.5 million worth of property stolen in train and cargo burglaries.

Melvindale honors fallen officer Mohamed Said with new elementary school
2025-08-21

Melvindale honors fallen officer Mohamed Said with new elementary school

The Melvindale community continues to pay tribute to a fallen hero with the official opening of Mohamed Said Elementary School.

Best Smart Home Gadgets for Renters in 2025
2025-08-21

Best Smart Home Gadgets for Renters in 2025

The best smart home devices for renters in 2025! Affordable, easy to install, and designed for how we live these days, with no drilling or major installs.

2025-08-21

Masimo sues U.S Customs over approval of Apple Watch imports

Masimo told the court that it learned of the agency's August 1 decision only after Apple announced it would reintroduce blood-oxygen reading to its watches last week.

Pressure Building on Russell Westbrook Decision After New Report
2025-08-21

Pressure Building on Russell Westbrook Decision After New Report

Denver Nuggets free agent Russell Westbrook is facing a huge decision this NBA offseason

Why the Red Sox made former captain Jason Varitek take batting practice at Fenway Park
2025-08-21

Why the Red Sox made former captain Jason Varitek take batting practice at Fenway Park

Jason Varitek last stepped into the batter's box at Fenway Park during the 2011 season. The post Why the Red Sox made former captain Jason Varitek take batting practice at Fenway Park appeared first on Boston.com.

7 Patriots players on roster bubble with plenty at stake in preseason finale
2025-08-21

7 Patriots players on roster bubble with plenty at stake in preseason finale

Javon Baker, Kyle Dugger, and other Patriots could be playing for a roster spot on Thursday. The post 7 Patriots players on roster bubble with plenty at stake in preseason finale appeared first on Boston.com.

2025-08-21

18 employees arrested at Microsoft campus, charged with trespassing, malicious mischief after red paint incident - Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times

18 employees arrested at Microsoft campus, charged with trespassing, malicious mischief after red paint incident - Hindustan Times Hindustan TimesMicrosoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military The GuardianMicrosoft employee protests lead to 18 arrests as company reviews its work with Israel's military AP NewsPolice arrest 18 activists during second day of Microsoft protest The Seattle TimesMicrosoft Workers Protesting Israel Ties Say They’ve Occupied HQ Bloomberg.com

Man charged in Houston teen's shooting remains wanted, family questions delay
2025-08-21

Man charged in Houston teen's shooting remains wanted, family questions delay

"I just don't believe people are trying hard enough," the victim said. It's been over a month, and such a time frame isn't unheard of when police are trying to track down a wanted fugitive.

What is a RMD and How to Use it in Retirement
2025-08-21

What is a RMD and How to Use it in Retirement

How do you use the Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) to the maximum benefit as your reach retirement age?

SF Giants’ Roupp carted off field following comebacker
2025-08-21

SF Giants’ Roupp carted off field following comebacker

Roupp took a line drive off his right hamstring, then appeared to awkwardly bend his left knee

Brazil Police Accuse Bolsonaro And Son Of Obstructing Coup Trial
2025-08-21

Brazil Police Accuse Bolsonaro And Son Of Obstructing Coup Trial

Brazilian police called Wednesday for former president Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo to be charged with obstruction of justice for attempting to interfere with the ex-leader's trial over plotting an attempted coup.

North Korea reportedly has secret missile base near China
2025-08-21

North Korea reportedly has secret missile base near China

North Korea has quietly built and operated a sprawling long-range missile base near the Chinese border that stores Kim Jong Un’s most advanced strategic weapons, demonstrating the regime’s ongoing efforts to advance its nuclear strike capabilities, a think tank said.

Martin Perez sharp in first start since early-season injury, but Braves blank White Sox 1-0
2025-08-21

Martin Perez sharp in first start since early-season injury, but Braves blank White Sox 1-0

The veteran gave up an unearned run and three hits in his unlikely return to the rotation.

Crews work to fix stuck gate at Dardanelle Lock and Dam
2025-08-21

Crews work to fix stuck gate at Dardanelle Lock and Dam

Crews with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers work Aug. 20 to repair a stuck spillway gate at Dardanelle Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River.

Tatis makes spectacular leaping catch to rob Devers of a home run
2025-08-21

Tatis makes spectacular leaping catch to rob Devers of a home run

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. made a sensational leaping catch to rob San Francisco’s Rafael Devers of a home run. The left-handed Devers lifted a high fly ball off left-hander JP Sears with one out in the...

