❄️ We got lots of snow this week. There were two snowstorms of 30-40 cm each. And it was a long weekend, so it was nice to just cozy up inside and read a book. We thought about going for a hike at the trail, but it was snowing most of the time and when the snow stopped it was awf … | Continue reading
Today's links America and "national capitalism": How the EU should respond to Trumpism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 2005, 2010, 2015 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'l … | Continue reading
Elon Musk has claimed that his “DOGE” team has found evidence of “massive fraud” at the Social Security Administration, alleging that 150-year-old Americans were receiving benefit checks. I saw this claim easily debunked over the weekend, but Wired has a good writeup of it. Basic … | Continue reading
Report: "Outsized voting power" could let nonprofit board retain control. | Continue reading
"This project exemplifies the approach that we have as a practice." Architects create gorgeous hillside home from surprising materials: 'There's no such thing as waste' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock's drip paintings may not be entirely abstract. According to new research from UC San Diego psychiatrist Stephen Stahl and colleagues, Pollock likely suffered from bipolar disorder. They tie this posthumous diagnosis to the likelihood that Po … | Continue reading
This article originally appeared on February 17 at Defector, a worker-owned sports and culture website you should totally support. HBO had a series of legendary stand-up specials in the 1990s, and one of the best of those came from a performer who was not a comedian. Ricky Jay an … | Continue reading
The Core77 Design Awards Visual Communication category features all visual and graphic design, branding and identity projects for print, digital or physical environments. Examples include logos and identity systems, environmental graphics, signage, typefaces, infographics, motion … | Continue reading
A Chinese company called XPhotonics has developed these Xlaserlab X1 machines. They're desktop laser welders that can also cut, clean, and remove rust. They come in two flavors. The base-level $1,7000 X1 can be used with stainless steel, carbon steel and aluminum sheets up to 2m … | Continue reading
When Brompton wanted to develop an onboard toolkit for their folding bicycles, they turned to British industrial design firm Goodwin Hartshorn. "We took advantage of the bike's foldability to create a toolkit which fits inside the frame," the firm writes. "This protects it from t … | Continue reading
The highly contagious virus has infected dozens of people so far, if not more, leaving at least 13 hospitalized. | Continue reading
how a gene-editing startup called the los angeles project will create actual, literal unicorns (and more) | Continue reading
You don't have to choose between a few more minutes of sleep and eating a delicious breakfast when you've got these quick and easy breakfast recipes in your back pocket. Whether you like to start your morning with something sweet, savory, or a little of both, we've got you covere … | Continue reading
These high-tea pastries are so fun to make! READ MORE... | Continue reading
Did you know Apple’s AirTags weren’t the first Find My Bluetooth trackers for iPhones? Chipolo actually beat Apple to its own game in 2021 with the Chipolo One Spot. It’s easy to pass them up given that AirTags are often discounted, but Chipolo’s ongoing sale is tempting. All of … | Continue reading
This brand-new deal is for runners, triathletes, and fitness fanatics who want to save $150 on this feature-packed GPS wearable. | Continue reading
The 3D-printed fibers are just 1.5 microns thick, which is up to 100 times thinner than paper. | Continue reading
External experts commissioned by T&E find no EU-wide or national requirements on technology transfer and breaches of air pollution rules from battery factories in Poland and Hungary. T&E calls on clear foreign investment rules and a comprehensive European strategy for battery sup … | Continue reading
OpenSSH has released security updates addressing two vulnerabilities, a machine-in-the-middle (MitM) and a denial of service flaw, with one of the flaws introduced over a decade ago. [...] | Continue reading
Juniper Networks has patched a critical vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authentication and take over Session Smart Router (SSR) devices. [...] | Continue reading
Looks like somebody's not a team player! Denise Cheung — described by Reuter's as "the top federal prosecutor who supervised criminal cases at the Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney's office — just rage-quit her job because she wouldn't help Trump grab back a measly $20 billion in cl … | Continue reading
A short undersea transmission cable in Malaysia may signal the first step in a regional supergrid in the ASEAN region. The post Southeast Asia Begins Building The Supergrid Of The Future appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
From today’s newsletter: On Instagram, a reader asked me in response to my collages: “How do you balance making fun stuff with doing business? Do you allocate time to simpl[y] make ‘pointless’ things?” I scribbled the image above into my notebook in response, and then I got so wo … | Continue reading
While scientists once thought Greenland's ice streams flowed slowly and uniformly, new research reveals a quake-driven "stick-slip" motion that's linked to volcanic activity thousands of years ago | Continue reading
