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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Leadership isn't a gala with billionaires at Mar-a-Lago; it’s a surprise visit to a children’s hospital. Remember which one actually served the people.
December 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Leadership isn't a gala with billionaires at Mar-a-Lago; it’s a surprise visit to a children’s hospital. Remember which one actually served the people.
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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MIT recently completed the first brain-scan study on #ChatGPT users—and the results are deeply revealing.
Rather than boosting brain function, prolonged #AI use may be dulling it. #science #MIT #brainscience #sciencesky
www.media.mit.edu/projects/you...
Rather than boosting brain function, prolonged #AI use may be dulling it. #science #MIT #brainscience #sciencesky
www.media.mit.edu/projects/you...
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
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Strongly recommend pairing Nuclear War: A Scenario (book) www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-... with A House of Dynamite (Netflix) www.metacritic.com/movie/a-hous...
Nuclear War: A Scenario
“In , Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what could happen if our nuclear guardians fail…Terrifying.”—
Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear mili...
www.amazon.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Strongly recommend pairing Nuclear War: A Scenario (book) www.amazon.com/Nuclear-War-... with A House of Dynamite (Netflix) www.metacritic.com/movie/a-hous...
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Yes indeed! What do you do when you're covering a lying, bloviating politician who revels in attention, good or bad? Ignoring him or covering him neutrally or even covering him critically doesn't work. You've got to try something different! Clip and save this chart:
October 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Yes indeed! What do you do when you're covering a lying, bloviating politician who revels in attention, good or bad? Ignoring him or covering him neutrally or even covering him critically doesn't work. You've got to try something different! Clip and save this chart:
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THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!
September 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
THE HYPOCRISY IS THE POINT!!
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Disney: capitulating right away when the core idea of your major franchises is creative resistance.
September 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Disney: capitulating right away when the core idea of your major franchises is creative resistance.
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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19 drones launched over several hours, from Russia and Belarus, into Poland, were not a mistake. Many of them did not carry explosives, so they had not gone astray in Ukraine....they were a probe of Poland, NATO and Trump.
September 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
19 drones launched over several hours, from Russia and Belarus, into Poland, were not a mistake. Many of them did not carry explosives, so they had not gone astray in Ukraine....they were a probe of Poland, NATO and Trump.
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Measles was eradicated with the vaccine, which is 97% effective at preventing measles.
Antivaxxers are the ones keeping people sick for profit.
Antivaxxers are the ones keeping people sick for profit.
As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Measles was eradicated with the vaccine, which is 97% effective at preventing measles.
Antivaxxers are the ones keeping people sick for profit.
Antivaxxers are the ones keeping people sick for profit.
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This is important. "Battery electric vehicle ownership leads to an overall increase in car trip demand in the order of 10–20%. This reflects shifts from ICEV to BEV use, but also sizeable shifts away from public transport use, cycling and walking"
Fewer cars.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fewer cars.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of battery-electric vehicle ownership on transport demand and substitution between modes
Transport decarbonization is a key part of moves to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. A major component of this involves shifting private car us…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is important. "Battery electric vehicle ownership leads to an overall increase in car trip demand in the order of 10–20%. This reflects shifts from ICEV to BEV use, but also sizeable shifts away from public transport use, cycling and walking"
Fewer cars.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fewer cars.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge.
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Why Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? It’s a Threat to American Democracy
Masked Federal Agents Are Undermining Trust—and Democracy
adamkinzinger.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge.
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
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Guy who has golfed 33 days this year thinks Americans need to work more.
June 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Guy who has golfed 33 days this year thinks Americans need to work more.
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America, you didn't ask for it, but it's come to this. Time to suit up.
#HongKong #DemocracyNow #NationalGuard #ICE #DHS #LA #HowToAvoidSurveillance #Protest #StopTheCoup
#HongKong #DemocracyNow #NationalGuard #ICE #DHS #LA #HowToAvoidSurveillance #Protest #StopTheCoup
June 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
America, you didn't ask for it, but it's come to this. Time to suit up.
#HongKong #DemocracyNow #NationalGuard #ICE #DHS #LA #HowToAvoidSurveillance #Protest #StopTheCoup
#HongKong #DemocracyNow #NationalGuard #ICE #DHS #LA #HowToAvoidSurveillance #Protest #StopTheCoup
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Fields covered with fiber optic lines on the front lines.
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Fields covered with fiber optic lines on the front lines.
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Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com/science-and-...
May 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain
economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com/science-and-...
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Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins