MagPower Tables Provide Power Without Needing to be Plugged In

These MagPower Tables were designed by Carl Magnusson. The legs feature one USB-A and two USB-C ports.You may be wondering where the power comes from. In Magnusson's sketch, we can see where the power cord would be plugged into the back of the leg: However, there's also an optio … | Continue reading


@core77.com | 10 minutes ago

Masonic in Bridgeport, California

Gold was struck in this area around 1860, but little activity occurred then because nearby Aurora overshadowed the location. Most of the early prospectors were Freemasons, however, and they did leave their names on the district. Masonic didn't boom until the early 20th century. A … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 38 minutes ago

“The panopticon effect”: How best to handle surveillance

Will is driving along, and he sees a police car up ahead. He puts down his coffee, tenses up, and drives exactly at the speed limit. He puts on the most law-abiding face possible. Mia is at work behind a computer when her boss walks in. She shifts tabs, frantically types, and huf … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 38 minutes ago

Costco Just Brought Back Its “Gorgeous” $20 Melamine Lazy Susan (It’s Perfect for Summer!)

It flew off the shelves last time it was in stock. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 53 minutes ago

Violent destruction as excellence

In the title of yesterday's post about the Apple ad where a giant industrial press compresses all human creativity into an iPad Pro, I started with the weak pun "Tim Cook crushes it" — which led me to think about idioms where violent destruction conveys high praise, and to wonder … | Continue reading


@languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu | 1 hour ago

What to Know About the Rare Severe Solar Storm Watch

Current conditions: Central Florida could see severe storms today • The cicadas are out in St. Louis • Kenya’s president declared today a public holiday to mourn the 238 people who have died in recent flooding. THE TOP FIVE 1. NOAA issues rare severe solar storm watch The Nationa … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 1 hour ago

Battery company reveals mass-producible energy storage system with unprecedented capacity — here's the difference it can make

"We are committed to reaching net-zero emissions in our value chain by 2040." Battery company reveals mass-producible energy storage system with unprecedented capacity — here's the difference it can make first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Jon Stewart to launch The Weekly Show podcast

Audacy's Q1/24 financials, and Headliner adds full-length captioning. Sponsored by Supporting Cast. Don't lock your members into one platform! 🔓 With Supporting Cast, YOU own your podcast subscription and control the subscriber relationship. And it's completely white-labe … | Continue reading


@podnews.net | 1 hour ago

Laptops should work in the rain

A friend shared a speculation this week that, as you get older, your openness to new ideas goes to the extreme – either you ossify or you maintain (and build!) your capacity to take in new concepts that may turn everything upside-down. But ALSO, a level below that, you become eve … | Continue reading


@interconnected.org | 1 hour ago

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Hot on the heels of yesterday's post, I've now made all of this blog available in text-only mode. Simply append .txt to the URl of any page and you'll get back the contents in plain UTF-8 text. No formatting, no images (although you can see the alt text), no nothing! Front page h … | Continue reading


@shkspr.mobi | 2 hours ago

The Truthful Vision of Jean-Léon Gérôme 6

Two unusual treatments of popular myths, an enigmatic series of the personification of Truth, two religious works, and a work that inspired Surrealists in the 20th century. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 2 hours ago

5/10/2024

Steady rain. A gnatcatcher flutters to find breakfast on the undersides of leaves, then retreats to the shelter of the lilac to shake the water off. A chipmunk runs under […] | Continue reading


@morningporch.com | 2 hours ago

A Sino-Iranian tale of the donkey's Eurasian trail

By now, we have conclusively traced the path of the domesticated horse from the area around the southern Urals and Pontic Steppe through Central Asia to East Asia. It's time to pay more attention to another equid, this one not so glamorous, but still redoubtable in its own formid … | Continue reading


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

The worse you feel, the more committed you are to your protocol

I’m reading Areté by Brian Johnson at the moment (no, not that Bryan Johnson). I would describe it as a summation of every self help book ever written[^1]. As such, it’s long. I’m slowly getting through it. It appears that the message that Brian most wants get across is to follow … | Continue reading


@rachsmith.com | 2 hours ago

6 Button MIDI Controller

A MIDI controller for a Midas M32R Digital Console... | Continue reading


@rasterweb.net | 2 hours ago

Eaton Advances More Resilient, Sustainable Electricity In New York City With Energy Storage Projects Valued At More Than $7 Million

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — Intelligent power management company Eaton is helping Endurant Energy deploy 10 battery storage projects in New York City. With a combined capacity exceeding 150 megawatt-hours (MWh), the energy storage systems will support clean, reliable power and str … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 2 hours ago

