In Taipei, underground malls connected to the subway have karaoke booths, for those times you just gotta sing it out.
Sometimes you can find gold on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryAnecdotes/s/YGmuR731xG
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From the HistoryAnecdotes community on Reddit: Early Woodland People Figured Out the Structure of the Universe by Shitting Their Brains Out In Mammoth Cave, KY
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www.npr.org/2026/08/18/n... A heartbreaking story.
She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks
A 29-year-old woman confided her suicidal thoughts to an AI chatbot — not to her therapist, not to her parents, not to her best friend. What can AI learn from her death?
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Is anyone developing AI tools to remove AI generated manipulation to photos?
The democratization of software development that is unleashed by AI won’t really be democratic. What will happen is more people will have access to a tool that makes them believe they are geniuses and don’t have anything to learn from other humans who have actual expertise and taste. Leading to slop
Trying to imagine the front page NYT & lead story CNN & Sunday show coverage if the US were running out of missile & oil reserves when a Democrat was President
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w agoRBADVISERS: “.. Yet another inflation impulse. The US basically has NO STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE (SPR) anymore.”
support.claude.com/en/articles/... Instead of a tracking pixel, it’ll be a tracking em-dash.
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Reading this fascinating book, The Character of Logic in India, by Bimal Matilal. Came upon this very handy chart showing a classification of debates. Thought I’d just post this on the Internet.
NEWS: Knox County is Tennessee's 3rd largest county, and it voted for Trump by 20%. It has a GOP-run school board known for banning books & approving controversial charter schools. Democrats last night flipped control of the school board in Knox County.
I learned that 90% of you just observe (but I bet it's higher here), 9% engage (like, comment, smash), and 1% create most of the content you see. I feel like we should totally screw up those numbers.
🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 3w ago"Reality" is being constructed around us by those with the means, time, and incentives. I got smarter talking to Renée DiResta. Actually, listening is when the smarter happened, tbh.
aeon.co/essays/an-ai... Sidenote: Bet most people who use Ubuntu don’t know what it means. And even more people who don’t even know they’re using Ubuntu.
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@jasmine.bsky.social I love how you dropped “tacit knowledge” subtly in your podcast with Ezra Klein. Love your writing and work!
It is expected to cost roughly $8,500. It made its public debut June 7, when President Claudia Sheinbaum drove a prototype onto a stage near Mexico City, and manufacturing targeted for early 2027 at a proposed assembly site in Puebla. Charging from a standard household outlet is part of the plan
Mexico unveils $8,500 Olinia EV to challenge market dominated by Chinese-made cars — The Cool Down
"The demand was there. What changed was the supply." Aug 03, 2026 Mexico is aiming to carve out a place in one of the fastest-growing segments of its auto market with a tiny, low-cost electric vehicle...
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Data centers are the cotton spinners and threshing machines of today.
Guys, we are losing the “fewer/less” battle. The amount of people using it is staggering.
youtu.be/dECE7285GxU?... A city-state architected by a single collective intelligence.
Secret Megalopolis of Ants Uncovered - Truly a Wonder of the World !
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pudding.cool/2026/07/esse... Some absolutely fascinating work done by Jasmine Nackash for The Pudding, looking at how the words we teach as most useful have become less concrete and more abstract, about processes and systems. There’s so much here.
How the Words We Teach English Language Learners Changed
Differences between “essential vocabulary” lists, 1953 vs. 2023
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This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
Yesterday it was "Taiwan is part of China discourse" & Today Mongolia mentioned... which means I probably should dust this one off...
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 4w agothere are genuine “the Mongols didn’t actually invade anybody” truthers on this FREE website that’s entertainment no LLM could generate
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... I agree, kids should be required to read the Bible in middle school, as well as the Quran and the Vedas and the Heart Sutra from Buddhism. Or Osamu Tezuka's Buddha. And Spiegelman's Maus.
Reading the Bible in School Is Good
Everywhere you look in American history, you will find the language, stories, and concepts from the Bible.
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www.npr.org/2026/07/27/n... I know, why don't we just replace elections with betting markets?
Kalshi attacks a Wisconsin law banning election bets as 'voter suppression'
The spat between the leading prediction market company and a key battleground state could be a glimpse into the next major fight between states and the fast-growing industry.
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