Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
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11/01/2022
Phantom notes played by violins turn out to be a real sound
For hundreds of years it's been known that a mysterious third note can be heard when playing two notes together on a violin – now we know why.
11/01/2022
Opinion: Racism and Theater, Then and Now
In the late 1980s, I was in the chorus of a college musical theater production of “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”
10/28/2022
What’s the Salary? N.Y.C. Job Seekers Can No Longer Be Kept in the Dark
A new city law going into effect on Tuesday will require companies with at least four employees to post salary ranges for openings, even if the jobs involve remote or hybrid work.
11/01/2022
Opinion: Why AI won’t take your job. (Maybe.)
My sense of things is that a) even though unemployment was low before the pandemic and is low today … and b) even though the advances in autonomous driving technology that drove much of the pre-pandemic freakout about automation seem to have stalled … c) people still think of AI as a big jobs killer more than productivity enhancer that could complement work tasks and create new ones.
11/01/2022
How a rare butterfly returned
From the top of Pigeon Butte in western Oregon’s William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, the full width of the Willamette Valley fits into a gaze.
10/21/2022
From Dog Whistle to Rebel Yell
The disturbing direction of MAGA rhetoric about race.
10/25/2022
Opinion: We badly need better alternatives to conventional meat
The case for big investments in plant-based and lab-grown alternative proteins.
10/23/2022
‘There Are Only Five Media Stories’
But now I am ready to start on number six.
10/25/2022
Democratic and Republican voters both love civility – but the bipartisan appeal is partly because nobody can agree on what civility is
When former Vice President Mike Pence declared, in a speech to a conservative group, that “democracy depends on heavy doses of civility,” several attendees stood up and walked out of the Georgetown University auditorium.
10/21/2022
NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Study Team Members
NASA has selected 16 individuals to participate in its independent study team on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Observations of events in the sky that cannot be identified as aircraft or as known natural phenomena are categorized as UAPs.
10/24/2022
Rishi Sunak to become first British PM of color and also first Hindu at No 10
Rishi Sunak is about to become the UK’s first prime minister of colour and the first Hindu prime minister, both milestones in Britain’s evolution as a multicultural and multi-faith society.
10/24/2022