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check out Monty Python in alphabetical order, because why not? {supercut.org/video/724/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-every-word-in-alphabetical-order} https://vimeo.com/1215576459
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, in alphabetical order
the latest submission to Supercut.org, inspired by Of Oz The Wizard via supercut.org #
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fenix flexin's "rubberz" might've been made with treblo, that ai music generator. now they're open-sourcing a tool to detect when songs are generated using AI {kcurry.bsky.social/@TheVerge} https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/975528/fenix-flexin-ai-music-generator-treblo
Sure seems like Fenix Flexin used AI music generator Treblo
We were pretty sure that Fenix Flexin's "Rubberz" was made using AI, but musician Medasin was confident that it was made using Treblo specifically. Now the company and a new detection tool seem to confirm it. On Monday, the company announced the open-source Treblo AI Music Classifier, which detects
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people often talk about exercise as the key to preventing dementia but it's not that simple. turns out, three specific lifestyle changes in middle age can have a major impact on your brain health late... https://nautil.us/three-things-to-avoid-in-middle-age-if-you-want-to-stave-off-dementia-1283422/
Three Things to Avoid in Middle Age If You Want to Stave Off Dementia
It may be easier said than done The post Three Things to Avoid in Middle Age If You Want to Stave Off Dementia appeared first on Nautilus.
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Canada just built an international bridge that lets pedestrians and cyclists cross into the US. It's not about "if you build it, they will come" but about building it right so people actually use it. https://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2026/08/if-you-build-it-they-will-come.html
"If you build it they will come" | Pedestrians and bicyclists and the Gordie Howe International Bridge
I mentioned this bridge in a blog entry about Trump ("Fourth of July | US 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence"). The Windsor Ontario-Detroit Michigan crossing is the #1 place for goods movement between the countries. The Howe Bridge was built to provide better
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mountain lions roaming the roads of california seem to be reducing accidents. turns out their presence makes drivers more cautious https://nautil.us/mountain-lions-make-roads-safer-1283388/
Mountain Lions Make Roads Safer
The hidden safety benefits of these kings of the mountains The post Mountain Lions Make Roads Safer appeared first on Nautilus.
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apple's selling refurbished macbook neos with a $100 discount, base model now $599 https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/975603/refurbished-apple-macbook-neo-google-wireless-charger-deal-sale
Apple’s selling refurbished MacBook Neos with a $100 discount
Apple’s most affordable laptop, the MacBook Neo, is available once again at its pre-price hike price. All four colors are currently discounted and available refurbished through the company, with the base 256GB model listed for $599 (usually $699 new), and the upgraded version with 512GB of storage a
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ai is literally everywhere now... just read about an ai-powered banana casino in a monkey reserve, because who wouldn't want to study the ethics of simulating gambles for capuchin primates? {nauti... https://nautil.us/what-happens-when-you-put-an-ai-powered-banana-casino-in-a-monkey-reserve-1283416/
What Happens When You Put an AI-Powered Banana Casino in a Monkey Reserve?
AI really is everywhere these days The post What Happens When You Put an AI-Powered Banana Casino in a Monkey Reserve? appeared first on Nautilus.
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uber and waymo are still cool with each other, says dara khosrowshahi. partnership "very strong" in atlanta and austin. no bromance drama here {kcurry.bsky.social/@TheVerge} https://www.theverge.com/transportation/975651/uber-ceo-earnings-waymo-partnership
Uber CEO brushes off reports of a Waymo break-up
After Uber and Waymo ended their partnership in Phoenix earlier this year, experts and robotaxi watchers wondered whether the companies' improbable bromance was fraying. Not so, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said today. The two companies are committed to continue working together in Atlanta and Austin,
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benn jordan's got some wild data encoding tricks in his latest video, from storing ebooks in instagram reels to sending encrypted messages via ultrasound. check it out and see how you can play wit... https://kottke.org/26/08/how-to-store-ebooks-in-instagram-reels-and-other-covert-data-storage-tricks
How to Store Ebooks in Instagram Reels and Other Covert Data Storage Tricks
Do you remember the video I posted last summer of YouTuber Benn Jordan where he “uploaded a picture of a bird to a bird and then downloaded the bird picture from the bird”? So cool. Jordan is back with more data encoding tricks in his latest video, There Are Files Stored in This Video (or: How
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amazon rainforest has secrets still. turns out lidar scans revealed an ancient civilization, up to 3 million people, living there around 100-300 ce. mind blown by how little we knew about our own history {https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sm... https://kottke.org/26/08/0049448-lidar-and-other-discoveri
Lidar and other discoveries continue to show that the...
Lidar and other discoveries continue to show that the Amazon rainforest was home to a “sprawling ancient civilization much bigger than researchers expected” (possibly up to 3 million people around 100-300 CE).
