Do you want to invite your parents to visit you in the Netherlands? Or has your friend's Schengen visa application been denied? What are your options? Everaert Advocaten, a... | Continue reading
Losing your job is never easy. Especially in an unfamiliar legal system with documents in “legalese”. Small comfort: in Germany, you are in one of the most employee-friendly... | Continue reading
"Love the stone stairway." Resident shares spectacular photos of neighbor's unconventional yard: 'Love it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
One county recorded its highest water level of all time at 14.11 feet. Officials declare state of emergency as nonstop storms rip through the Atlantic: 'Gauges have recorded over a foot of rain' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered that interleukin-11 (IL11) plays a crucial role in the aging process, associated with higher levels of fat accumulation and muscle loss—key indicators of aging. Inhibiting IL11’s effects may enhance a healthy lifespan. An agi … | Continue reading
Nature is remarkably resilient, and even small efforts to restore a green space can make a notable difference. Researchers rediscover rare island plant after 10-year search: 'It shows the island is making a recovery' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Need some help with childcare? Many families in Germany employ nannies or au pairs, but how does this work? quitt, a digital service that takes care of the registration,... | Continue reading
Day 23 for the collage challenge. Here are the original photos and credits: Photo by Matt Reiter on Unsplash Photo by Scott Eckersley on Unsplash Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash Photo by charlesdeluvio on Un … | Continue reading
Things I've Learned Serving on the Board of The Perl Foundation My post about the PSF board inspired Perl Foundation secretary Makoto Nozaki to publish similar notes about how TPF (also known since 2019 as TPRF, for The Perl and Raku Foundation) operates. Seeing this level of exp … | Continue reading
The biodiverse atoll is also home to more than 400 native plants and animals. Organizations raise serious concerns about government-funded resort endangering wildlife: 'The potential to significantly disrupt and inflict irreparable damage' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"What are the odds this tree will live a long healthy life in this in a concrete parking lot?" Resident shares photo of landscaping mistake seen at local grocery store: 'I guess everything is bigger in Texas' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
'The Substance' director Coralie Fargeat breaks down the wildest and goriest movie ending you'll see this year. | Continue reading
"They were just moving around with the other birds and feeding, doing their own thing while we watched them." Birders capture first photos of species in decades on remote island: 'Stunning news' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Researchers have developed a method to print thin metal oxide films at room temperature, resulting in transparent, flexible, and highly conductive circuits. The technique uses liquid metal to deposit solid oxide films that maintain their conductive properties even at high tempera … | Continue reading
"There's so much that needs to happen, and I don't think we'll be able to keep up with all of it." Coastal community works to prepare for looming threat: 'A wall of water coming at us' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Remembering my middle school days and reflecting about my non-experience with bullying. | Continue reading
I first saw this term on Hacker News. | Continue reading
‘Refusing to participate on a panel with a Zionist is a bare-assed excuse for antisemitism.’ For state funded-colleges, it also might be illegal. | Continue reading
Crypto resurfaces on the campaign trail and the FTX fallout continues to unfold. Also, merch! | Continue reading
"I don't want to jump to algae remover just yet." Gardener seeks advice about uncontrollable algae problem in pond: 'I'm removing heaps of it daily' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Everything that happened after we left Substack | Continue reading
Tesla Cybertrucks and other electric vehicles reduce the usage of dirty energy that creates harmful pollution that can damage the environment. Cybertruck owner reveals how much he saves in fuel costs after just six months: 'I have also saved much' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Giving women at risk of premature birth a simple magnesium sulfate infusion (or ‘drip’) can prevent their babies from developing cerebral palsy, a recent Cochrane review has confirmed. A recent Cochrane review has confirmed that giving women at risk of premature birth a simple ma … | Continue reading
How I Launched A $10K/Month Personal Brand Consultancy | Continue reading
Nature, Published online: 24 September 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03105-x Researchers sent engineered heart tissue to the International Space Station and measured how it faired. | Continue reading
"The EPA's Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence is their highest honor and is reserved for Energy Star partners demonstrating outstanding leadership." This major department store has been winning energy conservation awards for 13 years — here's why that matters firs … | Continue reading
We’ve been helping turn ideas into action for over two decades. Today, we’re excited to announce a brand new multi-part livestream series designed to help you go beyond the AI hype and start building practical, business-focused AI solutions: AI in Focus. Whether you’re in the ear … | Continue reading
Supply Chain Report Tackles Hydropower’s Missing Links Solar panels and wind turbines get a lot of attention in the current conversation about renewable energy. Meanwhile, hydropower is quietly, consistently producing large amounts of clean energy—and has been for more than a cen … | Continue reading
A review of the pages I’m actively using, periodically referencing, and neglecting highlights two areas in need to dedicated reconfiguring: my habit tracking pages and the notes pages. The beginning and end of my notebook, respectively. Let’s begin, this week, with the beginning. | Continue reading
The United States has lagged behind other countries in encouraging efficient rail travel. Officials announce plans for factory that will manufacture parts for train system connecting major U.S. cities: 'Bringing high-speed rail to America is no longer a dream' first appeared on T … | Continue reading
Image: The Verge An official OpenAI account on X was taken over to peddle a cryptocurrency scam on Monday evening. On Monday at 6:24PM ET, the @OpenAINewsroom account, which shares news from OpenAI and has nearly 54,000 followers, made a now-deleted post advertising an “$OPENAI” … | Continue reading
As Arctic permafrost thaws at unprecedented rates, it releases significant amounts of dangerous mercury, posing a serious threat to the food chain and the communities reliant on it. Scientists from USC Dornsife have developed an improved method for evaluating this risk. The Yukon … | Continue reading
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission: A new Federal Trade Commission staff report that examines the data collection and use practices of major social media and video streaming services shows they engaged in vast surveillance of consumers in order to monetize their personal informati … | Continue reading
One of the fiercest typhoons to hit the area of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China, since 1949 was Super Typhoon Capricorn this month. In this wild weather, torrential winds and giant waves, what is the durability of floating solar panels? If you were anticipating seeing some broken pan … | Continue reading
While extreme weather events have always been a part of Earth's climate history, rising global temperatures are a new pattern with more devastating effects on the environment and human safety. Australian city experiences its hottest August day in over two decades: 'Winter has bee … | Continue reading
Up, and sad to hear my father and mother wrangle as they used to do in London, of which I took notice to both, and told them that I should give over care for anything unless they would spend what they have with more love and quiet. So (John Bowles... | Continue reading
So, this one feels slightly tricky. I have been making notes about episodes as I watch them, but also I have been writing up some on a private forum and having some back-and-forth there. Actually, maybe this will make it much easier. Anyway, since Discovery is over, and I am caug … | Continue reading
The state reported its first infected herds on August 30. | Continue reading
New research, utilizing data from the Gaia space telescope, suggests that the Milky Way’s last significant collision occurred much later than previously believed—within the last three billion years. By analyzing the wrinkles caused by past galactic collisions, they discovered tha … | Continue reading
Maybe you’ve heard the story of the collapse of Easter Island, a cautionary environmental tale for the modern world. It didn’t happen. | Continue reading
I attended the country’s first nonsectarian theological school and got an unexpected immersion in the antisemitism overtaking higher education. | Continue reading
Bloomberg report above refers to Nuclear power as “renewable energy”, so that’s an interesting usage.We’re seeing a reboot of one of the 20th century’s most notorious brands. Yahoo Finance: Constellation Energy signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft on Fri … | Continue reading
The audience doesn't actually see it in the HBO DC series' premiere, but the actor's make-up job in the torture scene included a surprising level of detail. | Continue reading
San Francisco is still far off from seeing a full recovery in its conferences and meetings business. Hiring a permanent CEO for its destination marketing organization is an important step. -Andrea Doyle and Dawit Habtemariam | Continue reading
Altman says "deep learning worked" and will lead to "massive prosperity." | Continue reading
New research uncovers a hydrogen-centered mechanism that triggers degradation in the lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles While the lithium-ion battery could help save the planet, it is in some ways like any other battery: it degrades with time and operation, taking … | Continue reading
During late September and mid-October, the much-anticipated comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could become visible to the naked-eye for skywatchers around the world. | Continue reading
Nurse on her way to the loft. Spinning in my own thoughts. I need this to stop. Do […] | Continue reading