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@Steve-Miller said in Breakfast Cereals:
If you’re interested in such things you might like the book I just finished.
“Ultra Processed People”. Chris Van Tulleken.
I'm about a quarter of the way through it and finding it very interesting. Thanks for the recommendation!
Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle
The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/origami-patterns-solve-a-major-physics-riddle-20251006/
ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners
https://futurism.com/chatgpt-marriages-divorces?user_id=66c4c06e5d78644b3aab4472
I'm seeing this kind of interaction, not necessarily just between spouses, but between individuals online. They use chatbots to generate their arguments and then fling them at each other.
Reminds me of this toy:
Link to videoOne Vigilante, 22 Cell Tower Fires, and a World of Conspiracies
Inside the mind of the most prolific anti-5G arsonist in the world—and the incoherent, very online political violence of our era.
https://www.wired.com/story/22-cell-towers-one-vigilante-world-of-conspiracies/
The first three victims were residents of the town we live in. We were living here at the time and remember the panic when the poisonings happened.
WTTW, our local PBS station, just aired a documentary about the incident and the subsequent investigations. I never knew the details about the prime suspect.
Chicago Stories - Inside the Tylenol Murders
https://www.pbs.org/video/inside-the-tylenol-murders-9osm7y/
‘Dumbphones’ are getting smarter and more premium. Are they the solution for disillusioned phone addicts?
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago have filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration over its effort to deploy National Guard troops to the state.
The parties are asking a judge to block the Trump administration from federalizing the Illinois National Guard and from sending to Illinois any guard members from other states, including Texas.
"The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president's favor," Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul wrote in the complaint.
Ernest Shackleton knew ‘Endurance’ had shortcomings, new study says
Issues with the ship's hull, deck beams, and more show the ship was no match for Antarctic sea ice.
https://www.popsci.com/science/shackleton-endurance-ship-problems/
@Qaanaaq-Qaalaaq said in Sunlight exposure - risks vs. benefits:
By the way, I haven’t seen pianojuggler, the first person to respond to the linked topic, post anything here for a long time. pianojuggler was one of the former WTF forum’s moderators. Anyone hear from him?
@pj and I have been keeping in touch. He is doing well...gardening (we were just exchanging potato growing tips), volunteering, and still juggling!!
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