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Trump-inspired wave of threats against election officials raises midterm tensions as some workers simply quit

In a film by Winter Dunn, the death of Tupac Shakur elicits an emotional reaction from a young woman still grieving the loss of her mother.

Jun 26, 2022; Tampa, Florida, USA; Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri (91) celebrates with the Stanley Cup after the Avalanche game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in game six of the 2022 Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena. | Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Big news out of London yesterday.

The latest meme is painfully simple, but the upside has been significant for a host of brands.

Former royal butler Paul Burrell has paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth following her death on Thursday (08.09.22) calling her 'a wonderful lady' and claiming she never touched alcohol again following the death of her husband Prince Philip in 2021.

In Raoul Peck’s documentary I Am Not Your Negro, writer James Baldwin observes, “History is not the past. History is the present. We carry our history with us. To think otherwise is criminal.” Baldwin’s remarks succinctly capture our relationship to the past. They also address the role of “presentism”—the use of a present lens to interpret the past—within the historical profession.

With its hopes of retaking both chambers of Congress suddenly in tatters, the Republican Party is dusting off one of its oldest moves: resuscitating an idea that worked to great effect in some bygone era in the hopes that it will work again. 

Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon signed legislation that has turned out to be a de facto super PAC tax. Starting Friday, and continuing until the election, political candidates are entitled to discounted TV ad rates while super PACs, dark money groups, and party fundraising organizations have to pay the often inflated market price for the same time slots.

Prior loosely connects observations from neuroscientific disciplines in the practice of designing play installations. The spatial layout is conceived with the targeted intention of stimulating different functions of the human physical and mental apparatus. The combination of optic and haptic sensations in a parallel scenario conveys the visitor, the participant, into an unusual situation. The result of the stimulation is a disruptive reaction, which initiates the organism’s adaptation process. Читать дальше...

I've had a fun week, and looking forward to a quiet (and on-time!) trip home. Hope you have a great weekend and we'll see you on Monday. 

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A.I. generated art is rapidly advancing, creating images by referencing the work of humans. Is it a new tool for visual artists, or their replacement?

Five pieces of career advice, shaped by economics, psychology, and a little bit of existential math

LOUISVILLE, KY—According to reports, a local man’s mood quickly soured Friday evening when he realized the party he had just walked into was one of those awkward ones where he knew everyone there. “Just great—who the heck am I supposed to talk to?” said Noah Lefevre, who appeared to grow anxious as he looked around…

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Some Pens Points for you fine folks as the preseason inches closer.

by Heath Hansen “I sent the grids; we’ll be heading out by noon on Thursday,” Tim Foley informs me over the phone, before I hit the road. Foley is a grizzled former paratrooper of the 82nd Airborne Division, and leader of the volunteer group Arizona Border Recon (AZBR). For more than a decade, AZBR volunteers have assisted …

Senate negotiators expect to reach a deal on a bill to protect same-sex marriages in time to begin considering it on floor next week, which would put it on a path to pass before the end of the month. Republican negotiators caution they haven’t yet locked down 10 GOP votes to overcome an expected filibuster...

Intel is expected to announce that it has distributed nearly $18 million to colleges and universities in Ohio to start education and workforce development programs focused on semiconductors as part of President Biden’s visit to the groundbreaking of a new factory on Friday, according to a senior White House official. The official said Intel will...

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Throughout my career as a practitioner and teacher of cloud architecture and general enterprise architecture, I’ve focused on the distinction between logical and physical architectures.

Wasmtime, a standalone runtime for WebAssembly, is nearing its official 1.0 release.

Jakarta Server Pages (formerly JavaServer Pages) is a Java standard technology that developers use to write dynamic, data-driven web pages for Java web applications. JSP is built on top of the Java Servlet (aka Jakarta Servlet) specification and is one of the Java web technologies included for ongoing support and upgrades in Jakarta EE.

TONY FERGUSON’s return to welterweight and drastic overhaul of his training wasn’t just down to his recent skid – it was also the result of a dressing down from his wife.

Sports Mole previews Sunday's La Liga clash between Elche and Athletic Bilbao, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Children’s hearing protection product HearMuffs are designed to protect your kid’s ears at loud events like concerts and football games. But the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall on Thursday, warning that batteries in the HearMuffs—used to power the device for both “active” noise reduction and…