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From the Editor's Desk As with many other aspects of their war against Russia, Ukrainians have reacted to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election with a certain dark humor. The morning after the election, Ukrainian social media was full of jokes, including by soldiers commenting that they are “preparing to go home soon, since the war will end in 24 hours.” They were referring, of course, to President-elect Donald Trump’s long-standing claim that he could stop the war in a day if he were elected. |
| Work What Andy Kim's Senate Victory Means to a Hub of Korean American Life  For decades, Korean Americans have followed a well-trod path from New York City, over the George Washington Bridge, into Fort Lee, Ridgefield and Leonia in search of good schools and cheaper housing in New Jersey. |
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| Work How Geometry Revealed Quantum Memory The unexpected discovery of a geometric phase shows how math and physics are tightly intertwined. |
| Work The Inspiring Scientists Who Saved the World's First Seed Bank During the siege of Leningrad, botanists in charge of an irreplaceable seed collection had to protect it from fire, rodents - and hunger. |
| Work 'The Best Advice I've Ever Been Given': Celebrities Share Their Wisdom Words of encouragement, words of courage, wise words... Some of our most influential figures share the advice that's helped them most. |
| Work The Rise of CleanTok: Is the Pressure to Have Perfect Homes Making Us Ill? TikTok videos with the hashtag #CleanTok have more than 150 billion views, with influencers broadcasting themselves scrubbing their sinks, descaling their dishwashers, and using increasingly bizarre and extreme methods to make their homes shine. |
| Work Europeans Spend 575 Million Hours Clicking Cookie Banners Every Year Cookie banners have become a pervasive feature of the modern web, frustrating users who seek a seamless browsing experience. |
| Work The Science of Helping Out At a time when we are all experiencing an extraordinary level of stress, science offers a simple and effective way to bolster our own emotional health. To help yourself, start by helping others. |
| Work The Surprising Ways Tech Can Improve Our Mental Health From phones and laptops, to smartwatches and VR headsets, people are increasingly wired -- yet research shows that we're also using technology to get more chill. |
| Work 8 TV Shows That Were Creatively Altered by a Writers Strike Writers strikes might be more common than you think and can mean new production schedules and even new plots. |
| Work How Cubans Live as Long as Americans at a Tenth of the Cost Lessons of physical prosperity in a despotic regime. |
| Work How Nature Can Make You Kinder, Happier, and More Creative I've been an avid hiker my whole life. From the time I first strapped on a backpack and headed into the Sierra Nevada Mountains, I was hooked on the experience, loving the way being in nature cleared my mind and helped me to feel more grounded and peaceful. |
| Work How to work out for your mental health This post has been updated. It was originally published on September 18, 2020. Even with gyms reopening at limited capacity, it's still safer to exercise at home or outdoors. Check out our other Muscle Month to help you keep up your fitness, power, and health in socially distant times. |
| Work This Is What Your Brain and Body Do When You Hang Out With Animals Sign up for Coping, Tonic's weekly newsletter about anxiety, mental health, and dealing with it all. Most people adopting a dog expect furry affection and bright-eyed companionship. Ingrid Pipes is looking for that and something a step above. |
| Work The brain summons deep sleep for healing from life-threatening injury Immune cells rush to the brain and promote deep sleep after a heart attack, according to a new study1 involving both mice and humans. This heavy slumber helps recovery by easing inflammation in the heart, the study found. |
| Work Despite Its Impressive Output, Generative AI Doesn't Have a Coherent Understanding of the World This means these models are likely to fail unexpectedly if they are deployed in situations where the environment or task slightly changes. |
| Work She Was an Education Superstar. Then She Got Blamed for America's Reading Crisis. Can Lucy Calkins reclaim her good name? |
| Work Baseless Fears About Flouride Go Mainstream Experts worry misinformation on the effects of fluoride could harm public health. |
| Work Lessons from my First Exit In April of this year, I sold TinyPilot, the bootstrapped hardware company I founded and ran for four years. In this post, I'm sharing what went well, what I want to improve in the future, and what surprised me about selling my business. |
| Work We can all be AI engineers - and we can do it with open source models A couple of weeks ago, I gave a talk at Hannah Foxwell's amazing AI for the Rest of Us conference about something that's been brewing in my mind after years of working in DevOps, MLOps, and now GenAI: the barriers to AI engineering are crumbling fast. |
| Work Jet Airways employee body says aircraft parts worth ?30 cr. stolen A body representing Jet Airways employees has issued a legal notice to the Jalan Kalrock Consortium alleging that aircraft equipment and parts worth ?30 crore have been removed illegally and sold in the black market which will reduce its value in the liquidation ordered by Supreme Court last week. |
| Work AI Makes Tech Debt More Expensive There is an emerging belief that AI will make tech debt less relevant. Since it's getting easier to write code, and easier to clean up code, wouldn't it make sense that the typical company can handle a little more debt? |
| Work New Apple security feature reboots iPhones after 3 days, researchers confirm Apple's new iPhone software comes with a novel security feature that reboots the phone if it's not unlocked for 72 hours, according to security researchers. |
| Work O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers' time It's a bad day to be a phone scammer. O2 has today unveiled the newest member of its fraud prevention team, 'Daisy'. |
