Will feminists work on oil wells? That’s not the right question!

Would a woman, specially a feminist woman, work on an oil well? I don’t know. The Oxford dictionary defines feminism as “the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.” Which is very cool. If feminism means that, I’m a feminist. But, then, you hear so m … | Continue reading


@alirezahayati.com | 25 minutes ago

Scientists Managed to Make Broadband Speeds 4.5 Million Times Faster

There’s nothing more frustrating than a bad internet connection, but researchers out of Aston University may have just solved that problem forever. A new method allowed scientists in the UK to send data 4.5 million times faster than average broadband, setting a new world record. … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 26 minutes ago

A 7-minute guide to the relationship between quantum mechanics and black holes

Physicist Brian Cox takes us into the mind-bending world where quantum mechanics, black holes, and the future of computing converge. In this interview, Cox shares the engineering challenges behind building quantum computers and the intricate dance of storing information in their … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 31 minutes ago

OpenAI shows off Sora AI video generator to Hollywood execs

CEO Sam Altman met with Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros Discovery. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 40 minutes ago

Introducing Ruzzy, a coverage-guided Ruby fuzzer

By Matt Schwager Trail of Bits is excited to introduce Ruzzy, a coverage-guided fuzzer for pure Ruby code and Ruby C extensions. Fuzzing helps find bugs in software that processes untrusted input. In pure Ruby, these bugs may result in unexpected exceptions that could lead to den … | Continue reading


@blog.trailofbits.com | 45 minutes ago

Here's how using water can actually save more water in the long run: 'The huge industry of producing toilet paper could be eliminated'

They started gaining traction in the U.S. after the COVID-19 toilet paper shortage left people scrambling for other options. Here's how using water can actually save more water in the long run: 'The huge industry of producing toilet paper could be eliminated' first appeared on Th … | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 46 minutes ago

LT1KF UBS ROUND-UP BRAND-NEW GEMS FOR YOU WEEK 12

Hi, welcome, dear music lover, here you have 6 acts that you shouldn't miss out on. #LT1KF Unknown But Essentials! Round-up | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 46 minutes ago

Szarlotka z kratką, prażone jabłka, Bracia Sadownicy

Kto mnie zna, ten wie, jak wielki mam sentyment do Braci Sadowników (i Siostry Sadowniczki, bo to z Nią miałam najwięcej wspólnego). Wspominam ich piękny sad, w którym miałam przyjemność być dwa razy i zawsze, ale to zawsze, kiedy jestem w sklepie, szukam ich produktów, patrzę, c … | Continue reading


@whiteplate.com | 54 minutes ago

Collet Fans: A Clever, Low-Tech Solution for Clearing Chips While CNC Milling

Here's an interesting alternative to an established manufacturing solution.CNC mills use spinning bits to remove material. This material comes off in the form of tiny chips. These chips must be evacuated, to avoid clogging the worksurface and potentially jamming or overheating th … | Continue reading


@core77.com | 56 minutes ago

I'm no longer Marten maintainer

Folks, I’d like to inform you that I’m no longer a Marten maintainer. As you know, sometimes in the project’s lifetime, there’s a moment… | Continue reading


@event-driven.io | 59 minutes ago

I Tried the Viral Smashed Potato Salad

It’s delicious! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

10 Corner Nook Dining Sets That Small-Space Dwellers Will Love

Because what’s better than cozy-ing up for a good meal? READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Can You Tweet Your Way to Impact?

Earlier this month, a group of scientists from universities around the world published the results of an ingeniously simple experiment in the journal PLoS ONE. ... Read more The post Can You Tweet Your Way to Impact? appeared first on Cal Newport. | Continue reading


@calnewport.com | 1 hour ago

King’s palace

Today is the first true t-shirt day of the year. It’s 23° C and the city is quick to toss the jackets in the closet. | Continue reading


@veselin.blog | 1 hour ago

Spring DOOM!!!

