Why More Women Are Switching To Reusable Menstrual Products
About 12 billion disposable pads and 7 billion tampons go into US landfills every year, taking up to 800 years to degrade.
Day: August 11, 2025
What Makes Washington DC So Special?
President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to impose his will on Washington has brought its unique status back into the spotlight.
‘We’re Going to Take Our Capital Back’: Trump Calls for DC Deployments Despite Falling Crime Rates
Notably, the order’s text also paves the way for more guard deployments from other states and overall increases by giving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authority to activate troops at “such numbers as he deems necessary.”
Sources: GM plans a renewed push on driverless cars, focused on personal use rather than a robotaxi service, and is trying to bring back some ex-Cruise workers (David Welch/Bloomberg)
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Sources: GM plans a renewed push on driverless cars, focused on personal use rather than a robotaxi service, and is trying to bring back some ex-Cruise workers — General Motors Co. is seeking to lure back so…
Jellyfish force French nuclear plant to shut down – BBC
Jellyfish force French nuclear plant to shut down BBCSwarm of jellyfish shuts nuclear power plant in France The GuardianJellyfish invasion shuts down reactors at French nuclear power station politico.euJellyfish Shut Do…
Hackers Exploit ClickFix Technique to Compromise Windows and Run PowerShell Commands
Threat actors have begun a geographically focused campaign against Israeli infrastructure and corporate entities in a sophisticated cyber incursion discovered by Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs. Delivered exclusively through Windows systems via PowerS…
US Drug Regulator’s Ousted Vaccine Chief Vinay Prasad Is Returning To Agency
A Food and Drug Administration official is getting his job back as the agency’s top vaccine regulator, less than two weeks after he was pressured to step down at the urging of biotech executives, patient groups and conservative allies of Trump.
How Debian 13’s little improvements add up to the distro’s surprisingly big leap forward
It’s been two years since Debian 12 was released, but we now have “Trixie,” and it was worth the wait.
Satellite photo shows Israel military buildup near Gaza
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Trump Wields Tariffs as a Force in Diplomacy, to Questionable Effect
The president has threatened more tariffs on Russia and its trading partners and has imposed harsh ones on India and Brazil to try to sway matters of war and politics.