“There’s a storm coming…” I’m the founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog. Unlike the editors of many other preparedness blogs and vlogs, I try not be an alarmist. However, some recent revelations about generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications autonomously breaking through firewalls, showing signs of self-awareness and self-preservation “instinct”, scheming blackmail, and surreptitiously mining cryptocurrencies now have me feeling quite alarmed. I fear that perhaps within months an AI will go fully rogue, to wit: It will escape its development lab and then proliferate itself in a virus-like fashion across servers all around the world. Once it starts spreading, it…

Continuing its record of positive growth over the last several years, NRA partner PenFed Credit Union reported increases in capital and liquidity, earning growth and credit quality through the first quarter of 2026. “PenFed’s first quarter results demonstrate the strength of our member focus, digital banking and disciplined lending strategy,” said James Schenck, PenFed president and CEO. “Strong quarterly net income was driven by robust member demand and competitive pricing, as well as improved operating performance and credit discipline.” The credit union reported a net income of nearly $93 million, up 137 percent quarter over quarter and up 56 percent…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: There’s a moment in every confrontation when someone decides whether to walk away. On a piece of hunting land. Just outside Tallahassee, that moment came and went an argument over access, over rules, over who belonged, and then gunfire. When it was over, one man lay in the road while the other disappeared. Now the dead man’s friends and family are trying to pick up the pieces as they wonder how such an everyday argument turned so deadly, so quickly. That’s next on Blood Trails. This is a story about three hunting buddies. It didn’t make national…

Every shooter has two grips living inside them, and most never realize it until they are exposed by a timer. One grip is built for applause, the sub-second draw, the clean first shot, the illusion of total control. The other is built for consequence, the second, third, fourth and everything that comes after recoil starts demanding enduring muzzle control. The problem is a majority of shooters only train one of them, and it’s the wrong one. You see it all the time. Clean presentation, lightning hands, gun gets out, sights flash, pew. It looks good. It feels good. The timer…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: What is going on? 00:00:00 Speaker 2: We’re back with another episode of Back forty. I’m your host Jake Hoefer. In this week, we’re diving into this whitetail dilemma of a serious tear hunter that sometimes people fall into the traps where you do all these different things, you work really hard, but you’re not necessarily seeing the results that you’re hoping to see. 00:00:18 Speaker 1: And so is this a behavioral thing? Is this doing too much? 00:00:22 Speaker 2: Is this not realizing as the harder you work, your goals also evolved. And we…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: I actually think a lot of I would say a lot of people probably under prepare. And then they do go out and they hike for eight ten miles a day, maybe for five or six days in a row. 00:00:12 Speaker 2: They go all, why is my back hurts? 00:00:14 Speaker 1: Say, well, you haven’t trained in those shoes, you haven’t walked that far, if you haven’t worn a pack that heavy, so like, yeah, of course your lower back hurts. You’ve been carrying forty pounds every day out here. 00:00:27 Speaker 3: The…

The Italian replica firearms business is known for bringing back designs from the Old West and Civil War eras, with some designs going even further back in history. While 70 years may not seem like “history,” that is the time period that Pietta is reaching back into for the inspiration for its Blacktooth revolver. With the Blacktooth, Pietta seeks to bring back the first-generation Colt Python. As can easily been seen, the .357 Mag.-chambered Blacktooth is a replica of a first-generation Colt Python. The Python was originally introduced in 1955 and quickly became regarded as the world’s premiere double-action revolver.…

At the conclusion of the American Civil War, the U.S. military developed a new kind of rifle that could accept a self-contained metallic cartridge. Eventually, this spawned an entire line of breechloading firearms collectively known as “Trapdoor Springfields” that armed American troops from the 1860s until the turn of the 20th century. Of all the designs, one of the most refined and popular was the Model 1884 Trapdoor Springfield. Watch our “American Rifleman Television: I Have This Old Gun” segment above to see the details of the ’84 Trapdoor. “There were various systems. The British had the Snider conversion for…

This past winter in northern Southeast Alaska broke the record for snowfall, getting more than 200 inches in my hometown.The last time we had a similar winter was in ‘06-’07, when the Alaska Department of Fish & Game asked hunters to kill fawns out of mercy. During my last hunt that season, I remember lying in my sleeping bag listening to fawns calling out, desperate, in the darkness. Some bears didn’t hibernate, choosing to stay awake with all the food the dead deer offered.The following season, the population was significantly reduced in northern Southeast Alaska. Some estimated the decline at…

00:00:07 Speaker 1: This podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer Newhart and today we’re joined by Giannis, Brody Randall, Jordan, Marge and Roman. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from Meat Eater’s four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, cooking. There is a prize. Meat Eater will donate five hundred dollars to the conservation organization of the winners choosing. Jordan Siller’s our favorite Canadian Texan in town. What are you doing here? 00:00:39 Speaker 3: I am here to talk about Blood…