This spring, terror has a new name: SCREAMING BLOOD-SOAKED LAGOMORPH RECKONING OF DOOOOOM With everything you've come to expect from a low budget, Easter-themed horror movie! Including: Idiotic, overly testosterone-laden frat boys: "There's old blood and creepy hooks hanging ever … | Continue reading


@cakewrecks.com | 1 hour ago

T-Minus: Bezos’ space station advances, Boeing’s capsule crews up, and more

Freethink's weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a new space station, NASA's next astronaut transporter, and more. | Continue reading


@freethink.com | 1 hour ago

A ranch owner reveals how wind turbines saved his farm: 'I always say that wind farming is my best cash crop'

Ferrell was approached by a company proposing a wind farm on his land in the mid 1990s. A ranch owner reveals how wind turbines saved his farm: 'I always say that wind farming is my best cash crop' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

"Breakfast Stuffed Bread" Is the Most Brilliant Way to Serve Eggs on Easter

It’s like quiche but way easier. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

The Path Is No Path: On Not Becoming a Poet

Bryan Vandyke in The Millions: In my second year of college I applied for a spot in a creative writing program. If I got in, I could graduate in two years with a writing major. If I didn’t, well, I needed a new major. I fussed over the application for months. Attended info sessio … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Anthropodermic Bibliopegy

[It’s the practice of binding books in human skin.] The Boston Athenæum is one of America’s oldest independent libraries, with a collection of hundreds of thousands of volumes. Only one book, however, is bound in the author’s own skin: [Photo courtesy of P. Kafasis] This infamous … | Continue reading


@onefoottsunami.com | 1 hour ago

Snack Recommendation: Carr’s Whole Wheat Crackers

I go to the grocery store a couple of days a week. The general purpose grocery stores I go to (as […] | Continue reading


@thenewleafjournal.com | 1 hour ago

Human Nature – Israelis and Palestinians

(Note: Please take 12 minutes to listen to what this wise man said nine years ago.) | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Only 28% of Americans Support Banning TikTok, Poll Says

Only about 28% of Americans support banning TikTok, according to a new poll from market research firm Savanta. And while it remains to be seen whether the U.S. Senate will take up the so-called TikTok ban bill that passed the House earlier this month, this new poll will probably … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

The Surprising Reason Your Microfiber Cloths Aren’t Cleaning Properly

Hint: They’re not all created equal. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Friday Poem

My Son My Executioner My son, my executioner, …… I take you in my arms, Quiet and small and just astir, …… And whom my body warms. Sweet death, small son, our instrument …… Of immortality, Your cries and hunger document …… Our bodily decay. We twenty-five and twenty-two, …… Who s … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Alamo Drafthouse Is Reportedly Up For Sale

Alamo Drafthouse, one of the only corporate chains in America that is actually cool, is up for sale. Deadline reports that the cinema circuit, which was founded by entrepreneur Tim League in Austin, Texas, in 1997, is looking for a buyer, although it’s not clear what the asking p … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Viewing my CT Scan in 3D using Linux

Several years ago, I had a CT scan of my jaw. The dentist wasn't sure if she was allowed to give me a copy of the scan, which led me to ask "who owns the copyright to my medical images?" I still don't have an answer to the copyright question - but I do now […] | Continue reading


@shkspr.mobi | 1 hour ago

Are Insects Conscious?

Carrie Arnold at Noema: However, a growing collection of new experiments is challenging the old consensus. Far from being six-legged automatons, they can experience feelings akin to pain and suffering, joy and desire. When Chittka gave bumblebees an extra jolt of sucrose, their f … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Consciousness In Humans And Other Things

Consciousness In Humans And Other Things Posted on Friday, Mar 29, 2024 8:31AMFriday, March 29, 2024 by Morgan Meis | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Apple Is Reportedly Launching a Toaster Oven-Like Device to Update Unopened iPhones

If there’s any company obsessed with perfection, it’s Apple. So, of course, it makes complete sense that the company would create a new device capable of wirelessly updating iPhones that are still in their boxes with the newest Apple software. The funny thing is that this new gro … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Memorable paintings of the Crucifixion

Paintings by Jan van Eyck, Masaccio, Tintoretto and Delacroix with detailed explanations of their reading and background. | Continue reading


@eclecticlight.co | 1 hour ago

Matthias Grünewald’s Gruesome Good Friday

Ed Simon at Hyperallergic: Though firmly a Renaissance painter in regard to technical acumen, Grünewald was Medieval in his vision, an inheritor of the 14th and 15th centuries’ comfort with the horrors of embodiment. In Germany, in particular, there existed then a form of devotio … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

