The mystery of the blue flower: Nature’s rare color owes its existence to bee vision PhysOrg
Corporate watchdog ASIC hit with cyber attack
The corporate watchdog says it has been hit with a cyber attack which allowed hackers to potentially access confidential documents filed by financial institutions.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) outed itself last night as the latest victim of the cyber-attackers who have been causing havoc in recent weeks for corporate users of software that allows people to transfer documents and attachments.
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A Cricket Australia report has cleared the six men ejected from their seats during the Sydney Test of racially abusing Mohammed Siraj as it emerged the Indian team had refused to keep playing until action was taken over their complaints to umpires.
India retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy last week by completing a dramatic 2-1 series victory at the Gabba, but the fallout from events at the SCG has continued after the victors’ return home to the subcontinent.
There’s an app for that! The notion that technology offers the best solution to any problem is appealing. And dangerous Danger of all eggs in digital basket
Spike Lee Gives Fiery Speech Comparing Trump To Hitler
Lee’s speech for the New York Film Critics Circle Awards was filmed on January 6 – the day when insurrectionists broke into the U.S. Capitol Building, hunting legislators and raiding offices. “We’re at the crossroads now. And everyone please be safe, this is not a game. These people have guns with ammunition. … This president, President Agent Orange, will go down in history with the likes of Hitler. These guys, all his boys, they are going down on the wrong side of history.” – USA Today
What We Expect From Revenge Fantasies
And what Emerald Fennell delivers – which is something different – in Promising Young Woman. “How do you write a revenge movie that feels like something real and that is based in real trauma and grief? Because I suppose the other thing with the revenge [genre] that we don’t talk about very much is revenge and vengeance aren’t good things.” – Vulture
Cody Wilson (J.D. 2020, SMU), Comment, Taxing Trades: Proposals to Keep Moneyball Out of Tax Law, 72 SMU L. Rev. 953 (2019):
Ever since professional sports first captivated the hearts and minds of American fans, team scouts have scoured the land for athletic talent. Upon discovery, scouts must gauge the discovered player’s worth to their team, which is done through both observation and statistical analysis commonly known as “Moneyball.” However, as economists note, such valuation methods often fall short. Nonetheless, following the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), current tax laws require that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents engage in the same player valuation conundrum to assess the tax consequences of trades between teams.
Wall Street Journal op-ed: God at the Inauguration, by Tevi Troy (presidential historian) & Stuart Halpern (Yeshiva University):
Presidential inaugural addresses are unpredictable, but it’s a good bet that they will refer to the Bible. President Biden did, quoting Psalm 30:5: “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” This is part of a welcome, long-running trend toward more religious language in public life.
Mr. Biden has cited Psalm 30 in speeches before, and it seems particularly apt in these dark times. Mr. Biden also encouraged his fellow Americans to “open our souls instead of hardening our hearts,” an allusion to God hardening Pharaoh’s heart, beginning with Exodus 7:13.