U.S. Adults Score on Par With International Average in Literacy Skills, Below International Average in Numeracy and Problem-Solving Skills in Survey of Adult Skills | IES

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““There is a ‘dwindling middle’ in the U.S. in terms of skills,” Commissioner Carr explained. “Over time, we’re seeing more Americans clustered at the bottom levels of proficiency. The result has been a widening skills gap between adults at the higher and lower skill levels compounded by a growing number of very low-skilled adults. In fact, the U.S. gap in numeracy between the highest and lowest skilled adults is the widest among all countries.””

— from U.S. Adults Score on Par With International Average in Literacy Skills, Below International Average in Numeracy and Problem-Solving Skills in Survey of Adult Skills | IES as of 10 February 2026

Cis-lunar space and the security dilemma - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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“Cis-lunar space (Latin for “on this side of the moon”) is the spherical volume that extends outward from Earth’s geosynchronous region to encapsulate the moon’s orbit and its Lagrange points, or “L points”—defined as the locations where the combined gravitational acceleration due to the Earth and moon allow a small object, such as a spacecraft, to orbit the Earth at the same rate as the moon.”

— from Cis-lunar space and the security dilemma - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as of 9 February 2026

Connected toys for Christmas, 2015

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“This is the start of artificial intelligence”

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/12/15/5-things-connected-toys/

Memberships — Professional Speaking Association

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“Professional Member £275 PER YEAR Professional Members are those who are using speaking to promote their business and are being paid to speak. They want to take their business to the next level, by improving their speaking skills and business competences.”

— from Memberships — Professional Speaking Association as of 2 February 2026

KWPMBC Kingsbury waterpark model boat club hours

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“KWPMBC Kingsbury waterpark model boat club.”

— from Diary as of 31 January 2026

Jenn Butterworth - Her By Design

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“Those jigs and reels can be fiery and fast, encompassing rather more chords than you’d expect. Butterworth is one of the finest, and has become an ubiquitous figure at Celtic Connections and elsewhere, as a member of the feisty Kinnaris Quintet, in duos with Will Pound and with Kinnaris buddy, Laura-Beth Salter. as well as propping up such notaries as Ross Ainslie & Ali Hutton (Symbiosis), when they need some extra ballast.”

— from Jenn Butterworth - Her By Design: Album Review : At The Barrier as of 25 January 2026

Frontiers | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Neurophenomenology – The Case of Studying Self Boundaries With Meditators

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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

Chicken Sprinkles | Cat Food Topper | KatKin

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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

New drones give West Midlands Police ‘eyes on scene’ within seconds | News - Hits Radio (Birmingham)

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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

Bill Gates says world went 'backwards' after US foreign aid cuts | Fortune

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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

MENSA IQ info

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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

Royalty free music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech

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“Music by Kevin MacLeod”

— from incompetech Music as of 5 January 2026

The AGI Debate That's Currently Dividing Google & Meta

Google & Meta AGI Divide, What General Intelligence Really Means - Geeky Gadgets https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/general-intelligence-definition/

Site 2 - Westwood Iron Age Settlement

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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

Coundon Hall Park - Parks and open spaces in Coventry – Coventry City Council

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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

AGI debate heats up as Demis Hassabis calls Yann LeCun’s view ‘plain incorrect’ | Technology News - The Indian Express

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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