‘The Sound of Silence’ Rules

Sometimes I feel like Simon & Garfunkel wrote this song precisely so that Disturbed could perform it. Years (and many, many listens) later and it still gives me chills. HeyDingus is a blog by Jarrod Blundy about technology, the great outdoors, and other musings. If you like what … | Continue reading


@heydingus.net | 21 minutes ago

Crones’s new album “Human Error” is an enchanting and challenging journey through all aspects of alt-rock

Human Error by Crones stands tall as a fine example of a band at their prime, taking their inspirations and making them even broader this time around. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 39 minutes ago

When the Entire Planet Froze: Scientists Unveil Secrets of Snowball Earth

A University of Washington study offers new insights into the end of the last Snowball Earth event, explaining how melting ice and atmospheric changes may have paved the way for the emergence of more complex life forms on Earth. Some of the most extreme climate events in Earth’s … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 58 minutes ago

Report shows major corporation hid knowledge of toxic chemicals seeping into blood from common household products: 'This changes everything'

3M announced that it would discontinue using this chemical but replaced it with a different chemical that would remain in the environment as a "forever chemical." Report shows major corporation hid knowledge of toxic chemicals seeping into blood from common household products: 'T … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Kingdom Hearts IV Will Be a New Start and the Beginning of the End

Tetsuya Nomura's prepared to wrap up the Disney crossover series and retire, but not before trying to draw new fans into Sora's world. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

The Przmatics bring a ray of light for those in the dark hurting with new LP “The Hope & The Hurt”

In the era of fearing dystopian future and feeling nostalgic for past times, finding a healthy balancing dose of optimism and realism is not easy. The Przmatics may, however, make it just a little bit easier, while providing a good amount of heartfelt poetry in great immersive so … | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 1 hour ago

60 Expensive-Looking Home Upgrades That Are Really, Really Easy & Cheap On Amazon

Bougie upgrades for your bedroom, office, bathroom, living room, and even outdoor spaces. And nothing requires professional installation. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 1 hour ago

Italian skies

A few photos of good clouds | Continue reading


@gilest.org | 1 hour ago

Review: Bezos

Recently, I found myself scrolling through a catalogue of in-flight films when the name Bezos caught my eye. Surely enough, it was a biopic about Jeff Bezos and Amazon’s founding. Having greatly enjoyed the recent BlackBerry as well as older films about tech startups such as The … | Continue reading


@davidyat.es | 1 hour ago

A Newsletter Subscription Service Pt. 1 - Requirements and Subscription Page

A Newsletter Subscription Service Pt. 1 - Requirements and Subscription Page | Continue reading


@mostlylucid.net | 1 hour ago

Spirit Gun revives punk music that feels relevant and urgent on new EP “The Status Quo Must Go!”

Filled to the brim with unabashed punk attitude and an impeccable sense of melody that only challenges their own urgency, Spirit Gun's new EP is a work unlike most. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 1 hour ago

A water bear riding a worm: Micro video winners deliver the dazzle

From a baby tardigrade riding a nematode, to water droplets evaporating from the wing scales of a peacock butterfly, the winners of this year's Nikon Small World In Motion video microscopy competition let you see the unseen in astounding detail. Continue Reading Category: Photogr … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 2 hours ago

Nonprofit introduces largest-ever trash interceptor with potential to clean one of the most polluted places on the planet: 'Our job is not done yet'

It's estimated that roughly 40 million pounds of plastic waste enter the river every year, largely due to the lack of waste disposal infrastructure in the country. Nonprofit introduces largest-ever trash interceptor with potential to clean one of the most polluted places on the p … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

The Verge’s favorite home office keepsakes

Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Back in the Mad Men days, the only thing that might interrupt the corporate blandness of a workspace might be a photo of your family or maybe a coffee cup with a funny saying. But nowadays, especially if we’re working at home, we can have some … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 2 hours ago

Why I Always Add THIS to a Pot of Chili

A little cornmeal goes a long way. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 2 hours ago

8 Easy Fall Dinner Recipes Perfect for Beginners

If you’re looking to spend more time in the kitchen this season, we’ve got eight easy, cozy, and comforting fall dinner recipes everyone can make, whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 2 hours ago

Why the Best Migraine Cure Might Already Be in Your Medicine Cabinet

An analysis highlights the superiority of triptans such as eletriptan and rizatriptan over newer migraine drugs and common painkillers. Advocating for their increased use globally could standardize effective migraine care, say researchers. Some triptans are a more effective treat … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 2 hours ago

Trump’s Tirades To Michigan: Tariffs, Tragedy, And Teamsters

When former President Donald J. Trump appeared before Michigan workers earlier this week for a campaign town hall, he responded in typical meandering fashion to questions about the future of the US auto industry. He offered tangential thoughts about tariffs boosting the labor for … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 2 hours ago

The Anime Community Has To Stop Chasing Shonen Jump’s Big Three Dream

My Hero Academia and Jujutsu Kaisen were never the medium's new, grand saviors their fans wanted them to be. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

How we solved the hole in the ozone

The most striking thing was the solitude. As the airplane thundered across an unsettled sky toward Antarctica, I stared out the window at the landscape of shifting ice floes and dark ocean. There were no roads, no settlements, no structures of any kind—not even the occasional lon … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 3 hours ago

Netherlands to build state-of-the-art 3D-printed homes inspired by rock formations: 'These houses are more than just experimental'

"This ambitious undertaking will take the standards of 3D concrete printing to the next level." Netherlands to build state-of-the-art 3D-printed homes inspired by rock formations: 'These houses are more than just experimental' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

X is capitulating to Brazil’s Supreme Court

Image: The Verge Brazilian fan account owners might have a reason to rejoice, as X could be returning to Brazil. According to the New York Times, in a court filing Friday night the company agreed to abide by the Supreme Court’s request in order to have the countrywide ban lifted: … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 3 hours ago

New $1 Test Using Origami Paper Sensors Can Detect Infectious Diseases Like Covid–With Just a Mobile Phone

A cheap new test using origami paper sensors can help detect infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, much earlier and easier than current methods, say scientists. The innovative method identifies biomarkers in wastewater, enabling rapid tracking of diseases using the camera in a m … | Continue reading


@goodnewsnetwork.org | 3 hours ago

Global infostealer malware operation targets crypto users, gamers

A massive infostealer malware operation encompassing thirty campaigns targeting a broad spectrum of demographics and system platforms has been uncovered, attributed to a cybercriminal group named "Marko Polo." [...] | Continue reading


@bleepingcomputer.com | 3 hours ago

What’s Lurking in the Kuiper Belt? NASA’s Unexpected New Discovery

NASA’s New Horizons team has identified a new group of distant Kuiper Belt objects using the Subaru Telescope, revealing that our solar system’s outskirts may be larger and more complex than previously understood. This discovery suggests the presence of a potential second Kuiper … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Now….

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@bottledaux.com | 3 hours ago

What do Democrats dream about now that vaccine passports are passé?

The big Democrat dream in 2021 was a segregated society in which Deplorables who refused to vaccinate their 8-year-olds against a virus that kills 82-year-olds would be excluded. See, for example, Vaccine papers checks in the Cradle of Liberty (December 2021, regarding Boston’s o … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 3 hours ago

This Week's Bookmarks - 365 Famous Quotes, Paul Simon Thief, Links Newsletter, Rare Films, Lost TV Show Book, Best Airports, US Journalism

The 365 Most Famous Quotes of All Time (Backed by Data & Verified) | Books Are Our Superpower (archive.ph) Rhymin' Simon: Not Welcome in East L.A. - WFMU’s Beware of the Blog - The story of how Paul Simon allegedly stole songs from Los Lobos for Graceland Links I Would Gchat You … | Continue reading


@amerpie.lol | 3 hours ago

Get Ready, Choom: A New Cyberpunk Anime is On the Way

CD Projekt Red and Netflix are reteaming to tell another animated adventure in the seedy world of Night City. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 hours ago

What Could You Change in a Year?

In the space of just a few years, I changed my diet, started exercising, began using a productivity system, read several books per month, joined Toastmasters, wrote a journal regularly, began waking up early, tried mediation and much more. The post What Could You Change in a Year … | Continue reading


@scotthyoung.com | 3 hours ago

Plasma Chasms charms with versatility on debut album “Chrysalis”

Exploring several different directions, often at once, Plasma Chasms created a tightly knit adventure marked by soundwaves that make up for a very interesting listen. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 3 hours ago

Masonry and good defaults

I’ve been writing about and teaching people CSS layout for a very long time. People sometimes call me an expert in CSS. I don’t know about that, but I’m confident in claiming expertise in teaching and writing about CSS. I’ve been doing this for a long time, about 25 years. Over t … | Continue reading


