"Not being able to give up is not to be able to allow for loss, for vulnerability; not to be able to allow for the passing of time, and the revisions it brings." | Continue reading
The third and final episode of “Tolerance Is Extinction,”the season finale of X-Men ‘97, had a lot to pay off—not just from the plot threads it wove throughout its own debut season, but in bringing to a head years of lingering character work dating back to the original X-Men: The … | Continue reading
Today we celebrate the 20th anniversary of what used to be called “gay” or “same-sex” marriage here in the U.S., in which Maskachusetts led the way (modern-style opposite-sex marriage, in which divorce litigation may ensue, seems to go back about 4,300 years to Mesopotamia). Let’ … | Continue reading
My thanks to Kolide for sponsoring Six Colors again this week. You might have heard about the September 2023 MGM ransomware attack. But beyond the broken slot machines and other anecdotes is the fact that it’s an example of an emerging style of attack that we’ll certainly be seei … | Continue reading
In the Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand stands a massive, high-density housing complex sometimes described as a "palace," known for its postmodern architecture often associated with dystopian aesthetics. Named Espaces d’Abraxas after the Gnostic deity, it was designed by Spanish ar … | Continue reading
"Omg that's fantastic!" Local brides passing single wedding dress around community receives heartwarming reaction online: 'I love the community we've built around sharing things' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Atmospheres — do Earth-like alien planets have them or not? This is the killer question currently facing astronomers. In this context, “Earth-like” means terrestrial (i.e. rocky worlds) planets close enough to Earth’s mass and other conditions that we might imagine them hosting t … | Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Justice charged two suspects for allegedly leading a crime ring that laundered at least $73 million from cryptocurrency investment scams, also known as "pig butchering." [...] | Continue reading
Canfield Scientific, a manufacturer of imaging systems for science and healthcare applications, wanted to refresh their Vectra H1 handheld system. They contacted industrial design and engineering consultancy HSD, a/k/a/ HS Design. "HSD worked to not only aid in improving lighting … | Continue reading
“This shade has no personality nor style. It just makes the kitchen look dull, old, and boring.” READ MORE... | Continue reading
Each week, Atlas Obscura is providing a new short excerpt from our upcoming book, Wild Life: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Living Wonders (September 17, 2024). In the early twentieth century, some prairie dog towns stretched for hundreds of miles. Cowboys and naturalists pas … | Continue reading
> Reply to can you share the sample library_inventory.erl ? · Issue #3 · srijan/rebar3_dialyzer_html · GitHub Yes, it's here: https://github.com/srijan/library_sample | Continue reading
X.com stops redirecting to Twitter.com over a year after company name change. | Continue reading
While millions of people who couldn't normally see the aurora borealis took in the recent color-filled spectacle in the night sky, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory was looking straight at the sun to catch all the action. The fiery footage is well worth a watch. Continue Reading … | Continue reading
Georgia’s struggle with the “foreign agents” bill highlights broader issues of democratic backsliding and geopolitical tug of war. The law is seen as a threat to civil society and democratic principles, prompting widespread protests and international condemnation. Georgia’s polit … | Continue reading
A friend asked me for a recommendation on where to start with Alastair Reynolds’ books. With the caveat that I haven’t (yet!) read his Merlin or Poseidon’s Children series, I have three suggestions. Pick the one that most resonates with you: Revelation Space series: classic hard … | Continue reading
"Static recompilation" is "the difference between weeks of work and years of work." | Continue reading
Optoma USA has launched a compact new ultra-short-throw laser projector designed to meet home entertainment and home office needs, but has also been optimized for PC gamers with an input lag reduced to just 8.6 milliseconds. Continue Reading Category: Home Entertainment, Technolo … | Continue reading
Winter is a magical season filled with snowflakes dancing through the air, blanketing the world in a shimmering coat of… The post Snowflake Template For Many Snowflake Crafts! appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Apple unveiled some new accessibility features this week, including Eye Tracking. The iPads announced at last week's event are now avalable. The reviews have also dropped, so Dave and I take a look at what people are saying. GPT 4o was demoed and it's absolutely incredible—unless … | Continue reading
It looks a bit like a boat, or a stout fedora. So what the hell is this rusty brown gossamer of a space cloud? Read more... | Continue reading
One of the goals of the new GNOME project handbook is to provide effective guidelines for contributors. Most of the guidelines are based on recommendations that GNOME already had, which were then improved and updated. These improvements were based on input from others in the proj … | Continue reading
A message to physical media and merch loving people - Blindness & Light has limited edition CD's and vinyl available on their Bandcamp for their first full-length self-titled album. | Continue reading
AMRO 2024 was held in Linz from May 8 to 10, 2024 The 2024 edition of Art Meets Radical Openness (AMRO), the biennial festival for art, hacktivism, and open cultures, has just come to an end. Held in Linz from May 8 to 10, it offered a context for discussing the … Continue readin … | Continue reading
The last thing an alcoholic wants to see is YouTube ads featuring alcohol, which can trigger the desire to drink. The same goes for someone who has perhaps experienced a miscarriage and continues to see YouTube ads for diapers and baby clothes, sending people into a spiral of dep … | Continue reading
