In which a two-time Nobel Prize winner believes he has discovered the cure for the common cold, and Ken wants cilantro to tell him what to do. Certificate #31531.
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Trinity Test: The World’s First Atomic Explosion
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On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 am, 35 miles southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated.
This was the culmination of the Manhattan Project, one of the largest, and most expensive programs in world history.
Yet, just before the event, the scientists and engineers who worked on the project weren’t entirely sure it would work, and if it did, just what the results would be.
Learn more about the Trinity Test, the world's first nuclear detonation, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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NBN Book of the Day - William Sites, “Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City” (U Chicago Press, 2021)
Poet and jazz band musician Sun Ra, born in 1914, is one of the most wildly prolific and unfailingly eccentric figures in the history of music. Renowned for extravagant performances in which his band “Arkestra” appeared in neo-Egyptian garb, this keyboardist and bandleader also espoused an interstellar cosmology and that the planet Saturn was his true home. In his book, Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City (University of Chicago Press, 2021), Dr. William Sites contextualizes this visionary musician in his home on earth—specifically in Chicago’s South Side, where from 1946 to 1961 Sun Ra lived and relaunched his career.
The postwar South Side was a hotbed of unorthodox religious and cultural activism: Afrocentric philosophies flourished, storefront prophets sold “dream-book bibles,” and Elijah Muhammad was building the Nation of Islam. It was also an unruly musical crossroads where the man then still known as Sonny Blount drew from an array of intellectual and musical sources—from radical nationalism, revisionist Christianity, and science fiction to jazz, blues, Latin dance music, and pop exotica—all this to construct a philosophy and performance style that imagined a new identity and future for African Americans. Sun Ra’s Chicago shows that late twentieth-century Afrofuturism emerged from a deep, utopian engagement with the city—and that by excavating the postwar black experience of Sun Ra’s South Side milieu, we can come to see the possibilities of urban life in new ways.
Dr. William Sites is Associate Professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago. His fields of interest include urban and community studies, political economy, social movements, immigration, race, culture, social theory, and historical methods.
Carrie Lynn Evans is a PhD student at Université Laval in Quebec City. carrie-lynn.evans@lit.ulaval.ca
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New Books in Native American Studies - Linda LeGarde Grover, “Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong” (U Minnesota Press, 2021)
Stephanie Khattak speaks with Dr. Linda Legarde Grover, an award-winning author whose latest book interweaves family and Ojibwe history with stories from Misaabekong (the place of the giants) on Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota: Gichigami Hearts: Stories and Histories from Misaabekong (U Minnesota Press, 2021)
Dr. Grover is an Anishinaabe novelist and short story writer. She is a professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth and a member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. Her work, which spans fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, recounts stories of Ojibwe life in northeastern Minnesota individuals, families and communities set against the backdrop of indigenous tradition and impacts of historical and current events.
In this interview, Dr. Grover shares the importance of stories and folklore traditions; her perspective as a scholar and storyteller, and the intrinsic value of maintaining - and strengthening - connections with people, places and communities beyond ourselves.
Stephanie Khattak is a writer, artist, historian and folklore enthusiast. Visit stephaniekhattak.com to learn more, and connect on Twitter: @steph_khattak, Facebook: @khattakstudios or Instagram: @pinecurtainproject.
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What A Day - Russia Attacks Ukraine
In a televised speech early Thursday Moscow-time, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” to protect Donbas, the Russian-backed separatist-held region in eastern Ukraine. Around the same time, explosions were heard in multiple cities throughout the country including Kyiv, Kramatorsk, which is in the disputed Donetsk region, Kharkiv in the northeast, and more.
The Supreme Court said that it will take up a case that could allow businesses to use their religious beliefs as an excuse to refuse service to LGBTQ customers. Leah Litman, professor of law at the University of Michigan and one of the hosts of Crooked’s podcast about the Supreme Court, “Strict Scrutiny,” joins us to discuss the case and its broader implications.
And in headlines: The trial began for the only officer facing criminal charges for Breonna Taylor’s death, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to investigate gender-affirming care for trans kids as ‘child abuse,’ and American truckers protesting COVID restrictions started their own Canada-inspired caravan.
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The NewsWorthy - “Unjustified Attack”, Oil Prices Surge & QR Codes Warning – Thursday, February 24th, 2022
The news to know for Thursday, February 24th, 2022!
Russia has moved into Ukraine with what President Biden is calling an unjustified attack. What you need to know so far about this still-developing story.
Also, another trucker convoy is on the move, this time in the United States: how Washington D.C. is already preparing.
Plus, what the latest data shows about home prices, why Siri's voice may soon sound different on your smartphone, and Tom Brady's new starring role after retiring from the NFL.
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The Daily Signal - Arizona AG Mark Brnovich Fights for Trump’s Immigration Rule at Supreme Court
Illegal immigration is taking the spotlight at the Supreme Court.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich argued Wednesday before the nine justices in favor of former President Donald Trump’s "public charge" rule. That rule, based on a concept that goes back to 1882, would prevent illegal immigrants from gaining citizenship if they use too many social services such as food stamps or Medicaid.
In Brnovich's words, it's only fair that hardworking Americans get priority over those "cutting the line."
"I just think that a lot of folks, hardworking, middle-class taxpayers in our country, not just in Arizona, all over, understand what's fair is what's fair," Brnovich says. "It's not fair for someone to come in and basically cut in line and then get government benefits."
Brnovich, a Republican, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how the Supreme Court arguments went, and what the "public charge" rule means for our immigration system.
We also cover these stories:
- The United States warns that Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine could result in a massive refugee crisis as well as threaten international security.
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces that as of Feb. 28, the city for the most part no longer will mandate masking or require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 for restaurants and other indoor businesses.
- Viewership ratings for the 2022 Beijing Olympics show it was the lowest-viewed in the televised history of the games.
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Talk Python To Me - #354: Sphinx, MyST, and Python Docs in 2022
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Tech Won't Save Us - Can Tesla Survive Elon Musk? w/ Edward Niedermeyer
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Niedermeyer to discuss how Elon Musk got involved in Tesla, promised things he couldn’t deliver to raise funds, and where it goes next now that he’s becoming a more controversial figure.
Edward Niedermeyer is the author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors and a co-host of The Autonocast. Follow Ed on Twitter at @Tweetermeyer.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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Also mentioned in this episode:
- California is suing Tesla over “rampant racism” at its Fremont factory, with another Black worker suing the company earlier this week.
- Tesla vehicles are continually found to have very poor build quality, and customers report the service experience can be frustrating too.
- Tesla allowed people to play games on vehicle touchscreens while driving in December 2021 before being pushed to remove the feature.
- Tesla tried to automate parts of the production process that other companies had already tried to automate — and it failed too.
- The number of people being killed by cars in the United States is increasing — particularly among pedestrians.
- US auto safety regulators haven’t kept up with changes in vehicle dangers.
- The New Yorker reported on the problems in the early years of Google’s self-driving project.
- Last year a customer in China protested at the Shanghai auto show over her Tesla’s brake failure, forcing regulators to take a closer look at the company.
Python Bytes - #272 The tools episode
Topics covered in this episode:
- Why your mock still doesn’t work
- pls
- Kitty
- Futures and easy parallelisation
- pgMustard
- bpytop
- Extras
- Joke