Members of the German Army will be recognised annually on June 15, for the first time since the Bundeswehr was founded in 1955. German MPs vote to recognise Bundeswehr with... | Continue reading
Healthcare service provider Kaiser Permanente disclosed a data security incident that may impact 13.4 million people in the United States. [...] | Continue reading
Out before dawn, I find moonlight in my chair. A song sparrow sings one phrase, possibly without waking up. A quiet trickle from the spring. | Continue reading
After a busy week without many photos, I briefly thought about writing about Judi Dench’s new book Shakespeare: The Man who Pays the Rent, Amy Tan’s latest release The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Independent Bookstore Day (04/27/24) or some of the jazz musicians I’ve been listening … | Continue reading
A look at the month’s best new releases in crime fiction, mystery, and thrillers, via Bookmarks. * Don Winslow, City in Ruins (William Morrow) “Winslow has written a near-perfect saga: He’s created great characters who grow and develop while remaining true to their essence, and a … | Continue reading
My theory is that everyone has one of these stories. Perhaps it was a place you grew up in where random objects would vanish – you swore you put your keys on the sideboard and now there’s just a blank space where they were. Maybe your girlfriend lived in a house that produced une … | Continue reading
If you work on anything worthwhile, sooner or later people will care about it and will want you to send progress updates. These could be quarterly investor updates, weekly updates to your boss, emails to adjacent teams, etc. Here are tips on how to do this well. ⚠️ This post link … | Continue reading
Would the real Australia please stand up? Are you a tropical paradise of blue skies and golden beaches, the Great Barrier Reef, koalas and kangaroos? Or are you the perilous continent of venomous snakes and enormous spiders, dense bushland and parched desert where travellers vent … | Continue reading
Japanese animation, AKA anime, might be filled with large-eyed maidens, way cool robots, and large-eyed, way cool maiden/robot hybrids, but it often shows a level of daring, complexity and creativity not typically found in American mainstream animation. And the form has spawned s … | Continue reading
There is something Augustinian in Lukacs’ view of the past—that in a real sense, or at least in a manner of speaking, it exists only in the present, for it is only in the present that by remembering we call the past from nothingness into being. | Continue reading
President Biden just signed into law a bill forcing the sale of TikTok by its Chinese parent ByteDance—or else face an outright ban. The measure was included in a bill providing a $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Proponents of the bill cite priva … | Continue reading
Ford recently launched a new $1,500 incentive discount for their all-electric SUV, the Mach-E. Ford is offering a huge discount on its 2023 Mustang Mach-E — but you have to own a Tesla to qualify first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Physicists have proposed modifications to the infamous Schrödinger's cat paradox that could help explain why quantum particles can exist in more than one state simultaneously, while large objects (like the universe) seemingly cannot. | Continue reading
Many asteroids can be traced back to their parent body – the planet or moon they broke off from. But for the first time, scientists now claim to have traced the origins of an asteroid back to the specific crater it was birthed from. Continue Reading Category: Space, Science Tags: … | Continue reading
Thanks to a federal judge, residents of Jackson will have a say in how the city resolves its yearslong water crisis. | Continue reading
Flower shop on the corner of Shipka and San Stefano. Saw many students with robes and funny hats today in the area. No photos because I don’t feel comfortable taking photos or strangers. | Continue reading
From harassment to kidnapping and arrest, Indigenous advocates who face reprisals for their work say the U.N. must protect them. | Continue reading
Wie die aktuelle Diskussion rund um das Thema von Lieferdiensten à la Lieferando oder Foodora zeigt, kann aus einem anfänglichen Segen rasch ein Fluch werden. Während die Lieferdienste während Corona für viele Gastronomen sprichwörtlich das Überleben sicherten, zeigt sich nun imm … | Continue reading
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions. | Continue reading
When writing content, I prefer to use a CMS and I've tried a lot of them. But what would my dream CMS look like? I was perusing my RSS reader (Miniflux) recently and I came across a really interesting post by Dave Rupert, where he was talking about his ideas for a dream CMS. As s … | Continue reading
Hong Kong banned single-use plastics often used for food takeaway containers. For South… Tags: garbage, plastic, scale, South China Morning Post | Continue reading
One of the many memorable details in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, placed prominently in a shot of George C. Scott in the war room, is a binder with a spine labeled “WORLD TARGETS IN MEGADEATHS.” A megadeath, writes Eric S … | Continue reading
"They can't restrict you." Homeowner aims to skirt problematic HOA landscaping rules: 'I'm just desperate for pretty much anything' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
One of the biggest challenges researchers face is making injectable medicines into versions that can be taken orally. Oral medications usually fail because they can’t withstand the harsh environment of the gut, which leads to poor bioavailability - a drug’s ability to be absorbed … | Continue reading
