Lifehacker
How to Recognize the Weasley, Smarmy, and Otherwise Loaded Language That People Use Against You
We’re surrounded with loaded language. Whether it’s mass media, politics, or the people around us, someone is always trying to use words and phrases to support their agenda and to change our minds in bad faith.Read more...
How to Choose Between HIIT and Steady Cardio Workouts
High intensity interval training packs a hard workout into a short period of time, which makes it sound like it should be an efficient, superior way to work out. But HIIT doesn’t have as many advantages as we’re led to believe, and often steady-state...
Use These Three Ingredients to Easily 'Vegan-ize' Your Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
As I’ve mentioned previously, my 2021 Thanksgiving guest list is chockfull vegans, vegetarians, people with dairy allergies, and the lactose intolerant. I am none of those things. I love butter, I love cream, and I love animal fats—but...
Pesticide Action Network
What if we used <1% of our land differently?
The need for local food resources is a topic I find myself writing about frequently. As a farmer who maintains a small-scale, diversified operation, I often share my fear that farms like mine cannot be successful without community support...
"Bet the Farm": When the math just doesn’t add up
In Bet the Farm, author and beginning farmer Beth Hoffman describes the harsh reality of the economics of farming in the United States. The summary? The math on making a living farming often just doesn’t add up. Beth, who was previously...
Pesticides and climate change
This is a repost of a blog originally published by our partners at PAN UK, written by International Project Manager for agricultural supply chains Rajan Bhopal. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that we...
BBC News - Home
Afghanistan: 100 days of Taliban rule
BBC reporter Yalda Hakim visits Kabul to look at four key areas of concern in Afghanistan.
Bulgaria bus crash: Children among at least 45 killed
At least 45 people, including 12 children, died when a bus returning to North Macedonia caught fire.
Wisconsin: Parade incident driver to be charged with homicide
At least five people, aged 52 to 81, were killed when an SUV ploughed into a Christmas celebration.
The Register
Qualcomm kinda spins out Snapdragon – as a brand, not a business
Marketing jargon alert: Modernized, streamlined, brand iconography and more prominent fireballs inside LogoWatch Qualcomm has decided that its Snapdragon silicon can stand on its own as a brand.…
Infosec bods: After more than a year, Sky gets round to squashing hijacking bug in 6m home broadband routers
Plus: DNS cache poisoning again, cops probe property conveyancing group's IT outage, Azure hole addressed, and more In brief Sky has fixed a flaw in six million of its home broadband routers, and it only took the British broadcaster'n'telecoms...
James Webb Space Telescope gets all shook up – launch delayed again
Space agencies have been planning this thing since 1996, so what's four more days? The European Space Agency has delayed the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope until December 22 so that it can undergo additional testing following an incident...
BBC News - Technology
Atom Bank introduces four-day working week without cutting pay
Atom Bank has cut its staff's hours by 10% without reducing their pay in a bid to improve wellbeing.
Lush to stop its social media until it's 'safer'
The firm says it will close accounts "in an effort to address consumers’ mental health challenges".
Facebook and Instagram encryption plans delayed by Meta until 2023
Meta's plans to protect messages on the platforms are put back until 2023 in a row over child safety.
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ForceChange
Stop Letting Dogs Die Due to Alleged Abuse By Breeders
Dogs are being exploited, bred, and neglected to death in record numbers in Missouri. In one case, the allegedly abusive breeders only suffered a fine and the closing of their business. Urge this state to clean up its notorious reputation as...
Stand Against Bullying and Threats of Invasion in World Politics
Taiwan is facing increasing aggression from a Chinese government seemingly determined to reclaim the land at any cost. Demand the United States take a decisive stand against potential invasion and the chaos that would result...
Starving Dog Left to Die in Abandoned School Deserves Justice
A starving Pitbull was found in an empty classroom of a boarded-up school. All signs point to him being intentionally abandoned. Please, make sure that whoever did this is found so it never happens again...
Unexplained Mysteries
'Dead' man is found alive after night in morgue freezer
A man in India who was involved in a motorcycle accident was not quite as dead as doctors had believed. 45-year-old Srikesh Kumar, who sustained serio...
Kayaker claims to have photographed 'half-man, half-dog' creature
The man had been out fishing in Australia when he captured the image. Is there a dog-like hominid stalking the wilds of the Australian outback ? One m...
