Trump picks Brendan Carr to lead FCC

Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that intends to name Brendan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Carr, a commissioner at the FCC since 2017, has made a name for himself by threatening to use the commission’s p … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 44 minutes ago

Watchdog report accuses BBC of major conflict of interest: 'A betrayal of … conscientious BBC journalists'

"Accepting money from sources like this, to make content like this, risks undermining the BBC's own hard-won reputation and will ultimately put it on the wrong side of history." Watchdog report accuses BBC of major conflict of interest: 'A betrayal of … conscientious BBC journali … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 45 minutes ago

Resident shares concerns after alarming trend takes over neighborhood streets: 'I don't understand why someone would do this'

"I ... had to dramatically alter my course to not get hit." Resident shares concerns after alarming trend takes over neighborhood streets: 'I don't understand why someone would do this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

What should Yuling include in his course on statistical computing?

Yuling writes: I have been creating a new course for a PhD level core class on statistical computing in my department. Due to my personal bias, this course will be largely computing methods for Bayesian inference (or probabilistic ML). I … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu | 1 hour ago

Caltech Astrophysicists Flip Black Hole Theories With Stunning New Simulations

Astounding simulation shows magnetic fields create fluffy, not flat, accretion disks around supermassive black holes, altering our understanding of black hole dynamics. A team of astrophysicists from Caltech has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by simulating the journey of pri … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Romania’s election marathon is likely to deliver very little change

Romania is set to hold three elections in the space of three weeks. The outcome is likely to preserve the country’s stagnant, if stable, status quo. Just a few days before Romania begins a three-week electoral marathon, there’s little sign of political fervour on the streets of t … | Continue reading


@emerging-europe.com | 1 hour ago

Is Matt Gaetz’s Nomination Dead on Arrival?

‘Deplorable.’ ‘Distasteful.’ ‘An appalling choice.’ And those are only the conservatives reacting to Trump’s attorney general pick. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 hour ago

Core Battery Fundamentals

Modern electric vehicle batteries began with lithium-ion batteries, originally applied to portable electronics and other portable applications. Batteries based on sodium have now been developed. These batteries have something in common. They all use intercalation. Intercalation s … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Sunday's parting shot

Photo by Derek Berg As seen along Seventh Street near Second Avenue... | Continue reading


@evgrieve.com | 1 hour ago

Scientists make disturbing discovery after analyzing newborn rodents' organs: 'The next step is to understand … what that means'

"Without answers, we can't have policy change." Scientists make disturbing discovery after analyzing newborn rodents' organs: 'The next step is to understand … what that means' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

US judge orders automotive parts company to pay $10 million in criminal fines: 'Installed illegal ... devices to evade the public health protections'

"Anyone considering peddling or installing these devices is on notice of the substantial costs of doing so." US judge orders automotive parts company to pay $10 million in criminal fines: 'Installed illegal ... devices to evade the public health protections' first appeared on The … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Apple AirTag 2 – second generation, 2025 – What to expect

The 4th gen product is overdue. The post Apple AirTag 2 – second generation, 2025 – What to expect appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri bike run. | Continue reading


@the5krunner.com | 2 hours ago

Monday 18 November, 2024

The Editor Paul Webster is retiring as the Editor of the Observer after a long spell in the hot seat. There was a nice party for him in London on Thursday evening, which included quite a few witty speeches and, … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@memex.naughtons.org | 2 hours ago

Meet the Massive 100-Million-Year-Old Sky Predator That Once Ruled Australian Skies

Northeastern Australia, once submerged under the Eromanga Sea during the Cretaceous, was home to massive pterosaurs. In 2021, the discovery of the most complete pterosaur fossil in Australia unveiled a new species with a 4.6-meter wingspan, shedding light on ancient marine and ae … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 2 hours ago

Discovery work for an AI product

At thoughtbot, we normally recommend kicking off discovery work on a new project with a Product Design Sprint. Design Sprints are a great tool to quickly get the team aligned and to come up with an outline solution we can iterate on. Often, this is enough to immediately jump into … | Continue reading


@thoughtbot.com | 2 hours ago

Scientists achieve major milestone with levitating, limitless energy device: 'A feat in and of itself'

Nuclear fusion has the potential to be far more efficient than nuclear fission and crucially safer as well. Scientists achieve major milestone with levitating, limitless energy device: 'A feat in and of itself' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Apple’s Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone adapter may be going away

I haven’t been able to find mine for years. | Image: Apple The Apple Lightning to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter may have bitten the dust, as it’s sold out at Apple’s online store in the US and much of the world, MacRumors reports. The accessory is reportedly still available from A … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

