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Jebus, in just 2 or 3 years Pakistan has imported enough solar panels that, in some times in the coming year, panels will cover *all* the country's demand.
www.reuters.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Jebus, in just 2 or 3 years Pakistan has imported enough solar panels that, in some times in the coming year, panels will cover *all* the country's demand.
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The newest rule on the English Wikipedia is a single line: "Large language models (LLMs) can be useful tools, but they are not good at creating entirely new Wikipedia articles. Large language models should not be used to generate new Wikipedia articles from scratch."
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The newest rule on the English Wikipedia is a single line: "Large language models (LLMs) can be useful tools, but they are not good at creating entirely new Wikipedia articles. Large language models should not be used to generate new Wikipedia articles from scratch."
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects | CNN
Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.
edition.cnn.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org
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[COMMENTARY]
“Governments meeting at COP20 in Uzbekistan should follow the science...and help save these sharks and rays from the brink of extinction. It’s the only way to give these species a fighting chance at survival,” a new op-ed argues.
** Views expressed author's.
“Governments meeting at COP20 in Uzbekistan should follow the science...and help save these sharks and rays from the brink of extinction. It’s the only way to give these species a fighting chance at survival,” a new op-ed argues.
** Views expressed author's.
For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary)
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than…
news.mongabay.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
[COMMENTARY]
“Governments meeting at COP20 in Uzbekistan should follow the science...and help save these sharks and rays from the brink of extinction. It’s the only way to give these species a fighting chance at survival,” a new op-ed argues.
** Views expressed author's.
“Governments meeting at COP20 in Uzbekistan should follow the science...and help save these sharks and rays from the brink of extinction. It’s the only way to give these species a fighting chance at survival,” a new op-ed argues.
** Views expressed author's.
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"Some projects I worked on:
* A slide rule for salesmen to estimate prices on site, instead of making clients wait until the salesman could talk to engineering.
* Inventory control for parts for PBX.
* I worked with a Ph. D. mathematician on a complicated call processing problem."
* A slide rule for salesmen to estimate prices on site, instead of making clients wait until the salesman could talk to engineering.
* Inventory control for parts for PBX.
* I worked with a Ph. D. mathematician on a complicated call processing problem."
The Boring Part of Bell Labs
How Bell Labs supported itself between moonshots
elizabethvannostrand.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"Some projects I worked on:
* A slide rule for salesmen to estimate prices on site, instead of making clients wait until the salesman could talk to engineering.
* Inventory control for parts for PBX.
* I worked with a Ph. D. mathematician on a complicated call processing problem."
* A slide rule for salesmen to estimate prices on site, instead of making clients wait until the salesman could talk to engineering.
* Inventory control for parts for PBX.
* I worked with a Ph. D. mathematician on a complicated call processing problem."
"...quite possibly the most dangerous secular belief system in the world today"
aeon.co/essays/why-l...
aeon.co/essays/why-l...
Why longtermism is the world’s most dangerous secular credo | Aeon Essays
It started as a fringe philosophical theory about humanity’s future. It’s now richly funded and increasingly dangerous
aeon.co
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
"...quite possibly the most dangerous secular belief system in the world today"
aeon.co/essays/why-l...
aeon.co/essays/why-l...
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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"A majority of Americans (53%) now think artificial intelligence is likely to “destroy humanity” someday" www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Poll: Most Americans think AI will 'destroy humanity' someday
A new Yahoo/YouGov survey finds that real people are much more pessimistic about artificial intelligence — and its potential impact on their lives — than Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
www.yahoo.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"A majority of Americans (53%) now think artificial intelligence is likely to “destroy humanity” someday" www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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An utter disgrace. A Trumpian level of destruction being wrought at the CSIRO under Albo.
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
Climate of fear: are CSIRO’s sweeping job cuts a sign Australia doesn’t care about the extinction crisis?
Ever decreasing funding for the globally respected government agency mirrors an industry-wide trend that could hinder scientific breakthroughs
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An utter disgrace. A Trumpian level of destruction being wrought at the CSIRO under Albo.
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
"The environment unit, which has more than 700 full-time equivalent roles, will be reduced by 130 to 150. Four of its nine research focuses will not continue"
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When Patrick Pouyanné decided to spend billions on a giant natural gas field in a faraway warzone, he made the call alone, over a single dinner.
Six years later, that decision would lead the TotalEnergies CEO to be named in a war crimes complaint.
🔗 politi.co/49sOEix
Six years later, that decision would lead the TotalEnergies CEO to be named in a war crimes complaint.
🔗 politi.co/49sOEix
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
When Patrick Pouyanné decided to spend billions on a giant natural gas field in a faraway warzone, he made the call alone, over a single dinner.
Six years later, that decision would lead the TotalEnergies CEO to be named in a war crimes complaint.
🔗 politi.co/49sOEix
Six years later, that decision would lead the TotalEnergies CEO to be named in a war crimes complaint.
🔗 politi.co/49sOEix
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These initiatives should be met with a great deal of suspicion: the eugenicist administration says everyone should have a wearable, and tech companies are trying to make us all think of wearables as health devices.
Want to ask AI about your next doctor's appointment? Fitbit's new tool that does exactly that – here's why it's a bad idea
Fitbit's new Plan for Care feature lets you chat through your symptoms with AI – what could possibly go wrong?
www.techradar.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
These initiatives should be met with a great deal of suspicion: the eugenicist administration says everyone should have a wearable, and tech companies are trying to make us all think of wearables as health devices.
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"Emigration rises as countries approach around $5,000 in income per person, peaks at around $10,000 and declines thereafter." "Meanwhile 94% of sub-Saharan Africans—1.1bn people—live in countries with a GDP per person of less than $10,000." www.economist.com/briefing/202...
Emigration from Africa will change the world
As other countries age, they will need African youth
www.economist.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"Emigration rises as countries approach around $5,000 in income per person, peaks at around $10,000 and declines thereafter." "Meanwhile 94% of sub-Saharan Africans—1.1bn people—live in countries with a GDP per person of less than $10,000." www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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