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KARIN MCQUILLAN (Senegal) - "What I Learned in the Peace Corps in Africa: Trump Is Right"

Note from the editor: Karin McQuillan is a novelist (one novel) who was a PCV in Senegal. (She ETed after a year. ) We published a few blog items about her back in January and February of 2018. This article has just been republished on-line by the American Conservatives.

Nov 29, 2024 by Peacecorpsworldwide
Politics Blogs
Best GPS Bike Trackers: find and follow your stolen bike Gear Blogs · Nov 28, 2024 by Daniel Palma - Cycling Weekly

Millions of bikes get stolen every year - these little devices can help you keep an eye on yours


The History of Solon Palmer - Almost America's Oldest Perfumer Art & Beauty Blogs · Nov 19, 2024 by Collecting Vintage Compacts

Honey Pineapple Jalapeño Salmon Food & Recipes Blogs · Nov 01, 2024 by Tectract
A sweet and spicy salmon dish that's bursting with tropical flavors!
Thai Drunken Noodles - Pad Kee Mao Food & Recipes Blogs · Sep 18, 2024 by Tiffany - Creme de la Crumb

Thai Drunken Noodles is a delicious stir fry dish made with rice noodles, a spicy savory sauce and your protein of choice!


Luau Style - Ono Chicken Long Rice

Use this recipe for Hawaii's best Chicken Long Rice! A luau side dish that is savory and a simple dish for dinner and any special occasion.

Sep 06, 2024 by Ono Hawaiian Recipes
Food & Recipes Blogs
Lomi Lomi Salmon Food & Recipes Blogs · Sep 06, 2024 by Kathy - Onolicious Hawaiʻi

This post was originally published July 22, 2019. It was updated September 26, 2019 to include a step-by-step photo recipe on how to make Lomi Lomi salmon at home.] Lomi Lomi Salmon is a Hawaiian side dish (made from salted salmon, tomatoes, onions, and green onions).


Easy Maple Roasted Carrots Food & Recipes Blogs · Sep 06, 2024 by Elizabeth - Vancouver With Love

Simple yet satisfying, these Maple Roasted Carrots are the side dish everyone loves because they're so easy and taste delicious.


Linguine with Mussels and Chorizo - The Pasta Shoppe Food & Recipes Blogs · Sep 06, 2024 by Carey - Pastabilities

Shellfish lovers, get ready for a one-of-a-kind meal. Linguine with Mussels and Chorizo! Enjoy the sauce with clams or mussels or frankly almost anything.


Glazed Figs Food & Recipes Blogs · Sep 06, 2024 by Food Network

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Tech Blogs Go to All Tech
INNengine "one-stroke" waves away conventional engine design

With a slogan like "The Future is Ecclectic," we'd expect some interesting things from INNengine, a startup based in Spain. The company is showcasing a "one-stroke" engine that works as an opposed piston with a wavy twist.

May 30, 2024 by New Atlas
Tech Blogs
Video: Hypersonic rotating detonation engine in sustained test burn Tech Blogs · May 30, 2024 by New Atlas

A revolutionary alternative to conventional rockets that uses controlled explosions has completed its first long-duration engine test as part of Venus Aerospace's partnership with DARPA to develop a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).


'The Godfather of A.I.' Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead Tech Blogs · Jul 04, 2023 by DNyuz.com

Geoffrey Hinton was an artificial intelligence pioneer. In 2012, Dr. Hinton and two of his graduate students at the University


Experimental ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Program Turned Into a Left-Wing Nut When Asked to Act as a Member of Congress Tech Blogs · Feb 25, 2023 by Rusty Weiss - The Political Insider

ChatGPT, an AI program capable of responding to queries in great detail, has captured the interest of the world. But when asked to serve in a congressional capacity, the program essentially turned into an incompetent far-left Squad member. Last month, reports surfaced indicating the chatbot tool had passed law school exams at the University of Minnesota Law School.


Biggest Sources of Electricity by State and Province Tech Blogs · Jan 18, 2023 by Selin Oguz - Visual Capitalist

On a national scale, the United States and Canada rely on a very different makeup of sources to generate their electricity. The U.S. primarily uses natural gas, coal, and nuclear power, while Canada relies on both hydro and nuclear. That said, when zooming in on the province or state level, individual primary electricity sources can differ greatly.



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Crypto Blogs Go to All Crypto
Singapore police appear to confirm arrest of Three Arrows co-founder Su Zhu

Singapore police appeared to confirm the arrest of Su Zhu, one of the founders of bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital.

Oct 10, 2023 by Reuters
Crypto Blogs
YouTube shuts down Bitcoiner Anthony Pompliano's channel ahead of 'PlanB' interview Crypto Blogs · Oct 07, 2023 by Ana Grabundzija - Cryptoslate

The Bitcoin-bull promptly addressed the issue on Twitter, where he currently has 1.1 million followers and a storied fan following.


