Months of planning have gone into the handful of minutes it will take for the moon to pass in front of the sun on Monday. Dozens of towns and cities in the solar eclipse’s path of totality have arranged packed schedules of celebratory events and viewing sites, preparing to welcome legions of enthusiastic visitors like Michael Howard. The 62-year-old is flying from Baltimore to San Antonio, Texas, and then driving about 65 miles northwest to Kerrville — where he’s all but certain to hit eclipse...
Jorge Masvidal, the American professional boxer and former mixed martial artist, recently had some strong words for Jake Paul. The two fighters were brought up during the kick-off press conference for Masvidal’s upcoming boxing match against Nate Diaz. Here’s what Masvidal had to say: “Listen, Jake,” Masvidal began, his frustration evident. “The UFC doesn’t like you. Dana White doesn’t like you. They said, ‘We’re not going to let you make money with this guy,’ because at the end of the day,...
Following a tough few months that has seen mass layoffs, Canadian national
"Star Trek" actor William Shatner used Monday's total solar eclipse to promote climate change activism, asking "what's the point" of concerning ourselves with space when human life is being threatened.
Earlier this year, T-Mobile shut down its T-Mobile Tuesdays app to consolidate the service in its T Life app. T-Mobile referred to this app as a solution for users to have “access to benefits and more ways to connect with what’s important.” Although its T-Mobile Tuesdays reward program did not go away, it has began offering these in its T Life app. Unfortunately, some users have reported seeing [read full article]
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With a windfall of cash five years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was doing away with a state budget "gimmick" one of his predecessors relied on to shave about $800 million off a deficit during the Great Recession. The accounting trick, adopted in 2009, delayed state worker payroll from the end of one fiscal year on June 30 to the start of the next on July 1. A decade later Newsom spent nearly $1 billion to end the subterfuge, with one caveat. “If I use it in six years, in a recession, forgive...
This is how these bosses get rich: by hiding underpaid, unrecognised human work behind the trappings of technologyIn 2021, when Amazon launched its first “just walk out” grocery store in the UK in Ealing, west London, this newspaper reported on the cutting-edge technologies that Amazon said made it all possible: facial-recognition cameras, sensors on the shelves and, of course, “artificial intelligence”. The first customers queued outside, excited to experience the future. “I am an early...
While some addicts are able to cope with small doses of fentanyl, even the tiniest amount — a speck on a single coin — is enough to kill anyone unused to it.
There’s a dance-based competition show currently airing Mondays at 9 pm. New episodes land on Fox. Cat Deeley’s the host. And yet, despite those familiar trappings, or the title that runs across the screen at the start of each episode, I’m having trouble believing that the show in question is actually So You Think You […]
Rishi Sunak has killed them off, at least for now. So while your Sambas take a breather and wait for the storm to pass, here are some other looks led by trainers not yet tainted by having cropped up in the halls of government Continue reading
A veteran content executive makes an argument for changing the upfront -- but first it's important to distinguish the presentation side from the marketplace side.