Texas Tech's eccentric coach Mike Leach remains entertaining as ever. He plans to wipe the smiles off doubters with a rebuilt squad.
Texas Tech's eccentric coach Mike Leach remains entertaining as ever. He plans to wipe the smiles off doubters with a rebuilt squad.
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There’s a lot of fear around spending time alone. Alone time can make people itchy with boredom. It can carry a stigma (especially if you’re single). Worse, recent articles and studies warn us about the dangers of loneliness—one 2017 study by Julianne Holt-Lunstad at BYU’s Social Connection & Health Lab claims claims loneliness is as bad as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe Age of AI has also ushered in the Age of Debates About AI. And Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and Homo Deus, and one of our foremost big-picture thinkers about the grand sweep of humanity, history and the future, is now out with Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI. Harari generally falls into the AI alarmist category, but his thinking pushes the conversation beyond the usual arguments.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel once told a reporter at a protest against the Vietnam War that he was there because he couldn’t pray: “Whenever I open the prayer book, I see before me images of children burning from napalm.” This week marks one year since the October 7 attacks, and a year of unfathomable loss since.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share“I’m a one-issue voter, and it’s Bitcoin,” yells Jonathan Martin, a former NFL offensive lineman and current MBA student at the Wharton School, his voice rising above the pounding dance music of a Philadelphia nightclub. It’s a gray Monday evening in September, and in a couple hours, many Philadelphians will turn their attention to the Eagles game.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWASHINGTON — A decade after the Flint, Michigan, water crisis raised alarms about the continuing dangers of lead in tap water, President Joe Biden is setting a 10-year deadline for cities across the nation to replace their lead pipes, finalizing an aggressive approach aimed at ensuring that drinking water is safe for all Americans. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Biden is expected to announce the final Environmental Protection Agency rule Tuesday in the swing state of Wisconsin during the final month of a tight presidential campaign.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareOne year on from the appalling, unjustifiable Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and Israel’s ongoing, disproportionate military assault and atrocities in Gaza, the whole Middle East is on the brink of a catastrophic regional war. The most urgent priorities are to secure a full and immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, wider de-escalation by Israel and Iran, and the release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas as well as arbitrarily detained Palestinian prisoners. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] But beyond this, bold, principled actions, and long-view leadership are needed to bring a permanent end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has raged for over 75 years and remains at the heart of regional tensions and instability.
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