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Bernie Wang
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Retired US Navy Captain and Corvallis School Board Member. Landscape photographer, ai generative art
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Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/h...
Obamacare Prices Become Public, Highlighting Big Increases
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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A new study suggests that going on longer walks may have more health benefits than taking the same number of steps a day over multiple short walks.
Which Is Better, One Long Walk or Many Short Ones?
A new analysis is one of the first to study whether spacing steps out or consolidating them was linked to better health outcomes.
nyti.ms
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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A friend in Corvallis, Oregon sent me this one 🤣 #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
September 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Ore., to handle 'domestic terrorists'
President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
n.pr
September 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The decision, according to Trump, was necessary to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he described as “under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.”
Trump says he'll send troops to Portland to handle domestic terrorists
The decision, according to Trump, was necessary to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he described as “under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.”
l.euronews.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Column: For all the mythology, mountain lions pose almost no threat to humans.

They actually offer enormous benefits to humans, and restoring these big cats to their historical range could help the environment and us.
Column | I got nose-to-nose with a mountain lion. It was scary — and magical.
Mountain lions in your neighborhood could be just what you need. How restoring these big cats to their historical range could help the environment and us.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A new test from OpenAI aims to understand how close AI is to outperforming humans at economically valuable work.
OpenAI says GPT-5 stacks up to humans in a wide range of jobs | TechCrunch
A new test from OpenAI aims to understand how close AI is to outperforming humans at economically valuable work.
techcrunch.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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JUST IN from @jennifershutt.bsky.social: The White House has sent guidance to departments and agencies, telling them that if a shutdown begins Wednesday, they’re expected to institute mass firings and layoffs.

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...
Trump threatens mass firings of federal employees in a government shutdown
WASHINGTON — The White House has sent guidance to departments and agencies, telling them that if a shutdown begins Wednesday, they’re expected to institute mass firings and layoffs. The two-page memo,...
www.newsfromthestates.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Read @jackieschneider.bsky.social and Julia Macdonald on the history of U.S. drone innovation—and how Washington can “adapt to a new way of war already emerging in European and Middle Eastern conflicts.”
How to Lose the Drone War
American military doctrine is stifling innovation.
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The fabrication of data undermines American credibility and exports uncertainty into the international system, argue Sydney Saubestre and Prem M. Trivedi.
When U.S. Data Lies, the World Listens
The Trump administration’s manipulation of statistics is exporting uncertainty into the international system.
foreignpolicy.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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💉 Antibody signals for COVID risk

A study of 2,500 people found that tracking antibody levels after mRNA vaccination can reveal who stays protected and who faces higher risk of infection, guiding booster priorities.

🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scit...

#SciComm #COVID19 🧪 #Vaccines
Longitudinal antibody titers measured after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination can identify individuals at risk for subsequent infection
Individuals at high risk for subsequent SARS-CoV-2 infections can be identified by analyzing antibody titers over time.
doi.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Cruz admonishes the FCC for taking down Kimmel, calling Carr’s actions “dangerous as hell.”
Cruz calls out FCC for taking down Jimmy Kimmel
The Senate Commerce Committee chair called Brendan Carr's actions "dangerous as hell."
www.politico.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Did you know the Trump Administration has been demanding that states hand over ALL of your voter data? “It's literally everything that you would need to steal someone's identity,” says one expert.

More on what’s at stake:
The Trump Administration Wants Your Voter Registration Data. Why?
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Free speech scholars say ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely represents "jawboning," when government officials pressure private companies to suppress speech.
Legal experts say pulling Jimmy Kimmel from air may amount to illegal 'jawboning'
Free speech scholars say ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely represents "jawboning," when government officials pressure private companies to suppress speech.
n.pr
September 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
n.pr
September 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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NEW: The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive government data vulnerable to hacking.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation
The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive...
www.propublica.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions. www.wired.com/story/ice-ma...
These Are the 15 New York Officials ICE and NYPD Arrested in Manhattan
More than a dozen elected officials were arrested in or around 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, where ICE detains people in what courts have ruled are unsanitary conditions.
www.wired.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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JUST IN: Vaccine advisers to the CDC have voted to recommended against using the combined measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine for children under 4. https://cnn.it/3K73pNn
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM