Adam Back Says Quantum Threat To Bitcoin Is Decades Away, Urges Gradual Migration To Post-Quantum Security Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Blockstream CEO Adam Back pushed back on concerns that quantum computing poses an imminent threat to Bitcoin’s cryptographic security, arguing that current progress in the field remains far from the level required to break real-world encryption. Speaking in […]

Largest Winemaker In America Turns To Hard Liquor As Young People Drinking Less E. & J. Gallo Winery, the largest wine producer in the United States and the world by volume, has completed a major pivot into hard liquor. The family-owned giant finalized its acquisition of iconic Kentucky bourbon brand Four Roses from Japan’s Kirin Holdings in a deal valued at up to $775 million. The move comes as the U.S. wine industry grapples […]

Viral Ad In Sweden Gets It All Wrong… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a jaw-dropping display of reality inversion, Sweden’s state-owned public transport company SL has rolled out a new advert that casts loud, obnoxious white women as the problem on buses while depicting black men as the silent, long-suffering victims politely minding their own business. The short video, now going viral, shows a smiling […]

Iran Ceasefire Allows For Netanyahu’s Corruption Trial To Finally Resume Israel is lifting its state of emergency given that the Iran ceasefire appears to be holding, and with that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial will resume in the coming days, according to Reuters. “With the lifting of the state of emergency and the return of the judicial system to work, hearings will resume as usual,” a […]

Revealed: All Members Of UK Government’s ‘Anti-Muslim Hostility’ Group Have Islamist Links Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The UK Labour government’s new definition of “anti-Muslim hostility” – rebranded from “Islamophobia” – is being shaped by a working group where every single member has links to Islamist organisations. The details are exposed in the Free Speech Union’s latest investigative […]

OpenAI Pauses U.K. Stargate Over “Regulation And Power Costs” OpenAI’s broader Stargate push to build next-generation AI infrastructure in the UK has been put on hold, with the company citing regulatory conditions and high energy costs as major obstacles to long-term investment. That outcome is hardly surprising: Britain, like much of dying Europe, has layered on regulatory burdens, while years of backfiring ‘green’ energy policies […]

Germany Restricts Emigration To Prevent Young Men From Escaping The Military Draft Authored by Ryan McMaken via the Mises Institute, Late last year, German lawmakers passed new legislation paving the way for military conscription. As the Guardian reports, “The change will include the obligatory screening of all 18-year-old men to gauge their suitability to serve in the military from 1 January..” This is not (yet) full-blown […]

China’s Debt Surpasses Europe For The First Time China’s government debt has surpassed the European Union’s for the first time, marking a major shift in the global debt landscape. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the U.S., China, and Europe have followed very different borrowing paths. While Europe kept debt growth relatively constrained, both the U.S. and China expanded rapidly—especially after 2020. The chart below, via […]

UK Government’s Twisted Priorities Exposed… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In Two-tier Britain words trigger instant action, but violent offenders get indefinite leave to remain. UK border policy under Keir Starmer’s Labour government has never looked more lopsided. An Afghan migrant who carried out a ‘horrific’ bottle attack on a 14-year-old girl and her mother has been allowed to stay in the country […]

Southwest Airlines Limits Passengers To One Portable Charger On Flights Southwest Airlines is limiting passengers to one lithium portable charger each – “to strengthen our ability to contain and mitigate lithium battery incidents, including reducing the risk of battery fires,” the airline said in a Tuesday statement. A Southwest Airlines flight arrives at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colo., on Nov. 8, 2025. Michael […]

Some Jaded Shah Supporters Express Regret After Scale Of US Bombing On Iran Revealed Via Middle East Eye The cessation of US-Israeli strikes has brought relief to people in Iran. For those among them who began the conflict supportive of the assault, it also came with a kind of realization. “I thought this was it,” says Leila, 25. “I thought the Islamic Republic was finally coming to an end.” Leila, who like all Iranians […]

Pricing Doritos At $7 A Bag Cost Pepsi “Billions” In Revenue Turns out there’s a price point for everything where consumers just stop paying. Guess that whole “price as a rationing mechanism” talk means something after all… Just ask Pepsi. The iconic brand had recognized for some time that its Frito-Lay snack prices were becoming too expensive, with major retailers like Walmart repeatedly raising concerns, according to […]

Indiana Suspends Gas Sales Tax Amid US–Iran War Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Indiana has suspended its gas sales tax for 30 days as prices keep rising amid the United States’ war with Iran. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun (C) speaks during a press conference in Gary, Ind., on Oct. 30, 2025. Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images Gov. Mike Braun announced the suspension on April 8. “I am declaring a gas […]

