dam Engst evaluates the new Apple Intelligence-based Clean Up tool in Photos, highlighting situations where it excels and falters and offering tips for optimizing results. Learn how Clean Up can enhance your photos. | Continue reading
If these problems continue to worsen, they could affect global food supplies. Expert shares sobering reality as wine industry staple crops become increasingly difficult to grow: 'We need buffer stocks of essentials built up' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Migratory birds can navigate using just magnetic inclination and declination. This discovery challenges assumptions about the need for all magnetic field components and highlights the flexibility of avian navigation systems. Migratory birds are renowned for their remarkable abili … | Continue reading
Image: Valve Half-Life 2 is getting a major update in celebration of the classic title’s 20th anniversary. In addition to Steam Workshop support directly within the game, Valve has fixed bugs and restored some content, added new graphics settings, updated gamepad controls, and a … | Continue reading
The Guns of Navarone — Alistair Maclean I guess Maclean is not much read these days, but when I was in my teens his books, like those of Desmond Bagley, were a major part of my diet. Both writers specialised … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Haymarket Books is giving away 10 free ebooks that meet this moment in US history, including titles by Rebecca Solnit, Angela Davis, Mariame Kaba, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
"This is one of the basin's largest wetlands and its restoration is a cornerstone of the collaborative work to restore the ... region." Officials successfully remove 17 acres of destructive plant wreaking havoc on iconic US lake: 'This marks an exciting step' first appeared on Th … | Continue reading
A U-boat bunker located in the Nyhavna port district in northern Trondheim, Norway, stands as a testament to the city’s wartime history. It was constructed during Nazi Germany’s occupation of Norway in World War II, when the city became the hub of the most important German Naval … | Continue reading
From now through November 18th, Xtracycle is running a hot Black Friday sale with savings up to $1350 on select e-cargo bikes. This includes free shipping and local assembly, plus loads of accessories, including the Hooptie passenger system, a bike pack, and more. The Xtracycle S … | Continue reading
Two related headlines caught my attention the other day: “Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark” and “Threads grew by a Bluesky this month”. This was obviously a fun way to emphasise the fact that Bluesky has got to 15 million users—congrats to them, that would place them just … | Continue reading
The internet is a series of tubes. In the ocean. The post Your Data’s Strange Undersea Voyage appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
If you’re tired of moaning (or celebrating) the after-effects of the U.S. election, or how all of us seem trapped inside the captive markets of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and other feudal powers, take in a talk about something constructive that’s nowhere near any o … | Continue reading
It’s a luxe yet rustic cocktail. READ MORE... | Continue reading
"No stopping means no stopping." Parking officer debunks common misconception about damaging parking trend: 'They do not have an exemption' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Last night, we set our ovens to 350°F and opened the doors of the Food52 HQ to welcome our community of cooks in celebration of friends, food, and Hetty Lui McKinnon’s Tenderheart, our Food 52 Cookbook Club’s cookbook of the year. The cityscape in the background, the dripping can … | Continue reading
Fantastic video of a female Gonatus onyx squid swimming while carrying her egg sack. An earlier related post. Blog moderation policy. | Continue reading
Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group reportedly used multiple zero-day exploits, including an unknown one named "Erised," that leveraged WhatsApp vulnerabilities to deploy Pegasus spyware in zero-click attacks, even after getting sued. [...] | Continue reading
A Japanese toy maker claims its replica of Okarun's ball is an exact dupe of the genuine article. | Continue reading
TL;DR: Babbel's lifetime subscription gives you access to 14 languages for $149.97, so you can learn on your terms and have new phrases ready for every adventure — or holiday gathering. If you're looking for a gift that'll keep giving all year round (and beyond), Babbel's lifetim … | Continue reading
This could be a win for consumers. World-first greenwashing trial begins against major oil and gas company – here's what sparked the lawsuit first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The Vermont-based Thus Love is back with album No. 2, titled All Pleasure, a euphoric post-punk collection of tracks such as the self-titled single in the video above. (And we'd put "Birthday Song" as one of the best of 2024.) We really enjoyed seeing them live this past summer i … | Continue reading
Jason Koebler at 404 Media: The Great Migration to Bluesky Gives Me Hope for the Future of the Internet. He also explains why he’s bullish on Bluesky and not Mastodon (“difficult to make a diverse and active feed”) or Threads. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading
Welcome to the Clojure Deref! This is a weekly link/news roundup for the Clojure ecosystem (feed: RSS). Thanks to Anton Fonarev for link aggregation. Podcasts, videos, and media Developers aren’t paid to code - Wesley Matson RDF and the future of LLMs - Luke VanderHart Crafting A … | Continue reading
