Gardener shares before-and-after photos of barren yard transformation: 'The possibilities are limitless if you get creative'

"A big step in the right direction." Gardener shares before-and-after photos of barren yard transformation: 'The possibilities are limitless if you get creative' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 10 minutes ago

Zum Launches Nation’s 1st School District with 100% Electric, Bidirectional V2G School Bus Fleet in Oakland

Oakland Unified School District’s 74 EV school buses and charging infrastructure provides up to 2.1 gigawatt hours of energy back to the grid, reduces 25,000 tons of emissions annually OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA — Zūm, the modern student transportation platform, announced yesterday that … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 13 minutes ago

Underwater audio suggests blue whale population could stabilize following centuries of whaling: 'To piece together the puzzle of ... whether they're recovering'

The recovery of this incredible species is fantastic news, and the whales seem to be singing about their improved prospects. Underwater audio suggests blue whale population could stabilize following centuries of whaling: 'To piece together the puzzle of ... whether they're recove … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 40 minutes ago

CEO Of Take-Two, Reportedly Closing Two Studios, Denies Closing Two Studios

'We didn't shutter those studios', says man who clearly appears to have shuttered two studios The post CEO Of Take-Two, Reportedly Closing Two Studios, Denies Closing Two Studios appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 42 minutes ago

Gardener learns about major landscaping mistake after sharing photo of ailing tree online: 'Not a good idea'

"You don't know where it came from." Gardener learns about major landscaping mistake after sharing photo of ailing tree online: 'Not a good idea' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Movies Watched, April 2024

Like a lot of people, once I saw the trailer for Alex Garland’s “Civil War,” a dystopian thriller set in… | Continue reading


@subtraction.com | 1 hour ago

VinFast Receives 27,649 Pre-Orders for VF 3 in Vietnam — 66 Hours After Accepting Deposits

Hanoi, Vietnam — VinFast Auto (Nasdaq: VFS) today announced that it received a record-breaking number of 27,649 non-refundable and non-transferable pre-orders for the mini-SUV VF 3 within 66 hours, setting a Vietnamese automotive record, demonstrating the impressive appeal of the … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Geely Holding Welcomes New Investors in Zeekr

Hangzhou, China — Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), China’s largest private-owned automotive group, this week welcomed new equity investors to Zeekr, global premium electric mobility technology company following the completion of an initial public offering on the New … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Geothermal Scores Big At The “Super Bowl of the Energy Sector”

It was standing room only when the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) Director Lauren Boyd stepped onto the stage for a panel discussion at CERAWeek 2024. “Geothermal: How Big is it Going to Get?” was the Tuesday morning hot topic, featuring an … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Billionaire bets big on largest solar project ever proposed to deliver power across oceans: 'At the forefront of the clean energy transition'

There's a long way to go, but the Australia-Asia PowerLink may be the massive cornerstone of a cleaner, safer future. Billionaire bets big on largest solar project ever proposed to deliver power across oceans: 'At the forefront of the clean energy transition' first appeared on Th … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

NetBSD, AI-generated code, spam, and truth

AI-generated code is going about as well as you’d expect. Fun! We start with The Register: Pulumi AI and its online archive of responses, AI Answers, is a case in point. Google’s search crawler indexes the output of Pulumi’s AI and presents it to search users alongside links to h … | Continue reading


@rubenerd.com | 2 hours ago

The Latvian firm bringing low-cost sourcing to the airline industry

AM Craft’s CEO says that the wider adoption of 3D printing should enable airlines to accelerate sustainability goals that the industry is pursuing. Latvian start-up AM Craft this week announced the closing of a 600,000 euros pre-seed funding round led by Change Ventures, with the … | Continue reading


@emerging-europe.com | 2 hours ago

Waymo Reaches 50,000 Paid Customer Trips A Week

Waymo has spent most of my adult life working on self-driving vehicles (originally under the Google brand, until about 7½ years ago). For a long time after it finally started offering robotaxi service for non-employees, the service was free. Since December 2018, though, Waymo has … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 2 hours ago

Homeowner concerned neighbor's overgrown lawn will unleash invasive species on their property: 'I am afraid it will only spread more'

"Who wants to pay for a new fence? No one." Homeowner concerned neighbor's overgrown lawn will unleash invasive species on their property: 'I am afraid it will only spread more' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Frank Joshua brings forth the turmoil hidden in new single “Torture”

n a world with lots of noise trying to grab any attention, Frank Joshua's music welcomes the inner silence, providing a calming, soothing sound to dive deep under the quiet surface. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 2 hours ago