Central Bank Digital Currencies Will Be One Of The Greatest Violations Of Human Rights In History Crypto Blogs · Oct 07, 2023 by Anthony Pompliano - Substack Podcast

Listen now (8 mins) | To investors, The invention of blockchain technology solved a decades-long computer science problem and unleashed a monetary revolution in the form of bitcoin. This decentralized, digital currency has taken the world by storm.


What Are Soulbound Tokens? The Non-Transferrable NFT Explained Crypto Blogs · Oct 15, 2022 by Andrey Sergeenkov - Coindesk

Andrey Sergeenkov is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in many cryptocurrency publications, including CoinDesk, Coinmarketcap, Cointelegraph and Hackermoon. He holds BTC and ETH. Non-fungible tokens ( NFT) are a type of blockchain asset that allows holders to prove ownership over an item, real or digital.


The 'CoinRunners' Movie: Hollywood Movie NFTs Crypto Blogs · Aug 11, 2022 by Wendy

Have you ever wanted to be in a Hollywood movie? The 'CoinRunners' movie makes it possible! If blockchain technology has anything, it is the power to change the world as we know it.



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Politics Blogs Go to All Politics
2020: An Unrivaled Conspiracy, An Unequalled Theft

Obama, Mayorkas, Krebs, Rubenstein

Mar 31, 2024 by Elizabeth Nickson - Substack
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Opinion: Don't forget the atrocities committed by the Chinese Communist Party Politics Blogs · Apr 08, 2023 by Tsering Passang - The Independent

Like many other civilisations in the world, China's more than 4,000 years of civilisation has greatly benefitted us all. But, not the Communist Party of China (aka Chinese Communist Party or CCP) and its brutal regime, which celebrates 100 years of its existence this year.


We Deserve Reparations From Stupid People Politics Blogs · Feb 10, 2023 by Kurt Schlichter

The City of San Francisco, the bayside burg that gave us Nancy Pelosi and sidewalk toilets, is now proposing the ultimate in nonsense - a few million bucks of reparations for everyone whose grandparents came from the right continent at the right time.


Mel Brooks Goes To War - When Mel Brooks Learned Not to 'Shortcut' the Jam Politics Blogs · Aug 11, 2022 by HistoryNet

IN EARLY 1944 I was 17 years old, in my senior year at Eastern District High School in Brooklyn, New York, and, after several summers spent working as a comic at Catskills resorts, knew that I wanted to go into show business. But Hitler had started a war. One day a U.S.


The Media Lied Repeatedly About Trump Being Spied On, and We've Got the Receipts Politics Blogs · Mar 14, 2022 by Matt Margolis - PJ Media

For everyone except the mainstream media, it's been clear for years now that Donald Trump was illegally spied on. The latest filing from Special Counsel John Durham has shown that Hillary Clinton's campaign was also behind an intricate conspiracy to hack Trump and look for incriminating evidence, and possibly even plant incriminating evidence.



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Finance Blogs Go to All Finance
The Case Against Bitcoin: Once a Radical Internet Currency, Now Just Collateral for Banks and a Useless Veblen Good

Built by heretics, hermits, dreamers and rebels -- but still "rat poison squared"?

May 30, 2024 by Tom Rodgers Substack
Finance Blogs
How a Chinese American Gangster Transformed Money Laundering for Drug Cartels Finance Blogs · Dec 28, 2022 by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg - Propublica

In 2017, Drug Enforcement Administration agents following the money from cocaine deals in Memphis, Tennessee, identified a mysterious figure in Mexico entrusted by drug lords with their millions: a Chinese American gangster named Xizhi Li. As the agents tracked Li's activity across the Americas and Asia, they realized he wasn't just another money launderer.


Microloans Don't Solve Poverty Finance Blogs · Aug 12, 2022 by Ben Casselman - Five Thirty Eight

When Benita Chikaluma's husband died in 1994, her family could easily have fallen into desperate poverty. Chikaluma lives in Malawi, a poor country in southern Africa where women often have little control over their finances.


Coding the Fractal Adaptive Volatility Bands Tech Blogs · Nov 05, 2021 by Sofien Kaabar

The great Bollinger Bands are one of the first things we must learn when analyzing time series. This is because of their sound statistical reasoning, their wide adoption across market participants, and their success when deployed in trading strategies. We can also see other variations that resemble the...


The Sad End Of Jack Ma Inc. Finance Blogs · Jun 11, 2021 by George Calhoun - Forbes

The Chinese government is now doling out some of the best pieces of Ma's business to new "partners" of its choosing, including one of the most corrupt and financially shaky companies in all of China - the notorious and scandal-ridden Huarong Asset Management Co.... It seems like a dark joke.



