Minturn, a village of about 1,100 people along a defunct railroad near Vail, has bested a $25 billion real estate company, securing a transformative $48 million settlement that ends a long legal battle.
“Strong Towns” is helping residents of Durango tackle bureaucracy to initiate lasting, fundamental changes to make their community a safer place to be outside of a car.
This and more in today's edition of The Sunriser: coloradosun.com/2024/09/16/sun…
In 12 states, candidates for elections chief — and those appointing them — are debating how easy to make mail voting and direct democracy. And in some states, election deniers are still bidding to take over the system.
NEW in Bolts: boltsmag.org/elections-chief-e…
I finished reading Shadow of the Torturer, by Gene Wolfe yesterday. It was a book that took me months to begin reading. At first it was a struggle, but I was largely rewarded. Definitely it’s one of the best books I read. I left Ada Palmer’s preface to read after finishing the book and it’s such a great analysis (without conveying any spoilers). Now I understand the importance of Gene Wolfe.
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macOS 15 Sequoia: The Ars Technica review
Apple Intelligence isn't ready yet. There's still a lot here to like.
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Mice made transparent with a dye used in Doritos
Matching refractive indexes lets some wavelengths pass cleanly through the skin.
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Forty-two years ago today, the Israeli military facilitated the killing of as many as 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians in the Sabra neighbourhood and Shatila refugee camp in Beirut.
Israeli troops had laid siege to the camp and allowed allied right-wing Christian fighters to enter it and commit atrocities against defenceless people there. The slaughter went on for three days.
Most of the victims were Palestinian.
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"For the most part, it is wrong to think of elections as contests between “good” and “bad” candidates. With few exceptions, it is more accurate to divide most politicians into two broad categories: Enemies, and Cowards. The enemies are those politicians who are legitimately opposed to your policy goals. The cowards are those politicians who may agree with your policy goals, but will sell you out if they must in order to protect their own interests.
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I love this. Sure would’ve helped wide-eyed 20-something me head off the disappointment of 30-something me when 2 Obama terms didn’t bring about a liberal nirvana
Personal fave:
“In general, it is better to think of even the politicians on your own side not as role models to be admired but rather as basically disreputable figures who are necessary to deal with but who should always be looked down upon and forced to prove, through action, that they are not pieces of shit.”
‼️ iOS 18 launches today, and with the 2024.9 update to our Companion App for iOS we're ready! 💪🏻 What can you expect?
🔹 New controls in Control Center
🔹 Dark and tinted icons
🔹 New Apple Watch configuration screen
Read the full details on our blog 👇🏼
home-assistant.io/blog/2024/09…
Dads do different things with/for their kids. Some hunt or fish. Some work in the garage. Some play catch. Others write a web app to help them track the driving hours they need to accumulate before taking their road test. (It's pretty bare bones at the moment but it serves the purpose! 😀 )
Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life by Mario Livio, 2024
Is Earth Exceptional? is a mesmerizing exploration of life’s origins and its potential beyond our planet. With profound insights from astrophysicist Mario Livio and Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak, this is a must-read for anyone curious about the universe and our place within it.
―Jennifer Doudna, Nobel Laureate and co-author of A Crack in Creation
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![A New York Times –bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate take us on "a mesmerizing exploration" (Jennifer Doudna) to discover how and where the universe breathed itself into life
For a long time, scientists have wondered how life has emerged from inanimate chemistry, and whether Earth is the only place where it exists. Charles Darwin speculated about life on Earth beginning in a warm little pond. Some of his contemporaries believed that life existed on Mars. It once seemed inevitable that the truth would be known by now.
It is not. For more than a century, the origins and extent of life have remained shrouded in mystery. But, as Mario Livio and Jack Szostak reveal in Is Earth Exceptional? , the veil is finally lifting. The authors describe how life’s building blocks—from RNA to amino acids and cells—could have emerged from the chaos of Earth’s early existence. They then apply the knowledge gathered from cutting-edge research across the sciences to the search for life in the cosmos: both life as we know it and life as we don’t.
Why and where life exists are two of the biggest unsolved problems in science. Is Earth Exceptional? is the ultimate exploration of the question of whether life is a freak accident or a chemical imperative.
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“[Livio and Szostak] deliver a compelling account… the latest on a fascinating search.”―Kirkus Reviews](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/15819568 "A New York Times –bestselling astrophysicist and a Nobel laureate take us on \"a mesmerizing exploration\" (Jennifer Doudna) to discover how and where the universe breathed itself into life
For a long time, scientists have wondered how life has emerged from inanimate chemistry, and whether Earth is the only place where it exists. Charles Darwin speculated about life on Earth beginning in a warm little pond. Some of his contemporaries believed that life existed on Mars. It once seemed inevitable that the truth would be known by now.
It is not. For more than a century, the origins and extent of life have remained shrouded in mystery. But, as Mario Livio and Jack Szostak reveal in Is Earth Exceptional? , the veil is finally lifting. The authors describe how life’s building blocks—from RNA to amino acids and cells—could have emerged from the chaos of Earth’s early existence. They then apply the knowledge gathered from cutting-edge research across the sciences to the search for life in the cosmos: both life as we know it and life as we don’t.
Why and where life exists are two of the biggest unsolved problems in science. Is Earth Exceptional? is the ultimate exploration of the question of whether life is a freak accident or a chemical imperative.
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“[Livio and Szostak] deliver a compelling account… the latest on a fascinating search.”―Kirkus Reviews")
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I really think so.
Here's my proof.
It's the only planet we know of that has chocolate.
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"Florian Schaffer is a Bavarian strength athlete and unabashed muscleman who has dedicated his professional life to fitness and bodybuilding, but he’s probably better known to the wider world for his insatiable interest in baking exquisite cakes customized to delectable perfection."
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