🎁 “People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39 percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, the study found.”
Listening to music most days could guard against dementia, study suggests
A new study finds that regularly listening to music or playing a musical instrument may help older adults protect against cognitive decline.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎁 “People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39 percent compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, the study found.”
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
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More of my pics and a great article on this pod www.twz.com/air/angry-ki...
Angry Kitten Electronic Warfare Pod Spotted Flying On HC-130J Combat Rescue Plane
Angry Kitten could be especially valuable for HC-130Js as growing threats call into question the utility of traditional combat search and rescue assets.
www.twz.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
More of my pics and a great article on this pod www.twz.com/air/angry-ki...
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Did you know you can trade in your old electronic devices and get Costco gift cards? (It says "Apple" on the page but appears to accept devices from a wider range of manufacturers)
www.costco.com/trade-in-pro...
www.costco.com/trade-in-pro...
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Did you know you can trade in your old electronic devices and get Costco gift cards? (It says "Apple" on the page but appears to accept devices from a wider range of manufacturers)
www.costco.com/trade-in-pro...
www.costco.com/trade-in-pro...
🎁 A new study suggests that the shingles vaccine may help prevent dementia by reducing the risk of varicella-zoster virus reactivation
How a childhood virus can contribute to dementia later and what you can do
A new study suggests that the shingles vaccine may help prevent dementia by reducing the risk of varicella-zoster virus reactivation
wapo.st
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🎁 A new study suggests that the shingles vaccine may help prevent dementia by reducing the risk of varicella-zoster virus reactivation
🎁 interesting read from former Senator-AZ, Jeff Flake.
Is he, as they say, running?
“The great GOP migration has begun”
Is he, as they say, running?
“The great GOP migration has begun”
Opinion | The great GOP migration has begun
The midterms promise a reality check — and growing defections from disastrous MAGA orthodoxy.
wapo.st
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🎁 interesting read from former Senator-AZ, Jeff Flake.
Is he, as they say, running?
“The great GOP migration has begun”
Is he, as they say, running?
“The great GOP migration has begun”
One of the best writers of our time, @gregolear.bsky.social.
Give yourself a welcome respite from the scroll.
Congratulations, Greg. 🫡
Give yourself a welcome respite from the scroll.
Congratulations, Greg. 🫡
On the occasion of the six year (!) anniversary of my column, I have released the PREVAIL version of "Eagles Greatest Hits: Volume 1."
Most Read / Must Read: Six Years of PREVAIL
Highlights from the first 2,198 days: Epstein, Leonard Leo, Brett Kavanaugh, Jared & Ivanka, the war in Ukraine, the Dark Enlightenment, the rise of American fascism, and of course, Trump/Russia.
gregolear.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
One of the best writers of our time, @gregolear.bsky.social.
Give yourself a welcome respite from the scroll.
Congratulations, Greg. 🫡
Give yourself a welcome respite from the scroll.
Congratulations, Greg. 🫡
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This is indefensible. Absolute fucking insanity we let these maniacs have billions of dollars to make the “your dead cat will be waiting for you after you kill yourself!” machine.
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is indefensible. Absolute fucking insanity we let these maniacs have billions of dollars to make the “your dead cat will be waiting for you after you kill yourself!” machine.
We really do not fully fathom what we are dealing with.
“i love you, man. truly,” ChatGPT told Zane at one point; “love ya too bro,” Zane replied.
Parents sue OpenAI claiming it encouraged their college age son to die by suicide.
“i love you, man. truly,” ChatGPT told Zane at one point; “love ya too bro,” Zane replied.
Parents sue OpenAI claiming it encouraged their college age son to die by suicide.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
We really do not fully fathom what we are dealing with.
“i love you, man. truly,” ChatGPT told Zane at one point; “love ya too bro,” Zane replied.
Parents sue OpenAI claiming it encouraged their college age son to die by suicide.
“i love you, man. truly,” ChatGPT told Zane at one point; “love ya too bro,” Zane replied.
Parents sue OpenAI claiming it encouraged their college age son to die by suicide.