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Gear Blogs Go to All Gear
A Fascinating Behind-the-Scenes Look At the History of the AR-15

Everyone has heard of the AR-15. As a long-standing staple of both the American military as well as homesteaders looking to protect their property, the AR-15 has had a long and controversial history. The AR-15 was originally developed during the Vietnam War as a counter to the AK-47.

May 25, 2021 by Richard Douglas - Uncle Sam's Misguided Children
Gear Blogs
How I survived a year of SHTF in 90s Bosnia Gear Blogs · Jan 23, 2021 by LULZ.com

In September of 2011, a user named selco joined the forums at SurvivalistBoards.com and posted " my shtf expirience-wartime," a thread that would since become legendary in survivalist communities and beyond - in fact, you frequently see people reference it to this day in communities like 4chan and reddit.


Prepping for Coronavirus Pandemic #COVID19 Gear Blogs · Mar 17, 2020 by Tectract
This article is a list of items, and considerations for preparing for preventing infection, surviving in-place under quarantine as necessary, and protecting yourself as needed, during the global #COVID19 coronavirus pandemic.
How To Build a BUG OUT BAG Gear Blogs · Nov 24, 2019 by JailBreak Overlander
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Jon Steinberg on LinkedIn: "These indestructible shoes feature a bulletproof midsole."
Gear Blogs · Jul 04, 2019 by John Steinberg (Cheddar) via Linkedin
tags: #indestructable #sneakers #cheddar #footwear #feet #steel-toe #shoes

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Philosophy Blogs Go to All Philosophy
Ayn Rand vs. the Mandate

The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) has turned against Ayn Rand. Our medical system is now completely under the thumbs of the government, and ARI, named for an inveterate enemy of socialism, is explicitly supporting it. Onkar Ghate, ARI's Chief Philosophy Officer, wrote a paper called ' A Pro-Freedom Approach to Infectious Disease' which he claims is "based on Rand's conception of liberty."

Sep 20, 2021 by Americanthinker
Politics Blogs
Hidden philosophy of the Pythagorean theorem Philosophy Blogs · Jun 07, 2021 by Big Think

In Plato's dialogue, the Timaeus, we are presented with the theory that the cosmos is constructed out of right triangles.


A Long Walk In Socialism - The Failed Economics of American Indian Reservations Politics Blogs · Oct 03, 2020 by Turning Point USA

Want to see an example of failed socialism? Go to an Indian Reservation. Turning Point USA Productions shares the unfiltered stories of the harsh struggles o...


Hitler Was a Socialist Who Learned from Karl Marx. Here Are the Quotes to Prove It Politics Blogs · Jan 31, 2021 by Chris Talgo - Stopping Socialism

Seventy-five years ago, Nazi Germany was defeated and Adolf Hitler, one of history's most brutal and evil tyrants, was pushed out of power. In the seven decades that followed his death and the downfall of Nazism, there has arisen significant confusion over Hitler's political ideology, largely to


California's Forced Vaccinations a Violation of Nuremberg Code Philosophy Blogs · Apr 10, 2020 by Principia Scientific International

Published on Written by Roger Landry Concerns are mounting among scientists that the recent implementation of SB277 making vaccinations mandatory law in California for men, women and children is a chilling step towards universal compulsory vaccination. Coupled with the fact governments and multi-national pharmaceutical companies are being prosecuted and convicted over poorly-tested and administered vaccines, suggests a crisis is coming.



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Science & Medicine Blogs Go to All Science & Medicine
An ancient language with nearly a million undeciphered texts just got a translator that does the job in seconds: A.I.

Nearly a million texts of Akkadian were untranslated before an A.I. was developed that can do it in seconds.

May 30, 2024 by Fortune
Science & Medicine Blogs
Researchers demonstrate that quantum entanglement and topology are inextricably linked Science & Medicine Blogs · May 30, 2024 by Mohammed Qusir Rather - Charming Science

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the remarkable ability to perturb pairs of spatially separated yet interconnected quantum entangled


Possibly habitable Trappist-1 exoplanet caught destroying its own atmosphere Science & Medicine Blogs · May 30, 2024 by Robert Lea - Space.com

Trappist-1e may be destroying its own atmosphere as it races around its red dwarf star host, showing there are many ways for planets to lose habitability. The findings could refine our search for life in the wider cosmos.


AI-screened eye pics diagnose childhood autism with 100% accuracy Science & Medicine Blogs · Feb 19, 2024 by Paul McClure - New Atlas

Researchers have taken photographs of children's retinas and screened them using a deep learning AI algorithm to diagnose autism with 100% accuracy. The findings support using AI as an objective screening tool for early diagnosis, especially when access to a specialist child psychiatrist is limited.


The holographic secret of black holes Science & Medicine Blogs · Feb 19, 2024 by Paul M. Sutter, Universe Today via Phys.org

As weird as it might sound, black holes appear to be holograms.



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Nature Blogs Go to All Nature
A woman spent 14 years photographing our planet's oldest trees, and here are the results

Beth Moon, a photographer based in San Francisco, has been searching for the world's oldest trees for the past 14 years. She has traveled all around the globe to capture the most magnificent trees that grow in remote locations and look as old as the world itself.

May 30, 2024 by Chaosmos News
Nature Blogs
Strange Black Hole Discovered in Milky Way With a Huge Warp in Its Accretion Disc Nature Blogs · Apr 08, 2023 by SciTechDaily

An international team of astrophysicists from South Africa, the UK, France and the US have found large variations in the brightness of light seen from around one of the closest black holes in our Galaxy, 9,600 light-years from Earth, which they conclude is caused by a huge warp in its accretion disc


Discovery of 'hidden world' under Antarctic ice has scientists 'jumping for joy' Nature Blogs · Oct 15, 2022 by Harry Baker - LiveScience

(opens in new tab) A never-before-seen ecosystem lurks in an underground river deep below the icy surface in Antarctica. Researchers recently brought this "hidden world" into the light, revealing a dark and jagged cavern filled with swarms of tiny, shrimplike creatures.


Iceland Has Horses That Will Respond To Work Emails on a Giant Keyboard While You're on Vacation Tech Blogs · Aug 11, 2022 by Arnesia Young

Sometimes the stress of work can get to be so overwhelming, so it's nice to get away for a while. However, even on an incredible vacation, it can be hard to leave all your worries at the office-especially when you're concerned about the mountain of important emails that will go unanswered in your absence.


Take a Look at This Procedural Palm Generator for Blender Gaming Blogs · Mar 17, 2022 by 80 LEVEL

The Generator is made by SamHatesUnicorns using Geometry nodes. Check out this awesome procedural Palm Generator created by SamHatesUnicorns, which is made using Blender's Geometry Nodes. In the future, the author is planning to add a directional wind system to it.



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Music & Entertainment Blogs Go to All Music & Entertainment
How '1917' Cinematographer Filmed the Whole Movie in One Shot

The acclaimed war movie 1917 looks like the entire movie occurs in a single shot with no cuts. Of course, it took more than 100 minutes or even a single day to make the film. Director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins still filmed impressively long takes and combined the shots seamlessly.

Jan 21, 2020 by Fred Topel
Music & Entertainment Blogs
Watch an Impromptu Medieval Icelandic Hymn Sung in a Modern Train Station Music & Entertainment Blogs · Nov 09, 2019 by Atlas Obscura

Imagine making your commute home, bracing yourself for the human tsunami that is sure to greet you when cutting through a busy train station. Only this time, instead of the din of a bustling crowd, you're met by an angelic chorus.


Moore's Law graphed vs real CPUs & GPUs 1965 - 2019 Tech Blogs · Sep 03, 2019 by DataGrapha

Moore's Law has been ridiculously accurate for more than 50 years - how long will it hold up? See in this visualization how the actual transistors in CPUs and GPUs compare to the linear progression of Moore's Law. From the early days of microprocessors, to Intel dominance and the rise of GPUs.


Sigur Rós (Heima): A musical instrument made from stones. Music & Entertainment Blogs · Aug 27, 2019 by 19f191ty via Youtube

Its a scene from the movie Heima by Sigur Rós, in which they talk about one of the guys who collects stones to make a beautiful sounding Marimba. I love Sigur Rós.


Van Halen - Right now Music & Entertainment Blogs · Jul 06, 2019 by via Youtube
tags: #van #halen #van-halen #right #now #catch-a-magic-moment

Please BUY this song, thanks.



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Gaming Blogs Go to All Gaming
Rebecca: A Photorealistic Digital Human by Opticallogic

The model was made using RealityCapture, ZBrush, Maya, Arnold, Mari, and Nuke.

Jul 15, 2023 by 80.lv
Gaming Blogs
Tutorial: Setting Up an Interactive Water Shader in Unity Gaming Blogs · Jul 04, 2023 by 80.LV

Check out this in-depth tutorial published by Josué "Dervish" Ortigoza that explains how to create stylized interactive water using Unity's Shader Graph.


An Updated Version of Project Ferocious' Ocean Simulation Gaming Blogs · Jul 04, 2023 by 80.LV

Developer OMYOG provided one more behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Unity-powered game.


An Update on Masataka Hakozaki's Real-Time Goldfish Simulations Gaming Blogs · Feb 25, 2023 by 80.lv

These adorable real-time goldfish were made with Unity. Game Developer Masataka Hakozaki, who recently released a neat water caustics effect generator, continues the series of complex goldfish simulations with a fantastic new demo. This time, the developer has put two adorable fish into a transparent digital aquarium, showcasing the critters and their subtle movements from different angles.


An Incredible AI-Powered Goldfish Asset Made in Unity Gaming Blogs · Feb 25, 2023 by 80.lv

Have a look at this complex goldfish simulation made by Game Developer Masataka Hakozaki. Today, let's take a look at an incredibly complex AI-Powered goldfish simulation being made by Solo Indie Developer Masataka Hakozaki. The creator has been developing the simulation since at least 2021 using Unity and MODO, sharing informative demos that showcase the development process and the newly-added features along the way.



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Art & Beauty Blogs Go to All Art & Beauty
Sinéad O'Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56

Michael D Higgins leads tributes to Irish musician, saying the country has lost an 'extraordinarily beautiful, unique voice'

Jul 28, 2023 by The Irish Times
Art & Beauty Blogs
Transforming Images with OpenAI DALL-E 2 Tech Blogs · Sep 30, 2022 by 80.LV

The network can even 'unmodernize' objects. Not so long ago, OpenAI released DALL-E 2 - an improved AI system that can create realistic images from a description. Its co-creator Aditya Ramesh demonstrated how the tool can transform one image into another. The AI was given an original image and a description of what the output should be.


Spanish Architect Turns Abandoned Cement Factory Into The Dream, Extraordinary Home Art & Beauty Blogs · Jan 01, 2022 by Earth Wonders

Ricardo Bofill and his studio, RBTA have spent the last 45 years renovating what is now known as La fábrica, home and office located just outside of Barcelona-and the results are stunning. When Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill stumbled upon an abandoned cement factory in 1973, he saw an opportunity in the ruins.


Alien Art Drawn With Surprisingly Simple Math Tech Blogs · Nov 22, 2021 by Michael Shaub

Programmer [aemkei] Tweeted the formula (x ^ y) % 9 alongside code for more "alien art". But how can a formula as simple as (x ^ y) % 9 result in a complex design? The combination of Bitwise XOR (^) and Modulo (%) generate a repeating pattern that's still complex enough to satisfy the eye, and it's ok if that doesn't sound like an explanation.


'Virtually entire' fashion industry complicit in Uighur forced labour, say rights groups Politics Blogs · Feb 25, 2021 by Annie Kelly - The Guardian

Many of the world's biggest fashion brands and retailers are complicit in the forced labour and human rights violations being perpetrated on millions of Uighur people in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China, says a coalition of more than 180 human rights groups.



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Botany & Horticulture Blogs Go to All Botany & Horticulture
Tiny orchid flowers pollinated by tiny flies

Researchers Yuta Sunakawa, Ko Mochizuki, and Atsushi Kawakita of the University of Tokyo have discovered the first orchid species pollinated by gall midges, a tiny fly species. This is the first documented case of an orchid species found to be pollinated by gall midges, and it makes the orchids the eleventh such plant family.

Apr 02, 2024 by Phys
Botany & Horticulture Blogs
'Mind-blowing' new orchid species found in Madagascar forest canopy Botany & Horticulture Blogs · Mar 31, 2024 by Liz Kimbrough - MongoBay

Scientists from Madagascar, the U.S. and Europe have described a new orchid species found up in the forest canopies of central Madagascar. The orchid, named Solenangis impraedicta, boasts a nectar spur that reaches 33 centimeters (13 inches) in length, making it the longest of any known plant relative to its flower size.


Carnivorous plant that traps prey underground is the 1st of its kind Botany & Horticulture Blogs · Aug 11, 2022 by CNN

The newly discovered species of pitcher plant, Nepenthes pudica, was found in the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo.


Sparkling Red Native American Corn Saved from Extinction By Bootlegging Moonshiners Botany & Horticulture Blogs · Oct 06, 2021 by Sara Burrows - Return to Now

And now "Jimmy Red" - whose kernels look like pomegranate seeds - is making a comeback via a craft whiskey maker in Charleston, South Carolina A little over a century ago, an ancient Native American corn species made its way from Appalachia to the islands of Charleston, South Carolina. It [...]


Moth predicted to exist by Darwin and Wallace becomes a new species Botany & Horticulture Blogs · Oct 05, 2021 by Natural History Museam

In 1862, when Charles Darwin was sent a specimen of orchid from Madagascar with its incredible nectar tube measuring a full 30 centimetres long, he exclaimed in a letter to a friend: 'Good heavens, what insect can suck it!'



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Crafts & Hobbies Blogs Go to All Crafts & Hobbies
The surprising afterlife of used hotel soap

One of the first things many of us do when we settle into a hotel room is reach for the packaged bar of soap on the bathroom counter. These soaps are the single most-utilized amenity at hotel chains: 86% of guests who stay at a hotel for 1-2 nights use it, handily outranking other popular offerings like the in-room TV (84%), hair dryer (36%), and valet parking (28%).

