When you invite your MP to a briefing on digital sovereignty and get a press release about an Edinburgh supercomputer instead.

An investigation into a government cover-up leads to a network of abandoned train tunnels deep beneath the heart of Sydney. As a journalist and her crew hunt for the story it quickly becomes clear the story is hunting them.

Some bloggers share links in weekly dumps, others one at a time as they find them. I'm curious which you prefer reading, so I made a poll.

F-Droid's Android app store has been rebuilt from the ground up.

Google's experimental orbital data center will have four TPUs and only run for 15 minutes at a time.

Security best practices for ESPHome devices and networks.

I push back on the idea that using open models is morally equivalent to how the frontier companies trained them. The genie's out, and opting out entirely means accepting that your supply chain already uses AI anyway.

The story of how Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher deliberately breached police procedure and protocol to catch a killer, a decision that ultimately cost him his career and reputation.

Trapped in a cruel Victorian-era household, Lizzie Borden kills her parents in a gory ax murder that shocks the nation.

"You'll want to read this one with the lights on. "—Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling authorCold Eternity is the instant USA Today bestselling space horror from S.A. Barnes, perfect for fans of Severance, where desperation for eternal life leads to a fate worse than death...Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put a huge target on her back. She heads for what seems like the perfect place to lay low: a gigantic space barge storing the cryogenically...

A genre blending roguelike that casts players as a rogue AI automating an escalating war against waves of bugs - BELTFED is an instant wishlist.

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

An intuitive young neurosurgeon discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.

Yesterday, multiple Anthropic employees casually announced online that they thought the types of AI they’re building could kill billions of people. Not in some distant ... Read more

One researcher who resigned said many in industry believe that without regulation AI could kill off humanity

Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.

We need to make a principled stand instead of a tactical retreat.

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Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.

A postmortem on the hack of my self-hosted Forgejo instance and a reminder to patch your software.

I reviewed the same TV show as Justin on our respective blogs, then syndicates to Mastodon and Bluesky, but our hashtags don't overlap so nobody finds us through tags. I'm standardizing on a set of hashtags for each platform and medium so IndieWeb reviewers can actually connect.

Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

A young woman living on the fringes of society becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.

In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.

The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.

Ok Europeans, please get your shit figured out so you can save the world. Thank you please.

Dozens of American- and European-made components are still being used to build Russia’s deadly ballistic missiles.

Seems that me, and lots of other people, recently received an email from Nick Gray introducing his /slashfriends project (initiative?). Here’s the current claim A /friends page is where you l…

After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure into a nightmare.

FBI agent Alice Black is on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer. Both walk their own paths toward justice, and as their lives start to intertwine, the line between right and wrong begins to blur.

After the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through on the radio while he’s flying his old Cessna, it sparks a hunt for the provenance of the sound.

Finished a post every day for August and yeah, I'm fried, but I crushed it by leaning on my drafts folder and pure stubborn momentum.

When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.

A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.

I'm grateful for the people and the life I've got, and I'm hopeful the next year stacks up to this one.

Third book in the series started by In the Blink of an Eye, following DCS Kat Frank and her AI partner AIDE Lock, as they are called in for another case.

Richmond keeps throwing water problems at us, so we've built our preps around that instead of the zombie apocalypse stuff. What does your local threat model look like?

What happened to Mica Miller? This documentary series retraces her promising life, toxic marriage and the mysterious circumstances of her death.

All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?

Fearing bottlenecks, India has approved the transfer of technologies for conventional missile systems from a state-run organization to private companies.

CAST-1 turns any speaker with a 3.5mm input into a local network audio player. ESPHome firmware, a real DAC, Sendspin multi-room sync. No cloud, no account.

Check out our ratings. Are we missing any must watch shows or movies from 2026??

Y'all, I'm really scraping the bottom of the barrel trying to hit the Blaugust goal. Check out this list of our favorite automations though!

A large phishing campaign is impersonating Porkbun with fake expiration and suspension notices. Nothing has been breached. Here is what is happening and what to do.

If you like aquariums or Home Assistant, you might enjoy reading this one.

A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

This Just In: If you’re super precise and patient (and maybe a little insane), you can completely customize your workflow.