海水清澈到可以見底，真的很美！！
#写真 #街角スナップ #紅柴坑漁港 #harbour #photography #streetphotography #mobilephotography #streetsnap
What was it that finally convinced them? Their children telling them they are monsters every morning?
skwawkbox.org/2025/05/15/rhode… #USPol #Palestine #Genocide
Rhode Island city council now flying Palestine flag
Israel lobby melts down after US state’s capital Providence marks solidarity with Gaza against genocide City Hall in Providence, the state capital of Rhode Island (flag added digitally). Orig…SKWAWKBOX
Another AI video editor is here—Medeo. Just provide text, links, or scripts, and it quickly generates professional TikTok Faceless buzz videos.
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You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year
How in the hell does he get away with this? Here’s the answer.The New Republic
Ancient Chinese star chart dated to 2,300 years ago may be the oldest ever, challenging astronomy history | Archaeology News Online Magazine
archaeologymag.com/2025/05/chi…
#archaeology #ancienthistory #history #science #astronomy #china #starchart
Ancient Chinese star chart dated to 2,300 years ago may be the oldest ever, challenging astronomy history
An ancient Chinese star chart (the Star Manual of Master Shi) dated to 355 BCE may be the world's oldest, reshaping astronomical historyDario Radley (Archaeology News Online Magazine)
Let’s add a few thousand more years with the en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_…
The race to discover that we were already intelligent long ago will never end, because we have three million years of human evolution beneath our feet to uncover.
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That cat is playing it way too cool. It needs to go in the scanner to search for hidden catnip.
What was its alley of origin and who's paying its ticket?
Heyo maybe americans could finally get the medical scans they need by simply buying a plane ticket.
It would be a lot cheaper…
“Wasted Love”, canzone vincitrice di Eurovision, è coprodotta da Pele Loriano, autore musicale e direttore artistico di questa edizione basilese
rsi.ch/s/2837123
FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions
https://apnews.com/article/novavax-covid19-vaccine-fda-a477c1aa612ceb293e70d904b46611b0?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-AssociatedPress
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Meta adia chegada de sua IA mais potente, o Behemoth
Previsto inicialmente para abril e depois junho, maior modelo da Meta segue sendo adiado internamente, com poucos avanços e alto custo de desenvolvimento.
Meta adia chegada de sua IA mais potente, o Behemoth
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<li>Outras gigantes de IA também enfrentam atrasos em lançamentos.</li>
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<p>A Meta teria acionado o sinal de alerta após adiar, de novo, o lançamento de seu mais potente modelo de IA até agora, conhecido como Behemoth (Gigante, na tradução para português). Segundo apuração do <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, a empresa enfrenta dificuldades para atingir os avanços esperados com o novo sistema, o que tem freado os planos de disponibilizá-lo ao público.</p>
<p>A princípio, o Behemoth, parte da família <a href="https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/llama-4-e-anunciado-pela-meta-com-tres-tipos-de-llms-diferentes/">Llama 4, lançada em abril</a>, estava planejado para ser um dos destaques da conferência inaugural de IA da Meta para desenvolvedores, realizada naquele mês. A empresa adiou o lançamento para junho e agora, segundo fontes ouvidas pelo <em>WSJ</em>, empurrou novamente para o outono do hemisfério norte (primavera no Brasil) ou até mais tarde.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-estrategia-da-industria-comeca-a-ser-questionada">Estratégia da indústria começa a ser questionada</h2>
<p>Por anos, empresas do setor impulsionaram a corrida pela supremacia em inteligência artificial ao criar modelos cada vez maiores, treinados com grandes volumes de dados. A premissa seguia a lógica de que, quanto maior o modelo, mais capaz e inteligente ele se tornaria. </p>
<p>No entanto, os recentes problemas da Meta e de outras gigantes do setor sugerem que os ganhos dessa abordagem podem estar diminuindo, enquanto os custos e a complexidade de treinamento disparam. </p>
