Banks aren’t equipped to interpret women’s biographies
Marriage, divorce and name changes after divorce are common life events for millions of women and will trigger documentation requirements that most men will not face. Source link
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Michigan Lawmakers Give Mackinac Island Control of Ferry Rates. Neighbors Aren’t Happy
The Michigan House on Thursday OK’d a bill that would give Mackinac Island authority over all aspects of ferry services to the tourist destination, including prices for not only fares but also parking and baggage handling. Just before the start of the Memorial Day weekend, the House passed Senate Bill 304 by a 91-16 vote Thursday, with all opposition coming from Republicans. The legislation now goes to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Because it amends the island’s charter, it would only take effect if a majority of its residents approve it. Both St. Ignace and Mackinaw City oppose the legislation because it gives the smaller city power to control parking rates in their municipalities. “This was a tough fight — but sometimes as legislators we have to be willing to take a hard stance and take a few arrows to do what is right,” state Sen. John Damoose, R-Harbor Springs, wrote in a statement on social media. Since Hoffman Marine bought the two ferry services to the island — Shepler’s Inc. and Arnold Transit — in 2004, …
7 Men’s Summer Shirts That Aren’t Boring
The shirt is one of the oldest garments in menswear. It’s the backbone of tailoring, a cornerstone of smart-casual style, and it plays an important role in casual wardrobes too. That being said, as dress codes have loosened up over the decades, the T-shirt has all but replaced it as the average guy’s daily driver. This shift has left the humble shirt with a lingering feeling of fustiness, albeit undeserved. People hear ‘shirt’, and they tend to think white, plain, stiff and serious. It’s not entirely untrue – dress shirts and simple Oxfords are some of the most common versions around. But in summer, the shirt comes out of its shell. Colours, prints, patterns, interesting textures. Sure, you could pick a boring old pale-blue short-sleeve, but here are seven quirky alternatives we think you should try instead. Crochet Away Wax London Reiss Aliso Cotton-Blend Tape-Trim Crochet Shirt Wax London Porto – Multicolour Splash Crochet Shirt Percival Wade Crochet Boxy Shirt Knits and crochet tend to be spoken about most in the context of winter dressing, …
I’m done being told women are ‘too angry’ – aren’t you?
Join the Independent Women newsletter with Victoria Richards for a thoughtful take on the week’s headlines Join the Independent Women newsletter Join the Independent Women newsletter The column below is an excerpt from Victoria Richards’ weekly Independent Women newsletter. To get it delivered straight to your inbox enter your email into the box above. I’ve been called an “angry woman” more times than I can remember. One man once remarked that he understood that I was a feminist, but “why do you have to be so angry about it?” My natural response to that was to shrug and say: but of course I’m angry. The real question I wanted to ask is: why aren’t you? I am here for all of the angry women; the incandescent, fire-lit women; the “hysterical” women – and did you know that the origin of the word “hysteria” comes from the ancient Greek word hystera, meaning uterus, or womb? For thousands of years, male physicians would attribute any unexplained emotional outbursts in women – including fainting and physical ailments – …
Microsoft’s carbon removal plans aren’t dead after all
Microsoft is purchasing 650,000 metric tons of carbon removal credits from startup BioCirc, the company said today. As carbon removal deals go, it’s not a big buy. But this one is notable because last month, two reports said the tech giant was pausing its carbon removal deals. BioCirc confirmed for TechCrunch that the purchase agreement was signed in May, weeks after Microsoft reportedly paused new deals. For the carbon removal industry — and the startups that depend on it — there’s a big difference between a pause and a recalibration. Microsoft is reportedly responsible for more than 90% of the carbon removal credit market, meaning its purchasing decisions alone can determine whether young companies in the space survive. Microsoft repeatedly denied that it had paused its carbon removal purchases. “Our carbon removal program has not ended,” Melanie Nakagawa, chief sustainability officer at Microsoft, told TechCrunch in a statement. “At times we may adjust the pace or volume of our carbon removal procurement as we continue to refine our approach toward sustainability goals.” The new deal …
Most of your opinions aren’t yours — and a philosopher has a name for it