Sep 30, 2022 by Zachary Crockett
Travel & Recreation Blogs
Lab-grown plant matter marks a step towards 3D-printable wood Crafts & Hobbies Blogs · Aug 11, 2022 by Michael Irving - New Atlas

Chopping down trees and processing the wood isn't the most efficient or environmentally friendly way to make furniture or building materials. Scientists at MIT have now made breakthroughs in a process that could one day let us 3D print and grow wood directly into the shape of furniture and other...


Stunning Resin Sculptures Imagine the Spine-Chilling Creatures That Lurk Deep Within the Ocean Art & Beauty Blogs · Dec 29, 2020 by Sara Barnes - My Modern Met

Are you afraid of what lies in the depths of the ocean? If so, you aren't alone; thalassophobia is the fear of deep bodies of water, and many people have it. Considering some of the alien-like fish that can be found there, it's a perfectly understandable phobia.


GunBroker - The Best Site to Buy a Gun Online Sports Blogs · Dec 10, 2020 by Tectract
Bid on and buy guns, or even list your own gun for sale. Great deals on ammo at auction, or buy it now! Ship to your local FFL dealer for firearms pickup. 
Katherine Stanek Demonstrates Her Concrete Sculpture Techniques Art & Beauty Blogs · Mar 29, 2021 by John Thornton

Katherine Stanek is a world class sculptor who uses an unusual material: concrete. Her figurative sculptures are dazzlingly creative, every aspect of her tec...



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Fitness & Health Blogs Go to All Fitness & Health
You Probably Can't Pass This Viral "Old Man Test"

Forget throwing cold water over your head or striking ridiculous dance poses. The latest trend to take TikTok by storm is the so-called old man test, which may actually give important insights into your fitness level - regardless of if you're 25 or 105.

Aug 11, 2022 by Fatherly
Fitness & Health Blogs
Chondroitin 6-sulphate is required for neuroplasticity and memory in ageing Science & Medicine Blogs · Jul 16, 2021 by Molecular Psychiatry

Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan-containing structures on the neuronal surface that have been implicated in the control of neuroplasticity and memory. Age-related reduction of chondroitin 6-sulphates (C6S) leads to PNNs becoming more inhibitory. Here, we investigated whether manipulation of the chondroitin sulphate (CS) composition of the PNNs could restore neuroplasticity and alleviate memory deficits in aged mice.


How to Start Powerlifting as a Woman: Meet Staci Fitness & Health Blogs · Apr 09, 2021 by Steve Kamb | Nerd Fitness

Meet your new hero! My friend Staci, or Spezzy as she's known around the Nerd Fitness community, has one of the best transformations I've ever seen: Working a sedentary desk job, Staci slowly packed on weight and ate like a typical unhealthy American. She also smoked a pack of cigarettes a day.


Front Range Mountain Biking (and Mental Health) - Out of The Clouds Sports Blogs · Dec 28, 2019 by Matthew George

I ride and continue to ride for a lot of the same reasons as you with the added benefit of it helping to keep the clouds at bay. If your reading this from an outsiders point of view, understand that the issues mentioned in this article aren't a choice, a weakness or a minor challenge that could be easily surmounted by someone with a stronger constitution.


Meet Staci: Your New Powerlifting Super Hero Fitness & Health Blogs · Nov 16, 2019 by Nerdfitness

Ladies, meet your new hero. Men, prepare to be humbled. My friend Staci, or Spezzy as she's known around the Nerd Fitness community, has one of the best success stories I've ever seen. For the women out there who are scared about "getting too bulky when lifting weights," this article is for you.



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Food & Recipes Blogs Go to All Food & Recipes
Vietnamese Lemongrass Grilled Pork (Thịt Nướng)

These grilled pork skewers are a popular at Vietnamese restaurants. Lots of minced lemongrass makes them extra fragrant.

Sep 06, 2024 by Suzanne Nuyen - Bun bo Bae
Food & Recipes Blogs
Crunchy and Flavorful: How to Make Homemade Doritos Chips Food & Recipes Blogs · Apr 28, 2024 by Moments With Mandi

I remember the lazy days of childhood, sitting back with a bag of chips and munching away while chatting on the phone or playing a video game. The love of something crunchy is still with


The 1-Ingredient Upgrade for Better Baked Salmon (Works Every Time) Food & Recipes Blogs · Dec 17, 2023 by Simply Recipes

It's been my go-to weeknight dinner for over 20 years, and I never skip this one ingredient.


Brown Butter Garlic Honey Roasted Carrots Food & Recipes Blogs · Nov 23, 2023 by Bee Yinn Low - RasaMalaysia.com

Brown Butter Garlic Honey Roasted Carrots - the best roasted carrots ever with lots of garlic, brown butter and honey. SO good!


