William Edge/ Shutterstock Schools are full of extremely useful and valuable facilities. These include playing fields, play equipment, sandpits, netball courts, concert halls, libraries and even pools. But these are often closed to the public and can sit unused for hours, days an … | Continue reading
“When you take a child, you are taking sovereignty, their role, their connection – you are taking whole communities that live inside that little being,” writes Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts. Her memoir, Long Yarn Short, imprinted on my mind and heart. In a warm, inviting voice, this p … | Continue reading
Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock Australia’s second-largest private health insurer, Bupa, has recently started offering its members three free GP telehealth consultations a year. This follows other insurers such as nib offering its members digital GP consults, for things like prescriptio … | Continue reading
Margo Photography, Shutterstock Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the Arctic. This region is warming two to four times faster than the global average. The frozen ground beneath these “boreal” fo … | Continue reading
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Book 11 of my 26 books for 2024 goal! Still gonna try to make it to 26! Sometimes I come across a book premise that is so intriguing that I snap up the book almost as a reflex action. Such … Continue reading → | Continue reading
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The Conversation, Shutterstock Hit refresh to get the latest updates 📍 Pinned Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor Welcome to our live blog of the US election, where we will be posting the latest news, results and snap analysis from some of our top academic expert … | Continue reading
Interpol announced it arrested 41 individuals and taken down 1,037 servers and infrastructure running on 22,000 IP addresses facilitating cybercrime in an international law enforcement action titled Operation Synergia II. [...] | Continue reading
Last week the organization tasked with running the the biggest chunk of U.S. CHIPS Act’s US $13 billion R&D program made some significant strides: The National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) released a strategic plan and selected the sites of two of three planned faciliti … | Continue reading
Thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Advanced Energy Manufacturing & Recycling Grants Program, the Pennsylvania company Mainspring Energy has received $87 million from the US Department of Energy to support domestic manufacturing of “innovative, fuel-flexible, power gene … | Continue reading
If you have several iPhone’s, as many people do when they buy a new iPhone, upgrade, get a hand-me-down, develop iPhone software, or develop mobile sites or apps where you test things on multiple devices, you might be in a situation where iPhone Mirroring on the Mac is using an i … | Continue reading
Variable neutral density (ND) filters are handy tools for photographers, in that their opacity can be adjusted simply by rotating them. So, why not use them for adjustable-tint sunglasses? Well, that's exactly what eyewear company Lombell has done. Continue Reading Category: Wear … | Continue reading
Dogs Olive and Mabel spent a lovely day with their human Andrew Cotter, helping him to clean up all the fallen autumn leaves from his garden. | Continue reading
Hello, and welcome to our special Election Day edition of State of Emergency. I’m Zoya Teirstein, and today I’m reporting from rainy Buncombe County, North Carolina. I spent the morning talking to voters at the Fairview Public Library — one of 17 temporary polling sites in the co … | Continue reading
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Getty Images Swing state voters are being inundated with text messages seemingly designed to look like they’re coming from supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris or even from her campaign itself. Some of the messages imply that Harris is misl … | Continue reading
You’ve seen the voting tendencies among standard demographic groups, but there is so… Tags: demographics, election, YouGov | Continue reading
The Apple MacBook Air (Grade-A refurbished) is going for just $250 (74% off) at StackSocial. | Continue reading
I saw three free desks in Carroll Gardens and Columbia Street Waterfront District. I did not take. But then I saw a free magnifying mirror... | Continue reading
Cat-Hair-Covered Yoga Pants: Voted for Harris Toupee-Hair-Covered Suit Pants: Voted for Trump Bear-Hair-Covered Vintage L.L.Bean Board Shorts: Wrote in “RFK Jr. + The Worm” Pants Worn Only Every Four Years That Were Bought by Someone Else: Voted for Jill Stein Frayed Corduroys Th … | Continue reading
