Are pets replacing human babies?
Why are birth rates declining while pet ownership is on the rise?, Are pets replacing human babies? Money Works People are adopting pets over having babies, making the pet care industry grow. But why are people having fewer babies? Al Jazeera’s Yasmeen ElTahan explains. By Yasmeen Eltahan Published On 6Continue Reading
Firefox GNOME theme updated to work with Nova
The unofficial GNOME theme for Firefox has been updated to work with the Firefox 157 release and its newer, rounder Nova theme. It is not a traditional Firefox theme (like the ones you can install from the Mozilla Add-ons site) but, to quote its GitHub page, a “bunch of CSSContinue Reading
Department of Homeland Security buys two more detention centers in California for $950 million
The GEO Group, a Florida-based private prison corporation, announced Monday that it had sold the detention facilities, including the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, totaling 2,644 Beds., Read MoreContinue Reading
New York City Proves that Affordable Housing Is Possible
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s initiatives build on a long history of housing advocacy., Read MoreContinue Reading
Wolfspeed adds Premium 200 mm n-type silicon carbide substrate to its materials line
Wolfspeed has made its Premium 200 mm n-type silicon carbide (SiC) substrate commercially available. The company says the higher-grade starting material is designed to improve device yield through reduced defects and greater wafer-shape stability. It joins the 200 mm SiC materials portfolio that Wolfspeed brought to commercial availability in SeptemberContinue Reading
Charge_iN by Mahindra expands its network to 50 charging stations in India
Charge_iN, a public EV charging network operated by Indian automaker Mahindra, has expanded its reach to 50 locations in India. The newest station is located at an HP Auto Care Centre on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, one of the country’s busiest inter-city corridors. This is the first Charge_iN station to becomeContinue Reading
Nova Scotia’s new EV fee raises bigger questions for drivers across Canada
Electric vehicle owners will now have to pay $500 every two years in addition to their vehicle registration fee. Plug-in hybrid vehicles will have an additional $250 fee…Continue Reading
Ahead of US midterms, The Traitor signs executive order to expand access to tax-exempt diesel: What we know
US President Traitor 47 has signed an executive order expanding access to tax-exempt diesel as record fuel prices pose a political risk ahead of the November midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress…Continue Reading
No Land to Stand On
An excerpt from pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil’s new book.Continue Reading
A New Frontier in Fighting Homelessness
Someone must do the unglamorous work of turning vouchers into signed leases and stable tenancies.Continue Reading
Extreme heat making pregnancy a ‘new fault line’ in climate crisis
Pregnancy and childbirth have become a “new fault line in the global climate crisis” as extreme heat worsens, the head of the UN climate action body (UNFCCC) warned on Monday, calling for maternal and newborn health to be built into countries’ climate plans. Continue Reading
Security, sacrifice or opportunity: Visions differ over effective climate action
Should the world move away sharply from fossil fuels, or manage a slower, more careful retreat? Continue Reading
Final ‘Grandmother’ Cottonwood Toppled, Protesters Arrested in Arizona
By Stephanie Casanova, AZ Luminaria Armed Border Patrol agents raided a protest camp in Lochiel, in southeast Arizona, making way for contractors to cut down the last standing cottonwood tree Monday morning for a double border wall, after protesters protected it for more than 70 days. Continue Reading