Listening to “Old Tape” by Lucius (feat. Adam Granduciel) 🎵 This song, whew. So good! “Once in a while / You turn up the dial / To an old tape playing in my head / I’ll tune it out and live instead” | Continue reading


@cygnoir.net | 2 hours ago

This Weeks Bookmarks - The Shipwreck Detective, Python Hunter, Best Inventions of 2024, Digital Literacy for Teens, Apple Stymies Cops, Influential Cookbooks, Five Villages to Visit

The Shipwreck Detective | The New Yorker She’s One of Florida’s Most Lethal Python Hunters—but the Invasive Creatures Still Have a Hold on Her – Garden & Gun The 200 Best Inventions of 2024 TIME For Teens Online, Conspiracy Theories Are Commonplace. Media Literacy Is Not. | EdSur … | Continue reading


@amerpie.lol | 3 hours ago

55 Weird, Cheap Things You Didn’t Know About That Make Your Home Look So Much Better

I’ve searched Amazon to find the best weird but efficient items that make your home look so much better. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 3 hours ago

Frustrated homeowner hit with warnings after considering irrevocable property decision: 'That's a death wish'

"It's horrible." Frustrated homeowner hit with warnings after considering irrevocable property decision: 'That's a death wish' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

In the Vineyard

2017, after the fires. | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 3 hours ago

Sunday 17 November 1661

(Lord's day). To our own church, and at noon, by invitation, Sir W. Pen dined with me, and I took Mrs. Hester, my Lady Batten's kinswoman, to dinner from church with me, and we were very merry. So to church again, and heard a simple fellow upon the... | Continue reading


@pepysdiary.com | 3 hours ago

'Tired' hikers face massive fine after calling emergency helicopter for a lift: 'No injuries justifying the call'

The helicopter that airlifted the hikers had to leave a wildfire it was fighting for about three hours. 'Tired' hikers face massive fine after calling emergency helicopter for a lift: 'No injuries justifying the call' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

Go into the studio and play

Last Friday’s newsletter began: On a bike ride last weekend I chanced upon a neighborhood stop on the West Austin Studio Tour. One of the potters who makes under the name Mud Alchemysaid about her work, “I just go into the studio and play.” I drew her words the next morning in my … | Continue reading


@austinkleon.com | 3 hours ago

Clinical Trial: Mushroom Supplement May Halt Prostate Cancer Growth

The bidirectional research examines both laboratory findings and human clinical trial data, revealing that the medicinal use of white button mushrooms reduces the type of cells that suppress the immune system and facilitate the spread of prostate cancer. Researchers at City of Ho … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 3 hours ago

A Case of the Mondays for Forty Plus Years

I have things pretty good at home. My favorite person is almost always there. My Internet is fast and my beloved MacBook Air is positioned right where I like to sit to surveil my little kingdom. Whatever I like to eat and drink is nearby and if I nod off, which I am prone to do, … | Continue reading


@amerpie.lol | 3 hours ago

Linux Kernel 6.12 Has Landed – And It’s a Big One

Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux kernel 6.12, and an eclectic assortment of changes contained within make it one of the most biggest kernel releases for a while. In terms of features, I mean. I didn’t sit bean-counting the code byte-by-byte! In his message to the … | Continue reading


@omgubuntu.co.uk | 3 hours ago

Dance in the Ruins (a November mixtape)

Here’s another mixtape I made from a sealed, pre-recorded cassette I got for 99 cents at the record store. I tape over the cassette’s protection tabs and then I tape over the music and then I tape over the artwork. This one started out with Human League’s “Love Action” playing on … | Continue reading


@austinkleon.com | 3 hours ago

I crumble a little inside when I see people mention cross-posting services that copy posts to Bluesky and Mastodon with a monthly subscription that is more than the cost of Micro.blog. But that’s all they do! Or you could use Micro.blog and get the same thing and a full-featured … | Continue reading


@manton.org | 4 hours ago

Mac Power Users #771: Beauty & Friction

On this feedback episode, David and I talk about the M4 family of Macs, our RSS setups, and recent updates to some of our favorite apps. Then we discuss some listener feedback and our home networks. | Continue reading


@512pixels.net | 4 hours ago

An Ohio man guilty of Bitcoin laundering must forfeit over $400 million in assets

Image: The Verge An Ohio man named Larry Dean Harmon will serve three years in prison and forfeit more than $400 million worth of cryptocurrency and other assets, the Department of Justice announced on Friday. Harmon was indicted in 2020 on money laundering conspiracy charges rel … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 4 hours ago

