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  • Aussie kids and social media

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    Good for them! It always bothers me that CEOs of the big tech companies don't allow their own children access to the internet, phones, games until they're no longer children per se. Clearly, they know the hazards of their product for immature brains. https://www.google.com/search?q=what+CEO's+of+big+Tech+forbid+their+children+access+until+they're+older&oq=what+CEO's+of+big+Tech+forbid+their+children+access+until+they're+older&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAtIBCTE5MDc1ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
  • It appeared in the feed at another site

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    @kluurs said in It appeared in the feed at another site: HOAs frequently have rules about the number and placement of Dougs within the community. probably because they’re so rare and valuable. No one wants to be Doug-less.
  • RIP Frank Gehry

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    He built art works. I love his buildings. RIP
  • Tai chi

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    Can tai chi help insomnia? Recent study published in the BMJ says it might. https://san.com/cc/tai-chi-and-the-art-of-getting-a-good-nights-sleep/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472 The study: https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj-2025-084320
  • The Winter Egg

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    Stephanie and Philip (Chateau Diaries) went to see it at Christie's and included footage in today's video. For anyone so interested. Link to video
  • Cool Microscope

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  • Who’s decorating for the holidays?

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    I put up our tree shortly after Remembrance Day here - we have a half day off for lieu time for parent teacher conferences on the third Friday of November, so I generally spend that afternoon getting the tree up and decorated. We don’t do much more than that, but I really enjoy the extra light at this time of year!
  • Meditation upon a Cannoli

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    I looked it up in on a map. I've been to Syracuse so it's possible I've been to Utica but I doubt it.
  • RIP Tom Lehrer

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  • Resistance to immigration policies coming from unexpected places

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    Not sure how representative it is. Young college students in the rural county they describe and then Charlotte which was Kamala +33 in 2024. Sorry to be a buzz kill.
  • AI to take the job of spiritual media too

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    Morbid.
  • Look at this!

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    I'm going hazard a guess. This is fake too. Link to video
  • Thank You for the music

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    That's beautiful. Thanks for posting it.
  • Windows 11

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    @wtg Oh dear, I figured it out... I wasn't logged in! ... exits sheepishly...
  • Well that looks awkward

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    Basically, China, India and Turkey are financing Putin's war and leadership by buying his oil.
  • Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YouTube picks

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    @Axtremus said in Ax’s lame movie recos and cool YouTube picks: Replacing the mass storage (SSD) chip in an iPhone 17 Pro: Link to video That's pretty amazing DIY!!
  • AI - the biggest decision

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    Unfortunately this is a situation where the broad question is not ‘do we aggressively pursue AI’, it’s do we aggressively pursue AI too, or just let China do it’. The later likely results in a global technological panopticon - a perfection of power which renders its exercise unnecessary, to paraphrase Foucault. I wish it were otherwise.
  • Happy Thanksgiving - What's your story?

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    @Rontuner said in Happy Thanksgiving - What's your story?: Had a multi-national Thanksgiving celebration hosted by our daughter, her husband and friends from a beach community in the Dominican Republic. Maybe 25 people up in a house in the hills overlooking the ocean. A little yoga, some guitar music, some pool time, some sun, a little rain and a mix of local foods prepared by a chef. Delightful time meeting their beach family! Got any pics to share???
  • Aussie-style retirement savings program coming to the US?

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  • RIP Charles Shay

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