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If you pattent something designed to increase safety: safety was never the goal.
Universal patents new ways to check ride safety after tourist died on roller coast
Universal patents new ways to check ride safety after tourist died on roller coast
Universal patents new ways to check ride safety after tourist died on roller coast
www.independent.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you pattent something designed to increase safety: safety was never the goal.
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He doesn’t care about you.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
He doesn’t care about you.
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We are living at a time when university leadership amplifies anti-intellectual tropes and technologies
These are very troubling times
These are very troubling times
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We are living at a time when university leadership amplifies anti-intellectual tropes and technologies
These are very troubling times
These are very troubling times
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We didn’t realize how bad Trump’s Biden-derangement syndrome really is. The first analysis found that he mentioned “Biden” an average of 6.32 times per day. That number has since climbed it’s now just over seven times a day.
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We didn’t realize how bad Trump’s Biden-derangement syndrome really is. The first analysis found that he mentioned “Biden” an average of 6.32 times per day. That number has since climbed it’s now just over seven times a day.
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The Defense Department opened an investigation into Senator Mark Kelly (a former Navy captain and astronaut) after he appeared in a video urging service members to reject unlawful commands.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Defense Department opened an investigation into Senator Mark Kelly (a former Navy captain and astronaut) after he appeared in a video urging service members to reject unlawful commands.
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"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
November 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
~ Søren Kierkegaard
November Afternoon (1881)
🎨 Alfred Sisley
This is an exceedingly good point!
Article says private jets are 1/6 of all traffic handled by FAA and entire reduction in FAA load could be shouldered by grounding private jets. No need to affect commercial flights.
These millionaires have a suggestion for the FAA: Cancel all private jet flights during the shutdown
Private jets make up one in six flights handled by the FAA, and taxpayers already foot the bill for their 'jet setting,' says Patriotic Millionaires.
www.fastcompany.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is an exceedingly good point!
Homefront was a good game, we didn't learn anything from it though.
UK probes whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar on.ft.com/4qPJtiF
UK probes whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar
Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company
on.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Homefront was a good game, we didn't learn anything from it though.
It really is going to be bad this time.
Breaking news: The Federal Reserve cut interest rates again, seeking to steady a weakening labor market, while a month-long government shutdown has clouded its view of the economy.
Fed cuts rates again as shutdown clouds view of economy
The Fed cut interest rates slightly on Wednesday to steady the economy amid a weakening job market, as a long government shutdown has clouded its view of the economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It really is going to be bad this time.
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the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the amount of academic research now using llms in research (synthetic data generation, to classify, annotate, or analyse large scale data, etc) is astounding. remember, just cus use of llms in research is becoming normalised does NOT erase the fact it degrades the research & undermine your results
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Why are there stories analyzing Reagans tariff speech? The STORY is "Manbaby President Threw a Hissy Fit Because of an Ad Quoting Ronald Reagan"
October 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Why are there stories analyzing Reagans tariff speech? The STORY is "Manbaby President Threw a Hissy Fit Because of an Ad Quoting Ronald Reagan"
Driverless cars are one thing, a driverless cop car involved in a high speed chase is another animal. When there's a mishap, and there will be, who's going to be suspended w/ pay?
hear me out: what if we didn't test a self-driving cop car that launches drones
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October 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Driverless cars are one thing, a driverless cop car involved in a high speed chase is another animal. When there's a mishap, and there will be, who's going to be suspended w/ pay?
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amazing opening
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
amazing opening
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
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A rare hybrid bird was identified as the first recorded natural occurrence of a green jay mating with a blue jay in the wild.
Scientists say global warming expanded the range of the typically tropical green jay, allowing for this unique union.
Scientists say global warming expanded the range of the typically tropical green jay, allowing for this unique union.
Rare colorful hybrid jay could be result of climate change, study finds
A backyard sighting has led to what researchers say may be the first hybrid offspring of a blue jay mating with a green jay.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A rare hybrid bird was identified as the first recorded natural occurrence of a green jay mating with a blue jay in the wild.
Scientists say global warming expanded the range of the typically tropical green jay, allowing for this unique union.
Scientists say global warming expanded the range of the typically tropical green jay, allowing for this unique union.
Nothing screams "America" quite like naming a library after someone that can't read and putting it in Florida.
September 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Nothing screams "America" quite like naming a library after someone that can't read and putting it in Florida.
I need you to understand, that this is: INSANE
September 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I need you to understand, that this is: INSANE
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Surely Sinclair believes that everyone who would want to watch Kimmel will still be around after the Rapture
September 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Surely Sinclair believes that everyone who would want to watch Kimmel will still be around after the Rapture
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The 4 Departments of the Apocalypse:
September 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The 4 Departments of the Apocalypse:
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The storm rolling into Tucson tonight is creating some wild cloudscapes indeed
September 7, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The storm rolling into Tucson tonight is creating some wild cloudscapes indeed
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i think the reason Wall Street is still mostly behind Trump is that they are deluding themselves into thinking he’s damaging the economy to break labor power and bring wages down, when actually he is damaging the economy because damaging the economy is a primary goal of his administration
September 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
i think the reason Wall Street is still mostly behind Trump is that they are deluding themselves into thinking he’s damaging the economy to break labor power and bring wages down, when actually he is damaging the economy because damaging the economy is a primary goal of his administration
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Computer chips, with a side of forever chemicals
Computer chips, with a side of forever chemicals
Companies that make forever chemicals smell an opportunity.
buff.ly
September 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Computer chips, with a side of forever chemicals
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Microplastics in the brain could affect how it functions.
A new study found high amounts could trigger Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice with a genetic predisposition to the disease.
A new study found high amounts could trigger Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice with a genetic predisposition to the disease.
Study links microplastics to Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice
Mice with a genetic predisposition to Alzheimer’s show cognitive and memory problems when exposed to microplastics.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Microplastics in the brain could affect how it functions.
A new study found high amounts could trigger Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice with a genetic predisposition to the disease.
A new study found high amounts could trigger Alzheimer’s-like symptoms in mice with a genetic predisposition to the disease.