@rachelandrew.co.uk | 3 hours ago

South African rock art of mystery creature 'strangely flexed like a banana' might be tusked reptile that predated dinosaurs

Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by fossils of long-extinct reptiles. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 4 hours ago

Novel electric inline skates put the power on your waist

In what shouldn't really come as a surprise, there are now a few different companies offering electric inline skates (aka rollerblades). The AtmosGear skates are unique, however, in that their battery is worn on the user's waist. Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport, Transp … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 4 hours ago

City officials and utility companies join forces to solve costly flooding issues using underground, sponge-like technique: 'Every drop of water counts'

Berlin is one of the cities hopping on to this strategy and will have around 300,000 cubic meters of underground storage space for water by 2025. City officials and utility companies join forces to solve costly flooding issues using underground, sponge-like technique: 'Every drop … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 4 hours ago

I’ve Made Hundreds of Apple Pies, But THIS Is the Only One I’ll Ever Bake

It’s a classic. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 4 hours ago

Professional socialization: Beginnings, endings, and endings that are beginnings

The autumn has arrived, and with it the university moves from a slow-paced and empty space, to a bustling campus full of new students finding their way and colleagues starting again on the yearly travel through the academic year. Much to the horror of my partner- who is a summer … | Continue reading


@rebeccanordquist.edublogs.org | 4 hours ago

Joy & Curiosity #8

Interesting & joyful things from the previous week | Continue reading


@registerspill.thorstenball.com | 4 hours ago

Vanceism of the week: "Haitia"

Back in the early 2000s, George W. Bush got a lot of flac for calling Greeks "Grecians" and making similar mistakes in the mapping from places to ethnonyms. J.D. Vance recently went the other way, mapping the ethnonym Haitians to a possible place name pronounced /ˈhej.ʃə/, as if … | Continue reading


@languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu | 4 hours ago

Scientists Uncover “Feel-Good” Brain Circuit That Makes You Keep Eating

A study conducted at the University of Bonn has identified an essential control circuit in flies that regulates food consumption. Researchers from the University of Bonn and the University of Cambridge have discovered a key regulatory circuit involved in the eating process. Their … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 4 hours ago

Ampersand & CrossBoundary Energy Look To Supercharge Kenya’s E-Mobility Transition With Solar Charging & E-Motorcycle Batteries

The solar PV market in a lot of African countries has grown thanks to project developers and financiers offering attractive power purchase and lease agreements to clients in the C&I sector. Uptake was driven without any government incentives in most of these countries. Uptake was … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 hours ago

Chandra – new EP “Lifted”

Throughout the year, Chandra teased us with singles that set the tone of "Lifted". Now, we can finally get a full taste of the complete body of work which will be available on streaming platforms on August 30th, but you can buy or listen to it on Bandcamp today! | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 4 hours ago

A Talented Multi-Blogger

A Talented Multi-Blogger - The many websites of Michael Burkhardt a talented writer and polymath from the heartland of America. - linkage.lol/a-talente… | Continue reading


@amerpie.lol | 4 hours ago

What to expect at Meta Connect 2024 — the next Quest VR headset

Image: Meta Meta is holding its annual Connect developers conference next week, and it’s going to showcase a bunch of expected and perhaps some surprise new VR and AR hardware — alongside what might be a heavy Meta AI showcase featuring the company’s newest Llama large language m … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 4 hours ago

knowledge of the instrument and an imagination

"Most of the other guitar solos that you hear performed on stage have been practiced over and over and over again," Frank Zappa complained to an interviewer. "They go out there, and they play the same one every night, and it's really just spotless." | Continue reading


@mavengame.com | 5 hours ago

The Bloodiest Sci-Fi Thriller of the Year Reclaims a Controversial Genre

How the writer and director of 'The Substance' teamed up with Demi Moore to make a body-horror masterpiece. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 hours ago

Chances for CERN’s Mega-Collider are Sinking

Science News, Physics, Science, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science | Continue reading


@backreaction.blogspot.com | 5 hours ago

New study shows nationwide increase in schools using solar energy: 'Every single public school in my area ... has some kind of solar installed'

"The projects would pay for themselves in a few years, and then that money could go to teachers and programs that really need funding." New study shows nationwide increase in schools using solar energy: 'Every single public school in my area ... has some kind of solar installed' … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 5 hours ago