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A 40-year mortgage should be the new American standard for first-time homebuyers, two-time presidential advisor says per FORTUNE.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

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Bryant’s proposal for first-time homebuyers is a 40-year mortgage with a subsidized rate between 3.5% and 4.5%.

Read more: t.co/qilW0jYXcG

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options




#CurrentlyReading Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maunakea

Perfect for middle grade students looking for an adventure story with Hawaiian myths and legends as the backdrop.

@bookstodon

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GenZ voters want effective action on the Climate Crisis, a Free Palestine, Trans rights, and affordable housing. Which candidate is offering those things?


We often read that #SciFi predicts the future.

The reality is: This is more often false than true.

There are exceptions, of course: “The Space Merchants” (1952) by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth is, despite its humorous tone, almost too painful to read in its accurate description of capitalism’s present and likely future.

A lesser known example is Murray Leinster’s short story “A Logic Named Joe” from 1946.

In a time, when computers were still huge…

blog.minaspace.org/the-future-…

#Tech #ai




Why is a wind farm large enough to power an entire country sitting mostly idle?

Check out our video on it, here: youtu.be/8R19I8rdyR4

Or check out the page on our website, here: undecidedmf.com/the-worlds-lar…

#China #RenewableEnergy #WindPower



Spread the Word: Today Is National Voter Registration Day

Today is a good day to check your voter registration or register if you haven’t.
#politics #elections #NationalVoterRegistrationDay

warnercrocker.com/2024/09/17/s…

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Happy Tuesday, friends
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Die @PolizeiBerlin nutzt weiterhin illegal "personenbezogene Daten von Dritten aus polizeiinternen Datenbanken". Das betrifft "einen großen Teil der Bußgeldverfahren" der @BlnBDI. Mehrere Polizisten haben Handynummern und Kfz-Kennzeichen von Frauen rechtswidrig abgefragt - und sie danach für "Flirtversuche" angeschrieben. datenschutz-berlin.de/fileadmi…
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Civics quiz.

I got 9 of 10, which isn't bad never having gotten to take a civics class (it was all wrapped up in US History and there was no focus on structure or anything like that)

apnews.com/projects/us-civics-…



Found 7 new servers and 18 servers died off since 3 hours ago.

22,789 servers checked. 13,758,695 Total Users with 1,051,859 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

laclepagi.beget.app a #mastodon server from Russia
mastodon.librehki.eus a #mastodon server from France
peertube.parenti.net a #peertube server from New Zealand
social.nsoolo.com a #gotosocial server from Germany
wuwei.zonkey-alligator.ts.net a #gotosocial server from United States
neechan.top a #mitra server from Luxembourg
foxes.day a #sharkey server from Private

Help others find a home, send them to fediverse.observer



RAiD - the Research Activity Identifier - is a unique, persistent identifier for research projects based on the DataCite DOI infrastructure. Read on our blog how your organization can work with the new RAiD DataCite consortium!👇
doi.org/10.5438/6f7j-b538

Please boost if you love #RAiD too! 🚀

#PersistentIdentifier #PID #DOI #ResearchActivity #OpenScience #OpenResearch #OpenInfrastructure
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Millions committed to new Quantum COmmons campus includes build out of shared clean-room facilities, labs and offices as part of Colorado’s quantum computing Tech Hub

coloradosun.com/2024/09/17/col…



Two of the biggest annual Congress + Technology events happen this week. Wednesday is the annual Congress.gov forum, and Thursday is Congressional Hackathon 6.0. Provide feedback on Congress.gov on Wednesday and work on new technologies on Thursday.

congressionaldata.org/congress…

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Fundamentals of Animation in Blender [$, promoted]

Let's learn to make things move in Blender with this new CG Cookie course.

blendernation.com/2024/09/17/f…

#blender #blender3d #b3d



SIGACCESS is working to improve networking and visibility opportunities for people who cannot attend conferences. Please join the mailing list, ACCESS-COMMUNITY@listserv.acm.org, and join us at one of two brainstorming sessions on October 8th and 10th at times we hope are inclusive of most time zones.

Tuesday October 8th
- 7am Pacific
- 11am Eastern
- 2pm UTC
tinyurl.com/ACCESSNetworkingOc…

Thursday October 10th
- 4pm Pacific
- 7pm Eastern
- 8am Tokyo
tinyurl.com/ACCESSNetworkingOc…

Jen Mankoff and Rua Williams will be collaborating on leading this effort. It is open to SIGACCESS members and prospective SIGACCESS members. SIGACCESS supports folks using information technologies to empower individuals with disabilities and older adults and also works to promote access and career opportunities for people with disabilities across ACM.

Looking forward to seeing you there. Please share widely!

#HCI #DisabledAcademic #Technology #TechnologyResearch #Networking