Popular credit card shuts down: Here’s why customers are scrambling
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Popular credit card shuts down: Here’s why customers are scrambling
The card was geared toward homeowners. Here's what we know so far.Ann Marie Barron | ABarron@siadvance.com (silive)
Tokio, Ed van der Elsken, 1959 - 1960
#Tokio #EdvanderElsken #VanderElsken #Dutch #fotografie #photography #EdVanDerElsken #EdvanderElsken
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![The image is a black and white photograph depicting an elderly person with visible signs of aging, such as wrinkles on the face. The individual appears to be outdoors in front of several boats that are docked or moored closely together. This suggests proximity to water bodies like rivers, canals, lakes, seas, etc., which might indicate activities related to fishing, transportation, leisure boating.
The person is dressed warmly with a patterned scarf wrapped around their neck and shoulders, indicating it could be in cooler climates. The clothing includes multiple layers of fabric that suggest practicality for outdoor conditions or work purposes possibly linked to the boats behind them. There are no discernible colors due to its monochromatic nature but textures like wrinkles on skin and different types of cloth can still convey a lot about material.
The expression is one of joy, with visible teeth showing in an open-mouthed smile which indicates happiness despite what might be perceived as challenging circumstances given the worn look of their clothing. The individual's posture seems relaxed yet upright, suggesting comfort within the environment they are situated in.
As for additional context or background information provided by Tokio, Ed van der Elsken from 1959 - 2060 suggests that this photograph may be part of a larger body of work capturing various aspects and peo [...]](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/37914888 "The image is a black and white photograph depicting an elderly person with visible signs of aging, such as wrinkles on the face. The individual appears to be outdoors in front of several boats that are docked or moored closely together. This suggests proximity to water bodies like rivers, canals, lakes, seas, etc., which might indicate activities related to fishing, transportation, leisure boating.
The person is dressed warmly with a patterned scarf wrapped around their neck and shoulders, indicating it could be in cooler climates. The clothing includes multiple layers of fabric that suggest practicality for outdoor conditions or work purposes possibly linked to the boats behind them. There are no discernible colors due to its monochromatic nature but textures like wrinkles on skin and different types of cloth can still convey a lot about material.
The expression is one of joy, with visible teeth showing in an open-mouthed smile which indicates happiness despite what might be perceived as challenging circumstances given the worn look of their clothing. The individual's posture seems relaxed yet upright, suggesting comfort within the environment they are situated in.
As for additional context or background information provided by Tokio, Ed van der Elsken from 1959 - 2060 suggests that this photograph may be part of a larger body of work capturing various aspects and peo [...]")
Ars Technica is hosting a conversation this afternoon at 2PM U.S. Eastern time with three CDC leaders who resigned from the agency in protest.
More info and how you can stream it here:
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Ars Live: 3 former CDC leaders detail impacts of RFK Jr.’s anti-science agenda
Join us Tuesday, December 16, at 2 pm ET to hear from leaders who resigned in protest.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
Will continue sailing even if the tunnel is delayed
The decision to push Fjarðarheiði Tunnel further down the government’s priority list has little impact on the operation of the ferry Norræna, which willBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
In this Guardian "Long Read", natural-history writer Patrick Barkham travels along the massive construction site for the HS2 high-speed track between London and Birmingham.
The sheer scale of this project is hard to grasp --- I followed Barkham's account on satellite map images, and you can see the track site even when fully zoomed out, a yellow-brown scar cutting through England.
Barkham talks to affected residents, managers, campaigners. We see ruthlessness, we see unimaginable waste, we also see exemplary practices and occasional generosity. A nuanced, thoughtful piece that helps us make the connection between a mega-scale project and its impact on a local level. Very much worth reading.
And good photographs too, by The Guardian's Gill Mead.
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#HS2 #UKTranport #Rail #MegaProjects #PatrickBarkham #JillMead
‘We hate it. It’s desecration’: the real cost of HS2
The long read: Ten years after I first followed the proposed route, I retraced my steps to see what life was like along the world’s most expensive, heavily delayed railway linePatrick Barkham (The Guardian)
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The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)
The U.S. Might Finally Approve a Sunscreen Ingredient the World’s Been Using for Decades
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The U.S. Might Finally Approve a Sunscreen Ingredient the World’s Been Using for Decades
The FDA has proposed adding bemotrizinol to the list of approved active ingredients for sunscreens.Margherita Bassi (Gizmodo)
cmd/link: panic on NetBSD 9/i386
Go version go version 1.25.5 netbsd/386 Output of go env in your module/workspace: N/A (this is on a CI machine that I do not have direct access to) What did you do? In one of the latest NetBSD 386...bsiegert (GitHub)
So how long until the Firefox logo becomes another AI company logo that looks like a butthole?
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Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo says he thinks Mozilla and Firefox still have a role to play in the web, even as things shift toward AI.David Pierce (The Verge)
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Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump | Reuters
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> President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not.
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Hey y'all, remember my Reviewing Shitty Fediverse Memes video? Well, I've been looking into creating a series out of it, since a lot of people really liked that!
Main issue is, I really can't find much memes here because I don't really know where to find them!
So I will propose this: You send me memes, a lot of them, and I'll build a video out of the best ones, but please, go on and share this post around! boost it the fuck out!
Thanks everybody
"Most of us don't necessarily take the time to really figure out new #technology"
While that's not an unreasonable tradeoff in some cases, you really can't complain if that comes back to bite you though.
Like in the case of digital photos - all #storage is ephemeral.
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Why your early 2000s photos are probably lost forever
If you used a digital camera in the early 2000s, there's a good chance whole chapters of your life have been erased.Julia Bensfield Luce (BBC)
Good morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.
As Russia takes more lives, Ukraine's cemeteries are overfilling and the number of cremations is rising.
Dmytro chose to cremate his brother, fearing a burial could mean losing his brother and his home to occupation counteroffensive.news/p/no-pla…
No place to rest: Ukraine’s burial crisis
Ukraine’s cemeteries are filling up, the number of those opting for cremation has skyrocketed. Dmytro, who cremated his brother, explains why a burial is difficult for those from occupied territory.Alessandra Hay (The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak)
This is Oksana's cat. This smug old lady has survived 3 tumors while living in wartime Ukraine. She's very brave.
Exclusive: Wingstop selects PR agency for UK and Ireland
To continue enjoying this article, please sign in. You can register for free for limited further access, or subscribe now for full access to all our content.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Phillies and Adolis García agree to a 1-year contract to fill expected spot in right field
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Biologisches und charakterliches Alter
Eigentlich sollte man davon ausgehen können, dass wir Menschen mit zunehmendem biologischem Alter auch geistig, seelisch und charakterlich wachsen. Doch aus meinen Erfahrungen und meiner Wahrnehmung ist dem ganz und gar nicht so. Ich kenne in diesen Bereichen gewachsene junge Menschen und unterentwickelte ältere Menschen ebenso wie unterentwickelte junge Menschen und gewachsene ältere Menschen.
Reife ist offensichtlich keine Frage des Alters, sondern eine Frage des bewussten und verantwortungsvollen Umgangs des Einzelnen mit seiner Umwelt, seinen Mitmenschen und mit sich selbst. Und Reife ist meines Erachtens nie abgeschlossen, sondern eine stetige Entwicklung.
#alter #erfahrungen #wahrnehmungen #reife #geist #seele #charakter #entwicklung
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The article quotes top-level figures of the cost explosion, but for me its value lies in capturing how such waste is realised at the local level. Barkham gives several specific examples of missed opportunities for cheaper solutions. He also highlights the painful misalignments that come from locally implementing engineering solutions that were designed to fit into an overall plan that no longer exists, due to down-scaling at the macro-level.