The seemingly outlandish concept, outlined in a new research paper, would involve creating a “solar shield” in space by mining the moon of millions of tons of its dust and then “ballistically eject[ing]” it to a point in space about 1m miles from Earth, where the floating grains would partially block incoming sunlight.
“We’re calling this an object, because that’s the best description we have right now. We do not know who owns it,” [an] NSC spokesman said.
Probably not the best time to be test-flying your new object, in Alaska at least.
“Most people have no idea where any of this stuff comes from.… You can blame the food companies, but we’re buying it.”
The National Chicken Council (which, one supposes, is not comprised of chickens) estimates Americans will eat 1.45 billion chicken wings (not all of which are, well, wings) on Super Bowl Sunday.
Tom Super (really), senior vice president of communications (of course) for the National Chicken Council (and not a chicken himself) speaks of “a way to move more boneless/skinless breast meat that continues currently to be in ample supply.”Our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality—on television, in American politics, and in our everyday lives.…
In late 2022, The New York Times revealed that George Santos, a newly elected Republican representative from Long Island, had invented or wildly inflated not just his résumé (a familiar political sin) but his entire biography. Santos had, in essence, run as a fictional character and won.
It's from The Atlantic, and it's not a short piece. So set aside a little time.
…a President accused of pluck. But that's what happens in this NPR piece about the recent SOTU speech.
Some of what is likely to make Democrats comfortable is the pluck he showed — the willingness and ability to spar with Republicans and depict them not as normal, but extreme."Spirited and determined courage" is how New Oxford American defines it.
Google shares tank after AI chatbot Bard flunks during rollout
These ads document the EV arms race playing out right now as companies beef up their electric offerings with higher profiles, spikier bodies, and more imposing grilles. It’s like the industry’s answer to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s dig that “Democrats like Pete Buttigieg want to emasculate the way we drive and force all of you to rely on electric vehicles.” (Buttigieg later went on Fox News to reassure the nation that his “sense of manhood” has nothing to do with how his car is powered.) That all of this is ridiculous and predictable doesn’t make it trivial.
Just because it's fun.
This article in New York Magazine:
HBO Max is censoring cigarettes from old movie posters.
Just look at the pictures (at the link above) and try not to giggle, just a little.
