Yes, of course it's Styropyro. | Continue reading
Clearly, even barriers such as pool screens are not foolproof against a large, determined animal. | Continue reading
It's limited in scope; it's opt-in; and managers don't get to see the summaries. Employees are still nervous. | Continue reading
I would never go so far as to say there's no place for AI in music (I'm a fan of Holly Herndon, after all). But I generally find music made with generative AI to be offensively boring, especially the outputs of Suno. So I'm having a bit of a tough time processing the fact that [… … | Continue reading
Energy demand spikes, and utility bills can rise with it. | Continue reading
Placing baskets in this field is blog-worthy. I doubt anyone has ever played here but who knows. It looks very cool. | Continue reading
The encounter shows how dangerous it is when animals get habituated to human infrastructure. | Continue reading
An essay about writing, developing, and publishing a new original ONScripter-EN visual novel in less than 48 hours. | Continue reading
While many residents remained unconvinced that those rules fully address the risks they fear most. | Continue reading
As Laravel applications grow, the initial architectural setup can start to struggle under complexity. Traditionally, controller methods blend various responsibilities like request validation, business rules, and response formatting. This article outlines the ADR (Action/Domain/Re … | Continue reading
"What we’re seeing in this case is a subversion of legislative intent — no question about it." | Continue reading
According to the New York Times, federal agents have been told that the FBI will no longer be investigating confrontations involving ICE agents. The DHS and DOJ denied the change in policy to The Times. The reported change in guidance follows renewed scrutiny of violence by ICE a … | Continue reading
One-time credits could be used to sell a deal that later makes electricity more expensive. | Continue reading
We haven’t heard too much from France lately, other than in the context of ball-kicking matches. The country is out of the World Cup, but how is France doing more generally? A photo of the French World Cup team doesn’t suggest economic greatness. The players wore jerseys with the … | Continue reading
Sometimes summer plant care is really about restraint. | Continue reading
With 'The Odyssey, did Nolan deliver another cinematic masterpiece, or has his latest disrespected the gods? | Continue reading
A major global study found that the leading modifiable risk factors for dementia vary significantly from one country to another, challenging the idea of a universal prevention plan. A large international study led by USC has found that the most common preventable or manageable ri … | Continue reading
"My fear is that they will be painted with a broad brush, and someone will say they all need to be killed." | Continue reading
"Several individuals hearing what they believed to be a rattling sound in long grass." | Continue reading
If you shoot long exposures at night, you know the frustration — your intervalometer dangling from your camera, swinging in the breeze, pulling on the cable. Not good. The Ruggard RTC-10 Timer-Remote Case (Standard) fixes that with a padded holder that straps directly to your tri … | Continue reading
I am amazed . . .And more, it amazes me to see how everything changes|despite how everything is still the same.. I drove by the old house this morning.Nothing is the same and yet, not much had changed, except for meand except for the landscapes. The old bar is a deli now. I used … | Continue reading
"Demand for electricity continues to grow faster than electricity supply." | Continue reading
A misunderstanding by my kids this weekend briefly made them think that I'd pulled a stranger from a burning building... when in reality I only lent him a mobile phone charger. | Continue reading
Scientists found that sweeteners can behave unexpectedly inside a simulated gut, especially when combined with common medications. Cambridge researchers have found that many widely used sweeteners can directly slow or alter the growth of bacteria found in the human gut. The stron … | Continue reading
Canada has made a proposed one-million-barrel-per-day west-coast pipeline more politically real just as the barrel case has become harder to defend. The official project now has a route concept from the Edmonton region to southern British Columbia, Trans Mountain as the public-se … | Continue reading
"There remains a glaring cross-class subsidization occurring to the benefit of new GS-5 customers." | Continue reading
Some people moved, stayed without service, or turned to unsafe workarounds. | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel!Hovertext:Actually, things were at their best during the last year of my life when I had no responsibilities.Today's News: | Continue reading
