Today, a brief history of my painful experience of trying to keep paying for my Disney Bundle. I’ve been a pre-launch subscriber to Disney+ and a paying sub of Hulu, without ads, since before D+ launched. In other words, I am the sucker they all love and desire.
Grand jury in Georgia Trump case recommended indicting Lindsey Graham, David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler and Michael Flynn
The current and former senators and former national security adviser were among 21 people who ultimately were not charged in the election interference case.
Elon Musk secretly ordered Starlink engineers to disrupt Ukraine counter-attack on Russian fleet | Boing Boing
Elon Musk gave Ukraine access to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet at the outset of Russia’s invasion of the country, but the erratic billionare was soon talking privately with Vladi…
White men have controlled women’s reproductive rights throughout American history – the post-Dobbs era is no different
In the US, white men have long had the power to make decisions about women’s reproductive health care. Those decisions have often been especially harmful to Black women.
California’s Middle Mile Network Must Bridge the Digital Divide, Not Reinforce It
When California unanimously passed S.B. 156 in 2021, we embarked on a multi-year, multi-billion dollar endeavor to bring affordable, 21st-century fiber to every Californian. Done correctly, this nearly $7 billion investment—further supplemented by $ 1.8 billion in federal funding—would help...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successf…
Are we back yet? How we spent our days from 2019 through 2022
In 2020, our everyday routines shifted dramatically, but over the past few years, it’s felt like things are getting back to where they were. How back are we?
The EU Designates The Six Companies You Already Expected As ‘Gatekeepers’ Under The Digital Markets Act
The two big EU attempts to overly regulate the internet are starting to go into effect. The Digital Services Act (DSA), along with all its associated problems, is about six months ahead of the Digi…
What Turned New Jersey’s Pools Green? A Man and His Drone, Police Say.
A local business owner used damaging chemicals to turn multiple swimming pools yellow and green over the course of the summer, according to the police, who said he was likely “pranking people.”
When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation. I soaked up the vibes of a high-tech, utopian future. I internalized the trajectory we were on was good, that we had reached the End of History. There might be a few bumps on the road, but the direction was inevitable and the destination was inexorable.
It turns out that the fastest a human being has ever traveled was 39,897 kilometers per hour. That was the crew of the Apollo 10 mission returning to earth. That happened on 26 May, 1969.
Fifty-four years ago. We peaked more than half a century ago.
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