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Marc Chagall, The Sacrifice of Noah, (1931) #museumarchive #marcchagall

Are you in your reading era? Lucky for you there are a few new bookstores opening up across the Hudson Valley including Barnes & Nobel at The Galleria Crystal Run. Continue reading…

Honeybees can apparently detect when their food has the wrong balance of essential nutrients and adjust how much they eat to avoid potentially harmful excesses. They also transform pollen into remarkably well-balanced “baby food” for their larvae, revealing a sophisticated nutritional strategy hidden inside the hive.

Coffee drinkers may be getting more than an energy boost. A Finnish study found that people who drank more coffee tended to have less total and abdominal fat, more muscle, and healthier metabolic markers despite having similar BMIs. Higher coffee intake was also linked to lower levels of certain amino acids associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes risk.

A tiny machine made from just an atom and particles of light may sound impossibly simple, but it raises a surprisingly difficult question: what counts as heat, and what energy can still do useful work? University of Basel researchers have developed a theoretical framework that brings quantum physics and thermodynamics into better agreement for these microscopic “light engines.”

Engineered probiotic bacteria were able to infiltrate pancreatic tumors, stimulate cancer-fighting immune cells, and slow tumor growth in animal studies. Even more strikingly, the treatment worked better when combined with chemotherapy, radiation, or immunotherapy.

Smack dab in the middle of a scandal about how he has screwed his troops on the USS Lincoln and dangerously depleted our weapons supply, Pete “WhiskeyLeaks” Hegseth apparently thinks it’s a great time to start stumping for president or some other public office.

The Washington Post reported that the defense secretary was traveling to Iowa in his “personal capacity” on Monday, “further fueling speculation that the former Fox News personality is mulling a run for president at some point … or some other political office after his time in the Trump administration is over.”

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Democrats Tom Begich and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins have advanced to the November general election for Governor of Alaska.

Alaska uses an all-party primary system in which the top four vote-getters advance to the general election.

Mary Peltola has advanced to the November general election for U.S. Senate in Alaska.

She will face Republican Dan Sullivan in the November general election.

James Byrd has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Wyoming.

“Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order Tuesday that would essentially give the state the ability to block new data centers,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “That same day, nearly 1,700 miles away in Austin, Texas, GOP Gov. Greg Abbott announced that several companies had agreed to new data center water, electricity and quality-of-life […]

Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) and incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) are set to face off in the general elections...

This story was originally reported by Mel Leonor Barclay of The 19th. Meet Mel and read more of their reporting...

The reason I'm not so into AI agents is that there's enough mop-up duty with "if this then that"-style automation. It can't be any better when automation is being done by a lava lamp. Plus the amount of setup is tiring (if not exhausting, since I like that kind of thing).

In a rather sudden and abrupt announcement made on his failing Truth Social platform, the sitting President of the United States rather unceremoniously declared any peace talks between Washington and Tehran officially dead in the water, as Iran continues to make a complete ...

Back in June, Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr announced he’d be reviewing the FCC E-Rate program with an eye on “reforms.” Generally, when Brendan Carr promises “reforms,” usually what he means is either “I’m going to destroy this program,” or “I’m going to illegally make changes to this congressionally-mandated program that ensures telecom giants like AT&T get more money […]

Rascal Flatts helped pave the way for many of today's stars. But the trio's frontman Gary LeVox still has trouble wrapping his head around the fact that they've been around that long. Continue reading…

“Republicans are struggling to reverse the damage President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda has done with voters,” Politico reports. “With less than 90 days until the midterm election, the Trump administration has sought to keep Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials out of the headlines, pulling back on the high-profile, flashy raids in blue cities and minimizing […]

Worth reading A Reddit discussion among and about our local homeless.