Earth's climate systems are inexorably and often unexpectedly interconnected. ... Among the most influential planet-shaping forces is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), an immense Atlantic Ocean current system that acts as a planetary conveyor belt. It brings balmy water northward from the tropics to Europe, then cycles the cooled water back south along the seafloor.
The Federal Communications Commission will vote to repeal the National Television Ownership Rule that is supposed to prevent a single broadcast station owner from reaching more than 39 percent of all TV households in the US. The proposed change sets up a likely court battle over the FCC claim that it has authority to repeal a limit set by Congress. read more
Paramount's owners were planning to have secured firm control of Hollywood rival Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of this week. A federal judge's ruling Monday in response to a major antitrust lawsuit filed by a dozen states has ground the process to a halt.
More voters would be more likely to support a democratic socialist candidate than a Make America Great Again supporter or a candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump, the CNBC All-America Economic Survey found.
Between 2007 and 2024, Florida attempted to rebuild the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem in an unusual way: dumping over 500,000 tons of recycled oyster and clam shells straight back into the water. These shells were gathered from seafood restaurants (quite literally scraped off of plates) as well as seafood plants. So essentially, a massive amount of sinking, rotting garbage was supposedly going to bring the struggling sandy seafloors back to life.
... Upon its release, "Like a Rolling Stone" quickly stood out given its unusually long length of 6:13. In those days, songs played on the radio were usually around three minutes long, as the New York Times noted in 2004. ...
Yeah, back in the day when "Like a Rolling Stone" was released, most radios were AM only.
Car radios were not required to receive FM until the 1970's.
When Did FM Radio First Become Available in Cars?
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Was there ever such a AM/FM mandate for non-vehicle radios, i.e., those in homes?
I cannot find one.
There was the non-duplication rule, though ...
FM Non-Duplication Rule
en.wikipedia.org
... The FM Non-Duplication Rule was adopted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on July 1, 1964, after a year's consideration.
It limited holders of FM licenses in cities of more than 100,000 who also held AM licenses to simulcasting no more than 50 percent of their AM signal on the FM station.
The commissioners considered the excessive simulcasting wasteful and an impediment to the development of FM broadcasting.
A year later, the FCC reaffirmed the rule, and, after a delay requested by broadcasters, set its effective date for October 1965; some stations were granted exemptions if they could demonstrate their simulcasting served the public good. ...
As I was growing up, we always had an AM/FM radio in the house. I remember listening to WABC in NYC on their FM channel, 95.5.
That non-duplication rule, though, gave rise to FM stations that would broadcast songs longer than the three minute limit of the AM stations.
Can you say WNEW-FM (102.7)? I knew you could.
Pres Trump to Americans ...
Opal - Happy Nightmare Baby (1987)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
...
Happy nightmare, baby
Happy nightmare, baby
Cause you're mine, all mine
We're gonna go for a ride
Gonna go for a ride
Down in the city tonight
Gonna be my baby
Will you be my baby?
Tonight, tonight
Our love is gone
Our love is gone
Into the night, into the night
Close your eyes, come along with me
Down into the bottom of the sea
Happy nightmare, baby
Happy nightmare, baby
Cause you're mine, all mine
...
Related ...
Palm Beach County rejects huge AI data center near Trump's Mar-a-Lago after resident backlash
www.yahoo.com
... "Not only is this AI Data Center a threat to the health, well-being, and safety of the hardworking, tax-paying residents of Palm Beach County and their families and children, it becomes a more extreme problem due to the fact that it will be constructed within 1,200 feet of Saddle View Elementary School and the preexisting Arden community and neighborhood," opposition organizers wrote on the NoToProjectTango.com website. ...[emphasis mine]
Meanwhile, towns and cities across the country are pausing or outright banning data center developments. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order earlier this week imposing the nation's first statewide moratorium on large-scale data centers.
Trump, in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday, slammed the move, saying, "New York State has made a terrible decision."
"Data Centers are tremendous WINS for the States and Communities that are lucky enough to get them. New York should change its Policy, IMMEDIATELY," wrote the president, who called data centers "Money Machines." ...
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'Not compatible': Palm Beach County rejects controversial Project Tango AI data center
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... Following months of mounting tension, Palm Beach County commissioners voted to deny a controversial expansion for Project Tango, officially blocking plans for a massive hyperscale data center near Loxahatchee's Arden neighborhood.
The final decision came after a high-stakes, marathon 12-hour hearing that drew massive crowds -- requiring overflow rooms to accommodate the public -- and drew intense responses that forced officers to escort a few residents out of the Robert Weisman Governmental Center.
The decisive 5-1 vote, with Commissioner Maria Marino as the lone yes vote, effectively halts the proposed 3.6-million-square-foot hyperscale artificial intelligence data center campus slated for the western part of the county. ...
@#3
Hey, don't dis the Groundhogs. :)
(btw, when I click on that link I see a David Bowie tune)
Groundhogs - Earth Shanty (1972)
www.youtube.com
Iran confirms mediator ceasefire proposals as it vows to fight on against US
www.msn.com
... Iran has received proposals from mediators to halt its war with the US, foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said at a Tehran press conference on July 20.
The confirmation, in remarks carried by state news agencies, is the first official acknowledgement of a live mediation track since the June 17 memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington collapsed, and follows reports that Qatar has floated a 10-day ceasefire plan after Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's condolence visit to Doha. ...
Taylor Farms lettuce sample produced false positive for cyclospora, FDA says
www.nbcnews.com
... The false positive was discovered when the agency again reviewed the results of a sample from Taylor Farms de Mexico. It doesn't change the company's earlier voluntary recall. ...
The false positive was discovered when the FDA again reviewed the results of a sample from Taylor Farms de Mexico that was reported positive Saturday.
"As of July 19, 2026, there are no confirmed positive sample results for product testing for Cyclospora," the agency said in its statement. ...
@#12 ... he jockeyed for a prime position in front of the group. ...
yeah, the tradition in such ceremonies is for the team and the coaches only to accept the accolades.
It was all but embarrassing to have to watch the FIFA president try to get Pres Trump out of the picture.