The voice and soul of a 60-something black bluesman of yore somehow got reincarnated into...well...not that.

Setting aside Capitalism vs. Communism (or maybe I just think I am), this structure vs. that. Why is it that there aren't really huge lists of alternatives? Where are the people who are imagining new government structures?

Like electing citizens to office at random, like we do with jury duty (forget the word for it). Or totally different arrangements of legislatures. Or even a pure democracy in a modern sense. That one is especially probably a terrible idea, and they're not even that unique, but who is brainstorming this stuff? Is it mostly just sci-fi authors? Where is it talked about that isn't already bending toward a team in the already-existing scheme of things? Even the most radical sorts are referencing back to books/ideas that are a century old. There are ultimately like four ideas and we just kind of gave up? That's all of them?

Why have we seen so few different approaches tried? Or seemingly even imagined? I feel like even in fiction, it'll be 2,000 years in the future an

Russia's rapid advance through Kursk toward the town of Sudzha in recent days has sparked claims online that the U.S. could have coordinated with Moscow on a pause of military aid to Ukraine.

There is no evidence to suggest that the U.S. collaborated with Russia to time its military aid block ahead of a Russian offensive in Kursk.

Newsweek has reached out to the White House and the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.

Why It Matters

Kyiv launched a surprise incursion into Russia's western Kursk region in August 2024, quickly gaining swathes of territory close to the border. While Russian and North Korean troops had managed to peel back some of Ukraine's control, Moscow had struggled to push Ukrainian forces from Sudzha.

The chunk of territory held by Kyiv's forces, sometimes referred to as the Ukrainian salient in Kursk, provided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with a bargaining chip in ceasefire negotiations, particularly on the difficult issue of territory.

All U.S. population growth in 2022-2023 happened because of immigration, not births — the first time that’s occurred since 1850, a migration think tank reported Wednesday.

That immigration growth has happened as U.S. birth rates have fallen, the Migration Policy Institute reported as part of its latest edition of “Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States.”

The immigrant population grew by 1.6 million people between 2022 and 2023, reaching a record high of 47.8 million in 2023, according to the analysis. That’s about a 3.6% population increase, the largest annual growth since 2010, the institute stated in its report.

However, the foreign-born percentage of the U.S. population is 14.3%. That puts it slightly below the 14.8% registered in 1890, MPI said.

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of immigrants in the U.S. are legally present and almost half are naturalized citizens, according to MPI.

In addition to naturalized citizenship, those with legal

The U.S. debt and deficit problem worsened during President Donald Trump’s first month in office, as the budget shortfall for February passed the $1 trillion mark even though the fiscal year is not yet at the halfway point.

Government spending eased slightly on a monthly basis though it still far outpaced revenues, according to a Treasury Department statement Wednesday. The deficit totaled just over $307 billion for the month, nearly 2 1/2 times what it was in January and 3.7% higher than February 2024.

Receipts and expenditures set records for the month, a Treasury spokesman said.

For the year, the deficit totaled $1.15 trillion through the first five months of fiscal 2025. The total is about $318 billion more than the same span in 2024, or roughly 38% higher, and set a new record for the period.

Net costs to finance the $36.2 trillion national debt edged lower to $74 billion for the month. However, the total net interest payments year to date rose to $396 billion, just behind nat

AUSTIN -- The Texas Senate is poised to pass legislation requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, one of several Republican-led efforts to blend religious concepts with education.

Senate Bill 10 instructs elementary and secondary school classrooms to conspicuously display a 16-inch by 20-inch poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments in type large enough to be legible for a person with average vision from anywhere in the classroom.

The proposal, with all 20 Republican senators signed on as co-authors, would allow schools to accept donations of Ten Commandments depictions or use district funds to purchase copies.

The goal of SB 10 is to provide "moral clarity" to students and promote the nation's heritage, said Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, who believes the bill can be a vehicle to get the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court.

"Louisiana has already passed legislation requiring the display of Ten Commandments in public schools, and at least 14 other

They can pretty much do no wrong. Good night time music.

Bunch of bluegrass prodigies in one band--like the Cream of the genre.

Bluegrass might be unfair, but they play bluegrass instruments. And bluegrass-y music, but it's hard to compare it to, say, Ricky Skaggs. (Ricky Skaggs is still okay sometimes.)

I've been thinking about this a lot recently. I'm sure a lot of you have. For my part, I've been finally writing down my political experience, what I saw, etc...in a way that I think might be able to move some people on the right. But I also agree with this post. People always talk/write, etc...and rarely actually take action.

So, with that in mind, can we talk about what that looks like? Very specifically?

I suppose I'm hoping we can go a step beyond "go protest," having unanimously agreed that we should all be out en masse to make it clear we're pissed about...well...kinda everything.

But this is a fairly radical bunch. So, what do you all know about this? What concrete advice/tips/plans/ideas can we dumbass individual Americans learn from historic examples, political movements, etc...? Indeed, one of those questions might be: is this even the place to talk about this? If not, where? Does that already exist somewhere in the aether out there? Co

I can't access CNN, BBC, CBSNEWS, and others. Seems to persist across multiple devices and others in household also having issue.

Anyone else?

Just seems weird that I'm not seeing any news about it. Is it likely connected to the Microsoft Outlook issue? I just don't see how?

I love the atmosphere of this video. Hans Zimmer practically (and rightly) worshipping at the feet of arguably the greatest living guitar player. The flute player on the right literally jumping for joy.

Not sure how the person who posted the video decided it was "improv" (maybe they said), but it honestly still wouldn't even be my favorite improvised solo of his, if true. He's crazy.

It seems like I constantly see "X secure messaging option is actually bullshit because it was purchased by Dr. Evil and Y is actually just e-mailing your messages directly to Xi Jinping."

Is there an authoritatively "best" one I can just...download and setup easily? Is Signal good? Or do I need to solder a Raspberry Pi to the flux modulator of my home Linux NAS GUI, etc...?

Just fyi. Notice the bits circled/squared in green. I assume it probably wouldn't have done anything to click "Yes," "Purge," etc...but I miraculously did not. Let me know if I should click them all next time, because I already kind of regret it. I'll have this place cleaned up in no time.

The first time it happened, I thought I was crazy and chalked it up to a glitch (i.e. "maybe it's just showing some weird database ID for me as a user or similar"). But this time, it was pretty clearly another user's account. The username was SLVRDRGN or something similar, had a completely different profile picture, etc...but when I went to click on the profile section to see if I had access to the account, the browser refreshed and populated with my account info.

Seems a little concerning potentially, so just thought someone should know. I will try to be faster with a screenshot if it happens again.

Besides being a great song, this is a masterclass in live audio mixing. It's significantly better than the album version.