Rnews Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ Need For Speed Map IRL—When driving around in video games, whether racing games like Mario Ka...
+ Why Games Work, and How to Build Them—Most humans like games. But what are games, exactly? Not in a philosop...
+ Watch a Recording Lathe From 1958 Cut a Lacquer Master Record—Most of us are familiar with vinyl LPs, and even with the way in which...
+ Mentra Brings Open Smart Glasses OS With Cross-Compat—There are a few very different pathways to building a product, and we ...
+ Condensing Diesel Heater Hack Is Dripping With Efficiency—Not a huge percentage of our readers probably get their heat from dies...
+ Get Statistical About Your Pet With This Cat Tracking Dashboard—Cats can be wonderful companions, but they can also be aloof and borin...
+ User Serviceable Parts—Al and I were talking on the podcast about the Home Assistant home aut...
+ Biohack Your Way To Lactose Tolerance (Through Suffering)—A significant fraction of people cant handle lactose, like [HGModernis...
+ PJON, Open Single-Wire Bus Protocol, Goes Verilog—Did OneWire of DS18B20 sensor fame ever fascinate you in its single-da...
+ The Near Space Adventures of Bradfield the Bear—Admit it or not, you probably have a teddy bear somewhere in your past...
+ Super-Sizing Insects and the Benefits of Bones—Have you ever found yourself looking at the insects of the Paleozoic e...
+ Liberating AirPods with Bluetooth Spoofing—Apple’s AirPods can pair with their competitors’ devices and work as b...
+ Hidden Camera Build Proves You Can’t Trust Walnuts—Typically, if you happened across a walnut lying about, you might cons...
+ Rats Get even Better at Playing DOOM—We all know that you can play DOOM on nearly anything, but what about ...
+ Review: Cherry G84-4100 Keyboard—The choice of a good keyboard is something which consumes a lot of tim...
+ Hackaday Podcast Episode 349: Clocks, AI, and a New 3D Printer Guy—Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams met up to cover the b...
+ Weird Email Appliance Becomes AI Terminal—The Landel Mailbug was a weird little thing. It combined a keyboard an...
+ This Week in Security: Hornet, Gogs, and Blinkenlights—Microsoft has published a patch-set for the Linux kernel, proposing th...
+ NASA May Have Lost the MAVEN Mars Orbiter—When the orbit of NASAs Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN)...
+ Consider This Pocket Machine For Your iPhone Backups—What if you find yourself as an iPhone owner, desiring a local backup ...
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Tech Dirt

+ This Week In Techdirt History: December 7th – 13th—Five Years Ago This week in 2020, the ACLU told congress not to add a ...
+ The Measles Outbreak In South Carolina Is Growing—Im certain some people are getting tired of this refrain, but Im going...
+ How Cops Are Using Flock Safety’s ALPR Network To Surveil Protesters And Activists—Its no secret that 2025 has given Americans plenty ...
+ Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal—The mainstream media just failed a basic civics test so badly that you...
+ Rep. Green Again Pounds The Drum On Impeachment, And This Time A Majority Of Democrats March To The Beat—This week Representative Al Green (Texas) filed another set of impeach...
+ Daily Deal: 3-in-1 Magnetic Wireless Charging Pad—This 3-in-1 Magnetic Wireless Charging Pad integrates three charging m...
+ India’s Government Rolls Back Invasive Cell Phone Tracking Mandate 48 Hours After Issuing It—The government of India especially under Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
+ Politico’s Union Journalists Win Key Ruling In Battle Against Lazy, Undercooked AI—The rushed integration of half-cooked automation into the already brok...
+ Finally: Rep. Haley Stevens Files Articles Of Impeachment For RFK Jr.—Weve obviously done a ton of coverage on RFK Jr. as the head of Health...
+ Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Censors & Sensibility—Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online sp...
+ ChatGPT Is Pitching In To Help Federal Officers Misrepresent Confrontations With Protesters—Weve already written several times about the danger posed by adding AI...
+ Pebble’s Original Creator Creates An Open Source $99 Voice Recorder Ring You Can Hack—Eric Migicovsky, who basically invented the smartwatch category with t...
+ RePebble Creates An Open Source $99 Voice Recorder Ring You Can Hack—Eric Migicovsky, who basically invented the smartwatch category with t...
+ Daily Deal: SunFounder GalaxyRVR Mars Rover Kit for Arduino—The SunFounder GalaxyRVR Mars Rover Kit is your gateway to hands-on le...
+ ICE Deports Man To Guatemala, Blowing Off Ruling That Said He Was Likely To Be Tortured There—ICE continues to be increasingly awful as it chases arrest and deporta...
+ Our Corrupt Congress Just Quietly Killed Military Right To Repair Reforms—Weve covered how theres a real push afoot to implement state...
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UFO Sightings

