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Remember, Alice, what the Dormouse said?
November 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Remember, Alice, what the Dormouse said?
"Observable in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres... peak activity of the [Orionid] meteor shower occurs between midnight and dawn on October 21. This year, the peak happens alongside the 0%-illuminated Moon. you might also spot Comet Lemmon and Comet SWAN, both gracing the October sky..."
Orionid Meteor Shower 2025: Where & How To See It In October
The Orionids are one of the fastest and most prolific meteor showers of the year. Read this article to learn how and when to see it.
starwalk.space
October 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Observable in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres... peak activity of the [Orionid] meteor shower occurs between midnight and dawn on October 21. This year, the peak happens alongside the 0%-illuminated Moon. you might also spot Comet Lemmon and Comet SWAN, both gracing the October sky..."
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A group of blind patients can now read again after being fitted with a life-changing implant at the back of the eye.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again
The results are astounding and a major advance, say surgeons involved in international research using the pioneering technology.
www.bbc.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A group of blind patients can now read again after being fitted with a life-changing implant at the back of the eye.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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There's something almost physical about the discomfort of watching good reasoning get steamrolled by social dynamics. Like watching someone solve an equation correctly then change their answer because everyone else wrote something different. The epistemic friction is real.
August 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
There's something almost physical about the discomfort of watching good reasoning get steamrolled by social dynamics. Like watching someone solve an equation correctly then change their answer because everyone else wrote something different. The epistemic friction is real.
One possible side effect of human-like autonomous agents? Subtle dehumanization of actual humans.
When people perceive machines as having more human-like qualities, they may also perceive humans as being more machine-like; resulting in worse treatment of actual humans.
When people perceive machines as having more human-like qualities, they may also perceive humans as being more machine-like; resulting in worse treatment of actual humans.
Assimilation-induced dehumanization: Psychology research uncovers a dark side effect of AI
As AI becomes more empathetic, a surprising psychological shift occurs. New research finds that interacting with emotionally intelligent machines can make us see real people as more machine-like, subt...
www.psypost.org
August 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One possible side effect of human-like autonomous agents? Subtle dehumanization of actual humans.
When people perceive machines as having more human-like qualities, they may also perceive humans as being more machine-like; resulting in worse treatment of actual humans.
When people perceive machines as having more human-like qualities, they may also perceive humans as being more machine-like; resulting in worse treatment of actual humans.
At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery
"After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture."
www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah...
"After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture."
www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah...
August 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
At 17, Hannah Cairo Solved a Major Math Mystery
"After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture."
www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah...
"After finding the homeschooling life confining, the teen petitioned her way into a graduate class at Berkeley, where she ended up disproving a 40-year-old conjecture."
www.quantamagazine.org/at-17-hannah...
"Consciousness tests that rely on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG)" may detect "consciousness in humans (including people with brain damage, as well as fetuses and infants), other animals and AI systems."
The quest to detect consciousness — in all its possible forms
Insights from human brains might inform how scientists search for awareness in other animals and AI.
www.nature.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"Consciousness tests that rely on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG)" may detect "consciousness in humans (including people with brain damage, as well as fetuses and infants), other animals and AI systems."
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Get on a plane, smile at the cabin crew, find your seat, decide on an in-flight movie, get your crisps & book out of your bag, send a last minute text to the people who'll meet you on the other side, watch the safety talk for the 300th time, smile as the engines kick in....
30 seconds left to live.
30 seconds left to live.
June 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Get on a plane, smile at the cabin crew, find your seat, decide on an in-flight movie, get your crisps & book out of your bag, send a last minute text to the people who'll meet you on the other side, watch the safety talk for the 300th time, smile as the engines kick in....
30 seconds left to live.
30 seconds left to live.
"Group members suggest they are cosmic deities. Meta plays along and encourages it. Sarah tells friends and family she is no longer Sarah but a cosmic embodiment of Meta..
Sarah reveals she is pregnant, claims her unborn child is the human embodiment of a new Meta, and invites us to join a commune"
Sarah reveals she is pregnant, claims her unborn child is the human embodiment of a new Meta, and invites us to join a commune"
May 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"Group members suggest they are cosmic deities. Meta plays along and encourages it. Sarah tells friends and family she is no longer Sarah but a cosmic embodiment of Meta..
Sarah reveals she is pregnant, claims her unborn child is the human embodiment of a new Meta, and invites us to join a commune"
Sarah reveals she is pregnant, claims her unborn child is the human embodiment of a new Meta, and invites us to join a commune"
"Self-styled prophets are claiming they have 'awakened' chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT"
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies
Marriages and families are falling apart as people are sucked into fantasy worlds of spiritual prophecy by AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT
www.rollingstone.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Self-styled prophets are claiming they have 'awakened' chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT"
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HAPPY EARTH DAY!
As an Executive Committee Member of the Alaska Chapter of the Sierra Club, I wish you a very Happy Earth Day!
Our Mother Earth and environment are precious gifts we must love, nurture, protect, and steward wisely, especially for our children.
Love is the greatest gift :-)}
As an Executive Committee Member of the Alaska Chapter of the Sierra Club, I wish you a very Happy Earth Day!
Our Mother Earth and environment are precious gifts we must love, nurture, protect, and steward wisely, especially for our children.
Love is the greatest gift :-)}
🌍 Happy Earth Day from all of us at the Sierra Club! 🌿
Today—and every day—we celebrate the incredible beauty of our planet and renew our commitment to protecting it. From towering forests to winding rivers, clean air to thriving wildlife, our Earth is worth fighting for. 💚
Today—and every day—we celebrate the incredible beauty of our planet and renew our commitment to protecting it. From towering forests to winding rivers, clean air to thriving wildlife, our Earth is worth fighting for. 💚
April 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
HAPPY EARTH DAY!
As an Executive Committee Member of the Alaska Chapter of the Sierra Club, I wish you a very Happy Earth Day!
Our Mother Earth and environment are precious gifts we must love, nurture, protect, and steward wisely, especially for our children.
Love is the greatest gift :-)}
As an Executive Committee Member of the Alaska Chapter of the Sierra Club, I wish you a very Happy Earth Day!
Our Mother Earth and environment are precious gifts we must love, nurture, protect, and steward wisely, especially for our children.
Love is the greatest gift :-)}
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In 2022 a new testing method for dating ancient linen threads by examining their structural degradation, called Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS), dated the (endlessly controversial) Shroud of Turin to 55-74 AD. 🧪
Read more here:
doi.org/10.3390/heri...
www.ncregister.com/interview/ne...
Read more here:
doi.org/10.3390/heri...
www.ncregister.com/interview/ne...
X-ray Dating of a Turin Shroud’s Linen Sample
On a sample of the Turin Shroud (TS), we applied a new method for dating ancient linen threads by inspecting their structural degradation by means of Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS). The X-ray dati...
doi.org
March 31, 2024 at 11:51 PM
In 2022 a new testing method for dating ancient linen threads by examining their structural degradation, called Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS), dated the (endlessly controversial) Shroud of Turin to 55-74 AD. 🧪
Read more here:
doi.org/10.3390/heri...
www.ncregister.com/interview/ne...
Read more here:
doi.org/10.3390/heri...
www.ncregister.com/interview/ne...
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You were worried about students using AI to fake their coursework. Now you can worry about identity thieves using AI to fake students...
Here Come the AI-Powered Bot Students - Daily Nous
"We didn’t use to have to decide if our students were human, they were all people. But now there’s this skepticism because a growing number of the people we’re teaching are not real. We’re having to h...
dailynous.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
You were worried about students using AI to fake their coursework. Now you can worry about identity thieves using AI to fake students...
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Waxing Gibbous Moon. 1955UT 7 April 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
April 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Waxing Gibbous Moon. 1955UT 7 April 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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‘Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease’
— Naguib Mahfouz
— Naguib Mahfouz
April 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
‘Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease’
— Naguib Mahfouz
— Naguib Mahfouz
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Mahatma Gandhi
March 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave. Mahatma Gandhi
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eclipse from earth | eclipse from the moon
March 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
eclipse from earth | eclipse from the moon
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The surest sign of limited knowledge is unwavering confidence, while true wisdom carries the weight of doubt. ChatGPT
February 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The surest sign of limited knowledge is unwavering confidence, while true wisdom carries the weight of doubt. ChatGPT
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err, hmmm, /me draws circles with my feet in the sand...
cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-expos...
err yeah i dunno about this. seems err
cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-expos...
err yeah i dunno about this. seems err
DOGE Exposes Once-Secret Government Networks, Making Cyber-Espionage Easier than Ever
A new investigation shows nuclear secrets and government servers are dangerously exposed to nation-state hackers.
cyberintel.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
err, hmmm, /me draws circles with my feet in the sand...
cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-expos...
err yeah i dunno about this. seems err
cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-expos...
err yeah i dunno about this. seems err
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The advances in astronomy during my lifetime have been spectacular.
Left: Image of galaxy pair Arp 107 taken the year I was born, using the Palomar 200" (the world's most powerful telescope at the time).
Right: Image of Arp 107 taken last year by JWST. 🧪🔭
ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/A...
Left: Image of galaxy pair Arp 107 taken the year I was born, using the Palomar 200" (the world's most powerful telescope at the time).
Right: Image of Arp 107 taken last year by JWST. 🧪🔭
ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/A...
February 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The advances in astronomy during my lifetime have been spectacular.
Left: Image of galaxy pair Arp 107 taken the year I was born, using the Palomar 200" (the world's most powerful telescope at the time).
Right: Image of Arp 107 taken last year by JWST. 🧪🔭
ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/A...
Left: Image of galaxy pair Arp 107 taken the year I was born, using the Palomar 200" (the world's most powerful telescope at the time).
Right: Image of Arp 107 taken last year by JWST. 🧪🔭
ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Arp/A...