Monday, November 17, 2025
Sunday, November 16, 2025
The Unrecognized Prevalence of Primary Aldosteronism: A Cross-sectional Study - PMC
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“In summary, our findings show a high prevalence of unrecognized yet biochemically overt primary aldosteronism using current confirmatory diagnostic thresholds. They highlight the inadequacy of the current diagnostic approach that heavily relies on the ARR and, most important, show the existence of a pathologic continuum of nonsuppressible renin-independent aldosterone production that parallels the severity of hypertension. These findings support the need to redefine primary aldosteronism from a rare and categorical disease to, instead, a common syndrome that manifests across a broad severity spectrum and may be a primary contributor to hypertension pathogenesis.”
— from The Unrecognized Prevalence of Primary Aldosteronism: A Cross-sectional Study - PMC as of 15 November 2025
Also see: Conn's and such
Saturday, November 15, 2025
The ZOOM Handy H-1
As seen online:
“Software H1 Firmware H1 System Version 2.10 H Series ASIO Driver Windows 10/11 (64bit)”
— from | ZOOM as of 15 November 2025
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
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““In summary, our large-scale multi-ancestry GWAS provides a map of the genetic architecture of fibromyalgia, identifying 26 risk loci and providing robust genetic validation of the notion that fibromyalgia is primarily a central nervous system disorder,” the researchers concluded.”
— from Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic as of 15 November 2025
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Monday, November 10, 2025
Part X: The Enshittification of Judgment and the Fight for the Lawyer’s Soul
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“This process has a name, coined by Cory Doctorow: “enshittification.” The Enshittification Life Cycle Doctorow’s term describes the predictable, three-stage decay of digital platforms: First, the platform is good to its users. It offers a great, often subsidized, service to attract a large, locked-in user base. Next, the platform abuses its users to serve its business customers. Once users are captive, the platform’s loyalty shifts to the people who pay it. Finally, the platform abuses its business customers to extract all value for itself (shareholders). With everyone locked in, the platform becomes a “pile of shit”—a rent-seeking, inefficient monopoly that no one likes but everyone must use. This is the inevitable trajectory of Google, Amazon, and X. And it is precisely what is happening to the law.”
— from Part X: The Enshittification of Judgment and the Fight for the Lawyer’s Soul as of 10 November 2025
Easy broccoli soup recipe | Good Food
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“Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Put the potato and stock in a saucepan and bring to the boil, turn down to simmer for 10 mins until the potato is tender, then add the broccoli and some seasoning and cook for another 4-5 mins. Blend the soup until smooth”
— from Easy broccoli soup recipe | Good Food as of 10 November 2025
HTML5 Editor | Free Online Editor & Preview Tool
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“Very handy tool for quick bits of html coding”
— from HTML5 Editor | Free Online Editor & Preview Tool as of 10 November 2025
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Scam Sharer - free Which? tool
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“How did you come across the scam? ”
— from Scam Sharer - free Which? tool as of 6 November 2025
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Prompt Engineering Newest Technique Is Verbalized Sampling That Stirs AI To Be Free-Thinking And Improve Your Responses
Scientists Have Uncovered a 3rd State of Life, Which Starts After Cell Death
Monday, November 3, 2025
d/acc: one year later
Vitalik Buterin:
“We, humans, continue to be the brightest star. The task ahead of us, of building an even brighter 21ˢᵗ century that preserves human survival and freedom and agency as we head toward the stars, is a challenging one. But I am confident that we are up to it.”
— from d/acc: one year later as of 3 November 2025
Fontenelle, Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - Aliens
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“Conversations with a Lady, on the Plurality of Worlds. Written in French by M. Fontenelle, ... Translated by Mr. Glanvill. the Fourth Edition. with the Addition of a Sixth Conversation”
— from Fontenelle, Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds; - AbeBooks as of 3 November 2025
Sunday, November 2, 2025
GIRL MUSIC 007: LEADBELLY | “I Was Rollin’ Honey from Sun to Sun” – Juno Rylee Journalism
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““Irene” became the most popular song of 1950, with The New York Times estimating the song could be heard 1,400 times a minute across 2,583 radio stations, 99 television stations, and 400,000 jukeboxes nationwide.”
— from GIRL MUSIC 007: LEADBELLY | “I Was Rollin’ Honey from Sun to Sun” – Juno Rylee Journalism as of 2 November 2025
Saturday, November 1, 2025
The Return of the Luddites | Los Angeles Review of Books
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“What Silicon Valley frames as a revolution in thinking, Bender and Hanna reframe as more of the same: an intensification of automated systems that call for the kind of humanist pushback Byron once gave the loom.”
— from The Return of the Luddites | Los Angeles Review of Books as of 1 November 2025
AI and digital twins to serve increasingly complex robot management
Hommfer – Waffle Cotton Bathrobe with V-Neck
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“Enjoy absolute comfort with this waffle cotton V-neck bathrobe. Made from soft, breathable cotton fabric, it feels comfortable without overheating. Its elegant collar, adjustable waistband, and practical pockets make it ideal for relaxing in the bathroom with elegance and simplicity.”
— from Hommfer – Waffle Cotton Bathrobe with V-Neck as of 1 November 2025
Monday, October 27, 2025
Today, we ran the EU’s “Humanitarian Use Act” (AI-HUA) through the Justice AI GPT Bias Audit
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“Today, we ran the EU’s “Humanitarian Use Act” (AI-HUA) through the Justice AI GPT Bias Audit™”
— from (Today, we ran the EU’s “Humanitarian Use Act” (AI-HUA) through the Justice AI GPT Bias Audit™ | LinkedIn as of 27 October 2025
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Russia Declares 9M730 Burevestnik Nuclear Cruise Missile Test Marks Global-Reach Capability
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“Whether the Burevestnik becomes an integrated order-of-battle asset or remains a specialized deterrent instrument, the test underscores a broader reality for NATO capitals: the cruise-missile challenge is diversifying in propulsion, routing, and persistence faster than legacy air-defense and arms-control frameworks were built to handle.”
