stephsmithio, "Swear words in Taylor Swift albums [OC]", r/dataisbeautiful: A few quick trips to the Google Books Ngram Viewer will confirm that Ms. Swift is tracing larger-scale trends, e.g. Also, see John McWhorter, "Curses Aren’t ‘Just Words’", The Atlantic 5/4/2021. And maybe … | Continue reading
"I could see these being a great way to add a little pollinator value to your yard." Homeowner debates best way to add variety to ground cover without upsetting HOA: 'It's like National Geographic out here' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Photo credits: BigStock Some university lobby groups have come out against the EU funding dual-use research, saying Horizon Europe and its successor, FP10 should remain exclusively civilian, while others have responded to an EU consultation on the subject by asking policymakers f … | Continue reading
A warm breeze at sunrise. My reading is interrupted by an unfamiliar trill: a redheaded woodpecker in the dead crown of the tallest black locust. I watch through binoculars as […] | Continue reading
We are happy to announce that GNOME was assigned eight slots for Google Summer of Code projects this year! GSoC is a program focused on bringing new contributors into open source software development. A number of long term GNOME developers are former GSoC interns, making the prog … | Continue reading
Gray Zone Warfare is full of quests and tasks such as Radio Silence, which if you are a new player… Continue reading How to complete the Radio Silence quest in Gray Zone Warfare The post How to complete the Radio Silence quest in Gray Zone Warfare appeared first on ReadWrite. | Continue reading
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs JamesHoare Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09 | Continue reading
Andrej Plenković, prime minister of Croatia, speaking at the Annual EU Budget Conference 2024 held on April 29. Photo credits: European Commission / X Andrej Plenković, prime minister of Croatia, is in favour of injecting more funding into research as part of a bigger overall EU … | Continue reading
Yesterday, I released a minor Micro.publish update, which should make a difference for people like me who enjoy linking notes in Obsidian to each other. With the update, Micro.publish removes Obsidian internal links - those links using double square brackets - before publishing t … | Continue reading
Workers in the Dutch healthcare system are set to stop working for two minutes on May 2 at 2pm in protest of violence against healthcare workers. Their silence will also... | Continue reading
Today my son saw a Marshmello clip on Spotify and asked why he was wearing the marshmallow helmet. I explained that some artists like to wear a mask to keep their actual identity private, but then later I thought about the how I didn't actually know if this is the case for Marshm … | Continue reading
Peter Savodnik reports from an encampment 7,248 miles from Gaza. NPR CEO subpoenaed by Congress. And much more. | Continue reading
Tracing the origins of messages is more complicated than it sounds. | Continue reading
Detroit has a solid reputation as the center of the U.S. automotive industry, but did you know that it's also a leader across multiple high-tech sectors, including electric vehicles? Thanks to these advancements and top-notch meetings infrastructure, Detroit is emerging as a top … | Continue reading
"We showed that several groups of species with important roles for ecosystems and humans, such as pollinators, are penalized by shade tree removal." Scientists find incredible potential using shade to boost coffee plant productivity: 'Shade-grown coffee has the ability to challen … | Continue reading
by Gerardo del Valle ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpar … | Continue reading
Shift Robotics began as a Carnegie Mellon spin-off, its first product was funded by Kickstarter so do not dismiss them as just another set of strap-on electric roller skates. Continue Reading Category: Urban Transport, Transport Tags: Moonwalker, Carnegie Mellon, Mobility, Walk, … | Continue reading
The new app update allows font size modification for easier reading. Improved post tags aid in discovering new sites. Cheers to the Jetpack team! | Continue reading
today was supposed to be a day of celebration as we mark 8 years together. but unfortunately i lost a friend of 18 years to cancer yesterday, so we had to attend a wake together. it is during such an event that the full meaning of what it is like to have a partner of 8 years by m … | Continue reading
Anthropic, developers of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude, announced this week that they have launched an iOS app. The… Continue reading Anthropic’s Claude AI is coming to iOS as an app The post Anthropic’s Claude AI is coming to iOS as an app appeared first on Rea … | Continue reading
From My Horrible Career Your lovin’ gives me a thrill, but your lovin' don't pay my bills This is the fourth of a five-part series about my horrible career: how it started, how it’s going, and what I learned from making every mistake imaginable. My horrible career Not a real deve … | Continue reading
Population distribution of China. The most common surnames in Europe. The population of London compared to large American cities. Extreme weather across America. How the British communicate in a foreign language. If you can only see one thing in a foreign country. (This can be en … | Continue reading
US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) endured their biggest single-day outflow yesterday (May 1). Investors took over half a billion… Continue reading US Bitcoin ETFs see record outflows after Fed announcement The post US Bitcoin ETFs see record outflows after Fed announce … | Continue reading
