Visiting Kailua Kona, it’s never hard to know if a cruise ship is in. They invariably are the largest thing in view, dwarfing any and all of the downtown buildings. On a recent visit, I got this photo from the Walmart parking lot (a solid contender for the Walmart with the best v … | Continue reading
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NASA is a proud boomer that loves posting a good photo album. The space agency released 100 of its best 2023 photos on flickr, which go through the exciting highlights of the previous year. Read more... | Continue reading
Have you seen that photo of a dog attempting to make sweet and passionate love to a robot dog? It’s gone viral on sites like Reddit, Instagram, and X. But it’s fake. Hopelessly, tragically fake. Read more... | Continue reading
The Technology and Ukraine: Lessons from the front line event at the European Parliament on April 16. Photo credits: Digital Europe Investing in start-ups in Ukraine is great, but what the country needs from the EU is to incentivise big companies, scale-ups and mid-caps to build … | Continue reading
Photo credits: artmim / BigStock Key investors in Latvia are calling on the prime minister, Evika Silina, to focus on long-term planning and improving competitiveness after an assessment rated the country’s investment climate at its lowest point since studies began in 2015. The 2 … | Continue reading
"It sucks when you can't give it to anyone." Domino's employee shares harsh reality of corporate practice with photo taken after shift: 'It makes me feel so guilty' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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Photo: Bigstock The European Commission has announced that it has opened early stage talks with Singapore about associating to Horizon Europe. As part of a push to open up the research and innovation programme to distant, “like-minded” democracies, South Korea, Canada and New Zea … | Continue reading
On the morning of April 16, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) met with President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Photo credits: Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of Cambodia China's state security recruited three individuals in G … | Continue reading
MEPs of the research and industry committee during a voting procedure. Photo credits: Eric Vidal / European Union MEPs are gathering in Strasbourg this week for the last plenary session in the current EU legislature, with many of them about to enter into campaign mode ahead of th … | Continue reading
German chancellor Olaf Scholz. Photo credits: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung / Flickr German chancellor Olaf Scholz has thrown his weight behind an EU capital markets union to close the bloc’s innovation gap with the US by allowing far more private funding to flow into European start-ups … | Continue reading
Mathieu Michel, state secretary for digitalisation, has championed blockchain as a priority for the Belgian EU presidency. Photo credits: European Union Belgium has made blockchain one of the priorities of its EU presidency, in particular the relaunch of the European Blockchain S … | Continue reading
"Please tell me that's not a USD price." Customer sparks conversation with photo of frustrating cost of produce at grocery store: 'This infuriates me to no end' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Pictured here is Lotus founder Colin Chapman, a Series 2 Lotus Esprit, and a private plane decked out in Lotus F1’s John Player Special livery. The photo was taken in 1978 or 1979, judging by the car, and well, overall style of the picture. Colin Chapman with a Lotus Esprit S2 Ch … | Continue reading
China's experimental moon satellites Tiandu-1 and 2 are testing lunar communications and navigation tech. Recently, they shared this image of the lunar surface with a ghostly Earth in the background. | Continue reading
"You definitely don't need to spend money if you can help it and it's usually better for the environment, too." Gardener shares photo of makeshift deer deterrent constructed from old and damaged materials: 'I'm still proud of it' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Photo by Artem Maltsev on Unsplash.com jasondigitized wants to know your magic work phrase that helps you better communicate, frame, set expectations, lead, or work with your colleagues. | Continue reading
Wrapping produce costs money, and that cost is passed on to consumers. Shopper shares photo of frustrating product found in grocery store produce aisle: 'If only nature made its own packaging' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Trout (I think) in a pond in Vahrn, South Tyrol. | Continue reading
It’s better than half the stuff in the gallery. AWESOME! Photo from: here The post #219 When little kids give you their artwork appeared first on 1000 Awesome Things. | Continue reading
"This is not a good idea." Park visitor snaps photo of tourist attempting to pose with wild animal: 'People really should keep a distance' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Last week, when my husband noticed magnolias were blooming in our neighborhood, he asked about the flower colors. He commented the magnolia flowers he had seen were mostly pink and white. I replied I had also seen purple magnolia flowers. And said I didn’t think magnolia flowers … | Continue reading