Turns Out the Elites Like The Administrative State Better Than Democracy Authored by William L. Anderson via MisesInstitute, If there is a mantra among progressive American political and media elites, it would be “our democracy,” usually preceded by what they believe to be a threat from the Right. For example, progressives deemed the recent reversal of Roe “a threat to our democracy” because it removed laws regulating […]

War On The Shore: Maryland Dem Officials Freak Out At Journalists Ahead Of Exposé On Governor The Democratic kings and queens in the one-party–ruled state of Maryland are absolutely panicking, something that should not be happening in a deep-blue state, as their crown jewel, left-wing Gov. Wes Moore, a prospective Democratic presidential candidate, has seen polling data implode. High taxes, surging power bills, a state budget […]

‘World’s First’ Humanoid Robot For Real Household Chores Launched With 16-Hour Battery Authored by Jijo Malayil via Interesting Engineering, Chinese robotics firm UniX AI has unveiled Panther, touted as the world’s first service humanoid robot to enter real household deployment. UniX AI has commenced global deliveries of Panther, bringing service humanoid robots into real homes.UniX AI Panther is a third-generation full-size […]

Pentagon Seeks Stunning 243x Budget Surge For Drone Warfare Unit As Eurasian Wars Reshape Combat Buried in the Department of War’s Fiscal Year 2027 procurement request is a massive increase for the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group (DAWG), a clear acknowledgment that ongoing conflicts across Eurasia have underscored one hard lesson: cheap kamikaze drones can impose outsized costs on traditional militaries. The substantial surge in […]

USPS Pauses Pension Contributions Amid Looming Cash Shortfall Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has temporarily suspended its employer contributions to a government-wide pension plan after warning Congress that, without changes, it could run out of cash within the next year. On Thursday, USPS told the Office of Personnel Management—the federal government’s human resource division—that […]

“That Is Not The Agreement We Have!” President Trump Slams Aya-TOLL-Ah Charging Fees For Hormuz Transit Summary:  Bibi says pursuing Lebanon ceasefire after reports of Trump pressure. Over 250 killed and 1,000+ wounded in Lebanon from Wednesday surprise attack by Israel’s military. UAE, Pakistan, and even EU (Kallas) condemn. Trump ‘optimistic’ a deal within reach (NBC). WH confirms Vice President Vance will lead […]

Minnesota Whistleblower Alleges Years Of ‘Reckless Disregard’ At Fraud-Plagued Agency Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Seven years after Faye Bernstein first blew the whistle on waste, fraud, and abuse concerns, “nothing is changing” at the Minnesota Department of Human Services, she told lawmakers during an April 7 hearing at the state Capitol in St. Paul. Faye Bernstein, a whistleblower who works […]

Israel Lifts Restrictions At Jerusalem Holy Sites, Ben Gurion Airport Fully Reopened, Normalcy Returns Israeli cities have suffered heavy bombardment under Iranian and Hezbollah missiles over the past many weeks going back to the start of Trump’s Operation Epic Fury on February 28, but the start of the fragile Iran ceasefire has seen the bombs halted, at least for now. A sense of normalcy is finally returning across Israeli […]

ChatGPT Accused Of Aiding Florida State Mass Shooter Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Big Tech’s leading AI faces growing accusations of enabling violence rather than preventing it. Attorneys representing the family of Robert Morales, killed in the April 17, 2025, Florida State University shooting, announced plans to sue OpenAI and ChatGPT. The law firm Brooks, LeBoeuf, Foster, Gwartney and Hobbs stated the suspected […]

Massachusetts Governor Uses Donut Holes To Explain The State Energy Crisis She Caused The Democrat tendency to talk down to their constituencies as if they are children has become a mainstay of American political discourse in the past several years.  This behavior is rooted in a simmering arrogance among the political class, but it also tends to expose their lack of understanding when it comes to some of the more basic economic and […]

FCC Set To Vote on Easing Satellite Power Rules, Boosting SpaceX’s Starlink Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Wednesday it will vote on an order to revamp satellite spectrum-sharing rules that would benefit low-Earth orbit broadband providers – and SpaceX stands to gain the most. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink satellites is seen over […]

Beijing Cries Foul Over Chinese Scientist’s Death Following Alleged US Interrogation – Feds Tight-Lipped China is accusing U.S. federal authorities of “hostile questioning” by US law enforcement following the death of a groundbreaking Chinese semiconductor researcher who fell to his death inside a University of Michigan building last month, while American law enforcement and university officials remain tight-lipped about any […]