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A 60 year old student in Helsinki.
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Without saying your age what’s your favorite movie that came out when you were 18? (I got lucky)
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Mr. Encyclopedia
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You: ...so that's why so many inner cities are food deserts- Me: If it's the food it's spelled "dessert" You: Me:
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Rosemary Mosco
about 16 hours ago
A woodcarver named Becky W (
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rosehip.wordpress.com
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Олександр Бузько
about 15 hours ago
Finnish Fordson Sussex 6x4
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Y'all old enough to remember Japan Inc
www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
followed by Seoul
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‘Made in China’ increasingly a symbol for hi-tech and high value
Led by robots and EVs, the country’s move up the industrial value chain is gaining momentum, June’s industrial export figures show.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3361213/china-moving-industrial-value-chain-high-value-exports
about 16 hours ago
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RIP Kevin Keegan
www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Kevin Keegan: Liverpool legend and former Newcastle United and England manager dies aged 75
Former England captain and manager Kevin Keegan dies at the age of 75, seven weeks after he revealed he had been diagnosed with stage four cancer.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c2lyl82n2e2o
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about 18 hours ago
#MoondayMonday
57 years ago today. New York Daily News - 8 cents. It’s a lot harder for kids these days to cut these historic headlines out of their phones to save…
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You know all those photos of indian women rocket scientists blasting shuttles to Mars? Thats where i went to school
about 17 hours ago
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guys... my engineering class of 1989 just came together on Whatsapp... and photographs were shared right and left gird your loins
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derek guy
about 18 hours ago
thought this was taylor farms shredded lettuce
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Deep economic, cultural and demographic shifts have made "America First" a lasting force that Seoul must treat as a structural reality, not a passing presidency.
www.koreajoongangdaily.com/opinion/even...
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Even after Trump, his America may be here to stay
Why America First runs deeper than one president — and what it means for Korea’s strategy with Washington.
https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/opinion/even-after-trump-exits-trumps-us-will-remain/12782040
about 18 hours ago
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www.esgtoday.com/eu-launches-...
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EU Launches Plan to Double Electrification of Economy, Cut Fossil Fuel Reliance - ESG Today
The European Commission announced the introduction of a new Electrification Action Plan, designed to tackle barriers to and incentivize the adoption of electrification for consumers and businesses, in...
http://www.esgtoday.com/eu-launches-plan-to-double-electrification-of-economy-by-2040-cut-fossil-fuel-reliance/
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Isaac Samuel
about 20 hours ago
It's hard to overstate how violent the trade war between African and British traders was on the eve of colonialism In 1856, when oil exports hit £1.6m (£237m today), some British traders started entering homes to beat up supposed debtors, to which the Africans responded in kind
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Information is Beautiful
about 23 hours ago
The extent of the 1666 Great Fire of London superimposed over modern London. (By @Julian_H0ffmann)
www.julian-hoffmann-anton.com/networks-and...
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David Ho
about 22 hours ago
Enjoy some photos of agrivoltaics.
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On a Colorado farm, solar panels bring shade for plants, power – and cash: in pictures
More than 3,000 solar panels power Jack’s Solar Garden, cool the land and help it turn a profitThe Guardian receives support for visual climate coverage from the Outrider Foundation. The Guardian’s co...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2026/jul/20/colorado-farming-solar-panels-in-pictures?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu_env
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“Americans expect their taxpayer dollars to be put to research that has the best chance at delivering a breakthrough or cure for a disease, not wielded like a cudgel to punish the president’s perceived enemies and score political points.”
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‘Complete shock and dismay’: scientists unite against Trump’s $1tn grant attack
OMB proposal would upend entire grant-making system – and put vast sums into hands of political appointees
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/20/trump-grant-funding-attack-scientists
about 22 hours ago
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"Extract the dictator, nurture the dictatorship"
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Trump, Rubio and a Zombie State In Venezuela
"The Venezuelan government's failure to respond to the earthquakes is a reminder that it is incapable of producing the economic transformation Trump and Rubio have promised," writes Rafael Osío Cabric...
https://time.com/article/2026/07/20/trump-rubio-rodriguez-earthquake-venezuela/
about 23 hours ago
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Pirates of the Mediterranean
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Mission in Iran war has pivoted toward ensuring oil flow, Trump official says
Energy secretary grapples with mounting criticism over length of US war as Democrat calls conflict ‘war of choice’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/19/trump-official-iran-war-oil-flow-strait-hormuz
about 23 hours ago
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www.psypost.org/anti-democra...
