The Consell de Mallorca has doubled the budget allocated to the Sanctuary of Lluc for the conservation and digitisation of its historic archive, from €35,000 to €70,000 euros. President of the Consell, Llorenç Galmés said this increase on 23 April was “to help maintain the more than 10,000 parchments, sheets and documents recounting centuries of […]
"It’s not a secret, but I didn’t think that you were ready to know about it yet.”
Roughly 480,000 tons of solid waste makes its way down New York City's drains and sewers every year. City officials need help figuring out what to do with all the sludge. The department is seeking strategies to deal with the solid waste extracted from its wastewater system. [ more › ]
When it comes to getting nudes, saying “please” might help, but there's more to it – here's what you need to know.
April 9, 2024 Amy Lou Christensen Peterson, 52, passed away at her residence on April 9, 2024. She was born in Richfield, Utah, to Quinn Arlie Christensen and Betty Lou Hunt Christensen. In 1992, Amy married Justin Peterson in the Salt Lake Temple and together they raised four wonderful children. Amy grew up in Central […]
TikTok users across the country are one step closer to seeing the app banned.
Threads users may soon have a new way to clean up their timelines. The app is testing a new archive feature that can be used to manually archive individual posts or automatically hide posts after a set period of time, Adam Mosseri shared. As on Instagram, archiving a post on Threads will hide it from public view, though the post will be available to the original author to view or undo. The Instagram head said the feature will be available to a “small number of people” to start. Though optional,...
Amy Boerger captured this shot of a happy seagull on the San Francisco wharf on Monday, April 8. Continue reading at The Republic News.
The University of Iowa pays poverty-level wages to graduate workers despite incredible fundraising and an endowment of over $3 billion. The Board of Regents has increased tuition yet again and is desperately seeking funds from new private partnerships in order to “maintain academic excellence”. How can one school be so wealthy and yet so anxious
Transitioning to a vegan lifestyle can illuminate challenges in unexpected corners, such as navigating traditional family gatherings.
by Anonymous No matter how diligent I am about turning off all auto play settings on all my accounts, devices, and even thumbnail settings, videos still start playing by themselves. Moving images are not only incredibly distracting, but often are disturbing to the mind. Not to mention that they often feature content that I don't wish to see. It's sad that this was quickly adopted as the norm as soon as the technology became available and able to be...
The Rising crew sits down to discuss what questions people hate getting asked.