Just a basic blog—snagging random stuff that catches our eye—nothing else, really...
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“Varela’s neurophenomenological research program (NRP) aspires to bridge the gap between, and integrate, first-person (1P) and third-person (3P) approaches to understanding the mind. ”
— from Frontiers | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Neurophenomenology – The Case of Studying Self Boundaries With Meditators as of 19 January 2026
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“100% freeze-dried chicken breast cat food topper The healthy topper that tempts even fussy cats into devouring every meal. 100% freeze-dried chicken breast, made in the UK. Sprinkle and watch the magic.”
— from Chicken Sprinkles | Cat Food Topper | KatKin as of 14 January 2026
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“West Midlands Police is piloting a new generation of remotely controlled drones that could transform the way officers respond to 999 calls.”
— from New drones give West Midlands Police ‘eyes on scene’ within seconds | News - Hits Radio (Birmingham) as of 13 January 2026
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““Friends and colleagues often ask me how I stay optimistic in an era with so many challenges and so much polarization,” Gates wrote. “My answer is this: I am still an optimist because I see what innovation accelerated by artificial intelligence will bring.” But, that optimism comes with a deadline, or as Gates puts it “there are footnotes to my optimism.””
— from Bill Gates says world went 'backwards' after US foreign aid cuts | Fortune as of 10 January 2026
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“ someone whose score was one standard deviation above the mean, and who thus outperformed 86% of his or her contemporaries, would have an IQ of 115, and so on”
— from What is IQ? – Mensa International as of 5 January 2026
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“The round houses were impressive structures up to 18 metres in diameter and are likely to have stood about 9 metres tall. They had wattle and daub (mud on hurdle) walls and thick thatched roofs. The massive scale of these structures suggests that they may have served public and ceremonial purposes; a suggestion which is supported by the wealth of votive materials (especially horses’ heads and pottery vessels) that were placed in the construction trenches when the round houses were built. The round houses had entrances with porches on their east side away from the prevailing winds. Some of the excavated structures were used for industrial purposes and contained small pottery crucibles for smelting metal. It is likely that domestic houses are yet to be discovered elsewhere within the enclosure.”
— from Site 2 - Westwood Iron Age Settlement as of 2 January 2026
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“A large park with football pitches with goalposts during the football season”
Also "earthworks"
— from Coundon Hall Park - Parks and open spaces in Coventry – Coventry City Council as of 2 January 2026
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“LeCun, the outgoing chief of AI at Meta, has said that the concept of general intelligence does not exist as it is used to designate human-level intelligence, which is not general but super-specialised. While humans navigate real-world environments and deal with other people well, LeCun argues that humans perform poorly at structured tasks like chess.”
— from AGI debate heats up as Demis Hassabis calls Yann LeCun’s view ‘plain incorrect’ | Technology News - The Indian Express as of 1 January 2026