A review of John Wiswell's fantasy debut. The post A Different Type of Romance: Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
"The public should be alerted." EPA report reveals toxic waste issue running rampant across America: 'Widespread noncompliance' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Three needs are famously fundamental to survival: food, water, and shelter. According to new research, ancient humans had at least two of those three needs met by a nearly mile-long lava tube about 77 miles (125 kilometers) north of Medina, Saudi Arabia, for at least 7,000 years. … | Continue reading
A jawbone found in Somerset, England, may belong to the largest marine reptile yet known, a huge ichthyosaur that lived about 200 million years ago. The new species is dubbed Ichthyotitan severnensis and may have been over 80 feet long, according to the team’s estimates. The find … | Continue reading
We have a really cute numbat coloring page! Kids of all ages will love this simple, but cute looking numbat… The post Printable Numbat Coloring Page For Kids appeared first on Kids Activities Blog. | Continue reading
Tesla board calls June 13 shareholder vote on Musk's pay and move to Texas. | Continue reading
Here are a few stories, posts, and resources I’ve read, learned about, and enjoyed over the past month. Hope you enjoy them, too! What I Found Interesting The post What I Found Interesting: April 17, 2024 first appeared on Lireo Designs. | Continue reading
Experiencing and hearing about climate change can be scary for kids and for parents. How to talk to your kids about climate change — and the tools and tips to make a difference first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Me? Underprepared? (He says, literally writing his presentation in the bar at the event...) | Continue reading
The last season promises to be darker than the first two The post Sweet Tooth Season 3 Trailer Heads to Alaska and Will Make You Cry (Probably) appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
We first introduced support for dmabufs and graphics offload last fall, and it is included in GTK 4.14. Since then, some improvements have happened, so it is time for an update. Improvements down the stack The GStreamer 1.24 release has improved support for explicit modifiers, an … | Continue reading
There are a lot of updates in the fight for our freedoms online, from a last-minute reauthorization bill to expand Section 702 (tell your senators to vote NO on the bill here!), a new federal consumer data privacy law (we deserve better!), and a recent draft from the FCC to reins … | Continue reading
Miners say the "overdue" regulation's success will depend upon upon effective enforcement. | Continue reading
The newest weight loss drug on the market, Zepbound, might also help keep people’s snoring down. On Wednesday, Eli Lilly announced the preliminary results of two Phase III trials testing its drug tirzepatide for people with both obesity and obstructive sleep apnea. Not only did t … | Continue reading
In the realm of toy collecting, there are few things more iconic than vintage Star Wars toys. The variety. The history. The value. We all have images in our heads when we think of vintage Star Wars toys—but what you maybe don’t know is many of those images are from the same perso … | Continue reading
These pro-approved tips are perfect for renters. READ MORE... | Continue reading
Cisco has released patches for a high-severity Integrated Management Controller (IMC) vulnerability with public exploit code that can let local attackers escalate privileges to root. [...] | Continue reading
It’s 64 degrees out today. In April. In Minnesota. The pool is set at 80 degrees. We opened it this weekend. Our second son Sawyer has had multiple friends over to play. They jump. They shoot hoops. They talk baseball and hockey and Fortnite and girls. Our third son Harbor doesn’ … | Continue reading
The federal government is really excited about geothermal: A Department of Energy report published in March said that geothermal can “become a key contributor to secure, domestic, decarbonized power generation for the U.S.” — particularly the kind of clean, always available power … | Continue reading
The federal government is really excited about geothermal: A Department of Energy report published in March said that geothermal can “become a key contributor to secure, domestic, decarbonized power generation for the U.S.” — particularly the kind of clean, always available power … | Continue reading
Philosophy can often seem overly concerned with terribly abstract questions, such as whether chairs truly exist. However, the questions of philosophy cover all areas of human interest. Perhaps most importantly, several philosophers have spent time on the question of how to live a … | Continue reading
I could eat a whole pint of Brownie Batter in one sitting! READ MORE... | Continue reading
The Sandworm hacking group associated with Russian military intelligence has been hiding attacks and operations behind multiple online personas posing as hacktivist groups. [...] | Continue reading
Former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta (left) and the European Council president Charles Michel attending the press conference on the Report on the future of the Single Market on April 17, 2024. Photo credits: European Union The European Union needs a revamped single market t … | Continue reading
Tezuka: "The secret to having a long-tenured staff is that people don't quit." | Continue reading