— from Russia Declares 9M730 Burevestnik Nuclear Cruise Missile Test Marks Global-Reach Capability as of 26 October 2025
Friday, October 24, 2025
Photos: Minnie Driver Counts Every Brilliant Thing in London's West End | Playbill
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“In the work, a nameless protagonist faces a distant father, a suicidal mother, and their own inexplicable deep sadness. And in a spark of childhood genius, they counteract these obstacles by chronicling every brilliant thing in the world—first to cheer up their depressed mother, and later for friends, lovers, and themself. ”
— from Photos: Minnie Driver Counts Every Brilliant Thing in London's West End | Playbill as of 24 October 2025
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Order Valium (Diazepam) without prescription with low price | UK-Pharm24
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“Commercial Name: Valium Active Ingredient: Diazepam Production form: Pills Utilization: Anti-Anxiety Available Dosage: 10mg”
— from Order Valium (Diazepam) without prescription with low price | UK-Pharm24 as of 22 October 2025
Sunday, October 19, 2025
OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry
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“Everything that I'm describing is the result of a tech industry — including media and analysts — that refuses to do business with reality, trafficking in ideas and ideology, celebrating victories that have yet to take place, applauding those who have yet to create the things they're talking about, cheering on men lying about what's possible so that they can continue to burn billions of dollars and increase their wealth and influence. I understand why others might not have written this piece. What I am describing is a systemic failure, one at a scale hereto unseen, one that has involved so many rich and powerful and influential people agreeing to ignore reality, and that’ll have crushing impacts for the wider tech ecosystem when it happens.”
— from OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry as of 19 October 2025
In Simulated Social Network Made of AI Bots, Cliques, Echo Chambers, Extremes, and Elites Emerge in Days — Konsyse
As seen online:
“It did not take long for issues to emerge. The network split into well-defined echo chambers, with agents almost exclusively following others who shared their political beliefs. A handful of users gained an overwhelming share of attention, while more extreme voices consistently attracted larger audiences. Familiar patterns of online polarization unfolded in miniature.”
— from In Simulated Social Network Made of AI Bots, Cliques, Echo Chambers, Extremes, and Elites Emerge in Days — Konsyse as of 19 October 2025
UK energy system is "screwed" says Octopus Energy CEO | TechRadar
Saturday, October 18, 2025
The selfish ‘Net and the Big One | Network World
As seen online:
“the Internet continues to function at the whim of those who know how to bring it down.”
— from The selfish ‘Net and the Big One | Network World as of 18 October 2025
Cybersecurity’s New Imperative: Defending Enterprise and National Cognitive Infrastructures (by strengthening the mental immune system) :: Bsides London 2024 :: pretalx
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“In 1991, Winn Schwartau, the civilian architect of information warfare postulated cyberwar in front of US Congress. Today, he warns that America faces a national security crisis; a cognitive Pearl Harbor waiting to happen. The lack of a national security imperative to strengthen our population's mental immune systems and our ability to coexist with technology makes America's cognitive infrastructure essentially defenseless.”
— from Cybersecurity’s New Imperative: Defending Enterprise and National Cognitive Infrastructures (by strengthening the mental immune system) :: Bsides London 2024 :: pretalx as of 18 October 2025
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers
Bengaluru Call Centre Scam: Bengaluru Police Expose Major Digital Fraud
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Monday, October 13, 2025
Michael Nielsen | The Institute
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““I’m fascinated by computers as a means of representing and acting on knowledge, of carrying out processes that we’d call cognition if done by humans.””
And https://michaelnotebook.com/vwh/index.html on the Vulnerable World Hypothesis
Also https://michaelnielsen.org/
— from Michael Nielsen | The Institute as of 13 October 2025
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Chacruna | Welcome to chacruna media. A collective of researchers and luminaries of psychedelic plant medicine culture, science, spirituality.
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“We aim to co-create a world where plant medicines and other psychedelics are understood, protected, honored, and valued as part of our cultural identity, and integrated into our social, legal and health care systems in ways that are equitable and just.”
— from Chacruna | Welcome to chacruna media. A collective of researchers and luminaries of psychedelic plant medicine culture, science, spirituality. as of 11 October 2025
Car Brain Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won't Fix It. - Bloomberg
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“Three recent books give it a shot. They are part of a growing effort among activists and academics encouraging people around the world — especially in North America and Europe — to reconsider society’s relationship with the automobile. Saving Ourselves from Big Car (Columbia University Press, Sept. 16), by the former literary agent and film producer David Obst, is the most histrionic of the set, with the automotive industry accused of myriad evils that include inviting World War II. Roadkill: Unveiling the True Cost of Our Toxic Relationship With Cars (Wiley, Sept. 16), by Henrietta Moore and Arthur Kay, is philosophical, invoking Kant and Rawls to argue that motor vehicles curtail societal freedom, particularly for those who don’t use them. Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile (Penguin Random House, Oct. 21), by Sarah Goodyear, Doug Gordon and Aaron Naparstek, is the most accessible and the most exhaustive of the trio, synthesizing a small mountain of research that explores how automobiles shape human lives and the environment”
— from Car Brain Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won't Fix It. - Bloomberg as of 11 October 2025
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Cost of streamlined government procurement portal balloons by eight times
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“A new government procurement platform intended to encourage more small businesses to bid for contracts, driving competition, has seen its costs balloon from an intended £1.5 million to £12 million as multinational consultancies won contracts to build and manage it.”
— from Cost of streamlined government procurement portal balloons by eight times as of 9 October 2025
Romio Joseph - Product Designer & Writer
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“Amazing Bluesky tool collection ”
— from Romio Joseph - Product Designer & Writer as of 9 October 2025
Bluesky Advanced Search
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“Search interface that is very handy”
— from Bluesky Advanced Search as of 9 October 2025
Monday, October 6, 2025
We need a Weizenbaum test for AI | Science
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“eLetters is a forum for ongoing peer review. eLetters are not edited, proofread, or indexed, but they are screened. eLetters should provide substantive and scholarly commentary on the article. Neither embedded figures nor equations with special characters can be submitted, and we discourage the use of figures and equations within eLetters in general. If a figure or equation is essential, please include within the text of the eLetter a link to the figure, equation, or full text with special characters at a public repository with versioning, such as Zenodo. Please read our Terms of Service before submitting an eLetter.”
— from We need a Weizenbaum test for AI | Science as of 6 October 2025
Sunday, October 5, 2025
An Eclectic Mind - My Anthropic Copyright Claim Bartz Anthropic
As seen online:
“I wrote about the Anthropic copyright case in three blog posts here, so I’m not going to go into the details again”
— from An Eclectic Mind - My Anthropic Copyright ClaimAn Eclectic Mind as of 5 October 2025
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Anthony Falzone - Stanford CIS
As seen online:
“Tony co-founded CIS’s Fair Use Project, which he led as its Executive Director from 2006 to 2012.”
— from Anthony Falzone - Stanford CIS as of 4 October 2025
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria | MIT Technology Review
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“The Stanford researchers say they purposely haven’t taught their AI about viruses that can infect people. But this type of technology does create the risk that other scientists—out of curiosity, good intentions, or malice—could turn the methods on human pathogens, exploring new dimensions of lethality.”
— from AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria | MIT Technology Review as of 30 September 2025
Against the protection of stocking frames. — Ethan Marcotte
As seen online:
“The technology is a failure, and I’d like to invite you to join me in treating it as such. I’m not the first one to land here, of course; the likes of Karen Hao, Alex Hanna, Emily Bender, and more have been on this beat longer than I have. And just to be clear, describing “AI” as a failure doesn’t mean it doesn’t have useful, individual applications; it’s possible you’re already thinking of some that matter to you. But I think it’s important to see those as exceptions to the technology’s overwhelming bias toward failure.”
— from Against the protection of stocking frames. — Ethan Marcotte as of 30 September 2025
Sunday, September 28, 2025
IASEAI'26 will be 24-25 February 2026
As seen online:
“The International Association for Safe and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (IASEAI) invites submissions for its second annual conference, taking place 24-25 February 2026 (main conference) and 26 February 2026 (workshop day) in Paris, France.”
— from IASEAI'26 as of 28 September 2025
Friday, September 26, 2025
Media factsheet: eVisas – Home Office in the media
As seen online:
“British citizens who do not have a British passport because they are dual nationals (excluding Irish passport holders) may need to take action in future regarding how they prove their right of abode. Updates on this will be provided in due course.”
— from Media factsheet: eVisas – Home Office in the media as of 26 September 2025
I’m a Mizrahi Jew. Do I Count as a Person of Color? – The Forward
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“To find out, I spent weeks talking to people in the black, biracial and Mizrahi communities. What I learned surprised me. Turns out, nobody quite knows how to categorize Mizrahi Jews.”
— from I’m a Mizrahi Jew. Do I Count as a Person of Color? – The Forward as of 26 September 2025
Saturday, September 20, 2025
Man and children burn alive inside a Tesla unable to open the door
Friday, September 19, 2025
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." | CCCB LAB
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“In 1962, in his book “Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible”, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated his famous Three Laws, of which the third law is the best-known and most widely cited: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”.
The visualization below aims to explore this concept, offering a general classification of ‘magical acts’ and a timeline of what could be the evolution of their technological counterparts (you can click on any technology or ‘magical family’ and visit Wikipedia to get an idea of the concept).”
Other two laws:
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, they are almost certainly right; when they state something is impossible, they are very probably wrong.
2. The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
— from "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." | CCCB LAB as of 19 September 2025
Key parts of Trump's economic agenda now in Supreme Court's hands | Reuters
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“Robert Luther III, also a George Mason University law professor, said the president has the power to direct U.S. economic policy and he expects the Supreme Court to agree with Trump both on tariffs and in firing Cook. "President Trump has made clear that his tariff policy is at the heart of his economic policy. If the Supreme Court rips one pillar out of that foundation, the building will collapse," Luther said.”
— from Key parts of Trump's economic agenda now in Supreme Court's hands | Reuters as of 19 September 2025
Thursday, September 18, 2025
The Rise of Fileless Malware: The Invisible Cyber Threat Hiding in Memory (and How to Stop It)
As seen online:
"Because little or nothing touches the disk, it’s harder for signature-based antivirus to flag and block."
True, but who uses purely signature-based antivirus? Are there any products left that only use signatures?
— from The Rise of Fileless Malware: The Invisible Cyber Threat Hiding in Memory (and How to Stop It) as of 18 September 2025
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Local amplification of seismic waves from the Denali Earthquake and damaging seiches in Lake Union, Seattle, Washington - Barberopoulou - 2004 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library
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“study the spectral amplification of long period (1 to 100 sec) seismic waves in the Puget Lowland, and the coupling of seismic and water waves. The earthquake ruptured along the Denali fault system, one of the largest strike-slip fault systems in the world”
— from Local amplification of seismic waves from the Denali Earthquake and damaging seiches in Lake Union, Seattle, Washington - Barberopoulou - 2004 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library as of 16 September 2025
New Android RAT uses Near Field Communication to automatically steal money from devices | TechRadar
“RatOn merges traditional overlay attacks with automatic money transfers and NFC relay functionality—making it a uniquely powerful threat”
— from New Android RAT uses Near Field Communication to automatically steal money from devices | TechRadar as of 16 September 2025
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Burger King Uses Copyright Law to Nix Security Research
As seen online:
“The researcher said the dashboard also reported insights based on the audio being run through an artificial intelligence system designed to measure an employee's "friendliness" score. The AI system also assessed how long an employee kept other customers waiting, recorded if they attempted to upsell customers and were successful - including how - and whether they opened every customer interaction with the phrase, "You rule." ”
— from Burger King Uses Copyright Law to Nix Security Research as of 14 September 2025
EFL Sky Bet Championship table, results, fixtures, stats - The English Football League
As seen online:
“Fixtures and table for Coventry City FC results”
— from EFL Sky Bet Championship table, results, fixtures, stats - The English Football League as of 14 September 2025
Friday, September 12, 2025
Best new crime dramas, Sept 2025: Gripping UK TV crime drama
As seen online:
“Patience, a budding criminologist who has autism and works in Yorkshire Police records department.”
— from Best new crime dramas: Gripping TV crime drama series to know as of 12 September 2025
Home | Bartz, et al. v. Anthropic PBC
As seen online:
“In the meantime, if you believe Anthropic may have downloaded your book(s) from LibGen or PiLiMi, please click the button below and provide your contact information. If the settlement is preliminarily approved, formal notice will be sent to class members’ known email and mailing addresses.”
— from Home | Bartz, et al. v. Anthropic PBC as of 12 September 2025
cobb, stephen - Search - Anna’s Archive
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“The largest truly open library in human history. 53,622,165 books, 101,300,806 papers — preserved forever.”
— from cobb, stephen - Search - Anna’s Archive as of 12 September 2025
ISBN Lookup: The Book Search Guide - BookScouter Blog
As seen online:
“ISBN search sites provide book details, including title, author, publisher, etc. If a person is interested in purchasing a book, the ISBN helps to find it.”
