Typhoons vacuum microplastics from ocean and deposit them on land, study finds #environment
"The poverty threshold in the Bay Area is $28,081 annual income for one adult and $52,715 for a family of four, according to Tipping Point Community. The near poverty benchmark is $42,122 for one adult and $79,073 for a family of four."
As reference, San Francisco's minimum wage is $18.57, or $37,140/year (50x40hr weeks) At present the average rent for a studio is about $2300, low rent about maybe $1500 (Zumper website data). At the low rent studio, the rent burden is …
Fox News signs Reince Priebus, former White House chief of staff in 2017, as a political analyst (Mark K. Miller/TVNewsCheck)
https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/reince-priebus-joins-fox-news-media-as-political-analyst/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Tevin Campbell:
🎵 Can We Talk
#TevinCampbell
https://timadeep.bandcamp.com/album/tevin-campbell-can-we-talk-timadeep-dub-rework
https://open.spotify.com/track/6a5jHgwqYMk9wlYJYfs3c9
Analysis: the top US tech companies spent $109M on DC lobbying in 2025, topping $100M for the first time; Meta spent $26.29M, Amazon $17.78M, and Google $13.1M (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
I’m somewhat surprised there isn’t a vibrant subculture of hex grid computer keyboards. (The ones I’ve heard of are musical keyboards, not for typing.)
Re this from @…:
https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/115584712092872585
Do you like repeatedly measuring things and typing values? OpenSCAD might be for you!
Paradigm shifts always have a tipping point, where we collectively shift from one to the other.
I think the Mark Carney/Trump speeches at Davos might be one of those moments we can all collectively look back at and know, "yep, that's when that happened *officially*”
Disney and CJ ENM's Tving partner to offer bundles that combine access to Disney , Tving, and South Korean streamer Wavve at discounted rates in South Korea (Patrick Brzeski/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business…
Google launches free SAT practice exams in the Gemini app, providing students with performance analysis and detailed explanations for incorrect answers (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/22/google-now-offers-free-sat-pr…