Mention of Richard Carrier was odd. The mythicist angle of Gospel accounts seems the least worthy of mention, even when the author encourages taking his work with the proverbial sodium. I like watching Tim O'Neill angrily refute everything Carrier says - he really doesn't like the guy.
Unity 7 HUD could search the menubar of any application. I was quite good at guessing the name of the function I wanted, far better than I was at finding it in menus. It looks like MATE, XFCE and i3 still have this.
cardholders Mastercard thinks will be “high-value”—predictions used to target certain people and encourage them to spend more money.
Sorry, I don't understand, perhaps because I am in the UK not US. My bank issues my Mastercard, so I don't have a direct relationship with them. How would they target me?
The main alarmist assertion has been rebutted by @Botanygeek on twitter. I tend to turn to him whenever a newspaper reports on any environmental story, the same way we have to show scepticism every time a newspaper reports on any "x cures y" story.