— from ISBN Lookup: The Book Search Guide - BookScouter Blog as of 12 September 2025
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Rocket Dog Sugar Glider Camel Clogs – Rocket Dog UK
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“Whether you’re dashing out for a coffee, working from home in joggers, or pairing them with wide-leg jeans for a Saturday stroll, these slip-ons bring warmth and ease with every step.”
— from Rocket Dog Sugar Glider Camel Clogs – Rocket Dog UK as of 11 September 2025
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire 'named and shamed' as among England's worst - CoventryLive
As seen online:
“Andy Hardy, its CEO, said that they were 'disappointed' and added that improvements were being made.”
— from University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire 'named and shamed' as among England's worst - CoventryLive as of 9 September 2025
Sunday, September 7, 2025
David Loye: Rediscovering Darwin
As seen online:
“Even more remarkable in a battered world desperately in need of moral guidance is the Darwin who wrote 92 times not of selfishness but of the Moral Sense as the ultimate over-riding prime driver of evolution. ”
— from David Loye: Rediscovering Darwin as of 7 September 2025
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Warwickshire Coalfield - Coventry pits
As seen online:
— from Warwickshire Coalfield - Northern Mine Research Society as of 4 September 2025
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Tracy Cobb's Patent
As seen online:
“A rectilinear-motion bearing, for a table or slide of a machine tool or other apparatus having a V-shaped guideway, comprises a carrier in the form of a strip of sheet metal or synthetic plastic material of V-shape in transverse cross'-section or, alternatively, in the form of a pair of flat strips arranged adjacent the inclined walls of the guideway, each strip having therein a number of apertures 2, in each of which is mounted a roller 3.”
— from GB867755A - A bearing for a table or slide of a machine tool or other apparatus having a v-shaped guideway - Google Patents as of 3 September 2025
Monday, September 1, 2025
The Myth of October 7 Video
As seen online:
“Palestinians have been treated continually with inhumane contempt. The slaughter in plain sight is vile. Our Labour government with a supposedly intelligent humanitarian as a leader who is sanctioning & supporting this traumatic destruction of a whole country is an abomination.”
— from REVEALED: The Myth of October 7 | Patreon as of 1 September 2025
Sunday, August 31, 2025
thiele1938.jpg (1554×877)
As seen online:
“A visitor to the site provided me with this remarkable portrait. Her father was based near Munich during the occupation and went into the beer hall where many of Hitler’s early meetings were held. She provides this background story: “The building had been bombed with the roof missing, but on one wall behind the podium where Hitler had spoken was this painting. For some unknown reason, this poor farm boy from Oklahoma took a liking to it, so he took it out of the frame and rolled it up and brought it back in a map case.” It is an oil painting on canvas and measures 4'2" x 2'4".
https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/images/hitler/thiele1938.jpg”
— from thiele1938.jpg (1554×877) as of 31 August 2025
Scenes from DC as federal agents, National Guard patrol capital streets - August 26, 2025 | Reuters
As seen online:
“Great source of Trump police state images”
— from Scenes from DC as federal agents, National Guard patrol capital streets - August 26, 2025 | Reuters as of 31 August 2025
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Ryuk ransomware distribution
From Advintel.io, now part of Redsense:
"The group behind Ryuk ransomware distribution, referenced as "one" continues to target various industries including healthcare relying on BazarBackdoor. Currently, the healthcare and social services targeting comprises 13.36% of the total victim by industries."
Ryuk “one” Adversary Dossier
- Average Payment: 48 Bitcoin
- Largest Confirmed Payment: 2,200 Bitcoin
- Crime Salary: Over $150 Million in Bitcoin
- Psychology Type: Tough Negotiator, Rare Leniency
- Actor Origin: Russian-speaking Eastern Europe
- Reliability: High
- Recent Sector Breach Activities:
- Technology
- Healthcare
- Energy
- Financial services
- Government
Kilt | Forplay Mini Skirt | EMP
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“Skirt from Black Premium by EMP: - Skirt in a kilt design - Slightly flared cut - Faux-leather detailing - Fitted pockets on the sides - Pleated at the back and on the sides”
— from Kilt | Forplay Mini Skirt | EMP as of 28 August 2025
Contributions of the Left- and the Right-Hemisphere on the Language-Induced Grip Force Modulation of the Left Hand in Unimanual Task[v1] | Preprints.org
As seen online:
“The language-induced grip force modulation (GFM) can be used to better understand the link between the language and motor functions as an expression of the embodied language. However, the contribution of each brain hemisphere to the language-induced GFM is still unclear.
Conclusions: The possibility that an action is performed by the left-hand does not interfere with the occurrence of GFM when this action verb is employed as linguistic stimulus. Therefore, the language-induced GFM seems mainly rely on the left hemisphere, and the engagement of the right hemisphere seems to slow down the increase in the GFM intensity.”
— from Contributions of the Left- and the Right-Hemisphere on the Language-Induced Grip Force Modulation of the Left Hand in Unimanual Task[v1] | Preprints.org as of 28 August 2025
Mark Zuckerberg's vision for humanity is terrifying
As seen online:
“So we look to Meta. This is the company that lobbied Washington for a ban on state-level AI regulation. This is the company through which Zuckerberg hopes to sell us all AI-embedded glasses, and give us AI-chatbot friends. And this is the company, we now know, that we shouldn’t trust with any of it. To protect the vulnerable online and off, it’s time for a reckoning about the man with so much power over our social structure. Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the future is deadly.”
— from Mark Zuckerberg's vision for humanity is terrifying as of 28 August 2025
Transfer A Phone Number From Sky Mobile to Talkmobile: Step-By-Step Instructions
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“If you’d like to move your phone number from Sky Mobile to Talkmobile, the first step is getting your Porting Authorisation Code (or PAC Code) from Sky Mobile.”
— from Transfer A Phone Number From Sky Mobile to Talkmobile: Step-By-Step Instructions as of 28 August 2025
Handy source on Russian invasion
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Guthenberg Parenthesis
deipnosophist, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
As seen online:
“deipnosophist is a borrowing from Greek.”
— from deipnosophist, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary as of 27 August 2025
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Royal Inn Pub Restaurant in Portishead, Bristol
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“If you're looking for a country pub with excellent food and spectacular ocean views to take your breath away, then discover the Royal Inn. Overlooking Portishead Pier, this stunning historic pub sits within walking distance of Portishead town centre and many of the local beaches, bays, and beauty spots.”