You can stop skulking around labs trying to get bitten by radioactive spiders – a new breakthrough could make it easier than ever to get Spider-Man’s wall-crawling powers. Scientists in Singapore have created a strong and reusable adhesive out of a shape-memory polymer, sticking … | Continue reading
It’s no secret I love historical mysteries. I spent my childhood reading Nancy Drew, The Famous Five and Secret Seven, progressing to Agatha Christie in my teenage and adult years. I rejoiced when the genre moved away from bumbling women who solved mysteries purely by luck to str … | Continue reading
I love writers who mix genres. It’s like an athlete who plays sports and somehow, improbably, manages to be good at all of them. C.J. Tudor’s novels cross boundaries between mystery, horror, and thriller, managing to bring out the best in each of them while creating something who … | Continue reading
Perched on a stool at the end of the bar of the Elks Club lodge 656, Gary Webb answered his black Nokia flip phone like a celebrity fielding live calls at a telethon fundraiser. After so many decades as a farmer, political agitator, activist, competitive fisherman, football coach … | Continue reading
Google Play Books has been provided an update that introduces several new features to the app, the company revealed via a blog post. That includes integration with YouTube where users will be able to listen to audiobook previews for free. This would be in addition to the audioboo … | Continue reading
In the Louisiana Channel interview clip from 2017 above, the late Paul Auster tells the story of how he became a writer. Its first episode had appeared more than twenty years earlier, in a New Yorker piece titled “Why Write?”: “I was eight years old. At that moment in my life, no … | Continue reading
Welche touristische „Produkte“ zu welchen Preisen in den Bergen geboten werden, ist schon seit Jahren einem starken Wandel unterworfen: Technische Beschneiung stand als höchst erfolgreiche Klimawandelanpassungsstrategie lange für verlässliche Qualität und homogene Beschaffenheit … | Continue reading
The news lately has not exactly been a walk in the park. Iran launched hundreds of rockets at Israel, creating the prospect of World War III; we have Trump’s ongoing criminal trial; a TikTok ban; a war in Ukraine; and much of the Ivy League is now co-opted by Hamas. Should we go … | Continue reading
by Robert Faturechi, Ellis Simani and Justin Elliott ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. … | Continue reading
In a study of cells from nearly 400 ALS patients, researchers identified genomic regions with chemical modifications linked to disease progression. | Continue reading
I am convinced that the busyness of our age detracts from our ability to see the worthy work we do, to see ourselves as whole persons. Filling our days does not necessarily lead to fulfillment. | Continue reading
The fossil shark Ptychodus was first identified 190 years ago, but in the intervening centuries of paleontological inquiry, a comprehensive look at the ancient fish has been hard to come by. Until now. In a paper published last week in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a te … | Continue reading
"More where that came from." Workers break ground on multibillion-dollar high-speed rail line connecting Las Vegas to Los Angeles: 'More where that came from' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nerea Bartolome (@nerea.bartolome) Make of it what you will, but don't try to compare the Finnish words for snow with Eskimo words for snow. Selected reading "The snow words myth: progress at last" (1/4/07) — too many other posts for E … | Continue reading
Fortnire’s biggest collaboration of the year is almost upon us. Ever since somebody decided that May the 4th sounded fractionally… Continue reading Lego Fortnite Star Wars collab – when you can get it and everything it includes The post Lego Fortnite Star Wars collab – when you c … | Continue reading
Fortnire’s biggest collaboration of the year is almost upon us. Ever since somebody decided that May the 4th sounded fractionally… Continue reading Lego Fornite Star Wars collab – when you can get it and everything it includes The post Lego Fornite Star Wars collab – when you can … | Continue reading
Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price. | Continue reading
This well known surreal painting was originally titled ‘The Garden Of Lusts’. It was painted between 1490 and 1510 by the Dutch artist, Hieronymus Bosch, and is said to either be a celebration of sexual joy, a warning of the perils of the flesh, or both. It is packed with so many … | Continue reading
I'm still a little miffed that my local council took it on themselves to "correct" my name on the electoral roll to something it isn't, thereby potentially disenfranchising me (I can't produce photo ID in the fake name they came up with!). But I'm pleased to report that, after pr … | Continue reading
It's the first evidence of an oil company acknowledging that gas wasn't as climate-friendly as promised. | Continue reading
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why? JamesHoare Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19 | Continue reading
I've held the opinion for several years now that the end game is... The post 27% : WearOS Growth Figure Points To the End Game for smart watches – plus a new tech trend is highlighted appeared first on the5krunner • tri bike run. The full post can be read now at the5krunner • tri … | Continue reading
Activists appealed to the United Nations for help staving off “disaster capitalism” in the wake of the deadly blaze. | Continue reading