Almanag July 25 2024 Almanac highlights
Almanac entry for July 25 2024 lists notable birthdays including Henry Knox Rosalind Franklin Walter Payton and Matt LeBlanc among others While noting the Viking Orbiter 1 image of the Face on Mars and a motivational quote by Iman the piece also cites the 2024 combined Teamsters SEIU membership about 3.2 million and the moon phase between July 21 full moon and July 27 last quarter.
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Henry Knox
U.S
Maxfield Parrish
Rosalind Franklin
Estelle Getty
Walter Payton
Iman
Thurston Moore
Geoffrey Zakarian
Matt LeBlanc
Lauren Faust
Mars
Teamsters
Service Employees International Union
Doping scandal shadows Paris Olympics for Chinese swimmers
Washington Post columnist Leana S. Wen reports a persistent doping controversy surrounding 23 Chinese swimmers found positive for trimetazidine and clenbuterol before Tokyo 2021. WADA allowed competition despite positive tests, sparking calls for accountability while rivals, schedules, and medals proceed under a cloud of suspected systemic doping and concealed sanctions.
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New York Times
Australia
Germany
Tokyo
China
WADA
WADAS
Olivier Rabin
Annex
Irene Mazzoni
Rabin
Mazzoni
Hiroshima
Perth
Times of London
Witold Banka
Why Our Days Grow Longer From Climate Change
ETH Zurich researchers show warming melts polar ice and makes Earth bulge at the equator, adding 0.3 to 1.3 milliseconds per century to the day. The study notes faster ice loss since 2000 and discusses negative leap seconds as a possible future fix. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lara Williams reports.
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ETH Zurich
Benedikt Soja
Soja
Greenland
Antarctica
Earth
Patrizia Tavella
Time Department
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Nature
Reddit
Australia
General Conference On
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the Chronicle-Telegram
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CrowdStrike woes and the efficiency trap in tech networks
Megan McArdle argues that a push for efficiency, exemplified by CrowdStrike’s Windows update disaster, exposes trade offs between cost saving and system resilience. She recalls 1990s shifts to just in time manufacturing and globalized supply chains, noting concentrated tech powers can both boost reliability and magnify widespread outages, urging cautious planning for redundancy and risk.
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China
Mexico
Germany
Japan
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Local Software Co
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