Country's last remaining coal power plant to shut down after decades of operation: 'We're going to end it'

"We need to do our bit for the planet and this place is well past its sell-by date." Country's last remaining coal power plant to shut down after decades of operation: 'We're going to end it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

P&B: Riccardo Mori

This is the 37th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Riccardo Mori and his blog, morrick.me To follow this series subscribe to the newsletter. A new interview will land in your inbox every … | Continue reading


@manuelmoreale.com | 2 hours ago

MacStories Unwind: Federico Visits Medium Ben

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and I discuss how Apple crushed it at its iPad event, and Federico lets loose in London. Links and Show Notes Crushing It Apple’s Crush! ad Hugh Grant, Justine Bateman and More Slam Apple for iPad Pro ‘Crush’ Ad: ‘Truly, What Is Wrong With … | Continue reading


@macstories.net | 2 hours ago

CIASTO FILO Z TRUSKAWKAMI

Ten smak to moja pamiątka przywieziona z Grecji. Kruche ciasto filo do tego krem z mascarpone, który wystarczy tylko dokładnie wymieszać i połączyć z naszymi pierwszymi truskawkami. Czy to będzie najcześciej pieczone ciasto tego lata? Sami oceńcie i koniecznie wypróbujcie. Skład: … | Continue reading


@makecookingeasier.pl | 2 hours ago

LEVANTE FOR 2024

L'articolo LEVANTE FOR 2024 proviene da BolognaFiere Group. | Continue reading


@bolognafiere.it | 2 hours ago

Internal documents illuminate industry's efforts to deceive public and investors ahead of Senate hearing: 'A rare glimpse'

"For decades, the fossil-fuel industry has known about the economic and climate harms of its products." Internal documents illuminate industry's efforts to deceive public and investors ahead of Senate hearing: 'A rare glimpse' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

The Week In Seven Photos And Quotes

Forget living fast. I like to wander, mosey around and go for strolls and dilly dally far too much. Pasta is like duct tape, it fixes everything. Concerts and restaurants were well enough but a bookstore was civilization. (I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger) Stressed, blessed and … | Continue reading


@cimple.life | 3 hours ago

Tesla enforces home office day for Brandenburg factory employees

A spokesperson has said that production at the Grünheide Tesla plant southeast of Berlin will cease on May 10. Production line employees have been told to work from home. Berlin... | Continue reading


@iamexpat.de | 3 hours ago

Nearest quad-tree (NQT) classifier: a novel framework for handwritten character recognition

Volume 11, Issue 1, January-December 2024 . | Continue reading


@tandfonline.com | 3 hours ago

Gravimetric approach of fuel consumption in 30% biodiesel blends fuel: cost-effective solution of real-world fuel consumption measurement

Volume 11, Issue 1, January-December 2024 . | Continue reading


@tandfonline.com | 4 hours ago

Aldous Huxley Explains How Man Became “the Victim of His Own Technology” (1961)

Just a couple of days ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted out a video promoting, “the new iPad Pro: the thinnest product we’ve ever created.” The response has been overwhelming, and overwhelmingly negative: for many viewers, the ad’s imagery of a hydraulic press crushing a heap of mu … | Continue reading


@openculture.com | 4 hours ago

Fields and the Sun: Agricultural PV, an Opportunity for the Energy and the Farming Industry

The EU’s objectives are ambitious: The total solar energy deployment is to reach around 750 gigawatts by 2030. In this context, dual land use concepts, especially agricultural PV, are gaining importance. At Intersolar Europe, the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry, … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 4 hours ago

The Hidden Sorrow of Mother’s Day

Our mothers and our children will always be part of our lives, in life and death. Surprisingly, grief does not dominate our existence, it informs it. | Continue reading


@frontporchrepublic.com | 4 hours ago

Using MRI, engineers have found a way to detect light deep in the brain

The new technique could enable detailed studies of how brain cells develop and communicate with each other. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 4 hours ago

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference

by Lisa Song ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When I register … | Continue reading


@propublica.org | 4 hours ago

Designer aims to revolutionize fashion industry with unexpected material: 'We often forget how remarkable it is'

"We would like to develop something that can last decades and generations." Designer aims to revolutionize fashion industry with unexpected material: 'We often forget how remarkable it is' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 4 hours ago

Scientists achieve astonishingly high temperatures with breakthrough fusion reactions: 'Outside the status quo'

"We've certainly got big challenges ahead, but we have all the ingredients to solve them." Scientists achieve astonishingly high temperatures with breakthrough fusion reactions: 'Outside the status quo' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 5 hours ago

