90% of U.S. prescriptions are for generics. The FDA says they work just as well as brand name drugs. But when reporters Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose dove into the FDA’s records, that’s not what they found. Listen to Ep. 1 of our new podcast, “Paper Trail.” Subscribe:

It’s time. It’s for the best.

Here's EFF's new member tee! 😸 This fierce feline swats at the surveillance multiplying in our communities. You may empathize with him, but there’s a better way. Let’s end the law enforcement contracts, harmful practices, and twisted logic that enable mass spying in the first place. eff.org/spring

When white supremacists described the first black politicians winning elections in the South during Reconstruction, they too called it a "reign of terror" that innocent white people had to suffer under. Black leaders! Elected to federal office! Can you imagine the indignity?!

“Any of these dopes — Musk, Thiel, Vance — would 100% have tried to take the Ring for themselves.” kottke.org/26/05/what-w...

Unitree GD-01 is the first mass production-ready pilotable mech for $500k

Leet tiem

On either end of the rifle we’re all the same

These states couldn’t/can’t wait to go full Jim Crow.

Living on the East Coast means my radio-controlled atomic wall clock is completely deaf to the atomic (WWVB) signal from Colorado. In the attached video, I am using my smartphone to force the clock to sync to exact Internet time via a clever hardware hack. 1/4

This push for age-verification and VPN bans is driven by social media company lobby groups. The goal is to prevent people from hiding their online activity and then selling that behavioral data. Buying something online without being algorithmically overpriced is the end goal, not tracking your pr0n

"Democracy dies in darkness" Proceeds to shank it in broad daylight

I think NPR is too soft on M.I.A in its reporting. She doesn’t deserve that much grace.

Accurate. I worked in diversity training and eduction.

In Huge Blow to Democrats, Virginia Court Strikes Down House Map www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u... FFS

America is an oligarchy, not a democracy. That's not hyperbole. The rich rule us and are not equally subject to our laws. It drives some people to despair to admit the plain truth, but we can't fight something we pretend isn't happening.

Yes I’m familiar with capitalism

Hasan is 100% right. www.youtube.com/shorts/BtNPi...

A group has put 17k pounds of released Epstein Files on display at the "Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room"—a pop-up library open in NYC this month: www.wired.com/story/a-libr...

Billionaires are not your friends. They never will be. Never ever. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Robert zeroes in on the community’s impact on mainstream internet culture, something I was fascinated by…

B2Bs exploration of incel culture origins is really good and thorough

The earliest DOS source code was found on printer paper in Tim Paterson's garage so we've open sourced it on 86-DOS 1.00’s 45th anniversary! This is next-level software archaeology for preservation, and plain ol’ curiosity. #DOS #RetroComputing opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04...

If we were lucky he’d stroke out on live TV during the 250 yr 4th of July celebrations.

In another sign that the depravity economy has no bottom, Forbes published a story about a man that killed 8 children over the weekend containing a box that asked readers to predict whether Congress would do anything about gun control. www.404media.co/forbes-predi...

““The update fixes a flaw in Apple's notification system that could allow authorities to retrieve deleted messages.” Excerpt From “The tiny iOS 26.4.2 update that arrived this week is actually a really big deal” Roman Loyola Macworld

From r/LeftistStreetArt

A test verified by The New York Times found that clothing on some Labubu dolls contains cotton from the Xinjiang region of China, which the U.S. government has banned because of its association with forced labor.

“A billionaire death cult has its fingers around humanity’s throat.”

What could go wrong?

Chuck D of Public Enemy and J Densmore of the Doors dropped an album.

Qanon logic of an infiltrated Catholic Church is a trip

Jury Finds Live Nation Acts as a Monopoly in a Victory for States www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/a...

A researcher invented a disease called “bixonimania” and wrote clearly bogus articles on Medium and arXiv about it, referencing Starfleet Academy, Sideshow Bob, and the Fellowship of the Ring. Within months, major AI apps were diagnosing users with bixonimania. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We also have a solution for this.

Middle East War Will Slow Global Economic Growth, I.M.F. Warns www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/b...

Sid Krofft, 96, a Creator of Trippy Kids’ Shows Like ‘H.R. Pufnstuf,’ Dies www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/a...

what are we even doing here @fetterman.senate.gov?

Screw Orban and everything he’s done to the world.

Doublespeed uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. A hacker managed to get into a backend system of the company.

Ha ha

I'm so glad @donmoyn.bsky.social is drawing attention to this Direct File issue. It was proof (again) that government can do good things to make people's lives better/easier but the Trump admin with help from Elon Musk & for profit tax prep companies killed it. Democrats should resurrect it.

Pride Flag Can Fly at Stonewall After Trump Administration Reversal www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/n...

If the comparison is apt….

Yo Nimrod stop with the building stupid shit

do you accept purin cash? 💫

American consumers deserve the assurance that the devices they use, whether routers or other connected smart home devices, are built to withstand attacks that put themselves and others at risk, no matter where they are manufactured. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...