— from Royal Inn Pub Restaurant in Portishead, Bristol as of 23 August 2025
CARCHECK.co.uk - FREE vehicle reg check
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“1 million users! 500+ car companies largest UK car database internet history”
— from CAR CHECK - Biggest FREE vehicle reg check as of 23 August 2025
Brilliant macro malware analysis CYFIRMA TAG-110
As seen online:
“Recent analysis has uncovered a phishing campaign conducted by TAG-110, a Russia-aligned threat actor linked to APT28 (BlueDelta) and overlapping with UAC- 0063, targeting Tajikistan between January and February 2025. The campaign employed macro-enabled Word template files (.dotm) as the initial infection vector, representing a tactical shift from the group’s previous reliance on HTA-based HATVIBE payloads. The malicious documents, themed on Tajik government topics, were designed to deceive recipients and triggered execution through the document.open event. Upon opening, the macro unprotected the document, suppressed spell checks, and attempted visual obfuscation by setting the font line width to zero. It then copied itself into %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP\.dotm to ensure persistent execution as a global template. The AutoExec macro launched automatically with Word startup, performing a check to see if the application was opened within the last 60 seconds via the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\\Word\Options\LastTim e; if so, it terminated execution.”
— from Weekly Intelligence Report - 30 May 2025 - CYFIRMA as of 23 August 2025
Eighth International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life - PhilEvents
As seen online:
“The John Templeton Foundation & The Global Philosophy of Religion Project”
The 8th International Conference on Philosophy & Meaning in Life will take place from March 26-28, 2026, at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, USA. The event will feature keynote speakers John Martin Fischer and Sherri Irvin, and will focus on scholarly dialogue surrounding the ultimate value, purpose, and intelligibility of human existence. The call for papers is open, with a submission deadline on October 26, 2025
— from Eighth International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life - PhilEvents as of 21 August 2025
Hereditary haemochromatosis — Knowledge Hub
As seen online:
Generally quite good - notes gender 50/50 which is correct.
“Hereditary haemochromatosis is characterised by an excess of iron in particular organs in the body. It affects all genders equally, though women often present later than men. It is caused by pathogenic variants in the HFE gene.”
— from Hereditary haemochromatosis — Knowledge Hub as of 23 August 2025
Haemochromatosis: More Common Than You Think! Let Us Learn about Its Origin and Pathophysiology. — Andréas Astier
As seen online:
“The Haemochromatosis series will be a 2 part blog where the first blog shall be about Haemochromatosis with its origin, genetics and pathophysiology. The second part will be an interview of a patient living with Haemochromatosis, how they found out, their daily challenges, and how they cope with this condition every day.”
— from Haemochromatosis: More Common Than You Think! Let Us Learn about Its Origin and Pathophysiology. — Andréas Astier as of 23 August 2025
What is Hemochromatosis?
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“Hemochromatosis is a disorder in which iron overload occurs in the body, causing iron toxicity. This leads to storage of iron within the heart, the liver, and the pancreas, among other tissues, damaging them and causing organ failure if it remains untreated.”
— from What is Hemochromatosis? as of 23 August 2025
Friday, August 22, 2025
AI companies have stopped warning you that their chatbots aren’t doctors
Cultural Cognition as a Conception of the Cultural Theory of Risk by Dan M. Kahan :: SSRN
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“Cultural cognition refers to the tendency of individuals to form beliefs about societal dangers that reflect and reinforce their commitments to particular visions of the ideal society. Cultural cognition is one of a variety of approaches designed to empirically test the cultural theory of risk associated with Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky.”
— from Cultural Cognition as a Conception of the Cultural Theory of Risk by Dan M. Kahan :: SSRN as of 22 August 2025
US Property Crime Rate (1961-2024) | Created with Datawrapper
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“With Datawrapper, you can create visualizations like the one above in minutes instead of hours!”
— from US Property Crime Rate (1961-2024) | Created with Datawrapper as of 22 August 2025
Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s
Speaks to the skewed crime perceptions...
As seen online:
“Similarly, in 2024, there were 1,760 reported property crimes for every 100,000 Americans. That is the lowest rate of property crimes since 1961.”
— from Why you might not know that 2024 was America's safest year since the 1960s as of 22 August 2025
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
My Account - Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter
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“Give the gift of Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter to your friends”
— from My Account - Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter as of 20 August 2025
Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells | The Verge
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“Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT “can give incorrect responses.””
— from Microsoft Excel adds Copilot AI to help fill in spreadsheet cells | The Verge as of 20 August 2025
Charity calls for ‘enforceable guarantee of offline alternatives’ of public services – PublicTechnology
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“Age UK last week delivered a petition to 10 Downing Street – signed by 173,949 people – calling on government to put in place a “clear guarantee” that mandated all public services, including NHS and local government provision, to offer an option accessible to those lacking digital skills or access.”
— from Charity calls for ‘enforceable guarantee of offline alternatives’ of public services – PublicTechnology as of 20 August 2025
The Obscene Wealth Issue | The New Republic
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“Louis Brandeis’s words remain true: “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” In ways Brandeis could never have imagined, we may be about to find out.”
— from The Obscene Wealth Issue | The New Republic as of 20 August 2025
Trump administration moves to repeal climate ‘holy grail’ - POLITICO
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“The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed repealing the federal government’s bedrock scientific declaration on the dangers of greenhouse gases — a move that would run afoul of decades of research and topple most of the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate regulations. The rollback is the most audacious attempt yet by President Donald Trump to undo federal restrictions on fossil fuels.”
— from Trump administration moves to repeal climate ‘holy grail’ - POLITICO as of 20 August 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Queeroes: John Waters – The Queerness
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“But it does frustrate me a little when the predominant rhetoric of queer liberation is to make our lives as similar to the lives of cishet people as possible ... one thing that John and I have in common is the belief that laughing at the conventions that cishet people use to beat us with is a good way of dealing with that trauma. “I always thought the privilege of being gay is that we don’t have to get married or go in the Army,” he once said. Quite.”
— from Queeroes: John Waters – The Queerness as of 19 August 2025
Monday, August 18, 2025
Word Cloud Site
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Handy quick free word cloud site, check the columns for a lot of options, then screenshot results.