"We’re raising awareness so that people stop doing this." Entrepreneurs give new life to abandoned festival tents: 'I never thought these tents would be as throw-away as they are' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The presidential election is TODAY. 🗳️ When polls close in the battleground states: Georgia: 7 pm (Trump +0.8) North Carolina: 7:30 pm (Trump +0.9) Michigan (most): 8 pm (Harris +1.0) Pennsylvania: 8 pm (Harris +0.2) Arizona: 9 pm (Trump... Subscribe: Get the Daily Update … | Continue reading
The polls are open today across the U.S. If you haven't already done so, we strongly recommend that you go to your local polling station and vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Both are Democrats with sane, measured, center-left positions on most issues—and given what's at stake … | Continue reading
Trials rider Danny MacAskill finally got the chance to ride the angularly futuristic Adidas campus in Herzogenaurach, Germany. The first time I got the invite to campus I immediately started riding the place in my mind. Riding all the rooftops, riding all the railings, you know, … | Continue reading
A mild yellow band appears on The Verge’s Colorsoft review unit. | Image: Andrew Liszewski / The Verge Amazon says it’s working to fix issues with the Kindle Colorsoft, its first color e-reader, following complaints from early buyers that a yellow band of discoloration appears on … | Continue reading
Star Wars Outlaws' new creative director says the game's stealth mechanics and combat are being expanded greatly, and controls are getting overhauled. | Continue reading
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Scientists pinpointed 80 gene variants, including eight tied to fatty acid metabolism, that may cause breast cancer in some people, new research suggests. | Continue reading
Some states count quickly, whereas others can take days. For NYT, Alicia Parlapiano… Tags: elections, results | Continue reading
In the 1990s, numerous countries both within and outside Europe launched vehicle scrappage schemes with multiple goals. Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Norway, and Italy each implemented programs during this period, aimed at scrapping older cars to promote the p … | Continue reading
NIH-funded research offers evidence on transplantation practices that are currently confined to research environments. A multicenter observational study in the United States found that kidney transplants from deceased donors with HIV (HIV D+) to recipients with HIV (HIV R+) were … | Continue reading
Released in 2016, the third entry in the violent, dystopian film series has an eerie resonance—for obvious reasons. | Continue reading
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Image: The Verge Members of Reddit’s r/ThatMysteriousSong community have finally identified what they call “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet,” a new wave tune that a teenager recorded to cassette sometime around 1984, as reported yesterday by 404 Media. The mysterious son … | Continue reading
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Because we knew you'd need soothing. The post We Saved the Latest From Zuhair Murad For Today first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading
The budget-friendly TV delivers good color and contrast for the price, with support for full-array local dimming and Dolby Vision HDR. | Image: Hisense To say the news is a lot right now might be the understatement of the year. Luckily, if you’re looking for ways to distract your … | Continue reading
'Nanny' director Nikyatu Jusu is set to helm a follow-up to David Cronenberg's 'The Fly.' | Continue reading
Startup Small Wonder seeks to shake up the packaging and delivery methods of haircare products, making them more sustainable. To realize their goals, they turned to Scott Wilson's Chicago-based ID firm Minimal. Tiny Footprint, Lasting ImpactSmall Wonder is a company on a mission … | Continue reading
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It was always about the fossil fuel industry’s need to maintain power.It was always about the fossil fuel industry’s need to maintain power.It was always about the fossil fuel industry’s need to maintain power. If you still needed a reason to vote for Kamala Harris. Michael Mann … | Continue reading
Comedian Marcus Monroe hilariously dressed up as a ballot box and performed election-themed standup comedy on a subway train in New York City. | Continue reading
Speaking of voting and podcasts, I love that Lex Friedman does a daily short podcast. Here’s today’s episode. This is exactly what we had in mind when we first added podcast hosting to Micro.blog. | Continue reading
Here's what I learned daily-driving the gargantuan electric vehicle. | Continue reading
Looks like Rudy Giuliani is following in the footsteps of his notorious mobster father. Last week, the court ordered him to turn over his property, including his luxury New York apartment and his Mercedes-Benz, among other items, to the election poll workers he defamed in his att … | Continue reading
Hailing from Cape Town, Rebecca Helen is a soulful singer-songwriter combining the energy of electronic dance music with the captivating nuances of pop. | Continue reading