CPSC Says Stop Using Fire Extinguishing Balls Because They Don’t Work

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is telling consumers to immediately stop using Elide Fire Extinguishing Balls, a product that claims to activate automatically in case of a fire and release fire retardant chemicals to put it out. Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Landfills Are Bigger Climate Culprits Than We Thought

Current conditions: Cyclone Gamane killed at least 18 people in Madagascar • A Saharan dust storm is choking tourist hot spots in the Mediterranean • It’ll be wet and stormy across large parts of California for Easter weekend. THE TOP FIVE 1. Study: Methane from landfills is unde … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 1 hour ago

Landfills Are Bigger Climate Culprits Than We Thought

Current conditions: Cyclone Gamane killed at least 18 people in Madagascar • A Saharan dust storm is choking tourist hot spots in the Mediterranean • It’ll be wet and stormy across large parts of California for Easter weekend. THE TOP FIVE 1. Study: Methane from landfills is unde … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 2 hours ago

Squirrel News Easter Quiz

All the information in this quiz comes from media articles […] | Continue reading


@squirrel-news.net | 2 hours ago

Squirrel News Easter 2024 Quiz – Sources

We’ve featured articles on all the questions in the quiz […] | Continue reading


@squirrel-news.net | 2 hours ago

Ina Fried’s Vision Pro review

Ina Fried: Axios Review: Using Apple’s Vision Pro in Real Life The Vision Pro quickly feels heavy on your face, as others have noted. But using it is also cognitively more complex than just watching TV while doing some work on a phone or laptop. I spent a | Continue reading


@birchtree.me | 2 hours ago

God Leaves a Voice Message for Jesus on Holy Saturday

Hi, Jesus. It’s Pop. Just got your message. Sorry I missed you yesterday. It was kind of wild around her. A good Friday it was not. You wouldn’t believe everything going on with this farkakte universe. Expanding and expanding and expanding, we can’t keep up! And all these bad thi … | Continue reading


@mcsweeneys.net | 2 hours ago

Fiber-optic data transfer speeds hit a rapid 301 Tbps — 1.2 million times faster than your home broadband connection

The researchers hit a rate of 301 terabits per second — equivalent to transferring 1,800 4K movies over the internet in one second — using existing fiber-optic cables. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

Insglück startet Zertifizierungsprozess gemäß ISO 20121

Insglück hat den Zertifizierungsprozess für nachhaltiges Veranstaltungsmanagement gemäß ISO 20121 gestartet. Koordiniert und begleitet werde der Prozess von den Verbänden IFES und fwd: Bundesvereinigung Veranstaltungswirtschaft. | Continue reading


@event-partner.de | 2 hours ago

Falk Hammer Sketch

Return of the very large hammer... | Continue reading


@rasterweb.net | 2 hours ago

Cicada double brood event: What to expect when trillions of bugs emerge in Eastern US

When and where will the double cicada brood emerge? Here's what to expect from this rare phenomenon, which occurs only once every 221 years. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 2 hours ago

Steven Soderbergh on reading

These notes became item #4 in today’s newsletter: “I read in order to calm down.” Steven Soderbergh’s Year in Reading. So many things I care about get mentioned in this conversation: not being guilty about quitting books, Sarah Bakewell’s How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne, the … | Continue reading


@austinkleon.com | 2 hours ago

▶️ The code was never the important part

Web2, code and APIs. The goal wasn't to build things that don't break because entropy gets everything. The post ▶️ The code was never the important part first appeared on @gurupanguji. | Continue reading


@gurupanguji.com | 2 hours ago

TikToker shares how you can get near-limitless foaming soap with home hack: 'Cheat the system'

"Lasts my household for a whole year." TikToker shares how you can get near-limitless foaming soap with home hack: 'Cheat the system' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

P&B: Adrianna Tan

This is the 31st edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Adrianna Tan and her blog, popagandhi.com Adrianna's blog was suggested by Winnie Lim in her interview, back in February. I love discove … | Continue reading


@manuelmoreale.com | 2 hours ago

It’s Not Easter at My House Without My "Forbidden" Hot Cross Buns

It's hard to eat just one. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 2 hours ago