— from Square Word Cloud Random Layout - Edit - WordArt.com as of 18 August 2025
Sunday, August 17, 2025
(7) Facebook
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Shells Cleaning and Companionship: “Specialising in domestic, commercial and deep cleans”
— from (7) Facebook as of 17 August 2025
Friday, August 15, 2025
Trump’s AI chip flip-FLOP | Vox
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“The concerns here are such that maybe the best way to understand them is to imagine a debate between a pro-export and anti-export advocate. I’m taking some poetic license here, in part because people in the sector are often averse to plainly saying what they mean on the record. But I think it’s a fair reflection of the debate as I’ve heard it. Anti-Export Guy: Trump says he wants the US to have “global dominance” in AI, and here he is, just letting China have very powerful chips. This obviously hurts the US’s edge.”
— from Trump’s AI chip flip-FLOP | Vox as of 15 August 2025
Thursday, August 14, 2025
The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI
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“Hinton said he used to think it could take 30 years to 50 years to achieve AGI but now sees this moment coming sooner. “A reasonable bet is sometime between five and 20 years,” he said. While Hinton remains concerned about what could go wrong with AI, he is hopeful the technology will pave the way to medical breakthroughs.
“We’re going to see radical new drugs. We are going to get much better cancer treatment than the present,” he said.
For instance, he said AI will help doctors comb through and correlate the vast amounts of data produced by MRI and CT scans.”
— from The ‘godfather of AI’ reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI | CNN Business as of 14 August 2025
New Human Ancestor Identified from Fossil Teeth | Scientific American
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“The new find underscores the complexity of human origins. Although Homo sapiens is the only hominin species on Earth today, for the vast majority of humanity’s existence, multiple hominin species shared the planet. ”
— from New Human Ancestor Identified from Fossil Teeth | Scientific American as of 14 August 2025
What happened to the pursuit of truth? | Eve Marder
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“less affluent portions of the population vote for people whose policies do nothing to ensure better universal health care or education. At the same time, much of the scientific community has chosen to fall in line with the stranglehold that high profile journals have on our supposedly merit-based publication and promotion processes”
— from What happened to the pursuit of truth? | Journal of General Physiology | Eve Marder as of 14 August 2025
The Guardian "moment that changed me" - Google Search
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A whole series of articles triggered by the same premise, a moment that changed a person.
— from The Guardian "moment that changed me" - Google Search as of 14 August 2025
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
What happened to the pursuit of truth? | Eve Marder
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“I worry that the greatest liability of our increasing use of AI, will be that, we as scientists will lose our own ability to distinguish fact from fiction. For many years, I have looked at raw data to see what they show. That is no longer possible in many instances. As more and more complex data analysis tools enter our fields, it becomes harder and harder to find ground truth and to know that our scientific houses have strong foundations that can help us withstand the AI hurricanes of the future.”
— from What happened to the pursuit of truth? | Journal of General Physiology | Rockefeller University Press as of 13 August 2025
7 Principles (and core values) of the NHS - Health Service Navigator
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“2. Access to NHS services is based on clinical need, not an individual’s ability to pay NHS services are free of charge, except in limited circumstances sanctioned by Parliament.”
— from 7 Principles (and core values) of the NHS - Health Service Navigator as of 13 August 2025
PC Mag - Google Books Winword concept
Can a Chatbot Be Conscious? Claude 4 and the Limits of AI Understanding
Zuckerberg claims ‘superintelligence is now in sight’ as Meta lavishes billions on AI | Technology | The Guardian
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“Zuckerberg wrote that the company differs from other AI firms in that Meta aims to bring “personal superintelligence to everyone”. Other companies are focused on primarily using “superintelligence” for productivity and to automate “all valuable work”, he wrote. “The rest of this decade seems likely to be the decisive period for determining the path this technology will take, and whether superintelligence will be a tool for personal empowerment or a force focused on replacing large swaths of society,” he wrote.”
— from Zuckerberg claims ‘superintelligence is now in sight’ as Meta lavishes billions on AI | Technology | The Guardian as of 13 August 2025
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Proposed spacecraft could carry up to 2,400 people on a one-way trip to the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri
'AI for all': MoJ launches AI action plan for civil servants
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Female cyber security specialist awarded prestigious fellowship
1.1 million deaths linked to avoidable conditions - News articles - Eurostat
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“In 2022, 1.1 million deaths among people under the age of 75 in the EU – equivalent to standardised death rate of 257.8 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants – were considered avoidable by early treatment or prevention of diseases.”
— from 1.1 million deaths linked to avoidable conditions - News articles - Eurostat as of 10 August 2025
What Happens If AI Learns to Evade Our Control? - Bloomberg
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“Research published earlier this year by the nonprofit AI evaluator Apollo Research found that Claude 4 Opus would leave notes to its future self so it could continue its plans even after a memory reset.”
— from What Happens If AI Learns to Evade Our Control? - Bloomberg as of 10 August 2025
Also: AI traders will form price-fixing cartels even when not explicitly prompted, according to simulations by researchers at Wharton. “Instead of battling for returns, they fix prices, hoard profits, and sideline human traders.” — Lu Wang, Bloomberg News
The two people shaping the future of OpenAI’s research | MIT Technology Review
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“The firm is now in a race with the biggest and richest technology companies in the world and valued at $300 billion. Envelope-pushing research and eye-catching demos no longer cut it. It needs to ship products and get them into people’s hands—and boy, it does.”
— from The two people shaping the future of OpenAI’s research | MIT Technology Review as of 10 August 2025
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk say human population not nearly big enough: ‘If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts’
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““I would love to see, you know, a trillion humans living in the solar system. If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts and a thousand Einsteins…Our solar system would be full of life and intelligence and energy.”” Jeff Bezos
— from Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk say human population not nearly big enough: ‘If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts’ as of 10 August 2025
"It is deeply troubling that one of the richest humans that ever breathed air thinks things like that. If we had a trillion humans, our solar system would be full of suffering." — Stephen Cobb
Bezos is very rich and clearly enjoying life. He sees that as normal and wants to multiply that. But normal in 99% of humans struggling. If there were a trillion humans, 990 billion would be struggling, not chilling out to a thousand Mozarts.
Friday, August 8, 2025
Study Finds COVID Pandemic Accelerated Brain Aging in Everyone | Scientific American
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“The brains of healthy people aged faster during the COVID-19 pandemic than did the brains of people analysed before the pandemic began, a study of almost 1,000 people suggests. The accelerated ageing occurred even in people who didn’t become infected.”
