Articles by Anna Breuer
Why This Weekend’s Full Moon is Called the ‘Strawberry Moon’ and How Can You See It
The Strawberry Moon, a full moon phenomenon that occurs in June, is typically the last full moon of spring or the first of summer.
The full moon gently rose from the horizon at sunset and appeared unusually large and golden hued. It will look full from Friday night to Monday morning.
June’s full moon will reach peak illumination on Saturday at 11:43 p.m. Eastern Time.
For those in Argentina and Atlantic Daylight Time zones eastward …
Why the Return-to-Office Movement is Happening for the Wrong Reasons
Amazon employees staged a walkout on Thursday over two issues, one of which is the company’s return-to-office policy.
“By joining this walkout, you’ll join a group of Amazon employees who are pushing Amazon to do better on climate and intersecting issues, and together we can make a change at our company,” an employee group, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, said in a news release.
Several weeks ago, the company told its remote …
U.S. Airlines Prepare for Memorial Day Holiday Weekend Travel Surge
As Memorial Day weekend draws near – along with the unofficial start of the summer travel season – some ten million air travelers are expected to traverse the nation’s airports’ security checkpoints.
Some 2.6 million are expected to fly on Friday.
The nation’s airlines are promising not to repeat last summer’s travel chaos. That chaotic situation began a year ago this weekend and continued for several months.
Several airlines didn’t have the crews …
Fasten Your Seatbelts: World Meteorological Organization Warns Next 5 Years Will Be Hottest On Record
For the past three years, the World Health Organization has been one of the most mentioned global agencies in this space.
Now it’s time to give the World Meteorological Organization its due and it’s once again time to fasten your seatbelts as it’s going to be a bumpy and hot ride.
The WMO, which sadly unlike the World Health Organization does not form a TLA that is also a rock group, …
‘Leopoldstadt,’ ‘Some Like It Hot’ Lead 2023 Outer Critics Circle Awards
The Outer Critics Circle award winners for the 2022-2023 Broadway season were announced Tuesday morning. The awards encompass 27 categories and include both Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.
“Some Like It Hot” and “Leopoldstadt” were awarded Outstanding New Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Broadway Play, respectively, while “Parade” and “Topdog/Underdog” took home honors for Outstanding Revival of a Musical and a Play, respectively.
“Downstate” was recognized as Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and “The …
Today is Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Day: Here Is Almost Every Lie George Santos Uttered
While today is not a particular holiday of note, it may in the future go down as Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Day in honor of the day that Congressman George Santos was placed into federal custody after having been charged in a 13-count indictment.
The phrase “Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire” is a phrase that is used to taunt a liar, both by children and childish adults.
In this case, however, …
‘We Can’t Act Swiftly, Nimbly, Robustly if We Can’t See What is Happening From a Data Standpoint’
Good morning. This is Jonathan Spira reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from across the globe on the 1,154th day of the pandemic as well as Lost Sock Day. My research uncovered only that Lost Sock Day in the multi-player game Vintage Penguin, but the holiday’s actual origin remains a mystery. .
To celebrate the occasion, the Snow Forts in Vintage Penguin had their flags replaced with socks . …
