The Acolyte's New Promo Whips Up a Sick New Weapon

In more than ways than one, The Acolyte is being poisitioned as a different Star Wars show than the other live-action offerings. Not only is it winding back the clock to the High Republic era, it’s also doing something different on the action front with some Force-powered martial … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 24 minutes ago

State opens new round of proposals for offshore wind farms: 'We are committed to seeing the economic development'

The three offshore wind projects that have already been approved could combine to power more than 2.3 million homes. State opens new round of proposals for offshore wind farms: 'We are committed to seeing the economic development' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 24 minutes ago

Burn!

No, there hasn’t been much activity on this blog lately; since getting back from holiday at the end of last month, I’ve been reaping the consequences of managing more or less to stay off work email during the holiday, namely a terrifying backlog of things to do and respond to at … | Continue reading


@thesphinxblog.com | 28 minutes ago

☕ This morning's cuppa: Golden Assam from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Company here in Portland. It's lighter than our usual Scottish Blend, and it's growing on me. | Continue reading


@cygnoir.net | 43 minutes ago

Paddling workouts

I bought a kayak a couple of weeks ago. It’s one of those fold-up jobs by Oru, and I got it instead of a more traditional kayak because it’s very light and can easily fit inside my car instead of being strapped to the roof. | Continue reading


@leancrew.com | 1 hour ago

Twenty-six years of writing online! 🎉 The “on this day” plugin isn’t surfacing my first post, so here it is. In it, I recount my first bout with depression and internet addiction. It feels both dated and prescient. But hey, I’m still here. | Continue reading


@cygnoir.net | 1 hour ago

CATL Shenxing Battery Strikes Fear Into The Hearts Of Governments & Automakers

The CATL Shenxing PLUS battery is a big step forward for the EV revolution but a significant risk to traditional manufacturers. The post CATL Shenxing Battery Strikes Fear Into The Hearts Of Governments & Automakers appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Peak ICE Fleet Is Closer Than We Believe

Let’s start with some brief history on the transition to EV sales, and then get to the big topic: transitioning the ICEV (internal combustion engine vehicle) fleet to electricity. The world passed peak ICEV sales back in 2017 EVs were only a small fraction of total vehicle sales … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Happy Birthday: Part Thirty-Nine

This is the thirty-ninth part of a fiction serial, in 757 words. It seemed the questioning by the SIS people was a formality. Had Alison been her friend? Did she have many conversations with her? Was she aware what work Alison had been doing? It followed some kind of format, and … | Continue reading


@beetleypete.com | 1 hour ago

Me. | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 1 hour ago

Leaked documents shed light on concerning details of pipeline construction plans: 'The locals were very shocked'

Pipeline construction in the area could destroy heavily relied on fish stocks as well as increase coastal erosion. Leaked documents shed light on concerning details of pipeline construction plans: 'The locals were very shocked' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Leaked documents shed light on concerning details of pipeline construction plans: 'The locals were very shocked'

Pipeline construction in the area could destroy heavily relied on fish stocks as well as increase coastal erosion. Leaked documents shed light on concerning details of pipeline construction plans: 'The locals were very shocked' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Neon Picks Up Osgood Perkins & James Wan's The Monkey

It’s Cannes season, and along with advanced screenings of upcoming movies, studios are looking at what films to buy for domestic or international distribution. One of the films on the market during the festival is The Monkey, which found a US distributor in Neon. Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

How is Intel able to sell CPUs if they’ve already told people that the current socket is obsolete?

Here’s a question at the intersection of marketing and electronics: who is buying Intel CPUs right now after Intel has told the world that they will render the current socket, and therefore all current motherboards, obsolete before the end of 2024? “Intel’s next-gen desktop CPUs … | Continue reading


@philip.greenspun.com | 2 hours ago

One more for the "passive voice" files

There have been many LLOG posts on misuse of the term "passive voice", going back to 2003. As far as I can tell, the most recent post was "'Is is the passive voice you don't like?'", 8/11/2021. In "'Passive Voice' — 1397-2009 — R.I.P", I wrote that the traditional sense of passiv … | Continue reading


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

After A Long Time.

Father, I’m here again after my last,what is it called?Prideful exit. I find myself on my kneesat the end of my bed,wearing the dress of last night,perhaps my favorite for the memoriesattached to it, the caress it gives.The touch of having belonged at a time,a time of laughter an … | Continue reading


@siamorweng.wordpress.com | 2 hours ago

Newfound autoimmune syndrome tied to COVID-19 can trigger deadly lung scarring

A surge in cases of a rare autoimmune disease during COVID-19 waves in England led to the discovery of a new syndrome. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

What happened to OpenAI’s long-term AI risk team?

Former team members have either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 hours ago

AI counter app from my PyCon US keynote

AI counter app from my PyCon US keynote In my keynote at PyCon US this morning I ran a counter at the top of my screen that automatically incremented every time I said the words "AI" or "artificial intelligence", using vosk, pyaudio and Tkinter. I wrote it in a few minutes with t … | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 2 hours ago

‘WienerAI’ Raises Over $2 Million in Crypto Presale – Best Meme Coin to Buy Now?

The crypto community has witnessed the appearance of yet another meme coin, and this one has a rather peculiar name… Continue reading ‘WienerAI’ Raises Over $2 Million in Crypto Presale – Best Meme Coin to Buy Now? The post ‘WienerAI’ Raises Over $2 Million in Crypto Presale – Be … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 3 hours ago

5-18-24

Found writing…. Date unknown ::: Have a bit or much of my old writing venom back. Not sure […] | Continue reading


@bottledaux.com | 3 hours ago

Pluralistic: Monopoly is capitalism's gerrymander (18 May 2024)

Today's links Monopoly is capitalism's gerrymander: Handcuffs for the invisible hand. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep rea … | Continue reading


@pluralistic.net | 3 hours ago

The Sneaky Standard

A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, Ernie Smith’s newsletter, which hunts for the end of the long tail. Personal computing has changed a lot in the past four decades, and one of the biggest changes, perhaps the most unheralded, comes down to compatibility. These … | Continue reading


@spectrum.ieee.org | 3 hours ago

The Secret Ingredient in My Grandma’s Famous Salad Dressing

It’s not fancy, but it is delicious. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 3 hours ago

New AI generates CRISPR proteins unlike any seen in nature

Berkeley-based startup Profluent has trained an AI to imagine new, never-before-seen CRISPR proteins — opening the door to gene editors with capabilities beyond what we’ve found in the wild. They’re also making a brand new CRISPR system open source, so any scientist can now start … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 3 hours ago

YouTuber showcases driving experience in futuristic $12,000 electric car: 'It feels really comfortable'

"I feel like it really has potential." YouTuber showcases driving experience in futuristic $12,000 electric car: 'It feels really comfortable' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

Einstein's Other Theory of Everything

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


@backreaction.blogspot.com | 3 hours ago

Great Green Wall

Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay in Polycrisis: Biden’s announcement this week to sharply raise tariffs on Chinese imports is an escalation in the yearslong tariff war on China. The new tariffs specifically target green goods, most notably electric vehicles, duties on which have now … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

The Age of Uncertainty. Liminal Time

Álvaro García Linera in Metapolis: “Nearly all the economic forces that powered progress and prosperity over the last three decades are fading.” World Bank, March 2023Symptoms of a Torn Time For 35 years, from 1980 to 2005, the moral and labour order of much of the world was gove … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Inequality and Capitalism: A conversation with Branko Milanović

Carlos Bravo Regidor in The Ideas Letter: Carlos Bravo Regidor: Let me start with a deliberately general question: Why does inequality matter? Branko Milanović: High inequality matters because it deprives many people of equal access to various activities: school, health services, … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Large Language Models as Cultural Technologies

Large Language Models as Cultural Technologies Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2024 10:49AM by Robin Varghese | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Gisele Bündchen’s Stunning Kitchen Cabinets Are So Unexpected (It’s a Modern Take on a Classic!)