"High electricity rates and other skyrocketing costs as families work to make ends meet." | Continue reading
In 2017, I bought an old Magnus chord organ off Craigslist for $10. It's one of my favorite music gear purchases. Electric chord organs let you play full chords with just a press of a button, making them perfect for aspiring singer-songwriters or fooling around at home. But chord … | Continue reading
An experimental drug repaired the gut and reversed severe fatty liver disease in animals, opening the door to a promising new treatment for MASH. Researchers at Michigan Medicine have identified how an experimental drug may treat severe fatty liver disease by repairing damage in … | Continue reading
In one slide, Tytan speeds up to race with Notty. | Continue reading
Warm highlights, cool shadows, and a foreground green cast that has to go: this is the color puzzle behind most sunset landscapes. Getting those tones to feel intentional rather than accidental is the difference between a flat raw file and an image people stop scrolling to look a … | Continue reading
About a week ago, when I read wildfire smoke would soon sweep through Michigan, I went to our basement and brought up a box I hadn’t used in a while. In summer 2023, when wildfire smoke moved through our southeast Michigan area, I built our own air purifier from a box fan, furnac … | Continue reading
A federal judge in the US has allowed a whistleblower lawsuit to go forward, in which a former official of the National Institutes of Health accuses a Harvard professor of repurposing research grants and falsely claiming he had met his objectives. The allegations are unproven. Bu … | Continue reading
Most invented languages try to say everything. Toki Pona tries to say just enough — with about 120 words and 14 sounds. The Canadian translator Sonja Lang built it in 2001, while she was struggling with depression, as a way to simplify her own thoughts. — Read the rest The post … | Continue reading
Birdfy has kicked off a midyear sale, taking up to 40 percent off a range of its smart bird feeders. One of the best deals is on Netvue’s Birdfy Feeder AI-Powered Smart Bird Feeder with Camera, which has dropped to $149.99 at Birdfy and is its second-best price to date. The bundl … | Continue reading
A$AP Rocky at A1 Records on 6th Street Friday to celebrate SNEEZE Magazine's new issue (he's on the cover that was shot in the shop). Pic by @a1recordshop• The Aurea: Affordable housing planned for NYPD lot on 5th Street (July 14) • The most colorful building in the East Village … | Continue reading
The Dave Kline Band with Senator Tim Kaine After Friday night's less-than-stellar experience, we tried again. Yep. It was a two-concert weekend for us. The day got off to a good start as I completed my first Bird Friendly Habitat Certification (not counting my own yard). So now w … | Continue reading
The organization said the bird was in such bad shape that staff were stunned by what they found. | Continue reading
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — The rapid transition of Southeast Asia toward clean energy is moving from the early adoption of electric mobility to a regional industrialization effort. When the 4th ASEAN Battery Technology Conference opens next month in Sepang, Malaysia, the focus will pi … | Continue reading
"Male wasps cannot sting, and the females rarely sting unless handled roughly." | Continue reading
The AQI index is under 100, and I was able to get out and putter around the yard this morning, until I started coughing, then time to come in. Nevertheless, mental health requires that we think about possible positive futures, and the video above does a nice job of that, with som … | Continue reading
If Disney gives its seal of approval, Domingo will help revisit 'The Princess and the Frog' and give Tiana a solo vehicle of her own. | Continue reading
In the 19th century, people living near the Barisal region of Bangladesh kept hearing what sounded like distant cannon fire booming out of a clear sky. The Barisal guns became one of the best-known examples of a "skyquake," a sudden loud sound with no corresponding earthquake act … | Continue reading
"Bumpy's budding friendship with adorable Wangalla ... it's unmissable." | Continue reading
The name of the game for infernal combustion engines is to waste as much gasoline or diesel fuel as possible. In fact, observers like Bill McKibben note that, when everything is considered from well head to refinery to the pump to engine efficiency, only about 15 percent of the e … | Continue reading
You have made a fool out of yourself. You've done something you regret. You feel embarrassed because of something you said. Guess what? People have already forgotten about it. No one remembers what you did or didn't do as hard as you do. People move on, and so should you. Take le … | Continue reading