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Tens of thousands of people gathered in soaring temperatures in Hungary's capital on Saturday
to celebrate the 31st annual
Budapest Pride,
-- the first such LGBTQ march since former Prime Minister Viktor Orbšn
(who had sought to ban the event)
was ousted in an April election.

Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out
Saturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human rights groups and politicians across the European Union.

NWSL signs a deal with Roku to stream Sunday night games on Roku's free Sports Channel; NWSL reportedly terminated its Victory deal due to unfulfilled payments (Asli Pelit/The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7538672/2026/08/26/nwsl-r…

NWSL adds Roku as new media partner after split with Victory+
Roku will stream eight NWSL Sunday night matches over the remainder of the 2026 season before expanding to 25 games in 2027.

"They seeyou when you’re sleeping
They know when you’re awake
They know if you’ve been bad or good"
Who needs Santa Claus - we can trust the governement to use this info responsibly. /S
2A über alles, the 4th? who cares, right? Continuing the drift to #facisim
‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance …

‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

Here is an update on #Ebola in DR #Congo.
The WHO has decided to trial an Ebola vaccine used in previous outbreaks.
The decision comes following new evidence showing it might provide some protection despite being engineered to target a different virus strain.

Ebola Vaccine Rollout Begins In DR Congo Amid Continuing Outbreak
The vaccine was not designed for the Bundibugyo strain causing the epidemic, but experts are hopeful that it may provide some protection while new vaccines are developed.

Donald Trump created the National Design Studio (NDS) by executive order on 21 August 2025,
ostensibly to overhaul federal websites and digital services.
The office sits within the executive office of the president as a “temporary organization”,
a designation that places it outside the Senate confirmation process,
outside the financial disclosure system applied to most federal appointees
and outside the inspector general’s jurisdiction, which covers cabinet dep…

‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

An opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk’s
“department of government efficiency”
(Doge) has quietly rebuilt some of the federal government’s most sensitive websites
– for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children’s savings
– in ways critics say appear to violate federal law.
The National Design Studio (NDS)
was established by a Donald Trump executive order last August,
and is led by…

‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears
The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

The right-wing preacher turned politician Victor Marx has said that he first killed a man when he was 7.
He’s not sure how many deaths he’s been responsible for since.
Marx has been arrested at least twice for disorderly conduct and has described terrorizing a psychiatrist with talk of murdering him.
He told the Colorado journalist Kyle Clark that he can perform exorcisms by phone.
🔥On Thursday he was declared the winner of the Republican gubernatorial primary in Co…

Opinion | The Ridiculous Rise of Victor Marx
Once started, the process of voter radicalization isn’t easy to modulate.