Bill Gates is quietly ending his green energy policy and advocacy organization, laying off employees throughout the US and Europe.

U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.

Snag clothing is cited in an online debate over whether adverts showing models who appear "unhealthily fat" should be banned.

The White House on Friday revoked 18 executive actions from the Biden administration, including an order designed to strengthen tribal sovereignty and expand self-determination for the nation’s 574 federally recognized tribes. 

"Everyday resistance" is the most common form of opposition to oppression. It consists of footdragging, non-compliance, pilfering, desertion, feigned ignorance, slander, arson, sabotage, flight etc... James C. Scott's article is the classic statement on "everyday resistance".

An emerging parallel economy peddles purity, health and fitness to promote wellbeing – and a political worldview.

Several bloggers have already written good posts explaining why the myth of the ‘average 18″ waist’ exists (and persists!). In a nutshell,  it’s due to survival bias, 19th-c…

Elon Musk's latest move as DOGE Czar wasn't a cut, but a massive new TV for his government-office gaming setup.

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History doesn't repeat. It mutates.

Generative AI spammers are brute forcing the internet, and it is working.

It’s time to open up your big fat mouths and push back against fatphobia

The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation

An experienced thru-hiker traveling to the US to hike the AZT last month says she was treated inhumanely and deported without justification.

A family from Illinois is anxiously awaiting a decision from a Canadian tribunal as they seek asylum north of the border, claiming that America’s politics have made them feel unsafe. 

The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.

404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.