Ivy League activists, armed with melatonin gummies, gluten-free bread, and friendship bracelets, stand up against ‘the violent Zionist settler entity.’ | Continue reading
"Damage aside, that can easily confuse hikers trying to find their way through." Photo of graffitied trees in nature preserve sparks derision online: 'Whoever did this also painted arrows on a ton of trees along the entire main trail' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Walkaway by Cory Doctorow My rating: 4 of 5 stars Got this book for free from the Tor Ebook Club This book is a refinement of many topics that Doctorow has broached in the past: – uploading of consciounesses/backups and how that changes things– living in Capitalism vs leaving cap … | Continue reading
The energy source supplies just 1% of the States' electricity, but the Department of Energy believes that number could climb as high as 10%. Government to fast-track approvals for energy exploration on public lands: '[It] can move our country toward a clean energy future' first a … | Continue reading
“As people live longer, improving quality of life is paramount,” said Alex Morgan, a partner at Khosla Ventures, who chipped in to fund Rubedo’s first round of venture capital financing. “Rubedo is targeting senescent, or aging, cells that drive age-related disease. This first tr … | Continue reading
https://twitter.com/JWGrieve/status/1782747849052016680 This is the cited paper: "Geographic structure of Chinese dialects: A computational dialectometric approach", by He Huang, Jack Grieve, Lei Jiao, and Zhuo Cai, Linguistics (De Gruyter Mouton [April 23, 2024]) https://doi.org … | Continue reading
Good on Zuck to say the quiet part out loud: “Historically, investing to build these new scaled experiences in our apps has been a very good long-term investment for us and for investors who have stuck with us,” Zuckerberg said on the first quarter earnings call, drawing an analo … | Continue reading
This post asks the question, How does the order of questions in a test affects how well students do? The answer is “significantly.” The post points to a paywalled study that shows, fairly conclusively, that starting with simpler questions in a typical academic quiz (on average) i … | Continue reading
Tiny houses come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, but this is the first example we've seen that's modeled after a World War II airplane. Named the Monocoque Cabin, the unusual dwelling is defined by an eye-catching curving exterior and comes with lots of options, including its i … | Continue reading
Try putting pure joy into words. The English language has plenty of worthy adjectives and beautiful metaphors but nothing quite comes close to actually, perfectly capturing what it feels like to be completely filled with happiness. To reverberate with delight. To float on cloud n … | Continue reading
This is Future Explored, your weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like these straight to your inbox every week by subscribing here. | Continue reading
After the article from our editor Zachary regarding the most likely replacement for a “Model 2” (and a followup here), and after having a brief exchange in the comments, I was left thinking. My original response was simple and straightforward … yet the more I think about it, the … | Continue reading
Last month, New York City’s Department of Transportation authorized the use of electric cargo bikes on city streets, and put some key safety standards in place. On March 27, NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced the amendments to the city’s traffic rules to allow the op … | Continue reading
Waked in the morning with my head in a sad taking through the last night's drink, which I am very sorry for; so rose and went out with Mr. Creed to drink our morning draft, which he did give me in chocolate to settle my stomach. And after that I to... | Continue reading
The findings show an accelerated decline that outpaces similar trends observed in other major skiing regions worldwide. New research reveals precipitous decline of snow coverage at ski resorts: 'These findings are socioeconomically and ecologically concerning' first appeared on T … | Continue reading
Speaking of drafts you discover and then decide to publish, this was from last week. So I just used ChatGPT to learn about some CSS selector concepts I was confused by and, on a whim, asked it to quiz me to make sure that I understood everything. It was a very good experience tha … | Continue reading
When we first met General Grievous 20 years ago this month in Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars microseries, it gave him an immediate, chilling presence. But then Revenge of the Sith, and with it the Clone Wars 3DCG series, constrained what could be done with the character. Grievou … | Continue reading
It's got some good ideas, but it's also very unfinished The post Manor Lords Is Good, But Let’s Pump Our Brakes A Little appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading
Renogy’s 12V/24V 50A DC/DC battery charger seemed the perfect addition to our van life build-out. We’re on a continuous quest to upgrade and improve our Chevy Astro Van (fondly named Pinto) converted into a camper. The goal is to be able to go off-grid for longer, out in the wild … | Continue reading
Reddit says its "communities are naturally commercial." | Continue reading
It’s no secret I have way more projects to manage than hours in the day. I hope to rectify this by sharing more knowledge on how my projects are built. The most important project, Builder, is quite a large code-base. It is undoubtedly daunting to dive in and figure out where to s … | Continue reading
The world's first commercial-scale factory for making nutrient-rich and versatile protein from air and sustainable energy has opened its doors in Finland, and the startup behind it aims to have its microbe-made food out in the US later this year. Solar Foods is just one of a hand … | Continue reading
