A junk dealer found a painting in a basement. Experts say it’s an original Picasso. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/02/style/picasso-painting-junk-dealer-italy-scli-intl/index.html

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives. — Abba Eban

"In the madhouse pressure cooker environment of running a startup, too few CEOs, founders, and executives recognize the power of a story to set expectations." https://www.andysparks.co/p/if-you-want-people-to-remember-tell-a-story-message-to-garcia

More People Than Ever Are Trying to Hack the U.S. Government--And They Love It

The vulnerability disclosure policy (VDP) platform that CISA deployed in 2021 received more than 1,000 valid bug disclosures last year, and the volume of remediated bugs went up 78%.
https://www.vulnu.com/p/more-people-than-ever-are-trying-to-hack-the-u-s-government-and-they-love-it

For the last job you accepted, what was the percentage difference between the first salary offer and the salary you accepted?

Like: They offered 100k; you said 115k; you agreed on 110 — thus, 10% over the initial offer.

The entire Book of Kells has been digitized.
https://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/concern/works/hm50tr726

Behold, it is perhaps the most obnoxious careers page for a tech company since Klout was a thing https://icon.me/careers

159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates https://tcrn.ch/4eQRRaU

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"If you died, would your online friends know?" I asked in 2007. https://www.cio.com/article/293191/careers-staffing-if-you-died-would-your-online-friends-know.html

During the first half of this year, Germany added 200 megawatts of balcony solar. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/how-germany-outfitted-half-a-million-balconies-with-solar-panels

Starlink is offering free internet access for 30 days for folks affected by Hurricane Helene.

https://www.starlink.com/support/article/58126733-e4d2-db62-b919-9da261a4e096

Ezra Stiles bears a healthy dose of responsibility for popularizing a system in which public recognition and classification of performance mattered more than individual learning, student development, or the cultivation of curiosity and inquiry — all of which are ostensibly the primary goals of education. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/02/the-origin-of-grades-in-american-schools/

Hacking Kia: Remotely Controlling Cars With Just a License Plate

These attacks could be executed remotely on any hardware-equipped vehicle in about 30 seconds, regardless of whether it had an active Kia Connect subscription.
https://samcurry.net/hacking-kia

"That's enough to fill the Dallas Cowboys' stadium 51,000 times, or Lake Tahoe just once. If it was concentrated just on the state of North Carolina, that much water would be 3.5 feet deep. It's enough to fill more than 60 million Olympic-size swimming pools."

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2024-10-01-helene-and-other-storms-dropped-40-trillion-gallons-of-rain-on-the

"The Smithsonian National Museum of American History houses artifacts related to national elections and the presidency. We offer a look at some of the most unusual." https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/09/10-unusual-objects-related-to-presidents-and-elections/

Scientifically, a raven has 17 primary wing feathers, the big ones at the end of the wing. They are called pinion feathers. A crow has 16. So, the difference between a raven and a crow is only a matter of a pinion.

@SaltyVeruca Not as much as you'd think. But ingredients could still be a problem.