| Work Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess A year ago, there was a lot of talk about large language models (LLMs) playing chess. Word was that if you trained a big enough model on enough text, then you could send it a partially played game, ask it to predict the next move, and it would play at the level of an advanced amateur. |
| Work Mayor Adams' office directs NYC agencies to launch BlueSky accounts amid growth on new platform Mayor Adams' office ordered all city government agencies Thursday to set up accounts on BlueSky, a social media platform that has seen a marked uptick in new users since President-elect Donald Trump's election. |
| Work Republicans made substantial gains in state legislative battlegrounds But in Kansas, where Democratic-aligned groups aimed to cut into the GOP’s legislative edge, the attempt fell short. Republicans are on track to pad their supermajority in the Kansas Legislature, according to the AP. |
| Work Trump meets with Argentina's president and declares him a 'MAGA person' The Argentine president is known for his eccentric personality and first made a name for himself by shouting against Argentina’s “political caste” on television. The right-wing populist campaigned with a chainsaw as his prop to symbolize his plans to slash public spending and scrap government ministries. |
| Work Atlanta Hawks and State Farm's open 11th Good Neighbor Club for Atlanta Youth at C.T. Martin Recreation Center Atlanta's 11th Good Neighbor Club opens, offering a safe, engaging space for youth. The renovated recreation center is a testament to the city's commitment to youth empowerment. |
| Work Georgia House Democrats elect new leaders with vision set for 2026 Georgia House Democrats have elected State Rep. Carolyn Hugley as their new Minority Leader following a secret ballot election. |
| Work Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary President-elect Donald Trump selects Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his next HHS secretary, raising concerns over vaccine conspiracy theories. |
| Work Broncos add new wrinkle to offense with WR Marvin Mims Jr. in backfield Given his speed, there’s potential for Mims to turn on the jets and take off for a big play any time he touches the ball — as was apparent when he returned a punt 28 yards to Denver’s 43 in the third quarter. The more opportunities he has to showcase that ability, the better. |
| Work Man convicted in DUI crash that killed Commerce City detective, woman “While this verdict cannot undo the past and bring back two individuals who were taken out of this world too soon, I hope it gives their loved ones and friends the closure that has been so evasive over the last four years,” Police Chief Darrel Guadnola said in a statement. |
| Work Today in History: November 15, Trump friend and ally Roger Stone convicted In 2012, the Justice Department announced that BP had agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and pay a record $4.5 billion, including nearly $1.3 billion in criminal fines. |
| Work Trump wants ex-SEC chair for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, his former SEC chairman, would replace Damian Williams. |
| Work Trump meets with Argentina's president and declares him a 'MAGA person' The Argentine president is known for his eccentric personality and first made a name for himself by shouting against Argentina’s “political caste” on television. The right-wing populist campaigned with a chainsaw as his prop to symbolize his plans to slash public spending and scrap government ministries. |
| Work 22-year-old driver dies after crash near Pine Valley Investigators did not immediately know why the Infiniti sedan drove into the center divider but said the crash caused the car to land on its roof at the bottom of a rock and vegetation embankment, Lopez said. |
| Work Married couple ambushed in downtown shooting sought court protection from killer Four Harbor Police officers approached the man. Campbell said Farrell, appearing to use the electrical box as a shield, pointed a gun at the officers and opened fire. One was struck in the hip. Two bullets hit a Harbor Police patrol car. |
| Work Joanne Chory, Salk plant biologist who found ways to blunt impacts of climate change, dies at 69 “You don’t have to cut open plants to see what’s going on, the way you would have to with an animal,” Chory told the Del Mar Times earlier this year. “So it made sense to work with plants if you want to do genetics.” |
| Work Tijuana to offer 'fast lane' passes to attract U.S. shoppers during its version of Black Friday El Buen Fin, or The Good Weekend, runs Friday through Monday in Mexico, and U.S. shoppers must spend at least $100 |
| Work Former San Diego Border Patrol agent charged with on-duty sex crimes Prishker is originally from Texas and a former college football player for the University of Oklahoma Sooners, according to a 2010 Union-Tribune story documenting a charity boxing event he participated in. According to that story, he joined the Border Patrol around 2005 or 2006. |
| Work 1 killed, another injured in Ramona motorcycle crash The crash occurred around 12:55 p.m. Wednesday on state Route 67 at Dye Road |
| Work Even the City Council didn't know dogs were banned in downtown El Cajon Despite the little-known ban, El Cajon appears to be a dog-friendly city, and residents even attempted to set a world record for most dogs watching a movie in February. The event at Wells Park featured the film “Beethoven,” but the attempt fell short. |
| Work Award-winning San Diego singer-songwriter Paul Kamanski dies at 68 In addition to his wife, Kamanski is survived by their daughter, Tennessee Snow Cree Kamanski Dennis, and by his brothers, Brad and Charles W.P. Kamanski, Jr. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Paul Kamanski’s name to the Antelope Valley Lions Club, P.O. Box 157, Coleville, CA. 96107. |
| Work Two arrested in Chatsworth suspected of armed jewelry theft in Arcadia A truck intentionally reversed out of a driveway and collided with another vehicle. The two suspected masked gunmen got out of the truck and approached the other vehicle that had two people inside. According to police, the two armed robbers stole a purse from the female passenger after punching her several times in the head. |
