Category: General
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White House pushes to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
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in GeneralThe Trump administration says it plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, which is the nation’s premier atmospheric science center. The center was founded in 1960 and has facilitated generations of breakthroughs in climate and weather science. William Brangham discussed the move with climate scientist Kim Cobb and meteorologist Matthew Cappucci.
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Are You Aging Well? 4. Single-Leg Stand
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in GeneralTesting one’s balance is as simple as standing on one leg. Adults should aim for a minimum of 10 seconds on at least one side. For an added challenge, Dr. Afshar recommended attempting the test with your eyes closed.
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Are You Aging Well? 1. Sitting-Rising Test
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in GeneralThe goal with this assessment is to go from standing to sitting on the floor, and back up again, using the least amount of support as possible. The test is scored on a 10-point scale — five points for sitting down and five points for standing up — and you lose a point for every…
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Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE
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in GeneralThe Trump administration made a catastrophic miscalculation: They thought they could control the narrative through sheer force of lying. Now the cracks are showing everywhere. The great irony is that Trump’s 2024 achievement — expanding the Republican coalition — is being destroyed by his signature campaign promise of mass deportation executed with maximum cruelty. The…
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MAGA Jesus Is Not the Real Jesus
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in GeneralThe federal government has released multiple recruitment videos featuring scripture verses. “What’s striking is less that the federal government is using Bible verses in its promotional videos than that the agency doing the recruiting is Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” Wehner argues. “The message the Trump administration is sending is not subtle: ICE is doing the…
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Urban planning as a tool of white supremacy – the other lesson from Minneapolis
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in GeneralThe legacy of structural racism in Minneapolis was laid bare to the world at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street, the location where George Floyd’s neck was pinned to the ground by a police officer’s knee. But it is also imprinted in streets, parks and neighborhoods across the city – the result of…
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Trump e i miliardi dietro la «pace» Ucraina-Russia: dal petrolio di Lukoil alla centrale di Zaporizhzhia
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in GeneralGli affari di grossi investitori americani, in stretta collaborazione con la Casa Bianca e d’intesa con il Cremlino, stanno diventando sempre più leggibili
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AI data centers are swallowing the world’s memory and storage supply
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in GeneralAI data centers are swallowing the world’s memory and storage supply, setting the stage for a pricing apocalypse that could last a decade Once-cheap SSDs, DRAM, and HDD prices are climbing fast as AI demand and constrained supply converge to create the tightest market in years.
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Understanding why America’s biggest solar thermal project is coming to an end
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in GeneralWhy did Ivanpah fail despite massive investment, political support, and cutting-edge engineering? Ivanpah has become a cautionary example about timing, technology bets, politics, and the unforgiving realities of engineering at scale. Its closure is not the end of solar power, but it does show how quickly an industry can change, and how even bold ideas…
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Bannon: With MAGA Maximalism, The Civil War Will Play Out Inside The Democratic Party
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in GeneralThis is the age of Trump. He’s totally redefined politics and power in America with no political training because he was a populist and nationalist at the moment when populist nationalism was needed to stop the managed decline of the country by the elites,” Bannon said. “Does he need a third term to see that…
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Trump Is Wrong About Fentanyl in Almost Every Way
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in GeneralThe fentanyl story is based on an argument about history: The United States went from greatness to crisis because open-border Democrats betrayed the honest, hardworking people of America by exporting jobs and allowing in foreign drugs. Stopping the drugs, Mr. Trump wants us to believe, will let the wholesome, traditional American culture that he idealizes…
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US nuclear weapons testing can forever scar a nation. Just ask the Marshall Islands
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in GeneralFew people know the harm nuclear testing can do better than inhabitants of the Marshall Islands, a country of 1,200 islands and atolls in the Pacific, which was a US-administered trust territory of the United Nations from 1947 to 1986. As it developed its nuclear arsenal post-World War II, the US exploded 67 nuclear bombs…
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Sette cammini da fare in Italia
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in General6 / 9 – La Via Lauretana Senese Da Siena a Cortona, 115 chilometri che ripercorrono una delle più antiche vie di collegamento e di commercio della Toscana: la Valdichiana. LEGGI ANCHE: A Montepulciano, tra vini nobili, terme e relax nella natura A lungo fu anche una via di pellegrinaggio per tutti coloro che da Siena partivano verso la Santa Casa di Loreto,…
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Carbone non è più una parolaccia: perché è tornata l’energia «sporca» nell’economia globale
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in GeneralIl clamoroso ritorno sulla scena energetica mondiale del carbone, spinto da crisi geopolitiche, costi contenuti e necessità industriali. Cina e India guidano la corsa.
