Tootfinder

Almost like he wants another 9-11 type attack, which he thinks he will then be able to seize extra powers as a result of such an attack. The Reichstag may have been fire, but I don't think a reboot will work as he hopes.
"Congress created…TSA after…September 11, 2001…Before…airlines contracted…private security firms to screen…but…9/11 attacks showed…private system had dangerous vulnerabilities. Now…Trump administration is resurrecting that…"

July 21, 2026
The front page of yesterday’s New York Times featured some of the 440,000 Americans from Arizona alone who have lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits since the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act made the deepest cuts to SNAP in its history, expanded work rules, and shifted costs to the states even as cuts to federal grant programs have forced Arizona to lay off a third of its caseworkers.

The Trump administration’s cuts to the largest global H.I.V. program last year resulted in sharp drops in both prevention efforts and treatment for the people most at risk from the disease, according to the first large survey of organizations that had received the funds.
The findings show a grimmer picture of the impact of the cuts than the State Department’s data, released in April,
which seemed to suggest that the program had helped to treat about as many people last year as it…

1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds
New research also shows that children and high-risk adult populations have been particularly affected.

@… I didn’t apply filmstrips and comparisons to the Built Awesome category for resource (file size) reasons on the site. I think it’s possible to readd it back in at some point but I just want to take care there as this site does pressure GitHub’s free tier 😅

Man, I’m utterly despairing at this. Not only do they give them until 2029, but they even say they won’t be able to enforce it.
Why would you center businesses over the health of your constituents and the employees of those businesses, much less the environmental damage and noise? And from an ostensibly progressive member of the board at that.

Gas-powered leaf blowers will be banned in Arlington starting in 2029 | ARLnow.com
It's official: gas-powered leaf blowers are getting banned in Arlington. County Board members on Saturday adopted a 29-month phase-out period for gas-powered leaf blowers countywide, a timeframe officials said would help to make sure the transition goes smoothly. "It's really about, how do we set ourselves up for success?" said Board member Maureen Coffey, who

Just set up some new IAQ monitoring stations around the house. Still want to put one in the bedroom to see how stuffy it gets at night with the door closed, but I only had four units so this is what I started with.
Particle counts are Sensirion SEN5x, CO2 and most other atmospheric data SCD4x.
Haven't done any kind of zero cal on the CO2 and they've been sitting around idle for a while, so there's probably a bit of offset that will need to be corrected - the one on th…

John Turner on free trade in 1988.
“We built a country east and west and north,” he said. “We built it on an infrastructure that deliberately resisted the continental pressure of the United States. For 120 years we’ve done it. With one signature of a pen you’ve reversed that, thrown us into the north-south influence of the United States and will reduce us, I’m sure, to a colony of the United States because when the economic levers go, the political independence is sure to follow.”

How the memory boom is reshaping Micron's hometown of Boise, Idaho, with new millionaires, job growth, rising housing costs, and uneven wealth distribution (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/micron-boise-chip-fab-expansion.html

How Micron's $50 billion Boise buildout is reshaping its hometown
Micron's AI-fueled rise and expansion are creating jobs and wealth in Boise, Idaho, while adding pressure to housing, traffic and the city's identity.

Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could provide the kingdom with uranium enrichment capability, according to news reports citing people familiar with the matter.
Trump is expected to announce that he will ask Congress to approve the agreement with Saudi Arabia.
The timing of the announcement is controversial as the US’s war with Iran is being fought in part to prevent Tehran enriching uranium domestically and make it near-impossible for Iran to build a…

Saudis and US strike deal for kingdom to enrich uranium, reports say
Donald Trump said to have approved agreement to help kingdom make fuel for civilian nuclear programme

Senator John Fetterman said last week he would formally switch his affiliation if Democrats make opposition to Israel part of their official platform.
It’s the first time the Pennsylvania senator has laid out a scenario in which he would jump ship.
Fetterman’s colleagues have doubts about his ability to win a Democratic primary.
One Democratic senator, who requested anonymity to speak freely, expressed anxiety over the prospect of an unexpected party switch by Fetterman.

Fetterman's Ultimatum Is Giving Some Democrats Anxiety He’ll Switch Parties
The Pennsylvania Democrat warns he will leave the party if it officially changes its platform regarding its stance toward Israel.

South Korea reopens a program letting AI talent fulfill their military obligations by doing research in corporate labs instead of conventional military service (Jo He-rim/The Korea Herald)
https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10879596

Korea reopens military-service alternative for AI talent - The Korea Herald
South Korea will allow AI researchers to fulfill their military obligations at large corporate laboratories from 2027, reopening a route closed for 14 years. Bu