| Work Are automated license plate readers in your city? Here's how to find out “It’s the type of thing where there’s a lot of power to pull up information about what people are doing, where they’re going, who they’re interacting with, and very little to stop how the government uses that,” Laperruque said. |
| Work Church youth leader killed by speeding luxury car in the San Fernando Valley Jasmine “Jaz” Mendez is an editorial assistant at the Los Angeles Times. She previously was a reporting intern for the Metro Desk, covering housing in Los Angeles. Mendez graduated from Cal State Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in Spanish-language journalism. |
| Work UCLA slammed for 'chaotic' response to protest melee in UC independent review Jaweed Kaleem is an education reporter at the Los Angeles Times, where he covers news and features on K-12 and higher education. He specializes in reporting on campus activism and culture, including issues on free speech, religion, race and politics. Kaleem previously worked for The Times as a Los Angeles-based national correspondent and a London-based foreign correspondent. |
| Work Newborn boy found dead on Skid Row was dropped from fourth floor, police say Sandra McDonald is an intern with the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. She grew up in north central Florida, just an hour south of the University of Florida where she studied journalism and worked with the local NPR station, WUFT, and Fresh Take Florida, a news service focused on statewide and political coverage. |
| Work So-called nurse was a serial impersonator hired by at least two SoCal hospitals, officials say Clara Harter is a breaking news reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered politics and education for the L.A. Daily News. While at the Daily News, she published a series on fentanyl addiction that won a first-place investigative journalism award from the L.A. Press Club. Harter majored in political science and Middle Eastern studies at Columbia University. She loves surfing and, when not reporting, can most likely be found in the ocean. |
| Work Carjacker crashes near Beverly Hills tree-lighting event, injuring 4, police say Clara Harter is a breaking news reporter at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered politics and education for the L.A. Daily News. While at the Daily News, she published a series on fentanyl addiction that won a first-place investigative journalism award from the L.A. Press Club. Harter majored in political science and Middle Eastern studies at Columbia University. She loves surfing and, when not reporting, can most likely be found in the ocean. |
| Work The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the Mainstream  The judicial ruling was a surprising development in the nation’s running debate over the virtues and perils of adding fluoride to our water supply, a controversy that over 80 years has veered across a lot of territory — from public health to conspiracy theories. The debate had seemed to be settling down. A quarter-century ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had declared water fluoridation to be one of the 20th century’s greatest public health achievements, pointing to the dramatic decline in cavities and tooth decay. |
| Work How a Democrat Turned Back the Trump Tide on Long Island  Laura Gillen was elected to Congress in Nassau County, where Democrats are grappling with a new political reality. |
| Work A Surge of New Restaurants Drives New York City's Storefront Revival  New York has long been a culinary destination, but after four years of stark job losses in other forms of retail, as apparel and electronics sellers have closed, the city is now — perhaps more than ever — relying on dining to brighten its darkened storefronts and bolster the economy. |
| Work Despite Lowering Toll to $9, Hochul May Find a Higher Political Cost  Even some progressive Democrats who favor congestion pricing regard the new plan with some skepticism, noting the questionable math behind the promise that New York will still get 100 percent of the financial benefit from the program, even though it will be charging only 60 percent of the original toll to start. |
| Work The Rebirth of Congestion Pricing  Because $9 was the smallest amount that officials have already studied. They looked at tolls between $9 and $23 before deciding on $15. They do not have time for new studies of different price points if the tolls are to take effect before Trump has a chance to make good on his promise to kill congestion pricing. |
| Work Congress must act now to protect the future of diagnostic tests After years of discussion, it is now more pressing than ever for lawmakers to support better quality diagnostics for patients by passing the VALID Act. The bill offers a meaningful compromise between competing policy goals that should protect patients and give clarity to test developers in years to come. |
| Work Watch These Domino's Pizza Price Levels as Stock Jumps After Berkshire Takes Stake During pullbacks, investors should keep a close eye on the $435 level. This area on the chart may attract buying interest near the symmetrical triangle’s initial breakout area, which also roughly aligns with a range of comparable trading levels dating back to late January. |
| Work Analysis-Traders chase post-election stock gains in US options market For instance, one gauge of S&P 500 skew - which measures the relative demand for bullish calls versus bearish puts - has fallen to 4%, from a level of 7% just before the election, indicating investors have grown less defensive. But it has been even lower at various times this year, including in May, when it stood at 3%. |
| Work Why Alphabet Stock Tumbled on Thursday Suzanne Frey, an executive at Alphabet, is a member of The Motley Fool's board of directors. Eric Volkman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. |
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