Berlaymont building, headquarter of the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. Photo credits: Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union The European Commission is adding €1.4 billion to the Horizon Europe research programme this year, in latest amendment to 2023 and 2024 spending plans. Th … | Continue reading
Bird of the Day: Red-winged blackbird Coffee of the Day: Biggby Coffee White Chocolate Macadamia Latte Book of the Day: The Hunter by Tana French | Continue reading
Prague in the 1990s was a magical place. Communism had fallen, a seat at the opera cost a few bucks, the city’s magnificence had yet to be sullied by hordes of tourists or chain restaurants. Playwright and former dissident Václav Havel was at the helm, transforming and privatizin … | Continue reading
“The city is strong in the memory, no matter how much it decays and gives way to the sea.” –Elaine Perry, 1990 Since I’ve started writing about out-of-print and “lost” Black authors, I occasionally get suggestions from writer-friends who turn me on to their favorite neglected aut … | Continue reading
Image via Pompeii Archaeological Park Imagine visiting the home of a prominent, wealthy figure, and at the evening’s end finding yourself in a room dedicated to late-night entertaining, painted entirely black except for a few scenes from antiquity. Perhaps this wouldn’t sound ent … | Continue reading
by Nicole Carr, ProPublica, and Mike Jordan, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights … | Continue reading
The research notes similarities between the carvings in southern Peru and the ayahuasca-induced art of the Amazon's Tucano people. | Continue reading
It was November 30, 2021, when Nicole Avant got a call in the middle of the night from her husband. The unthinkable had happened. Her otherwise healthy mom, Jacqueline Avant, was in critical condition at the hospital. She had been shot. Nicole would soon find out that her mother … | Continue reading
I must say that I did not want to write this review. I walked into the theatre with high hopes for Mr. Garland’s Civil War. I was hoping it would sober people to the actual horrors that a modern a civil war would entail. | Continue reading
"An HOA does not and cannot overrule federal law." Homeowner puzzled after learning HOA violates state law repeatedly: 'I strongly believe this is wrong' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Dzisiaj chciałam Wam pokazać kolejną rzecz, po winie, którą można zrobić z kwiatów mniszka lekarskiego – syrop z goździkami, zwany również miodem majowym czy miodem z mniszka. Tego typu syrop, oprócz walorów smakowych, był stosowany w medycynie ludowej jako środek przeciwzapalny … | Continue reading
If you’ve been in the Netherlands for some time already, you’ll surely know that the country’s labour market is suffering from some serious problems, the core of which often lies... | Continue reading
Recycling more of the copper, aluminum, and other minerals in our old electronics could reduce the need for mining. | Continue reading
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Former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has been spending months preparing a report on the future of the EU’s Single Market. The report will be presented to Heads of State and Government this week, and was published yesterday – you can find the PDF here. A couple of well conne … | Continue reading
"It does continuously feel like that you are trying to prove that you are worthy of life." | Continue reading
The Peasant Wedding is a 1567 painting by the Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker Pieter Bruegel the Elder, one of his many depicting peasant life. It is now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Pieter Bruegel the Elder enjoyed painting peasants and different … | Continue reading
The photo is from a few days ago when it was summer. We are temporarily back to the winter today. | Continue reading
In 1967, Mike D’Abo wrote the song ‘Handbags and Gladrags’, trying to get over the point that fashionable clothes and designer labels are not the way to find happiness. That same year it was recorded by Chris Farlowe, a British singer with a powerful voice who is almost forgotten … | Continue reading
Last fall, OpenAI started letting users create custom versions of ChatGPT–ones that would let people create AI assistants to complete tasks in their personal or professional lives. In the months that followed, some users created AI apps that could generate recipes and meals. Othe … | Continue reading
"The reserve will protect the whales that have lived here far longer than humans." Island makes conservation history with world's first sperm whale reserve: 'It's our responsibility to be good stewards' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Often feared by developers, the cascade and specificity is actually really simple if you utilise the right mental model when authoring CSS. | Continue reading
Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one organism that boasts abilities its peers would envy. Last time this happened, Earth got plants. Continue Reading Category: Biology, Science Tags: Life, Evolution … | Continue reading
A new free tool for contractors and other energy professionals aims to pin down the economic and climate benefits of electrifying homes and commutes — a calculation typically hard to come by. While figuring out the upfront costs of upgrades such as heat pumps is routine for energ … | Continue reading
"To succeed in decarbonizing shipping, low-emission technologies must be brought to commercial scale within the next decade." Company to launch world's first clean ammonia-powered container ship — and it could revolutionize the shipping industry first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Would you like a chat with that haircut? Are you feeling rooted? What kinds of things do you collect? Do you mix and match your watch bands? What tomato timer is the best? All these questions answered, and more, this week on Hemispheric Views! Haircuts 00:00:00 Haircuts in Americ … | Continue reading
