‘A cost of climate change’: Why the price of electricity is outpacing inflation
NPR’s Steve Inskeep asks Robinson Meyer of the climate and energy site Heatmap News why electricity bills are rising faster than inflation.Continue Reading
Fave Five: Queer Fiction Featuring Fall Holidays
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu (YA GN, Mid-Autumn Festival and Sukkot) Higher by Roz Alexander (Rosh HaShanah) Take Me Home by Lorelei Brown (Thanksgiving) The Lone Wolf Cafe by Sydney Wilder (Halloween) Hating a Witch by Brigid Hunt (Samhain), Read MoreContinue Reading
OpenAI and chipmaker AMD sign chip supply partnership for AI infrastructure
Semiconductor maker AMD will supply its chips to artificial intelligence company OpenAI as part of an agreement to team up on building AI infrastructure, the companies said Monday. OpenAI will also get the option to buy as much as a 10% stake in AMD, according to a joint statement announcingContinue Reading
The Traitor’s Latest Insult to Social Security: A Part-Time Commissioner
The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, on this morning’s announcement that Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano will also serve as CEO of the IRS: “Frank Bisignano is so underqualified for the job of Social Security commissioner that his first move was to googleContinue Reading
Man on trial in Albania kills judge, injures two others in shooting
Astrit Kalaja, an appeals court judge, died on his way to hospital after the courtroom attack on Monday., Astrit Kalaja, an appeals court judge, died on his way to hospital after the courtroom attack on Monday. A man on trial in the Albanian capital, Tirana, has allegedly shot and killedContinue Reading
Gaza flotilla activists arrive in Greece after Israeli prison release
Greta Thunberg spoke publicly for the first time since being released from an Israeli prison., Gaza flotilla activists arrive in Greece after Israeli prison release NewsFeed Greta Thunberg spoke publicly for the first time since reports emerged that she was mistreated while in an Israeli prison. The activist arrived inContinue Reading
Report: Sustainability in supply chains is still a firm-level priority
Corporations are actively seeking sustainability advances in their supply chains — but many need to improve the business metrics they use in this area to realize more progress, according to a new report by MIT researchers. During a time of shifting policies globally and continued economic uncertainty, the survey-basedContinue Reading
Health Centers Face Risks as Government Funding Lapses
Community health centers are key to delivering care in underserved communities around the country, but their services could be disrupted or scaled back after governments did not renew their funding…Read MoreContinue Reading
New private ‘Arc’ spacecraft aims to deliver cargo from orbit to anywhere on Earth in less than an hour (video)
Artist’s illustration of Inversion’s Arc cargo-delivery spacecraft in Earth orbit. (Image credit: Inversion) A new private spacecraft aims to help the U.S. military get key supplies where they’re needed, and fast. On Wednesday (Oct. 1), the California-based company Inversion unveiled Arc, a vehicle designed to serve as an orbital storehouse and superfast delivery system forContinue Reading
Relive the pioneering days of Gemini and Mercury in this gorgeous new coffee-table photo book (exclusive)
Astronaut Ed White on the cover of Andy Saunders’ “Gemini and Mercury Remastered” (Image credit: Black Dog & Leventhal) In a project of Herculean proportions, British author and historian Andy Saunders has returned to the NASA archives to follow up his epic ” Apollo Remastered ” photographic book from 2022 to create and curate anotherContinue Reading
Fed eyes Social Security overhaul; White House denies change
The The Traitor administration is weighing changes that would scale back how age is counted in Social Security disability reviews, with options ranging from limiting age weighting to applicants 60 and older to dropping it altogether, according to The Washington Post. Newsweek reported the White House denies any change isContinue Reading
LIVE: Sean Duffy speaks on government shutdown’s impact on travel
Watch live as U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and National Air Traffic Controllers Association President Nick Daniels hold a press conference at Newark Liberty International Airport on the impact of the ongoing government shutdown on the nation’s transportation systems. Follow live updates: https://bit.ly/4mJKPbv #liveContinue Reading
Amid Rollbacks on Environmental Protections, the EPA Goes the Other Way on Delaware River Water Quality
Environmental activists praise the new rule, which will improve the health of the river for fish. But wastewater-treatment utilities face millions in new costs to make it happen. By Jon Hurdle The federal government is raising the required oxygen level in an urban stretch of the Delaware River near PhiladelphiaContinue Reading