I recently served as a subject matter expert for an audit of supportive housing undertaken by the City of Ottawa’s Office of the Auditor General. Here are 10 things know:
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Exposing — and stopping — Big AI’s dirty plans, and more from The Lever this week.
While parents fear pickup and drop-off, teachers say the D.C. public school district has offered little support.
The post Trump’s D.C. Takeover Is Scaring Immigrant Parents Out of Taking Kids Back to School appeared first on The Intercept.
We heterodox economists, who have chosen the road less travelled, are acutely aware of its costs: fewer opportunities for ample research funding or positions at prestigious institutions. Yet, I suspect few of us truly regret our choice. One does not bargain with one’s conscience. No amount of money or prestige can replace the profound satisfaction […]
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Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1981 China concerts — a milestone where pop music met history. Music that still gets me going after 40 years.
A housing revolution comes together, pharma price gougers take another loss, a public scourge gets exposed, and homeowners score cash for clean energy.
The BBC grabbed headlines this week by making it clear Doctor Who wasn't going anywhere - but this wasn't the first time they've said that.
With interview slots vanishing and arbitrary visa denials, the U.S. could see 150,000 fewer international students this fall.
The post Accepted at Universities, Unable to Get Visas: Inside Trump’s War on International Students appeared first on The Intercept.
It could help plants grow at temperature extremes
The post Sugar, the Secret Plant Thermostat appeared first on Nautilus.
The traditional art of paper folding has long been used in space, but new flower-like patterns could be game-changers
The post Origami Fit for the Cosmos appeared first on Nautilus.
Some animals evolved a remarkably similar trick to survive
The post How Skinks and Honey Badgers Fight Cobra Venom appeared first on Nautilus.
Aviation regulators have been making it harder to track celebrities’ private jets. Now, Trump’s immigration enforcers are taking advantage.
During the Permian, Earth was without climate guardrails
The post When Our World Was a Wasteland appeared first on Nautilus.
The protesters’ parents said the officials beat their sons with chains at Egypt’s U.N. mission. The NYPD arrested the brothers for assault.
The post Egyptian Officials in New York Beat Two Gaza Protesters on Video. The NYPD Arrested the Protesters. appeared first on The Intercept.
“The White House published a list of Smithsonian exhibits, programming, and artwork it considered objectionable on Thursday, one week after announcing that eight of the institution’s museums must submit their current wall text and future exhibition plans for a comprehensive review.” —New York Times
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A placard on the nineteenth-century fur trade describes Canada as a sovereign country.
An agricultural exhibit in the National Museum of the American Indian uses the Native American spelling “maize” instead of the Anglo-American spelling “maze.”
The Air and Space Museum makes several references to well-known celestial bodies, but makes no mention of the president’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Too many French in the French Impressionist wing.
The First Ladies exhibit at the American History Museum includes a lovely Hervé Pierre gown from First Lady Melania Trump that she was not done wearing.
Let’s be honest: It’s not always easy to be part of a global community. And the last few years have made that clearer than ever.
The Drupal Community Working Group (CWG) is here to help create a more supportive and inclusive community for everyone. We uphold our Code of Conduct, and support community members navigating tough situations. We’re also working behind the scenes to build proactive systems of care and recognition. It’s challenging work, but it’s deeply meaningful.
We’re currently looking to expand our team.
Why now?
Because communities don’t just maintain themselves. They need caretakers. And the world we’re building today needs people who can hold complexity with care, especially in open source.
Everyone knows Epstein and Ghislaine—but few know the shadowy family dynasty behind them. From Mossad and CIA ties to Silicon Valley and D.C., Alan MacLeod uncovers the Maxwells’ secret empire.
The post The CIA, Mossad, and Epstein: Unraveling the Intelligence Ties of The Maxwell Family appeared first on MintPress News.
Each and every time I hear the word “peach” this is what I go to. From the 1997 action classic Face/Off, I present Mr. Nicolas Cage uttering one his most iconic lines of dialogue: Brilliant. In honor of the day, here are a few selections from the DiS1972 archives that are….peachy. Click on the photoContinue reading National “Eat A Peach” Day
The Trump administration's attempts to downplay human rights abuses globally suggests they want to make it easier to violate them domestically, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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- Runs almost as fast as Usain Bolt, albeit in bursts
- Flies faster than most hummingbirds, albeit in bursts
- Gobbles, purrs, yelps, chirps, clicks, and kee-kees
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It is a truth, if not universally acknowledged then at least generally believed, that Ben Franklin put forth the turkey as our national bird. This is not true. He did criticize the eagle on a draft of the Great Seal as looking rather like a turkey, and in so doing he did call the turkey, however un-seal-worthy, “a much more respectable Bird” than an eagle. Eagles, he said, did not make their livings honestly, being too lazy to fish for themselves. A turkey, in contrast, besides being “a true original native of America,” was, by his lights, “though a little vain and silly,” still “a bird of courage.”