Image: ESPN ESPN is testing an AI-generated avatar with the Saturday college football show SEC Nation. Dubbed FACTS, it’s going to be “...promoting education and fun around sports analytics” with information drawn from ESPN Analytics, which includes data like the Football Power I … | Continue reading
And in what is possibly a first for this series of photos: an ice rink! Because I guess it is that time of year, isn’t it. This is also the last hotel shot of the year, as tomorrow’s Books By the Banks is my last public appearance of 2024. After this I crawl into a […] | Continue reading
One can analyze the differences between charging cases by examining the smallest unit of charging, the charging transaction, and comparing the cases. The charging transaction is a vehicle entering a station charge depleted and leaving with more charge. It is possible to use this … | Continue reading
Black Friday is just around the corner, and it shows at NordVPN. Right now, you can save over 70% on their 2-year plans. | Continue reading
Amazon has released an update for the Fire HD 8, Fire HD 8 Plus, Fire HD 10 and Fire HD Max 11 with new AI features. The main feature is the writing assistant, which works as part of the device keyboard and is compatible with any app on your Fire tablet, including e-mail, Word do … | Continue reading
“Words belong to each other,” Virginia Woolf rasped in the only surviving recording of her voice — a love letter to language as an instrument of thought and a medium of being. “Words are events, they do things, change things,” Ursula K. Le Guin wrote a generation after her. To ca … | Continue reading
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! A group of researchers at the Korean Institute of Machinery & Materials have finally done the impossible: they've reinvented the wheel. Well, sort of. The variable-stiffness-morphing wheel, as it's known, is still essent … | Continue reading
We at Serious Eats take a food-centric holiday like Thanksgiving very seriously. Here’s what we plan to make for our own celebrations this year. | Continue reading
Welcome to the latest edition of Come On Over, Food52 editorial director Julie Vadnal's newsletter that's all about hosting gatherings big and small—without losing your cool. Got company? Sign up here for her emails. When I first starting having people over in my 20s, my biggest … | Continue reading
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Kentucky's near-total abortion ban has forced a pregnant Kentucky woman to sue for the right to make decisions for herself and access to medical care. I applaud the Kentuckian for taking a stand and the ACLU for supporti … | Continue reading
The Apple Pencil is a great accessory for iPad users, but obviously you can’t use an Apple Pencil if it’s lost, and it’s not particularly useful if it’s missing. Fortunately there are a few tricks that you can employ to help you find a lost Apple Pencil, so you can be back to you … | Continue reading
In a divided political climate, many now hold their breath, waiting to see if deportation rhetoric becomes reality. | Continue reading
The kitchen makeover is a mix of DIY and professional work. READ MORE... | Continue reading
There are lots of butterflies with oak in their name, or which rely on oak trees in one way or | Continue reading
On Wednesday, Heatmap readers gathered in Washington, D.C., to hear Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado and former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Neil Chaterjee discuss the impacts of the election on climate and energy policy. Although the subject matter w … | Continue reading
The classic Bose 901 speakers are making a comeback on the company's 60th anniversary. | Continue reading
Plastic pollution impacts all planetary boundaries, affecting the environment and health on a global scale. Researchers call for addressing the full life cycle of plastics, urging policymakers to shift from waste-focused approaches to comprehensive sustainability solutions. Plast … | Continue reading
One of the remaining episodes of the since-canceled Marvel animated series was supposedly pulled due to concerns over current tensions around trans athletes. | Continue reading
I have another Bluesky-related feature ready to roll out in Micro.blog, but will wait until Monday. Bluesky is growing so fast, I’m sure they have their hands full, no sense in adding any extra hits to the API on a Friday afternoon. | Continue reading
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The best thing about Mark Zuckerberg and T-Pain collaboration on a cover of Lil Jon's "Get Low" may be a quote in The Verge's review. Take this warning from The Verge's Emma Roth before deciding to listen to Mr. — Read t … | Continue reading
"It's cool to be the happy dog" The post Our Favorite Moments From Aftermath’s First Year appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
This is an astute observation about the conservative sense of permanent resentment: “They’re seeking political power as a substitute for cultural power, and it’s never going to give them what they actually want.” | Continue reading
If you're looking for a feel-good sports documentary, I recommend The Comeback on Netflix, wherein the Boston Red Sox finally win the World Series in 2004. Because the Yankees are evil. | Continue reading
Public libraries have long been sanctuaries of knowledge and community engagement. In recent years, however, these locations and their staff have increasingly become frontline responders to societal challenges such as homelessness, drug use, mental health crises, and associated v … | Continue reading
"You may associate [it] with summer, but it grows extremely well in cool seasons of spring and fall!" Gardener shares crucial pruning hack for bountiful herb harvests during cold months: 'Mine has grown so much' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading