Lifehacker
How to Get Rid of Water Stains From Your Ceiling
Even if the rest of a room is impeccably clean, decorated, and designed, a water stain on the ceiling can easily become the focal point, making the space look and feel dingy and neglected. Read more...
You Can Embrace 'Cluttercore' Without Your House Looking Like a Yard Sale
The year was 2019—January 1st, to be exact. Eight episodes of a show called “Tidying Up With Marie Kondo” dropped on Netflix, aligning perfectly with all the resolutions made the night before by people vowing to organize their homes...
Plant These Succulents to Attract Pollinators to Your Garden
When we think of plants that attract pollinating insects, flowers with stamens, pistils, and visible pollen come to mind. But not everyone lives in an area where growing plants of that variety is feasible.Read more...
Pesticide Action Network
New report: Corporate influence at FAO
Corporations are gaining increasing influence at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at the expense of states, small scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples and civil society. But far from resisting this corporate capture...
California rejects sweeping pesticide program
Our California work saw a major victory this week – a Sacramento County superior court judge has ruled an aggressive state pesticide spraying program unlawful. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) authorized the...
Pesticides are a hurdle to environmental justice
A new open access paper on environmental justice (EJ) and pesticides describes how current U.S. laws, regulations, policies, and practices perpetuate disparities in pesticide exposure and harm. The paper has an illustrious list of co-authors...
BBC News - Home
French elections: Macron loses majority as French vote fragments
Less than two months after re-election, the president loses control of the National Assembly.
Gustavo Petro: Leftist ex-rebel wins Colombia's presidential election
Gustavo Petro, a former rebel fighter, will become Colombia's first left-wing leader.
Ukraine war could last for years, warns Nato chief
Jens Stoltenberg says the costs of war are high but the price of letting Moscow win is even greater.
The Register
Always read the comments: Beijing requires oversight of all reader-generated chat
'Editing and review' teams will be required to read everything and report dissent The Cyberspace Administration of China has announced a policy requiring all comments made to websites to be approved before publication.…...
Will optics ever replace copper interconnects? We asked this silicon photonics startup
Star Trek's glowing circuit boards may not be so crazy Science fiction is littered with fantastic visions of computing. One of the more pervasive is the idea that one day computers will run on light. After all, what’s faster than the speed...
DeadBolt ransomware takes another shot at QNAP storage
Keep boxes updated and protected to avoid a NAS-ty shock QNAP is warning users about another wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks against its network-attached storage (NAS) devices – and urged customers to update their devices' QTS or QuTS...
BBC News - Technology
Apple store workers vote to form first US union
The move by employees in Towson, Maryland, is the latest in a string of high-profile union campaigns in the US.
Big Tech must deal with disinformation or face fines, says EU
Tighter EU rules will demand firms such as Google and Meta tackle disinformation on their platforms.
Elon Musk hints at layoffs in first meeting with Twitter employees
The billionaire also discussed aliens in his first address to the social media firm's staff.
Further
ForceChange
Justice for Dogs Allegedly Imprisoned in Death Cages
Three dogs were found deceased and decomposed inside of a cage, their deaths allegedly due to the reckless indifference of their caretaker. Demand proper punishment if this disturbing case results in a guilty verdict...
Don’t Turn Away Victims of Next Humanitarian Crisis in Genocide-Ravaged Nation
Refugees are traveling as far as 4,000 miles to escape threats to their lives in Rwanda, the former site of deplorable genocide. Demand a key place of refuge not slam their doors on desperate families...
Stop Bank of America From Financing Climate Disaster
Bank of America is driving the climate disaster by investing billions of dollars in fossil fuel companies. Call on this financial giant to stop putting profits over our planet.
More sanctimonious idiocy. Power generation is a basic of what we used to call progress in those long ago days before wind ( Remember clipper ships ? ) and sun ( remember night time ? ) were thought to be realistic alternatives to full time baseload supply.
Unexplained Mysteries
Elephant kills woman, then returns to crash her funeral
The elephant not only killed the woman, but came back especially to trample all over her remains as well. The disturbing incident, which occurred in O...
Pieces from real-life 'Goonies' shipwreck found off Oregon coast
Timbers from the 17th-Century Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos have been discovered after 300 years. The famed vessel, which became the inspirat...
