Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists say
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Mike Judge supposedly got a physics degree so he would most likely be good at math and he created Beavis and Butthead where Daria supposedly first appeared
But the Daria cartoon series was written by someone else. This other person did not have Daria use math much even though Daria was supposed to be smart.
Maybe this was because he was not good at math or expected a large enough proportion of the audience to not be good at math
Maybe he could not realistically represent someone good at math
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A sitting Congresswoman. A Black woman. Arrested for doing her job. This is what happens when Black women confront the BS. They try to humiliate us. When we speak our truth, they call us angry. When we demand justice, they label us aggressive.actionnetwork.org
After each encouraging exchange, Iranians have watched key Trump negotiators issue bellicose statements to media in Washington, essentially reversing the positions they had taken in Oman.Consortium News
Cuts to weather balloon sites spark warnings from meteorologists over missing data
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cuts-to-weather-balloon-sites-spark-warnings-from-meteorologists-over-missing-data/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Latest Headlines @latest-headlines-CBSNews
At least 13 of nearly 100 weather balloon sites were cut or reduced when the White House's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, took aim at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration earlier this year. Dave Malkoff reports.CBS News
Innovative horse simulator helps riders with disabilities saddle up
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/horse-simulator-miracolt-canassist-victoria-therapeutic-riding-association-1.7542331?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Health @health-cbcnews
Scott Adams is dying - will die is a few months.
Adam asks if this is one of his 'Thought experiments.'
Scott finds new treatment - now has 30% chance of survival.
Sus.
Why a retired 79-year-old shop owner earned a college degree to honor the victims of the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/retired-shop-owner-earns-college-degree-to-honor-victims-orangeburg-massacre/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Linwood Riddick had never heard of the Orangeburg Massacre until a few years ago when he stumbled on a campus memorial at South Carolina State University. He says he knew right then what he had to do.Steve Hartman (CBS News)
— so maybe this is why I sometimes have an allergic reaction after eating tuna! 😟 Dang aquatic mammals.
Alpha-gal syndrome is such a PITA.
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@picofarad — “red meat allergy” is a misnomer. 🥺
“Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), or mammalian meat allergy, is a tick-induced allergy to galactose-α-1,3-galactose. This sugar, commonly known as alpha-gal, is found in all mammals except for humans and some primates.
Products made from mammals can also contain alpha-gal. These include mammalian meat (like beef, pork, and lamb), milk and dairy products, gelatin, medications, medical products…”
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“…medical products (like heparin and vaccines), personal care products (like lotion and make-up), and many other items.
Reactions, which can be life-threatening, may be immediate, as in the case of injected drugs, or delayed from 2 to 10 hours, as is typical after the consumption of mammalian meat.”
On the bright side, I could still eat Soylent Green! 🤪
And I now have a lifetime medical vaccine exemption. (Whoever designed this bioweapon at least left us that loophole.)
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@picofarad — I’ve heard that our county health department estimates that 30-40% of people in our county have AGS (Missouri Ozarks). Three people in my family have it, at least two of our closest neighbors do, and we personally know at least two dozen more.
A friend from Colorado visited us for a week and got it, possibly from just one tick bite.
And if chiggers and mosquitoes end up increasingly being vectors for it (rather than just ticks), which is being posited and studied…🤯
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Okay, one, the Alpha Gal is very interesting and I've not really crossed this before.
But,
Two, Oh my goodness, have you seen the possible solutions? 96% responded to essentially acupuncture and an abstaining from Alpha Gal-based products for three weeks and then slowly introduced over two.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…
It's just fascinating!
Introduction: Alpha gal syndrome (AGS) is an acquired allergy to mammalian products correlates with a tick bite(s) that appears to cause immune sensitization to an oligosaccharide in meat. Most publications on AGS describe no management other than ..pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
I want to do a:
What does this sign mean, wrong answers only
thread, but I have no idea what the sign actually does mean. I'd welcome both humorous answers and the correct one
“This is why you fuckers are losing elections.” The real Jake Tapper, ladies and gentlemen.
While some Western governments finally seem to be reflecting – at least rhetorically – the horror and outrage of their own people, they have not let up in th...YouTube
DOGE cuts to weather balloon sites leave U.S. without crucial data, some meteorologists say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-cuts-nws-balloon-sites-leave-us-without-crucial-weather-data-some-meteorologists-say/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Some meteorologists say they were unable to accurately forecast an ice storm that hit Northern Michigan in March because National Weather Service balloon sites were cut or reduced.Dave Malkoff (CBS News)
Say, what's the first major-release film to mention either "the internet" or "the world wide web?"
(Or, alternatively, "DNS" or "SMTP" or "TCP/IP" or other uniquely internet technology, though that seems doubtful.)
And I mean mention as in, either in dialogue or printed and shown on screen in a newspaper or something.
There's a kind of annoying reddit thread about this that's not very helpful and is fixated on WarGames which definitely doesn't talk about the internet (all the comms in that movie are over dialup).
A timestamp reference would be just great if you have it.
