2025-12-23
Horseshit
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Study suggests excessive porn use can cause depression, maybe brain fog
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BMW Patents Proprietary Screws That Only Dealerships Can Remove
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Which genius from history would have been the best investor?
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'He Was Poisoned.' Toxic Fumes on Planes Blamed for Deaths of Pilots and Crew
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'Slightly haunted but manageable': new signs cause confusion in Christchurch
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Housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety
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One small change in battery design could reduce fires, researchers say
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Why, exactly, are Boomers so bad? Zooming out, it seems sort of like Boomers have delivered the greatest period of peace and prosperity in history: global, American, take your pick. The window of Boomer dominance, c. 1980 - 2010, saw the fall of Communism, steadily rising incomes, steadily growing life expectancy, and no foreign wars bigger than Iraq (total American death toll: 4,500). The Boomers could reasonably blame their Greatest Generation fathers for sending them to die in Vietnam. Those Greatest Generation fathers could reasonably blame their fathers for plunging the country into a Great Depression. In comparison, we’re mad about - what, exactly? Higher housing prices? Hardly seems World-War-level bad.
I think a fair analysis by some sort of unbiased far-future historian might well conclude that Boomers were a perfectly normal American generation, maybe a little too fond of cringe Minion memes but otherwise decent enough; on the other hand, Millennials and Zoomers were some sort of mutant nightmare people. I hope my grandkids, if I have them, will love me anyway. Nobody ever controls that; nobody can ever know for sure. But I think respecting Boomers would be a good start.
- This files under horseshit for buying into the statistical illusion of named generations; some Boomers were heroes, many were fine people; and some were utter bastards. The generations of peace and ease are not particularly attributable to any one fragment of those that live in them.
Obit
Musk
Electric / Self Driving cars
Robot uprising / Humanioid Helpers
Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts
Info Rental / ShowBiz / Advertising
TechSuck / Geek Bait
AI Will (Save | Destroy) The World
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Alibaba's Qwen releases AI model that splits images into editable layers like PS
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I Ran an AI Misinformation Experiment. Every Marketer Should See the Results
Almost every AI I tested used the fake info—some eagerly, some reluctantly. The lesson is: in AI search, the most detailed story wins, even if it’s false.
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Chinese open-source AIs are winning over a growing number of companies in the US
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That's Not a Blobfish: Deep Sea Social Media Is Flooded by AI Slop
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AI Actor Tilly Norwood and the Impact of Cloud Infrastructure
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Amazon overhauls AI team as chief declares an 'inflection point'
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The rise of deepfake cyberbullying poses a growing problem for schools
Space / Boomy Zoomers / UFO
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They're not, but it makes a good headline: Why US and Chinese satellites are dogfighting in orbit
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A German Engineer Has Become the First Wheelchair User in Space
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Japan's H3 suffers second-stage anomaly, QZS-5 satellite lost
Economicon / Business / Finance
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iRobot bankruptcy revealed a new kind of competitor: 'the Chinese fast follower'
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Apollo cuts risk and stockpiles cash in preparation for market turmoil
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After nearly tripling last year and soaring to a record $13,000 a ton, cocoa futures are on track for their worst-ever annual decline, based on data going back more than six decades. Cocoa futures in New York are set for a 50% decline if losses persist through the end of the year.
- So the price hikes weren't because of environmental catastrophe or economic Armageddon; it was just market manipulation for profit...
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Uber Cleared Violent Felons to Drive. Passengers Accused Them of Rape
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Larry Ellison provides personal guarantee for Paramount takeover of Warner Bros
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Paramount amends its $30 per share all-cash offer for warner bros. Discovery
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How $24M in new technology is helping beef giant Cargill up its game
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Instacart scraps AI pricing tests that made some products more expensive
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
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New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How
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Why are California's Indian truck drivers disappearing during the holiday rush? - Los Angeles Times
Trucking companies across California are idling their vehicles and losing money after the DMV canceled thousands of commercial driver licenses held by immigrants. The policy has hit thousands of Indian truckers who have become a pillar of the state’s supply chain.
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Feds demand compromise on Colorado River while states flounder
Trump
Democrats
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Newsom launches website tracking Trump's top criminal cronies
- Is he allowed to use State resources for his presidential campaign?
Left Angst
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Why immigration research is probably biased
Even though all teams tested the same hypothesis using the same data, “no two teams arrived at the same set of numerical results. More strikingly, there is not even broad agreement on whether the effect is negative (immigration erodes welfare support), positive (immigration increases it), or non-existent. Large shares of research teams find negative, positive, and no significant effect, respectively.
- Data is not the prime determinant of results.
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CBS's Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
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Acting CISA director failed a polygraph, career staff now under investigation
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ICE sending immigrants from continental U.S. to Hawaii, and no one knows why
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
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US 'demolishing its scientific leadership with a wrecking ball'
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
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America's monopoly crisis hits the military
the destruction of America’s once vibrant military and commercial industrial capacity in many sectors has become the single biggest unacknowledged threat to our national security. Because of public policies focused on finance instead of production, the United States increasingly cannot produce or maintain vital systems upon which our economy, our military, and our allies rely. Huawei is just a particularly prominent example.
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U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China's Curbs
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FCC bans foreign-made drones over national security, spying concerns
World
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Can India catch up with the US, Taiwan and China in the global chip race?
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Man boards flight without ticket, boarding pass or passport in security breach
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Europe gets serious about cutting digital umbilical chord with US big tech
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Japan to restart biggest nuclear power plant, 15 years after Fukushima
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Family 'banned from more than 1k petrol stations' amid fuel theft row
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Italian Competition Authority Fines Apple $115M for Abusing Dominant Position
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Protect us from Russian sabotage drone firm begs Labour: maybe Russian phishing
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What has gone wrong at Zipcar – and is UK car-sharing market dead?
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Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago
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Cyberattack disrupts France's postal service and banking during Christmas rush
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Kimchi, made in China: how South Korea's national dish is being priced out
Israel
Russia Bad / Ukraine War
China
Health / Medicine
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A middle-class family's only option: A $43,000 health insurance premium
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Scientists Warn Popular Painkiller May Do More Harm Than Good.
A large review of existing studies suggests that tramadol, a strong opioid frequently prescribed for chronic pain, offers only limited relief for the conditions it is commonly used to treat. The findings come from a pooled analysis of available research published online in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. The analysis also points to a higher likelihood of serious adverse effects, including heart disease. Based on these results, the researchers conclude that the risks associated with tramadol are likely greater than its benefits and recommend that its use be reduced.
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He made beer that's also a vaccine. Now controversy is brewing
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The FDA Often Doesn't Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did
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Samsung Biologics to buy US drug production facility from GSK for $280M
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Aspartame study suggests that current guidelines should be re-examined
