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MY NEW BOOK! Forged in Snow: Finnish Small Arms 1917-2025
forgottenweapons.com·18h
🔬Curious Science
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A brief history of congressional oversight, from Revolutionary War financing to Pam Bondi
theconversation.com·17h
🏺Deep History
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Little Rock Weekend Guide: Nov. 6-9
littlerocksoiree.com·15h
☕Seattle
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My Dress-Up Darling Season Two: A Whole-series Review and Another Full Recommendation
infinitemirai.wordpress.com·1h·
Discuss: infinitemirai.wordpress.com
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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Hurricane and Tropical Storm Remnants Impact the Midwest, Too
insideclimatenews.org·21h
🔬Curious Science
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I built an AI parenting app that cites 2,600+ real research studies (no hallucinations) 100% of code written by Claude Code
parentguidebook.com·1d·
Discuss: r/ClaudeAI
🔬Curious Science
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Many Popular Beliefs About Allergies Aren't Supported by the Evidence
medscape.com·9h·
Discuss: Hacker News
🔬Curious Science
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Should Germany return Nefertiti bust to Egypt?
dw.com·17h
🏺Deep History
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The UK’s fact-checkers are sending their AI to help Americans cover elections
poynter.org·17h
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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The Psychology Behind Standing Up and Saying No
scientificamerican.com·1d·
Discuss: Hacker News
🔍Practical Epistemology
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Who'll stop saying AI with me?
sdtimes.com·15h·
Discuss: Hacker News
💬Small Talk Fodder
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Making Sense of Word Problems
kgmathminds.com·15h
🔬Curious Science
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Local news has taken a beating. It’s still standing.
poynter.org·1d
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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MoM: Mixtures of Scenario-Aware Document Memories for Retrieval-AugmentedGeneration Systems
dev.to·3h·
Discuss: DEV
🔬Curious Science
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A brief guide for those who slept (on AI) the last two years
dev.to·1d·
Discuss: DEV
🔍Practical Epistemology
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A review of MSUM's AI Innovation Summit: Day Two
lesswrong.com·6h
🚀Technology
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I was written up for having a visible thong outside of work
askamanager.org·1d
💬Small Talk Fodder
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Epidemiology of Large Language Models: A Benchmark for Observational Distribution Knowledge
arxiv.org·1d
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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Climate change is coming for some of our favorite vices
the-independent.com·18h
☕Coffee Culture
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Today’s Wordle #1602 Hints And Answer For Friday, November 7
forbes.com·1d
💬Small Talk Fodder
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