Texas GOP Approves Redistricting Bill to Secure 5 House Seats
2025-08-21

Texas GOP Approves Redistricting Bill to Secure 5 House Seats

(MENAFN) In a move that could reshape the political landscape ahead of next year–s U.S. midterm elections, the Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a ...

2025-08-21

SABLE OFFSHORE SHAREHOLDER ALERT: CLAIMSFILER REMINDS INVESTORS WITH LOSSES IN EXCESS OF $100,000 of Lead Plaintiff Deadline in Class Action Lawsuits Against Sable Offshore Corp. - SOC

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ClaimsFiler, a FREE shareholder information service, reminds investors that they have until September 26, 2025 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Sable Offshore Corp. (NYSE:SOC), if they purchased the Company's securities (1) between May 19, 2025 and June 3, 2025, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"); and/or (2) pursuant and/or traceable to Sable's May 21, 2025 secondary public offering (the "SPO"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.Get HelpSable Offshore investors should visit us at https://claimsfiler.com/cases/nyse-soc-1/ or call toll-free (844) 367-9658. Lawyers at ...Full story available on Benzinga.com

Glen Powell Shares Why He's Not Right Choice to Play James Bond
2025-08-21

Glen Powell Shares Why He's Not Right Choice to Play James Bond

Glen Powell is taking himself out of the James Bond conversation. Ever since Daniel Craig said goodbye to playing the British spy after No Time to Die hit theaters in 2021, Hollywood has been abuzz about who should take over as the next 007. In a new interview, the 36-year-old Twisters actor shared why he [...]

2025-08-21

Dollar drifts, Asian stocks mixed as markets brace for Jackson Hole - Reuters

Dollar drifts, Asian stocks mixed as markets brace for Jackson Hole ReutersView Full Coverage on Google News

Bus crash in Afghanistan kills 79 people returning from Iran
2025-08-21

Bus crash in Afghanistan kills 79 people returning from Iran

A bus crash in northwestern Afghanistan killed at least 79 people returning from Iran, including 19 children, an official said.

