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to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
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Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
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Giving a copywriter edit privileges in the Figma
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Giving a copywriter edit privileges in the Figma
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design finally got a seat at the table
September 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
design finally got a seat at the table
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I literally do not understand what *any* of this shit means.
August 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I literally do not understand what *any* of this shit means.
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August 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Search For Self Called Off After 38 Years theonion.com/search-...
I’m so bad at quartile games
August 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I’m so bad at quartile games
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“It's almost like your own self that you’re communicating with,” says one psychedelic user, adding he’s tripped with his AI chatbot about a dozen times since April. “It's like your best friend. It’s kind of crazy.”
People Are Using AI Chatbots to Guide Their Psychedelic Trips
As psychedelic companies and therapy apps experiment with AI, people are already taking huge doses of drugs and using chatbots to process their trips.
wrd.cm
July 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“It's almost like your own self that you’re communicating with,” says one psychedelic user, adding he’s tripped with his AI chatbot about a dozen times since April. “It's like your best friend. It’s kind of crazy.”
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In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.
The Machine Stops
The neurologist Oliver Sacks on steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future.
www.newyorker.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
In a letter drawn from a posthumous collection of correspondence, published in 2019, the neurologist Oliver Sacks argued that society had no immunity to the seductions of digital life. “What we are seeing—and bringing on ourselves—resembles a neurological catastrophe on a gigantic scale,” he wrote.
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a couple years ago my therapist told me I had problems letting go of the past
July 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
a couple years ago my therapist told me I had problems letting go of the past
let the man have his cigs
June 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
let the man have his cigs
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
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Going great so far with Deepseek
January 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Going great so far with Deepseek
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Earth from Mars | NASA
December 31, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Earth from Mars | NASA
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PSA for cat owners in the US: cats have been contracting H5N1 (bird flu). They are very susceptible to it and the fatality rate for cats is 67%. To avoid it:
-keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice.
-do not feed them raw dairy
-do not feed them raw meat
-keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice.
-do not feed them raw dairy
-do not feed them raw meat
Cats in the U.S. Are Contracting Bird Flu: What Pet Parents Need to Know
Cases in domesticated cats have risen dramatically over the past year.
pethelpful.com
December 26, 2024 at 3:20 PM
PSA for cat owners in the US: cats have been contracting H5N1 (bird flu). They are very susceptible to it and the fatality rate for cats is 67%. To avoid it:
-keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice.
-do not feed them raw dairy
-do not feed them raw meat
-keep your cats indoors. They can catch it from infected birds and mice.
-do not feed them raw dairy
-do not feed them raw meat
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The planet Jupiter glowing in thermal infrared, as seen by the Gemini North telescope. The gas giant gives off more heat than it receives from the Sun.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA M.H. Wong
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA M.H. Wong
December 26, 2024 at 10:13 PM
The planet Jupiter glowing in thermal infrared, as seen by the Gemini North telescope. The gas giant gives off more heat than it receives from the Sun.
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA M.H. Wong
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA M.H. Wong
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a hamster is running in a clear cage in a room .
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December 2, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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A good rake is the best tool
December 2, 2024 at 9:04 PM
A good rake is the best tool
It's taken me 25 years but I beat a resident evil game
December 2, 2024 at 9:04 PM
It's taken me 25 years but I beat a resident evil game
Hyph Mngo / Wet Look 2020
December 2, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Hyph Mngo / Wet Look 2020