Month: May 2024

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Number of Cyclists In Chicago Doubles, But Riders Still Worry About Safety

More and more Chicagoans are opting for bikes to get around the city. According to a new analysis, the number of cyclists have doubled in the last five years in Chicago. But with more folks biking, what needs to be done to keep them safe? Reset checks in with Active Transportation Alliance’s executive director Amy Rynell, and Lacey Cordero, volunteer, with Chicago Family Biking on current efforts to address biking safety in the city and what more needs to be done. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Up First from NPR - U.S. Presidential Debates, Arms Transfer to Israel, Assassination Attempt in Slovakia

President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to a pair of unusually early debates. The Biden administration is moving ahead with a $1 billion arms transfer to Israel a week after pausing a separate shipment of bombs to the country. And officials in Slovakia say that after hours of surgery following an assassination attempt, the country's Prime Minister Robert Fico is in stable but serious condition.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Boiling over: an attempt on the Slovakian PM’s life

An attempt on Robert Fico’s life comes at a time of deep-running polarisation in his country—much of which is his own doing. A vote today among auto workers in America’s historically union-unfriendly south will indicate whether an organised-labour revolution can take hold (9:26). And the perception of time varies depending on what you are looking at (17:24).


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Bay Curious - The Homes BART Tore Apart

Back in the early 1960’s, when BART was just a sketch on a map, planners with the young transit agency had a task in front of them. BART had to acquire some 2,200 parcels of land in order to build the future transportation system in the Bay Area. In this week's episode, Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman explores what happened next, and how decades later, memories of the homes and communities that were destroyed remain strong.

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Curious City - Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery: History, Hauntings, and Preservation

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery in Midlothian is rumored to be haunted with alleged sightings of a woman in white. But there’s more to this place than spooky stories. Learn about the early settlers who called this place home and why a historian worries the ghost stories are overshadowing the history here.
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Curious City - Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery: History, Hauntings, and Preservation

Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery in Midlothian is rumored to be haunted with alleged sightings of a woman in white. But there’s more to this place than spooky stories. Learn about the early settlers who called this place home and why a historian worries the ghost stories are overshadowing the history here.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - FIRST MOVER: Guild of Guardians Built to ‘Win’ the Web2 Mobile Space: Game Director

Guild of Guardians Game Director Chris Clay discusses launch of the game and challenges faced by Web3 game developers.

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Guild of Guardians Game Director Chris Clay joins "First Mover" to discuss the launch of their squad-based RPG game. Plus, challenges faced by Web3 game developers and what it will take to onboard the next wave of gamers.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 5.16.24

Alabama

  • Tuberville assures liberals that personal money was used for trip to NYC trial
  • Sen. Britt rips into VP Harris for doing zero at the US Mexico border
  • Governor Ivey signs bill in Dempolis for new healthcare science school project
  • Athens police say road rage caused a fight between GOP volunteer & other female
  • Mobile mayor confirms that report has false information re: school incident
  • A post election audit bill was derailed by one senator and his probate judge

National

  • A barge hits bridge in Galveston TX,  partial collapse and oil in the water
  • Biden agrees to debate Trump, with a variety of demands and stipulations
  • Study from Just Facts says likely that 2-5 million illegals are registered to vote
  • HHS takes first steps in de-barring Eco Health Alliance from grant money
  • TN has new state law that allows for death penalty to convicted child rapists
  • MS has new state law that bans requires biological bathrooms for students
  • US SoS Blinken getting ripped for going onstage with guitar in Ukraine
  • King George's first painted portrait should be titled "Lake of Fire"
  • Slovakia prime minister barely survives assassination attempt by "poet"