I’ve been going through the incredible responses to a survey on what tools and information would be helpful for fighting back against book bans. One thing that popped up was having quick templates and guides to action for folks who want to do something but don’t know where to begin. Today, let’s look at how
Month: August 2022
Millimetre-wavelength light originating from a collision of a neutron star with another star has been captured for the first time by researchers. The team, led by astrophysicists from Northwestern University, US, and Radboud University in the Netherlands, has claimed that the flash emerging from this collision was among the most energetic short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)
In this article TSLA Brand new Tesla cars sit in a parking lot at a Tesla showroom on June 27, 2022 in Corte Madera, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images The California Department of Motor Vehicles has accused Tesla of engaging in deceptive practices around the marketing of its driver assistance
Rishi Sunak has said Nicola Sturgeon needs to be beaten rather than ignored, aiming a dig at Liz Truss who earlier this week called Scotland’s first minister an “attention seeker”. Mr Sunak said Ms Sturgeon and her party the SNP “pose an existential threat to our cherished union”, adding: “Arguing that we should ignore them
The US hiring boom continued last month, as employers added 528,000 jobs – more than double the number expected. The government data showed a labour market continuing to defy surging inflation and back-to-back quarters of contraction in GDP, which have raised fears of a recession. It marked the 19th consecutive month of payrolls expansion, and
Ships travelling in one of the world’s busiest shipping regions have been forced to avoid areas totalling nearly 10,000 square miles, as China conducts military exercises around Taiwan. Taiwanese authorities have asked vessels to avoid six zones where Chinese military drills are taking place, some of which are in or near the usually packed Taiwan
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay another $45.2m (£37.4m) to the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim, a jury has ruled. He was ordered to pay $4.1m (£3.3m) in damages by a jury on Thursday to the parents of six-year-old Jesse Lewis, who was killed in the school massacre in 2012.
Selena Gomez has been enjoying the beginning of her new decade in Capri, Italy, yachting and lounging with friends following her 30th birthday celebration. And like fellow Capri vacationer Jennifer Lopez, Gomez’s vacation wardrobe is impeccably on point. The singer was photographed shopping at the Prada store and around town yesterday, wearing a tangerine sequin
BUKU Music + Art Project was originally founded in 2012 in New Orleans and has consistently been one of the premiere festivals in the southeast region in terms of experience and curation. Each year, the festival has brought something new and exciting to the table, whether it was art within the festival grounds or an
Wiz Khalifa‘s finally breaking his silence about his angry tirade toward a pair of L.A.-based DJs inside a nightclub … and he’s admitting he was outta line. During a special edition Breakfast Club interview on Friday, DJ Envy took it upon himself to interview Wiz alongside DJ Drama to rep for all the turntablists worldwide
Scientists have discovered four exoplanets that appear to be shrinking in size and losing their atmosphere gradually. The rate at which this change is taking place suggests that these celestial bodies, called mini-Neptunes, will eventually lose their atmosphere completely to become a terrestrial planet having a size similar to that of Earth. They are found
In this article IRBT AMZN A vacuuming Roomba model robot is displayed at iRobot headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is acquiring iRobot for $61 a share, an all-cash deal that values the Roomba maker at $1.7 billion, the companies announced Friday. The deal will deepen Amazon’s presence in
Rishi Sunak has been accused of “funnelling taxpayers’ money to rich Tory shires” after he told party members he had been working to divert funding from “deprived urban areas”. A video obtained by the New Statesman magazine shows the former chancellor telling grassroots Conservatives that he had started changing public funding formulas to ensure more prosperous
Just a day after the Bank of England warned of a 15-month recession, there are signs in housing and recruitment that the slowdown is already well under way. Figures out on Friday showed that house prices fell in July (in monthly terms) for the first time in more than a year, with warnings that the
Taiwan’s premier has condemned China as the “evil neighbour next door” after its military began live firing drills around the island. Su Tseng-chang told reporters in the capital Taipei he believed China was arbitrarily destroying the Taiwan Strait – the world’s most frequently used waterway – with its military exercises, and its actions were being
A man has been arrested after a 12-year-old girl was held captive with the dismembered remains of her mother and brother. The girl provided key information that led to the arrest of her mother’s live-in boyfriend, according to authorities in Alabama. Tallapoosa County sheriff Jimmy Abbett described the child as “a hero for surviving the
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