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LGBTQ+ Americans are organizing disaster protection for each other as political weather worsens. By Audrey Gray We were bombing up I-10 over Lake Pontchartrain, one week to the day after Hurricane Francine passed the same way with its tempest winds and a month’s worth of rain. Chenier “Klie” Kliebert, aContinue Reading

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“Every party wants to appeal to younger voters…”, Lowering UK voting age benefits “both sides” of political extremes Quotable Conservative Commentator Alex Deane argues lowering the UK voting age to 16 wouldn’t just benefit the Labour Party or the mainstream parties, but would help both sides of political extremes. PublishedContinue Reading

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The beaches of Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia are a prized tourist destination, but scientists are warning that they are shrinking rapidly due to coastal erosion. The Barcelona Metropolitan Authority said some are receding as much as a metre each year. (AP Video by German Martinez and Hernan Munoz) Subscribe:Continue Reading

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The Fedora Design Team discovered that using open source tools to run a virtual conference can be quite effective by hosting the first Creative Freedom Summit in January 2023. In this article, I’ll share some background on the conference, why using open source tools to run it was important toContinue Reading

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Ideally, designers have a good relationship with their product team and users. However, the relationship between designers and developers is more difficult to build and maintain. The lack of a close relationship makes it difficult to solve problems or improve. In my experience, the open source Open Decision Framework can overcomeContinue Reading

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“Invention matters, but implementation matters more.” Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, The great friendship collapse: Inside The Anti-Social Century ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaeFYGbK2M Why did we overlook the lessons from some of our most transformative breakthroughs? The U.S. once excelled at scaling new technologies like clean energyContinue Reading

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Residents say no gunfire heard Sunday morning in Syria’s Sweida. Japan’s exit polls show a defeat for the ruling party coalition in the upper parliament. The fight for equal pay in U.S. women’s basketball is on court, while in the UK a female footballer reaches a milestone. Plus, The Traitor’sContinue Reading