The Tesla Cybertruck, with its bold design and polarizing presence, has been a source of both fascination and frustration since it hit the streets. Since […]
Why Tech Companies Keep Selling “Safety” Instead of Solving Problems
“Safety” has become one of the most profitable words in modern technology. It appears in press releases, product demos, keynote speeches, and glossy trust centers. It shows up as badges, dashboards, “AI-powered protection,” and an endless stream of features promising to reduce harm such as fraud, abuse, misinformation, privacy violations, cyberattacks, and everything else that makes people feel uneasy online. And yet the basic pattern does not change. The harms persist. Public frustration deepens. The solution set remains heavily tilted toward selling safety rather than building it in. This is not because engineers are uniquely indifferent. It is because the…
When Did Protest Become a “Security Threat”?
For most of American history, public protest has been treated, at least in principle, as a civic pressure valve. Loud, inconvenient, sometimes disorderly, but fundamentally part of democratic life. The First Amendment doesn’t exist to protect polite agreement. It exists to protect dissent. And yet, in the last couple of decades, something has shifted. Protest is increasingly described not as a political act but as a security problem. An operational challenge to be managed, dispersed, or contained. The change isn’t just rhetorical. It shows up in tactics (chemical agents, kinetic impact munitions, aggressive crowd-control formations), in personnel (federal agents deployed…
Alex Pretti, Civil Liberties, and the Dangerous Expansion of Federal Force
The most unsettling thing about the shooting of Alex Pretti is not the now-familiar argument over whether an agent felt “threatened.” It is the quiet way we have accepted that federal immigration officers, agents whose authority was never meant to resemble domestic riot control, were deployed into a public space, armed, aggressive, and empowered to use lethal force against a U.S. citizen engaged in political dissent. That should stop us cold. Once immigration enforcement becomes indistinguishable from federalized street policing, the question is no longer about one man’s death in Minneapolis. It becomes a question about how far the federal…
When Did Protest Become a “Security Threat”?
For most of American history, public protest has been treated, at least in principle, as a civic pressure valve. Loud, inconvenient, sometimes disorderly, but fundamentally…
Alex Pretti, Civil Liberties, and the Dangerous Expansion of Federal Force
The most unsettling thing about the shooting of Alex Pretti is not the now-familiar argument over whether an agent felt “threatened.” It is the quiet…
Why Tech Companies Keep Selling “Safety” Instead of Solving Problems
“Safety” has become one of the most profitable words in modern technology. It appears in press releases, product demos, keynote speeches, and glossy trust centers.…
Why Grok’s Failures Can’t Be Defended by Free Speech Rhetoric
Recently, controversy has emerged around Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, after users demonstrated that it could be prompted to generate CSAM and…
The Earth Is Sending Us a Bill We Can’t Pay
The United Nations just released a major report about the health of our planet, and the findings are pretty serious. According to the UN, the…
The Universe’s End May Come Sooner
New research into dark energy is raising big questions about the future of the universe. Dark energy is the mysterious force that’s pushing galaxies apart…
Broken Dreams at Publishers Clearing House
Publishers Clearing House began in the 1950s as a direct mail business focused on magazine subscriptions. Over the decades it became a household name, largely…
Is Google Killing Android Sideloading?
Sideloading is the process of installing apps on a smartphone from outside the official app store. On Android, this has long been a feature that…
The Growing Crisis in Global HIV/AIDS Care
In late 2025, a troubling yet under-covered shift has begun reshaping the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Major funding cuts from Western governments—including long-standing contributors—are destabilizing…
A Deepening Crisis: Healthcare in Rural America
In the United States, the challenges facing rural healthcare are growing more acute. Though often less visible than urban medical issues, the strain on rural…