Salonflipped into News & Politics11 hours agoKalshi kicks out George Santos foreverSalon - Troy FarahKalshi, the online prediction market platform, has finally had enough of George Santos, issuing the company’s first-ever lifetime ban to the former Republican congressman. He is accused of violating Kalshi’s rules regarding insider trading and market manipulation, fining him more than $71,000. …
Salonflipped into Culture16 hours agoHBO’s "Lanterns" illuminates a familiar double standardSalon - Melanie McFarlandTrauma creates superheroes, we’re told. Bruce Wayne witnessed his parents’ murder and made vengeance his life’s mission. Superman survived his planet’s destruction. “Lanterns” opens with the shocking scene of John Stewart’s father, John Sr. (J. Alphonse Nicholson), aiming a gun at him and shooting …
Salonflipped into Food17 hours agoA brownie-muffin for zucchini seasonSalon - Ashlie D. StevensA slice of zucchini bread was not just zucchini bread. It was a number I would have to account for later. My grandmother never argued. She would accept my answer gamely, continue whatever she was doing and, after a little while, offer once more. If I still said no, she put the bread back in the …
Salonflipped into News & Politics19 hours agoCanada knows the US can't be trusted. It's ready to fightSalon - Andrew O'HehirCanadians have made it clear: They don’t want to become the 51st state. For the record, and despite the increasingly delusional geography lessons delivered by the Trump administration, actual Americans overwhelmingly agree. That’s without even dealing with the fact that Canada has 10 provinces and …
Salonflipped into News & Politics21 hours agoTexas and Georgia races show voters are finally sick of MAGA corruptionSalon - Amanda MarcotteIt’s easy to see why Ken Paxton thought he could waltz right into the role of senator from Texas. Sure, the state’s Republican nominee and current attorney general is widely seen as one of the most corrupt men in politics, a man with so many scandals that even his fellow Republicans impeached him. …
Salonflipped into News & Politics21 hours ago"Local control" of data centers is a Big Tech conSalon - Nicholas LiuDespite efforts to tout AI infrastructure as a boon to the American economy, as well as a home-field advantage to a country steeped in capitalistic aspiration, hawkers of this technology have failed to convince 70% of Americans that AI and its data centers are anything other than a hostile …
