Archive for July, 2022
U.S. Consumer Inflation Rises to Highest Annual Rate Since 1981
July 13th, 2022Via: Reuters: U.S. consumer prices surged 9.1% in June, the largest annual increase in more than four decades amid stubbornly high costs for gasoline, food and rent, cementing the case for another 75-basis-point interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this month. The larger-than-expected increase in the year-on-year consumer price index reported by the Labor […]
First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope
July 13th, 2022I added the image of the Carina Nebula to my desktop wallpapers folder. Woh. Via: NASA: The dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency). […]
“Genetically Engineered Pig Hearts Transplanted Into Dead People”
July 12th, 2022Actual headline. Via: The Verge: Researchers successfully transplanted genetically modified pig hearts into two recently deceased people connected to ventilators, the New York University team announced today. The surgeries are the latest step forward in the field of animal-to-human transplants, or xenotransplantation, which has seen a flurry of successes so far this year — raising […]
The End of the SLR Photography Era Is Near
July 12th, 2022Update: Nikkei Says Nikon to Stop Making DSLRs, Nikon Says It’s Still Making, Selling & Servicing Them Via: DPReview: Nikon Inc’s statement is fairly straightforward, but Nikon isn’t explicitly denying the information in the Nikkei’s report. Nikon doesn’t say the report is incorrect, only that ‘Nikon has made no announcement in this regards [sic].’ Nikon […]
Amazon Prime Day
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Woman Suffers “Accidental Overdose” After Picking Up $1 Bill in McDonald’s Parkinglot
July 12th, 2022Via: WKRN: A pit stop in Bellevue took a terrifying turn for a Kentucky family Sunday night. Renee Parsons said she picked up a dollar bill off the ground at the McDonald’s on Highway 70 and soon passed out. “She looked like she was dying. She certainly was unconscious and very pale,” her husband Justin […]
Germany Plans ‘Warm Up Spaces’ in Response to Gas Shortages
July 12th, 2022Via: Summit News: Cities across Germany are planning to use sports arenas and exhibition halls as ‘warm up spaces’ this winter to help freezing citizens who are unable to afford skyrocketing energy costs. Bild newspaper reveals how the the nation’s Cities and Municipalities Association has urged local authorities to set aside public spaces to help […]
Hunter Biden Films Himself Weighing His Crack Cocaine
July 11th, 2022Via: Sky:
Artificial Intelligence to Measure Loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party
July 11th, 2022The good news is that this is probably bullshit. Via: Business Insider: Researchers at China’s Comprehensive National Science Center in Hefei claimed to have developed “mind-reading” artificial intelligence capable of measuring citizens’ loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), The Sunday Times UK first reported. In a now-deleted video and article, the institute said the […]
New York City Emergency Management Nuclear Preparedness PSA: “So, There’s Been a Nuclear Attack… You’ve Got This.”
July 11th, 2022Via: NYC Emergency Management:
