MAGA thief stealing Harris-Walz signs is tracked down and busted thanks to Apple AirTag (video)
Boing Boing
MAGA thief stealing Harris-Walz signs is tracked down and busted thanks to Apple AirTag (video)
MAGA thieves stealing Harris-Walz signs off lawns are tracked down and busted thanks to Apple AirTag (video)
Texas Commissioners Court forces librarians to reclassify Wampanoag history book as ‘fiction.’ The book in question is a nonfiction history book by Linda Coombs titled Colonization and the Wampanoag Story. Coombs is an author and historian from the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah.
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Texas Commissioners Court forces librarians to reclassify Wampanoag history book as ‘fiction’
The Montgomery County Commissioners Court in Texas recently ordered librarians to reclassify a Wampanoag history book as 'fiction.'
Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)
Open Culture
Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964)
In William Faulkner’s 1938 novel The Unvanquished, the implacable Colonel Sartoris takes drastic action to stop the election of a black Republica...
23andMe CEO says she can 'land this plane' after the entire board resigns
Quartz
23andMe CEO says she can 'land this plane' after the entire board resigns
23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki says the struggling genetic testing company can be saved — but it will be "complicated"
‘Grifters gotta grift‘: Russell Brand’s $250 snake oil – sorry, amulet – will totally shield you from logic, reason, and common sense
The Mary Sue
‘Grifters gotta grift‘: Russell Brand's $250 snake oil - sorry, amulet - will totally shield you from logic, reason, and common sense | The Mary Sue
Russell Brand has multiple sexual abuse allegations against him, so he's switched to being a pathetic grifter.
How Marie Curie Helped a Generation of Women Break into Science
Scientific American
The Untold Story of Marie Curie’s Network of Female Scientists
Marie Curie is well known for her chemistry achievements but less so for helping other women succeed in science
Google begins "purge" of effective ad-blockers from Chrome
Boing Boing
Google "purges" uBlock Origin from Chrome Web Store
After years of delay, Google is reportedly "purging" such extensions and accelerating the framework's rollout
4500-Year-Old Fingerprints Show Ancient Potters in Syria were Child Laborers https://arkeonews.net/4500-year-old-fingerprints-show-ancient-potters-in-syria-were-child-laborers/
Man learns he’s being dumped via “dystopian” AI summary of texts
Ars Technica
Man learns he’s being dumped via “dystopian” AI summary of texts
No longer in a relationship; wants belongings from the apartment," Apple AI summarized.
What if you can’t afford to flee a hurricane?
Vox
What if you can’t afford to flee a hurricane?
Evacuating during a climate disaster is necessary. It’s also incredibly expensive.