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Daily Deal: Apple 13.3-inch MacBook Air 128GB – Silver (Refurbished)

2 years 9 months ago
With a gorgeous, ultra-thin design, the Apple MacBook Air 13.3-inch notebook is designed to take on today’s most demanding tasks without compromising on portability and usability. This refurbished Apple MacBook Air has an integrated 720p FaceTime HD webcam for video chats and communication. The combination of the stunningly beautiful Retina display, high-performance Core i5 processor, […]
Gretchen Heckmann

Friday Cat Blogging – 30 September 2022

2 years 9 months ago
Charlie isn't the only cat around here who likes to hide in the backyard bushes. Hilbert likes it too, but he has a harder time since he's bigger and less camouflaged than Charlie. Plus, to be honest, he doesn't seem to be trying really hard, does he?
Kevin Drum

Eurozone inflation skyrocketed in September

2 years 9 months ago
The Europeans are always ahead of us with their inflation data because they're willing to release "flash" estimates before the month is even over. For September, Eurostat reported annual inflation of 10%, which is bad enough, but that's year-over-year and doesn't capture their recent big increase. If you look instead at the monthly data, inflation ...continue reading "Eurozone inflation skyrocketed in September"
Kevin Drum

St. Louis Law Enforcement Plans Tougher Approach to Overdose Epidemic

2 years 9 months ago
A surging drug overdose death epidemic is cutting a deep, jagged line across the St. Louis region, sparing almost no town or neighborhood. More than 1,000 people in the St. Louis area died from drug overdoses last year — a record number — and fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than morphine, is the biggest reason why.
Mike Fitzgerald

Defense Department Latest To Be Caught Hoovering Up Internet Data Via Private Contractors

2 years 9 months ago
Everyone’s got a hunger for data. Constitutional rights sometimes prevent those with a hunger from serving themselves. But when they’ve got third parties on top of third parties, all Fourth Amendment bets are off. Data brokers are getting rich selling government agencies the data they want at low, low prices, repackaging information gathered from other […]
Tim Cushing