📖 Word Origins

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Untold Jewish WWII and IDF veterans’ stories revealed in new nonfiction book
thecjn.ca·18h
🎙Deep Dive Interviews
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KOSMOS-2 Explained: Microsoft’s Multimodal Marvel
labellerr.com·1d
🔬Curious Science
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CMV: East Asians are subjected to double standards in woke/DEI culture
youtu.be·1d·
Discuss: r/changemyview
☀Optimism
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Play Laugh Lines No. 45: For Movie Buffs, Part 2
newyorker.com·12h
💬Small Talk Fodder
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My favorite reads books about making scientific discoveries
shepherd.com·1d·
Discuss: Hacker News
🔬Curious Science
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World largest nuclear fission reactor
yahoo.com·10h·
Discuss: Hacker News
🔬Curious Science
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The Downside of Anthropomorphizing
funcall.blogspot.com·4d·
Discuss: www.blogger.com
💬Small Talk Fodder
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Call Off Your Dogs
bobbyhiltz.com·1d
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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Do intelligent tutoring systems benefit K-12 students? A meta-analysis and evaluation of heterogeneity of treatment effects in the U.S
arxiv.org·18h
🔬Curious Science
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Looking for something to read?
reddit.com·8h·
Discuss: r/longform
🔬Curious Science
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My search for the perfect steak frites in Paris, the staple of French brasserie cuisine
theguardian.com·16h
☕Seattle
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The human right to a safe climate
nature.com·12h
🔬Curious Science
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Against Powerful Text Editors
lesswrong.com·14h
💬Small Talk Fodder
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Beauty and fear: The role of emotions in communicating natural disasters
phys.org·18h
📱Contemporary Absurdity
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Business Today : BBCNEWS : November 10, 2025 4:30am-4:45am GMT
archive.org·18h
💬Small Talk Fodder
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Evaluating LLMs' Reasoning Over Ordered Procedural Steps
arxiv.org·18h
🔍Practical Epistemology
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Stop Building Todo Apps. Build These 3 Projects Instead
dev.to·10h·
Discuss: DEV
🚀Technology
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American History TV : CSPAN2 : November 9, 2025 1:30am-2:01am EST
archive.org·1d
🚀Technology
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Why XLU Could Be the Quiet Winner of the AI Power Boom
finance.yahoo.com·5h
🚀Technology
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You Can't Unbake a Cake (or Why Data Isolation in the Age of AI is BASICALLY Impossible)
dev.to·4h·
Discuss: DEV
🚀Technology
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