— from Study Finds COVID Pandemic Accelerated Brain Aging in Everyone | Scientific American as of 8 August 2025
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Sam Altman says "I feel useless," compares ChatGPT-5 to Manhattan Project
Trump Made 'Mistake of Historic Proportions' on Ukraine
Sunday, August 3, 2025
Securing Vibe Coding: Addressing the Security Challenges of AI-Generated Code | SC Media
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“How to identify and mitigate common security flaws in AI-generated code, including emerging patterns of vulnerability”
— from Securing Vibe Coding: Addressing the Security Challenges of AI-Generated Code | SC Media as of 3 August 2025
AI's Political Realist Defense of Democracy
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“Kissinger's project not as a sign of weakness but as an act of profound statecraft. He was seeking to protect the nation without sacrificing the values that make it worth defending. He understood that a nation that blindly trusts its defense to a "black box" has already surrendered a core principle: the belief that human wisdom and moral accountability are paramount. Kissinger’s effort to maintain strategic stability is the necessary precondition for Elshtain’s concern for the nation’s soul to even be possible. A nation annihilated in an AI-driven war cannot practice civic virtue.”
— from AI's Political Realist Defense of Democracy as of 3 August 2025
Friday, August 1, 2025
Seven all-American products that are actually 'Made in Europe'
The upstart company that wants to build the world's largest aircraft
Monday, July 28, 2025
Five Decades Ago, One Man Saw It Coming.
Doctors noticing AI code errors in records
As seen online:
““If you see a diagnosis that doesn’t make sense, ask about it or find out where things came from. Chances are we didn’t put it there or we didn’t know it got put there and if somebody else erroneously puts it in, it’s done. It’s going to go from institution to institution across the electronic record.””
— from Doctors noticing AI code errors in records as of 28 July 2025
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Doctors noticing AI code errors in records
Friday, July 25, 2025
Sam Altman reveals his fears for humanity as ‘this weird emergent thing’ of AI keeps evolving: ‘No one knows what happens next‘ | Fortune
“Altman said when everyone has the kind of access to instant expertise that AI enables, humans can remake the idea of what it means to contribute to society, though he cautioned the transition will be deeply unsettling for those whose livelihoods are displaced in the near term.”
— from Sam Altman reveals his fears for humanity as ‘this weird emergent thing’ of AI keeps evolving: ‘No one knows what happens next‘ | Fortune as of 25 July 2025
Thursday, July 24, 2025
New AFL-CIO Report: Nation’s Top CEOs Made 285 Times Workers’ Pay in 2024 | AFL-CIO
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“CEOs made 285 times their median workers’ income, up from the already egregious 268-to-1 in last year’s annual report. The AFL-CIO’s 2025 Executive Paywatch report analyzes new data to quantify the gross economic inequality between America’s CEOs and the workers who make their profits for them. Key findings from the 2025 AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch report include that:
● Starbucks had the highest CEO-to-worker pay ratio out of all S&P 500 Index companies in 2024. Last year, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol received $97,813,843 in annualized total compensation, or 6,666 times more than the company’s median employee.”
— from New AFL-CIO Report: Nation’s Top CEOs Made 285 Times Workers’ Pay in 2024 | AFL-CIO as of 24 July 2025
White House Unveils America's AI Action Plan
Lawsuit says Clorox hackers got passwords simply by asking
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
AI model collapse is not what we paid for • The Register
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“Welcome to Garbage In/Garbage Out (GIGO). Formally, in AI circles, this is known as AI model collapse. In an AI model collapse, AI systems, which are trained on their own outputs, gradually lose accuracy, diversity, and reliability. This occurs because errors compound across successive model generations, leading to distorted data distributions and "irreversible defects" in performance. The final result? A Nature 2024 paper stated, "The model becomes poisoned with its own projection of reality."”
— from AI model collapse is not what we paid for • The Register as of 23 July 2025
2025 & 2026 Artificial Intelligence Conferences - 37 Events!
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“Discover the most comprehensive conference calendar of upcoming 2025 & 2026 artificial intelligence conferences,”
— from 2025 & 2026 Artificial Intelligence Conferences - 37 Events! as of 23 July 2025
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
We Have to Stop Using Facebook and X to Warn People About Disasters
Monday, July 21, 2025
The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis
Saturday, July 19, 2025
(2) Digital Frontlines: Nation-State Threats and Fracturing Cyber Diplomacy | Edition 128 | LinkedIn
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“As global cyber tensions escalate, high-stakes activities have revealed how fractured and vulnerable international cyber defense truly is. From targeted military infrastructure breaches to campaigns against chipmakers and critical supply chains, state-sponsored actors no longer operate in the shadows — they're openly reshaping the global threat landscape.”
— from (2) Digital Frontlines: Nation-State Threats and Fracturing Cyber Diplomacy | Edition 128 | LinkedIn as of 19 July 2025
Russian missiles and drones continue to kill after impact, releasing toxic clouds of carcinogens over Ukrainian cities - Euromaidan Press
“After Russian attacks and the fires they cause, large amounts of toxic substances enter the air and soil, many of which are carcinogenic and mutagenic, says Tetiana Tymochko, head of the All-Ukrainian Environmental League, UkrInform reports.”
— from Russian missiles and drones continue to kill after impact, releasing toxic clouds of carcinogens over Ukrainian cities - Euromaidan Press as of 19 July 2025
Friday, July 18, 2025
Trump Job Approval Rating Graph - by G. Elliott Morris
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“Average approval and disapproval rating for Donald Trump's second term. The average is adjusted for poll quality, population, sample/interview mode, sample size, and recency.”
— from Trump Job Approval Rating Graph - by G. Elliott Morris as of 18 July 2025
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Bank Warns That Robotaxi Companies May Have Overlooked Severe Obstacles to Actually Making Money
human remote operators, who are tasked with taking over when needed.
"When we factor in these costs, we believe robotaxis won't be break-even on a cash flow basis until 7-8 years after launch," the note reads, as quoted by BI.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/bank-robotaxis-money
Rachel Reeves is hoping deregulation will save the economy. We know how that ends | Larry Elliott
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/16/rachel-reeves-economy-deregulation-chancellor-city-bosses-britain
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Brave New World 1980 480p : NBCUniveral : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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“Broadcast March 7, 1980 I think the only version of the Brave New World TV movie that still exists was recorded at home off of BBC 1. This version is the same, but missing the BBC logo at the beginning and has a very minor edit in about the middle to take out the announcement that this is "Brave New World."”
