Sarah, a 44-year-old single mother in Maryland, was down to the last $20 on her EBT card as of Monday, wondering how she would feed herself and her two preteen boys as the government shutdown dragged on. She’d been out of work since May, after the Trump administration made sweeping cuts to federal contracts and eliminated her job in public health.

The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every corn cob, every bundle of sweets. Then they load up the food and deliver it to shelters and families in need

Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., signed a petition Wednesday to force a House vote on releasing files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures.

A petition in the House of Representatives to force a vote to release the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files secured the last signature required to trigger that action.

The good news is that my boss is being understanding about the whole “unplanned adjusting of my meds” thing, so that’s a plus

36-year-old of no fixed address let passengers on and off at bus stops

Source: Cornell University

At least I got them to chuckle when I said, “With the rate I’m going do I get like a stamp card and the 5th diagnosis free?”

Phoronix article: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026

As covered recently on Phoronix there has been several exciting improvements for aging AMD Radeon GCN 1.0 and GCN 1.1 era graphics cards for the open-source AMD Linux graphics driver stack. This work has been led by Timur Kristóf of Valve’s Linux Open-Source Graphics Driver Group with an ultimate goal of shifting the GCN 1.0/1.1 open-source Linux driver hardware support from the aging “Radeon” kernel graphics driver over to the “AMDGPU” kernel driver already used by default for all AMD GPUs/accelerators from GCN 1.2 and newer.

Just hours ago Valve announced the new Steam Controller along with the Steam Frame VR headset and new Steam Machine. While these new Steam hardware products won’t be available until early 2026, Valve has just-now upstreamed support for the new Steam Controller to the SDL3 library.

Newly released documents provide more details about ICE’s plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.

xkcd #3167: Car Size

Following on from the success of the Steam Deck, Valve is creating its very own ecosystem of products. The Steam Frame, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller are all set to launch in the new year. We’ve tried each of them and here’s what you need to know about each one.

This resource combines information from a variety of sources (check the Sources tab). It’s intent is to be comprehensive, yet user friendly. It’s not perfect but its the best I can do and IMO is better than the alternatives.

We got Steam Machines, a new Steam Controller, and Steam Frame people!

The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research

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Outer Wilds changed my life then Tunic changed it again

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Last month, the Russian government released a draft of the proposed 2026–2028 federal budget, which purports to show the near-term priorities of President Vladimir Putin.

Roughly 200 workers, including a man identified as Kim, are accusing ICE of unlawful detention, racial profiling, human rights violations and excessive use of force. The raid targeted a joint Hyundai Motor—LG Energy Solution EV battery factory under construction near Savannah, Georgia.

Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a ‘high-performance computing facility’ that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.

Two Israeli soldiers accused of raping a Palestinian detainee were met with cheers as they arrived at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday.

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International Local man of mystery rule

Source: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Comic

Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.

I usually don’t grow in the summer due to the heat and I’m struggling to get my ass in gear for this winter. I usually have about 4 varieties I grow, blue oysters, pinks, lion’s mane and pioppinos.

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The EU announced a €50m grant to develop Zambia’s rail network on Wednesday, as the bloc steps up its agenda of investing in the Lobito Corridor to increase its supply of minerals from Africa.

The EU Commission has unveiled its new Democracy Shield to fight foreign disinformation, which relies on earlier digital laws for enforcement.

We’ll see where this goes from here, but for the moment, this order [PDF], issued by federal judge Karin Immergut still stands

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