Open Records Laws Reveal ALPRs’ Sprawling Surveillance. Now States Want to Block What the Public Sees.
Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives around how law enforcement agencies across the country use and share data collected by automated license plate readers (ALPRs). EFF is alarmed by recent laws in several states that have blocked public […]
Economy
Americans Are Feeling the Economy Collapse in Real-Time
A new Gallup poll shows that 55% of Americans now believe their financial situation is getting worse, the highest level recorded since Gallup began tracking the data in 2001. Even during the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID lockdown collapse, Americans were not this pessimistic about their personal finances. That alone tells […]
Empire
The Global Sumud Flotilla Ambush: Greece Turns Crete into Israel’s Dock
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire On the night of April 29 to 30, Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud flotilla in international waters west of Crete, seizing a civilian aid convoy hundreds of miles from Gaza and funnelling 176 activists into a tightly managed transfer operation on Greek soil, where 31 wounded required […]
Activism
Fake Alien Invasion- Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
Project Blue Beam here we come We’ve all heard about Project Blue Beam, which revolves around a fake alien invasion of Earth. Many have speculated that we were on the verge of such a fake invasion before. So I’m certainly not going to predict one now. However, if you wanted […]
Health
Some Antibiotics Alter Gut Microbiome Composition for Up to 8 Years
Story at-a-glance Most people assume antibiotics do their job and leave no trace — a short course, a quick recovery, and life goes on. But emerging research tells a very different story. A large-scale study published in Nature Medicine reveals that a single course of antibiotics leaves a measurable imprint […]
Tech
Open Records Laws Reveal ALPRs’ Sprawling Surveillance. Now States Want to Block What the Public Sees.
Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives around how law enforcement agencies across the country use and share data collected by automated license plate readers (ALPRs). EFF is alarmed by recent laws in several states that have blocked public […]
Crypto
Strategy posts $12.54 billion Q1 loss on declining bitcoin price
The price of bitcoin fell from about $87,000 to $68,000 during the first three months of 2026. What to know: Disclosure: The author of this story owns shares in Strategy (MSTR). Strategy (MSTR) reported a net loss of $12.54 billion in the first quarter of 2026, as bitcoin fell from around $87,000 […]
Podcasts
#644: Just Tell Me What the Price Is
Digital pricing is coming to all Walmarts in 2026, whether customers want it or not. The prices will be as fluid as the gender of the person who made this decision, and nobody will ever truly have price discovery as long as it feels like the prices are written in […]
Solutions
How Local Redundancy and Decentralization Can Save You from the Coming Collapse
There is a Solution for Survival The world is unraveling before our eyes. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed by Iranian mines and missiles, and the global energy artery that once pumped 20 million barrels of oil per day is now a clogged, contested waterway. As I have […]