Happy Birthday: Part Thirty-Four

This is the thirty-fourth part of a fiction serial, in 772 words. That Monday morning when he was told the story of the conversation with Edward, George could hardly contain his delight. “Does that mean you are free to move in with me until I go to Berlin? Does Edward know about … | Continue reading


@beetleypete.com | 10 minutes ago

X-Men ’97: Reviving Classic Comic Book Excitement

For years, the X-Men were noticeably absent from Marvel Studios’ projects due to a longstanding rift with Fox, the previous owner of their rights. This absence was intriguing yet odd, given the pivotal role of X-Men: The Animated Series in catalyzing the X-Men film franchise and … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 13 minutes ago

Braun Börse 2024

The Braun+Design Börse is an annual event and fair focusing on products from the Braun company. Braun might not be the design icon it was 40 years ago, but starting in 1955, it profoundly impacted the design world, starting with the cooperation with the Ulm School of | Continue reading


@arslan.io | 14 minutes ago

A quick light-dark() experiment

I wanted to experiment with the new CSS function light-dark() and get a sense of how to use it in a CSS architecture of nested (web) components. I think it’s going to be a powerful in the new responsive world of component architecture but I don’t want to recommend a tool unless I … | Continue reading


@daverupert.com | 42 minutes ago

Some links on Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday celebrated predominately in the US by people of Mexican heritage. It takes place on 5th May (hence the name—Cinco de Mayo is Spanish for 5th of May) and commemorates Mexico’s victory over at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It’s important to note t … | Continue reading


@cultrface.co.uk | 51 minutes ago

30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)

Ideas to help you make sense of the world | Continue reading


@gurwinder.blog | 54 minutes ago

The Rabbit R1 perplexes me

If I’m being totally honest, I don’t understand the Rabbit R1 at all. As a piece of hardware, it looks cool, so I understand if you want to spend $200 on a thing that will look cool on your shelf, but take away the cool physical | Continue reading


@birchtree.me | 56 minutes ago

CSOP Plus May 5-26 Tournament Series Starts On CoinPoker App

Crypto poker platform CoinPoker is gearing up for another exhilarating tournament series, the Crypto Series Of Poker (CSOP+). This time,… Continue reading CSOP Plus May 5-26 Tournament Series Starts On CoinPoker App The post CSOP Plus May 5-26 Tournament Series Starts On CoinPoke … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 1 hour ago

Making More Batteries With Fewer Materials

An Argonne partnership with a Minnesota mining company is taking waste from one battery production process and using it in another. Researchers investigate how to use mining waste in battery production. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is developi … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Helium discovery is the supply breakthrough science, medicine, and industry needed

A recent discovery in Minnesota has unveiled a helium reservoir with astonishingly high concentrations of the gas, surpassing initial estimations and potentially opening doors for commercial extraction. Pulsar Helium, an exploration company, revealed the discovery of helium reser … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 1 hour ago

Government approves new variation of floating offshore wind farm project: 'This refined design is future-proof'

"This is a significant milestone for the project and the floating offshore wind sector." Government approves new variation of floating offshore wind farm project: 'This refined design is future-proof' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Zero-Emission Zones Are Helping Some Cities Fight Pollution

With growing urban populations and increases in cars, trucks and buses, cities are poised to experience more harmful pollution threatening people’s health and livelihoods. But some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones (ZEZs). Thes … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

The Last Thing to Do with a Melted Down Candle Jar Before You Recycle It

This brilliant trick makes the sticky chore so much easier. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Bernard Hill, Lord of the Rings' Théoden King, Has Died

Bernard Hill, the actor that brought Lord of the Rings’ Théoden to life memorably in Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation trilogy, has died at the age of 79. Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Hashicorp Vault setup on OpenShift using ArgoCD

Tools and Products: I’m running a couple of clusters in my lab environment. One of them is a “hub” cluster[...] | Continue reading


@stephennimmo.com | 1 hour ago

Slate podcast: "Can California save local journalism?"

An interview with host Lizzie O’Leary on Slate’s “What Next: TBD” podcast. | Continue reading


@mattdpearce.substack.com | 1 hour ago

Robin Hood is Returning to Movies, and He's Bringing Hugh Jackman With Him

The age of IP means no property is off limits for a revival, and that includes Robin Hood. Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

I Used the “3 in 1” Grocery Shopping Method and Cut My Budget in Half — Here’s How It Works

There's less waste and plenty of “just for fun” items. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Ubuntu 24.04 Support WIP for Lenovo ThinkPad X13s Laptop

Canonical kernel engineer Juerg Haefliger has shared an update on Ubuntu support for the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s (Gen 1) laptop. The 13-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X13s is an ARM laptop powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx (gen3) processor with Adreno 690 GPU, 16 GB RAM, a 256 GB SSD, and … | Continue reading


@omgubuntu.co.uk | 1 hour ago

What You Need to Know about Modern CSS (Spring 2024 Edition)

What You Need to Know about Modern CSS (Spring 2024 Edition) Useful guide to the many new CSS features that have become widely enough supported to start using as-of May 2024. Time to learn container queries! View transitions are still mostly limited to Chrome—I can’t wait for tho … | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 2 hours ago

New frontiers in dataset corruption

In a comment on yesterday's "Software testing day" post, ernie in berkeley offered a nice "QA Engineer walks into a bar" joke, and pointed us to its origin in an old xkcd comic "Exploits of a Mom": …which in turn reminded me of an old problem, discussed in "Excel invents genes", … | Continue reading


@languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu | 2 hours ago

How LLMs Work, Explained Without Math

I'm sure you agree that it has become impossible to ignore Generative AI (GenAI), as we are constantly bombarded with mainstream news about Large Language Models (LLMs). Very likely you have tried ChatGPT, maybe even keep it open all the time as an assistant. A basic question I t … | Continue reading


@blog.miguelgrinberg.com | 2 hours ago

Shopper finds thrift store treasure hidden in plain sight: 'I'd hold onto that for dear life'

"Often no one bothers to look up what the mystery number means and they sell it for costume jewelry prices." Shopper finds thrift store treasure hidden in plain sight: 'I'd hold onto that for dear life' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

SUNDAY: How many outsiders were arrested?

SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2024 The New York Times doesn't seem sure: For starters, we strongly agree with Nia Prater concerning one basic point. Last week, Prater began writing for New York magazine about the arrests by the NYPD at Columbia University. On Wednesday, she did an initial post … | Continue reading


@dailyhowler.blogspot.com | 2 hours ago

NIO releases video of first-of-its-kind EV with mind-blowing ability: 'I personally love this feature'

The company has some innovative approaches to make EV use easy for consumers in any location. NIO releases video of first-of-its-kind EV with mind-blowing ability: 'I personally love this feature' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Electrify America Turns Back To Growth

A few years ago, Electrify America announced a “Boost Plan” that aims to more than double the number of stations and chargers by the end of 2025. Serious hardware problems got in the way of that plan, forcing the company to slow down. But, another recent announcement shows us tha … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 2 hours ago

Impervious Surfaces Lose Appeal, Depaving Movement Gains Momentum

Urban pavements, which help to maintain clean and secure streets, generate large amounts of runoff that aggravate flooding and degrade the quality of surface water. In the context of the ecological and climatic crisis, they also contribute to the creation of heat islands in citie … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 2 hours ago

This Brand-New Trader Joe’s $9 Frozen Dinner Has Shoppers Buying 3 At a Time

It is the perfect weeknight meal! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 2 hours ago

Bonus Drop #47 (2024-05-05): Publisher DoS Recovery Edition

The Drop is off of hiaitus! Today, we cover Debian's efforts to address the "2038 problem" by transitioning to a 64-bit time_t, the benefits of the REST Client extension for VS Codium, and the value of curated, opinionated lists of programming tools and libraries. | Continue reading


@dailydrop.hrbrmstr.dev | 2 hours ago

Why science needs metaphor

Tasneem Zehra Husain in New Humanist: If science has a native tongue, it is mathematics. Equations capture, precisely, the relationships among the elements of a system; they allow us to pose questions and calculate answers. Numerically, these answers are precise and unambiguous – … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Perfect Printable Thank You Cards for Teachers

Teachers play such an important role in our children’s lives; there’s no doubt about that. At the end of the… The post Perfect Printable Thank You Cards for Teachers appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading


@kidsactivitiesblog.com | 3 hours ago

Eröffnung des Ridel Networks Media House in Köln-Lövenich

Riedel Networks hat die Eröffnung des Riedel Networks Media House in Köln-Lövenich gefeiert. Schon seit Beginn der Saison erfolge die Highlights-Produktion der UEFA Champions League im Auftrag von Sunset+Vine dort. | Continue reading


@event-partner.de | 3 hours ago

What hybrid mouse/rat brains are showing us about the mind

Modified mice with hybrid brains that include rat neurons could one day lead to new breakthroughs in neuroscience. | Continue reading


@freethink.com | 3 hours ago

Stores Steal Female Worker Wages (members)

If you want to read the members content become a member. You also get access to my book notes.. | Continue reading


@curtismchale.ca | 3 hours ago

Sunday Sweets Celebrates Gray Skies

It's no secret I love color, and generally speaking, the brighter and bolder, the better. But today I'm featuring Sweets with as little color as possible, and in fact in my least favorite color for cakes: gray. Gray has always felt like an absence of color to me, like a desaturat … | Continue reading


@cakewrecks.com | 3 hours ago

Federal court strikes down Biden administration rule put in place to regulate state's transportation — here's what it would have done

In light of the ruling, the agency is determining its next steps. Federal court strikes down Biden administration rule put in place to regulate state's transportation — here's what it would have done first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

How the Miccosukee Tribe plans to stop oil drilling in the Everglades once and for all

The proposal comes amid continued interest in expanding oil production within the Big Cypress National Preserve, an Everglades wilderness the tribe considers sacred. | Continue reading


@grist.org | 3 hours ago

Meebook M103 with 10.3-inch E Ink display now on sale in China

As expected, the Meebook M103 has gone on sale in China. The e-note with a 10.3-inch E Ink display comes with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB ROM, the latter being further expandable via external cards to up to 1TB. The display comes with a 1404 x 1872 resolution and is front-lit with warm an … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 3 hours ago

‘Orangutan, heal thyself’: First wild animal seen using medicinal plant

Gayathri Vaidyanathan in Nature: An orangutan in Sumatra surprised scientists when he was seen treating an open wound on his cheek with a poultice made from a medicinal plant. It’s the first scientific record of a wild animal healing a wound using a plant with known medicinal pro … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Small Things.

The Future Does Not Fit in the Containers of the Past. Edition 195. | Continue reading


@rishad.substack.com | 3 hours ago

This Viral Amazon Find Keeps Your Tumbler Ice Cold for Days (It's "Perfect"!)

Love drinking out of your Stanley cup? You need this! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 3 hours ago

From Chariot to Carriage

In our studies of the transmission of Indo-European language and culture across the Eurasian continent, one of the most vital research topics is that of horse-drawn wheeled vehicles. During this past semester, I taught one of the most satisfying teaching experiences of my entire … | Continue reading


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

'We're meeting people where they are': Graphic novels can help boost diversity in STEM, says MIT's Ritu Raman

In a new series of comics, where young, female scientists take center stage, MIT's Ritu Raman explains how the format can inspire the next generation of young people into the world of STEM. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 4 hours ago

Homeowner at wits' end after realizing neighbor demolished trees on their property: 'Enough was enough'

"You shouldn't let him just do that at will." Homeowner at wits' end after realizing neighbor demolished trees on their property: 'Enough was enough' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 4 hours ago

The Ingredient Combination That Makes French Toast Taste 1,000 Times Better

Make this once, and it will be your new go-to. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 4 hours ago

Paul Auster (1947 – 2024) Writer

Paul Auster (1947 – 2024) Writer Posted on Sunday, May 5, 2024 7:42AMSaturday, May 4, 2024 by Morgan Meis | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 4 hours ago

Duane Eddy (1938 – 2024) Rock And Roll Guitarist

Duane Eddy (1938 – 2024) Rock And Roll Guitarist Posted on Sunday, May 5, 2024 7:40AMSaturday, May 4, 2024 by Morgan Meis | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 4 hours ago

Frank Wakefield (1934 – 2024) Mandolin Player

Frank Wakefield (1934 – 2024) Mandolin Player Posted on Sunday, May 5, 2024 7:37AMSaturday, May 4, 2024 by Morgan Meis | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 4 hours ago