Lake nears record water levels after years of severe drought: 'It's been a while since we've seen this'

The resurgence of Belton Lake was a cause for celebration for local residents. Lake nears record water levels after years of severe drought: 'It's been a while since we've seen this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

DeviantArt In 2024 Sure Sounds Like A Shithole

Like many websites, it used to be a good one The post DeviantArt In 2024 Sure Sounds Like A Shithole appeared first on Aftermath. | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 3 hours ago

“Keka” File Archival and Extraction Tool for iOS

Far greater control over file compression/decompression than Files allows. | Continue reading


@toolsandtoys.net | 3 hours ago

How the tech industry soured on employee activism

When social justice protests swept the country in 2020, tech companies mostly welcomed employee activism. The Gaza demonstrations are getting a much different reception | Continue reading


@platformer.news | 3 hours ago

Passerby shares frustrations after finding trash left in a natural area: 'This place deserves better'

"I don't understand how people can just carelessly do stuff like this." Passerby shares frustrations after finding trash left in a natural area: 'This place deserves better' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

Market segmentation is more fun than it sounds

Market segmentation is a technique for determining who will buy or use your product. Essentially you brainstorm a boatload of possible user types, organize them, and rank them. By the end of the exercise, you should have a shortlist of customer segments you can research and inter … | Continue reading


@thoughtbot.com | 3 hours ago

It’s forgery all the way down ↦

Yet another incredible story on Cabel Sasser’s blog, this one about a supposedly vintage Apple Employee badge: Wow. Someone was selling Apple Employee #10’s employee badge?! … | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 3 hours ago

Multi-page application View Transitions are here (Google I/O 2024)

My talk for Google I/O 2024 | Continue reading


@bram.us | 3 hours ago

Superman and Fantastic Four Lead 2025's Amazing IMAX Slate

This year is already off to a very good start at the movies but 2025 is looking even bigger, in more ways than one. Fresh off the huge success of last year’s Oppenheimer and this year’s Dune: Part Two, IMAX just revealed 14 titles in 2025 that will not only be released in IMAX, b … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 hours ago

Designer brand faces backlash for selling jeans that look urine-stained: 'You can sell anything to people if you market it as the latest trend'

"I'm buying it because it's ironic." Designer brand faces backlash for selling jeans that look urine-stained: 'You can sell anything to people if you market it as the latest trend' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 3 hours ago

Thursday 16 May 1661

Up early to see whether the work of my house be quite done, and I found it to my mind. Staid at home all the morning, and about 2 o'clock went in my velvet coat by water to the Savoy, and there, having staid a good while, I was called into the... | Continue reading


@pepysdiary.com | 4 hours ago

Arizona woman accused of helping North Koreans get remote IT jobs at 300 companies

Alleged $6.8M conspiracy involved "laptop farm," identity theft, and résumé coaching. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 4 hours ago

Inside One Family's Mission to Revive an Abandoned Appalachian Trout Farm

Ty Walker squats on the grassy banks of a 150-foot-long, 10-foot-wide earthen pond lifting a net filled with thrashing young rainbow trout from the churning spring water. He nudges a pair of curious Great Pyrenees away, then carefully drops a dozen fish into a large bucket of wat … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 4 hours ago

An assertiveness tip: state the outcome

Being assertive doesn’t come naturally to me iRL. I’ve been getting better at recently, but I still let people walk over me more than they should in social settings. Some of the best advice I’ve received mirrors what this advice columnist wrote with regards to a wedding, emphasis … | Continue reading


@rubenerd.com | 4 hours ago

Took a couple of days

I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve here thesedays! And the last couple of days were awful. Back now, coffee and RSS reader in hand though, so let’s get back to it. Hope you’re going well! Is that a new hat? By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2024-05-17. | Continue reading


@rubenerd.com | 4 hours ago

The Stars of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Promise Things Will Actually Happen This Season

The debut season of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power—for those that actually ended up making it through all eight episodes—often struggled to really really feel there was narrative moment outside of that one hella cool moment when a mountain blew up. By its climax, it felt l … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 4 hours ago

50+ tools I use to run a $100M/year business

HAPPY THURSDAY! This year for Sumo Day, we’re giving away a Cybertruck!! (I wish I could win, but I’m not eligible 😢) Enter here for a chance to win: https://appsumo.com/sumoday/giveaway Now onto this week’s article 🤝 == At AppSumo, we spend nearly $1m a year on s … | Continue reading