Each Thursday in the Disquiet Junto music community, a new compositional challenge is set before the group’s members, who then have five days to record and upload a track in response to the project instructions. Membership in the Junto is open: just join and participate. (A Sound … | Continue reading
Two-thirds of adults get at least 7 hours of sleep. I am not in that two-thirds. Tags: rest, sleep | Continue reading
The effects of AI and related technologies cannot be ignored. AI has successfully brought to life what many people wouldn’t… Continue reading The Implication of AI in Crypto Trading The post The Implication of AI in Crypto Trading appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Landlocked Tajikistan recently featured prominently in two key reports—one highlighting its stellar growth and another naming it as one of the least democratic countries in the world. Be it the development of new, high-rise apartment blocks (some built in questionable taste) or t … | Continue reading
"Over time, it can be a big issue." Homeowner makes upsetting discovery after taking closer look at landscaping outside new house: 'We didn't even know' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Hydrogen-fueled combustion engines have slowly emerged in the mobility world, designed to run everything from race cars to pleasure boats. The latest hydrogen ICE to rumble to life was born with a special mission at its core: claim an all-out land speed record or two for the emer … | Continue reading
How to set up your own styles in TextEdit, DelightEd or another editor using macOS's features. Use them to make laying out styled text easier and more powerful. | Continue reading
Any unwanted ad is just another piece of trash for homeowners to deal with, but these are particularly bad. Local resident baffled by landscaping company's absurd approach to advertising: 'I hope this does not catch on' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It was several months back now that someone e-mailed me and suggested I try to make London Cheesecakes. I am always open to suggestions. I did some research and discovered that London Cheesecakes are not cheesecakes at all, but beautiful puff pastry bakes, topped with a bit of ja … | Continue reading
Whenever we think about the Universe at a fundamental level, there’s always the temptation to wonder if reality might somehow be simpler than we perceive it to be. As complex and diverse as the natural world is, it’s humbling to recognize that everything we see, perceive, and int … | Continue reading
Boom has been given permission to go supersonic by the US FAA. The first-ever Special Flight Authorization (SFA) to Exceed Mach means the company's XB-1 prototype will be allowed to break the sound barrier during its test flights. Continue Reading Category: Aircraft, Transport Ta … | Continue reading
"I was definitely aware of the risk of any particular storm causing a problem in the future." Listing of luxury waterfront home slashes price by nearly 75% as major erosion concern washes value away: 'The price mitigates the risk' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Siamo un network informativo che dal 1888 ascolta, aggiorna e sostiene i professionisti dell'editoria. | Continue reading
The worldwide building and construction industry hit all-time highs for emissions in recent years. Researchers find strategy to effectively reduce pollution of construction industry: 'Our findings provide a starting point for policymakers' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Interesting times: "This is what is currently happening in the House of Representatives explained by Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson" (via r/BeAmazed) 2024 Apr 17 (recorded April 16): Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson [NC] on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jeffjacksonnc/video/7358844815 … | Continue reading
From my latest exchange with Ratika Deshpande: The sky is a color that refuses to be named; it is at once peach and grey and beige and white. I can’t think of anything to compare it to. In On Writing, Stephen King says that while people can go, “It was so beautiful I couldn’t des … | Continue reading
The fate of deep sea mining hangs in the balance. Scientist calls out problematic 'climate solution' with potential for severe ocean damage: 'The issues far outweigh the benefits' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Here is the audio, video, and transcript, along with almost thirty minutes of audience questions, filmed in Miami. Here is the episode summary: Tyler and Peter Thiel dive deep into the complexities of political theology, including why it’s a concept we still need today, why Pete … | Continue reading
Google says it terminated 28 employees associated with protests of the company’s $1.2 billion cloud computing contracts with the Israeli government on Wednesday. The firings follow the arrests of nine Google employees for trespassing in the company’s New York and California offic … | Continue reading
For the last few months, Benjamin Tissoires and I have been working on and polishing a little tool called udev-hid-bpf [1]. This is the scaffolding required quickly and easily write, test and eventually fix your HID input devices (mouse, keyboard, etc.) via a BPF program instead … | Continue reading
In the early 2000s, I was a new and ambitious software engineer with very little theoretical knowledge. Worked as a webmaster, which included front-end, back-end, databases, and a bit of systems work, all with Microsoft products. My confidence didn’t match the realities of my act … | Continue reading
First, there is nothing. You mindlessly walk into the Sea of Cars from the mall and start tapping your remote over and over and over again into quiet and silent night. Foggy memories of parking near the pizza smell by the back slowly hit you and you groggily stumble forward like … | Continue reading