STAAR pep rallies everywhere. “Scrolling through social media this week, I saw posts from across the state. Marching bands and celebrity guests at pep rallies, reality TV–themed contests, special dress days, and more, all dedicated to the STAAR test.” A […]
Escape the tip screen. “You’re now asked to tip at airports, stadiums, and self-checkouts.” A tiny browser game about the modern tip prompt creeping into everything. ~ learn more
One space billionaire is trolling another on X. “The company’s coat of arms prominently features two turtles, a reference to one of Aesop’s Fables, ‘The Tortoise and the Hare,’ in which the slow and steady tortoise wins the race over […]
A field guide to historic phone tech. I had Claude put this together for me after learning about the above barbed wire fence phone networks. Not bad! ~ learn more
Barbed wire fence telephone networks. If you didn’t know that you could wire a phone to a barbed wire fence to call a few miles away to the neighboring farm, then you are not alone. “the barbed wire networks had […]
SEC must allow tokenized stocks. This article, “argues that the SEC must figure out how to allow issuer-sponsored tokenized securities to flow into DeFi, or the market will be dominated by offshore tokens that avoid U.S. rules.” ~ learn more
Recycling batteries becomes a better idea each day. “An industry around recycling and reusing batteries could be worth $9 billion as India’s battery demand skyrockets, mostly due to EVs.” They speculate this effort could also create 100,000 green jobs while […]
Mouse Alzheimer’s reversed in new study. “Remarkably, not only did preserving NAD+ balance protect mice from developing AD, but delayed treatment in mice with advanced disease also enabled the brain to fix the major pathological events driven by the disease-causing […]
Cancer may help protect the brain against Alzheimer’s. Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person. Now, a study reveals that a protein from cancer cells might infiltrate […]
Why exercise isn’t much help if you are trying to lose weight. “People who start to exercise more burn extra calories. Yet they don’t lose nearly as much as weight as would be expected based on the extra calories burned. […]