— from Brave New World 1980 480p : NBCUniveral : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive as of 16 July 2025
Sunday, July 13, 2025
America’s privacy and security enforcer | SC Media
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“In light of these news items it might seem strange to turn the spotlight on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as a force for good in the realm of information security. Indeed, many corporate executives might be more confused than concerned to get a message from reception saying, "There's someone from the FTC here to see you." ”
— from America’s privacy and security enforcer | SC Media as of 13 July 2025
Friday, July 11, 2025
Resolve│Ethical Asset Management
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“We're an ethically focused business providing a number of services across the UK.”
— from Resolve│Ethical Asset Management as of 11 July 2025
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Visible: Pacing made simple
As seen online:
“Capture higher quality data than other wearables, for research-grade heart rate monitoring.”
— from Visible: Pacing made simple as of 10 July 2025
Monday, July 7, 2025
Advanced company search - Find and update company information - GOV.UK
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“Fill in one or more fields to search the Companies House register.”
— from Advanced company search - Find and update company information - GOV.UK as of 7 July 2025
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Ranch dressing recipe - BBC Food
“Homemade ranch dressing is easy to make – drizzle this American favourite over salad, potatoes or spicy buffalo wings.”
— from Ranch dressing recipe - BBC Food as of 6 July 2025
AGI And AI Superintelligence Are Going To Sharply Hit The Human Ceiling Assumption Barrier
“The thorny question is often referred to as the human ceiling assumption. It goes like this. Is there a ceiling or ending point that confines how far human intellect can go? Or does human intellect extend indefinitely and nearly have infinite possibilities?”
— from AGI And AI Superintelligence Are Going To Sharply Hit The Human Ceiling Assumption Barrier as of 6 July 2025
Forewarning That There’s No Reversibility Once We Reach AGI And AI Superintelligence
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“This analysis of an innovative AI breakthrough is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).”
— from Forewarning That There’s No Reversibility Once We Reach AGI And AI Superintelligence as of 6 July 2025
AI models just don't understand what they're talking about • The Register
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“ The academics are differentiating "potemkins" from "hallucination," which is used to describe AI model errors or mispredictions. In fact, there's more to AI incompetence than factual mistakes; AI models lack the ability to understand concepts the way people do, a tendency suggested by the widely used disparaging epithet for large language models, "stochastic parrots."”
— from AI models just don't understand what they're talking about • The Register as of 6 July 2025
Saturday, July 5, 2025
List of clips showing Tesla's Robotaxi incidents : r/SelfDrivingCars
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“A lot of people have been documenting Tesla's Robotaxi rollout. I wanted to share a few I've collected. Feel free to share any I missed!”
— from List of clips showing Tesla's Robotaxi incidents : r/SelfDrivingCars as of 5 July 2025
Friday, July 4, 2025
FBAR Department of Treasury Exchange Rates 2024: (New)
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“In the case of non-United States currency, convert the maximum account value for each account into United States dollars. Convert foreign currency by using the Treasury’s Financial Management Service rate:
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/currency-exchange-rates-converter/
for the last day of the calendar year.” E.,g. December 31, 2024 = 0.797 = 1.2547
— from FBAR Department of Treasury Exchange Rates 2024 as of 4 July 2025
Individuals Filing the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)
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“To file the FBAR as an individual, you must personally and/or jointly own a reportable foreign financial account that requires the filing of an FBAR (FinCEN Report 114) for the reportable year. There is no need to register to file the FBAR as an individual. ”
— from Individuals Filing the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) as of 4 July 2025
The FBAR (Foreign Bank and Financial Account Reporting)
As seen online:
“Each year, the U.S. Government requires U.S. persons who own foreign assets and accounts to disclose this information annually to the IRS/FinCEN on the FBAR”
— from The FBAR (Foreign Bank and Financial Account Reporting) as of 4 July 2025
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
AI Vuln Detection #1: How XBOW did it
As seen online:
“XBOW’s path to the top involved uncovering a wide range of interesting and impactful vulnerabilities. Among them was a previously unknown vulnerability in Palo Alto’s GlobalProtect VPN solution, affecting over 2,000 hosts. Throughout this process, XBOW consistently demonstrated its ability to adapt to edge cases and develop creative strategies for complex exploitation scenarios entirely on its own.”
— from XBOW – The road to Top 1: How XBOW did it as of 2 July 2025
Coventry & Ashby & Fradley Canal Guide and Map
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"Leaving Fradley Junction and the well known Swan Inn the canal first cuts across flat wooded land, passing an old World War Two airfield, to Fazeley where the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal goes off to join the Birmingham Canal System, and on through Tamworth. Tamworth has a 13th century castle built by Mercian king Offa and is well worth a visit."
Hawksworth, Sutton, Greyhound: “At this unusual junction the Oxford Canal now meets the Coventry Canal but the Oxford originally ran parallel with the Coventry for a few more miles towards Coventry. The junction beneath the elegant cast iron bridge was cut through in 1828 when the Oxford Canal was being shortened by having some of its tortuous loops cut out. Narrowboats have to make a very tight 180 degree turn to get off the Coventry Canal and into the lock, especially if they are pulling a butty!”
— from The Coventry & Ashby Canal Holiday Guide and Map as of 2 July 2025
On Bullshit | Princeton University Press
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“The acclaimed book that illuminates our world and its politics by revealing why bullshit is more dangerous than lying”
— from On Bullshit | Princeton University Press as of 2 July 2025
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Monday, June 30, 2025
Exclusive: NHSE national CCIO and CNIO appointments confirmed
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“Dr Price-Forbes is a consultant rheumatologist and former CCIO for Coventry and Warwickshire’s sustainability and transformation partnership, Better Health, Better Care, Better Value. He is also clinical chair of Digital Health’s integrated care system (ICS) Digital Council.”
— from Exclusive: NHSE national CCIO and CNIO appointments confirmed as of 30 June 2025
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Her Health Unveiled: Global Voices Episode 2 | LinkedIn
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“Universal Healthcare: A Tale of Two Systems – The U.K. and the U.S.”
— from (3) Her Health Unveiled: Global Voices Episode 2 | LinkedIn as of 29 June 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Critical hurricane forecast tool abruptly terminated
https://www.local10.com/weather/hurricane/2025/06/26/critical-hurricane-forecast-tool-abruptly-terminated/
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling
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“I am measuring the brain activity of a dozen viewers. For me, excitement has a different source: I am watching an amazing neural ballet in which a story line changes the activity of people’s brains.”
— from Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling as of 25 June 2025