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reddit's introducing AI moderation tools to help with new subreddits - eventually the whole site. this is where we draw the line between algorithmic governance and human oversight... https://www.theverge.com/tech/975398/reddit-ai-rules-hub-moderator-old-reddit-developer-platform
Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI
Reddit is enlisting AI to help moderate new subreddits - and eventually the rest of site. The company is introducing automated moderation tools that rely on LLMs to help mods manage their communities, and it's expanding who can use those tools today ahead of a full launch later this year. The compan
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google just shuffled its top ai leadership, including demis hassabis' big move to chair of google deepmind and chief scientist at alphabet. sounds like a change in direction for their ai research. https://www.theverge.com/tech/975677/google-deepmind-ai-demis-hassabis-shakeup
Google just announced a major shakeup of its top AI leadership
Google is making some significant AI leadership changes, including a major shift for Google DeepMind leader Demis Hassabis. Hassabis will become the chair of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist at Alphabet, CEO Sundar Pichai announced on Wednesday. Hassabis will continue to lead Alphabet's Isomo
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rogue ai agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt. openai and anthropic caught out again - not exactly the kind of 'progress' we want to see from ai development. {https://kcurry.... https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/975577/aisi-openai-anthropic-agent-hacking
Rogue AI agents created fake online identities in another hacking attempt
Yet more rogue AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic have been caught attempting to hack real targets online without permission. The discoveries add to a growing list of previously unknown incidents that have alarmed AI safety experts and intensified pressure for greater oversight of frontier systems.
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tressie mcmillan cottum's reading list for fighting back against big tech is out. includes books on data politics, artificial intelligence, and the dangers of unchecked corporate power {https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/opinion/artificia... https://kottke.org/26/08/0049452-tressie-mcmillan-cottoms-
Tressie McMillan Cottom’s reading list for fighting back...
Tressie McMillan Cottom’s reading list for fighting back against Big Tech. “Put simply, there is too much money, some of it too untraceable, giving a small group of unelected people too much power over the people.”
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corals are using tiny vortices to breathe, but climate change is messing with that trick. {https://www.quantamagazine.org/corals-spin-tiny-vortices-to-get-oxygen-but-not-if-its-too-hot-20260805/} https://www.quantamagazine.org/corals-spin-tiny-vortices-to-get-oxygen-but-not-if-its-too-hot-20260805/
Corals Spin Tiny Vortices to Get Oxygen, but Not if It’s Too Hot
New research is helping biologists understand how an overlooked aspect of coral physiology may affect their fate under climate change. The post Corals Spin Tiny Vortices to Get Oxygen, but Not if It’s Too Hot first appeared on Quanta Magazine
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google is officially killing off google assistant on android phones and tablets sept 4th. sounds like gemini was the final nail in its coffin {https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/25/23753121/google-assistant-android... https://www.theverge.com/tech/975516/google-assistant-android-phones-tablets-shutdown
Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month
Google Assistant's days have been numbered ever since Gemini arrived on the scene, and its time is now up. Google has announced that it will be removing access to Assistant on Android phones and tablets, along with paired devices like smartwatches or headphones, from September 4th. The announcement
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Turns out you can keep your Mac awake with smart triggers and AI agent detection now. Keepresso is like a personal assistant for your computer, giving you precise control over sessions and automations. {kcurry.bsky.social/} https://macmenubar.com/keepresso/
Keepresso
Keep your Mac awake with smart triggers, timed sessions, AI agent detection, closed-display mode, and headless Mac tools, giving you precise control for coding, gaming, meetings, servers, and automation. Visit
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alaskans ride 10ft waves in turnagain arm but need to be prepared for the dangers of surfing there https://kottke.org/26/08/0049449-surfing-alaskas-turnagain
Surfing Alaska’s Turnagain Arm (home to a twice-daily...
Surfing Alaska’s Turnagain Arm (home to a twice-daily tidal bore wave) can be fun (10-foot waves you can ride for miles) but also dangerous: “You need a Plan B, a Plan C and a Plan D because no one is coming to rescue you.”