Love or hate ’em, her cabinets are making waves. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 3 hours ago

The education of Lina Khan, whose superpower is busting monopolies

Steven Pearlstein in The Washington Post: It is one of the recurring plotlines in the psychodrama of U.S. politics: A talented and charismatic young reformer goes to Washington, is hailed for taking on a corrupt and self-satisfied establishment, but in the end is nearly undone by … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Retraction watch: Irish roots of "french fries"?

It's been a while since we had a post in the Prescriptivist Poppycock category. This example is more a case of badly-researched etymology, but we'll take what we can get, courtesy of Florent Moncomble, who writes: In the May update of the prescriptive « Dire, ne pas dire » sectio … | Continue reading


@languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu | 3 hours ago

Richard Berger’s intricate and intimacy-driven new album “Retrovert”

On Retrovert, we get to see Richard Berger exploring his experimental side in both lyrics as well as the production. Across the twelve tracks, we get to hear Richard at his finest when it comes to world-building atmospherics. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 3 hours ago

Why You Should Always Use the “Tippy Top” Rule to Pick Out Strawberries

“The sweetness of a berry is basically guaranteed.” READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 3 hours ago

The Dead Cells Show's First Trailer is Dying to Show Its Potential

Since its Early Access release back in 2017, Motion Twin and Evil Empire’s Dead Cells has become one of the most popular roguelikes of the current gaming generation. The two studios may have recently ended development on the game, but it’ll still live on the form of the animated … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 hours ago

TikTok eyes 60-minute video uploads, drawing ‘mini YouTube’ criticism

It’s official. TikTok is going longform. The application, which is facing a potential ban in the U.S., confirmed to TechCrunch… Continue reading TikTok eyes 60-minute video uploads, drawing ‘mini YouTube’ criticism The post TikTok eyes 60-minute video uploads, drawing ‘mini YouTu … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 3 hours ago

In the Corporate World, Woke Is the Rage but Greed Is Still King

James Stewart in The New York Times: It’s been 14 years since Goldman Sachs was vilified as a “vampire squid” by Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone. “Organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy,” he concluded then. Goldman has since experienced some hard times, tarred by scan … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 3 hours ago

Harmless Fun

(I am still elbow-deep in the guts of The Regicide Report, hence paucity of recent blog entries.) I must admit that I used to be a big fan of conspiracy theories—or applied psychoceramics, as we called it back in the nineties—but the rise of social media has lifted the carpet to … | Continue reading


@antipope.org | 4 hours ago

Thank God, Redfall Is Getting An Offline Patch After All

With the closure of Arkane Austin, it was looking like the offline patch that was in the works for Redfall was never to materialise. The Redfall Twitter account recently tweeted some good news, it’s still happening. The offline patch will be part of Game Update 4 which will also … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 4 hours ago

Hardware Store Bike Ride

Actually riding somewhere for a reason... | Continue reading


@rasterweb.net | 4 hours ago

What To Tell Family, Friends, & Neighbors So They Don’t Buy Another Gas Car!

No one should be buying a gas car these days. Here’s a list of reasons you can use to convince your family, friends, and neighbors to buy an electric car next time they need a new vehicle. Electric cars are a new, soon-to-be-dominant technology. Once you drive and own an ... [con … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 hours ago

UNKNOWNS: "What Happened to Daniels," the headline said!

SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024 It was trafficking in unknowns: What actually happened to Stormy Daniels back in 2006? We can't exactly answer that question. Beyond that, we can't say that voters should have been encouraged to explore the answer to that question in the fall of 2016. Start … | Continue reading


@dailyhowler.blogspot.com | 4 hours ago

The Easy, Clever Trick for the Best Spicy Strawberry Lemonade

Use the power of fat to release flavor from the lemons, strawberries, and chiles for the brightest tasting lemonade you'll ever make. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 4 hours ago

These Pistachio Muffins Are So Delicious, I Bake a Batch Every Single Week

They’re perfectly plush and tender. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 4 hours ago

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Hands Down

Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Wings would also be acceptable, as would a thousand gibbering eyes. Today's News: | Continue reading


@smbc-comics.com | 4 hours ago

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pinch

Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: If he'd been Steve Hitler, there'd be no Steve now. Deep thoughts. Today's News: | Continue reading


@smbc-comics.com | 4 hours ago