+ The Mantis Beings: Guardians, Overlords, or Earthly Teachers?—The mysterious Mantis Beings: alien overlords or earthly teachers? Exp...
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UPI Science

+ On This Day, Dec. 14: Dozens killed in Sandy Hook massacre—On Dec. 14, 2012, a gunman killed 27 people, including 20 children at ...
+ 2 dead, 8 injured in Brown University mass shooting—A suspect is at large after killing two and wounding eight others duri...
+ 2 dead, 8 injured, in Brown University mass shooting—A suspect is at large after killing two and wounding eight others duri...
+ Cambodia closes Thai border crossings amid ongoing fighting—Cambodian officials closed all border crossings from Thailand as fight...
+ Gunman kills three Americans in Syria; Trump promises retaliation—Two members of the U.S. Army and a civilian interpreter were killed, w...
+ Oil tanker warrant unsealed; Cuba denounces seizure—U.S. officials unsealed the warrant issued for the seizure of the shad...
+ Israel announces deadly strike on senior Hamas commander Raed Saad—Israel Defense Forces targeted and killed senior Hamas commander Raed ...
+ Gunman kills three Americans in Syria—Two members of the U.S. Army and a civilian interpreter were killed, w...
+ Belarus releases 123 political prisoners after U.S. eases sanctions—President Donald Trump on Saturday ended U.S. sanctions on potash fert...
+ On This Day, Dec. 13: U.S. troops capture Saddam Hussein—On Dec. 13, 2003, Saddam Hussein, the deposed Iraqi president, was cap...
+ Florida Goodwill store evacuated after live grenade donated—Workers at a Goodwill store in Palatka, Fla., found a live grenade in ...
+ Military's V-22 Osprey aircraft problems persist, GAO finds—The V-22 Osprey is a highly versatile aircraft that experienced a sign...
+ King Charles III reports progress in personal cancer fight—Britain's King Charles III is making good progress in his personal fig...
+ Russian Central Bank sues Belgian bank over frozen funds—Russia's Central Bank filed suit against a Belgian bank that has about...
+ Southern Command leader Adm. Alvin Holsey relinquishes command—U.S. Southern Command leader Adm. Alvin Holsey relinquished his comman...
+ El Salvador to introduce Grok tutoring in public schools—El Salvador announced it has reached an agreement with Elon Musk's xAI...
+ National Trust files suit against Trump to stop ballroom construction—The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit against t...
+ Trump aims to reform federal cannabis law—President Donald Trump has voiced support for reclassifying cannabis a...
+ House Oversight Democrats release new cache of Epstein photos—Democrats from the House Oversight Committee released new photos Frida...
+ Pope Leo XIV urges Italy's spy agency to prioritize peace, human dignity—Pope Leo XIV marked the centenary of Italy's Security Intelligence Sys...
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Wired

+ How Do Astronomers Find Planets in Other Solar Systems?—Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching...
+ Is Your Vibrator Spying on You?—Here’s everything you need to know about data privacy in sex toys and ...
+ Alpine A390 Review: Price, Specs, Availability—Ahead of its entry into the US, the European brand with an ex-Ferrari ...
+ For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert—If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large l...
+ 18 Gifts for People Who Are Perpetually Cold (2025)—From a backyard hot tub to the warmest slippers, these picks will make...
+ The Best Motorola Phones (2025), Tested and Reviewed—Motorola phones may seem old-school, but their reasonable prices, colo...
+ The Best Kindle of 2025: Paperwhite, Scribe, or Colorsoft?—Here’s how Amazon’s ebook readers stack up—and which one might be righ...
+ Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country—A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear ...
+ The 24 Best Shows on Amazon Prime, WIRED’s Picks (December 2025)—Bat-Fam, The Girlfriend, and The Mighty Nein are just a few of the sho...
+ Velotric Discover 2 Electric Bike Review: Versatile and Powerful—This laid-back ride comes with an almost bewildering array of power mo...
+ AI Toys for Kids Talk About Sex, Drugs, and Chinese Propaganda—Plus: Travelers to the US may have to hand over five years of social m...
+ Gear News of the Week: Android Gets Emergency Live Video, and the Pixel Watch 4 Supports Gestures—Plus: Apple Fitness+ expands to new markets, it’s even easier to add p...
+ How to Use Smart Lighting Around the Home: Reviewer Recommendations—I’ve been reviewing smart lighting for years. Here are tips on how to ...
+ The Instagram-Fueled Boom in Copycat Vintage Car-Body Shells—Instagram is awash with Asian firms showing how they can remake old Br...
+ AMD CEO Lisa Su Isn’t Afraid of the Competition—In this episode of Uncanny Valley we take you through our recent conve...
+ Why SpaceX Is Finally Gearing Up to Go Public—Like so many things in Elon Musk's orbit, a lot of it may come down to...
+ This Group Pays Bounties to Repair Broken Devices—Even If the Fix Breaks the Law—Fulu sets repair bounties on consumer products that employ sneaky feat...
+ You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong—Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the ...
+ The Best Age-Tech Gadgets Tried and Tested by WIRED—As more and more age tech hits the market, I’ve been testing the most ...
+ The Best Permanent Outdoor Lights (2025): Govee, Eufy, Lepro—DIY permanent eave lights that attach to the exterior of your home are...
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Local

