No, a 2-Headed Giant Skeleton Wasn't Discovered in Amazon Rainforest
The internet trope of giant skeletons being discovered around the world is a common theme in digitally edited online images.
Kids Once Asked Santa for Atomic Bombs as Christmas Presents, Per 1945 Newspaper
The article also reported another common request at the time: "Please bring my daddy home from the war."
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From enshittocene to virome, science and technology's words of 2024
Here are 10 words that entered our vocabulary this year, capturing discoveries at the cutting edge of science, elusive emotions and the various ways technology is changing our livesIan Taylor (New Scientist)
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Picture of Boy Holding 'Ugly' Drawing of Himself Is Fake
Online users, mostly on Facebook, appeared to believe the picture of a boy holding a self-portrait was authentic.
Yes, Trump Said It Will Be 'Very Hard' To Bring Down Cost of Groceries
The comment came from the president-electβs TIME Magazine Person of the Year interview.
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'Mystery Drones' Flying Over New Jersey? Here's What We Know
"New Jersey 'drone'," said a Reddit user on a forum about alien sightings.
The Facts Behind Accusations That United Healthcare Uses Error-Prone AI to Deny Claims
The rumor, which stemmed from a 2023 lawsuit, circulated following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Yes, Ovia's Reproductive Health Apps Require Users to Input Their Country and State
Social media users warned each other about the app's location requirements.
Elon Musk Did Say the Word 'Homeless' Is a Lie
The tech entrepreneur has a history of suspicion towards organizations helping homeless people.
Biden Admin Renewed Iran Sanctions Waiver β But Claims of $10B 'Grant' Are Misleading
The Nov. 7, 2024, renewal of a sanctions waiver was the 23rd since 2018.
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Firefly Sparkle: 'Christmas' galaxy reveals how Universe formed
The galaxy resembling Christmas lights hanging in the cosmos has space scientists feeling festivePallab Ghosh (BBC News)
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In November I was in Munich planting beech trees in a spruce forest. One of the reasons it's because beech tree can hold way more underground water than a spruce. And forests like this one supply about 70% of the drinking water to Munich
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Canada's postal strike - Bigger context
I don't know how many people outside Canada, but Canadians certainly know, that for several weeks we've had a postal strike that of course severely impacts businesses and customers in the lead up to Christmas. There is a short Wikipedia article. Usual issues of wages not keeping up with inflation and benefits - what, they don't already have paid breaks? #canadapoststrike
What people may not have heard of is how since several years the postal union has been advancing innovative ideas for how the postal service could be more sustainable and useful to the community in multiple ways going forward into the future. Seems to fall on deaf ears in management whose forward looking focus seems to be expanding hours of parcel delivery by hiring more part-time rather than full-time workers.
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Canada Union of Postal Employees ideas for the future of the postal servicewww.deliveringcommunitypower.ca
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They really need a whole new business model, because the current one is just failing badly.
I am not a fan of Maxime Bernier, but he has a policy of privatizing Canada Post. That may be the only way to save it, but I always ask "who would buy it?" I can;t think of anyone other than CUPW. I mean UPS or FedEX might, but only to shut it down.
Do you use Ecosia search engine - the search engine that plants trees?
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Right tree, right place: the Global Biodiversity Standard
Weβre excited to be the technical partner of a standard that aims to ensure real ecosystem restoration.Ecosia (The Ecosia Blog)
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For some reasons it doesn't like my standard format, and I need to reformat it specially for Peertube, and no one watches the videos there except you, so it's a bit too much effort. But if you want to do it, then of course.
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