Month: May 2022

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: What are Jinn?

Forget everything you learned about 'genies' from Aladdin - tales of the Jinn, also called Djinn, are ancient and not at all as family-friendly as Disney might have you believe. So what are these mysterious creatures, exactly? Join the guys as they delve into the strange story of smokeless fire, parallel worlds and hidden, sentient life.

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Headlines From The Times - Cinco de Mayo forever

We repeat our episode from last year on Cinco de Mayo because it’s that good. Axios reporter Russell Contreras takes us to the forgotten history of the holiday that’s more American than Mexican, and offers a case for why we should celebrate it. Read the transcript here. 

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: Axios reporter Russell Contreras

More reading:

If it’s Cinco de Mayo, the cooking should be Mexican

Op-Ed: Cinco de Mayo -- a truly Mexican American holiday

Five ways to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at home

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 05/05

Will higher interest rates cool off the red hot housing market?  Destructive Oklahoma tornado. New security fencing at the Supreme Court. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 5.5.22

Alabama

  • 1819 News reporter Craig Monger writes about National Day of Prayer
  • Lauderdale County Sheriff gives update on missing CO and escaped inmate
  • FL women is charged with defrauding Medicaid through business in Fort Payne
  • Woodstock Music Festival kicks off this Saturday with the Marshall Tucker band

National

  • President Joe Biden calls those in MAGA movement radical and extreme
  • 2 Democrat Senators say they will not end filibuster rule for sake of abortion law
  • DE computer repairman files lawsuit against media who claimed Hunter laptop is fake
  • Georgia High School Association makes birth certificate determine athletes gender
  • Lehigh County in PA has legal challenge ahead of primaries due to election discrepancies
  • Walt Disney Co. sees a dive in market shares since March politics erupted in FL

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S6 Bonus: Austin Parker, Lightstep

Austin Parker started out at a young age with computers, writing programs in BASIC and hanging out on bulletin boards. Prior to his tech career, he held many other jobs - as a short order cook, waiting tables, and taking tickets at a theater. When he stepped into this industry, he started out in test automation, followed by getting involved in open source communities, which is how he got into Developer Relations. What he likes about this arena is that DevRel is taking your companies story of a product, and making it harmonize with what everyone else is singing in the market. He has a young family, which occupies most of his time these days. But he likes to do photography, tinkering with electronics, and building model aircraft. Back in the day, he experienced the glory days of Radio Shack where you could grab electronic components on a whim.

Austin Parker has been at his current company for 4 years, right after stealth mode ended. He has helped enable the company to support developers through their innovative tech stack, built by industry experts.

This is Austin's creation story of Lightstep.

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Bay Curious - Nope, The Stanford Dish Isn’t Listening For Aliens. It Was Built to Spy on Russia

Former Menlo Park resident Jim Timmons remembers the park around the Stanford Dish fondly. It has tons of wildlife and great views. But he wants to know more about the massive satellite dish in the middle of it. The 1960s-era parabolic antenna radio telescope was built to keep tabs on the Russian space program at the height of the Cold War. It's still used for research.


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Reported by Rachael Myrow. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Kyana Moghadam, Jessica Placzek, Carly Severn, Jen Chien, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Jenny Pritchett.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Powell’s points presentation: the Fed raises rates

Prices in America are rising faster than at any time in the past 40 years. In response, the Federal Reserve has made its steepest interest-rate hike in 20 years. Will it be enough to tame inflation while not tipping America into recession? Shanghai’s residents are growing restive after a long lockdown. And Nelson Mandela’s name and legacy are being used to sell a growing range of consumer goods.