Mikkelwilliam/Getty Images Is there anything more tedious than the endless drive to make every waking moment more productive? “If I can save ten seconds on a process that happens ten times per day, that’s a minute and 40 seconds saved per day,” a productivity guru recently advised in Time magazine, to take just one example. “Over the course of a year, that’s ten hours saved.” If that sounds exhausting, the good news is that there are many reasons to avoid putting ourselves under this kind of relentless pressure – not least the latest neuroscience on how the brain regulates focus,…
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Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, about five miles west of Sarasota, as a Category 3 hurricane Wednesday night, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.The NHC said in an 8:30 p.m. update that “life-threatening storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding” were happening over Florida’s central peninsula.Follow along for live coverageThe storm was downgraded to a category 2 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, the NHC said in its 10 p.m. update. The hurricane had spent the last few days exploding into a monster storm as it soaked up its natural…
PanaseerDr Leila Powell brought her scientific method from astrophysics to cyber-securityHow do galaxies form? What happens when they collide? These are the kinds of questions Dr Leila Powell grappled with in her previous life as an astrophysicist.But in 2015 she put those galactic-sized questions to one side and moved into cyber-security.“The pursuit of understanding the universe is really important, but I got to a point where I felt like I wanted to do something that impacted people’s daily lives more,” she says.And like many jobseekers, Ms Powell was looking for better pay and conditions.“There are various challenges in the academic…
Hillary Clinton believes that free speech is a severe threat to the establishment’s control, or what the socialists call their version of democracy. Clinton appeared on CNN over the weekend, where she urged for stricter guidelines on social media platforms or “we lose total control.” The mockingbird media cannot control the narrative on social media. Individual platforms may silence the opposition and few channels exist where the public can openly and honestly express their opinions. Legacy media journalists are beholden to the same narrative and reporting the actual news is not their intended purpose. It’s why the likes of George…
Credit: Screenshot via Trump War Room Kamala Harris was cracking open beers with late-night comedian Stephen Colbert Tuesday while Florida residents are fleeing in a mass evacuation prior to the landfall of Hurricane Milton. Demonstrating an uncanny ability to be tone-deaf at all times, the Democrat presidential candidate offered little in the way of confidence that she was even vaguely focused on the impending natural disaster. “Elections, I think, are won on vibes,’ Colbert told his guest. “Because one of the old saws is they just want somebody they can have a beer with. So… would you like to have…
Diddy is currently facing felony charges of racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution after being arrested in September. He is also embroiled in several other sexual assault lawsuits from alleged previous victims.Despite once having a seemingly cordial relationship with the Bad Boy founder, Justin Bieber is reportedly distancing himself from Diddy.Article continues below advertisementThe Pop Star Has Been Advised To Distance Himself From DiddyMEGASince Diddy’s arrest, Bieber’s name has surfaced multiple times in the media, as the pop star was among the many high-profile celebrities who maintained a cordial relationship with the embattled rapper.According to a source…
HEZBOLLAH ROCKETS, ISRAELI STRIKES Hezbollah said its fighters were locked in clashes with Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, using rocket-propelled weapons to repel attempts to breach the border. Two people were killed by suspected Hezbollah rocket fire in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, while Israeli air defences intercepted two projectiles fired towards the coastal town of Caesarea, officials said. Lebanon’s health ministry said at least four people were killed in an Israeli strike on a village in the Shouf district, southeast of Beirut, a region so far largely spared by Israel’s intensified bombing campaign. Lebanon’s state civil defence…
As the war enters its 958th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Thursday, October 10, 2024. Fighting At least six people were killed and eight injured after a Russian ballistic missile attack on the port infrastructure of Ukraine’s southern Odesa region. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said a Panamanian-flagged container ship, the Shui Spirit, was damaged in the attack, the third in the region in the past four days. Ukraine’s military said it struck a base in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region where Shahed drones were being stored. A statement by the General Staff said the attack…
The New York Yankees spoiled the Kansas City Royals’ return home and are now a victory away from reaching the American League Championship Series.On Wednesday, the Yankees rode the hot bat of Giancarlo Stanton, who hit the go-ahead home run in the eighth inning and a strong bullpen effort to take Game 3 of the American League Division Series, 3-2. Leading the series 2-1, New York will look to end Kansas City’s season with Gerrit Cole on the mound for Game 4 on Thursday. Here are three takeaways from the action: Stanton plays hero, but Yankees bats stay quietStanton put the…
HBO’s new documentary “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery” claims to have unearthed the identity of the elusive creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto.The film suggests that Canadian Bitcoin Core developer Peter Todd is actually Nakamoto, though Todd called the claims “ludicrous.””I am not Satoshi Nakamoto,” he told the BBC.Related: Jack Dorsey Showed Up to the Super Bowl Rocking a ‘Satoshi’ T-ShirtTodd argues that the documentary could compromise his safety—Satoshi Nakamoto is potentially the 20th richest global entity, with a Bitcoin wallet worth more than $65 billion.Crypto sites are also critical of the news. CoinTelegraph said the documentary is flawed with “contradictions…