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+ New Mexico agency seeks funds to bring down SNAP error rate — but not too quickly—A unique provision in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" means New Mexic...
+ Senators call for highly pathogenic avian influenza vaccine—Swabs from birds’ mouths are placed in tubes and tested for avian infl...
+ Unemployment rose in half the states in September—Recruiters talk to students at a 2024 job fair at South Dakota Mines U...
+ An ever-larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants have no criminal record—There were 105 immigration arrests in October at a horse racetrack in ...
+ New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez opposes NM Gas Company acquisition—New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a brief Dec. 11, 2025 wi...
+ Trump’s Guard deployments to blue cities divide US Senate panel—Sen. Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island speaks during a U.S. Senate A...
+ Major meeting on FEMA overhaul recommendation suddenly shelved—The Federal Emergency Management Agency building in Washington, D.C., ...
+ In Trump rebuke, US House approves bill to overturn collective bargaining limit—Protesters rally outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building he...
+ ‘Snow drought’ observed across the West, amid higher-than-average winter temps—Snow covers the valley on either side of the Rio Grande running under ...
+ NM State Fair Board sees new fairgrounds concepts, as first round of spending nears approval —The three concepts design firm Stantec released this week show the pot...
+ New Mexico education department says $35M shortfall due to overpayment to Gallup schools—New Mexico Public Education Department Secretary Mariana Padilla prese...
+ US Senate hits stalemate on solution to spiraling health insurance costs—Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, joined by Senate Ma...
+ Lawsuit from Texas, Florida AGs takes another crack at limiting abortion pill access—The attorneys general of Florida and Texas are suing the U.S. Food and...
+ Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves ICE custody as Trump administration vows to fight release—Kilmar Abrego Garcia speaks to a crowd holding a prayer vigil and rall...
+ National Democrats target US Senate GOP incumbents on health care votes—U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine...
+ Republicans in Congress eye more power for states to remove voters—A voter fills out a ballot during Tuesday’s mayoral runoff election in...
+ Rare US House bipartisan vote advances bill rejecting Trump federal-worker bargaining ban—Democratic U.S. Rep Jared Golden of Maine announces plans for a discha...
+ Public lands group files suit over new national park pass that features Trump—A 2026 America the Beautiful Annual Pass to gain entry to U.S. nationa...
+ Newly released data shows sharp decline of inmates at New Mexico ICE facility —Advocates, detainees and new data show the Torrance County Detention F...
+ Trump administration tags $700 million for regenerative farming—Cows graze at Nice Farms Creamery in Federalsburg, Maryland. (Ph...
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RadioActive

AmSat UK

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ARRL News

+ The ARRL Solar Update—Solar activity reached high levels this past week when Region 4299prod...
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War, Drugs, Security

Antiwar

+ The Siren Song of War—In October of 2002, I shocked many in my Congressional District and be...
+ Israel’s Biggest Con Trick: Hiding the True Numbers It Has Killed in Gaza—The biggest con trick Israel has managed to pull off over the past two...
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Defense Breaking