Lilium is one of the top electric aircraft companies we’ve been keeping an eye on for the past several years. It’s always seemed to have a pretty sensible, practical, efficient approach to getting electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles to the next level. Just one … | Continue reading
Andrew Petiprin is co-author of a new book from Word on Fire called Popcorn With the Pope, which examines all the movies on the 1995 Vatican movie list. Did you know there was a 1995 Vatican movie list? Me, either! Andrew is a former fellow at Word on Fire, a co-founder of the Sp … | Continue reading
The SE team pulled together six brands of full-fat cottage cheese (from Good Culture to Friendship to Daisy and more) you're likely to find in your local supermarket, and forced the SE team to methodically, empirically, scientifically! taste their way through them all in a quest … | Continue reading
Sci-fi Western Outer Range released its second season on Prime Video this week, bringing more time-travel shenanigans for the people of Wabang, Wyoming—especially the families of Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) and Wayne Tillerson (Will Patton). The show’s giant hole still contains mo … | Continue reading
According to Apple analystMing-Chi Kuo, there’s a possibility we could get a longer battery life on the upcoming iPhone 16 Pro Max, which will be expected to launch later this year. Read more... | Continue reading
Athens has had numerous fortification walls around the city since ancient times. These walls were mostly made with scavenged material, primarily spoila from the buildings and monuments destroyed by earlier invaders mixed with mudbrick. In the 5th century BCE, Athenian statesman T … | Continue reading
Nanny Ogg has arrived and she will be giving all the pre-wedding advice, as is right and good. The post Terry Pratchett Book Club: I Shall Wear Midnight, Part III appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
The cream sauce is wildly delicious. READ MORE... | Continue reading
A few days ago, I came across this tweet from antirez, author of Redis: A soccer player can have a great idea of the game tactic and strategy, the sense of her/his buddies in the field of game, but anyway to be able to kick the ball well is absolutely required. It’s the same for … | Continue reading
This is the thirty-eighth part of a fiction serial, in 744 words. As the end of March approached, Hettie thought she would lose her mind. She hadn’t been eating properly, and was not concentrating at work. Not a word from George, so she became convinced he was dead. Then one morn … | Continue reading
Monocab is a new form of transportation that makes use of existing infrastructure. Conceived of by German design engineer Thorsten Försterling, the idea is that rural areas of Europe, which often lack public transportation options, could have their disused railway lines populated … | Continue reading
The WebTPA Employer Services (WebTPA) data breach disclosed earlier this month is impacting close to 2.5 million individuals, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notes. [...] | Continue reading
Today's links You were promised a jetpack by liars: AIs and self-driving cars are the new jetpacks. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You … | Continue reading
Zubin Jelveh, Bruce Kogut, and Suresh Naidu, "Political language in economics" The Economic Journal: Abstract: Does academic writing in economics reflect the political orientation of economists? We use machine learning to measure partisanship in academic economics articles. We pr … | Continue reading
"Only birth," writes the eminent mythologist Joseph Campbell, "can conquer death -- the birth, not of the old thing again, but of something new." Occasionally, some credentialed person or another will predict that in the future, perhaps the near future, science will have conquere … | Continue reading
From Medical News Today: The proponents of intermittent fasting often cite benefits such as weight loss, improved blood sugar, and reduced cholesterol. And there is some scientific evidence to support these claims — at least in the short term. But what about intermittent fasting’ … | Continue reading
"The scope of the lethality is so vast ... it may eventually dwarf all other homicide cases in the United States, combined." Experts reveal legal theory that could hold major oil companies responsible for millions of deaths: 'Prosecutors should act accordingly' first appeared on … | Continue reading
I have had a long and “crazy” life. A lot of what I learned from difficult experiences has and can help others. I have put off writing a book about my life because it might upset my 91-year-old mother. I do have a blog, but I could write more for it. Should I be patient or stop w … | Continue reading
“This one is fire.” READ MORE... | Continue reading
- - - Our friends at The Believer are now publishing web exclusives. To celebrate, we’re sharing excerpts of their inaugural weekly column, in which Katie Heindl (author of the beloved Basketball Feelings) writes about the WNBA for both longtime fans and the casual observer. If y … | Continue reading
This site uses two custom fonts, and I wanted to see if I could make them smaller to improve loading times. I found a tool called Glyphhanger that does just that: subsetting fonts to only include the characters needed. The "logo" The "logo" on this site that is set in a custom fo … | Continue reading
From BenGreenfieldLife.com: As I’ve been researching and writing Boundless 2.0, I’ve found myself reevaluating many of the health and fitness strategies that I previously endorsed. In this episode, prepare to have your perspective challenged as I discuss some of the significant s … | Continue reading
The way The Bondurants perfectly blends the essence of the traditional americana and country instrumentations and melodies with a distinctively British approach sounds incredibly fresh and interesting. | Continue reading