A WIRED reporter requested his own data from McDonald's and got back a 515-page file that predicted exactly when he'd next order, how much he'd spend, and rated his odds of ever leaving the brand at zero.
https://www.thebluf.news/p/mcdonalds-loyalty-app-data-profile #Tech #DataPrivacy #ConsumerRights
President Trump has nominated Dr. Heidi Overton, currently the deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, to run the FDA -- the agency that regulates roughly a fifth of everything Americans spend money on: prescription drugs, medical devices, vaccines, tobacco, most of the food supply, and cosmetics.
https://www.thebluf.news/p/heidi-overton-fda-qualifications #Politics #FDA #Confirmation
Hegseth has fired or sidelined more than a dozen senior officers, several while the U.
https://www.thebluf.news/p/hegseth-wartime-adults-in-the-room #Politics #NationalSecurity
It won't fix your grocery bill, and it isn't a waste of time either.
https://www.thebluf.news/p/growing-your-own-food-real-economics #WorthKnowing #Food #Money
When you calculate the total investment, coop, feed, upkeep, each backyard egg runs roughly $1.
https://www.thebluf.news/p/backyard-chickens-eggs-real-cost #WorthKnowing #Food #Money
Add up the coop, the feed, the birds, and everything else, and a backyard egg costs close to $1.
https://www.thebluf.news/p/backyard-chickens-eggs-real-cost #WorthKnowing #Food #Money
Justice, Labor, and national intelligence all have "acting" leaders right now.
https://www.thebluf.news/p/confirmation-gap-acting-officials #Politics #Government
Ten ActBlue witnesses pleaded the Fifth. Republicans say it covered up foreign donations. ActBlue calls it a partisan attack and points to its own analysis undercutting a key claim. Neither side has proven it in court yet. https://www.thebluf.news/p/actblue-fraud-investigations-explained #Politics
Before buying bee gear: call your city's zoning office. That's the real barrier, not cost. First-year expenses run $750–$1,500, but permit rules vary wildly. Cleveland requires 2,400 sq ft per hive; Madison allows six. https://www.thebluf.news/p/backyard-beekeeping-cost-and-zoning #beekeeping #zoning
The USDA runs a free directory of 7,148 farmers markets and 2,002 CSA farms, searchable by ZIP code.
https://www.thebluf.news/p/find-your-farmer-usda-directory #WorthKnowing #Food #HowTo
UPDATE: The Supreme Court just agreed to hear the mandatory-detention case we covered -- not the case the government wanted, Barbosa da Cunha's specifically. No ruling yet, oral arguments ahead. Full update: https://www.thebluf.news/p/ice-mandatory-detention-scotus-conference #SCOTUS
Tomorrow, 28 Sept 2026, the US Supreme Court will decide whether to hear a case that will determine if ~6 million people can be held indefinitely with no bond, ever. https://www.thebluf.news/p/ice-mandatory-detention-scotus-conference
#SCOTUS #immigration #civilrights
Ask a Democrat what Republicans believe, and a Republican what Democrats believe -- both guess wrong, badly. Researchers call it the Perception Gap. 67% of Americans are actually the 'Exhausted Majority' -- tired of the fight, closer to agreement than they think. An industry profits from keeping that gap open. First in a series on who's getting paid to keep you angry. https://www.thebluf.news/p/divided-states-someone-is-getting-paid #Politics #Media
We put this story into video: the case that could let ICE detain up to 6 million people with no bond hearing, ever. 9 of 11 federal appeals courts have already ruled this reading of the law is illegal — the Supreme Court decides September 28 whether to even hear the government's appeal. Watch the full breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeQ8ZqgUbf4 #SCOTUS #Immigration #CivilLiberties
Every 'we're finished, DONATE NOW' text is A/B-tested to find whatever scares or angers you most into giving. WinRed and ActBlue raised over $1.9 billion combined in H1 2026. In 2020 a pre-checked box that auto-charged donors again and again forced $122.7M in refunds -- and the fix got struck down in court, then reopened for comment this year. Both parties run this machine. Here's how, and one move that gets you out. https://www.thebluf.news/p/divided-states-ep4-the-anger-till #Politics #Money
Ricardo Barbosa da Cunha lived in Massachusetts for two decades, married, had two kids, ran a construction business. Then ICE arrested him and said he wasn't entitled to a bond hearing, ever, under a new reading of a 30-year-old law. 9 of 11 federal appeals courts say that reading is wrong. This week the Court decides whether to even hear the appeal -- a case that could affect up to 6 million people. https://www.thebluf.news/p/ice-mandatory-detention-scotus-conference #Politics #CivilLiberties
Windows Recall screenshots your screen every few seconds. Microsoft rebuilt the security after the first version leaked unencrypted -- a year later, the same researcher got back in. #Tech #Privacy
https://www.thebluf.news/p/windows-recall-hagenah-bypass-microsoft-response
Calling a $100B data center "military" let it skip a public vote in Utah. A commissioner who voted yes sits on the board of a lender holding a lien on the developer's land -- undisclosed before the vote. #Politics #Utah
https://www.thebluf.news/p/utah-stratos-data-center-military-label-water-law
Macklemore got pulled from Ed Sheeran's tour after "Free Palestine" chants. Kraft used stadium access to force it. Sheeran says it wasn't his call -- but experts say a headliner usually has approval over this. #Music #Entertainment
https://www.thebluf.news/p/ed-sheeran-macklemore-kraft-tour-power
People near data centers report headaches, insomnia, high blood pressure — from a constant low hum their homes can't escape. Whether that's actually causing those symptoms is unproven. What isn't in question: the noise meters cities use are built to miss the exact sound these buildings make.
https://www.thebluf.news/p/datacenter-infrasound-noise-measurement-gap
Companion map of every named site: https://www.thebluf.news/datacenter-noise-map