http://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/movies/oscars-six-overlooked-performances.html Don’t Sleep on These 6 Performances During Awards Season As various nominating groups unveil their choices, these impressive turns have been largely overlooked. But there’s still time to rectify that, academy voters! Clockwise from top left, Colman Domingo, Ruth Negga, Jessie Buckley, Olga Merediz, Renate Reinsve and Ben Affleck.Credit...Clockwise from top left: Anna Kooris/A24 ; … Continue reading Six roles that may not be nominated for awards, but should be
Month: January 2022
Do you really want to be paid in crypto?
The high price of a crypto salary Bitcoin prices slipped to a six-month low on Monday. This is bad news for anyone who has invested in crypto, including a motley group of politicians, celebrities, and athletes who’ve recently announced that they’ll accept their paychecks in cryptocurrency. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, basketball player Klay Thompson, and NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers all face … Continue reading Do you really want to be paid in crypto?
Lumber prices taking a hit from climate change
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/01/why-climate-change-pushing-lumber-prices/621288/? Lumber Prices Are off the Rails Again. Blame Climate Change. “This is a supply-side problem. This is unlike any other market that any of us lumber traders have ever experienced.”By Robinson Meyer James MacDonald / Bloomberg / Getty JANUARY 19, 2022SHARE Last year, lumber turned into the surprise superstar of the U.S. economy when it … Continue reading Lumber prices taking a hit from climate change
Good news so rare — but pristine patch of coral found off Tahiti
This shows the importance of the deep ocean which is often viewed as a desert where dumping radioactive water (Japan) or letting oil pipeline spills go unrepaired (countless oil operations), or letting plastic accumulate to the point where it outweighs biological mass simply doesn't matter. Deep ocean matters folks. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/20/like-a-work-of-art-rare-stretch-of-pristine-coral-reef-discovered-off-tahiti-age-of-extinction ‘Like a work of art’: … Continue reading Good news so rare — but pristine patch of coral found off Tahiti
Gmail attachment limits — incoming and outgoing
emailanalytics.com/gmail-attachment-size-limit/ This article ends with a sales pitch (not included) but it's still helpful. Gmail Attachment Size Limit: How to Send Larger Files by Jayson DeMers | 0 commentsTweetShareShare Funny videos. Massive spreadsheets. PDF contracts longer than Lord of the Rings. What do these things have in common? They make for absolutely colossal email attachments. And they might make … Continue reading Gmail attachment limits — incoming and outgoing
Rare good environmental news from California — salmon back
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/19/coho-salmon-california-spawning-rain-drought ‘Haven’t been seen for 25 years’: rains bring salmon back to California streams Endangered coho salmon spotted returning to spawning grounds after well-timed precipitation The rain and snow arrived in time for the Coho salmon spawning season. Photograph: Courtesy Noaa Fisheries/Reuters ReutersWed 19 Jan 2022 15.30 EST The heavy rains that soaked California late last year were … Continue reading Rare good environmental news from California — salmon back
Want to pay 600x your current gas bill?
Winter gas bill from hell: Oklahomans face paying $1.4bn over snowstorm Customers saddled with paying 600 times the usual price for energy as regulators are accused of being too close to the industry they monitor Snowplows work during a winter storm in Oklahoma City on 14 February 2021. Oklahoma Natural Gas customers will be paying … Continue reading Want to pay 600x your current gas bill?
Time to stop using plastic to store food
https://www.wsj.com/articles/goodbye-to-plastic-food-packaging-11642828626? Goodbye to Plastic Food Packaging? Environmental concerns are leading home cooks to embrace other methods of keeping food fresh, from brown paper bags to reusable beeswax wraps ILLUSTRATION: DANIEL DIOSDADO By Bee WilsonJan. 22, 2022 12:17 am ETSAVEPRINTTEXT107Listen to articleLength7 minutesQueue In the kitchen, as elsewhere, our cultural values evolve in fits and starts. A particular … Continue reading Time to stop using plastic to store food
Yet another way plastics may affect pregnancies
Phthalates in consumer products may affect important pregnancy hormone, study finds Zoë Read, January 23, 2022 In this Friday, June 15, 2012 photo, people walk by the Rutgers University School of Medicine. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) Exposure to phthalates, a class of chemicals commonly found in consumer products, may disrupt a hormone that plays a key … Continue reading Yet another way plastics may affect pregnancies
America’s favorite pickup truck goes electric — filled with info
America’s Favorite Pickup Truck Goes Electric Ford’s F-series trucks make up the best-selling vehicle line in the U.S. Can its new F-150 Lightning compete with Tesla in the E.V. market? By John Seabrook January 24, 2022 When I was twelve, in 1971, the walls of my bedroom in southern New Jersey were covered with full-page photographs of … Continue reading America’s favorite pickup truck goes electric — filled with info
Fine tune Apple Watch notifications
https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/01/18/how-to-fine-tune-notifications-on-your-apple-watch? How to fine-tune notifications on your Apple Watch William Gallagher | Jan 18, 2022 Your Apple Watch doesn't have to notify you of everything that your iPhone will. Instead, you can select to see just what's important — or nothing at all. If you don't do anything about it, and if you aren't using your iPhone at the time, your … Continue reading Fine tune Apple Watch notifications
Quilts of Valor honoring veterans
http://www.quiltingdaily.com/a-giving-quilt-to-honor-and-comfort/ A Giving Quilt: To Honor and Comfort By: Lauren Lang, Posted on June 15, 2021 For US service members returning from deployment, readjustment back into stateside life can be difficult. What better way to honor and comfort our veterans than to award them with a handmade quilt? The Quilts of Valor® Foundation began in 2003, when founder … Continue reading Quilts of Valor honoring veterans
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