
| News | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 01:50 AM by sleeppoor | |
0 Comments | |
Amid a glut of anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed by the state legislature over the past half-decade, many queer Texans have decided to pack up and move to greener, more supportive pastures. So many have chosen Seattle that the Pacific Northwest city is now considering declaring an emergency.
As first reported by the Seattle Gay News, the City of Seattle is close to declaring a state of civil emergency in response to LGBTQ+ refugees from red states moving there. That comes after Seattle's LGBTQ Commission, an advisory committee that counsels local leaders on matters related to Seattle's queer community, reportedly sent a letter last month asking the city council to make an emergency declaration. The commission said that the city needed "an effective and empathetic response" to protect a "rapid influx of 2SLGBTQIA+ persons seeking refuge in Seattle."
For some ex-Texans, Seattle has become a haven. Victoria Scott, a trans woman and freelance writer, lived in Houston working as a programmer at NASA after college in 2018. After coming out as transgender, she said that she found both Houston and Texas hostile. Scott moved around and lived briefly in Reno, Nevada, before settling in Seattle with her wife at the end of 2023. In Seattle, Scott found the foundation she had long needed. | |
Submitted at Yesterday, 01:43 AM by sleeppoor | |
In a state with a long history of arresting pregnant women, one mom in custody says she was left to fend for herself. | |
Submitted at 05-14-2026, 02:59 PM by sleeppoor | |
Community members and rights groups criticize police arriving at Cincinnati schools on behalf of ICE | |
Submitted at 05-14-2026, 03:45 PM by sleeppoor | |
The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, bringing new leadership to the world’s most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for the global economy. | |
Submitted at 05-14-2026, 02:38 AM by sleeppoor | |
Molar found in Siberia features deep hole that appears to show earliest known evidence of dental treatment | |
Submitted at 05-14-2026, 01:49 AM by B. Weed | |
Capitalism seeks new parasitic relationship with healthier host. | |
Submitted at 05-13-2026, 08:29 PM by MacTerr | |
Banff National Park is reminding visitors about wildlife safety using an amazing close-up photo of a grizzly having its lunch. | |
Submitted at 05-13-2026, 03:12 PM by NickNoheart | |
Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area | |
Submitted at 05-13-2026, 12:33 PM by B. Weed | |
Waymo is recalling its U.S. fleet of robotaxis after one of the autonomous vehicles was swept away when it drove into floodwaters in San Antonio.
The voluntary software recall stems from an incident during severe weather April 20, when a Waymo vehicle “encountered an untraversible flooded section of a roadway,” the company told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Though the vehicle detected the flooded road, it continued into floodwaters at reduced speed.
“We are working to implement additional software safeguards and have put mitigations in place, including refining our extreme weather operations during periods of intense rain, limiting access to areas where flash flooding might occur,” Waymo said in a statement.
The vehicle swept away was unoccupied and there were no injuries, but the incident prompted Waymo to review similar scenarios and issue an interim update to its self-driving software. It also suspended operations in San Antonio, a city prone to flooding and where the April 20 incident was the second recent local instance of a Waymo vehicle struggling with flooding. | |
Submitted at 05-13-2026, 12:46 AM by sleeppoor | |
Submitted at 05-13-2026, 01:48 PM by FMonk | |
In five days last week, Republicans gained maybe 10 seats in Congress. And not a single citizen voted. | |
Submitted at 05-12-2026, 08:23 PM by sleeppoor | |
a psychopolitical theory from the writer of McMansion Hell | |
Submitted at 05-12-2026, 08:14 PM by B. Weed | |
The streaming giant said the lawsuit “lacks merit and is based on inaccurate and distorted information.” | |
Submitted at 05-12-2026, 07:45 PM by sleeppoor | |
Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the Justice Department announced on Monday. | |
Submitted at 05-12-2026, 06:11 PM by sleeppoor | |
Submitted at 05-12-2026, 03:26 PM by B. Weed | |
The move follows years of internal and external pressure. | |
Submitted at 05-12-2026, 02:08 AM by sleeppoor | |
Submitted at 05-11-2026, 04:18 PM by sleeppoor | |
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared. | |
Submitted at 05-11-2026, 03:47 PM by sleeppoor | |
Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century, authors say | |
Submitted at 05-11-2026, 03:41 PM by sleeppoor | |

Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens. Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.
Amid a glut of anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed by the state legislature over the past half-decade, many queer Texans have decided to pack up and move to greener, more supportive pastures. So many have chosen Seattle that the Pacific Northwest city is now considering declaring an emergency.
As first reported by the Seattle Gay News, the City of Seattle is close to declaring a state of civil emergency in response to LGBTQ+ refugees from red states moving there. That comes after Seattle's LGBTQ Commission, an advisory committee that counsels local leaders on matters related to Seattle's queer community, reportedly sent a letter last month asking the city council to make an emergency declaration. The commission said that the city needed "an effective and empathetic response" to protect a "rapid influx of 2SLGBTQIA+ persons seeking refuge in Seattle."
For some ex-Texans, Seattle has become a haven. Victoria Scott, a trans woman and freelance writer, lived in Houston working as a programmer at NASA after college in 2018. After coming out as transgender, she said that she found both Houston and Texas hostile. Scott moved around and lived briefly in Reno, Nevada, before settling in Seattle with her wife at the end of 2023. In Seattle, Scott found the foundation she had long needed.
In a state with a long history of arresting pregnant women, one mom in custody says she was left to fend for herself.
Community members and rights groups criticize police arriving at Cincinnati schools on behalf of ICE
The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, bringing new leadership to the world’s most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for the global economy.
Molar found in Siberia features deep hole that appears to show earliest known evidence of dental treatment
Capitalism seeks new parasitic relationship with healthier host.
Banff National Park is reminding visitors about wildlife safety using an amazing close-up photo of a grizzly having its lunch.
Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area
Waymo is recalling its U.S. fleet of robotaxis after one of the autonomous vehicles was swept away when it drove into floodwaters in San Antonio.
The voluntary software recall stems from an incident during severe weather April 20, when a Waymo vehicle “encountered an untraversible flooded section of a roadway,” the company told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Though the vehicle detected the flooded road, it continued into floodwaters at reduced speed.
“We are working to implement additional software safeguards and have put mitigations in place, including refining our extreme weather operations during periods of intense rain, limiting access to areas where flash flooding might occur,” Waymo said in a statement.
The vehicle swept away was unoccupied and there were no injuries, but the incident prompted Waymo to review similar scenarios and issue an interim update to its self-driving software. It also suspended operations in San Antonio, a city prone to flooding and where the April 20 incident was the second recent local instance of a Waymo vehicle struggling with flooding.
In five days last week, Republicans gained maybe 10 seats in Congress. And not a single citizen voted.
a psychopolitical theory from the writer of McMansion Hell
The streaming giant said the lawsuit “lacks merit and is based on inaccurate and distorted information.”
Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent for China, the Justice Department announced on Monday.
The move follows years of internal and external pressure.
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.
Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico before the end of this century, authors say