2023 Florida is home to about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, and many work in the kinds of businesses that would be impacted by the law, known as SB 1718. Many of those affected are also members of mixed-status... continue reading
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An apparent case of mistaken identity in Galveston landed a man in jail for days in May after police thought the innocent patient leaving the hospital was an escaped prison inmate. There were no escapees. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 11 months 3 weeks ago • 143 views • 2:36Judge Locks Up Parkland Shooter for Life, Throws Away the Key All Consecutive And he needs to pay back all costs, including his jail time. All $ receive including commissary money receive will be taken... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 1 year 5 months 3 weeks ago • 318 views • 16:11a small clip from 'where to invade next' (left a short summary on school lunches and the real cost of 'low taxation' before the video covers sex education). a comparison of the u.s. and france's approaches... continue reading
posted by luxintenebris 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago • 187 views • 11:59The winds of change has started. The ICE age is ending. This is the decade of the EV. This will be exceedingly painful for the auto industry
posted by bobknight33 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 42 views • 8:44Extremely high costs, disappearing shipping data & the chip crisis of the war risk in Taiwan.. High costs shipping & the chip crisis and of the war risk in Taiwan..
posted by bobknight33 2 years 4 months ago • 15 views • 14:42The story behind the most fascinating, hilarious and dramatic quests to find a mate and leave a lasting legacy. Some species need to overcome the challenges of a vast environment just to find a member... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 5 views • 3:18It's hard to know if she actually had a coherent point to make here--it sure didn't look like it. At the least, she was poorly served by her staff, which didn't educate her, didn't program her questions,... continue reading
posted by SFOGuy 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,835 views • 2:12YouTube description: Alexa's recording you. What’s she doing with it? Read Sara’s article about the privacy settings on your smart speaker: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/12/9/...... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 180 views • 5:35NASA's current fleet of spacesuits was built in 1974, and each was reported to cost between $15 million and $22 million. Today, that would be about $150 million. Having not built any new mission-ready... continue reading
posted by bobknight33 3 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 100 views • 10:41https://youtu.be/vfWUorR8D60 Christmas isn’t just a time for presents, cookies, and holiday cheer, but the hunting period of Iceland’s murderous monster feline, the Yule Cat. This giant, fluffy... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months ago • 571 views • 10:04While testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, comedian Hasan Minhaj called out members of Congress for the student loan crisis by comparing current tuition costs to what they originally... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 470 views • 3:05YouTube description: David Owen reports on noise pollution, an intangible phenomenon with serious costs to human health and wildlife. (H/T @eric3579)
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 379 views • 8:45YouTube description: Joe Barnard left his background in videography and music production to launch his life of amateur rocketry, and he shares his DIY adventures in building rockets on his YouTube channel... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 915 views • 9:36YouTube description: Inventor Manu Prakash thinks you can’t understand Earth’s big problems without looking at the (really) tiny things. So he created Foldscope: an origami microscope that brings... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 138 views • 2:56YouTube description: Wind can be one of the most critical and complicated loads on civil structures. The case of the Tacoma Narrows bridge is a well-known cautionary tale that’s discussed in engineering... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 707 views • 8:48YouTube description: In the last 20 years it's been surprisingly common for space probes to end missions early because reaction wheels have failed, moreover there's been a large number of failures associated... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months ago • 565 views • 7:10Why did soldiers in World War Two get issued with clips of ammunition instead of magazines? The reasons are quite practical.
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 10 months ago • 21 views • 6:44