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Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal
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in GeneralOpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further highlights just how power intensive the AI boom has become. It’s the latest partnership between OpenAI and a high-profile chip…
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Is AI really making electricity bills higher?
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in GeneralResidential electricity costs are on the rise, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The average price of electricity in America has increased 13% since 2022, with the cost of retail electricity expected to grow faster than the rate of inflation, the report says. Some regions, like the Pacific, Middle Atlantic and New England,…
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Data center, le rivolte negli Usa
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in GeneralA pochi il nuovo potere dell’AI, agli altri bollette più care (e l’invasione di Big Tech). Trump ha esentato computer e componenti dei data center dai suoi dazi: l’AI building è favorito rispetto a qualunque altro settore. Ma le proteste degli americani hanno già bloccato decine di costruzioni di data center: ecco perché. […] Ciò…
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Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
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in GeneralFrom brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently … […] The fundamental issue, Kosmyna says, is that as soon as a technology becomes available that makes our lives easier, we’re evolutionarily primed to use it. “Our brains love shortcuts, it’s in our…
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The Aberdeen Bestiary
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in GeneralThe Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24) is considered to be one of the best examples of its type due to its lavish and costly illuminations. The manuscript, written and illuminated in England around 1200, is of added interest since it contains notes, sketches and other evidence of the way it was designed and…
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Un anno di Fondazione Giulia Cecchettin, la lettera di «papà Gino»: «Il dolore è diventato amore per sentirmi libero»
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in GeneralL’elenco dei «divieti» sociali che si è trovato ad affrontare, per la scelta di abbracciare una missione nel nome di Giulia, lascia l’amaro in bocca. «Ti sembra di non poterti più permettere di sorridere. Di non poterti più permettere di sognare. Di non poterti più permettere la felicità. Ti sembra di dover vivere in un lutto…
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Terran Trade Authority Handbook
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in GeneralAbout Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD The Terran Trade Authority is an original science-fiction setting first presented in four large-format full-colour illustrated books, published between 1978 and 1980. Each book is presented as an “in-universe” document, detailing the history of the Terran Trade Authority and their spectacular spacecraft. This book covers the events immediately…
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Fabio Civitelli festeggia 40 anni con TEX
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in GeneralRomics d’Oro al Festival Internazionale del Fumetto. Una vita dedicata al fumetto, lo storico illustratore dell’’Aquila della notte’ si racconta. Tavole originali con opere su tela e disegni da collezione, fino al 5 ottobre alla Fiera di Roma. I consigli dell’autore per i giovani amanti del fumetto
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I migliori prodotti naturali per la lavatrice
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in Generalsbiancare, igienizzare e rendere i capi morbidi (dal percarbonato all’acido citrico)
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È morto Renato Casaro, sue le locandine del Cinema mondiale
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in Generalil più noto illustratore italiano di manifesti e locandine per il cinema, famoso a livello internazionale e influente cartellonista per il grande schermo.
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Lezioni di Mafie
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in GeneralLezioni di Mafie con Nicola Gratteri, condotto da Paolo Di Giannantonio con la partecipazione di Antonio Nicaso, quattro puntate in cui analizzeranno, in dialogo con gli studenti di Roma Tre, l’evoluzione e il presente della criminalità organizzata. Da mercoledì 17 settembre alle 21.15