Scott Bessent is literally the guy who broke the pound, I think he understands

Nematodes are critical to the nitrogen fixing process of plants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhlZxsnn1NU

>Third party marketplaces sprung up for reservations, and idk it’s been a while since I went to fancy dinner, but I imagine the restaurants have just started charging. Or at least the first party reservation sites do.

Yes, this is what Tock is for. It's not clear to me that it's a bad thing. It replaces the old $20 in a handshake I used to do with the maitre d at the front of the restaurant. Democratizes opportunity and improves transparency

Related somewhat:

> On March 23, 2026, the Hong Kong government changed the implementing rules relating to the National Security Law. It is now a criminal offense to refuse to give the Hong Kong police the passwords or decryption assistance to access all personal electronic devices including cellphones and laptops. This legal change applies to everyone, including U.S. citizens, in Hong Kong, arriving or just transiting Hong Kong International Airport. In addition, the Hong Kong government also has more authority to take and keep any personal devices, as evidence, that they claim are linked to national security offenses.

https://hk.usconsulate.gov/security-alert-2026032601/

Yeah, another country to add to the "never visit until a sane government appears" list... -.-

The commentary did not in fact say "there was no need for regulation because the cosmetic industry in both the US and the UK had ensured that their products were virtually free of asbestos fibre." The link in the Lancet post is broken, but here is the 1977 commentary: https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736...

What it in fact says: "In summary, there is no reason to believe that normal consumer exposure to cosmetic talc has in the past led either to cancer at any site or to measurable loss of lung function. It seems unlikely that future exposure to cosmetic talc of the specifications now agreed to by major manufacturers will present a health hazard."

Bookmarking this for 2070 and all the covid papers

We need to start calling it identity verification. Because that's what it is, anything that requires you to hand over an ID or credit card.

"Age" verification was a wonderful trojan horse that has fooled a lot of people.

there are laws that make sense that are based on age and not identity, so it's more "camel's nose under the tent" than trojan horse

I don't understand how this works on a 20 hour cycle.

  Normal day: Spawn 10 hours after sunrise
  Early rising sun: Spawn 10 hours after sunrise
  Constant sun: Spawn every 20 hours

What happens to the missing 14 or missing 4 hours ?

Does it reset back to zero after a cue of darkness? That's the only thing I can think of.

> A circadian clock must be self-sustained and internally driven, as the 20-hour cycle of the jellies’ spawning is. It must also be regulated by an environmental stimulus such as light; while the jellies’ spawning clock can run on a 20-hour cycle under persistent light in the lab, in nature it resets every day.

Sounds like that is what happens.

Are you aware of a policy that allows Strava when within sight of shore, but bans it when under more sensitive operation?

Or is this article perhaps better interpreted as an example of a dangerous behavior that could be happening also during those sensitive times (in which case, it is unlikely that French media would be even running a story with a map of the sensitive location)?

This isn't a novel problem.

Detailed maps of military and other sensitive areas have been created through run maps from fitness watches[0].

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracki...

Here you go: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/videos/article/2025/01/13/stravale...