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Are you watching For All Mankind? I hope so, because our regular reminders that you absolutely should be culminated this week with the news that Apple doesn’t just want more, but a whole extra show on top of what some of you already aren’t watching. But that’s not all this week—w … | Continue reading
Today we’re going to look at some of the ideas found in The Promise of Access by Daniel Greene. Specifically we’ll look at libraries and schooling and how mere access to technology without fundamental reform in the structures of society will not change much. This is a reader supp … | Continue reading
"It's an ongoing campaign." Home builders tenaciously lobby against energy-efficient updates to building codes — here's why first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates. | Continue reading
A quick flip from El Niño to La Niña is coming soon, but what does that mean for the U.S.? | Continue reading
CATL, the world’s biggest battery manufacturer, just unveiled TENER, a new energy storage system for utility companies. | Continue reading
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A new study might point to the first signs of a frightening public health scenario: Researchers found two recent cases of prion disease—universally fatal ailments caused by rogue proteins—that could have been caused by the victims eating contaminated deer meat. This connection is … | Continue reading
The southern grasshopper mouse is largely immune to the venom of the Arizona bark scorpion and will resort to cannibalism when times are tough. | Continue reading
To no one’s shock, Samsung reclaims the top spot in global phone sales over Apple in this quarter. We also got a first look at the new line of Sony Bravia TVs featuring Mini-LED, which makes a really strong case against OLED. And finally, Ikea revealed its Gaming Furniture Collec … | Continue reading
I was noodling around in PHP the other day and discovered that this works: | Continue reading
A trip to the Baltic coast, with Caspar David Friedrich, Carl Gustav Carus, Eugen Bracht, Eugen Dücker, and Carl Irmer's landscape paintings. | Continue reading
Mladost 2, Sofia. There’s a facebook group dedicated to removing items like this but I find it interesting. Probably because I don’t see it very often. | Continue reading
All the easier to control you | Continue reading
The question to you, Mr. Chaos is simple.The question becomes what have you done for me?What have I lost on your behalf and where has this led me? where have you taken me,besides to you, and either constantly or consistently and somehow or persistently, and for the record;I am su … | Continue reading
Cool with a clearing sky at sunrise. A blue-headed vireo’s soliloquy. The smell of damp earth. | Continue reading
There was a time when Kia was the bargain basement brand. Quality sucked, but the price was low. In recent years, Kia has made an amazing turnaround and has become an automotive leader. Nothing seems to prove this more than the company’s fast-charging and reliable EV offerings. S … | Continue reading
The competition provides a steady stream of experienced graduates to the auto industry. | Continue reading
Archaeologists have discovered the burial of a woman with a rare "porcelain gallbladder" who was interred at the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum's cemetery 100 years ago. | Continue reading
"The crane is not only unique in its performance and capabilities. It is also the first of its kind to operate fully electrified." First massive electric harbor crane sparks worldwide attention with its incredible ability: 'It is a versatile and powerful machine that can handle a … | Continue reading
Wally and I are busy today helping students turn the sticks shown above into sawbenches. But Chris is back this week, eagerly awaiting your Open Wire questions. So, please post your (succinct) woodworking questions in the comments below, and Chris will answer. You can also ask hi … | Continue reading
Some experts have concerns over the safety of the genetically modified bacteria. | Continue reading
Przejdź do treści Menu Na skróty Hity Kwestii Smaku Znane i lubiane Filety drobiowe Polędwiczki Schab Karkówka Kotlety Burgery Pulpeciki Potrawy tradycyjne Popularne ciasta Więcej... Szybki obiad Szybkie ciasto Obiad na niedzielę Bar mleczny Naleśniki Pierogi Kluski śląskie Kopyt … | Continue reading
A few sheep are mowing the lawn in the park. And there is at least one lamb too! 🐑🐑🐑 “määähhh” | Continue reading
"The challenge was to create a home using earth as the primary building material." Architect turns to centuries-old technique to revolutionize how we build houses: 'This will be a very attractive method' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This week, we’re back the original idea behind this newsletter – a newsletter that’s informal and “what I’d send you if you were to ask me what’s on my mind this week.” On my mind this week: the sea. It started last weekend when I read William Langewiesche | Continue reading
