I’m Afraid I’ll Get My Boyfriend’s Mom Sick, But I Want To See Him
In this week's "How to Plague": I’m fed up with my family, and some maternal coronavirus queries.
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A Pharmacist Allegedly Tried To Ruin COVID-19 Vaccines Because Of False Beliefs They Were "Unsafe"
Authorities described 47-year-old Steven Brandenburg as an "admitted conspiracy theorist."
Coronavirus Advice: When Is It OK To Not Wear A Mask?
How to Plague: Do I need to reinvite my wedding guests? And other advice for life under the coronavirus.
Elton John Is "Massively Disappointed" That He Has To Reschedule Shows After Testing Positive For COVID
"Fortunately, I'm fully vaccinated and boosted."
A Man Was Accused Of Stealing More Than 500 Vaccine Cards From A COVID-19 Vaccination Site
Police said Muhammad Rauf Ahmed stole blank vaccine cards while working as a nonclinical contract employee at a Los Angeles County site.
"Stay The F*ck Away From Me": Not Everyone Is Excited About Hugs Making A Comeback
COVID-19 has made some of us wary of greetings that involve touch.
[Update] Elon Musk shuts down USAID, calls it a 'ball of worms'
The short-lived power struggle between Elon Musk and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has reached a grim ...
As Death Toll Spikes, Venezuela’s Earthquakes Test U.S. Disaster Relief
Two powerful earthquakes struck the northern coast of Venezuela on Wednesday evening, collapsing homes and buildings. Without USAID, can the Trump administration deliver life-saving aid to the survivors?
USAID’s closure led to ‘entirely preventable’ deaths, latest Ebola outbreak: House Dem report
The Trump administration’s decision to kill the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) likely contributed to 600,000 “entirely preventable” deaths, left the globe faltering in responding ...
No Nation Can Finance Its Development On External Dependence Alone - - FG
ABUJA -- The Federal Government on Wednesday said no nation can finance its development on the basis of external dependence alone.The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr.
Our Division and the Sustainable Development Goals
Through its actions and activities, the Division of Electoral Assistance directly contributes to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16 as well as indirectly to a number of others.
Bridging environmental and sustainable development education in Colombian engineering
In Colombian engineering education, environmental literacy has deep historical roots, yet its evolution toward a broader ...
Talking about equity, ethical technology, and sustainable development in the classroom
Is economic growth enough to define a nation's progress? It's time students explored how well-being, sustainability and social equity shape the future.
Ask HN: Anthropic Billing Issues?
We just received an email from Anthropic, which mentions that we have been overcharged for several months. They do not mention the nature of the error or the magnitude. Did anyone else receive something similar? Curious how widespread this is. I'm surprised and concerned that they sent the notification after business hours on a Friday with "[No action required]" in the subject.
Show HN: I Derived a Steak
After years of juggling imprecise grilling recipes and temperatures, I've made a grilling calculator that derives perfect meat results from thermal models, Fick's law of diffusion, protein structures, and more.Along the way I calculated exactly how far in advance to salt meat (spoiler: even when it's frozen!), realized the best dry brine is usually "cling brine" (covered), derived approximate charcoal quantities with physics, and much more.As with the pancake calculator[
Show HN: Open-Source API for Asynchronous Tasks Using Agents
My ops team had a problem. They manage logistics deliveries in different countries with different carriers. We didn't want to do API integrations with carriers because each country has a different carrier. We thought of considering it for a later stage.Team was spending time daily monitoring carrier delivery links of DHL, FedEx, DPD links daily to inform customers about status changes.I released https://meerkatagents.com/ opensource to solve this problem.Are there any other u
Show HN: Statey – the database your AI shares across every chat, over MCP
Hey all - Scott here,I was a heavy Linear user until I noticed I hadn't opened the UI in days. I was just asking Claude to pull up the tickets I cared about and draw whatever view I needed in the moment. At some point it clicked that I didn't need Linear, I needed the database underneath it. Then I realized it was the same for Confluence, Jira, and Pipedrive. But I didn't want to stand up Postgres and babysit schemas and migrations to get structured, collaborative data into Claude
Blue print to let machines think like humans
As far as I know we think in a pattern and I may sound childish in the rest of the conversation but it is my first writing of my thoughts. I believe that thinking like humans can be achieved with machines with current tech. We already have the latest LLM models which can generate images and can figure out what those images are about.I had this thought last night as we as humans have knowledge of various fields such as psychology, current affairs, technological advancements and growing need of ne
US to launch AI supply chain credentialing pilot in Panama: Report
The US State Department is launching a pilot AI supply chain credentialing project in Panama under its Pax Silica initiative.
Gartner announces its 2026 Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings
Gartner released its 2026 Global Supply Chain Top 25 ranking, with Schneider Electric holding onto the top spot for the ...