Companies are so all-in for AI that there is a chip shortage and thus the prices for personal computers are skyrocketing. I built a PC for a colleague in January of 2025. At the time, the cost for the three main components — the motherboard,...
Author: Erik Loomis
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1970 was one of the truly groundbreaking laws in American history, creating the entire idea of citizen review of development projects for environmental impact..
This is the grave of both Marian Anderson and James DePriest. Born in 1897 in Philadelphia, Anderson grew up in the Black working class. Her father sold ice and later.
After sort of recovering from the exhaustion that Big Ears creates, I dragged myself to Boston to see the great rock band Wednesday, who I think is probably the most kick ass rock and roll band working today. This Asheville based band recently lost MJ...
If there's one place I DO NOT WANT TO SEE AI, it's ProPublica, that gem of investigative journalism. Alas, they are run by bad people too it turns out. And.
This is the grave of Bob Dole. So this is the rare case where I visit the grave of someone for which I have an obituary written. I'm just going.
I need to channel my hero, Andy Rooney, here. Maybe I need to make a series of this. For context, the greatest moment in the history of the grave series is after I visited Andy Rooney and his son emailed me and said his father...
Abigail Spanberger strikes one for the good people of Virginia: Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed Del. Dan Helmer’s bill to end the renewal of commemorative Robert E. Lee license plates in.
Well, we've finally just about done it--eliminate the cod from the north Atlantic, which people in the past would have seen as unthinkable. Consumers should “completely avoid” buying UK-caught cod,.
On April 9, 1917, the Supreme Court upheld Oregon's new 10 hour day law for both men and women that also provided for overtime pay. The Court went away from its usual position as hard-core defenders of contract doctrine, deciding the limited nature of the...
A few days ago, I watched the tremendously charming 2016 Ceyda Torun documentary Kedi, about the street cats of Istanbul. There are a lot. This follows the cats (often filmed.
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they meet to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska,.