Thailand readies homecoming for stolen ancient statues located in US museum
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/24/thailand-readies-homecoming-for-stolen-ancient-statues-located-in-us-museum?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum is set to return four bronze statues from Thailand’s looted Prakhon Chai hoard.Zsombor Peter (Al Jazeera)
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The measure, announced on Thursday by Putin, "aims to preserve the integrity of Russia's western border, which is jeopardized by NATO's constant policy of provocation," Argentinian analyst Tadeo Casteglione told Sputnik.Sputnik Africa
The Biden regime was literally trying to make the "next pandemic" - bird flu a thing via gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute. Fortunately canceled by President Trump's US Dept. of Agriculture.
thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/w…
The Trump Administration has terminated a controversial $1 million maximum-pain bird flu gain-of-function research project conducted by the U.S.Cassandra MacDonald (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
Beyond Semantics: Unreasonable Effectiveness of Reasonless Intermediate Tokens
Link: arxiv.org/abs/2505.13775
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Recent impressive results from large reasoning models have been interpreted as a triumph of Chain of Thought (CoT), and especially of the process of training on CoTs sampled from base LLMs in order to help find new reasoning patterns.arXiv.org
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Jackson Pollock and the Abstract Expressionists made New York City the center of the art world after World War II. The CIA made them weapons of the Cold War....YouTube
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Experts warn that the US plan to build the "Golden Dome" missile defense shield could escalate the weaponization of outer space and destabilize global security, while doubts persist over the project's feasibility.global.chinadaily.com.cn
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Positional preferences, order effects, prompt sensitivity undermine AI judgments
Link: cip.org/blog/llm-judges-are-un…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
When Large Language Models are used as judges for decision-making across various sensitive domains, they consistently exhibit unpredictable and hidden measurement biases, making their verdicts unreliable despite common prompt engineering practices.James Padolsey (The Collective Intelligence Project)
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@Lockwood1666 @iamhornyforeveryone Really... I at least credit you...
Yeah, had (have) it here matrix.rocks/notes/a2udhafcr2 just need to find the image file...
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Just upgraded #VScode and holy shit is #Microsoft shoving AI down everybody's throats. I'm 30 minutes in disabling shit after shit of unwanted feature. I don't #trust Microsoft anymore so unfortunately I feel compelled to go through each entry line by line.
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Local advocates cheered Krasner’s primary victory on Tuesday, which all but assures him a third term, as an affirmation of criminal justice reform by Philly voters.Michael Barajas (Bolts)
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The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will be held this year from June 18 to 21TASS
“What the wasteland warlord actually wants is a platform that is robust, easy to repair, fuel efficient when compared to its payload capacity, which can move lots of cargo and people and which can be fitted with heavier weapons.
And behold, providence offered forth the perfect vehicle of its wrath and fury: the Toyota Hilux.”
acoup.blog/2025/05/23/collecti…
This week, we’re doing another ‘silly’ topic, but this being me, it is a silly logistics topic, because – as the saying goes – amateurs talk tactics, professionals tal…A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
John Bates does not rule against the Executive very often.
source: wired.com/story/mysterious-dat…
#cybersecurity #socialmedia #hack #hacker #security #internet #problem #cybercrime #news #breach
A trove of breached data, which has now been taken down, includes user logins for platforms including Apple, Google, and Meta. Among the exposed accounts are ones linked to dozens of governments.Matt Burgess (WIRED)
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""This latest technology helps ensure that we know who is boarding flights," said TSA’s Federal Security Director for Pennsylvania and Delaware Gerardo Spero in a news release last month. "Credential authentication plays an important role in passenger identity verification. It improves a TSA officer’s ability to validate a traveler’s photo identification while also identifying any inconsistencies associated with fraudulent travel documents."
However, there are rising concerns around the safety of biometric information storage, stemming from the lack of transparency around the database where the information is being stored.
"It's not about the integrity of your face or driver's license, it's about the database where you have no control," said India McKinney, director of federal affairs at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. There's the risk of misidentification, security breaches, plus human or technological error. The screening process also varies at different airports and even terminals, putting the burden on the traveler."
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#USA #Surveillance #Biometrics #FacialRecognition #TSA #AirsportScreening #CyberSecurity
The Transportation Security Administration is rolling out facial recognition technology at more airports. Here's what it means for travelers.Kathleen Wong (USA TODAY)
Alahednews - Fastnews - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrives in Rome at the head of an official delegation to participate in the fifth round of indirect n...english.alahednews.news
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Brian Berletic- What Air Defenses Do The Houthis In Yemen Actually Have?thealtworld (TheAltWorld’s Newsletter)
Israel's engineered humanitarian catastrophe a "central tool" of extermination.The Electronic Intifada
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Wait, were you choking on your own homogeneity? Anyone?
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The Israeli occupation continues its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, now in its 595th day since the beginning of the aggression.The Palestinian Information Center
NEW YORK, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The GOP-led U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to take away California's abien.people.cn
...st collateral bonus. Once they GMO you, you're transhumanized. They can now do with you what they will.. Subscribe to @FretzCapo on MindsMinds
@FretzCapo Farcebook of course covers the video with a disclaimer saying this information is false, read about why.
The day they announced these death shots, I knew there was potential for bad because I knew about reverse transcriptese, an enzyme that transcribes RNA into a DNA equivalent, it is used by all RNA viruses like AIDS, Covid, many flues, to make DNA copies of themselves that can then transcribe messenger RNA to make the various proteins they need for replication. So them saying this could not get into your DNA flew in the face of how viruses worked.
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New Orleans police recently paused their sweeping—and apparently unlawful—use without public oversight of a private network of over 200 surveillance cameras and facial recognition technology to track and arrest criminal suspects.
Read More: thefreethoughtproject.com/gove…
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday temporarily halted orders requiring DOGE to comply with FOIA requests and other discovery.Cristina Laila (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
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Its a Lenovo Thinkpad T480.
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in reply to shortstories • • •It was said that a stupid person can not realistically write a smart character
Maybe someone bad at math can not realistically write a character that is good at math
Mike Judge would most likely be much better at math than the average person if he had a physics degree
Video claiming Mike Judge studied Physics
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Mike Judge - From Physics Degree to Hollywood Success
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