Lifehacker
Even under normal circumstances, people tend to get lonely during the holidays, but buying a pet to fill an emotional void is especially in vogue this year as we enter a festive season...
The stigma of “selling out to the man” might seem like a quaint Gen-X concept if you’re feeling a pandemic cash crunch—so if you’re short on money and own a car, why not plaster...
Pesticide Action Network
Most farmers have a particular crop that they would identify as their favorite, and I enjoy growing sweet and bell peppers. A healthy pepper plant shows glossy green leaves on a compact...
What an extraordinary year it's been. Throughout 2020, communities have shown up for each other in amazing ways — from mutual aid for frontline communities hardest hit by the many...
BBC News - Home
The US President-elect says he can't promise to end Covid quickly, but he can change its course.
Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, said it was the "best early birthday present" to receive the jab as the UK begins the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history...
But the report reveals there were a series of failures ahead of the 2019 attack in New Zealand.
memeorandum
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle: Castro homeless woman known for wandering into traffic is dead. Why couldn't S.F. save her? — Neighbors in the Castro knew her as...
Esther Salas / New York Times: My Son Was Killed Because I'm a Federal Judge — Protecting judges is essential to our families, and our democracy. — Esther Salas is a United...
The Register
Founder talks of plans for independent distro 'rebuild' The CentOS project, a non-commercial Linux distribution which tracks Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), is changing to become...
YouTube and Instagram exempted, Bill kicked into committee for a while Australia has revealed the legislation with which it plans to force Google and Facebook to pay local news publishers...
BBC News - Technology
Shoppers say they are being charged full price to re-order products cancelled because of a fault.
PayPal 'reward' email rapped for misleading
The message must not be sent again in the same form, rules the Advertising Standards Authority.
Apple unveils £549 over-ear headphones
Further
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
ForceChange
Ancient sites sacred to a Native American tribe could soon be lost forever as a proposed copper mine took one step closer to approval, despite widespread objections. Demand that President-elect...
Female athletes are reportedly subjected to invasive tests to determine whether they meet sporting authorities’ ideas of acceptable femininity, apparently forcing them to...
Unexplained Mysteries
In addition to landing humans on the Moon, the Artemis III mission will aim to achieve several scientific goals. Launching aboard an Orion spacecraft...
A retired Israeli security chief has claimed that we've been in contact with the 'Galactic Federation' for years. According to Haim Eshed, who spent 3...
At least one person has died and many dozens left severely ill by a mystery outbreak in Eluru, India. Just as the first Coid-19 vaccines begin rolling...
All Things Considered : NPR
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, about Tuesday's meeting between the NAACP and President-elect Joe Biden...
The FDA will likely make a decision about approving Pfizer's vaccine "shortly after" an advisory committee meeting on Thursday. The agency has found "no specific safety concerns"...
Ireland: BreakingNews.ie
Science@NASA Headline News
PROJECT Ultrasensitive Far-Infrared Bolometers for Space Astrophysics SNAPSHOT The far-IR is a powerful but relatively unexplored spectral band that can enable study of the birth...
Portal origin URL: Chandra Returns to Full Science OperationsPortal origin nid: 463964Published: Monday, December 7, 2020 - 18:06Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal...
How to of the Day
Glue-in extensions can be a great way to add extra length and volume to your hair, or just to try a new style. If you don’t want to spend the money at a salon, you can purchase extensions...
How to Make Bedspreads
If you're tired of searching for a bedspread that matches your style, sew your own unique spread. Bedspreads are great projects for sewers with a little experience since you can truly...
How to Fix a Rubbing Door
Democracy Now!
We look at how the House of Representative voted Friday to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and "address the devastating injustices caused by the War on Drugs," as voters...
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft scored a major victory with the passage of Proposition 22 in California, and worker rights advocates fear they will push similar measures in...
News : NPR
The Sinopharm vaccine, developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has already been approved for emergency use in a few countries.
A federal judge said "the court cannot ignore the clear violations" of an injunction limiting the police department's use of the weapons, but added some instances were in compliance...
About 32% of respondents reported binge drinking during the pandemic, and binge drinkers had increased their alcohol intake during this time versus before the lockdown...
The coronavirus pandemic makes the holidays even more difficult for caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, an expert says...
Drinking Most Harmful at 3 Points in Life Span
During those three periods -- from conception to birth, from ages 15 to 19, and after age 65 -- people undergo "dynamic" brain changes that may be particularly sensitive to the harmful...
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