We’ve always said that if one of these came up at the right time, it would become the world’s first million dollar motorcycle. Well, it’s gonna happen next month and … this will be worth watching. Continue Reading Category: Motorcycles, Transport Tags: Ducati, Motorcycle, Auction | Continue reading
America's industrial sector is on track to become the nation's biggest source of planet-warming emissions by 2035, according to Rhodium Group . While the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy and electric vehicle subsidies are set to drive significant emissions reductions in bot … | Continue reading
This video about Elon Musk’s errors and failures, which are rarely discussed, is excellent. Unfortunately, there are no captions/subtitles available except in Portuguese. | Continue reading
"It's a poison." Gardener warned against making grave lawn maintenance mistake with toxic product: 'Please don't use it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
From late 2012 until 2021, Apple sold many iMacs and Mac minis with Fusion Drives. Did they really offer the best of both worlds, and why have they gone now? | Continue reading
This is for Carolyn, who worked for an airline for many years. But anyone who has ever flown with an airline can relate to some of them. | Continue reading
This incredibly detailed painting from an unknown artist depicts a fair held on the frozen River Thames in London. It has been dated to around 1685, and the Old London Bridge complete with houses and shops built on it can be seen in the distance. The river froze to a thickness of … | Continue reading
Central to Kosovo’s economic future is its ongoing dispute with Serbia, which restricts access to international markets and impedes foreign investment, crucial for its economic expansion. Europe’s youngest country, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, since when it h … | Continue reading
"So … how do you clean it?" Video of 'unwashable' Gucci garment draws ire about disposable fashion: 'What a grift' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It is Spring now and we are wanting to eat a bit lighter. Not that the outside temperatures are shouting Spring at the moment. Today it is a very cool +2*C/+35.6*F and there is a very strong wind blowing. I was out with my sister earlier and it was positively perishing. I adapted … | Continue reading
Sixteen years, that is how long since I lost all of my hearing. Before that, I was hard of hearing and used hearing aids. For sixteen years I haven’t heard a single sound, am dependable on lipreading, text and captions. Years ago I used a speech-to-text software for the first tim … | Continue reading
Less than a century ago, we had many different ideas for what the history of our Universe looked like, but shockingly little evidence available to decide the issue. Hypotheses included suggestions that our Universe: violated the principle of relativity, and that the light we obse … | Continue reading
We're Indie Courses, the video course platform for indie creators. We help you sell your online courses quickly and give you the tools and knowledge to make more sales than you would elsewhere. No marketing degree needed. Our goal at Indie Courses is to offer creators the most ad … | Continue reading
Dr. Richard Hipp, creator of SQLite, shares how he taught himself to program, the challenges he faced in creating SQLite, and the importance of testing and maintaining the software for long-term support. | Continue reading
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Scientists revealed how to ‘slow’ time, a Finnish factory grew ‘food out of thin air’, and lazy gardeners boosted butterflies, plus more The post What went right this week: the good news you should know about appeared first on Positive News. | Continue reading
"Today marks a victory in the pursuit for environmental justice." Over 200 US businesses put on notice with major new government regulations: 'This is about life and death' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Adding rat stem cells to a mouse embryo resulted in a ‘hybrid brain’ in which the rat cells stepped in to restore function when the mouse’s sense of smell was removed, new research has shown. It’s the first time one animal’s cells have been used to rescue another’s senses, and it … | Continue reading
Mark Stenberg, reporting for Adweek in January: Digital media company G/O Media is shopping around its portfolio of editorial assets in hopes of securing buyers for individual titles, part of a broader effort to divest the properties ahead of another challenging year for the medi … | Continue reading
Airbus Helicopters has flown its high-speed concept copter, which dashes 50% faster than other commercial copters, for the first time. The 249-mph (216-kt, 400-km/h) Racer demonstrator is not only fast, but consumes up to 25% less fuel. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft, Transp … | Continue reading
Mother Nature likes to mess. Honestly, when she gets crazy it’s time to watch out, everybody. Swirling oceans, spinning winds, icy rain drops — you never know what she’s got cooking in the atmosphere. One of her off-the-menu specials is definitely a fresh batch of clear blue skie … | Continue reading
Stellar Blade has a few side quests which require solving a puzzle. And it’s not the sort that you can brute force your way out of. This short guide has the solution to the simple puzzle quest, as well as how the solution is derived for those curious. Stellar Blade Simple Puzzle … | Continue reading
Stellar Blade has a few side quests which require solving a puzzle. And it’s not the sort that you can brute force your way out of. This short guide has the solution to the fdsfsdfds quest, as well as how the solution is derived for those curious Stellar Blade Wisdom Puzzle Solut … | Continue reading
Parts of Germany are forecast to see warmer temperatures than Spain over the May 1 public holiday next Wednesday, according to BBC Weather. Winter will turn to summer for May 1... | Continue reading