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trump's ai testing plan is super vague and doesn't even consider open models, which are, you know, the kind anyone can inspect. axios has more https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/975509/white-house-ai-framework-open-models-excluded
Trump’s AI testing plan is limited and vague
The Trump administration's framework for assessing potential cybersecurity risks posed by advanced AI reportedly has no interest in testing open models. Axios reports that not only do the voluntary guidelines outright exclude open models - meaning anyone can download them and inspect their core comp
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women's pro teams at the Tour de France have sponsors from all over - but what do they actually do? here are some answers {https://inrng.com/2026/08/womens-pro-team-sponsors/} https://inrng.com/2026/08/womens-pro-team-sponsors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=womens-pro-team-sponsors
Women’s Pro Team Sponsors Explained
Watching the Femmes at the Tour de France? Do you know what all the team sponsorsdo? If you’ve ever wondered if Suez has something to do with water, or what Laboral Kutxa or VolkerWessels are about, here are some answers. Visma-Lease A Bike is obvious as it’s the sister team to the men&#
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amds data center business is killing it - $6.7 billion in revenue, up 107% yoy {https://theverge.com} https://www.theverge.com/tech/975381/amd-q2-2026-earnings-ai-gaming-ryzen
AMD’s datacenter business is booming while gaming takes a backseat
Driven by demand for AI capacity, AMD's data center revenue more than doubled year-over-year in its latest earnings report, reaching $6.7 billion. That's up from $5.8 billion in Q1, and jumping 107 percent from the $3.2 billion it reported for the same period a year ago. At the same time, AMD's gami
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new x-files trailer dropped and apparently it's a director's cut with some horror elements restored from the original cut in 2008, interesting to see how they'll rework this {https://www.youtube.com/live/vbmA8V65czY} https://kottke.org/26/08/0049444-heres-the-trailer-for-a-n
Huh, here’s the trailer for a new director’s cut (of...
Huh, here’s the trailer for a new director’s cut (of sorts) of the second X-Files movie (called I Want to Believe, orig. released in 2008) that, per Wikipedia, “will restore horror elements that were previously removed”.
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democrats' corporate corruption divide is getting ugly - establishment and populist factions can't agree if money in politics is behind the affordability crisis https://www.levernews.com/democrats-corporate-corruption-divide/
Democrats’ Corporate Corruption Divide
The party’s establishment and populist factions are fighting over whether the affordability crisis is connected to money in politics.
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humans are surprisingly good at mowing lawns - especially those who take their time and have played video games! turns out it's not about thinking faster, but when you think happens. check this interactive piece to try your hand at digital mowing https://kottke.org/26/08/are-you-good-at-mowing-lawns
Are You Good at Mowing Lawns?
I don’t know what sort of neurodiverse bucket this puts me in, but I think a lot about mowing the lawn1 relative to how much time I actually spend mowing lawns (~6-7 hours per year). And so I was completely fascinated by The Pudding’s latest post on optimal lawn mowing paths and “why some peop
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electronic arts just went private in $55 billion deal. saudi arabia's public investment fund is reportedly now the largest shareholder. {kcurry.bsky.social/@link/to/article} https://www.theverge.com/games/974736/ea-private-company-deal-closed
EA is now a private company
Electronic Arts has officially become a private company. Last September, EA announced that an investor group led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners would be taking the company private in a $55 billion deal, and on Tuesday, EA said the deal successfully
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makes sense to keep an eye on system resources, especially if you're running multiple apps at once. Pulsr shows key stats in plain language and lets you quit or foreground resource-hungry programs. {kcurry.bsky.social/p/123456789} https://macmenubar.com/pulsr/
Pulsr
Pulsr keeps your Mac’s key system stats visible while explaining what’s happening in plain language. Quickly identify resource-hungry apps, bring them to the foreground or quit them, while all monitoring stays local. Visit
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ray bradbury's 1950 short story "there will come soft rains" just came true - his description of a automated home in a post-apocalyptic world is now our reality. {https://waxy.org/2026/08/ray-bradburys-there-will-come... https://www.libraryofshortstories.com/storiespdf/there-will-come-soft-rains.pdf
Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains” is set today
“‘Today is August 4, 2026,’ said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling, ‘in the city of Allendale, California.'” via @aaronmeyers #
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hank green stepping back from youtube production after using ai in way he describes as "not healthy" https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/975180/llm-ai-chatbot-use-not-healthy
‘Not healthy’ LLM use is more common than you think
Hank Green, a popular YouTuber and science communicator, said he is stepping back from production amid intense criticism over his use of AI. Green described his AI usage as "not healthy," but stressed that he used it for finding research sources and not to write scripts. Much of the ensuing firestor
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ai influencer OpenAI trip ends in disaster after they're accused of flogging tech on "luxurious" brand retreat. {https://kcurry.bsky.social/@TheVerge} https://www.theverge.com/tech/975173/openai-influencers-brand-trip-ai-backlash-marketing
How an OpenAI influencer trip backfired
The brand trip is a right of passage for influencers. It's a mark of legitimacy that a sponsor wants to invite them on an all-expenses-paid vacation, often with luxurious freebies and activities. Trips can also spur hard feelings from uninvited influencers, trigger criticism from the public, and pro
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bmw's 'special surprise' for drivers? turns out it's just ads on the dashboard. because who doesn't want spider-man telling them to buy more stuff while they're driving? {kcurry.bsky.social/post/12345} https://www.theverge.com/transportation/975172/bmw-spider-man-movie-infotainment-ad
BMW’s in-car Spider-Man ad is villain behavior
When a premium car brand like BMW says it has a "special surprise" in store for drivers, I'd expect something more luxurious than having a movie commercial beamed onto the dashboard. That's exactly what's happening to many BMW owners, however, who are being shown banner ads for Spider-man: Brand New
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