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Anti-democratic attitudes are highly contagious, new psychology study finds
The rise of anti-democratic sentiments might be driven by social contagion. Researchers have discovered that citizens often adapt their personal support for authoritarian rule to align with the politi...
https://www.psypost.org/anti-democratic-attitudes-are-highly-contagious-new-psychology-study-finds/
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To understand why surprise is the currency of impact requires understanding what science is.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
//This article basically describes what is now being called "the design turn" in scientific knowledge production (Gruendel & Mareis 2026) Surprise (Dorst & Cross 2001)
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Advancing science by designing for surprise
Consider a thought experiment. Two graduate students have written identical dissertations: the same experiments, the same data, the same robust findings. One is written as a standard, cautious text th...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aej4257
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Maly AF: 🖤Team Mystery❤️
1 day ago
Incredible work
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Carausius
3 days ago
It’s
#SarcophagusSaturday
& this is the magnificent polychrome sarcophagus of Selanti Hanunia Tlesnasa, a wealthy Etruscan lady. Typically Etruscan, she reclines on a pillow holding a mirror in her left hand, displaying her face with her right. She was about 50 when she died. 🕰️C2nd BC 🏛️BM 📷mine
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Kári Tulinius
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I told all of you that the 3rd place playoff is usually more entertaining than the final
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The World’s Most Normal Match of Soccer - Golden Goal
The meaninglessness and majesty of the World Cup's third-place playoff.
https://goldengoal.world/2026/07/18/the-worlds-most-normal-match-of-soccer/
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Tero Mielonen
2 days ago
This is how the Earth looks like after decades of man-made climate change.
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All signs point to increased friction from major broadcasting companies
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
the love affair is over, some version of reality biting
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Trump’s election warnings conflict with reality
The president’s speech blasted China as he prepares to fête its leader and derided mail-in voting, though he and millions of Americans have used it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-election-warnings-conflict-reality-rcna587953
3 days ago
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Exploding shit hits the fan
www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026...
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Trump purge at FDA and USDA triggers food safety ‘brain drain’
Nearly 250,000 federal jobs have been cut under Trump, stripping staff from FDA, USDA and HHS and raising concerns about food safety, inspections and oversight.
https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2026/02/16/fda-and-usda-staff-cuts-under-trump-raise-food-safety-risks/
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Grauniad is pissed
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction | Simon Tisdall
As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/18/donald-trump-iran-world-danger-bombing-us
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Oh look, Trumpkins apparently has a red line
fortune.com/2026/07/18/i...
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Iran just crossed Trump's red line for resuming all-out war as fighting continues to escalate with no end in sight | Fortune
"The collapse of even this minimal understanding could remove the last barrier between episodic confrontation and a forever war."
https://fortune.com/2026/07/18/iran-trump-red-line-all-out-war-us-troops-deaths-oil-hormuz/
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@kattullus.bsky.social
having you around while I do this at home alone after a long day theoretical lens developing is almost (but not quite) as good as a lunch ;p
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Low testosterone, I heard
www.npr.org/2026/07/18/g...
plus too much vaccine and wokeness
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Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars?
U.S. presidents have promised short, decisive wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. All have proved much more difficult than advertised and fallen far short of the political goals set at the beginning.
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/g-s1-134037/why-is-it-so-hard-for-the-u-s-to-win-wars
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"Activists described his visit as an unwelcome display of American wealth and influence"
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Venice greets US ambassador with 'Make America Read Again' signs
US Ambassador to Italy arrived in Venice aboard the 117-meter luxury yacht Boardwalk, which features two helipads, two swimming pools, and a fully equipped spa and gym. #EuropeNews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/07/17/make-america-read-again-venice-protesters-greet-us-ambassador-with-protest-signs
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SFFU
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Steven Strang
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Waiting to hear when Silicon Valley will receive their official testosterone shots
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A Chinese AI Model Just Shot to Number One on the Charts, Sending Shockwaves Through the American Tech Industry
An open-source large language model developed in Beijing just shot to the top of the leaderboard for front-end coding tasks.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chinese-ai-kimi-moonshot-benchmark-claude-chatgpt
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fortune.com/2026/07/17/b...