Global media ad spending will surpass $1 trillion in 2024. Customer shares photo of dystopian sight found in restaurant bathroom : 'Slowly engulfing our lives' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
The Helix Galaxy is a rare "polar ring" galaxy found near the Big Dipper. Its odd shape and history set it apart from every other galaxy we know of. | Continue reading
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"It's a great case study as to how much space people take up, vs. how much space their cars take up." Photo of massive Arrowhead Stadium parking lot raises questions about city design: 'Extraordinarily bad land usage' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
"It turned out better than I could have hoped for." Proud homeowner sparks inspiration with stunning photo of yard after two-year transformation: 'Amazing work' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
When the toys themselves are ads, it can contribute to the hyperconsumerist churn of wasteful products. Shopper shares photo of 'dystopian' children's toy for sale at Costco: 'The point is brand indoctrination as young as possible' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Microsoft Research Asia has revealed an AI model that can generate frighteningly realistic deepfake videos from a single still image and an audio track. How will we be able to trust what we see and hear online from here on in? Continue Reading Category: Technology Tags: Microsoft … | Continue reading
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YouTube videos of 6K celebrities helped train AI model to animate photos in real time. | Continue reading
"I've seen a number of chargers that were obviously vandalized." EV driver shares photo after finding concerning scene at local charging station: 'Now someone might be stranded' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
It’s the warm underwear from the dryer of the summer. Yes, warm sandals are a tender hug for cold feet and a sweet escape from scalding sand. Just slip them on and say AWESOME! Photo from: here The post #220 Warm sandals that have been sitting in the sun appeared first on 1000 Aw … | Continue reading
A few weeks ago I was approached in the water by a surfer whose head was bleeding. I walked with him the 150 yards to the lifeguard tower. I carried his blood spattered surfboard. There’s a photo. And a month ago when I was walking back with folks we’d picked up from the airport … | Continue reading
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From the beginning my blog has been about showing, writing about and selling my art. But since 2008 when I first started it, my art has expanded from working with the repurposed fabrics that so many of you generously send me to taking pictures, videos and writing about my life, t … | Continue reading
Photo of author by Lisa Blaschke MonkeyToes made a post about Martha Wells, author of the popular Murderbot series, and a keynote address she gave about the rationale behind the main character of the series. Topics range from achieving body and mental autonomy, to slavery, to the … | Continue reading
Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Photo credits: jiawangkun / BigStock After years of complaints about under-funding, the Canadian government announced plans for a big rise in spending on research and education – including new investments in artificial intelligence, resea … | Continue reading
On the morning of April 16, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) met with President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Photo credits: Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of Cambodia Science|Business - Table.Media partnership Science|Busi … | Continue reading
European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen speaking at the European Defence & Security Summit 2024, on April 17, 2024. Photo credits: Aurore Martignoni / European Union Following the shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, defence spending and R&D has jumped up the EU’s li … | Continue reading
Berlaymont building, headquarter of the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium. Photo credits: Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union The European Commission is adding €1.4 billion to the Horizon Europe research programme this year, in latest amendment to 2023 and 2024 spending plans. Th … | Continue reading
The photo is from a few days ago when it was summer. We are temporarily back to the winter today. | Continue reading
"It's like a fairytale." Homeowner shares progress photo after converting grass lawn to unorthodox ground cover: 'I would love to do this' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
Deventer is the birthplace of Samuel Holland, who, among other things, led the survey of colonial Prince Edward Island and named Charlottetown. We just passed through on the train from Osnabrück to Hilversum. I had a similar brush with Deventer in 2014. | 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
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Photo by Andrew Roberts, via Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewr/) You just want to fall asleep, we get it:emoji: But it doesn't always come easy and you've tried a few different things already. So, check out this post by brainwane, which highlights a few notes on how t … | Continue reading