+ How TAK gives the US military an advantage at the Edge—The Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) gives the US military a powerful, flexi...
+ Space Force officials fear program delays from small business fund fight—SPACEPOWER 2025 — Senior Space Force acquisition officials are worried...
+ Switzerland reduces F-35 buy after $610 million price hike—BELFAST — Switzerland has decided to cut an order of 36 Lockheed Marti...
+ France, Spain reassert faith in Europe’s next-gen future fighter, but Germany stays mum—BELFAST — Coming out of the latest meeting on the troubled Future Comb...
+ GAO finds V-22 ‘serious accident’ rate shot up in 2023, 2024—WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps and Air Force’s Osprey fleets have had m...
+ Air Force poised to retake ‘Looking Glass’ mission from Navy—WASHINGTON — The Air Force is kickstarting a new program for aircraft ...
+ Turning R&D into reality to meet the challenges of the modern battlefield—As adversaries become better at keeping up with the pace of innovation...
+ Possible cuts loom as Army streamlines ground vehicle autonomy efforts: Official—WASHINGTON and SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Beyond a recent reorganization, t...
+ AMTI ASAP: Space Force readying multi-source acquisition for satellites to track aircraft—SPACEPOWER 2025 — The Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Offi...
+ China, Russia experiment with stealthy satellites, Space Force official says—SPACEPOWER 2025 — China and Russia are experimenting with stealth tech...
+ How a mid-tier landed the Air Force’s “Doomsday” plane—When the US Air Force awarded the Survivable Airborne Operations Cente...
+ To field weapons quicker, Pentagon should improve testing and evaluation process: GAO—WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense should take steps to improve th...
+ Rep. Adam Smith criticizes National Security Strategy, Golden Dome uncertainty—Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) isnt one to mince words. In an interview on ...
+ Hanwha plans to build US facility to manufacture modular 155mm howitzer charges—MELBOURNE — South Korea’s Hanwha is set to invest in a new $1 billion ...
+ GPS: Still the gold standard in global navigation—For decades, the Global Positioning System has been the backbone of th...
+ House passes defense policy bill—WASHINGTON — The House passed the fiscal 2026 defense policy authoriza...
+ Hegseth, counterparts praise AUKUS ‘commitment’ after Pentagon review—WASHINGTON — Now that the AUKUS arrangement has officially survived a ...
+ Navy wants new frigate in 2028, says service’s acquisition head—WASHINGTON — The Navy hopes to have new frigates based on an American ...
+ Space Force ramps up counter-drone defense at Cape Canaveral, Eastern Range—WASHINGTON — The Space Force is upgrading defenses for Cape Canaveral ...
+ Spanish navy shares vision for second batch of NH90 helicopters—ROTA NAVAL BASE, Spain — The Spanish navy has detailed plans for a sec...

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Defense News

+ Several US troops wounded in attack in Syria: Reports—Shots were fired at Syrian and U.S. forces on Saturday during a visit ...
+ GAO: Services aren’t sharing information on longtime Osprey problems—The Defense Department should improve information sharing among differ...
+ Netherlands orders Skyranger anti-drone cannons for under €1 billion—PARIS — The Netherlands has ordered Skyranger anti-drone cannons from ...
+ Estonia erects first of 600-strong Baltic bunker wall on Russia border—BERLIN — Estonia has begun installing the first concrete bunkers along...
+ Belgium doubles down on drone defenses following mystery flights—MILAN — Belgium has embarked on a major acquisition push to accelerate...
+ House passes defense policy bill that pushes boat strike video release—The House on Wednesday passed a major defense policy bill that would a...
+ Croatia buys German Leopard tanks using EU loans—WARSAW, Poland — The Croatian Ministry of Defense has placed an order ...
+ Trump-Erdogan ties are propelling F-35 talks with once-banned partner—ISTANBUL (AP) — The close relationship between U.S. President Donald T...
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As of 12/14/25 4:33am. Last new 12/13/25 10:09am.

