“Even if you buy all female chicks, they don’t sex them very well, so you’re going to get one or two roosters,” Leonard said. “One more thing, female chickens can decide to crow.”
And it's a new, new world.
In Louisa, an unbearable social crisis has become the main source of economic opportunity.
The story's from this morning's New York Times: It's nothing new.
In 2009 Canadian author Naomi Klein published The Shock Doctrine, describing a cycle of breaking things to make a whole lot of money putting them back together again. It's a seminal read.
(And, speaking of books, it's a continuation of the story told by Barbara Kingsolver in her prize-winning novel, Demon Copperhead.)
They showed off the skill during a ceremony to dedicate the results of their swimming practice to the spirit of their previous swimming masters. The swimmers, who had rehearsed since July, followed the ritual by taking turns performing Japanese calligraphy or drinking sake* while swimming.
They also swam in samurai armor and helmets that weighed more than 10 kilograms in total and introduced a number of different swimming styles to the audience, who applauded enthusiastically.
[Emphasis mine.]
{H/T Shawn.]
*For our international readers: I don't know what the rule is where you live but in the U.S. one must be 18 to drink. Legally, that is.
Homo sapiens inherited Neanderthal genes related to skin pigmentation, metabolism and immune functions that likely helped members of our species who left Africa for Eurasia adapt to a new continent.
Neanderthals just keep coming back into fashion, and in a good way.
And they really got around.
Neanderthal-derived DNA is highest in East Asians, intermediate in Europeans, and lower in Southeast Asians.[5] According to some research, it is also lower in Melanesians and Polynesians compared to both East Asians and Europeans.[5]However, other research finds higher Neanderthal admixture in Melanesians, as well as in Native Americans, than in Europeans (though not higher than in East Asians).[6]
[Emphasis mine.]
"I personally conducted research on the use of drones to do illicit contraband drops into prisons which were always conducted at night, and occasionally included multiple drones," she said. "So, it is also very possible that all this activity is tied to drugs or some other contraband."Naww.
Retailers are offering products in colors called “Bone,” “Moss,” “Haze,” “Dusk,” “Fawn,” “Laurel Clay,” “Dune,” and “Fog.”Pantone, called the Grand Poobah of color here, has named Mocha Mousse Color of the Year.
The question (literally):
There was a novel about soldiers at a Dallas Cowboys football game. It was called Billy something, last something. What was the actual title of the book?
The answer:
The novel you are referring to is Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain. It tells the story of a group of soldiers, including the protagonist Billy Lynn, who are celebrated as heroes after a firefight in Iraq and attend a Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day football game as part of a victory tour. The narrative explores themes of war, celebrity, and the disconnect between soldiers’ experiences and public perception
[Including links to a half-dozen web pages with more information about the book.]
Pretty impressive, IMO.
The AI is in a search engine called Perplexity (Pro). I'm not selling it…I may not even be buying it. But I've somehow scored a free trial and I'm seeing what it will do.
Raleigh resident Alphonzo Oates told North Carolina Education Lottery officials he didn't realize he was actually playing when he scored the top-level "Epic Jackpot" in the Wheel of Bonuses online game.
And just in time for the holidays.
To increase the chance that the robot rodent was socially accepted, the researchers also coated it in rat urine.
Given the seasonal flurry of fragrance commercials presently on TV, we came perilously close to the word, gifting.
That’s according to experts who warn against listening to music with a high rate of beats per minute, or BPMs, while headed over the river and through the woods this holiday season.
And there are at least nine other tunes equally bad (list enclosed).
