Becky Sullivan
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Becky Sullivan
@sbecky.bsky.social
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The year is 2057, and the world power grid is sustained via expired convenience sauce packets and obsolete computer cords. Your foresight and planning have paid off.
September 8, 2024 at 1:26 AM
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Now that everything charges with USB-C, can we please start some sort of global power socket harmonisation initiative? If I never see an adapter again, it will be too soon.
September 7, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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Telegram has become a global sewer of criminal activity, disinformation, child sexual abuse material, terrorism and racist incitement, according to a four-month investigation by The New York Times that analyzed more than 3.2 million Telegram messages from over 16,000 channels on the app.
How Telegram Became a Playground for Criminals, Extremists and Terrorists
Drug dealers, scammers and white nationalists openly conduct business and spread toxic speech on the platform, according to a Times analysis of more than 3.2 million Telegram messages.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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So far, there have been 14 human cases of bird flu this year. All the patients — except the one from Missouri — had been linked to sick dairy cows or poultry.
First case of bird flu not directly linked to sick animals is found in Missouri
So far, there have been 14 human cases of bird flu this year. All the patients — except the one from Missouri — had been linked to sick dairy cows or poultry.
www.npr.org
September 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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A look back at other sitting vice presidents who were running for the top job and debating on TV against the nominee of the opposition party: Gore in 2000, George H.W. Bush in 1988 and Nixon in 1960.
Debates have proved a tough test for vice presidents running for president
A look back at other sitting vice presidents who were running for the top job and debating on TV against the nominee of the opposition party: Gore in 2000, George H.W. Bush in 1988 and Nixon in 1960.
www.npr.org
September 7, 2024 at 6:29 PM