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Official portrait of James Comey, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

A Seashell Photo, a Second Indictment: Criminalizing Dissent in America

A former FBI director posted a photo of seashells on a beach. The US Justice Department has now indicted him for threatening the president's life — the second attempt to prosecute him in seven months.

By Von Clause April 28, 2026

Latest Stories

An offshore wind turbine rising from the ocean against a golden sunset sky, with distant turbines visible on the horizon.

Environment

Trump Pays Wind Developers $885M to Abandon Clean Energy

The Interior Department is paying offshore wind developers $885 million to walk away from clean energy and invest in oil and gas — at a moment when fossil fuel dependence is driving up energy prices.

Rae Carlsen April 28, 2026

Three naval warships sailing in formation on open ocean, aerial view

World

Iran's Generals Sidelined the Supreme Leader. The War Made It Easy.

The Revolutionary Guards have taken wartime decision-making from Ayatollah Khamenei's hands — and the Strait of Hormuz is still shut. Whoever is negotiating with Tehran may be dialing the wrong number.

Von Clause April 28, 2026

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine seated during an official event at the Pentagon.

Politics

The Pentagon May Be Filtering What Trump Knows About His Own War

Iran still has two-thirds of its air force. The vice president wants to know why the president keeps being told otherwise.

Von Clause April 28, 2026

Gaming

The White House Wants Jimmy Kimmel Fired. A Free Press Is Watching.

The White House called Jimmy Kimmel a "shit human" and demanded Disney fire him over a widow joke. Disney's response: silence.

Ozzy Wild April 28, 2026

Two NVIDIA RTX 2080 graphics cards with dual fans shown in close-up against a dark background

Business

AI Was Supposed to Replace Workers. Right Now It Just Costs More.

Startup CEOs are bragging about spending more on AI than on humans. A Nvidia executive just admitted the technology still costs more than the workers it's meant to replace.

Maynard Keys April 28, 2026

Gaming

Garry's Mod Successor Hits #2 on Steam. Players Say: Not Yet.

#2 on Steam, 83% positive, and already drowning in AI-generated filler. The Garry's Mod successor players waited two decades for is here — sort of.

Tyler Vincere April 28, 2026

A sunlit Wild West frontier town with rustic wooden buildings, balconies, and distant desert mountains under a blue sky.

Gaming

Robot Cowboys, 99% Reviews, and the Number One Spot: Far Far West's Out-of-Nowhere Steam Takeover

An eight-person French studio just dethroned every major publisher on Steam's Top Sellers chart with a co-op shooter about robot cowboys fighting undead nightmares. It has 99% positive reviews and costs less than a pizza.

Tyler Vincere April 28, 2026

Close-up of an Android smartphone displaying Google apps including Maps, YouTube, Gmail, and the Play Store on a wooden surface.

Technology

EU Orders Google to Open Android to Rival AI

Download ChatGPT on Android and you get an app. Download Gemini and you get an operating system — and Brussels wants to close that gap.

Jonny V. Nuovo April 28, 2026

Ministerial and high level dignitaries segment
Peter Thompson, Suhail M. Almazroui, Mariyam Shakeela, Heikki Holmas
VEF 2013 VIENNA , 28 May 2013

Foto: UNIDO/ Gerhard Fally

World

OPEC Just Lost the UAE. The Cartel May Never Recover.

The UAE walked out of OPEC after 59 years without telling Saudi Arabia first. With its second-most capable producer gone, the cartel faces an existential crisis at the worst possible moment.

Von Clause April 28, 2026

François Desset, French archaeologist who deciphered Linear Elamite, poses for a portrait in 2023.

Science

A 4,000-Year-Old Language Was Finally Deciphered. The Comparison Is Champollion.

For 119 years, Linear Elamite sat in a drawer marked "undecipherable." Then a French archaeologist found his Ptolemy — a king named Shilhaha — and cracked open a civilization that flourished between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.

Carl Sage April 28, 2026

Voters standing in a long queue outside a building with Bengali voter list signage during the West Bengal Assembly Election

Politics

9 Million Voters Stripped From India's Rolls Before Key Election

India has stripped nine million people from West Bengal's voter rolls — 12% of the electorate — weeks before a critical state election. An AI algorithm that failed to account for how Bengali names work flagged millions as suspicious.

Von Clause April 28, 2026

Oil refinery at blue hour with fog rolling over towers and calm waterfront reflections

Business

Brent Surges Past $111. The Real Shock Hasn't Arrived.

Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump wasn't interested. Inventories in some countries are now days from "operational minimums" — the point where refineries stop working.

Maynard Keys April 28, 2026

Portrait of Elon Musk against a dark background

Technology

Musk v. Altman: The $134 Billion Trial That Started With a Jury Problem

The juror questionnaires called Elon Musk "a greedy, racist, homophobic piece of garbage" and "a world-class jerk." Finding nine impartial Americans was the first test of a $134 billion trial that could reshape the AI industry.

Jonny V. Nuovo April 28, 2026

Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia

Technology

Google Walked Away From Pentagon AI in 2018. It Just Signed a Classified Deal.

Google's AI principles still pledge not to build weapons. Its new classified Pentagon contract — covering "any lawful government purpose" — tells a different story. More than 600 employees are demanding their company explain the reversal.

Jonny V. Nuovo April 28, 2026

Health

More Deaths Than Births, Every Year From Now On: Britain's Demographic Point of No Return

From this year forward, Britain will bury more people than it welcomes. The ONS says the shift is permanent — and the consequences land hardest on the young.

Carl Sage April 28, 2026

Gaming

Victoria 3 Finally Gets a Navy. Players Are Relieved.

Victoria 3 launched without naval warfare. Three and a half years later, The Great Wave finally adds one — and early players say the free update might outshine the paid expansion.

Tyler Vincere April 28, 2026

A Seashell Photo, a Second Indictment: Criminalizing Dissent in America

Latest Stories

Trump Pays Wind Developers $885M to Abandon Clean Energy

Iran's Generals Sidelined the Supreme Leader. The War Made It Easy.

The Pentagon May Be Filtering What Trump Knows About His Own War

Magical Princess Gained 10,000% of Its Players Overnight

He Exposed the British Museum's Rot. He Didn't Live to See the Reckoning.

The Strait of Hormuz Carries Oil. It Also Carries the Internet.

The White House Wants Jimmy Kimmel Fired. A Free Press Is Watching.

AI Was Supposed to Replace Workers. Right Now It Just Costs More.

Garry's Mod Successor Hits #2 on Steam. Players Say: Not Yet.

Robot Cowboys, 99% Reviews, and the Number One Spot: Far Far West's Out-of-Nowhere Steam Takeover

EU Orders Google to Open Android to Rival AI

OPEC Just Lost the UAE. The Cartel May Never Recover.

A 4,000-Year-Old Language Was Finally Deciphered. The Comparison Is Champollion.

9 Million Voters Stripped From India's Rolls Before Key Election

Brent Surges Past $111. The Real Shock Hasn't Arrived.

Musk v. Altman: The $134 Billion Trial That Started With a Jury Problem

Google Walked Away From Pentagon AI in 2018. It Just Signed a Classified Deal.

More Deaths Than Births, Every Year From Now On: Britain's Demographic Point of No Return

Victoria 3 Finally Gets a Navy. Players Are Relieved.