Zen Futral
@zenfutral.bsky.social
Father, Husband, & Lifelong Learner
❤️ Science, Philosophy, & Nature
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🪷 "Chop Wood, Carry Water"
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❤️ Science, Philosophy, & Nature
📖 The Expanse Series
🪷 "Chop Wood, Carry Water"
🫎 Fuck Cancer
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Many Danes are rethinking their personal security, and stocking up on emergency supplies, amid unidentified drone appearances. Denmark's leaders warn that Russia is waging a "hybrid war."
Denmark prepares for a Russian 'hybrid war' after repeated drone spottings
Many Danes are rethinking their personal security, and stocking up on emergency supplies, amid unidentified drone appearances. Denmark's leaders warn that Russia is waging a "hybrid war."
n.pr
October 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Many Danes are rethinking their personal security, and stocking up on emergency supplies, amid unidentified drone appearances. Denmark's leaders warn that Russia is waging a "hybrid war."
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Time for some good news! 🌍 🌱 Unclench your jaw and enjoy (1/3)
July 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Time for some good news! 🌍 🌱 Unclench your jaw and enjoy (1/3)
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Our browser extension is now Bluesky-compatible!
You can now seamlessly see how different sides cover (or don’t cover) a story, check source reliability, compare reporting across the spectrum, and much more—directly on Bluesky.
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You can now seamlessly see how different sides cover (or don’t cover) a story, check source reliability, compare reporting across the spectrum, and much more—directly on Bluesky.
Download now: bit.ly/4kozOvH
May 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Our browser extension is now Bluesky-compatible!
You can now seamlessly see how different sides cover (or don’t cover) a story, check source reliability, compare reporting across the spectrum, and much more—directly on Bluesky.
Download now: bit.ly/4kozOvH
You can now seamlessly see how different sides cover (or don’t cover) a story, check source reliability, compare reporting across the spectrum, and much more—directly on Bluesky.
Download now: bit.ly/4kozOvH
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Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids His Homes #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy www.wired.com/story/...
Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids His Homes
Xiaofeng Wang, a longtime computer science professor at Indiana University, has disappeared along with his wife, and their profiles on the school's website were wiped ahead of recent FBI raids.
www.wired.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Cybersecurity Professor Mysteriously Disappears as FBI Raids His Homes #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy www.wired.com/story/...
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What they found challenges some basic assumptions about how this technology really works.
Anthropic can now track the bizarre inner workings of a large language model
What they found challenges some basic assumptions about how this technology really works.
www.technologyreview.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What they found challenges some basic assumptions about how this technology really works.
I always love finding quotes that leave me thinking.
Today, thanks to @reasonable-ish.bsky.social, I was exposed to a loosely translated passage from Voltaire’s ‘Questions sur les miracles’.
"Whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,"
Today, thanks to @reasonable-ish.bsky.social, I was exposed to a loosely translated passage from Voltaire’s ‘Questions sur les miracles’.
"Whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,"
March 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I always love finding quotes that leave me thinking.
Today, thanks to @reasonable-ish.bsky.social, I was exposed to a loosely translated passage from Voltaire’s ‘Questions sur les miracles’.
"Whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,"
Today, thanks to @reasonable-ish.bsky.social, I was exposed to a loosely translated passage from Voltaire’s ‘Questions sur les miracles’.
"Whoever can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities,"
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If you love around Dallas
March 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you love around Dallas
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"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.” — Epictetus
March 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.” — Epictetus
"Since 2000, the number of butterflies in the United States has fallen by 22%, on average...
...1 or 2% decline per year of any group is absolutely phenomenal when you compound that over more than one decade."
...1 or 2% decline per year of any group is absolutely phenomenal when you compound that over more than one decade."
Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.
Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a quarter since 2000
Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"Since 2000, the number of butterflies in the United States has fallen by 22%, on average...
...1 or 2% decline per year of any group is absolutely phenomenal when you compound that over more than one decade."
...1 or 2% decline per year of any group is absolutely phenomenal when you compound that over more than one decade."
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Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!
March 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!
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#Skynet is just science fiction, Skynet is just science fiction, Skynet is just science fiction...maybe if we say it enough, it will be true. 🤖
Watch Two AIs Freakishly Talk In Their Own Language When Humans Aren't Around
Nothing to worry about here, just two AI agents switching from English to what sounds like gibberish that humans can't understand. What could go wrong?
hothardware.com
February 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#Skynet is just science fiction, Skynet is just science fiction, Skynet is just science fiction...maybe if we say it enough, it will be true. 🤖
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"The call to action — or rather inaction — is asking that American consumers refrain from making any purchases at major retailers on Friday, Feb 28"
Talk of a "Feb 28 Economic Blackout" is spreading on social media. What is it?
A grassroots effort is asking American consumers to refrain from making purchases at major retailers for one day in February.
www.cbsnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"The call to action — or rather inaction — is asking that American consumers refrain from making any purchases at major retailers on Friday, Feb 28"
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Introducing Majorana 1: the world’s first quantum processor powered by topological qubits—a groundbreaking leap toward practical quantum computing. msft.it/6006UxEJG
Introducing Majorana 1: the world’s first quantum processor powered by topological qubits—a groundbreaking leap toward practical quantum computing. msft.it/6006UxEJG
February 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Introducing Majorana 1: the world’s first quantum processor powered by topological qubits—a groundbreaking leap toward practical quantum computing. msft.it/6006UxEJG
Introducing Majorana 1: the world’s first quantum processor powered by topological qubits—a groundbreaking leap toward practical quantum computing. msft.it/6006UxEJG
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Nearly 1,000 teachers, firefighters and other union advocates crammed inside the Utah Capitol rotunda, calling on Gov. Spencer Cox to veto a controversial bill that strips the state’s public unions of their ability to collectively bargain.
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Massive crowd descends on Utah Capitol calling for governor to veto union bill • Utah News Dispatch
A crowd of 1,000 teachers, firefighters and advocates gathered at the Utah Capitol Building to protest a controversial union bill.
utahnewsdispatch.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Nearly 1,000 teachers, firefighters and other union advocates crammed inside the Utah Capitol rotunda, calling on Gov. Spencer Cox to veto a controversial bill that strips the state’s public unions of their ability to collectively bargain.
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Trump? Trump? Trump? 😱🔥 #familyguy
YouTube video by Peter's Family
youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of individuals without external guidance, according to a paper in Nature. https://go.nature.com/3WKkb8r 🧪
February 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Analysis of the confined crowds at the San Fermín festival in Spain shows that dense crowds can self-organize into macroscopic chiral oscillators, coordinating the orbital motion of hundreds of individuals without external guidance, according to a paper in Nature. https://go.nature.com/3WKkb8r 🧪
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If they wanted to take over the country, they only had to wait like three weeks until every technocratic nerd was unreachably distracted.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
February 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If they wanted to take over the country, they only had to wait like three weeks until every technocratic nerd was unreachably distracted.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
They fundamentally do not understand us, and that is why they will lose.
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The DeepSeek controversy: Authorities ask where the data comes from and where it goes #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy www.malwarebytes.com...
January 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The DeepSeek controversy: Authorities ask where the data comes from and where it goes #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy www.malwarebytes.com...