🚨🎁 Fettuccine, linguine, farfalle and other pasta meals sold at major grocery stores including Albertsons, Kroger, Sprouts Farmers Market and Trader Joe’s have been recalled over the past few months.
At least six people have died from listeria outbreak.
At least six people have died from listeria outbreak.
Listeria outbreak linked to pasta meals leaves 6 dead. Here’s what to know.
Prepared pasta meals sold at major grocers including Albertsons, Kroger and Trader Joe’s were recalled amid a nationwide listeria outbreak, health officials said.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🚨🎁 Fettuccine, linguine, farfalle and other pasta meals sold at major grocery stores including Albertsons, Kroger, Sprouts Farmers Market and Trader Joe’s have been recalled over the past few months.
At least six people have died from listeria outbreak.
At least six people have died from listeria outbreak.
Twenty-two tips to protect privacy and opt out of surveillance of tech giants from @eff.org.
#cybersecurity
#cybersecurity
Need to convince a friend that there are various ways they can opt themselves out the surveillance of tech giants? Share this ad with them so they can hop on this sweet #OptOutOctober deal!
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Twenty-two tips to protect privacy and opt out of surveillance of tech giants from @eff.org.
#cybersecurity
#cybersecurity
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I didn't believe it until I saw it: but it *really* works in open offices!
This is ML engineer Menoua Keshishian at Wispr Flow HQ, in SF, coding... by whispering into his mic (a BOYA Gooseneck that costs ~$70).
I was standing next to him and heard nothing. Everyone in the office does the same
This is ML engineer Menoua Keshishian at Wispr Flow HQ, in SF, coding... by whispering into his mic (a BOYA Gooseneck that costs ~$70).
I was standing next to him and heard nothing. Everyone in the office does the same
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I didn't believe it until I saw it: but it *really* works in open offices!
This is ML engineer Menoua Keshishian at Wispr Flow HQ, in SF, coding... by whispering into his mic (a BOYA Gooseneck that costs ~$70).
I was standing next to him and heard nothing. Everyone in the office does the same
This is ML engineer Menoua Keshishian at Wispr Flow HQ, in SF, coding... by whispering into his mic (a BOYA Gooseneck that costs ~$70).
I was standing next to him and heard nothing. Everyone in the office does the same
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Half the internet seems to be down thanks to the us-aws-east-1 outage
Perplexity, Amazon .com, Signal all down (just 3 services I tried to use)
When aws-us-east-1 sneezes, the whole world feels it indeed
Perplexity, Amazon .com, Signal all down (just 3 services I tried to use)
When aws-us-east-1 sneezes, the whole world feels it indeed
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Half the internet seems to be down thanks to the us-aws-east-1 outage
Perplexity, Amazon .com, Signal all down (just 3 services I tried to use)
When aws-us-east-1 sneezes, the whole world feels it indeed
Perplexity, Amazon .com, Signal all down (just 3 services I tried to use)
When aws-us-east-1 sneezes, the whole world feels it indeed
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nanochat by Andrej Karpathy is neat - 8,000 lines of code (mostly Python, a tiny bit of Rust) that can train an LLM on $100 of rented cloud compute which can then be served with a web chat UI on a much smaller machine simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/13/...
nanochat
Really interesting new project from Andrej Karpathy, described at length in this discussion post. It provides a full ChatGPT-style LLM, including training, inference and a web Ui, that can be …
simonwillison.net
October 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
nanochat by Andrej Karpathy is neat - 8,000 lines of code (mostly Python, a tiny bit of Rust) that can train an LLM on $100 of rented cloud compute which can then be served with a web chat UI on a much smaller machine simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/13/...
Female team finds remains of Colorado hiker, Michelle Vanek, missing for 20 years.
Never leave your hiking buddy behind.
🎁 Gift link
Never leave your hiking buddy behind.
🎁 Gift link
A hiker vanished into thin air. Twenty years later, her family is left with unknowns.
Michelle Vanek’s disappearance mystified investigators, inspired conspiracy theories and became a cautionary tale of the American wilderness.
wapo.st
October 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Female team finds remains of Colorado hiker, Michelle Vanek, missing for 20 years.