Why are we unable to remember being born ?
Psychologist Vanessa LoBue explores the phenomenon of 'infantile amnesia' and why we can't remember our earliest years. Whenever I teach about memory ...
All Things Considered : NPR
What the crypto collapse means for El Salvador's economy
In 2021, El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as currency. NPR's Adrian Florido asks business professor Julio Sevilla how the latest crypto crash has impacted the country.
Apple Music celebrates Juneteenth with 'Freedom Songs'
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Apple Music's Ebro Darden about the music service's new Juneteenth celebration album, Freedom Songs.
Jan. 6 hearing preview: Trump's efforts to overturn election results
The next hearing of the January 6th Committee on Tuesday will focus on how Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the election results — most prominently in Georgia.
Science@NASA Headline News
Hubble Snaps a Sea of Sequins
Portal origin URL: Hubble Snaps a Sea of SequinsPortal origin nid: 480688Published: Friday, June 17, 2022 - 08:00Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: This star-studded image shows the globular cluster Terzan...
Dead Star Caught Ripping Up Planetary System
Portal origin URL: Dead Star Caught Ripping Up Planetary SystemPortal origin nid: 480650Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - 17:15Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: Both rocky and icy bodies were identified...
NASA’s ECOSTRESS Sees Las Vegas Streets Turn Up the Heat
Portal origin URL: NASA’s ECOSTRESS Sees Las Vegas Streets Turn Up the HeatPortal origin nid: 480720Published: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 - 16:49Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: An instrument on the space...
How to of the Day
How to View Instagram Without an Account
Do you want to be able to look at Instagram without having an account? While you won’t have access to all Instagram features, there are a few ways you can check out someone’s profile and Instagram Story if their account is public. This wikiHow...
How to Deal with Fake Friends
Fake friendships can sometimes be difficult to spot, as people who are fake friends tend to be very good at manipulation and deceit. Friendships where you do not feel your needs are fully supported or acknowledged are usually fake. In some situations...
How to Sign a PDF on iPhone
Have you been sent a PDF to sign and return? Or do you want to add your signature to that artwork you have in a PDF format? Fortunately, this is easy to do with a built-in tool called Markup! For a more secure e-signature, you can pay a subscription...
Democracy Now!
Poor People's March on Washington Saturday Demands "Moral Reset" on Poverty, Voting Rights, Climate
We speak with Bishop William Barber and Reverend Liz Theoharis, co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign, about plans for Saturday’s Moral March on Washington and to the Polls to demand the government address key issues facing poor and...
Trump's Lawyer John Eastman Asked for Pardon After Giving Illegal Advice to Overturn Election
During Thursday’s third public hearing of the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann described in recorded testimony his call with John Eastman, the lawyer advising...
"Hang Mike Pence!": Jan. 6 Hearing Shows Trump Targeted VP, Knew Plan to Overturn Vote Was Illegal
We air highlights from the third public hearing of the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, which revealed that President Trump pressured Vice President Pence to overturn the 2020 election results even...
News : NPR
The world swimming body effectively bans transgender women from women's events
The decision was the latest salvo in an ongoing fight over whether trans athletes should compete according to their gender identity or their sex assigned at birth.
Matthew Fitzpatrick wins the U.S. Open
Fitzpatrick just barely outplayed Will Zalatoris to win his first major golf tournament, winning by one stroke in Massachusetts on Sunday.
'Crash' director Paul Haggis was arrested on sexual assault charges in Italy
Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis is being detained on sexual assault charges. He has previously been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women.
WebMD Health
CDC Gives Final OK for COVID Vaccinations for Youngest Kids
The final regulatory decision paves the way for doctors, pharmacists, and others to start vaccinating children 6 months and older in the U.S. starting this week.
Breast Cancer Mammography vs. Thermography
Mammography is still the tried-and-true, go-to tool doctors and the FDA recommend for screening for breast cancer. Thermography isn’t recommended.
On Father’s Day, A New Dad Recalls His Near-Death Experience
On a day like any other this past February, Ethan Bradshaw, 30, a state trooper from North Carolina, was working out at the gym with two trooper friends when he suddenly began having chest pain and numbness in his arm...
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