This past Sunday, I had the honor to attend Maine’s TED conference, TEDxDirigo. The Treehouse Institute organized this TED event in our state. Dirigo is the state motto for Maine, which simply means – “I lead.” Maine is regarded by some as having one of the oldest populations in the nation. It is a major…
T Bone Burnett is best known as a music producer, but in April, he released “The Other Side,” his first album of new music in 18 years. Asked why he releases his own music so infrequently, Burnett replied, “I’ve always been a behind-the-scenes person. I like creating in private.” Maybe even more remarkable, this fall,…
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Kim Forrest, chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners, joins CNBC’s ‘The Exchange’ to discuss why tech could be a winner in a new Trump administration, problems she has with the current state of AI, and more. Source link
CNN — A bus crash in the Mexican state of Oaxaca killed 16 people on Friday, according to local authorities, who say most of the passengers were migrants. Three children and two women are among the victims, all of whom are from Venezuela and Haiti, the Oaxaca state attorney general said. At least 27 people…
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was charged with illegally carrying a gun in his vehicle during the altercation in a parking lot that led to his arrest over the weekend, Dominican Republic prosecutors said Tuesday. The attorney general’s office in the Dominican Republic said in a statement police found a Glock…
BBC The number of people taking ADHD medication is at a record high – and the NHS is feeling the strain as it tries to diagnose and treat the condition. Since 2015, the number of patients in England prescribed drugs to treat ADHD has nearly trebled, and BBC research suggests that it would take eight…
Getty Images Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is to introduce facial recognition technology to try and crack down on scammers who fraudulently use celebrities in adverts. Elon Musk and personal finance expert, Martin Lewis, are among those to fall victim to such scams, which typically promote investment schemes and crypto-currencies. Mr Lewis previously told the…
Mass deportations of illegal immigrants working in the US would likely disrupt the labor supply at some businesses, but it’s uncertain what impact it would have on inflation and the economy at large, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said on Sunday. Kashkari appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” and outlined his views on the impact…
Guest rant by Jack Kramer Guess you could say I started gardening at about age four when I planted onion sets in my sandbox. That means I now have seventy-eight years of gardening under my belt. But I’m still learning. Each year, I buy plants from local nurseries, avoiding the often-drooping stock at big box…
As a recovering software engineer, I sometimes miss geek culture. So, when Mike (the software engineer who keeps bees in my garden) showed up with Pavel (a Moscovite comp sci guy, legendary apiarist in Russia, and budding pumpkin growing champ) and Gregory (a certifiable pumpkin champ), I was sucked into discussions of homemade experiments, grand schemes,…
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