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ICE: Illinois Rep. Lies About Arrest of Illegal Alien at Chicago-Area Pre-School
breitbart.com·7h
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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My history hero: Rain Newton-Smith chooses Helen Keller (1880-1968)
historyextra.com·15h
🔬Curious Science
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I graduated from college and moved to a new city alone. Despite my best efforts, I'm ready to go home.
businessinsider.com·17h
🌲Cascadia Regionalism
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Vim. vs. Emacs
sals.place·15h
💬Small Talk Fodder
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Ancient DNA may rewrite the story of Iceland's earliest settlers
newscientist.com·19h
🏺Deep History
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Word Gymnastics
forkingmad.blog·3d
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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Emotionally intelligent people use 5 short phrases to strengthen relationships
fastcompany.com·21h
💬Small Talk Fodder
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So, Like, Americans Are Finally Over the ‘Valley Girl’ Voice
vice.com·3d
💬Small Talk Fodder
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Truth-seeking AI creates world's largest encyclopaedic knowledge portal - 6,000 times larger than Wikipedia
prnewswire.com·19h
🏺Deep History
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What Sheep Think About the Weather: Hearing What Animals Say
psychologytoday.com·1d
🔬Curious Science
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my parents dislike my asian side
reddit.com·1h·
Discuss: r/mixedrace
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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Why your writing practice is failing
fastcompany.com·13h
🌲Cascadia Regionalism
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Large language models require a new form of oversight: capability-based monitoring
arxiv.org·2h
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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Treat Your Citations Like Code: How I Refactored My Research Workflow
dev.to·5h·
Discuss: DEV
🔬Curious Science
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The future of LLMs: cognitive core and cartridges?
killerstorm.github.io·9h·
Discuss: Hacker News
🔍Practical Epistemology
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Thunder lose to Trail Blazers as NBA's last undefeated team falls
nytimes.com·1h
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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AI has changed a lot over the last week; Here are 10 massive developments you might've missed:
reddit.com·1d·
Discuss: r/artificial
🔬Curious Science
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Notre Dame, Auburn schedule home-and-home series for 2027-28, schools' first meetings
nytimes.com·11h
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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Collins’ Word of the Year for 2025 revealed
the-independent.com·7h
🚀Technology
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Deciphering Human Language for Machines: A Developer's Guide to NLP
dev.to·1d·
Discuss: DEV
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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