Jamie Dupuis played a mediative fingerstyle cover of the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah" on 26 string harp guitar. | Continue reading
Otherwise... why? The post Is Timothee Chalamet Just Doing Performance Art Now? first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
The new horror film from the director of Longlegs stars Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Elijah Wood, and a very creepy monkey toy. | Continue reading
"Our state does it for free." Woman shares little-known hack to save major money on utilities: 'Love all this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Few thrills can compare with coming face to face with a wild tiger. In Chitwan National Park, guides still take visitors on walking tours to spot the elusive cats, but prior to 2012, odds were far better of a close encounter if you were lodging at one of the resorts inside the pa … | Continue reading
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Many ebikes sport a derailleur hanging out back to giver riders more flexibility than single-speeders. There are exceptions that combine gears with the motor, such as Pinion and Valeo. And now there's another, as Scotland's Intradrive system goes into pilot production. Continue R … | Continue reading
Meta is holding a new “LlamaCon” conference where it will share updates on “open source AI developments” to help developers create apps and products, the company said on Tuesday. LlamaCon will take place on April 29th, 2025 — months ahead of its Meta Connect conference, which it … | Continue reading
Microsoft Edge is racing into the new year with faster and more responsive features than ever before. Starting with Microsoft Edge 132, many of the browser's most important features, such as Downloads, Drop, History, and the inPrivate new tab experi The post More Edge features ge … | Continue reading
Insta360 has announced a new accessory for its Flow 2 Pro smartphone gimbal that allows any camera app to take advantage of the company’s AI-powered tracking technology. Previously, subject tracking required the use of the company’s own Android or iOS camera app, or iOS apps that … | Continue reading
Researchers estimate that recent abortion bans have driven a rise in infant death rates in affected states, especially among Black children and kids with congenital anomalies. | Continue reading
Andrej Karpathy's initial impressions of Grok 3 Andrej has the most detailed analysis I've seen so far of xAI's Grok 3 release from last night. He runs through a bunch of interesting test prompts, and concludes: As far as a quick vibe check over ~2 hours this morning, Grok 3 + Th … | Continue reading
More startups and scaleups are hiring engineers and engineering leaders. Advice for tech professionals on how to get noticed by specialist recruitment companies – from two specialist recruiters | Continue reading
Kevin (Ze) Hong at Psyche: Over time, as knowledgeable elders pass away, the original rationale for a taboo might be entirely forgotten. In such cases, the origins of a rule might be recoverable only through inference or imaginative reconstruction. Similarly, many widely recognis … | Continue reading
Hello again! In this article (Part 1), we will discuss two common ways to build modern software systems: Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) and Change Data Capture (CDC). They serve different purposes but can work well together in some situations. we'll explain ... The post Event-Dr … | Continue reading
A new report finds that when it comes to news consumption, age isn’t just a number. Older people look to the news for different things than their younger counterparts. The study — based on survey data from more than 45,000 people in 23 European nations — investigated what motivat … | Continue reading
15 CEOs, 70+ companies and NGOs like T&E, have sent a letter to European policymakers outlining five key policy interventions to unlock EU leadership for e-SAF. E-SAF can realise 90% less greenhouse gas emissions over its lifecycle compared to fossil jet fuel and could abate 400 … | Continue reading
I love the movie "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and have seen it several times. Now I have also read the book for the first time, and it was at least as good. In one of the scenes, the main character is asked what his favorite book is. When he reveals the answer, he is asked t … | Continue reading
Let’s get something straight: Four Loko was founded with the mission of making the world a better place. Our cans stand twenty-four ounces tall for the values of liberty, free speech, and the right to booze. Every human has a mouth to drink with and a liver to enlarge. That’s exa … | Continue reading
Starting the day in Vacaville, then heading to Marin to canvass and find conversations. Today and the week’s […] | Continue reading
If you’re of a certain age, you know Alan Alda from his wonderful acting in television shows and in movies. But you may not know of his long-standing interest in science communication and his podcast Clear and Vivid (named for the characteristics that he feels all communication s … | Continue reading
Under normal circumstances, the United States government would not be meddling in the prosecution of an international sex trafficker and would let the law of the land in the countries where the sex trafficker is accused of violating the law handle it. — Read the rest The post Wil … | Continue reading