Amazon says its AWS region in Bahrain has been "disrupted" due to drone activity in the area amid the US-led Iran war, marking the second disruption in a month (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/
Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
The polar vortex has caused a cold snap here, and the Great Lakes are rapidly forming ice. Under this thick ice, algae are growing. These are normal diatom phytoplankton, which change to form thick chains, attaching to the underside of the ice where light is optimal. We clearly see this brown ice and water in the wake of our icebreakers. This occurs near the pole…
I once again have the feeling that Randall Monroe can see directly into my brain (especially the mouseover text):
https://xkcd.com/3210/
Jaguars WR Brian Thomas Jr. on tough second season: Adversity 'gives you a lot to grow from' https://www.nfl.com/news/jaguars-wr-brian-thomas-jr-on-tough-second-season-adversity-gives-you-a-lot-to-grow-from
The city’s chief, Brian O’Hara, confirmed the man had died following the incident, describing him as a white male and a resident of Minnesota.
The man was also a “lawful gun owner” with a permit to carry the weapon, O’Hara said, adding that the victim’s name was known to police but would yet be released.
ICE shooting latest: ‘American citizen’ shot and killed by federal agents in another Minneapolis shooting | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ice-shooting-minneapolis-latest-updates-b2907013.html
Two women with white shirts promote EYES: Encouraging Young Scientists and Engineers
https://einhorn.cornell.edu/opportunity/encouraging-young-engineers-and-scientists-eyes/
Sergey Brin, a Google founder,
has more than doubled his financial contribution to the fight against a proposed wealth tax in California.
New filings with the state show that former Alphabet president Sergey Brin donated $25m to a Super Pac dedicated to blocking the tax
-- on top of $20m he had already given.
Brin is not alone among Google’s top brass in upping his financial stake in the campaign against the ballot proposal.
The company’s former CEO
Eric …
None of us have to be millennials anymore.
If you were born between LOTR (animated version, 1978) and LOTR The Fellowship (2001), you are the Hobbit Generation: Promised wealth and adventure - but only receiving war and ruin.
(Original source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUO2zZlCLdG/ …