Scott Morris
@scottmorris7070.bsky.social
Reader, writer. Often puzzled.
Great news for a fellow Arkansan
Some news: My screenplay adapted from Kate Kruimink's historical novel A Treacherous Country has won the top prize at the Byron Bay Film Festival in Australia. I'm gobsmacked. www.filmink.com.au/public-notic...
A Treacherous Country wins BBFF Screenplay Competition - FilmInk
Submissions to the Byron Bay International Film Festival’s 2025 Screenplay Competition came from around the world - from Turkey to Canada - with a particularly strong showing from the United States.
www.filmink.com.au
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news for a fellow Arkansan
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French and Canadian researchers have shown that faulty mitochondria directly drive memory loss in dementia. Using a new tool to boost mitochondrial activity in mice, they restored memory performance, proving cause and effect for the first time. buff.ly/2REM0fd
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Scientists reversed memory loss by powering the brain’s tiny engines
Scientists have discovered a direct cause-and-effect link between faulty mitochondria and the memory loss seen in neurodegenerative diseases. By creating a novel tool to boost mitochondrial activity…
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August 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
French and Canadian researchers have shown that faulty mitochondria directly drive memory loss in dementia. Using a new tool to boost mitochondrial activity in mice, they restored memory performance, proving cause and effect for the first time. buff.ly/2REM0fd
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The government is about to give OpenAI the ability to legally steal if we do not flood this page in the next 12 hours.
OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow.
Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art
OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow.
Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art
Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan
On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan ("Plan"). Th...
www.federalregister.gov
March 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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A Mississippi judge issued a temporary restraining order requested by the city of Clarksdale requiring a local newspaper, The Clarksdale Press Register, to remove an editorial that criticized city officials. The paper's owner said he planned to challenge the order.
Judge Orders Mississippi Newspaper to Remove Editorial, Alarming Press Advocates
The owner of The Clarksdale Press Register said he planned to challenge a judge’s order against an editorial that criticized city officials.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
A Mississippi judge issued a temporary restraining order requested by the city of Clarksdale requiring a local newspaper, The Clarksdale Press Register, to remove an editorial that criticized city officials. The paper's owner said he planned to challenge the order.
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If you ever share / repost anything, please let it be this
December 30, 2024 at 4:26 PM
If you ever share / repost anything, please let it be this
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In honor of his birthday, the extraordinary last paragraph of Charles Portis's TRUE GRIT:
December 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM
In honor of his birthday, the extraordinary last paragraph of Charles Portis's TRUE GRIT:
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A while back I learned something mindblowing about the geological history of the Mediterranean Sea, and I just can't get it out of my head.
Now I'm going to make it *your* problem too. Sorry.
Hang onto your hat. This is wild.
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Now I'm going to make it *your* problem too. Sorry.
Hang onto your hat. This is wild.
1/
November 8, 2024 at 1:22 PM
A while back I learned something mindblowing about the geological history of the Mediterranean Sea, and I just can't get it out of my head.
Now I'm going to make it *your* problem too. Sorry.
Hang onto your hat. This is wild.
1/
Now I'm going to make it *your* problem too. Sorry.
Hang onto your hat. This is wild.
1/
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‘Billions of years ago Bennu was apparently part of a water-soaked world now long lost and otherwise forgotten, one with a beating geologic heart and an abundance of prebiotic organic material.’
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Is Already Rewriting Solar System History
Scientists have scarcely begun studying pristine material from asteroid Bennu brought back to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx mission, but have already found several surprises
www.scientificamerican.com
March 30, 2024 at 9:18 AM
‘Billions of years ago Bennu was apparently part of a water-soaked world now long lost and otherwise forgotten, one with a beating geologic heart and an abundance of prebiotic organic material.’