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“ Although it's optional, we highly suggest you uploading the prescription paper for double-checking.”

— from Select Lenses | TendaGlasses.com as of 26 February 2026

Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI

No, this book is not a Luddite treatise—if, by Luddite, you mean a consummate techno-pessimist that believes all technological advancement is an anathema to human flourishing. But if by Luddite you mean a conscientious objection to top-down dictatorial automation of human thought and skill as a capitalist ploy for the devaluation of labor and therefore the devaluation of laborers and human life in general … Then, yes. This is a Luddite treatise.

Williams, Rua M.. Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI (p. 3). (Function). Kindle Edition. 

Decades of feminism paved the road to Andrew’s arrest | Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian

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“The definition of trafficking is dealing in illegal goods, and sex trafficking turns human beings into goods. Feminism could be described as a long campaign to reclaim rights, freedoms, and dignity lost under patriarchy. This week it had an impact. The work continues.”

— from Decades of feminism paved the road to Andrew’s arrest | Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian as of 24 February 2026

Thousands of men with prostate cancer are being denied 'a quality of life-preserving' treatment by the NHS | Daily Mail Online

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“It is also much cheaper than other treatments, with patients usually in and out of hospital in a day and less likely to need follow-up care. But it is still rarely available on the NHS despite around 15,000 men who could benefit. Only a few specialist centres, mostly in London, carry out the focal therapy, as doctors warn that most patients are not told about the treatment and face life-changing side effects. Around 60,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year but a mere 600 to 700 are thought to be offered it, although it is widely available privately for an average £16,000. David Cameron paid to be privately treated with focal therapy after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer.”

— from Thousands of men with prostate cancer are being denied 'a quality of life-preserving' treatment by the NHS | Daily Mail Online as of 23 February 2026

How Fast Is Warp Speed In Star Trek?

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“Warp travel is the primary method of travel for almost all interstellar species in the Star Trek universe, and has no true viable replacement. Given how it's how almost all travel is carried out, the question arises of whether it's safe or not. In the year 2370, it was discovered that Warp engines were damaging the fabric of spacetime, causing subspace rifts. Captain Picard compared it to how walking over a carpet repeatedly will eventually cause enough gradual damage to wear it down. The temporary solution to this was for Starfleet to impose a speed limit of Warp 5 outside of emergencies, to try and reduce the damage caused to subspace. It was believed that lower speeds would cause less damage.”

— from How Fast Is Warp Speed In Star Trek? as of 23 February 2026

Why The Enterprise Warp Speed Might Be Possible — A New Era Of Space Travel | by Amelia Settembre | Medium

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“So What’s The Verdict? Can We Enter Hyperspace And Light Speed? It’s pretty much impossible, for both. For the Enterprise: if the exotic matter turns up, then a form of the Alcubierre drive could be used to create a “warp drive”. For right now, it’s not happening. For the Falcon: if we find hyperspace to exist, and we find a way to safely enter it, then it could exist. Right now, our best bet is to look at a string theory which could suggest if we could enter hyperspace.”

— from Why The Enterprise Warp Speed Might Be Possible — A New Era Of Space Travel | by Amelia Settembre | Medium as of 23 February 2026

The truth about “NASA’s impossible drive” / Emdrive - YouTube

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“The concept of Emdrive appeared in early 2000. The drive that should violate laws of physics but also the drive that works, at least according to the inventors. There were some controversial test results, so let’s figure out what this drive is, how it’s supposed to work and look at the most recent data”

— from The truth about “NASA’s impossible drive” / Emdrive - YouTube as of 23 February 2026

I'm Sorry to Burst Your Bubble: You Are Being Fooled About AI, and You Will Soon Feel Really Stupid

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“AI feels magical. It isn’t. It is built from spectacularly ordinary pieces. At the foundation, you have basic math: addition, multiplication, averages, probability estimates. On top of that, you stack statistics, linear algebra, and massive grids of numbers called matrices. Then come algorithms that aren’t mysterious in the slightest as they simply adjust those numbers by small increments whenever the computer guesses wrong. That is all “learning” means. You feed in enormous volumes of data like sentences, images, recordings, and the computer repeats the same routine billions of times, slowly tuning itself. Add hardware that can perform these tiny operations at extraordinary speed, and suddenly you get a model that can spot patterns and generate predictions. Wrap that model in software that lets you chat with it or assign it tasks, and you get what most people now call AI. ”

— from I'm Sorry to Burst Your Bubble: You Are Being Fooled About AI, and You Will Soon Feel Really Stupid as of 23 February 2026

Reviews of Dr A Shehu - Page - iWantGreatCare

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“what an amazing doctor he is, seen him privately then with the nhs, finally know whats wrong with me and can hopefully get better, he has gone above and beyond for me and im so grateful.”

— from Reviews of Dr A Shehu - Page - iWantGreatCare as of 23 February 2026

Eyes in the sky helping police catch criminals in Coventry - The Coventry Observer

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“Assistant Chief Constable Matt Welsted from the Force Executive team said: “Working with the Civil Aviation Authority, the project is fully funded by the Home Office via the NPCC. This includes the costs of staffing, meaning we get extra resources to prevent and detect real crimes, affecting the communities we serve. “As if that was not enough, we benefit from all of the learning in real-time, while shaping British policing’s future use of drones, further cementing our national reputation as leaders in the use of technology in policing. “Drone First Responders is a hugely exciting innovation related to the very latest capability around police use of drones.”

— from Eyes in the sky helping police catch criminals in Coventry - The Coventry Observer as of 22 February 2026

Israel will not fund Gaza reconstruction, Cabinet minister says - JNS.org

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““We will not fund the Board of Peace; there is no reason to,” Elkin, who sits in Jerusalem’s Security Cabinet, told state channel Kan Reshet Bet. “We were attacked,” Elkin noted, referencing the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led cross-border terrorist invasion from the Gaza Strip. The minister concluded: “There is no reason for us to pay for the reconstruction.””

— from Israel will not fund Gaza reconstruction, Cabinet minister says - JNS.org as of 22 February 2026

A Guide to UK Vehicle Registration Years | TopReg

https://www.topreg.co.uk/news/guide-to-uk-registration-years/

Experian - Personal Information

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“The secure document upload service is used to provide additional documentation to support your pending request. For further instructions go to Experian's Document Upload Service. Initial dispute requests should not be submitted using this platform. To submit a dispute online, visit Experian.com/disputes. ”

— from Experian - Personal Information as of 19 February 2026

(4) Perverting the Machinery of Thought - by Mark Gibbs

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“OpenAI’s decision to introduce advertising into AI chat interfaces should not be read as an aberration. It’s a signal. It’s the first visible crack in a wall that was never going to hold indefinitely.”

— from (4) Perverting the Machinery of Thought - by Mark Gibbs as of 14 February 2026

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