Multiple countries are investigating and the authorities in Europe say they have not ruled out sabotage. But U.S. intelligence officials have assessed that the cables were not cut deliberately.
I'll note that this article is substantially at odds with the Wall Street Journal's coverage, which makes it sound like this was a very intentional Russian op.
They're accused of allowing staff to sexually abuse teenage boys.
Six things we learned about Australia’s climate policies | ‘Climate Christmas’ data shows emissions are falling but not fast enough, while Labor’s reforms have yet to kick in
‘Climate Christmas’ data shows emissions are falling but not fast enough, while Labor’s reforms have yet to kick in
Pretty much. They changed the title to be less inflammatory but not the link preview.
If you want to communicate effectively about the Climate Crisis to someone open to discussing the issue, do what the movies do: Bring the lens in as close as you can.
Her Wrestling Empire Was Said to Harm Children. Trump Chose Her for Education.
Linda McMahon, whose résumé mainly rests on running World Wrestling Entertainment, has faced questions for years over whether she is suitable for important education posts.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15653480
> > Allegations surrounding the company under their management included promoting steroids, a culture of rampant sexual harassment, intimidation and assault. There have been several out-of-court settlements involving the company or Mr. McMahon personally. > > > >Most recently, a lawsuit filed in October accused the McMahons of willfully ignoring the sexual abuse of young boys by a W.W.E. ringside announcer, echoing claims made years ago. >
Her Wrestling Empire Was Said to Harm Children. Trump Chose Her for Education.
Linda McMahon, whose résumé mainly rests on running World Wrestling Entertainment, has faced questions for years over whether she is suitable for important education posts.
> Allegations surrounding the company under their management included promoting steroids, a culture of rampant sexual harassment, intimidation and assault. There have been several out-of-court settlements involving the company or Mr. McMahon personally. > >Most recently, a lawsuit filed in October accused the McMahons of willfully ignoring the sexual abuse of young boys by a W.W.E. ringside announcer, echoing claims made years ago.
Wolfgang Streeck has a convincing theory of what has gone wrong with globalization.
China Is on a Quest for the Holy Grail of Meat. Let’s Hope It Succeeds.
China’s push to develop alternative proteins is not a threat to America. It’s good for the planet.
China Is on a Quest for the Holy Grail of Meat. Let’s Hope It Succeeds.
China’s push to develop alternative proteins is not a threat to America. It’s good for the planet.
(Bloomberg) -- From Tesla chargers in the ancient alleys that surround the Forbidden City in Beijing to lonely highway rest stops with charging posts in the western deserts, signs of the electrification of China’s transport fleet — and the demise of gasoline — are everywhere.Most Read from Bloomberg...
It's a gift link. You should be able to get full access to the article (and the animations that are not in the archive) for the next 30d if you have a normally functioning browser, don't run an extension which chops off the gift token from the URL, and have Javascript turned on.
Vancouver council stays course on methane gas ban in new homes | ABC Vancouver Coun. Rebecca Bligh switches earlier vote, which now keeps policy from 2022 in place
ABC Vancouver Coun. Rebecca Bligh switches earlier vote, which now keeps policy from 2022 in place
Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country tries to dim the sun.
Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country tries to dim the sun.
Trump Team Signs Transition Agreement but Shuns F.B.I. Clearances
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15631629
> > President-elect Donald J. Trump’s team will have some formal briefings with outgoing staff members, but it has so far refused to allow the F.B.I. to do security clearances for transition members. > > Very likely because much of their team can't pass a background check, and they know it. >
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s team will have some formal briefings with outgoing staff members, but it has so far refused to allow the F.B.I. to do security clearances for transition members.
> President-elect Donald J. Trump’s team will have some formal briefings with outgoing staff members, but it has so far refused to allow the F.B.I. to do security clearances for transition members.
Very likely because much of their team can't pass a background check, and they know it.
You've gone from a passive fund to an active fund there I think, with the associated far higher expenses. You can get close to divested from the fossil fuels industry via the Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund would get you an expense ratio of 0.14%, which is about where index funds were charging when they didn't have the same economies of scale they do today.
This is stochastic Terror – and a preview of coming disasters. Elon Musk is enacting the program outlined above by Project 2025 author Russel Vought, now the nominee for Office of Management …
How I Can Green Up My Investments | It’s not that hard, and there’s a bonus: Portfolios without fossil fuels have generally performed just as well as the broader market.
It’s not that hard, and there’s a bonus: Portfolios without fossil fuels have generally performed just as well as the broader market.
Modern Warfare Is Breeding Deadly Superbugs. Why? Researchers are trying to understand why resistant pathogens are so prevalent in the war-torn nations of the Middle East.
Researchers are trying to understand why resistant pathogens are so prevalent in the war-torn nations of the Middle East.
We have little power to change policy at grocery stores. We have enormous power to choose to put smaller plates out.
That's fine, though I don't think we're going to find a way to economically recycle plastics. It's going to take something like a really large increase in plastic prices to make that viable.
Or the original idea was to run a PR exercise for the fossil fuels industry, creating social permission to keep on extracting and burning.
You can do that, but not at anywhere near the scale of current emissions from fossil fuel burning.
Actually making any kind of removal meaningful means scaling down fossil fuel use to near zero compared with current extraction and burning.
It's worth mentioning that the measles vaccine is still available, and typically offers protection for decades. If you've hit 40 or so, talk to your doctor about whether you need a booster.
There are large parts of the world where the big use of water is to grow food for cows. A decision to eat less beef instead of killing people is possible.
No type of source control helps when the people who control access are giving it to people who shouldn't have it. Think of it as the github workspace admin giving out accounts to malicious individuals.
It's not "I sent it as a pdf" but "I gave edit access to the master copy to somebody who shouldn't have had it"
Yes. Came down to a few hundred votes
For sure. It has a bunch of network effects that didn't really develop on mastodon though, and that makes it useful in a way that the latter is not. In particular, if I want to exercise influence, I'm much more likely to be able to do that on BlueSky than on Mastodon, which makes it a must-use platform for me.
I think a few key technical features helped make that happen:
- The nuclear block, which delinks past replies and quotes of a hostile individual.
- You are not buying into a moderation policy by choosing a server. This is a really big deal because people ended up on servers they didn't really agree with and had bad experiences
- Feeds which let you do custom algorithmic choices about what to see make it lot easier to surface interesting content
- Starter packs simplified onboarding
I'm removing this because the headline substantially overstates what's actually going on.
It lets countries spend on adaptation to the damage done. I don't seriously expect wealthy countries to actually kick in more than token amounts though, even if the agreement specifies real money.
He was paying girls below the age of consent for sex, and using venmo, so there's a whole bunch of transaction records.