So, as you probably know America is stopping all fuel from reaching Cuba. They’ll be out in days. Tomorrow the jet fuel runs out, so no more international flights. But the real issue is that no fuel means no diesel tractors, no distribution of food, not enough refridgeration: in a word, famine. This is deliberate […]
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The creature’s toxic venom revolutionized diabetes treatment
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Centuries of scientific progress are at stake
The post The Long History and Uncertain Future of US Weather Forecasts appeared first on Nautilus.
As DrupalCon Chicago 2026 draws closer, conversations about community are extending beyond sessions, socials, and contributions to include how we care for one another in shared spaces. The Drupal Community Working Group's Community Health Team has been working with event organizers to gather practical, community-informed health and safety guidance that reflects how people actually experience DrupalCon.
The information below provides resources for navigating the conference, the venue, and the city with confidence, while reinforcing Drupal's longstanding commitment to an inclusive, respectful, and supportive community where everyone can show up as their whole selves.
Have questions or concerns about DrupalCon Chicago? Feel free to drop by the Community Working Group's public office hours this Friday, February 13 at 10am ET / 1200 UTC.
… after coopting viruses long ago to do its dirty work
The post The Parasite That Chemically Castrates Its Moth Host appeared first on Nautilus.
A new comprehensive review details the challenges and opportunities of carbon monitoring in cities
The post Living, Breathing Cities Pose Challenges for Carbon Monitoring appeared first on Nautilus.
I know you think I’m evil. And a copycat. But I assure you, I’ve wanted to take out Causation long before Relative Risk stabbed Absolute Risk in the back at last month’s Stanford talk on the lethality of packaged, ready-to-eat kale. Absolute Risk had it coming, shamelessly trying to downplay a ten-thousand-fold increased risk of choking to death if and when you eat the plastic bag.
“The overall lifetime risk of dying from a moderate consumption of kale is one in one hundred billion,” Absolute said. “So multiplying that by ten thousand means your actual chances of dying from plastic-bagged, ready-to-eat kale are extremely low, just one in ten million. The increased relative risk is statistically insignificant. Also, if you take care not to eat or swallow the bag, that risk drops to nearly zero.”
There is an epidemic of child sex crimes in and around Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Since 2021, and the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, dozens of elite soldiers stationed at the military base have been convicted of raping children, distributing child pornography, and other similar offenses. Many of these soldiers served in Afghanistan, where it is now acknowledged that the U.S. military aided their local allies in “bacha bazi” (boy play): the practice of kidnapping and keeping boys as sex slaves, large numbers of whom were enslaved on U.S. military compounds. MintPress News explores this dark and deeply disturbing topic.
The post The US Military Aided Mass Child Rape in Afghanistan. Now Its Soldiers Are Committing This Crime At Fort Bragg appeared first on MintPress News.
Things look very different from 198o onward. During this era, we see faster automation but only a few technologies counterbalancing the antilabor bias of automation. Wage growth also slowed down as the labor movement became increasingly impaired. In fact, lack of resistance from the labor movement was likely an important cause of the greater emphasis […]
How did Reform's candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election go from being a 'fully-paid up member of the liberal left' to a Farage disciple, asks David Edgar and Jon Bloomfield
Trying to cover every religious racket connected to the Trump administration proves to be an exercise in futility. Here are a few of the stories that seemed to fly a bit under the radar. Grifter for God Preys for Melania…
Monopolies are driving down wages — but proper reform could boost your check by 30 percent.
On Saturday, The Times Magazine published an interview with Peter Mandelson, along with a cover image of the former minister cooking in his Wiltshire home. Ideally, I wouldn’t share the image because, regardless of what the article contains, seeing anyone in that context has a way of legitimising their place in public life. We see someone in […]
Miriam Menkin didn’t achieve the same fame as her colleague John Rock, but the life-changing procedure wouldn’t be possible without her
The post The Woman Who Paved the Way for IVF appeared first on Nautilus.
BBC Studios' Zai Bennett on Doctor Who, covering the funds lost by the end of the Disney deal, and the show's future post-Christmas Special.
I’m pinching myself. It is February 2026, and I am writing for Tribune about Peter Mandelson. Moreover, it’s much the same as I was writing over thirty years ago for Tribune — except that, on this occasion, Mandelson has finally managed to surpass even his own appalling record of venality and avarice. At the time […]
Friday, February 20 at Florida DrupalCamp in Orlando and Thursday, March 12 at DrupalCamp NJ in Princeton.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we build websites and create content — and the Drupal AI ecosystem is making it easier than ever for site builders to harness that power responsibly.
If you've been curious about integrating AI into your Drupal workflow but aren't sure where to start, this is the workshop for you.
Responsible Drupal AI Basics
This full-day, hands-on workshop designed for beginners who want to learn the fundamentals of using AI within Drupal. Over the course of the day, you'll work directly with key modules in the Drupal AI ecosystem — including AI Automators, Field Widget Actions, and AI Agents — gaining practical experience with setup, configuration, and real-world content generation techniques.
FIRST, the disclaimers: Some of my favorite writers—folks who are as anti-fascist and pro-democracy as they come—publish on Substack, but I read and recommend their work less and less frequently, because Substack has a Nazi problem. To wit: Awkward: Substack’s Nazi Problem Substack call themselves a platform rather than a publication, a classic web conundrum. […]
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What happens to kids who experience terminal lucidity—and the caregivers who tend to them
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Is time a property of the Universe? Yes, if you conceive of it as heat: a mind-boggling yet oddly comforting perspective
- by Aeon Video
Sea pandas or sadistic killers? These enigmatic creatures invite contradictory labels that say far more about us than them
- by Jason Colby
In a heterosexual breakup, the script is clean: loss, anger, distance. Ours refused that narrative
- by Margie Sarsfield
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