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Jill Jacobson death: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Who’s the Boss star dies, aged 70
1 week ago

Jill Jacobson death: Star Trek: The Next Generation and Who’s the Boss star dies, aged 70

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She then went on to appear on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Vanessa in …

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Two ambitious plays by Tom Jacobson on rise of Nazism are unsettling in their timeliness
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Two ambitious plays by Tom Jacobson on rise of Nazism are unsettling in their timeliness

LA Times  

The temptation for a writer following in Shakespeare’s history-play footsteps is to let history do the talking. “Crevasse,” the better of the two plays, now having its world premiere at the Victory Theatre Center, revolves around German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, who became a darling of Hitler’s and one of his most prominent enablers. “The Bauhaus Project,” a two-part epic playing …

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Dick Smith says no country has ever been able to run entirely on renewables. Is that correct?
9 months ago

Dick Smith says no country has ever been able to run entirely on renewables. Is that correct?

ABC  

CheckMate March 22, 2024 This week, CheckMate examines two claims — one each from businessman Dick Smith and energy minister Chris Bowen — related to the renewed debate around a possible introduction of nuclear power in Australia. "Several countries already run their electricity systems on 100 per cent renewables," he said in an email, noting that such places relied heavily …

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What offshore wind power could mean for California (when turbines eventually start spinning)
1 year, 11 months ago

What offshore wind power could mean for California (when turbines eventually start spinning)

LA Times  

A floating offshore wind farm in Scotland, operated by Equinor, an international energy company. According to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the newly auctioned parcels have “the potential to produce over 4.6 gigawatts of offshore wind energy, enough to power over 1.5 million homes.” If you’re like me and Marty McFly, you’re probably wondering: What the hell is a …

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California makes plans to be the nation’s abortion provider in a post-Roe world
3 years, 1 month ago

California makes plans to be the nation’s abortion provider in a post-Roe world

LA Times  

With access to abortion at stake across the U.S., California is getting ready to become the nation’s abortion provider. Though the nine clinics can absorb that slow trickle, they expect up to 50 out-of-state patients a week if the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority guts abortion rights nationally, Jacobson said. “It’s about making it easy for people to access abortion …

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The Supreme Court’s latest ruling exposes personal fissures among the nine justices
4 years ago

The Supreme Court’s latest ruling exposes personal fissures among the nine justices

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court’s rejection of New York’s pandemic limits on religious services exposed personal fissures among the nine justices and offered the starkest rendering yet of President Donald Trump’s impact on the bench. Striking chords similar to Trump’s anti-mask, anti-restriction rhetoric, Alito had declared to the Federalist Society, “The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual …

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