Daily Writing Tips: The Yiddish Handbook: 40 Words You Should Know
The Yiddish language is a wonderful source of rich expressions, especially terms of endearment (and of course, complaints and insults). This article is a follow up on Ten Yiddish Expressions You Should Know. Jewish scriptwriters introduced many Yiddish words into popular culture, which often changed the original meanings drastically. You might be surprised to learn how much Yiddish you already speak, but also, how many familiar words actually mean something different in real Yiddish.
There is no universally accepted transliteration or spelling; the standard YIVO version is based on the Eastern European Klal Yiddish dialect, while many Yiddish words found in English came from Southern Yiddish dialects. In the 1930s, Yiddish was spoken by more than 10 million people, but by 1945, 75% of them were gone. Today, Yiddish is the language of over 100 newspapers, magazines, radio broadcasts, and websites.
Electrek: Tesla shares impressive data point about its Supercharger network
Tesla has shared an impressive data point about its Supercharger network: 1.4 TWh of energy delivered in a single quarter.
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As for the CO2 offsetting, that’s purely based on how you power these charging stations, and thankfully, the grid is rapidly transitioning to renewable energy.
NewsNation: Boris Johnson alleges Benjamin Netanyahu may have bugged my bathroom
Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson alleged in an interview with The Telegraph that his staff found a “listening device” in his bathroom after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had used it in 2017.
Johnson had been a foreign secretary at the time.
Johnson claimed ahead of the release of his book “Unleashed” that he was told, “Later, when they (security) were doing a regular sweep for bugs, they found a listening device in the thunderbox.”
NewsNation: Supreme Court declines to block Biden limits on methane, toxic pollution
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to block Biden administration limits on planet-warming methane from oil and gas production and toxic pollution from coal plants.
The high court denied requests from red states and the industry to temporarily halt the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. It did not explain its reasons for doing so, and no dissents were noted.
The decision leaves two key rules in effect while cases against them play out in lower courts.
Ars Technica: Thousands of Linux systems infected by stealthy malware since 2021
Thousands of machines running Linux have been infected by a malware strain that’s notable for its stealth, the number of misconfigurations it can exploit, and the breadth of malicious activities it can perform, researchers reported Thursday.
The malware has been circulating since at least 2021. It gets installed by exploiting more than 20,000 common misconfigurations, a capability that may make millions of machines connected to the Internet potential targets, researchers from Aqua Security said. It can also exploit CVE-2023-33246, a vulnerability with a severity rating of 10 out of 10 that was patched last year in Apache RocketMQ, a messaging and streaming platform that’s found on many Linux machines. …
Last Updated: 04.Oct.2024 20:51 EDT