'Megaspider' is so large it can bite through fingernails
A zoo in Australia has come into possession of one of the largest funnel web spider specimens ever found. As if the spiders in Australia weren't bad e...
All Things Considered : NPR
Chile presidency: men from opposite ends of the political scale face run-off election
Chile held the first round of its presidential election Sunday. The leading candidates came from the left and the far right.
A market of dubious remedies has sprung up as more everyday people fear they have CTE
The degenerative brain condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy gained infamy due to cases in high-profile professional football players. But CTE goes far beyond the NFL.
Dave Eggers' new book depicts a dystopian future and an all-powerful tech giant
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with author Dave Eggers about his new book, The Every, a dystopian look at the near-future when one massive company controls just about everything.
Science@NASA Headline News
The Power of the Station's New Solar Arrays
Video Length: 1:28The new ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays (iROSA) being installed on the space station are providing power to the station with improved efficiency. ROSA technology will also help power the Gateway lunar outpost, and the DART mission...
Hubble Spots Swirls of Dust in the Flame Nebula
Portal origin URL: Hubble Spots Swirls of Dust in the Flame Nebula Portal origin nid: 475433Published: Monday, November 22, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024...
Hubble Catches Celestial Prawn Drifting Through the Cosmic Deep
Portal origin URL: Hubble Catches Celestial Prawn Drifting Through the Cosmic DeepPortal origin nid: 475259Published: Friday, November 19, 2021 - 09:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: The Prawn Nebula...
How to of the Day
How to Change the Language in Minecraft
Minecraft is a very popular game that is played worldwide. In order to accommodate so many different players, Minecraft offers many different languages to use in game. Fortunately, it is quite simple to change your language in Minecraft with...
How to Send Large Files Through Outlook
Whether you're sending email in the desktop version of Outlook or through Outlook.com, you'll run into size limits when trying to attach large files. Outlook won't allow you to send a message that's larger than 20 MB through web-based email...
How to Grow Parsley from Cuttings
Rather than growing them from seeds, many herbs and other plants can be grown from cuttings—that is, stems you cut from an existing plant and help to take root on their own. While parsley cuttings have a low success rate compared to many other...
Democracy Now!
Anthony Huber Was a Hero: Victim of Kyle Rittenhouse Remembered for Trying to Save Lives At Protest
The parents of Anthony Huber, one of two men killed by Kyle Rittenhouse, say they are heartbroken and angry over the jury’s Friday verdict, and argue it failed to deliver justice for any of Rittenhouse's victims. In a statement Friday, they...
"In Our DNA": Jacob Blake's Father & Uncle on the Family's Long History of Racial Justice Activism
Jacob Blake Sr., whose son was shot by Kenosha police in 2020 and left partially paralyzed, says the family is part of a larger movement fighting for victims of police violence and racial injustice. "We were always pro-Black activists and then...
Jacob Blake's Family Hails Rare Conviction of KC Police Officer Who Shot Dead Cameron Lamb in 2019
In Missouri, white Kansas City police detective Eric DeValkenaere was found guilty Friday of fatally shooting Cameron Lamb, a Black man, who was backing his truck into his garage in December of 2019. DeValkenaere, who had no arrest warrant...
News : NPR
Bus crash in Bulgaria kills at least 45 people
A bus crash in western Bulgaria early Tuesday has killed at least 45 people, authorities said. The bus crashed around 2 a.m. and there were children among the victims, officials said.
Philippine supply boats reach marines at China-guarded shoal
The Philippine navy successfully delivered supplies to marines guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, a week after China's coast guard used water cannons to force the boats to turn back.
Families of Parkland shooting victims settle lawsuit with DOJ for about $130 million
Families of more than a dozen victims of the 2018 school shooting have reached a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve their lawsuit over the FBI's failure to act on tips about the gunman.
WebMD Health
Don’t Wash Your Thanksgiving Turkey, CDC Warns
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding people not to wash or rinse your turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
More Americans Not Planning to Have Kids, Poll Finds
Birthrates dropped in the U.S. during the pandemic, marking a decline for the sixth year in a row. Fertility rates in the U.S. were already at a record low before the pandemic, the center reported.
EPA: Safer Drinking Water Is Coming
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promising a future with safer drinking water. Here's what to know.
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