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana—from its historical roots through its most recent branches. This week, we wrap up Max Gladstone’s Last Exit with Chapters 35-36. The novel was first published … | Continue reading
Guess who just got back today? Mothers, lock up your daughters, because after five long decades away raising our families and building careers of varying success, them wild-eyed boys are back in town to attend our dear friend Johnny’s funeral. It’s such a shame, and we all miss J … | Continue reading
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"Gardening is fantastic for repurposing trash." Gardener shares benefits of repurposing old yogurt containers: 'Why haven't I thought of this before?' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Vector embeddings have been an Overton window shifting experience for me, not because they’re sufficiently advanced technology indistinguishable from magic, but the opposite. Once I started using them, it felt obvious that this was what the search experience was always supposed t … | Continue reading
The alternate history universe gets bigger The post For All Mankind Will Be Back for a Fifth Season—and With a Soviet Space Program Spinoff, Too appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Gameloft may reverse course on Disney Speedstorm following major backlash regarding changes to the game’s monetization strategy. Previously, players could… Continue reading Disney Speedstorm’s Golden Pass controversy moves Gameloft to consider changes The post Disney Speedstorm’s … | Continue reading
Time to battle the Death Adder! The post A Golden Axe Animated Series Is Coming From Lower Decks Creator Mike McMahan appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading
Broadcom reportedly accused of changing VMware licensing and support conditions. | Continue reading
The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), a prominent Bitcoin investment product, has seen a significant decline in its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings.… Continue reading GBTC Bitcoin ETF holdings drop before halving The post GBTC Bitcoin ETF holdings drop before halving appeared first on ReadW … | Continue reading
The world of For All Mankind was forever changed when the Soviet Union arrived on the moon before the United States. That one event changed the course of the show’s alternate history, and now we’ll get to see exactly how it happened. Read more... | Continue reading
The amputated legs of skeletons belonging to two men who lived in ancient China suggests that they were punished for alleged crimes 2,500 years ago. | Continue reading
Regulators just imposed unprecedented fees on water usage in the state's agricultural heartland. | Continue reading
Dan Goozee, a former Walt Disney Imagineering theme park consultant, passed away on April 7, 2024, at age 80. Born in 1943 in Astoria, Oregon, he later graduated from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena in 1965. Within a year, he was working in the art department of Fox a … | Continue reading
NASA is building a compact seismometer for its upcoming Artemis 3 mission to the Moon, hoping to learn more about the internal structure of the dusty satellite from its lunar tremors. Read more... | Continue reading
Anglerfish first colonized the ocean's midnight zone 55 million years ago, during a period of extreme global warming, a new study finds. The bizarre fish adapted to thrive in the deep sea by becoming sexual parasites, the researchers said. | Continue reading
NASA's stranded Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has beamed back its final signal to Earth from the Red Planet, which included a farewell message for mission scientists. It will continue collecting data on Mars until it dies but will not transmit this data to Earth. | Continue reading
For the record I think this is a terrible, terrible idea. Sadly I think it's one that a subset of Americans will love, particularly those who suffer from package theft.The PaintCam is a night-vision-equipped security camera that uses facial recognition and "deters intruders with … | Continue reading
While this design of desk doesn't provide much flexibility for room layout, it is a good example of doing more with less. Made of rosewood and chromed steel, the vintage furniture site reselling it describes it as a wall desk from 1970s France. Although France was not a resource- … | Continue reading
Travel your own world, meet fascinating creatures, and put bolts in their necks. | Continue reading
Boston Dynamics has unveiled a stronger, more agile, fully electric version of its Atlas humanoid robot. The kinda creepy-looking thing is already slated to enter use on Hyundai's automotive production line. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Technology Tags: Boston Dynamics, H … | Continue reading
It’s kind of surreal to compare some of the talks at TED yesterday with reality. Microsoft’s Mustafa Suleyman promised that hallucinations would be cured “soon”, yet my X feed is still filled with examples like these from Princeton Professor Aleksandra Korolova: | Continue reading
Got amazing feedback on the first brutally honest BUSINESS advice email… so we’re back with PART 2!! If you’re new, my business (AppSumo.com) is about to do $100M in revenue this year. But before that, I was rejected by Microsoft and Google (twice!). Fired by both Facebook and Mi … | Continue reading