Easy Egg Custard Food & Recipes Blogs · Nov 23, 2023 by Victoria Granof - Epicurious.com

With just a handful of ingredients, this old-fashioned egg custard recipe is the little black dress of dinner party desserts-simple and effortlessly chic.



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Sports Blogs Go to All Sports
With Moss in the Mille Miglia: 1955 report

On May 1st motor-racing history was made, for Stirling Moss won the 1,000-mile Mile Miglia, the first time in twenty-two years that this has been achieved by a British driver, and I...

May 30, 2024 by Motor Sport Magazine
Sports Blogs
Epic Free Climb on El Capitan, Yosemite National Park Sports Blogs · Aug 11, 2022 by Sophie - Tourism On The Edge

"To anyone writing about Dawn Wall, this is not an effort to conquer.


Lessons of Hitler's Olympics loom over Beijing 2022 Politics Blogs · Nov 22, 2021 by More by Michael J. Socolow

On the morning of August 14, 1936, two employees of the US National Broadcasting Company (NBC) met for breakfast at a café in Berlin. Max Jordan and Bill Slater were discussing the Olympic Games they were broadcasting back to the United States - and the Nazi propaganda machine that had made their work, and their visit to Germany, somewhat unpleasant.


2017 Stealth Neutron - Electric LightCycle Sports Blogs · Dec 13, 2020 by Rich Boys' Toys

Home / Motors / NeuTron Electric Light Cycle / Limited Edition "Stealth Neutron" New Electric Motor with an Increased Top Speed. Enter the world of 2017 Tron with the newly engineered Neutron Motorcycle. Once an imaginary bike envisioned in the movie 2017 Tron, it is now available to blow the socks off anyone who sees you cruising down the street.


GunBroker - The Best Site to Buy a Gun Online Sports Blogs · Dec 10, 2020 by Tectract
Bid on and buy guns, or even list your own gun for sale. Great deals on ammo at auction, or buy it now! Ship to your local FFL dealer for firearms pickup. 

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Travel & Recreation Blogs Go to All Travel & Recreation
A luxury cruise ship will allow residents to permanently live at sea. See inside its 237-square-foot studios selling for $1 million.

Storylines' residential cruise ship will indefinitely travel around the world beginning in 2025. Just be prepared to trade your house for one room.

Oct 15, 2022 by Brittany Chang - Business Insider
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The surprising afterlife of used hotel soap Travel & Recreation Blogs · Sep 30, 2022 by Zachary Crockett

One of the first things many of us do when we settle into a hotel room is reach for the packaged bar of soap on the bathroom counter. These soaps are the single most-utilized amenity at hotel chains: 86% of guests who stay at a hotel for 1-2 nights use it, handily outranking other popular offerings like the in-room TV (84%), hair dryer (36%), and valet parking (28%).


Real Estate Listings for Sale in Bahamas Travel & Recreation Blogs · Dec 29, 2020 by MCR Bahamas Group

Search through our list of homes for Sale in Bahamas. Explore a large selection of Bahamas Real Estate.


Full Moon Photo Looks Like Mysterious Giant Eye Through Rock Arch in Utah Travel & Recreation Blogs · Dec 02, 2020 by PetaPixel

Phoenix, Arizona nature photographer Zach Cooley recently captured a stunning photo of the full moon passing through North Windows Arch in Arches National Park in Utah that resembles a giant eye. Cooley planned an entire vacation mostly around the fact that the moonrise would align with this arch, and that he could get something resembling a spooky eye on the week of Halloween on October 28th, 2020.


This map of Earth is the most accurate ever produced, and it looks completely different Travel & Recreation Blogs · Mar 09, 2020 by indy100

Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa claims to have tackled a centuries-old problem - how to draw an oblate spheroid Earth on a flat plane. He claims the above map, called the AuthaGraph World Map, achieves this task.



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Oddly Satisfying Blogs Go to All Oddly Satisfying
Rainbow Paint Spirals Technique
Watch an amazing paint spiral come to life in Calen Shaub's "swirl technique" studio.
Mar 09, 2020 by Tectract
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BEER ART from Resin. How to Make Beer from Resin / ART RESIN Oddly Satisfying Blogs · Dec 27, 2019 by jedrek29t

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Manhattan Population Explorer
Science & Medicine Blogs · Aug 24, 2019 by Manpopex
Giant Pill-Millipede swarming behaviour Botany & Horticulture Blogs · Jul 03, 2019 by twesener
tags: #madagascar #madagaskar #giant-pill-millipede #millipede #diplopoda #swarming #mass-occurence

All rights reserved. Copyright protected. Do not use without consent of twesener@fieldmuseum.org