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"Just sprouted one and it's doing really well." Garden expert shares simple trick to grow endless supply of sweet potatoes: 'I'm totally trying this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Dirk Hesse collects photos of creatives – and who isn’t creative – for his website “Le Bureau”. Mine was recently published and I wanted to point you to this lovely little project of Dirk. He also invites to a short interview, for those of you who speak German. I like projects li … | Continue reading
The American solar industry is in a tizzy over tariffs. On one side are the companies that develop, finance, and install solar systems. On the other, the American (or American-located) companies that manufacture them. China’s solar panel industry has been a combination of boon an … | Continue reading
Polestar normally makes electric cars, but now it's releasing a phone. | Continue reading
Worldcoin, the project that hands out free cryptocurrency in exchange for biometric data, is experiencing a shortage of the orbs that scan everyone’s eyeballs, according to a new report from Semafor. But Tools for Humanity, the startup behind Worldcoin, seems to think that’s a go … | Continue reading
This collection includes a variety of soups that take advantage of spring produce like ramps and asparagus. | Continue reading
The name is different, but their approach to ring-making is as unique as ever. | Continue reading
If you had piles of cash to spend on a custom-made packable bike, what kind would you get? Well, Malaysian horologist Ming Thein got a titanium number that can be taken apart to fit inside his own Rimowa suitcase – it's called the Firefly MiniVelo. Continue Reading Category: Bicy … | Continue reading
Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland are not screwing around when it comes to their upcoming zombie film, 28 Years Later. Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes are the first three actors who’ve joined the film, a follow-up to the cult classics 28 Weeks Late … | Continue reading
Since 2013 Van Stapele has been baking the best cookies in Amsterdam: a single brown chocolate cookie with a heart of white chocolate. The secret recipe creates an irresistible delicacy that draws epic queues every day. Continue reading | Continue reading
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Not all gamma-ray bursts come from supernovae. | Continue reading
Light may have an infinite lifetime. Who’d have thought? Even after the eventual, possible, heat death of the universe, photons may live on as beacons of light in an impossibly dark cosmos… maybe: One such candidate for a truly stable entity is the photon: the quantum of light. A … | Continue reading
Disregarding signage in natural areas is dangerous. Photo of tourists flouting rule at national park sparks upset online: 'Infuriating to see' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Food and Drug Administration officials reported this week that lab tests have found genetic material from strains of H5N1 avian influenza in samples of store-bought pasteurized milk. Officials say these samples do not appear to contain live virus and that the commercial milk supp … | Continue reading
Perimeter devices ought to prevent network hacks. Why are so many devices allowing attacks? | Continue reading
Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill have been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for laundering more than $100 million from various criminal enterprises through Samourai, a cryptocurrency mixer service they ran for nearly a decade. [...] | Continue reading
Decided to cancel my ChatGPT subscription because I don’t use it for much else besides creating images for the Epic Tales Tavern and other DALL-E experiments. This means the Epic Tales Tavern is going on hiatus for a while. | Continue reading
The Department of Transportation announced a final rule mandating that airlines automatically give cash refunds to passengers and inform passengers of their right to a refund on Wednesday. The policy change highlights the Biden Administration’s continued hardline support of consu … | Continue reading
A study recently published in the peer-reviewed American Psychologist journal claims that a combination of facial recognition and artificial intelligence technology can accurately assess a person’s political orientation by simply looking at that person’s blank, expressionless fac … | Continue reading
Programming course for incarcerated people boosts digital literacy and self-efficacy, highlighting potential for reduced recidivism. | Continue reading
The Volkswagen California 6.1 was never the best-looking California in history, dragged down by its oversized double-stacked grille, but it did usher in its fair share of new innovations to the iconic nameplate. Now, Volkswagen is preparing it for retirement, starting production … | Continue reading
This year’s Pixar Fest runs April 26 through August 4, 2024 at Disneyland Resort, and there are so many themed novelties being offered, like popcorn buckets, and sippers, that I wanted to do a separate post to make sure you didn’t miss any. The Festival Celebrating not only Pixar … | Continue reading
Many of us watch The Office more often than we care to admit. We’ve spent so much time with the series that, over the years, the characters and the actors who portray themhave almost become family. So when a video like this comes online, it’s more than just delightful. It’s catha … | Continue reading
First Solar and Qcells , the two largest solar-panel manufacturers in the U.S., have joined a coalition of domestic suppliers calling for new tariffs on below-cost and state-subsidized panels imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The coalition, calling itself t … | Continue reading