In this special bonus episode for Halloween, Adam and Will have quick and easy chat about a show that barely exists, What A Dummy from 1990 starring a young, Stephen Dorff. What do you get CONTINUE READING... The post Remember That Show? Ep. 40.5: What A Dummy (1990) appeared first on The Retro Network.

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Argentine President Javier Milei scored a major win in the nation’s elections Sunday, doubling his party’s share of Congress on the heels of a multibillion-dollar economic bailout deal from the Trump administration. Milei’s Freedom Advances party is set to double their share in the Argentinian Congress, earning a mandate for his massive free-market reforms and the veto power to defend them, after his coalition secured more than a third of seats in both chambers. Milei has been in talks with President Donald Trump and the administration to obtain a mammoth $40 billion bailout to relieve his nation’s mounting financial pressures. “BIG WIN in Argentina for Javier Milei, a wonderful Trump Endorsed Candidate!” Trump said on Truth Social Monday morning. “He’s making us all look good. Congratulations Javier!” Milei embarked on a massive campaign after his election in 2023 to gut government programs and slash regulations to bring the nation’s economy out of stagnation and runaway inflation. However, the treasury is running dry, and with mounting payments on debt looming, Argentina reached out to secure a bailout from the U.S. While inflation in Argentina remains high, the rate has fallen from over 130% in 2023 to 41.3% in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund statistics. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is strongly encouraging Argentina to cut its economic ties with China in light of the generous payout, people familiar with the conversations told The Wall Street Journal. “The United States supports Argentina’s efforts to stabilize its economy and President [Milei]’s ambitious reform agenda,” the State Department said on X Monday. “We continue to work with Argentina to foster consensus and implement sustainable reforms to deliver long-term economic stability and prosperity for its people.” Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Milei Scores Major Election Win in Argentina on Heels of Massive Trump Bailout appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. More people than ever are turning away from Google’s tightly controlled ecosystem in favor of independent, privacy-focused tools. That growing change makes the recent blocking of Immich, one of the most respected self-hosted photo management platforms, look especially bad for Google. More: Ditching Google: Practical Self-Hosted Replacements Immich has earned a reputation as a simple, powerful alternative to Google Photos, letting users store and organize images on their own servers without surrendering data to a corporation. Yet despite being an open-source project with a transparent codebase, Google’s Safe Browsing system abruptly labeled Immich’s .immich.cloud sites as dangerous, locking out both users and developers behind a red “deceptive site” warning screen. Safe Browsing is designed to protect people from malicious links and scams, but in this case, the automated system effectively crippled a legitimate privacy-respecting service. Many users, unaware of how to bypass the warning, were left assuming the site was unsafe. Even the Immich team found themselves struggling to access their own tools. For a company that markets itself as a champion of security and trust, this episode paints a poor picture. It raises uncomfortable questions about how much power Google’s automated filters wield over the open web and whether smaller, independent projects that promote user control are being unfairly swept aside. Related: The Easiest Photo Self-Hosting Exit Ramp from Big Cloud After the initial flagging, the Immich team submitted a full review, clarifying that the flagged pages were their own internal test environments and not phishing sites. Google briefly lifted the block, only to reinstate it days later, this time blacklisting the entire domain. The developers have now migrated their preview systems to a new domain, immich.build, in an effort to avoid further disruption. This problem extends well beyond Immich. Other open-source platforms like Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and YunoHost have faced similar treatment. Each case highlights the risk of allowing one corporate filter to decide what the public can safely view. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Google Mislabels Immich, a Rising Self-Hosted Google Photos Alternative, as Dangerous appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Biometric verification is becoming a defining feature of how payments are made, as financial institutions work to link identity directly to every transaction. Reflecting that trend, Visa has partnered with Proof, a digital identity platform. More: JPMorgan To Roll Out Controversial Biometric Payments The collaboration merges Proof’s identity technology with Visa’s global network, aiming to bring the same level of “trust” to online commerce that EMV chips provided for physical cards. “Trusted digital identity is the next frontier for enabling secure commerce,” says Daniel Sanford, senior VP of Global Products and Initiatives at Visa. “We’re connecting Visa’s global network and payments innovations with Proof’s platform to fundamentally transform how identity is used in all types of transactions.” Proof’s system verifies users by combining biometrics, cryptographic signatures, and AI-driven fraud detection before a payment is processed. Its Certify product acts as a reusable identity credential, described as the “EMV chip for digital identity.” CEO and Founder Pat Kinsel says Certify can stop deepfakes, impersonation, and account takeovers while supporting account recovery. He adds that the cryptographic protections within Certify cannot be forged by generative AI. The broader movement toward biometric-linked payments is a growing technological and social development. Financial institutions, technology firms, and governments are aligning around the idea that anonymity online is an obstacle to security and compliance. The idea driving this change is that verified digital identities can reduce fraud, prevent money laundering, and make global commerce more efficient. The same systems that provide convenience and protection also consolidate greater control over personal data. This change reaches beyond banking. Biometric and digital ID systems are being connected to healthcare access, air travel, and social media verification in some regions. Together, these initiatives are creating a global framework where each interaction, such as purchasing goods, transferring funds, or signing in, can be permanently linked to a verified identity. Supporters view this as a necessary step toward a safer digital economy, but it will reduce one of the central freedoms of the internet: the ability to act, speak, or transact without constant observation. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Visa Launches Biometric Digital Identity Initiative For Payments appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

Burying the Lede

The Easiest Government Shutdown to End Has Become a Quagmire

Yikes: Anarchist Puts Out $45K Tik-Tok Hit on Bondi, And Guess What Happened Next

After that, it will begin its long trek out of the Solar System.

Nature has become a rounding error on a planet dominated by humanity, and for some things we don’t even need our machines to do it.

Catching a comet and a shooting star at the same time.