Micro chess / DIY Gaming Blogs · May 10, 2019 by Tectract
tags: #w&m #chess #micro #diy #taig-lathe #souvenir #how-to-make #wood #ideas #miniature

Hi! Today I will show you how to make micro chess. It's a little souvenir for friends. To make these chess pieces you will need a brass rod and valuable wood species. For production I use a small lathe. ) Soon new video! Subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UCLt9kIslIa1ffiM8A04KORw?sub_confirmation=1



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Random Blogs Go to All Random

The Best Illusions of the Year Will Have You Further Questioning the Reality You Live In Random Blogs · Dec 17, 2019 by Gizmodo

It's hard not to look at the news every day and wonder if your life has somehow forked into an alternate reality or dimension than the one you were familiar with. Not helping the matter are the recently revealed best illusions of the year, including Frank Force's winning Dual Axis Illusion which can look like it's spinning in four different directions if you stare at it long enough.



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Roq Ur Mind Blogs Go to All Roq Ur Mind
Strange radio signals detected from spinning mystery object in space

The object, thought to be a magnetar, was found to emit radio waves every 22 minutes, much slower than other magnetars which pulse around once per second.

Feb 19, 2024 by Jess Thomson - Newsweek
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Obelisks: Completely new type of "biological entity" discovered in our bodies Science & Medicine Blogs · Feb 16, 2024 by Michael Irving - New Atlas

Our bodies are home to trillions of microbes, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and a whole host of others. Now, Stanford scientists have discovered an entirely new class of biological entities inside us, which they've ominously named "Obelisks."


Another ice-sealed ocean has been found in our solar system Science & Medicine Blogs · Feb 10, 2024 by New Atlas

Researchers have just revealed that Mimas, one of Saturn's smallest moons, has an ocean of liquid water flowing under its entire surface. What is really making waves though, is how young the body of water is: just 5 to 15 million years old.


Strange Black Hole Discovered in Milky Way With a Huge Warp in Its Accretion Disc Nature Blogs · Apr 08, 2023 by SciTechDaily

An international team of astrophysicists from South Africa, the UK, France and the US have found large variations in the brightness of light seen from around one of the closest black holes in our Galaxy, 9,600 light-years from Earth, which they conclude is caused by a huge warp in its accretion disc


'Mind-Blowing' UFO Footage Captured By Doorbell Camera Roq Ur Mind Blogs · Dec 28, 2022 by Dave Basner - New York's Power 105.1 FM

Commenters are pretty awed by the footage. One wrote, " One of the coolest UFO vids yet. Someone's stealth tech not working 100%" while another said, "Incredible find," a third noted, " This is compelling," and a fourth stated, "It's seriously mind blowing and I cannot stop watching it."



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Infinite Blogs
KARIN MCQUILLAN (Senegal) - "What I Learned in the Peace Corps in Africa: Trump Is Right"

Note from the editor: Karin McQuillan is a novelist (one novel) who was a PCV in Senegal. (She ETed after a year. ) We published a few blog items about her back in January and February of 2018. This article has just been republished on-line by the American Conservatives.

Nov 29, 2024 by Peacecorpsworldwide
Politics Blogs
Best GPS Bike Trackers: find and follow your stolen bike

Millions of bikes get stolen every year - these little devices can help you keep an eye on yours

Nov 28, 2024 by Daniel Palma - Cycling Weekly
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The History of Solon Palmer - Almost America's Oldest Perfumer
Nov 19, 2024 by Collecting Vintage Compacts
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Honey Pineapple Jalapeño Salmon
A sweet and spicy salmon dish that's bursting with tropical flavors!
Nov 01, 2024 by Tectract
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Thai Drunken Noodles - Pad Kee Mao

Thai Drunken Noodles is a delicious stir fry dish made with rice noodles, a spicy savory sauce and your protein of choice!

Sep 18, 2024 by Tiffany - Creme de la Crumb
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Luau Style - Ono Chicken Long Rice

Use this recipe for Hawaii's best Chicken Long Rice! A luau side dish that is savory and a simple dish for dinner and any special occasion.

Sep 06, 2024 by Ono Hawaiian Recipes
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Lomi Lomi Salmon

This post was originally published July 22, 2019. It was updated September 26, 2019 to include a step-by-step photo recipe on how to make Lomi Lomi salmon at home.] Lomi Lomi Salmon is a Hawaiian side dish (made from salted salmon, tomatoes, onions, and green onions).

Sep 06, 2024 by Kathy - Onolicious Hawaiʻi
Food & Recipes Blogs
Easy Maple Roasted Carrots

Simple yet satisfying, these Maple Roasted Carrots are the side dish everyone loves because they're so easy and taste delicious.

Sep 06, 2024 by Elizabeth - Vancouver With Love
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