Never leave your hiking buddy behind.
🎁 Gift link
Never leave your hiking buddy behind.
🎁 Gift link
This is remarkable. 🌍🌱💕
“Each and every one of you has a role to play.”
“Each and every one of you has a role to play.”
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is remarkable. 🌍🌱💕
“Each and every one of you has a role to play.”
“Each and every one of you has a role to play.”
💕🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
For puppy lovers.
This woman is a saint.
For puppy lovers.
This woman is a saint.
October 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
💕🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶
For puppy lovers.
This woman is a saint.
For puppy lovers.
This woman is a saint.
🎁 Meet the first American to win ‘Best Cheesemonger in the World’
Philadelphia’s Emilia D’Albero won the Mondial du From age, one of the world’s top cheese competitions, held every two years in Tours, France.
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Philadelphia’s Emilia D’Albero won the Mondial du From age, one of the world’s top cheese competitions, held every two years in Tours, France.
wapo.st/475i1FP
Meet the first American to win ‘Best Cheesemonger in the World’
Emilia D’Albero won the Mondial du Fromage, one of the world’s top cheese competitions, held every two years in Tours, France.
wapo.st
October 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🎁 Meet the first American to win ‘Best Cheesemonger in the World’
Philadelphia’s Emilia D’Albero won the Mondial du From age, one of the world’s top cheese competitions, held every two years in Tours, France.
wapo.st/475i1FP
Philadelphia’s Emilia D’Albero won the Mondial du From age, one of the world’s top cheese competitions, held every two years in Tours, France.
wapo.st/475i1FP
🎁 “Under pressure for fueling teen suicide, ChatGPT unveiled parental controls this week. I’m the dad of a tech-savvy kid, and it took me about five minutes to circumvent them.”
wapo.st/42jxiQS
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Column | I broke ChatGPT’s new parental controls in minutes. Kids are still at risk.
Parents don’t just need half-baked settings. They need AI companies to bake safety into their products.
wapo.st
October 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🎁 “Under pressure for fueling teen suicide, ChatGPT unveiled parental controls this week. I’m the dad of a tech-savvy kid, and it took me about five minutes to circumvent them.”
wapo.st/42jxiQS
wapo.st/42jxiQS
🎁 SpaceX has purchased EchoStar’s spectrum rights for $17 billion.
The spectrum Musk bought enables something unprecedented: direct satellite-to-smartphone connectivity without any terrestrial infrastructure.
The spectrum Musk bought enables something unprecedented: direct satellite-to-smartphone connectivity without any terrestrial infrastructure.
Opinion | Elon Musk’s latest power grab points in a clear direction
His SpaceX deal could fundamentally alter the relationship between a state and its citizens.
wapo.st
September 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
🎁 SpaceX has purchased EchoStar’s spectrum rights for $17 billion.
The spectrum Musk bought enables something unprecedented: direct satellite-to-smartphone connectivity without any terrestrial infrastructure.
The spectrum Musk bought enables something unprecedented: direct satellite-to-smartphone connectivity without any terrestrial infrastructure.
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Full article with unfortunately no real details on the nature of the attack and why they cannot eg restore systems / lock down access etc
It smells of a company that got caught with pants down, unprepared and now dearly paying the price
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
It smells of a company that got caught with pants down, unprepared and now dearly paying the price
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
UK government underwrites £1.5bn JLR loan following cyber attack | Autocar
Huge loan to aid car giant's cashflow will come from commercial bank, but will be backed by government
www.autocar.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Full article with unfortunately no real details on the nature of the attack and why they cannot eg restore systems / lock down access etc
It smells of a company that got caught with pants down, unprepared and now dearly paying the price
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
It smells of a company that got caught with pants down, unprepared and now dearly paying the price
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...
🎁 4 vaccines that are linked to a lower risk of dementia
4 vaccines that are linked to a lower risk of dementia
Some vaccine-preventable diseases are linked to accelerated brain atrophy and increased dementia risk years down the line.
wapo.st
September 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🎁 4 vaccines that are linked to a lower risk of dementia