Last summer was pretty packed with big movies, from the likes of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to Across the Spider-Verse and Barbie. 2024's summer movie season began this weekend with The Fall Guy and a re-release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. With two throwback movies comi … | Continue reading
"Waiting for a rescue to be organized is hugely stressful." Volunteers heroically rescue seal constricted by garbage for years: 'The circumstances were perfect' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"I’m most proud that we did this all ourselves and saved so much money!" says homeowner Astin Hancock. READ MORE... | Continue reading
By doing this every time I open a pack of paper towels, I won't forget to do a task that's out of sight and out of mind. READ MORE... | Continue reading
My mood and focus did not improve this week, and I know something needs to be done. Things came to a head , and E and I concluded that I have many symptoms of burn-out. This week Y had free from school so it was a mixture of some work, doing things together and reflecting […] | Continue reading
Oregon startup Cube Series debuted a few years ago with a lifting hard-wall pickup camper unlike anything else on the market. At the time, it mentioned plans to bolt its lifting hard walls to a trailer, and it's now launched the trailer as a rugged all-weather shelter that tows l … | Continue reading
Like the original series, X-Men ‘97 has been adapting a variety of comic book storylines from the 90s. Thus far, the likes of Inferno, The Trial of Magneto, and Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly’s New X-Men run have been brought to life, with varying levels of time and success. Th … | Continue reading
Originally posted in July 2021. I’m not brokenI refute itSee, my mother didn’t scold meMy father bought bought me clothes,How can I be swallowed byThe worldWhen I don’t remember my firstGlimpse of it?I don’t accept. I’m smiling now,Crying alone you seeAnd catching my own tearsHas … | Continue reading
After some deliberation, I replaced the battery in my iPhone 12 Pro. 📱 Its battery capacity had degraded so much over the past three years that I had to carry a backup battery everywhere I went. Now I won’t feel rushed to upgrade to a new phone. | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: 10 points to anyone who gets a paper published containing the term sack-blast. Today's News: | Continue reading
In our 83rd episode, we revisit the various use cases we’ve discovered with our favorite AI tools. Enjoy it now, or download for later. Here’s a handy feed or subscribe via Overcast or iTunes. https://traffic.libsyn.com/rands/theimportantthing0083.mp3 | Continue reading
National Geographic will debut “Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story,” called one of 2024’s very best documentaries, on May 6, 2024. The Details When a wild otter in desperate need of help washes up on his jetty in the remote Scottish islands of Shetland, Billy Mail, his wife Susan … | Continue reading
UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargers | Automotive industry | The Guardian UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargers | Continue reading
Finished two drop-stitch scarves recently. 🧶 I love Malabrigo yarn. | Continue reading
The system is focused on recovering specifically the most valuable recyclables: aluminum and certain kinds of plastic. Startup deploys 3D cameras and robots to help solve major problem with US recycling: 'Plants have been using outdated technologies' first appeared on The Cool Do … | Continue reading
Today is day 5 of WeblogPoMo2024, a month long daily blogging challenge. I’m challenging myself to write about a song each day, but there are many other people writing about other things. You should check them out! Today’s song is “Fell Off the Face of the Earth” by Firewater. Th … | Continue reading
“The use of music,” Richard Powers wrote, “is to remind us how short a time we have a body” — a truth nowhere more bittersweet than in the creature whose body is the oldest unchanged musical instrument on Earth: a tiny mandolin silent for most of its existence, then sonorous with … | Continue reading
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is the most active power pool in Africa. It is made up of 12 countries and home to 360 million people. The total installed generation capacity in the region is 80 GW. The peak demand in the region is 57 GW, however the available ... [continu … | Continue reading
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New long duration, large scale compressed air energy storage system leverages simple water pressure to cut costs. The post Long Duration Energy Storage From Thin Air: Just Add Water appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading
I’m interested in using AI to optimize things and got the nudge to read this book because of my interests. I find this book quite depressing. A team of engineers in the Google-sized company Avogadro Corp implements a software called ELOPe. It optimizes emails based on the desired … | Continue reading
This type of sustainable home design is gaining traction and could save homeowners serious cash in the long run. Architects complete 10-year study of home that uses 110% less energy — here are the features that made this possible first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Mars is a graveyard for explorers. Many orbiters, landers, rovers, and other mechanical critters that have either been cremated in the Red Planet’s thin atmosphere or fallen silent in the ochre, radiation-smothered sands below, right away or at the end of their technological life … | Continue reading
Rebecca Nicholson in The Guardian: To answer the question of what we’re losing, think about what nightlife has given us. It was always a haven for outsiders trying to find, establish or shape their own communities. It brings people together and remains an insistently communal exp … | Continue reading
Thomas Zurbuchen in Quanta: Our sun is the best-observed star in the entire universe. We see its light every day. For centuries, scientists have tracked the dark spots dappling its radiant face, while in recent decades, telescopes in space and on Earth have scrutinized sunbeams i … | Continue reading
Morgan Meis at Slant Books: I was meeting my mother at the museum. My mother is both a great lover of art and completely unpretentious about it. Often, she simply stands in front of objects of art and smiles. We found ourselves in an exhibit entitled Indian Skies: The Howard Hodg … | Continue reading
Sudeep Dasgupta in the European Review of Books: Palestine, before it named something else, named a region. The region emerged during Ottoman rule, between 1518 and 1920. It was called Filastin in Arabic, the language of the Muslims, Christians, Jews and others who lived in this … | Continue reading
All of my attempts at humor fall flat, as a general rule. In January, for example, I jokingly asked a friend who had visited family in Madrid over Christmas if he’d had to navigate around pro-Hamas protests. He took it as a straight question and gave me a detailed straight answer … | Continue reading
Ask the average person what high-profile actor should join the MCU that already hasn’t, and Giancarlo Esposito will be one of the common answers. Folks have wanted the Breaking Bad star to be a part of the superhero franchise for years, and it apppears they’ll finally get their w … | Continue reading
"Consumers are now actively seeking brands that take sustainability seriously." Chocolate brand develops 'revolutionary' new product packaging: 'We are set to change all that' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
This is the thirty-fourth part of a fiction serial, in 772 words. That Monday morning when he was told the story of the conversation with Edward, George could hardly contain his delight. “Does that mean you are free to move in with me until I go to Berlin? Does Edward know about … | Continue reading
For years, the X-Men were noticeably absent from Marvel Studios’ projects due to a longstanding rift with Fox, the previous owner of their rights. This absence was intriguing yet odd, given the pivotal role of X-Men: The Animated Series in catalyzing the X-Men film franchise and … | Continue reading
The Braun+Design Börse is an annual event and fair focusing on products from the Braun company. Braun might not be the design icon it was 40 years ago, but starting in 1955, it profoundly impacted the design world, starting with the cooperation with the Ulm School of | Continue reading
I wanted to experiment with the new CSS function light-dark() and get a sense of how to use it in a CSS architecture of nested (web) components. I think it’s going to be a powerful in the new responsive world of component architecture but I don’t want to recommend a tool unless I … | Continue reading
Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday celebrated predominately in the US by people of Mexican heritage. It takes place on 5th May (hence the name—Cinco de Mayo is Spanish for 5th of May) and commemorates Mexico’s victory over at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. It’s important to note t … | Continue reading
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If I’m being totally honest, I don’t understand the Rabbit R1 at all. As a piece of hardware, it looks cool, so I understand if you want to spend $200 on a thing that will look cool on your shelf, but take away the cool physical | Continue reading
Crypto poker platform CoinPoker is gearing up for another exhilarating tournament series, the Crypto Series Of Poker (CSOP+). This time,… Continue reading CSOP Plus May 5-26 Tournament Series Starts On CoinPoker App The post CSOP Plus May 5-26 Tournament Series Starts On CoinPoke … | Continue reading
An Argonne partnership with a Minnesota mining company is taking waste from one battery production process and using it in another. Researchers investigate how to use mining waste in battery production. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is developi … | Continue reading
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A recent discovery in Minnesota has unveiled a helium reservoir with astonishingly high concentrations of the gas, surpassing initial estimations and potentially opening doors for commercial extraction. Pulsar Helium, an exploration company, revealed the discovery of helium reser … | Continue reading
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"This is a significant milestone for the project and the floating offshore wind sector." Government approves new variation of floating offshore wind farm project: 'This refined design is future-proof' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
With growing urban populations and increases in cars, trucks and buses, cities are poised to experience more harmful pollution threatening people’s health and livelihoods. But some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones (ZEZs). Thes … | Continue reading
This brilliant trick makes the sticky chore so much easier. READ MORE... | Continue reading
Bernard Hill, the actor that brought Lord of the Rings’ Théoden to life memorably in Peter Jackson’s movie adaptation trilogy, has died at the age of 79. Read more... | Continue reading
Tools and Products: I’m running a couple of clusters in my lab environment. One of them is a “hub” cluster[...] | Continue reading
An interview with host Lizzie O’Leary on Slate’s “What Next: TBD” podcast. | Continue reading