Quelle surprise! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/b...

As China Hunts for Scientific Talent, the US Makes It Easier (Gift Article)

Young researchers have long come to the U.S. for academic training, but a combination of Chinese money and U.S. restrictions is shifting the balance.

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Google Zero in the NYT - thanks @kateconger.com ;) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t...

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The End of Reading Is Here

Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.

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his excuse is they wouldn’t put the starving children on the phone with him.

Happy Pride Month! Celebrate Pride with these reading recs ❤️ What's on your TBR? Find more stories to fall in love with here 🌈 www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/prid...

copyright is broken on tiktok, why have I been seeing 50 minute compilations of artists music??? vt.tiktok.com/ZSxKcTQDp/ @reckless.bsky.social @theverge.com

Nope! We are still the same independent weirdo zine about cell phones as ever. If anything we are more independent now than before ;)

NeighborGeek@neighborgeek.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Is @theverge.com now a Murdoch property? @reckless.bsky.social

forget ai, google should do good stuff like this

Tara 🐢@4jinxremoving.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Guys, look at it.

People really need to remember they get just one reputation.

Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Man writes book on the future of truth in the era of A.I. Man uses A.I. to research and write book. A.I. fabricates and misattributes numerous quotes in book. --Fin-- www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

It's official 🤭 you've been asking for this and we heard you loud and clear... Kobo 🤝 @thestorygraph.com coming your way next month!

Trans people in UK dying by suicide at higher rates than any other demographic ➡️ https://bit.ly/4w0lOyJ 📷 Getty

brought my kobo with me on a trip to the middle of nowhere, no signal at all! it was absolute bliss, reading galore, it was lovely 📚🏞️ @kobobooks.bsky.social

How China fell for a lobster: What an AI assistant tells us about Beijing's ambition - www.bbc.com/news/article... good piece: "much of the initial hype has cooled as users begin to reckon with the costs involved" #opensource #openclaw #china

OpenClaw: What China's frenzy says about its AI ambition

The AI agent sparked a frenzy of "raising lobsters" in March, with users training the tool to suit their needs.

bbc.com

“On the Moon is a photo of my family. I pray it reminds you that we and America and all of the world are cheering you on.” Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke recorded a message for the Artemis II crew. Fitting that they hear his words as they close in on their lunar destination. Original post

Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.

Tesla invested $2B in Elon Musk's xAI | TechCrunch

Elon Musk's AI company xAI disclosed earlier this month it had raised $20 billion.

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if you have to wear it on a hat, you aren't one #justsaying

I’m not picking now to pay for a man’s Substack, no offense

Every day we wake up to five new awful things, compounding on yesterday’s awful things. It is so overwhelming.

I'm beginning to think too much internet is bad for mental health

As South African social media dons a regal purple in solidarity against gender-based violence, women are gearing up for a nationwide economic shutdown on November 21, demanding that the government recognize the crisis as a State of Disaster—because no economy can thrive while women's lives are ...

Women for Change calls for shutdown over GBV ahead of G20 Summit | Daily Maverick

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@theferocity.bsky.social, you should definitely watch pantheon on netflix, it's such a great animated show!!! highly recommend

I'll take the cocaine barbie any day of the week

a taylor swift album so bad it got me revisiting brat

July 1935 German generals were called to a surprise assembly in Berlin and informed that their previous oath to the Weimer constitution was void and that they would be required to swear a personal oath to the Fuhrer. Most took the new oath. Sounds familiar? # Pete Hegseth # Ted Cruz #Trump

doth the reply maketh the guy

the US rn #govshutdown

a man is walking down a hallway in a living room with the words `` going down in 3.2 . ''

ALT: a man is walking down a hallway in a living room with the words `` going down in 3.2 . ''

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DkwhattoPoly@dkwhattopoly.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Trump Calls The Shutdown, “Irresponsible” • Senate unable to agree on temporary funding, government shutdown hours away • Democrats push for health benefits extension amid shutdown threat • Trump threatens 'irreverisble' federal workforce layoffs in shutdown Source: www.reuters.com/world/us/gov...

Panic attacks in the morning, anxiety attacks at night. Sometimes the other way around just to keep things interesting.