DNA and Democracy

DNA and Democracy I have just published my new book: DINA: Nature’s Case For Democracy. In it, I describe how democracy preceded humans by about two billion years. Of course, we don’t call it democracy in nature. We call the beings that practice democracy by their common names li … | Continue reading


@stellafosse.com | 5 hours ago

Footage of smoking car for gender reveal party sparks upset online: 'I think it was kind of intentional'

Not only do burnout stunts like these can pollute the air with harmful chemicals, they may also pose a threat to those standing nearby. Footage of smoking car for gender reveal party sparks upset online: 'I think it was kind of intentional' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 5 hours ago

Lisp Game Jam 2024: A Starter Guide for Clojure Devs

The post Lisp Game Jam 2024: A Starter Guide for Clojure Devs appeared first on Flexiana. | Continue reading


@flexiana.com | 5 hours ago

What the heck is an SVG sprite sheet?

I love an article that presumes no prior knowledge and quickly gets everyone up to the same level with clear, concise content. I also love an article that is useful for me at a very specific time and guess what? Ryan’s article on SVG sprites is absolutely both. I’ve been around t … | Continue reading


@piccalil.li | 5 hours ago

Low risk for human bird flu transmission

For Reuters, Mariano Zafra, Anurag Rao, and Jon McClure describe how bird flu… Tags: bird flu, Reuters | Continue reading


@flowingdata.com | 5 hours ago

The Widening 33: Ten graphs show how the research landscape in EU 2004 members has changed

The latest news TWENTY YEARS OF EU IN 10 GRAPHS: Research funding, innovation performance, scientific papers, international cooperation… We look at what has changed in the EU’s 2004 members. We also cast our eyes to the future. “The next 20 years will be different and we’ll have … | Continue reading


@sciencebusiness.net | 6 hours ago

Vermont is on the cusp of mandating 100% clean electricity by 2035

Vermont state lawmakers just passed a measure that would require all utilities to provide 100 percent clean energy by 2035 . The bill would put the state on track to be among the first to fully decarbonize, outpaced only by Rhode Island, which requires utilities to provide all-re … | Continue reading


@canarymedia.com | 6 hours ago

Chart: Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in 2023

For the first year ever, renewable energy sources generated 30 percent of the globe’s electricity in 2023 — driven by a decade of consistent, spectacular growth in solar and wind power. This surge in clean generation helped slow the growth of fossil fuels by almost two-thirds ove … | Continue reading


@canarymedia.com | 6 hours ago

Finnish Retailer K-Lataus & Kempower Join Forces to Expand the EV Charging Network in Finland: 100+ DC Fast-Chargers

Biggest trading sector operator in Finland, Kesko, continues its strong investments in developing the K-Lataus charging network in Finland. The charging technology is provided by Kempower. This year, K-Lataus will heavily expand its charging network in Finland in collaboration wi … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 6 hours ago

Government finalizes plans for world's largest hydrogen-powered ships: 'It will be exciting to deliver something that no one has done before'

"Signing contracts for zero-emission vessels is a significant milestone." Government finalizes plans for world's largest hydrogen-powered ships: 'It will be exciting to deliver something that no one has done before' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 6 hours ago

What is better? The Kobo BW or Kobo Clara Colour?

Kobo has two new six-inch e-readers in their 2024 product lineup, the Kobo Clara BW and Kobo Clara Colour. The first model is a pure black and white e-reader using E INK Carta 1300, the latest e-paper. It has a great response time, and page-turn speed is faster. At the same time, … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 6 hours ago

Why Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill is so problematic

Georgia’s government appears unaware, or unperturbed, by the threat its so-called ‘foreign agents’ bill poses to the country’s investment climate, and its EU prospects. This time, Georgia’s government looks set to push through controversial legislation that would oblige certain n … | Continue reading


@emerging-europe.com | 7 hours ago

Gardener shares lesson-learned about spacing plants with photo of uncontrollable harvest: 'Mistakes were made'

"They can get out of control for sure!" Gardener shares lesson-learned about spacing plants with photo of uncontrollable harvest: 'Mistakes were made' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 7 hours ago

How does XProtect?

In two years, macOS has gained two more XProtects. Apple's latest Platform Security Guide provides insights into all three XProtects and how they work. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 7 hours ago

The First Recording of Allen Ginsberg Reading “Howl” (1956)

Image by Michiel Hendryckx, via Wikimedia Commons Occasionally I slip into an ivory tower mentality in which the idea of a banned book seems quaint—associated with silly scandals over the tame sex scenes in James Joyce or D.H. Lawrence. After all, I think, we live in an age when … | Continue reading


@openculture.com | 7 hours ago