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Frustrations grow as marchers demand faster climate action amid COP26 summit
Tens of thousands of climate activists marched Saturday through the Scottish city hosting the U.N. climate summit, physically close to the global negotiators inside but separated by a vast gulf in expectations, with frustrated marchers increasingly dismissive of the talks and demanding immediate action instead to slow global warming. The mood at the protest in…
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An ethereum futures ETF will be available before one that holds bitcoin directly – and approval could come in the 1st quarter of 2022, Bloomberg analysts say
“Though a spot Bitcoin ETF is possible in 2022, SEC approval may take longer due to concerns about regulation in the underlying bitcoin market.”Read original article here.
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AMC Theatres to Open Popcorn Stores Outside of Theaters
✖AMC Entertainment announced this week that it is expanding its business beyond the operation of movie theaters. According to a press release, the company plans to get into the growing multi-billion dollar popcorn market. AMC will sell its AMC Theatres Perfectly Popcorn, the same popcorn it has sold in its theaters for more than a…
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‘Two sets of laws’: racial tensions simmer in the town where police shot Jacob Blake
Civil rights activists report a ‘cozy’ relationship between Kenosha law enforcement and rightwing vigilantesAs a wind swept leaves past the steps of the Kenosha county courthouse last week, the streets were sparsely trafficked as another day of proceedings came to a close in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot three people last year, wounding…
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New great observatories, including Lynx, recommended as a national priority by decadal survey
The 2020 Decadal Survey for Astronomy and Astrophysics has recommended a new series of three Great Observatories—or space-based telescopes—as a top national priority for the future of space astrophysics.Read original article here.
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Best compact binoculars 2021: Making the most of pocket-sized binos
The best compact binoculars are great for their portability, but limited in astronomy performance. Here, we’ve put together a list of some of the best to be found.Read original article here.
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Next-Generation Very Large Array strongly endorsed by Decadal Survey
The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (Astro2020) of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences has published its report and the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) received high priority for new ground-based observatories to be constructed during the coming decade. The report, in which ngVLA shared second ranking among ground-based projects, was the culmination of…
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Hubble Science Instruments are Malfunctioning, Putting the Telescope in Safe Mode
Hubble is getting a bit long in the tooth. Initially launched in 1990, it has been one of the most spectacularly successful orbital satellites in history. But it has also had its fair share of errors, starting almost immediately upon its launch. Now the instruments on the telescope have been operating in a “safe mode”…
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Charlie Kirk: What Youngkin’s victory tells us about Trump and the conservative movement
While Glenn Youngkin may not share Trump’s blustering style, he nevertheless won precisely because of the kind of combative conservative politics that defines Trumpism.Read original article here.Written by: Charlie Kirk
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Billy Porter Apologizes for Harry Styles ‘Vogue’ Comments
Billy Porter is clarifying the comments he made about Harry Styles. During his appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Thursday (Nov. 4), Porter opened about his October interview with The Sunday Times, in which he called out Styles and his Vogue cover shoot, saying it was a snub to pioneers like himself…