@noahkagan.com | 4 hours ago

Autopsy finds teen died from ultra-spicy chip and heart defect, report says

The high dose of capsaicin paired with a heart defect appear to have contributed. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 5 hours ago

Nancy Hiller Memorial Lecture, May 24

Join via Zoom (if you can’t make it to Bloomington in person) at 6 p.m. Eastern on May 24, for the 2024 Rosemary Miller Lecture, this year celebrating the life and work of Nancy Hiller (1959-2022). Duncan Campbell will speak about Nancy and her deep commitment to historic preserv … | Continue reading


@blog.lostartpress.com | 5 hours ago

Solana Meme Coin ‘Sealana’ Raises Over $1.2 Million in Crypto Presale – Next Slothana?

A new meme coin on Solana, Sealana, has raised over $1.2 million in its presale within the first few weeks… Continue reading Solana Meme Coin ‘Sealana’ Raises Over $1.2 Million in Crypto Presale – Next Slothana? The post Solana Meme Coin ‘Sealana’ Raises Over $1.2 Million in Cryp … | Continue reading


@readwrite.com | 5 hours ago

Domain change

You probably didn’t notice it because the previous domain is now forwarding to this one but the domain of this blog is changed and you’re now connected to the new address. Everything is working fine as far as I know and the previous domain is set to be redirected to the new one. … | Continue reading


@hyti.org | 5 hours ago

Two Posts in One Day ?!

Look at you being so spoiled | Continue reading


@ohmg.mmn.on.ca | 5 hours ago

This Is the Coolest, Most Unique Obi-Wan Kenobi Figure Ever

Whenever a new set of Star Wars toys is announced, fans have come to expect to see characters in some sort of armor. Be it Mandalorian armor, stormtrooper armor, or Clone Trooper armor, toy companies love it because all they have to do is make a new head and reuse an old body. It … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 5 hours ago

Strava Announces Family Plan, Dark Mode, AI Cheat Finder

 Strava has just announced a slate of updates at their annual Camp Strava event, where they show off a bunch of newness. This years event is the first time new CEO, Michael Martin, is at the helm, after starting … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 5 hours ago

Apple Pencil Shadow Casting

In a video on Threads, Quinn Nelson shows how the Apple Pencil casts a tool-specific faux shadow on the surface of the page. I love this sort of thing — a detail like this that, once you notice it, brings a little joy to whatever you are doing, whether that is creating art or jus … | Continue reading


@pxlnv.com | 5 hours ago

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbot’s reply as evidence of shadowban

Presidential candidate believes Meta’s chatbot can reliably reveal shadowbans. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 5 hours ago

Evacuations ordered amid water levels rivaling historic Hurricane Harvey floods: 'This is a life-threatening situation'

"Texans are now bracing for a second flooding event in less than a week." Evacuations ordered amid water levels rivaling historic Hurricane Harvey floods: 'This is a life-threatening situation' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 5 hours ago

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - AI

Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Is this the most or least pessimistic comic yet? Today's News: | Continue reading


@smbc-comics.com | 5 hours ago

DeSantis says he’s ‘restoring sanity’ by erasing climate change from Florida laws

While Floridians suffered through record heat, DeSantis signed legislation keeping "windmills off our beaches." | Continue reading


@grist.org | 5 hours ago

Gas Utility Misadventures in Neighborhood Electrification

Natural gas utilities spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on pipelines and related infrastructure — costs they typically recoup from ratepayers over the course of decades. In the eyes of clean energy advocates, these investments are not only imprudent, but also a miss … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 6 hours ago

US Summer Gasoline Prices Could Increase from Higher Refining Costs

Average monthly prices for regular-grade retail gasoline in the United States could increase by more than 10 cents per gallon (gal) if refinery output is lower than expected, according to an analysis we published on May 14. In our May Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), which serve … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 6 hours ago

The chemistry of hydrangea colour changes – in C&EN

With summer on its way in the Northern Hemisphere, the latest edition of Periodic Graphics in Chemical & Engineering News looks at… | Continue reading


@compoundchem.com | 6 hours ago

The 2024 International Booker Prize shortlist

The 2024 International Booker Prize shortlist has been revealed, showcasing literature from six nations, translated from six languages, that skillfully intertwines the personal and political in uniquely innovative ways. Chosen by this year’s judging panel, chaired by distinguishe … | Continue reading


@goodereader.com | 6 hours ago