NightGaunts

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Supreme Court takes up Colorado's decision to kick Trump off its primary ballot (www.npr.org)
 

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a dispute about whether Donald Trump should be disqualified from the ballot after the Capitol riot three years ago.

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Utah Bills Itself as “Family-Friendly” Even as Lawmakers Have Long Neglected Child Care (www.propublica.org)
 

Federal relief had improved access to child care. But when funding expired, the state rejected proposals to replace it. Some advocates say the historical influence of the LDS church has added to the resistance.

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Foreign governments paid millions to Trump's companies while he was president (www.npr.org)
 

A report by House Democrats documents $7.8 million in payments from at least 20 foreign governments to Trump's businesses during his presidential term.

Biden unharmed after car strikes president's motorcade in Delaware in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] NightGaunts@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Beware, Delaware.

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The FDA is investigating whether lead in applesauce pouches was deliberately added (www.npr.org)
 

The Food and Drug Administration is working with Ecuadorian authorities to investigate Negasmart, who has been supplying cinnamon to the three recalled applesauce brands.

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Companies say they're closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work? (www.npr.org)
 

For decades, government scientists have toiled away trying to make nuclear fusion work. Will commercial companies sprint to the finish?

OpenAI Employees Say Firm's Chief Scientist Has Been Making Strange Spiritual Claims in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] NightGaunts@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

The world is weird as fuck.

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This psychedelics researcher approached his death with calm and curiosity (www.npr.org)
 

Roland Griffiths spent the later stage of his career exploring the ways that psychedelic drugs, specifically psilocybin, could help patients with depression, addiction issues and even terminal cancer.

Judging from the level of complaints, air travel is getting worse in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] NightGaunts@kbin.social -1 points 10 months ago

I, for one, would like to see more water-based everything. Especially motion pictures. For instance, a movie about that swimming guy, what was his name? Aquatic Man was it?

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Tai chi helps boost memory, study finds. One type seems most beneficial (www.npr.org)
 

Research shows that a daily dose of tai chi, the slow-moving meditative, martial art can boost our body and brain. A new study finds adding word games to tai chi doubles the increase in memory.

The World's Map of Billionaires: inherited vs company founders vs executives in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz
[–] NightGaunts@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The link to the source of the data was broken and I didn't search around but I was curious how they defined inherited. To be in this class, did they have to inherit a billion dollars? A million? Come from upper middle class? If close to 30 percent are inheriting upwards of a billion, that is a lot.

And look at Russia, yikes! Shows a deep corruption. How that country doesn't devolve into a Venezuela/Liberia/take-your-pick, I do not know

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'Too dangerous:' Why even Google was afraid to release this technology (www.npr.org)
 

A startup called PimEyes allows anyone to identify a stranger within seconds with just a photo of the person's face. The technology has alarmed privacy advocates worldwide.

A Record Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Show U.S. Isn't Ready for Climate Change in c/climate@slrpnk.net
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What Are The Swing States Of The Future? (fivethirtyeight.com)
 

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. ameliatd (Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, senior reporter): The residents of s…

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Remote work is harder to come by as companies push for return to office (www.npr.org)
 

Three and a half years after the start of the pandemic, employers are getting serious about increasing the amount of time workers spend in the office and trying new strategies to overcome resistance.

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12 things student loan borrowers should know about the return to repayment (www.npr.org)
 

October's coming, and we're here to help you get ready.

How AI is helping airlines mitigate the climate impact of contrails in c/science@kbin.social
[–] NightGaunts@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Interesting, I had no idea, fluffy contrails look so innocuous. Makes me wonder, is there any post-industrial human activity that isn't disaster?

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