Nine months into the Trump administration’s deadly campaign against so-called drug boats, there is a pattern to the strikes. And a glaring anomaly.

The U.S. military has conducted more than 60 attacks, resulting in over 200 extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. In almost all the strikes, between one and four people lost their lives. In only one strike did the death toll of a single boat reach double digits: the first attack on September 2, 2025.

Since then, experts, lawmakers, and even military officials behind the scenes have been asking a simple but haunting question: Why was that boat packed with 11 people?

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Today’s game is Mario Kart Wii. Specifically Retro Rewind. After having my hard drive wiped on accident, I had a ton of my friends asking me to reinstall this. The download takes a while for me for some reason (downloads on GitHub take a while for me). Once it finished though I gave it a test to make sure everything works.

It’s nice to have an option that’s not bound to a Nintendo Console, though I don’t think I care for some of the interpretations of the retro courses. Like Wario Stadium got done dirty here I feel like. Legitimately I feel like the original was perfect. Something about every reimagining just feels off.

Same with Toad’s Turnpike. The Cars I think are going the wrong way and it feels more rural than what the original felt to me. And don’t even get me started on my opinion about MK8’s version. I am not a fan of the wall panels and the more open design.

That’s all Subjective opinions though. You know what I did like? N64 Rainbow road. I would have preferred 3 laps but 2 is a fine compromise. As long as it’s not the segmented race MK8 has. Graphically I felt it was decently faithful too.

Anyways. This was mainly for me to test it out to make sure everything works before playing with friends. Once i was sure it does I was content to let it be. I did a few Grand Prixs as well but I didn’t get any screenshots of those.

Today's interview is a first. As you (might) very well know by now, I've interviewed a ton of developers from various gaming projects. All kinds, from open-source to paid, from desktop Linux to a huge variety of programs and apps for retro handhelds running on Android (or Linux themselves!), even a small games studio and a pirate who runs their own Switch eShop.

What I'm clumsily trying to covey is that I have interviewed a lot of people over the last few years, but no one who has the same focus as today's article.

You might have seen some of e1000's work before, if you follow handheld gaming. He's notorious for pushing the envelope on what your hardware is physically capable of doing, Steam Deck and ROG Ally running up to 64GB of RAM:

"The community is never satisfied and we eventually got 64GB to work [on the ROG Ally], I figured out the right BIOS edits for this one."

Anyway, this is all just rambling on. Read on if you want to see how someone with no formal training has become 'the' go-to guy for hardware hacking any handheld, from the humble Miyoo all the way to GPD's devices. I'm super proud of this one, because I was approached to get this organized, e1000 is notoriously shy of attention, but being obsessed with my own soldering efforts, we clicked very quickly and he was super happy to share his tales. Link as ever is here:

https://gardinerbryant.com/the-quiet-modder-behind-hardware-hacks-2/

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In May, for the first time, solar supplied more of the nation’s electricity than coal, or 12.8%, Ember said. Coal supplied 12.2%, its fourth-lowest monthly share ever.

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