‘Criminal liability for librarians’: the fight against US rightwing book bans
In the classic comedy Blackadder, Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger demanded “tougher sentences for geography teachers”. So much for satire. In the real...
The Hidden Harms of CPR
Shortly after his sixty-seventh birthday, Ernesto Chavez retired from his job at a Los Angeles food warehouse. Sara, his wife of forty-five years, told...
Man of the People? Jolted by a Mutiny, Putin Works the Crowds.
He worked a throng of screaming fans in Dagestan. He hoisted a young girl onto his hip in Kronstadt. He posed shoulder-to-shoulder with seven...
‘We Are Feeling Overpoliced’: State Troopers Join Patrols in Austin
Scores of state highway troopers, usually found on roadways across Texas in their distinctive cowboy hats and black-and-white patrol vehicles, have descended on Austin,...
More Baby Boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’ | CNN
CNN — Edith Heyck didn’t expect she’d be 72 years old and living alone. “I always thought I’d be married,” she says. “I was...
Moment Ukraine sea drone hits SECOND Russian warship in just 24 hours
UKRAINE has unleashed a second marine drone attack in just 24 hours on Putin’s Black Sea fleet, blasting a hole through yet another of...
A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul
The protest in London’s bustling Chinatown brought together a variety of activist groups to oppose a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. So it was...
August 5th is the sad anniversary of the Mann Gulch Fire, in 1949.
August 5th is the sad anniversary of the Mann Gulch Fire in Montana that took the lives of 13 firefighters (including 12 smokejumpers and...
Defensive Spray Selection, by SwampFox. I do not find OC/CS/CN products very useful in my daily life.
Important introductory Disclaimers, Provisos, and Warnings: The author has no affiliation with the companies selling the products mentioned in this article. No financial or...
Editors’ Prepping Progress: Homemade Lara Bar Recipe
To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors...