Four alarming charts that show just how extreme the climate is right now By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Updated 8:45 AM EDT, Sat June 17, 2023 Soaring temperatures. Unusually hot oceans. Record high levels of carbon pollution in the atmosphere and record low levels of Antarctic ice. We’re only halfway through 2023 and so many climate records are being broken, some … Continue reading Four alarming charts show just how extreme the climate is right now
Month: June 2023
Well-funded Christian group behind effort to impose its religious standards on entire U.S.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/19/alliance-defending-freedom-lgbtq-rights-america Well-funded Christian group behind US effort to roll back LGBTQ+ rights Advocacy groups condemn Alliance Defending Freedom as ‘a danger to every American who values their freedoms’ Adam Gabbatt in New York @adamgabbattMon 19 Jun 2023 06.00 EDT With the US besieged by a rightwing culture war campaign that aims to strip away rights from … Continue reading Well-funded Christian group behind effort to impose its religious standards on entire U.S.
Science-backed way to eat better
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-science-says-about-how-to-eat-better-11664363663? The Science-Backed Strategies That Will Actually Help You Eat Better Many of the strategies that you think will work don’t. Here are the surprising things that do. By Andrea Petersen Sept. 28, 2022 8:30 am ET We know what we should eat. Trouble is, most of us have a hard time sticking to it. Researchers are … Continue reading Science-backed way to eat better
Canceling a digital subscription is about to get a lot easier
http://www.wsj.com/articles/canceling-a-digital-subscription-is-hard-thats-changing-58908a95? Canceling a Digital Subscription Is Hard. That’s Changing. Cancellation buttons are often buried, but some apps see the benefit of easy-come, easy-go customers By Dalvin Brown, published June 21, 2023 11:00 pm ET PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ISTOCK It’s a familiar scenario: You go to cancel a subscription to an online service and find … Continue reading Canceling a digital subscription is about to get a lot easier
What it means for Lionel Messi and American soccer for him to end his career at MLS’s Inter Miami rather than going to Saudi Arabia
NOTE: A pass to watch all Major League Soccer (MLS) games for the rest of the year is discounted to $39 for people who already subscribe to Apple TV+ -- whether individually or part of the Apple One package I think is simply terrific. http://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/business/dealbook/messi-miami-saudi.html for a quick description and the following article for a … Continue reading What it means for Lionel Messi and American soccer for him to end his career at MLS’s Inter Miami rather than going to Saudi Arabia
The trivia that even happy couples fight about
http://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2023/02/13/couples-fights-over-living-together/ When the dishes mean war: Couples share their fights about the home Battles over furniture, how to hang the toilet paper, and which way to load the spoons — these are the headaches of cohabitation By Marisa Kashino February 13, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. EST Living with a romantic partner can be wonderful. It can … Continue reading The trivia that even happy couples fight about
Coffee creamers, rated
https://www.tastingtable.com/836704/coffee-creamer-brands-ranked-worst-to-best/ 15 Coffee Creamer Brands, Ranked Worst To BestCharles Andrew Palmer/ShutterstockBY JUDY MORENO/UPDATED: JAN. 30, 2023 12:44 PM ESTAs the "Gilmore Girls" character Lorelai Gilmore said, "Everything in my life has something to do with coffee." If you and Lorelai are two peas in a pod, this article is for you. There's a wide variety of coffee … Continue reading Coffee creamers, rated
Sample of superb climate-related news collection– alternative energy batteries and more
This is an absolutely top drawer way to be kept current on the most relevant climate crisis news. Kristopher Tigue deserves to make a living. Please subscribe. Altho it says "subscribe" in the upper left of the page below, here's the direct link: https://insideclimatenews.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7c733794100bcc7e083a163f0&id=29c928ffb5 https://mailchi.mp/insideclimatenews/the-batteries-preventing-texas-blackouts?e=97b1a9b0bd A twice-a-week digest of the most pressing climate-related news, released … Continue reading Sample of superb climate-related news collection– alternative energy batteries and more
Apple devices to buy now — and the ones you shouldn’t
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-apple-device-you-shouldnt-buy-right-nowand-the-ones-you-should-be3d6770?mod=djemTECH The Apple Device You Shouldn’t Buy Right Now—and the Ones You Should Do not buy an iPhone. MacBook Air? Go for it. A guide to which Apple products are in season. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY ELENA SCOTTI/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, ISTOCK, APPLE By Joanna Stern, June 18, 2023 5:30 am ET Never double dip a chip. Never … Continue reading Apple devices to buy now — and the ones you shouldn’t
Henry Cavill gets a bum rap — his Witcher performance is masterful
fandomwire.com/without-him-netflix-wouldnt-be-able-to-do-the-witcher-game-of-thrones-star-said-henry-cavills-gifted-sword-fighting-skills-made-the-show/ “Without him, Netflix wouldn’t be able to do The Witcher”: Game of Thrones Star Said Henry Cavill’s Gifted Sword-Fighting Skills Made the Show by Diya Majumdar, April 28, 2023, 9:11 am Follow Copy Henry Cavill’s turn as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s The Witcher was unanimously hailed as one of the best live-action adaptation portrayals on television. … Continue reading Henry Cavill gets a bum rap — his Witcher performance is masterful
Long lasting and widespread consequences of huge oil spills
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/20/bp-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-health-lawsuits Top row from left: Jorey Danos, Sheree Kerner, Troy Schultz, John Pabst, Samuel Castleberry, and Floyd Ruffin are among the many cleanup workers and family members who want justice after the BP oil spill. Photograph: Kathleen Flynn/The Guardian They cleaned up BP’s massive oil spill. Now they’re sick – and want justice Thirteen years … Continue reading Long lasting and widespread consequences of huge oil spills
Russians boasted that only 1% of its social media accounts are discovered
http://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/04/16/russia-disinformation-discord-leaked-documents/ Russians boasted that just 1% of fake social profiles are caught, leak shows The estimate is contained in a document that is part of a trove of top-secret material leaked in a Discord chatroom By Joseph Menn Updated April 16, 2023 at 1:34 p.m. EDT|Published April 16, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. EDT SAN FRANCISCO — The Russian … Continue reading Russians boasted that only 1% of its social media accounts are discovered
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