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"As Christianity’s hold on the human story began to falter, secular thinkers raised new questions about humankind’s differences in a range of settings" www.bigissue.com/culture/book...

WHO declares global health emergency over the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, Uganda flip.it/RzKV6Z

"For decades, the medical community operated under a fundamental assumption: you must remove amyloid plaques to improve cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients" techfixated.com/non-invasive...

"without the weight of the US political empire behind it – if Airbnb or Uber had been local startups – much fewer countries in the world would have loosened their regulations and consumer protections to accommodate them to the point where they prospered as they did." pluralistic.net/2026/05/16/t...

"You cannot protect the right to healthcare without funding hospitals. You cannot guarantee the right to education without paying teachers. You cannot deliver justice without funding courts." aeon.co/essays/to-fu...

This is where we live www.santafenewmexican.com/magazines/bi...

¡Que Guapo!

"H. erectus could have passed the variant to Denisovans when the two populations met in Asia, probably more than 400,000 years ago. Denisovans then passed this version of the protein on to modern humans who migrated out of Africa and into Asia and later Oceania perhaps about 50,000 years ago."

Hantavirus on a cruise ship is awful news. A potential antibody treatment exists, but stalled in 2016 due to lack of funding for human trials. This kind of research needs support to protect us.

“I decided to make my request more about the systems in the room because they’re harder to argue with,” he explains. “Students don’t argue with systems the way they argue with people.” share.google/hGZHzBVhQgax...

“I hope this portfolio is remembered not just because of the successful energy projects, but as an example of what can happen when local leadership and strong partnerships come together for the state of New Mexico.” www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_n...

"Why do I believe this? What evidence supports my view? What evidence challenges it? Am I reacting emotionally to information rather than evaluating it carefully? Am I being pressured into believing this?" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/just...

The US dollar lost 30% of its value over the last 6 years. Think about what that actually means. $100K in 2018 is equivalent to $70K today. When the government prints more money, your dollars lose their value. You pay more for the same things. Groceries. Rent. Gas.

'''One of the lowest snowpacks on record, the earliest snowmelt on record, and reservoir storage below 15% of capacity across the Rio Chama and Rio Grande system have combined to push the river toward another dry summer''' share.google/c2933zASBCic...

The key unsolved problem that Covid 19 uncovered is the disconnect between keeping yourself safe versus not spreading your infection to someone else.

'''The pattern of activity "gives us a signature," Mesgarani says. "We can look at someone's brain and decide, oh yeah, this is the source they want to listen to."'''

“Our findings show that neural stem cells not only form new neurons, but also induce other regeneration processes,”

Caja del Rio is a precious place that brings together the diverse histories of New Mexicans. We stand in awe of a landscape marked by time and tradition.  @heinrich.senate.gov and I have introduced a bill to protect the Caja and make it loud and clear that Caja is not for sale.

“What our findings suggest instead is that if a narcissistic person is involved in religion, their engagement is more likely to be externally motivated, for example, driven by social or emotional benefits rather than purely personal faith.” flip.it/kcXowQ

"The AI did the work, and it hit 2,516 devices across 106 countries in parallel, taking just minutes per target. Zero days weren't required. Known CVEs and misconfigurations were enough; the AI simply operated faster than anyone could respond" flip.it/BWdV2T

"A group of Congressional Democrats recently sent Donald Trump a letter pleading with him to ensure Chinese cars never enter the United States." Why They Don’t Want You Driving a Chinese Car flip.it/zYKaBW

"The city and state have taken steps in recent years to address air pollution, including ozone precursor rules for the oil and gas industry and requiring car dealers to supply more zero emission vehicles." share.google/teXCb8UkaOpr...

Perhaps we should eliminate the states that have only one Congressional District by combining them with neighboring states. It's ridiculous that there's no population minimum for states. It skews power to the few. Alaska Delaware North Dakota South Dakota Vermont Wyoming

Argenine might help reduce amyloid buildup www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“Caring has a profound impact on carers’ health and wellbeing,” it added. The charity’s research found that 74% of carers feel stressed or anxious, 40% feel depressed and 35% say their mental health is bad or very bad.

