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Average American starts caring about their skin at this age

Americans only start taking their sun-related skincare seriously at age 26, according to new research. The poll of 2,000 U.S. adults found that before their mid-20’s, Americans aren’t taking proper care of their skin — which might be why respondents are four times as likely to get scalded by the sun than they are to use sunscreen. The survey found 79% have experienced sunburn, while only a fifth admit to using facial sunscreen (20%) or body sunscreen (21%) daily. Commissioned by Melanoma Research Alliance, the largest private nonprofit funder of melanoma research, and conducted by Talker Research, the survey also looked at the habits of different generations regarding sun protection. Source: www.yahoo.com

Karl The Fog August 30, 2024

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The Supreme Court Just Signaled What It Will Do If the Election Is Close

The legal warfare over the 2024 election is well underway. The MAGA shenanigans of the Georgia election board have overshadowed disturbing developments in Arizona. Last week, the Supreme Court signaled it would revisit an issue it had settled over a decade ago, allowing a new Arizona law to go into effect requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Reopening the issue at the last minute and after registration has begun, the justices are fomenting a false public narrative that noncitizens are a threat to U.S. elections. This is the latest signal that the justices are in cahoots with former President Donald Trump and may be prepared to meddle in the election—unless it is decided by margins too large to tamper with.The case is Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota, where the Republican National Committee requested eleventh-hour “emergency” changes […]

Karl The Fog August 29, 2024

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Shotwell St. neighbors sue city over vagrancy, sex workers

Five neighbors of Showell Street in the Mission District filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against San Francisco over what they called the city’s inability to address sex work on their street, as well as frequent public urination and drinking at Jose Coronado Playground.The filing of a lawsuit has quickly resulted in action: Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Hillary Ronen this morning announced via a press release that the city will install barricades and cameras along Shotwell, similar to the barriers on Capp Street nearby, to deter sex work and cruising. The city will also start issuing “Dear John” warning letters that would be mailed to the owners of cars “seen in a known area for prostitution activity” in order to “discourage such behavior by notifying drivers” — and, perhaps, their families. “Additionally, it is possible that others residing at the vehicle owner’s […]

Karl The Fog August 29, 2024

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Why Russia has struggled to halt Ukraine’s incursion in the Kursk region

After three weeks of fighting, Russia is still struggling to dislodge Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region, a surprisingly slow and low-key response to the first occupation of its territory since World War II.It all comes down to Russian manpower and Russian priorities.With the bulk of its military pressing offensives inside Ukraine, the Kremlin appears to lack enough reserves for now to drive out Kyiv's forces.President Vladimir Putin doesn’t seem to view the attack — or at least, give the impression that he views it — as a grave enough threat to warrant pulling troops from eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, his priority target.“Putin’s focus is on the collapse of the Ukrainian state, which he believes will automatically render any territorial control irrelevant,” wrote Tatiana Stanovaya, senior fellow at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.Putin's prioritiesMonths after launching the full-scale invasion in […]

Karl The Fog August 29, 2024

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$22M raised so far, majority in big gifts

It’s election season in San Francisco, and the money is pouring in: About $22 million has been raised for the November races so far, according to local filings, with much of that going into ballot measures and the race for the mayor’s office.About 69 percent of the spending, or $15 million, comes from large donations — amounts over $1,000. Those donations — mostly made to political action committees to get around the city’s $500 donation cap for candidates — represent less than 2 percent of the number of total contributions. The remaining 98 percent of contributions constitute much smaller donations — on average $292 apiece — and add up to just $6.9 million so far. Those small-dollar donations are also bolstered by another $5.2 million in matching city public financing, which awards candidates six-to-one matching funds. That brings the total money […]

Karl The Fog August 28, 2024

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Nvidia reports record quarterly revenue as AI chip demand continues

US computer chip giant Nvidia has reported record quarterly revenue of 30 billion dollars (£22.7 billion) in its latest round of financial results.The figure is up 15% on the last quarter, and up 122% on the same period a year ago as the firm continues to benefit from the rise of generative AI.Many of the world’s largest tech and AI companies rely on Nvidia’s chips and data centres to provide the computing power to create, train and develop new AI tools.In its quarterly results for the three months to July 28, the company said that revenue from the data centre portion of its business was a record 26.3 billion dollars (£19.9 billion) – up 16% on the previous quarter and 154% higher than this time last year.The results beat many analysts’ expectations.Jensen Huang, founder and chief executive of the US […]

Karl The Fog August 28, 2024

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Outer Sunset merchants grill Safaí on Great Highway

Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Ahsha Safaí. Read earlier dispatches here.The fog rolled in on the Upper Great Highway around noon on Tuesday, and dozens of cars drove down the oceanside road. Two blocks east of the highway, some 15 business owners of the Outer Sunset Merchant Association met with major mayoral candidates at the Outerlands restaurant on Judah Street and 45th Avenue — and the Upper Great Highway’s potential closure is on the top of everyone’s mind. A 2-mile stretch of the highway connecting San Francisco’s westside to Daly City and regions further down the Peninsula may be quite different after Election Day, if a ballot measure mandating its closure passes.The issue has become hotly contested: Dueling rallies took place over the […]

Karl The Fog August 28, 2024

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Two more Chinese airlines to start flying China-made COMAC C919 jet

BEIJING (Reuters) - Air China and China Southern Airlines will become the second and third Chinese carriers to fly China's homegrown COMAC C919 passenger jet when their first planes are delivered on Wednesday, state-run Chinese Central TV said.Chinese planemaker COMAC is trying to break into a passenger jet market dominated by Western manufacturers Airbus and Boeing that has been strained by aircraft shortages and a Boeing safety crisis.The C919 entered domestic service in May last year with China Eastern, which flies seven of the jets domestically.China's three big state-owned airlines have each ordered 100 C919s, and COMAC has said more than 1,000 have been ordered overall.China Southern last week said on social media platform Weibo that the first C919 would be integrated into its fleet by Wednesday.The C919 seats up to 192 people and is in a similar category as […]

Karl The Fog August 28, 2024

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District 5 candidates weigh in — or don’t — on District Attorney race

Here’s the latest in our “Meet the Candidates” series for District 5, in which we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election. Four candidates are challenging incumbent Supervisor Dean Preston to represent District 5, which spans from the east end of Golden Gate Park through Haight-Ashbury, Japantown and the Western Addition, the Lower Haight and Hayes Valley, and most of the Tenderloin.This week, we asked candidates about another election that’s coming up, for district attorney. After a heated recall of DA Chesa Boudin in 2022 and his replacement by his former employee, now-DA Brooke Jenkins, another former employee, Ryan Khojasteh, has stepped up to challenge Jenkins. Some favor Jenkins while others like Khojasteh. But for all the talk of different public safety approaches to crime this election cycle, a couple District 5 candidates […]

Karl The Fog August 27, 2024

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