YokosoNews has been offering live, real-time English translation of NHK other Japanese-language networks on his Ustream channel. I'm listening to him as I watch NHK TV on my cable provider (Time Warner, Comcast, and others are offering the normally "premium" Japanese television network for free right now, in the wake of the disaster.)
Live, real-time English audio translation of Japan TV streams
China's space solar station could generate more energy in one year than all Earth's remaining oil
China's plan to build a massive solar power station in space could generate more energy in one year than all of Earth's remaining oil reserves. The proposed 0.6-mile-wide solar array,… READ THE REST
LA couple terrified after "watermelon-size" ice chunk crashes through roof — JetBlue plays innocent, but FAA disagrees
A Los Angeles couple is suing JetBlue after a huge block of ice "the size of a watermelon" fell from a plane and crashed through their roof — right into… READ THE REST
2018 essay: "The Case for Letting Malibu Burn"
Malibu mansions face the same statistical certainty of burning as inner-city tenements, yet receive vastly different levels of protection and support. As the late Mike Davis argued in his 2018… READ THE REST
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Drop your Dropbox subscription
TL;DR: Ditch your Dropbox or Google Drive subscription for cloud storage that's actually yours for life—Internxt's 10TB cloud storage plan is now $244.99 (reg. $2,999) with code STORAGE30. What do a bad… READ THE REST
Learn 14 languages at home with Babbel
TL;DR: Get lifetime access to Babbel's language learning app, featuring 10,000+ hours of content, 14 languages, and bite-sized lessons, for just $149.99 (originally $599)—only through January 25. Traveling the world is more… READ THE REST
