Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Thiago VS Coelho
“The federal government has discovered another menace to the republic: the vacuum cleaner. In July, the Federal Communications Commission added foreign-produced ‘advanced robotic devices’ to its Covered List, generally preventing new models from receiving the authorization needed to be imported, marketed, or sold in the United States. Although early headlines emphasized Chinese humanoid robots and mechanical dogs, Sean Hollister reported in The Verge that the rule also encompasses robotic vacuums, lawnmowers, delivery machines, and many warehouse robots. It potentially applies to almost any wireless, software-controlled ground robot weighing more than 4.4 pounds and capable of perceiving its surroundings.” (08/28/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/state-coming-your-roomba
Source: Law & Liberty
by Jacob Howland
“Kafka’s image of the metamorphosis of Justice captures the progression of antisemitism in the Internet age.” (08/28/26)
https://lawliberty.org/kafkas-the-trial-and-the-jews/
Source: CBS News
“The U.S. military, in conjunction with Ecuadorian officials, boarded and later sank a vessel on Friday allegedly used as a refueling station for drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to U.S. Southern Command. The vessel, which was in international waters near Ecuador, was allegedly used as a floating ship-to-ship refueling station for drug boats belonging to the Los Choneros organization. The ship was boarded by Marines and sailors from the USS San Antonio and cleared without incident, SOCOM said. The people taken off the boat were then taken to Ecuador, and the U.S. sank the boat with an airstrike, SOCOM said, which also provided video of the ship being scuttled.” (08/29/26)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-takes-out-refueling-station-for-alleged-drug-trafficking-boats/
Source: The Political Orphanage
“I Read the DSA’s Platform. They’re Socialists.” (08/28/26)
https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com/i-read-the-dsas-platform-theyre-socialists
Source: Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
by staff
“Meta agreed on Wednesday to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle lawsuits brought by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 47 states and several territories. The lawsuits, which accused the company of harming young people through the design of their speech platforms, relied on untested legal theories that faced serious First Amendment challenges. Nonetheless, as part of the settlement, Meta agreed to a series of design changes for minors, including a two-hour daily limit, mandatory pauses to interrupt scrolling, blackouts between midnight and 6 a.m., the elimination of visible like counts, and more robust age verification tools. Some are cheering the settlement. But Americans should understand the consequences: These features cannot be implemented without adults having to prove their identity to access protected speech.” (08/28/26)
https://www.fire.org/news/17b-meta-settlement-comes-catch-your-online-speech-rights
Source: The Daily Economy
by Santiago Leitón
“Blackstone offer a convenient target for public frustration. But a local push to ‘legalize starter homes’ is doing the less theatrical work of increasing supply.” (08/28/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/housing-scapegoats-are-abundant-starter-homes-are-scarce/
Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“For years, Arthur Kermalvezen, the child of a sperm donor, saw possible fathers everywhere he went. ‘I imagined it might be my teacher, the people I saw on the bus… and I was very angry because it’s impossible to live like this’. When, as an adult, he fell in love with Audrey, another sperm donor baby from Paris, the question became even more pressing. Audrey describes the moment they met at a gathering for donor conceived activists in 2010 as ‘love at first sight’ – but was this connection a romantic or genetic attraction? When they were born, there were only two sperm banks in Paris and many men had made multiple donations – so there was a real possibility they could be half-siblings. Before building a life together, Arthur and Audrey needed to know whether they were related. But in France, laws governing genetic testing and donor anonymity made finding the answer extremely difficult.” (08/30/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8en3n29wdro
Source: Reason
by JD Tuccille
“Towards the beginning of the 1974 movie Blazing Saddles, Sheriff Bart, confronted by hostile but not especially bright townspeople, takes himself hostage to make his escape. It’s hilarious precisely because it makes no sense. Just as nuts but less funny is the recent confrontation between United States President Donald Trump and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney in which the Canadian matched the American’s protectionist threats by vowing to force his own people to pay high tariffs on goods imported from the U.S. It’s silver-screen-quality idiocy, but it’s not very entertaining if you understand the advantages of free trade and the pointlessness of holding your own side hostage.” (08/28/26)
https://reason.com/2026/08/28/canada-should-ignore-trumps-protectionism-and-unilaterally-enact-free-trade/
Source: Common Dreams
by Jon Hochschartner
“Some years back, I was toying with the idea of writing a book-length history of World War II from the perspective of wild and domesticated animals. I bought a number of relevant texts for research, like The Long Shadows: A Global Environmental History of the Second World War, edited by Simo Laakkonen, Richard P. Tucker, and Timo Vuorisalo. Ultimately, the project was more ambitious than what I was capable of, so I set it aside. Still, I remained interested in the question which, at least partially, inspired my focus on the topic—namely, what would a pro-animal foreign policy, that we could plausibly get politicians to adopt, look like? Recently, I sought to ask various animal activists and thinkers that question. I had hoped to feature a broader range of figures. Nevertheless, I’m very grateful to all of the people who took the time to answer.” (08/30/26)
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/animals-foreign-policy
Source: Pink Flame of Liberty
“Harpole v. Owens – Snow files for MOTION TO DISMISS.” (08/29/26)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL7bTwn7CYA