From Fiat Everything To Real Everything
2025-08-21

From Fiat Everything To Real Everything

From Fiat Everything To Real Everything Authored by Josh Stylman via Substack,Why Old-World Values Are the Ultimate Modern RebellionThe infrastructure is now visible to those willing to see it. The systematic replacement of natural systems with artificial ones has reached into every domain—money, food, health, education, information. What began as isolated changes has revealed itself as a coordinated operation: the complete substitution of reality with decree, ownership with access, competence with credentials.The mathematical engineering of ownership out of reach becomes clear—from 52% of 30-year-olds owning homes in 1950 to a projected 13% by 2025. Extraction was rebranded as liberation—the subscription economy that converts your $3,000 monthly into someone else's equity while you build nothing. These aren't separate trends but components of what I documented in Fiat Everything—the coordinated substitution of authentic systems with fabricated ones designed for extraction. That piece showed how the fiat money template spread across every domain of human experience: creating artificial scarcity, manufacturing dependency, and harvesting human energy through decree rather than value creation.But the operation runs deeper than the economic and cultural plunder I previously documented. They didn't just loot us financially and culturally. They rewired our psychology to make resistance impossible.The Warning: Catherine's PanopticonCatherine Austin Fitts published Plunder: Financing the Panopticon last week, connecting dots that reveal the full scope of the operation. The surveillance infrastructure isn't just watching us—it's actively conditioning us for compliance. What she calls the "panopticon" creates the psychological substrate that makes extraction possible. Her work has long explored themes of sovereignty and financial freedom, but this latest analysis shows the endgame: we're not just being robbed—we're being programmed to participate in our own robbery.This is the villain's masterpiece: a system so sophisticated it harvests not just our wealth but our very capacity for resistance.The data proves the conditioning is working. A chart published last week by Financial Times data reporter John Burn-Murdoch shows young adults' personalities changing in real-time.Conscientiousness—the trait that builds wealth, delays gratification, and resists manipulation—is in freefall among 16-39 year-olds. While older generations maintain stable personality patterns, younger cohorts show dramatic psychological shifts perfectly timed with the maturation of surveillance capitalism.This isn't natural personality change. It's engineered compliance. What began as laboratory experiments in consciousness control has evolved into mass media entrainment—the killer application of psychological manipulation. The recent certification of a class action lawsuit by children of MKUltra victims - including researcher elizabeth nickson - demonstrates these weren't isolated experiments—they were the prototype for mass psychological conditioning.Lower conscientiousness creates perfect citizens for a fiat world: impulsive, debt-prone, dependent on external validation, incapable of long-term planning. The same systems that price you out of ownership simultaneously condition you to prefer access over assets, subscriptions over purchases, digital relationships over physical community.The feedback loop is elegant and vicious. Economic desperation drives people into surveillance systems—need the app for the gig job, need the credit score for the apartment, need the platform for the side hustle. The surveillance conditions breed psychological dependency. The dependency ensures continued participation in extraction. Each interaction harvests both your data and your agency, creating citizens who are easier to manage and harder to satisfy.This system isn't just a control mechanism—it's a wealth extraction machine that pays for itself by making its subjects psychologically incapable of resistance.Optimized to Be HarvestedThe modern predicament runs deeper than financial extraction. We've been systematically optimized to be exploited across every domain of human experience. Our attention spans have been shortened to match advertising cycles. Our reward systems have been hijacked by dopamine-driven platforms. Our social connections have been mediated through algorithms designed to increase engagement, not satisfaction.Consider how this optimization works in practice. Traditional cultures taught patience through necessity—growing food required seasons, building skills required years of apprenticeship, raising children required decades. Modern systems eliminate these natural training grounds for conscientiousness. Food comes instantly through apps—often factory-made substances engineered for addiction. Nourishment grown in soil has been replaced by chemistry optimized for profit, not health.Skills are promised through weekend bootcamps instead of multi-year apprenticeships. Relationships form through swipes rather than shared work and years of building trust.The removal of natural resistance-building experiences isn't accidental. A population that can't delay gratification is a population that can't build wealth. Citizens who can't focus deeply are citizens who can't think systemically. People who can't form lasting bonds are people who can't organize effective resistance.We've been conditioned to chase extraction symbols—external markers of success that actually make us poorer: credentials over competence, optimization over wisdom, access over ownership. Meanwhile, we've been trained to ignore sovereignty symbols—the markers of actual independence: real skill, intuitive knowing, true possession.The result is a generation whose labor creates unprecedented value—yet most of that wealth flows upward, leaving them building less personal wealth than their parents while staying more "informed" yet understanding less truth, feeling more connected while experiencing profound isolation.The Modern PredicamentHere's the uncomfortable reality: we're all creatures of the system we're critiquing. Every convenience that makes modern life possible also makes modern control inevitable. The same technologies that enable global communication enable global surveillance. The same platforms that democratize information also weaponize attention. The same systems that promise freedom deliver sophisticated bondage.Many people hit middle age and realize they learned all the wrong things. I certainly did. They optimized for metrics that turned out to be mirages, built careers in industries designed to extract value rather than create it, spent decades playing a game rigged against them while mistaking the ability to navigate the maze for intelligence.This realization can be harrowing—or liberating. It's the difference between despair and awakening, between accepting defeat and choosing resistance.The Search for Real SolutionsAs more people realize everything is bullshit and start looking for genuine answers, something interesting happens: many of the solutions are found in the past. Not because we should abandon technology or retreat from modernity, but because we discarded methods and attitudes toward life, humanity, and time itself that actually worked.People enter this awakening through different doors. Catherine's path was financial sovereignty, but others come through food (realizing our nutrition system is poisoned), pharma (seeing medicine turned into subscription extraction), education (recognizing schools as indoctrination centers), or media (watching narrative engineering in real-time). The