Operation Airdrop is getting supplies of all kinds to people who are stuck in remote places w/no road access. The extent of the devastation is underreported bc news crews can't get in there yet. But the situation is dire, and those communities need relief. www.operation-airdrop.com/hurricane-he...
The other thing that’s new (first used a lot in a similar situation in VT a year or two ago) is the use of drones to map damage, find survivors, & gather information to help prioritize assistance. Far faster, cheaper, and easier than needing to get human crews into every nook & cranny of the area.
In a pair of weekend events in key swing states, Trump claimed Harris is "mentally disabled" and went on to suggest police violence could curb crime.
In a pair of weekend events in key swing states, Trump claimed Harris is "mentally disabled" and went on to suggest police violence could curb crime.
Just a week after both Meta & Google promised Senators that they would never block a potentially embarrassing story related to a candidate for national office, both companies did just that. Apparently the promise only applied to embarrassing info on GOP candidates. www.techdirt.com/2024/09/30/b...
It probably will not shock you to find out that big tech’s promises to never again suppress embarrassing leaked content about a political figure came with a catch. Apparently, it only applies when …
It's not that I wasn't acab before but Jesus Christ is that getting turbocharged seeing the boys in blue making sure someone who hasn't had clean water or food for days doesn't scavenge a defrosted Lean Cuisine from a wrecked Ingles on their watch goddammit.
Last week a fairly well-known actor endorsed Trump. His lefty fans, friends, and former colleagues responded with disappointment. Last month, a Trump-voting Republican factory manager said his Haitian workers are good people. His fellow Republicans responded by threatening to kill him.
"A strange paradox: in his freshman year, my former student ... was required by Martin to read a book insisting that free society tolerates Nazi protests. A year after [he] graduated, Martin had him arrested for pro-Palestinian protest."
These contradictory standards display what activists call “the Palestine exception.”
Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.
Spruce Pine is a major global supplier of high-purity quartz. It’s an essential ingredient for microchips and solar panels.
Life is stressful. Whether it’s work or relationship issues or you’re worrying about politics or global conflict, it can be overwhelming. NPR’s Stress Less: A quest to reclaim your calm aims to help.
Life is stressful. Whether it’s work or relationship issues or you’re worrying about politics or global conflict, it can be overwhelming. NPR’s Stress Less: A quest to reclaim your calm aims to help.
A case I’m looking at right now for work: the state of Vermont was able to use drone-captured imagery to shave down the time required to get a FEMA disaster declaration for the 2023 flooding down to about 2 days. Way way faster than would have been possible any other way.