Don’t Send Checks Through the Mail. Just Don’t.

If you must, keep an eye on your account statements, experts say. Thieves steal checks from mailboxes, then alter the checks ...

How the USPS began in Philadelphia and its integral role in the American Revolution

Philadelphia is the proud birthplace of the United States Postal Service, and Benjamin Franklin is to thank for it all.
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This repository contains custom Perl and Bash scripts used for the following paper "Deep-branching Chloroflexota linages illuminate the eco-evolutionary foundation of cross ...

This script reads a multi-FASTA file (nucleotide or amino acid) and calculates the total number of sequences, the mean length of sequences, and the median length of sequences. It requires the BioPerl ...
KUNC

As mail ballots arrive, here's how Colorado prepares for Election Day

Colorado has mailed ballots to every active registered voter for more than a decade. To ensure these ballots are counted correctly on Election Day, county clerks spend months preparing. Get top ...
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GitHub to Disable npm Install Scripts by Default to Stop Supply Chain Attacks

GitHub has announced what it said are "breaking changes" coming to npm version 12, one of which turns off install scripts by default to combat software supply chain threats. The changes aim to combat ...
CNN

Postal Service won’t deliver mail ballots for states that don’t hand over voter lists, under plan for Trump directive

State election officials could soon face a stark choice: Hand over voter lists to the Trump administration or risk losing Postal Service delivery for mail-in ballots. That dilemma stems from newly ...