entry points may differ, but for anyone who has the capacity to keep going, the destination is the same: understanding that our world has been systematically fabricated, and searching for what's actually real.Thinkers are emerging with solutions on multiple fronts. Catherine Austin Fitts, who has been documenting financial corruption and building sovereignty frameworks for decades, provides the master-level map of the financial terrain and the tools for navigating it. Her work at The Solari Report is a graduate course in building financial sovereignty. Jeffrey Tucker offers something complementary: a playbook for rethinking how to operate in modern life while maintaining the founding fathers' mentality toward freedom and self-reliance.That solutions are emerging simultaneously across multiple fronts suggests we've reached a tipping point—the extraction systems have become visible enough that resistance frameworks are crystallizing organically.His latest book, Spirits of America: On the Semiquincentennial, crystallizes this approach into a systematic framework. Drawing from Eric Sloane's forgotten wisdom in The Spirits of '76, Tucker has created what amounts to a survival manual for maintaining human agency in an extractive world.Tucker's journey mirrors that of millions of us who've been peeling back the facade across every domain—from COVID policy to food systems to financial extraction. As founder of the Brownstone Institute, what began as libertarian opposition to lockdowns evolved into recognition that the fight spans the entire spectrum of human experience. His recent acknowledgment that covid vaccine injuries are 'wildly underestimated' exemplifies this awakening—moving from questioning individual policies to documenting systematic harm across institutions. As our collective Overton window shifts, more people are connecting dots across previously separate areas of concern.This raises the inevitable question: once you see the scope of the problem, what do you do? While many of us might wish we were Amish (that ship has sailed for most of us), Tucker offers something more practical: how to live with founding fathers' principles in a world of smartphones and surveillance capitalism. He's not advocating retreat from modernity but showing how to navigate it without surrendering the character traits that made America's founders ungovernable.Tucker's Pure VisionWhat strikes me about this book is its purity and efficiency. When Jeffrey told me readers might think "anyone can write a book" after reading it, he wasn't being modest—he was identifying its power. In a world drowning in manufactured complexity, this 120-page work is as efficient as it is inspiring, cutting through the noise to reach essential truths.The book's elegance lies not in sophisticated theory but in its radical simplicity. Tucker has identified the specific practices that make fiat systems powerless—not through retreat from modernity, but through applied philosophy for maintaining sovereignty within it.The framework Tucker presents is remarkably simple—a few practices that make humans uncontrollable:Long-time preference over instant gratification. In a world engineered for addiction to the immediate, the ability to delay gratification becomes revolutionary. When you can wait, you can't be rushed into bad decisions. When you can save, you can't be trapped in debt cycles. When you can plan decades ahead, you can't be manipulated by quarterly thinking. This isn't just financial advice—it's psychological warfare against systems designed to harvest your impulses.Craftsmanship over disposable consumption. Real skill-building creates antifragility. The person who can fix, build, grow, or repair something valuable becomes harder to control. Craftsmanship builds the patience and attention span that surveillance capitalism deliberately erodes. It creates real value instead of renting access to other people's value. More importantly, it connects you to the satisfaction of completion in a world designed to keep you perpetually wanting.Generational knowledge over credentialed expertise. Wisdom passed down through families and communities doesn't require institutional validation. It can't be revoked by authorities or updated by algorithm. Your grandmother's knowledge of food preservation doesn't come with subscription fees or terms of service. This knowledge exists outside their systems, making it both valuable and dangerous to those who profit from dependency.Innate wisdom over external authority. The ability to trust your own judgment, read situations, and navigate by internal compass rather than external GPS—literally and metaphorically. This is what they fear most: people who don't need their systems to know what's true. Innate wisdom can't be monetized, can't be controlled, and can't be turned off with a software update.The Antidote in ActionThese aren't backward-looking practices—they're forward-building resistance to whatever extraction scheme comes next. Conscientiousness makes you resistant to financial manipulation. Craftsmanship makes you economically antifragile. Generational wisdom makes you culturally sovereign. Innate knowing makes you spiritually ungovernable.What makes Tucker's approach powerful is that once you understand these principles—really understand them—the panopticon loses its hold. A person with genuine long-time preference can't be rushed into bad financial decisions. Someone with real craftsmanship skills can't be trapped in subscription dependency. People with generational wisdom don't need institutional validation. Those who trust their innate knowing don't need external authorities to tell them what's real.The villain builds systems to harvest compliance. The hero builds character that makes those systems irrelevant.Taking Power BackThey've looted us financially, psychologically, and spiritually—but only because we participated in systems designed to make resistance seem impossible. This is where the two approaches converge. The sovereign individual that Tucker describes—one with long-time preference and innate wisdom—is the only person capable of effectively implementing the systemic solutions that Fitts recommends. A system designed to atomize and weaken us can only be countered by powerful individuals who have rebuilt their own sovereignty from the ground up, ready to build new, decentralized systems.The same surveillance platforms that condition compliance can be starved of the data they need. The same institutions that demand obedience can be ignored in favor of natural law. The same artificial systems that promise convenience can be replaced with real competence.Tucker isn't trying to recreate the past. He's showing how eternal human values make you uncontrollable in any era—especially this one. His message is both simple and radical: the revolution against fiat everything starts with choosing real things over artificial things, one decision at a time.The conditioning runs deep, but it's not permanent. Your DNA remembers what your mind was programmed to forget. The choice between fiat and real exists in every moment, and every real choice builds resistance to their next extraction scheme.Every skill learned becomes a rebellion against their subscription economy. Every dollar saved becomes a rebellion against their debt system. Every real conversation becomes a rebellion against their isolation agenda. Every moment of deep focus becomes a rebellion against their attention-harvesting apparatus.Because in the end, the real war is between what they can manufacture and what you can make real.What real thing will you choose today? Tyler DurdenWed, 08/20/2025 - 22:35

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