[Sponsor] Upgraded

Get a new MacBook every two years with low monthly payments, AppleCare+ coverage, and effortless upgrades. You don’t have to pay for your device all at once. With our upgrade program, you spread the cost over 36 low monthly payments. Upgrade to a new device once you’ve made 24 pa … | Continue reading


@getupgraded.com | 4 hours ago

Bigfoot or raccoon? Night vision binoculars offer solution to nighttime trash can mystery

Every night, something knocks over my trash cans. I don't know if it's a raccoon, a weird neighbor, or some sort of Bigfoot situation, but I'm going to find out. Here's how. These Mini Digital Night Vision Binoculars are my new favorite nighttime surveillance system. — Read the r … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 4 hours ago

McDonald's customers across multiple states fall ill from potentially life-threatening bacteria — here's what to watch for

McDonald's is working with authorities to contain the outbreak and figure out exactly which of its products are causing problems. McDonald's customers across multiple states fall ill from potentially life-threatening bacteria — here's what to watch for first appeared on The Cool … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 4 hours ago

Looking as Good as New, This MacBook Air Is Cheaper Than a Pair of AirPods Pro

Why spend $1,000 on a new MacBook Air? | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 4 hours ago

Have Some Ambition | Weeknotes

There’s been a wave of people writing about their exodus from Twitter and the supposed joy they’ve found on Bluesky. The post Have Some Ambition | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading


@thejaymo.net | 4 hours ago

Why EV Subsidies Are Important For The Future US Economy

We’ve written a couple of articles now about the US EV tax credit probably being killed by the Trump administration, and also other elements of the Inflation Reduction Act. In those articles, we’ve noted that this is bad for future US economic competitiveness. Some people don’t k … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 hours ago

Netflix Claims 60 Million Households Streamed Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul Fight Friday Night, Straining Quality to Breaking Point for Many

Dominic Patten, reporting for Deadline Friday night: Netflix’s much hyped and much delayed live fight tonight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is taking some hits even before the former heavyweight champion and the YouTuber turned boxer have climbed in the ring. From nearly the s … | Continue reading


@deadline.com | 4 hours ago

Global Carbon Emissions Hit Record High in 2024 – Are We out of Time?

Global carbon emissions hit a new high in 2024, with scientists urging swift action to avoid breaching the 1.5°C warming target. According to new research by the Global Carbon Project science team, global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high in 2024. The 2024 … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 5 hours ago

Week Notes 24#46

A busy week of on-call (and some high priority work to support on Thursday) With Changelog doing a merch sale, I ended up getting some new swag, especially as the Maintainer, Maintainer, Maintainer Ended up missing an incident page (that was fortunately autoresolved) as my do-not … | Continue reading


@jvt.me | 5 hours ago

Costco Is Selling the Coziest New Throws for Just $20, and I'm Buying 3 (or 4!)

And they look SO soft! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 5 hours ago

The Twelve Books of Christmas Family Challenge

Many families enjoy the Twelve Books of Christmas Challenge, a delightful tradition that encourages reading during the holiday season. This fun activity involves gifting twelve books to unwrap and read each day before Christmas. Like an advent calendar, it helps count Santa’s arr … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 5 hours ago

The Case of Justine Bateman—And Why Gen X Broke for Trump

The ‘Family Ties’ star, who came out swinging against wokeness after the election, speaks for a generation tired of being told what to think. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 hours ago

Buffalo Sauce Recipe

I don't know where I got this recipe but it's buffalo sauce so I suspect it's mostly the same from everyone but here we are, final day of recipe week. Enjoy. Buffalo Sauce 300g Hot Sauce 4 Garlic Gloves 20g Worcestershire Sauce 15g Distilled Vinegar 120g Unsalted Butter Add hot s … | Continue reading


@rknight.me | 5 hours ago

The First Million Free Pressers

We have an ambitious goal. And we need your help to get there. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 hours ago

Amazon’s Fine With Red One Not Being a Box Office Hit

Red One might not light the theatrical world on fire, but Amazon's confident Prime VIdeo will more than pick up the slack. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 5 hours ago

DuPont to pay nearly half a million dollars over harmful chemical release from facility: 'We are pleased to resolve this matter'

The fine comes after a two-and-a-half-year battle with the Environmental Protection Agency. DuPont to pay nearly half a million dollars over harmful chemical release from facility: 'We are pleased to resolve this matter' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 5 hours ago