Medieval LOLs: Fabliaux Posted on Saturday, Apr 20, 2024 6:25AM by Morgan Meis | Continue reading
Fara Dabhoiwala at The Guardian: Everything Must Go is about how, over the past 200 years, writers and artists have built on this inheritance to create new kinds of non-Christian eschatology. Ever since Lord Byron’s poem Darkness (1816), which dispensed with God, people have been … | Continue reading
Benjamin Markovits at the New York Times: This week is the 200th anniversary of Lord Byron’s death. The most famous poet of his age (an odd phrase now) died fighting for Greek independence in the marshes of Missolonghi. “Who would write, who had anything better to do?” he once sa … | Continue reading
I’ve been watching the current debate over memory-safe programming with interest. On the one have you have Rust and Go advocates talking about the need to replace C with its buffer overflows and other security problems, and on the other you have different fingers. And people say … | Continue reading
Wedding Anniversary; 22 years of happiness. Off to see R&A's new daughter; exciting. Caught up with blog in the car, up-loaded some slides on background save from COOL days. | Continue reading
The science fiction writer warned that environmental decay and technological advances would spark an American decline. Now, we are seeing the future she predicted. | Continue reading
"You learn something new every day." Gardener shares 'creative' tip to save on common seed-starting materials: 'This is going to really help your plants' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
In our top science stories this week, reporter Ed Cara explores the similarities and differences between today’s popular obesity drugs and fen-phen, a briefly trendy weight loss aid that was pulled from the market after doctors discovered dangerous side effects. NASA confirmed th … | Continue reading
Most Americans probably know a few Japanese loanwords, especially those who were alive in the two or three decades after WWII, when so many terms from Japan entered the English language — kamikaze, banzai, bonsai, origami, and so forth — with soldiers returning from the war in th … | Continue reading
Song of the Day: Good Vibes – Chris Janson Flower of the Day: Daffodil Game of the Day: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston Bruins | Continue reading
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of his life, he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily until his death. His pa … | Continue reading
Most are cat or dog related, with a few others mixed in. | Continue reading
If your mind has gone straight to the thundering waters cascading down Venezuela's Angel Falls, think again. | Continue reading
This technology could make it easier for homeowners to keep their panels spotless. Technology provider announces robotics system to keep solar panels at peak performance — here's how it works first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
“‘This Will Finish Us.’” I finished reading Wendell Berry’s Unsettling of America this week with a group of students, so this heartbreaking essay by Stephanie McCrummen about how the Tanzanian government, oil money from the Gulf states, and “conservationists” are evicting Maasai … | Continue reading
The weekend started with brunch in the Kreuzberg neighborhood of Berlin. Just the three of us—tinyScientist, scientist, and me. It was a sunny morning, so we decided to sit outside. The brunch plate for two was more than sufficient for the three of us, and we even used tinyScient … | Continue reading
The Japanese art of flower arrangement, Ikebana, is a captivating practice that aims for poetic synthesis of human hand and natural beauty in each composition. Stickybana, as documented on this Instagram page, is a sub-genre that centers cannabis within that tradition. The pairin … | Continue reading
A Quilt is More than Fragments By age 92 my mother was no longer independent, though she lived in the house my parents had bought sixty years before. My brother and I were far away, and Mom depended on the kindness of neighbors and a bit of hired help to shop for her, do her […] | Continue reading
Ever since the days of the PlayStation Move, Wii Balance Board or the Xbox Kinect, software publishers have dreamed of… Continue reading Best fitness games for the Meta Quest 3 – How to get fit in VR The post Best fitness games for the Meta Quest 3 – How to get fit in VR appeared … | Continue reading
"I see a lot of thick roots running along the surface of the dirt just under or intertwined with the fabric." Gardener shares worrying photos of landscaping fabric harming tree: 'I don't doubt that [it] played a role' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Here are this weekend’s Mac riddles to entertain you through family time, shopping and recreation. 1: Waterproof to […] | Continue reading