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  • AI doing job interviews ...

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    JodiJ
    Jesus. Brave new world.
  • In honor of Canada Day

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    JodiJ
    Oops, link to Reddit thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/casualcanada/comments/qw5ukm/favourite_bannock_recipe/
  • Goodbye, USAID

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    Well one does wonder about giving any ODA to some countries. In the case of the UK... to China, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Yemen, Belarus, Iran, Afghanistan. A country affording nuclear weapons gets aid?
  • The 4th of July

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    I love this tune. Link to video
  • Ticks

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    @CHAS said in Ticks: Keeping the grass short helps keep tick populations down. I wonder if our grass is short enough. We mow once a week and keep it just a touch long — I mean, it doesn’t look long but the deck isn’t on the shortest setting, doing it this way is supposed to help prevent non-grass weeds…
  • Biomedical research takes a hit

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    The first American academics fleeing Donald Trump's America for France have arrived. Aix-Marseille University last week introduced eight U.S.-based researchers who were in the final stage of joining the institution's “Safe Place for Science" program, which aims to woo researchers who have experienced or fear funding cuts under the Trump administration. AMU offers the promise of a brighter future in the sun-drenched Mediterranean port city. While both France and the European Union have launched multimillion-euro plans to woo researchers across the pond since Trump assumed the U.S. presidency in January, AMU's initiative was the first of its kind in the country — meaning the eight researchers who were welcomed are the first academic refugees planning to trade the United States for France. https://www.politico.eu/article/meet-first-academic-refugees-fleeing-us-france-science-program/
  • Chicago's public schools

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    RontunerR
    I retired from CPS in 2013, and I haven't kept up much. The political punishment is harsh and swift for those wanting to address these sorts of issues with simmering racial overtones involved. Layer on top of that the lack of national, state and city funding over the years for updating or replacing aging buildings has led to the current situation. The addition of charter schools with performance about the same as public schools has caused its share of student losses as well.
  • RIP Bill Moyers

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    A really good piece at TMP (it may be behind a paywall, I'm not sure)... Bill Moyers Saw What Was Coming
  • Ancient Roman military fort found

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  • I want his job

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    ShiroKuroS
    @wtg said in I want his job: chief gelato officer CGO! That's quite the job title!
  • Denaturalization

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  • PSA: It’s a New Dawn

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    I use Dawn because I'd rather economize than buy what I'd rather have-- something without harsh chemicals. It makes too many suds, and it's difficult and time consuming to rinse anything you wash with it, imho.
  • Say it isn't so, Kristi

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    Isn’t she the one that kills puppies?
  • AI energy use

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  • Palantir

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  • Tornado video

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    RontunerR
    A buddy of mine has joined some of the storm-chasers on a ride-along...
  • Gaza

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    Link to video
  • Washington Old Hall

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    The Washington family fell on hard times once and the Spencer family rented them house. This one looks too grand to be the same one. Beautiful pictures! Thanks, Andy.
  • Bezos' big wedding in Venice

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    I was owned as the kids used to say. Lol.
  • Moderna mRNA flu vaccine

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    I miss the days when you didn't need an MIT degree to post pictures. I have one in mind but not two hours to post it.