"more than 30% of Americans – including half or more of political independents – say they trust neither party" We need a party that focuses on necessities that everyone needs rather than on extreme issues. www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/p...

"The party that promises to fight for the working class and bashes billionaires as the poster children for wealth disparities embraces affluent candidates" ... and they squashed Bernie when he threatened their insider's choice. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

"Instead of bemoaning the loss of red barns, it might be better to ask farmers if they could use extra money to prevent their farmland from being sold to developers" Renewable Energy Puts Money In The Pockets Of Struggling Farmers - CleanTechnica share.google/lPMcPyZFSQDq...

“This is not just noncompliance, it is a blatant disregard for the law, the court’s authority, and the safety of New Mexicans” sourcenm.com/briefs/new-m...

"AI sustains, affirms, and elaborates on our own delusional thinking and self-narratives" share.google/fRbisxElIKt6...

"Abandoning wells is a deliberate technique to pad marginal oil and gas operators’ profits by dodging cleanup costs" insideclimatenews.org/news/1005202...

"While there are several methods for mopping up, coagulating, or filtering to remove pollutants from water, a more desirable option is to degrade them to simpler, non-toxic compounds" Mechanical method unlocks sunlight-driven wastewater cleanup share.google/e4GnJhg6YX8C...

"The cleaning results were strong. On apple surfaces, the wash removed more than 85% of thiabendazole, compared with 48% for tap water, 65% for baking soda and 61% for native starch." Source: Phys.org share.google/K7lE8ULWxC8J...

"if you can make ammonia from waste nitrate instead, you potentially reduce pollution, reduce energy usage, and reduce dependence on imported feedstocks" China unveils new catalyst that turns nitrate pollution into plant food share.google/yZvtYc5eNkNl...

“When we dance, our brains are actually coupling,” said Thiago Roque, a graduate student in CU Boulder’s ATLAS Institute who led the study. “We are synchronizing our brains through our behavior." share.google/d6o2SotpAw9J...

19 Billion dollars will be spent to stop aiding people in need

“We need to stop undervaluing and deprioritizing the benefits of friendship,”

'''as marine environments became more competitive, the need to process sensory information drove neural complexity, which then provided the genetic “toolkit” for building more complex body plans''' neurosciencenews.com/cambrian-exp...

"Since 1950, global fertility rates have halved, from almost 5 children per woman to 2.2" www.voronoiapp.com/demographics...

"In the winter-to-spring transition, temperatures fluctuated from 70 to 80F on some days and lows in the teens or low 20s on other days" ‘The worst time for wheat’: US farmers face losses to extreme heat and drought | Farming | The Guardian share.google/v3RakFYSEfeJ...

“The fact that people will gamble on these things indicates to me the larger societal problem—everything becomes an opportunity for monetization." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"a near-total takeover of the country’s economic, social and cognitive lives by tools engineered by just five companies, run by five particular people, several of whom are widely described as sociopaths" www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/m...

The best way to understand how something works is to build it. LLM From Scratch is a hands-on workshop where you write every piece of an AI from nothing share.google/a8tBEm7jimhY...

Excellent Space History museum in Alamogordo New Mexico USA

"The U.S. is in a bizarre situation in 2026: It’s facing a looming energy shortage, yet the Trump administration is making deals to pay offshore wind developers nearly US$2 billion in taxpayer money to walk away from energy projects." theconversation.com/why-trumps-2...

💾 Beyond Floppy Disk Economics Capitalism needs a new operating system. IIPP Director @mazzucatom.bsky.social's latest @foreignpolicy.com article outlines how to rewrite the global economic framework for a progressive multilateralism. 🔗 Read more here: buff.ly/dqZOY4k

Vi clone written in BASIC proves old habits :wq hard