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote that we are all just quotations of our ancestors. The institutions we operate under were made hundreds or thousands of years ago. The values we hold were passed down from ancient philosophers and holy books. The way we think, talk, and behave toward one another is the way our long-dead forebears liked to do it. We inherit ways of seeing the world. A lot is being written about how AI risks dumbing us down. We outsource thinking to ChatGPT and trust an LLM’s output or understanding more than our own. But there is a more ancient outsourcing going on — one in which we think the thoughts our ancestors thought. Someone with authority tells us it’s right, so we say it’s right. Everyone’s always done it this way, so I’ll carry on doing it this way. The good news is that we can notice this and take steps to challenge it. The bad news is that most of the time, we don’t. Closing the world In this week’s Mini Philosophy …
Four AI supply-chain attacks in 50 days exposed the release pipeline red teams aren’t covering
Four supply-chain incidents hit OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta in 50 days: three adversary-driven attacks and one self-inflicted packaging failure. None targeted the model, and all four exposed the same gap: release pipelines, dependency hooks, CI runners, and packaging gates that no system card, AISI evaluation, or Gray Swan red-team exercise has ever scoped. On May 11, 2026, a self-propagating worm called Mini Shai-Hulud published 84 malicious package versions across 42 @tanstack/* npm packages in six minutes flat. The worm rode in on release.yml, chaining a pull_request_target misconfiguration, GitHub Actions cache poisoning, and OIDC token extraction from runner memory to hijack TanStack’s own trusted release pipeline. The packages carried valid SLSA Build Level 3 provenance because they were published from the correct repository, by the correct workflow, using a legitimately minted OIDC token. No maintainer password was phished. No 2FA prompt was intercepted. The trust model worked exactly as designed and still produced 84 malicious artifacts. Two days later, OpenAI confirmed that two employee devices were compromised and credential material was exfiltrated from internal code repositories. …
Responses aren’t enough to address Colorado River crisis, experts say
Among the leading experts who study the Colorado River, Anne Castle stands out. During the Obama administration, she was assistant secretary for water and science at the Interior Department. During the Biden administration, she served on the Upper Colorado River Commission. She is now a senior fellow at the University of Colorado Law School Getches-Wilkinson Center. So when I was moderating an online panel last week, I thought Castle would be the ideal person to answer this question: How far are western states’ leaders from really addressing the Colorado River crisis? Her answer: Nowhere near. Last year, the total water used (plus water lost to evaporation) was 3 million acre-feet more than what the river actually carried. That’s possible because the region is drawing heavily from the Colorado’s giant reservoirs, where water levels are dropping. How much is that overdraft? It’s nearly as much as all the water that flowed from 19 million people’s taps across Southern California last year. “This year, there’s going to be even less water available,” Castle said. Indeed, there is …
Ads Aren’t in the Apple Maps App Yet, But They’re Coming Soon
Apple released iOS 26.5 yesterday with a new Suggested Places feature in the Apple Maps app, which is a precursor to the ads that Apple plans to start showing later this year. There was some confusion over whether ads are live, but as of now, the Apple Maps app still doesn’t have ads. Apple did start laying the groundwork for ads in iOS 26.5 and tested a splash screen, but no ads appeared during the beta testing period or after launch. When Apple announced plans to bring ads to the Maps app in March, it said that ads will be implemented in the United States and Canada “this summer.” Astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere starts on June 21 and ends on September 22. Meteorologically, summer begins on June 1 and lasts through August, so depending on Apple’s definition of summer, we’ll get ads in Maps sometime between June 1 and September 22. Ads will be displayed in Apple Maps search results and in the new Suggested Places section added in iOS 26.5. Suggested Places …
Hiltzik: Why the Trump accounts aren’t good for everyone
Proponents say the Trump accounts will be better than Social Security. Don’t believe them. Here’s a riddle for you: A conservative Republican senator, a top economic advisor to the Trump White House and a venture capitalist walk into a conference room at a financial forum and claim a new government program will be a boon for all American families. Question: Do you think these people are looking out for your interests? If you trust Sen. Ted Cruz, economic advisor Kevin Hassett and millionaire Brad Gerstner to do so, feel free to stop reading here. Here’s the dirty little secret: Trump accounts are Social Security personal accounts. — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) reveals that Trump accounts are designed to threaten Social Security If you’re skeptical, read on. But keep in mind that Cruz (R-Texas) was last seen in these pages promoting yet another big tax break for the 1%, Hassett appeared the other day on Fox Business arguing that while Americans are spending a lot more on gasoline, “they’re spending more on everything else too” on …