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Project of poster "The center of textile workers in Belgium", 1938 #renemagritte #surrealism

President Gerald Ford signs into law an extension on the Voting Rights Act, formally banning literacy tests and providing language assistance for minorities. 1975 reddit.com/r/History…_gerald_ford_signs_into_law_an_extension/ Summer in the City. Liverpool, UK 1975 reddit.com/r/TheWayW…_in_the_city_liverpool_uk_1975/

A win! A federal judge has blocked Trump’s USPS rule that sought to place new restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the midterms.

Mike Vorkunov, reporting for The Athletic (gift link): The NBA levied the largest punishment in league history on the LA Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer on Wednesday after a year-long investigation determined that they circumvented the league’s salary cap rules to help ...

Dolly Parton's childhood wasn't without pain, but her sister Stella believes she turned those experiences into something powerful — music that lifted other people up. Continue reading…

"Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is."

In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.

"Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is."

Early Beach, 1897 #prendergast #americanart

Photo from Tompkins in July by Stacie Joy 

You may be surprised at the total number for New York State, and even more so when it comes to Hudson Valley counties and their investment in the services. Continue reading…

Rep. James Comer, the powerful chairman of the House Committee on Oversight, attacked his own constituents when he has no interest in holding a town hall if people who show up act like village idiots. Since Trump took over and trashed the economy with his illegal and moroni...

Deluzio, a populist Democratic PA congressman, told The Lever it’s gotten so bad he might try to primary his state’s senior senator in 2028.

Hear about the time I got stuck in a flash flood in the Grand Canyon!

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Scientists have overturned a leading explanation for why male and female bonnethead sharks have differently shaped heads. Instead of males developing a pointed snout at maturity, both sexes actually begin with more pointed heads that become rounder with age, particularly in females.

Harvard researchers have transformed ordinary knitting into a platform for creating fabrics that can snap between different shapes and perform useful functions. Using elastic yarns and industrial knitting techniques, the team engineered thick textiles that naturally curve and lock into multiple stable configurations, much like a light switch flipping between on and off. By adding conductive yarn, they turned these shape-shifting fabrics into soft electronic switches capable of controlling lights, counting steps, and responding to movement.

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. You might assume that what you tell a doctor stays between you, your physician and perhaps your insurer. But the reality is more complicated. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the federal privacy law that governs health information and is commonly known as […]

Plus GOP AI slop, a new football pod, and your State Fair moment of zen in today's Flyover news roundup.

Corruption is up. Costs are up. Chaos is up.

Instead of creating policies that actually help people, the White House just rolled out arcade games.

They need to spend less time playing and more time governing. Folks need affordable groceries, not games.

In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test.