Commentary: Remote work risks making low-wage jobs worse
Most work-from-home employees aren’t high earners, and managers find it all too easy to ignore their input, says Sarah Green Carmichael for Bloomberg Opinion.
Day: August 5, 2023
Parkland High School shooting reenactment
A re-enactment of the Parkland, Florida high school shooting took place as a part of the ongoing civil lawsuit against former school officer Scot Peterson.
At 42, Meghan Markle looks to her future brand
Harry and Meghan stepped away from royal duties in March 2020 amid claims of intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media toward the duchess.
Rescued walrus calf gets cuddles in Alaska
A walrus calf is being nursed back to health after being found on its own by oil field workers in Alaska. Staff at the Alaska SeaLife Center are “cuddling” the animal to help keep him calm. (Aug. 4)
Man shot, killed by police at Town Brookhaven ID-ed
The identity of the man who was killed in a police-involved shooting in Brookhaven. The GBI says 47-year-old Andrew Wesley Dix was armed with a knife and yelling at shoppers at the Town Brookhaven shopping center on Monday night.
Domestic airfare drops
It is cheaper to hit the skies if you’re flying to somewhere in the United States. Hopper says airlines have slashed round-trip flights within the U.S. to a current average of $285.
Christie meets President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ukraine
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie makes a surprise visit to Ukraine.
Dangerous algae bloom on Lake Peachtree
A metro Atlanta reservoir looks picturesque, but it’s a different story on the ground. Lake Peachtree has closed to swimming after workers found what they thought was a major paint spill, but turned out to be a dangerous algae bloom.
Qualcomm, One of Arm’s Biggest Customers, Starts a RISC-V Joint Venture
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Arm is facing down its biggest competition ever, with the up-and-coming RISC-V architecture threatening to unseat it as the CPU at the center of almost every portable device. Now, one of Arm’s bigg…
Tweets On The Russia – Ukraine War
Russia’s Defense Ministry claims it thwarted an unmanned boat attack on its naval base in the Black Sea.
Follow our live updates: https://t.co/BhIX47JOBv
— DW News (@dwnews) August 4, 2023
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 04 August 2023.
Find out more about Defence Intelligence’s use of language: https://t.co/9rNuLubGUD pic.twitter.com/cVa2gHz74G
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) August 4, 2023
Here are today’s control-of-terrain maps of #Russia‘s invasion of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats.
Interactive map, updated daily: https://t.co/hwgxTnU2TrArchive of time-lapse maps, updated monthly: https://t.co/IT6FiqwgGO pic.twitter.com/e9YCtVRUjg
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) August 4, 2023
Ukraine’s security service has released footage that appears to show a sea drone hitting a Russian warship.
Russia’s Defense Ministry earlier claimed it repelled an unmanned boat attack near its base in the Black Sea.https://t.co/8yIivwsBi6 pic.twitter.com/urd9ISfCo9
— DW News (@dwnews) August 4, 2023
Most Americans oppose more funding for Ukraine – poll
A majority of respondents (55%) in a new CNN poll would oppose Congress approving more funds to support Kyiv.
Slightly more than half (51 percent) say that Washington has already done enough to support Kyiv, while only 68… pic.twitter.com/ZJXaqX4WLX
— Sprinter (@Sprinter99800) August 4, 2023
BREAKING: A Russian court convicted Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and sentenced him to 19 years in prison, his third and longest prison term. Navalny is already serving a nine-year term on charges he says were politically motivated. https://t.co/r95bTloIwq
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 4, 2023
Sixteen people who were allegedly spying for Russia have been detained by Poland. Warsaw has been alarmed by the movement of thousands of Wagner mercenary fighters near the Belarusian border. https://t.co/BKka9j2Y6F
— DW News (@dwnews) August 4, 2023
Ukraine’s invisible battle to jam Russian weapons https://t.co/f9m8I3sBM0
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 4, 2023