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Walmart, which has long resisted contactless Tap to Pay payments, says it will soon start rolling out the tech, which supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/walmart-to-finally-start-ac…

Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay | TechCrunch
Are pigs flying? Walmart has finally caved on its refusal to support Apple Pay and Google Pay.

A University of Cambridge professor who quit after plagiarism allegations has been found dead at home; police say the death is not being treated as suspicious (Suha Kidwai/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jason-arday-found-…

Jason Arday, former Cambridge university professor, found dead after resigning following plagiarism row
The academic was found unresponsive at an address in Battersea on Friday

journalism is only the art of filling a blank space
- Rebecca West

Following the museum’s mission of connecting through culture and curiosity, this summer has the theme “World Travelers.” Kaitlyn Loyd, the museum’s associate curator of school, youth and family programs, puts it simply: “Art can transport us.” Art Adventures transports campers to different times and places with the goal of broadening perspectives and engaging the local community in a fun, memorable way.

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RUMMS! ⛈️ #Zurich
148 kA in den Friedhof Sihlfeld
#Gewitter #Blitzschlag

From Sputnik to Starship - estimating the experience curve of #SpaceLaunch technology: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag217/8732400?login=false -> For more than 60 years, the cost of transporting payload into space has been falling: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Transport-of-payload-into-space-SpaceX-as-the-East-India-Company-of-our-time-11365594.html - according to an analysis, there is no comparable development in history.

Mark Harrison
#art #scifi #illustrators #illustration #MarkHarrison

A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire award-winning opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back pay.
Attiah was fired last fall over comments she made following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Shortly after Kirk was killed last September, Attiah wrote online,
“Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred and violence.”
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“They Threw Me to the Wolves”: Karen Attiah on Censorship Under Trump, Winning Her WaPo Job Back
A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire award-winning opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back pay. Attiah was fired last fall over comments she made following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Shortly after Kirk was killed last September, Attiah wrote online, “Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred and violence.” “The Washington Post arg…

Crossmodal plasticity in core auditory cortex following deafness: an evaluation of evidence for and against https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378595526002157 "Crossmodal plasticity in higher-order auditory cortical areas of the deaf is …