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Puerto Rico has just banned gender affirming care for trans people up to age 21. It is now the ban with the highest age limit in the United States. …
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Looks like Carney is looking to follow the Labour playbook of throwing trans people under the bus. Ask Starmer how well that worked out for them and their approval ratings.
Donkey Kong Bananza is already cheaper at Costco
We also found deals on the Anker 7-in-1 Charging Station and the CMF Buds Pro.
Donkey Kong Bananza is already cheaper at Costco
Donkey Kong Bananza is already on sale at Costco. There are also discounts on the Anker 7-in-1 Charging Station and the CMF Buds Pro.Brandon Russell (The Verge)
Right-wing orgs put pro-Palestinian students on an ICE ‘hit list’
Canary Mission has spent years building a database of student activists. In ICE’s hands, that list is more dangerous than ever.
Right-wing orgs put pro-Palestinian students on an ICE ‘hit list’
Groups like Canary Mission have spent years building databases of anti-Zionist student activists. In ICE’s hands, that list is more dangerous than ever.Gaby Del Valle (The Verge)
Or: how I learned to stop worrying and love the hinge.
Bring on the trifolds
Now that folding phones are almost as thin as regular phones, the whole concept is starting to make a lot more sense.Allison Johnson (The Verge)
2025 One Hertz Challenge: Building a Better Jumping Bean
Do you feel nostalgia for a childhood novelty toy that had potential but ultimately fell short of its promise? Do you now have the skills to go make a better …read more
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2025 One Hertz Challenge: Building A Better Jumping Bean
Do you feel nostalgia for a childhood novelty toy that had potential but ultimately fell short of its promise? Do you now have the skills to go make a better version of that toy to satisfy your lon…Hackaday
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- French: affirmation
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- Italian: affermazione
- Portuguese: afirmação
- Spanish: afirmación
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Amazon’s greenhouse gas emissions are increasing.
It saw a 6 percent rise in planet-heating pollution last year, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. As it expands data centers for AI, Amazon is moving further away from a goal it set in 2019 to reach net zero carbon emissions.
“One of the biggest challenges with scaling AI is increased energy demands for data centers,” Amazon’s sustainability report says.
Amazon’s Emissions Climbed 6% in 2024 on Data Center Buildout
Amazon’s carbon emissions fell last year
Amazon’s carbon footprint shrank slightly in 2023 after years of growth.Justine Calma (The Verge)
Cresson Sanatorium and Prison in Lilly, Pennsylvania
This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.#insaneasylums #pennsylvania #prisons #haunted #section-Atlas
First Patient Dosed in Phase 2b Study of GlyphAllo for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder, With or Without Anxious Stress
Seaport Therapeutics initiates a pivotal study for GlyphAllo, a potential breakthrough treatment for major depressive disorder, with or without anxious stress.Leah Kuntz (Psychiatric Times)
A tasty celebration of the tau neutrino
On July 21, 2000, the DONUT collaboration at Fermilab announced the detection of tau neutrinos for the first time. Here are a few ideas for celebrating 25 years of the most elusive of elusive particles.
U.S. to Curtail Practice of Assessing Fairness of Foreign Elections (Wall Street Journal)
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U.S. to Curtail Practice of Assessing Fairness of Foreign Elections
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Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
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Senate Strips $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting
The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in a severe blow to NPR and PBS.Gene Maddaus (Variety)
Trump faces backlash as 69% believe Epstein details concealed, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (Jason Lange/Reuters)
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Trump faces backlash as 69% believe Epstein details concealed, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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Linux Receiving Fix For AMD Radeon Polaris GPUs Producing Lots Of Log Spam
For those using an AMD Radeon RX 500 "Polaris" graphics card on Linux and routinely suspend/resume your system, going into the Linux 6.16 kernel and then to be back-ported to the stable series is a fix where the AMDGPU driver could end up producing a lot of spam in the kernel log...
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Linux Receiving Fix For AMD Radeon Polaris GPUs Producing Lots Of Log Spam
For those using an AMD Radeon RX 500 'Polaris' graphics card on Linux and routinely suspend/resume your system, going into the Linux 6.www.phoronix.com
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