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Spain’s national power company said that nearly all power had been restored in the country, mostly ending a major outage that affected airports, trains, traffic lights and other critical infrastructure.
Power Is Largely Restored in Spain After Widespread Outage
Electricity returned to nearly all of Spain almost 18 hours after a blackout there and in neighboring Portugal. The cause of the outage was unclear.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Spain’s national power company said that nearly all power had been restored in the country, mostly ending a major outage that affected airports, trains, traffic lights and other critical infrastructure.
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I regret to announce that the meme Turing Test has been passed
LLMs produce funnier memes than the average human, as judged by humans. Humans working with AI get no boost (a finding that is coming up often in AI-creativity work) The best human memers still beat AI, however. arxiv.org/abs/2501.11433
LLMs produce funnier memes than the average human, as judged by humans. Humans working with AI get no boost (a finding that is coming up often in AI-creativity work) The best human memers still beat AI, however. arxiv.org/abs/2501.11433
March 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I regret to announce that the meme Turing Test has been passed
LLMs produce funnier memes than the average human, as judged by humans. Humans working with AI get no boost (a finding that is coming up often in AI-creativity work) The best human memers still beat AI, however. arxiv.org/abs/2501.11433
LLMs produce funnier memes than the average human, as judged by humans. Humans working with AI get no boost (a finding that is coming up often in AI-creativity work) The best human memers still beat AI, however. arxiv.org/abs/2501.11433
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The revolution will not be televised. It will also not be a revolution. It will just be more of the same.
November 10, 2023 at 3:44 PM
The revolution will not be televised. It will also not be a revolution. It will just be more of the same.
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Breaking News: American babies are born with syphilis in sharply increasing numbers, with the infection becoming more than ten times as common over the past decade, the CDC reported, calling the situation "dire."
Infants Are Born With Syphilis in Growing Numbers, a Sign of a Wider Epidemic
Congenital syphilis has become more than ten times as common over the past decade, the C.D.C. reported. “The situation is dire,” said one expert.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2023 at 6:28 PM
Breaking News: American babies are born with syphilis in sharply increasing numbers, with the infection becoming more than ten times as common over the past decade, the CDC reported, calling the situation "dire."
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Two NASA space telescopes teamed up to scrutinize a distant galaxy and discovered something mind-boggling: a gargantuan black hole inside a galaxy that’s more than 13 billion years old.
The discovery may help solve a cosmic mystery about supermassive black holes.
The discovery may help solve a cosmic mystery about supermassive black holes.
Oldest black hole found, and it may solve a cosmic mystery
Two NASA space telescopes teamed up to scrutinize a distant galaxy and found a clue to the potential origins of supermassive black holes.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Two NASA space telescopes teamed up to scrutinize a distant galaxy and discovered something mind-boggling: a gargantuan black hole inside a galaxy that’s more than 13 billion years old.
The discovery may help solve a cosmic mystery about supermassive black holes.
The discovery may help solve a cosmic mystery about supermassive black holes.
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PSA: there are now normal lists on Bluesky like on Twitter (i.e. not for muting), where you can add some people you want to follow, and you can pin such list and it becomes a feed. So you don't need SkyFeed to create simple feeds that just include posts from a list of people 👍
November 6, 2023 at 9:49 PM
PSA: there are now normal lists on Bluesky like on Twitter (i.e. not for muting), where you can add some people you want to follow, and you can pin such list and it becomes a feed. So you don't need SkyFeed to create simple feeds that just include posts from a list of people 👍
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It's planting season!
November 4, 2023 at 12:13 PM
It's planting season!
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Breaking News: President Biden called on nations to stand up to Russia’s “naked aggression” and urged unity in tackling climate change, AI and more at the UN General Assembly.
U.N. General Assembly: Biden Urges Unity as Nations Gather in Shadow of Russia’s War
President Biden told the General Assembly the world must continue to to stand with Ukraine as they defend their sovereignty and freedom. He declared Russia alone bore responsibility for the war. “We...
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2023 at 3:17 PM
Breaking News: President Biden called on nations to stand up to Russia’s “naked aggression” and urged unity in tackling climate change, AI and more at the UN General Assembly.
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Reaching 1 Million Users
Today, we reached over one million users on Bluesky.
blueskyweb.xyz
September 12, 2023 at 10:45 PM
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Messy negotiations between the cable giant Charter Communications and the Walt Disney Company, which owns channels including ESPN and FX, prompted Charter to proclaim that the business model for cable TV was fundamentally broken. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/3P9pEBc
September 2, 2023 at 5:48 PM
Messy negotiations between the cable giant Charter Communications and the Walt Disney Company, which owns channels including ESPN and FX, prompted Charter to proclaim that the business model for cable TV was fundamentally broken. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/3P9pEBc
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Aca todavia todo es naif ☺️ se siente extraño
August 19, 2023 at 12:44 AM
Aca todavia todo es naif ☺️ se siente extraño
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Welcome, new users! You just helped us set a new record high for traffic on our service. 👋
Early today, we experienced degraded performance on our server, causing the app to be slow for users, but this is now resolved.
Early today, we experienced degraded performance on our server, causing the app to be slow for users, but this is now resolved.
August 18, 2023 at 9:34 PM
Welcome, new users! You just helped us set a new record high for traffic on our service. 👋
Early today, we experienced degraded performance on our server, causing the app to be slow for users, but this is now resolved.
Early today, we experienced degraded performance on our server, causing the app to be slow for users, but this is now resolved.
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Hey Bluesky - I write my latest NYT opinion piece about Bluesky’s custom feeds and how it would be great if all social media had them.
(Gift link)
(Gift link)
Opinion | We Need More Say in What We See on Social Media
We have no control of what we see on social media. This needs to end.
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2023 at 12:08 PM
Hey Bluesky - I write my latest NYT opinion piece about Bluesky’s custom feeds and how it would be great if all social media had them.
(Gift link)
(Gift link)
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