Miscellaneous
Can The IRS Be Trusted With Your Data?
A scathing report calls into question the agency’s ability to protect the sensitive information it collects. Can The IRS Be Trusted With Your Data? Like many Americans, I tend to feel generous this time of year — not only because it’s the season for giving, but also for the tax…
Yosemite Is Forcing Native American Homeowners To Leave Without Compensation. Here’s Why
The week before Christmas, residents of the El Portal Trailer Park got letters from Yosemite National Park saying they have to remove or surrender their homes by early 2022 because Yosemite has other plans for the trailer park and is worried about power lines there that Yosemite owns. Yosemite Is…
Pay-By-The-Mile Insurance
Most car insurance companies offer low-mileage discounts, but some also offer pay-per-mile policies that can put money back into the pockets of low-mileage drivers. Pay-By-The-Mile Insurance Got a car that sits in the garage most days? Are you retired, or do you work from home? If so, you may be…
Best Travel Credit Cards of 2022-2025
Our top picks will get you in the air or on the road quick, thanks to generous rewards. Best Travel Credit Cards of 2022-2025 If you’d like to travel the country—or the world—for less, a new travel rewards credit card can be a great place to start. Who wouldn’t benefit…
Blockchain Brings Unicorns To Millennials
Younger generations should have a shot at affordably investing in the companies they’ve been explaining to their parents. Blockchain Brings Unicorns To Millennials Why should only the wealthy get to ride unicorns to further riches? [caption id="attachment_37076" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Why Shouldn’t Millennials Get A Piece Of The Big Startups?[/caption] Privately…
Green Comet Will Be Visible As It Passes By Earth For First Time In 50,000 Years
First sited by Hirosha Sato March 2, 2022. A few weeks after the initial discovery, Veres and his staff declared ZTF0Nf7 to be a comet (not an asteroid) and, along with established norms, named it C/2022 E3 ZTF, after its discoverers, the staff of Zwicky. Green Comet Will Be Visible…
Wordle Is The New “Lingo” Turning Fans Into Argumentative Strategy Nerds
Wordle Has Turned Fans of Word Games Into Argumentative Strategy Nerds. Wordle Is The New Lingo Turning Fans Into Argumentative Strategy Nerds Hugely popular online game requires players to guess a new five-letter word each day; ‘His plotting frustrates me!’ Wordle, a once-a-day online word game, has taken the world…
New York, California, New Jersey, And Alabama Move To Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Foam
New York Moves To Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Foam. New York, California, New Jersey, And Alabama Move To Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Firefighting Foam [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaxsaY9lIWE&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaOu1XBQ_0evnJ0OuaAQqi-F[/embed] New York enacted a ban on the use, manufacture, sale, or distribution of firefighting foam and equipment containing fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, unless…
The Mystery Of The Wasting House-Cats
Forty years ago, feline hyperthyroidism was virtually nonexistent. Now it’s an epidemic — and some scientists think a class of everyday chemicals might be to blame. The Mystery Of The Wasting House-Cats [caption id="attachment_9424" align="aligncenter" width="500"] La-Z-Bonz Is Chill’n[/caption] Most days, the back room of the Animal Endocrine Clinic…
What Pet Owners Should Know About Chronic Kidney Disease In Dogs And Cats
International Renal Interest Society (IRIS) Educational Topics. IRIS was created to advance the scientific understanding of kidney diseases in small animals. What Pet Owners Should Know About Chronic Kidney Disease In Dogs And Cats A primary mission of IRIS is to help pet owners and veterinary practitioners better diagnose,…
Pets Score Company Perks As The ‘New Dependents’
Benefits for household animals are on the rise during surge in pandemic puppy adoptions. Pets Score Company Perks As The ‘New Dependents’ After earning a promotion in May, 27-year-old Maribeliz Ortiz felt ready for the next step in life, and young Niko was definitely her type: brown-eyed and…
Why Is My Cat Rubbing His Face In Ants?
This morning my cat started to rub his face in a bunch of ants and then he was eating some. Why Is My Cat Rubbing His Face In Ants? They were crawling all over him. Then he started to roll over them and rub his body all over them. After…