Across the US, calls to halt data center construction have multiplied, as Americans grow increasingly concerned about risks of pollution, rising energy… Read more →
Across the US, calls to halt data center construction have multiplied, as Americans grow increasingly concerned about risks of pollution, rising energy costs, and diminishing water supplies. At the federal level, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have introduced legislation seeking a possible nationwide construction ban. But Republicans are seemingly unlikely to embrace that legislation, given Donald Trump’s claim that such moratoriums would threaten America’s lead in the AI race.
Outside hitter Douglas was part of the national team squad that claimed Olympic gold at their home Games in Rio in 2016.… Read more →
Outside hitter Douglas was part of the national team squad that claimed Olympic gold at their home Games in Rio in 2016.
He went on to win World Championships silver with Brazil in 2018, and in the same year, he started posting pictures of himself with his boyfriend on social media, coming out as gay in the process. The couple had begun dating in 2017.
Microsoft will likely soon follow Sony and stop the production of physical discs for Xbox games. But instead of leaving physical discs… Read more →
Microsoft will likely soon follow Sony and stop the production of physical discs for Xbox games. But instead of leaving physical discs behind entirely, sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans tell me the company has quietly been working on a disc-to-digital feature that will allow Xbox owners to digitize their existing physical game collections.
Xbox employees recently started testing this new feature, after references to “enable Disc2Digital” appeared in the Xbox PC app code in May. I’m told that Microsoft’s disc-to-digital feature will work on Xbox One and Xbox Series X discs only, and not those for the Xbox 360 or original Xbox console.
“‘Oh, they haven’t done that forever!’ And then with the time travel theme, maybe we’ll do a new twist, which is, ‘You… Read more →
“‘Oh, they haven’t done that forever!’ And then with the time travel theme, maybe we’ll do a new twist, which is, ‘You loved that competition in Season 4. But they have to be, I don’t know, surrounded by dinosaurs.’”
we, the #BB28 fans Demand a dinosaur pressure cooker!
While 24 of the 35 productions reported at least some box office downturn – some more significantly than others – one show… Read more →
While 24 of the 35 productions reported at least some box office downturn – some more significantly than others – one show bucked the trend with a best-ever number: The Rocky Horror Show grossed $1,215,225, filling 97% of seats at Studio 54 and setting a new house record at the venue.
Larry Tesler, the creator of copy/paste, explains: The Lisa was the first system to assign XCVZ to cut, copy, paste and undo… Read more →
Larry Tesler, the creator of copy/paste, explains:
The Lisa was the first system to assign XCVZ to cut, copy, paste and undo (shifted with the “apple” key). I chose them myself. X was a standard symbol of deletion. C was the first letter of Copy. V was an upside down caret and apparently meant Insert in at least one earlier editor.
On the organizational front, a group of House Democrats aligned with a new centrist initiative, launched in the immediate aftermath of the… Read more →
On the organizational front, a group of House Democrats aligned with a new centrist initiative, launched in the immediate aftermath of the democratic socialist victories, framed the wins as a reputational liability. “They should not be the face of our party,” the group declared, positioning the effort explicitly as a corrective to the party’s direction.
The data, however, offers a more complicated picture of where the Democratic base actually stands. A Fox News poll in March showed that 49% of all registered voters, including 72% of Democrats and 60% of independents, described capitalism as working “not very” or “not at all” well.
CNN data analyst Harry Enten pointed to a poll from Marquette Law School that found the DSA now holds higher favorability than sitting congressional Democrats, from Democratic voters and leaners themselves.
Josh Lyman decides to weigh in:
Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff, offered a structural diagnosis. “What the socialist wing has decided to do is turn blue districts, dark blue,” he told CNN, arguing that Democrats had broadly “lost the plot” by becoming mired in niche concerns rather than mainstream US priorities.
Taco Bell moves away from in-restaurant fajita flair and reimagines those flavors on the go with its new Fajita Street Chalupas and… Read more →
Taco Bell moves away from in-restaurant fajita flair and reimagines those flavors on the go with its new Fajita Street Chalupas and Chicken Fajita Nacho Fries.
OH NO, whatever shall we do?! 🙄 [Avila Chevalier] maintained a since-deleted Twitter account with repeated sympathetic references to communism, Marxist ideology and… Read more →
OH NO, whatever shall we do?! 🙄
[Avila Chevalier] maintained a since-deleted Twitter account with repeated sympathetic references to communism, Marxist ideology and Soviet figures, including Vladimir Lenin.