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Businesses are experimenting with cheaper Chinese AI models as U.S. rivals get more expensive | Fortune
Lower costs and strong performance are prompting companies to experiment with Chinese AI models, even as security concerns persist.
https://fortune.com/2026/07/17/businesses-turn-to-cheaper-chinese-ai-models/
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Why not just recall the Yellow Menace, NYT.... y'all are embarrassment on the world stage with your testosterone fuelled fragility operating as your communication and policy platform
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/t...
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American A.I. Companies Say Chinese Copycats Are Quickly Catching Up
U.S. companies complain that competitors in China are unfairly copying their A.I. systems using a technique that has been around for years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/technology/ai-distillation-china.html
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A group of corporate power brokers is responsible for the democratic collapse we are witnessing on a global scale.
english.elpais.com/opinion/2026...
SHOSHANA ZUBOFF
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They steal our data, they steal our democracy. The moral catastrophe of Big Tech’s totalitarians-for-profit
A group of corporate power brokers is responsible for the democratic collapse we are witnessing on a global scale. Through their algorithms, they have managed to trap citizens in a mire of information...
https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2026-07-12/they-steal-our-data-they-steal-our-democracy-the-moral-catastrophe-of-big-techs-totalitarians-for-profit.html
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Jännät
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Oh nice, this is a great development. From an architectural standpoint many Chinese LLMs have been way more clever than USian ones, so they need fewer operations at inference time, meaning that they're cheaper to run, and their weights are mainly open source too on top of that
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I am surprise. I take this shit for granted - June 2 is the date of the research report, this republishing is from today
www.arctictoday.com/nordic-innov...
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Nordic countries: the innovation powerhouse in Europe - ArcticToday
HELSINKI, Finland (June 2, 2026) — It is often rumored that the mild climate is the real secret of Silicon Valley. This rule doesn’t seem to apply in Europe, since the farther north we go, the higher ...
https://www.arctictoday.com/nordic-innovation/
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Oh no, cue the stream of obscenities, insults, tariffs, threats, and old man waving fists at the screen
www.axios.com/2026/07/17/c...
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China just erased America's AI lead
Kimi's K3 model has caught up to the American frontier.
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/17/china-ai-kimi-k3-open-source-anthropic-opus
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I'll bet they didn't restrict visas for visitors from the Majority World
en.people.cn/n3/2026/0717...
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2026 World AI Conference opens in Shanghai - People's Daily Online
The opening ceremony of the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance
https://en.people.cn/n3/2026/0717/c90000-20478979.html
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It has a front door to the backdoor and a persistent presence
www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...
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What to know about the Israeli-developed chip in Apple’s iPhone 17e
There’s more to the iPhone 17e than meets the eye. Like an advanced silicon chip that is said to be developed in Israel.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/24/what-to-know-about-the-israeli-developed-chip-in-apples-iphone-17e
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This, really, is what China's AI development and design approach is attaching and destroying with one hand tied behind its back
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Generative AI Is an Engineering Disaster
A shockingly inefficient trillion-dollar project
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/07/generative-ai-engineering-disaster/687901/
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"Librul" media must still grapple with core conservatism when it comes to other ideologies
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
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It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android
Google says these changes could endanger user privacy and security.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/its-official-eu-will-force-google-to-share-search-data-and-open-up-ai-on-android/
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"Open-source models can pose problems for US AI companies that are trying to charge subscriptions to access their closed-source models. That can also hurt the chipmakers that are betting on a continued AI spending spree."
edition.cnn.com/2026/07/17/i...
//CNN makes it very clear
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Nasdaq drops 1% after China’s latest AI breakthrough rattles tech stocks | CNN Business
Stocks in Asia and the United States fell Friday after technological advances announced by a Chinese artificial intelligence company intensified concerns that the AI spending spree driving this year’s...
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/17/investing/us-stocks-asia
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29 countries sign agreement to establish World AI Cooperation Organization in Shanghai
WAICO to operate as independent intergovernmental international organization headquartered in Shanghai | Anadolu
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/29-countries-sign-agreement-to-establish-world-ai-cooperation-organization-in-shanghai/4000615
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Erin Kane
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West Indies Crickets sharing that Sir Gary Sobers has passed
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artwells
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"Verify your age" Shows I wanted to watch were preempted by the Watergate Hearings
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