a Better Bubble™

Aggregator

CBS News reports once again that illegal immigration is way down

1 year 9 months ago
From CBS News: The number of migrants unlawfully crossing the U.S. southern border has continued to drop markedly in July, nearing a threshold that would require officials to lift a partial ban on asylum claims enacted by President Biden, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News. For the record, this means the month ...continue reading "CBS News reports once again that illegal immigration is way down"
Kevin Drum

Will Augmented Reality Present A Moderation Problem?

1 year 9 months ago
Augmented reality is on its way. The ability to layer media over top of the real world is, for the moment, a hardware problem. Our phones can do it – think Pokémon Go, or Snapchat’s dancing hotdog – but a real-time heads-up display remains out of reach, for the moment. When such technology arrives, it […]
Mike Masnick

Lee Hendrix was taught to fear the Mississippi. He then spent 5 decades piloting boats on it

1 year 9 months ago
Growing up in St. Louis in the 1950s and 60s, Lee Hendrix was taught to fear the Mississippi River. But the sense of adventure it offered ended up being the seed that became a five decade career of piloting boats on the Mississippi. Hendrix discusses his new book, “Peep Light,” where he shares stories about the dangerous work of starting as a deckhand and later ascending to the pilothouse. He also talks about what it was like to pilot passenger vessels, including the grand American Queen, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ largest towboat, the MV Mississippi.