Defense One

+ Next presidential jet will arrive a bit earlier than projected, Air Force says—Boeing’s Air Force One program is now projecting a mid-2028 deli...
+ New GAO, Navy reports warn of serious V-22 Osprey safety risks, with some fixes stretching into 2030s—Longstanding and deadly mechanical problems with the V-22 Osprey have ...
+ On Europe, the Trump administration is out of step with Congress, Americans—The Trump administration sent shockwaves across the Atlantic last week...
+ Defense One Radio, Ep. 200: Paul Scharre explains the global AI arms race—Apple Podcasts Guest: Paul Scharre, executive vice president at ...
+ The D Brief: More F-35s head south; The divide in Space Force; No sign of ‘enemy from within’; FBI’s antifa fumble; And a bit more.—More F-35s to the Caribbean. An Air National Guard F-35 wing is deploy...
+ There’s a divide within the Space Force. Congress is forcing the service to address it—A year ago, the leaders of the House Armed Services Committee put the ...
+ ‘Enemy from within’? NORTHCOM commander says he hasn’t seen it—The military commander overseeing National Guard deployments in Los An...
+ The D Brief: US seizes tanker; House passes $901B NDAA; US pushes business-centered ‘peace plan’; Chipping away at US AI edge; And a bit more.—Dozens of U.S. troops seized a tanker ship allegedly transiting oil to...
+ NATO retains ‘open-door policy’ despite US opposition to a ‘perpetually expanding alliance’—Countries looking to join NATO are still welcome to apply, a top allia...
+ Defense Business Brief: A different Reagan Forum crowd | AI for shipyards | New CCA, who dis?—SIMI VALLEY, California—This year’s Reagan National Defens...
+ The D Brief: F/A-18s’ Venezuelan flyby; Unpublished version of NSS; Little public support for boat attacks; Funding falters for Navy’s next jet; And a bit more.—Nearly half of Americans (48%) oppose U.S. military attacks on alleged...
+ Congress supports bare minimum on Navy’s F/A-XX, while fully backing Air Force’s F-47—Congress is committing to only a fraction of the funding necessary for...
+ ‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy—Updated on Dec. 10. With its calls for “strong, traditional fam...
+ The D Brief: NDAA deets; Boat-strike tug-of-war; DOD’s AI plans; GD’s collaborative lab; And a bit more.—Five days after President Trump said he was ok with releasing video of...
+ More AI tools coming in days or weeks, Pentagon R&D chief says—Updated Dec. 9, 10 a.m. ET: The Pentagon will widely deploy new ...
+ General Dynamics wants to turn competitors into teammates —Two divisions of General Dynamics are looking to coworking spaces and ...
+ Provision to protect DOD civilians’ union rights stripped from NDAA—House leaders have stripped a bipartisan provision aimed at protecting...
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Global Research

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Military Times

+ Midshipmen eke out win over Black Knights in Army-Navy game—The Army Black Knights and Navy Midshipmen duked it out for the 126th ...
+ Trump vows retaliation after 2 US troops killed in Syria attack—DAMASCUS, Syria — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “there wil...
+ Several US troops wounded in attack in Syria: Reports—Shots were fired at Syrian and U.S. forces on Saturday during a visit ...
+ This military training camp team almost won a national championship—World War II spared no one and nothing — even American football.In 194...
+ Army-Navy preview: Keys to victory for Black Knights vs. Midshipmen —The U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Naval Academy football teams will f...
+ Space Force unveils new themes for weapon systems to boost identity —The U.S. Space Force released names of space weapon systems to better ...
+ US admiral overseeing military operations in Latin America retires—DORAL, Fla. — A U.S. Navy admiral who oversees military operations in ...
+ GAO: Services aren’t sharing information on longtime Osprey problems—The Defense Department should improve information sharing among differ...
+ V-22 Osprey at risk of more ‘catastrophic’ mishaps, Navy review finds—On the heels of 12 major mishaps in the last four years, the military’...
+ Lawmakers move to further restrict cellphones in DOD schools—Students in some Department of Defense schools will see more restricti...
+ Drill sergeants accused of sexual misconduct, abusing authority—Two Missouri drill sergeants are facing possible court-martial after A...
+ Pentagon leaders defend Trump’s mobilization of Guard in US cities —Pentagon leaders faced members of Congress on Thursday for the first t...
+ Troops will see an average 4.2% boost in 2026 housing allowance—Service members will see a 4.2% bump, on average, in their monthly Bas...
+ 70 commissaries will offer customers doorstep delivery within a month—Eligible commissary shoppers near an additional 62 military commissari...
+ These Army-Navy game players would go on to receive the Medal of Honor—Throughout its 135-year history, the Army-Navy game has featured hundr...
+ House passes defense policy bill that pushes boat strike video release—The House on Wednesday passed a major defense policy bill that would a...
+ 81 women join Texas suit accusing Army gynecologist of secret filming—Another 81 women have joined a Texas lawsuit accusing an Army gynecolo...
+ Why Hitler declared war on the United States—When news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor reached Germany, its ...
+ Trump-Erdogan ties are propelling F-35 talks with once-banned partner—ISTANBUL (AP) — The close relationship between U.S. President Donald T...
+ Trump administration adds militarized zone in California along border—SANTA FE, N.M. — The Trump administration is adding another militarize...
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