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<p>Engenheiros e pesquisadores da Meta estariam preocupados que o desempenho do Behemoth não corresponda às expectativas geradas publicamente pela empresa, que já chegou a afirmar que o modelo superaria tecnologias similares da OpenAI, Google e Anthropic em alguns testes. Na ocasião, <a href="https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/meta-e-acusada-de-manipular-benchmarks-de-ia-do-llama-4/">a empresa foi até acusada de manipular benchmarks do Llama 4</a>. </p>
<p>Internamente, o desenvolvimento do Behemoth tem enfrentado desafios significativos de treinamento, segundo a imprensa dos Estados Unidos. A frustração com a falta de progresso já estaria levando a cúpula da Meta a considerar mudanças na gestão de seus produtos de IA. </p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-um-desafio-comum-na-industria">Um desafio comum na indústria</h2>
<p>O que vem acontecendo nos laboratórios da Meta não é um caso isolado. Outras empresas líderes em IA também enfrentam atrasos ou dificuldades para lançar seus próximos grandes modelos. Entre eles, o GPT-5, da OpenAI, inicialmente esperado para meados de 2024, teve seu desenvolvimento atrasado. </p>
<p>Em fevereiro deste ano, a <a href="https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/gpt-4-5-novo-modelo-de-ia-tem-interacoes-mais-naturais-e-menos-alucinacoes/">OpenAI anunciou o modelo GPT-4.5</a> enquanto o CEO Sam Altman indicou que grandes avanços (esperados para o suposto GPT-5) ainda levariam mais alguns meses. A Anthropic também anunciou o Claude 3.5 Opus, uma versão maior de seus modelos, mas ainda não lançou o novo sistema.</p>
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<p><a href="https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/meta-adia-chegada-de-sua-ia-mais-potente-o-behemoth/">Meta adia chegada de sua IA mais potente, o Behemoth</a></p>](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/46443853 "<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img alt=\"Arte com a logomarca da Meta ao centro e o rosto de Mark Zuckerberg abaixo. Na parte inferior direita está a logomarca do Tecnoblog.\" class=\"wp-image-811592\" height=\"596\" src=\"https://files.tecnoblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Capa-Mark-Zuckerberg-03-1060x596.png\" width=\"1060\" /><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\">
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<li>Empresa enfrenta dificuldades no desenvolvimento do sistema.</li>
<li>Outras gigantes de IA também enfrentam atrasos em lançamentos.</li>
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<p>A Meta teria acionado o sinal de alerta após adiar, de novo, o lançamento de seu mais potente modelo de IA até agora, conhecido como Behemoth (Gigante, na tradução para português). Segundo apuração do <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, a empresa enfrenta dificuldades para atingir os avanços esperados com o novo sistema, o que tem freado os planos de disponibilizá-lo ao público.</p>
<p>A princípio, o Behemoth, parte da família <a href=\"https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/llama-4-e-anunciado-pela-meta-com-tres-tipos-de-llms-diferentes/\">Llama 4, lançada em abril</a>, estava planejado para ser um dos destaques da conferência inaugural de IA da Meta para desenvolvedores, realizada naquele mês. A empresa adiou o lançamento para junho e agora, segundo fontes ouvidas pelo <em>WSJ</em>, empurrou novamente para o outono do hemisfério norte (primavera no Brasil) ou até mais tarde.</p>
<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-estrategia-da-industria-comeca-a-ser-questionada\">Estratégia da indústria começa a ser questionada</h2>
<p>Por anos, empresas do setor impulsionaram a corrida pela supremacia em inteligência artificial ao criar modelos cada vez maiores, treinados com grandes volumes de dados. A premissa seguia a lógica de que, quanto maior o modelo, mais capaz e inteligente ele se tornaria. </p>
<p>No entanto, os recentes problemas da Meta e de outras gigantes do setor sugerem que os ganhos dessa abordagem podem estar diminuindo, enquanto os custos e a complexidade de treinamento disparam. </p>
<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img alt=\"Ilustração com o texto "AI" ao centro\" class=\"wp-image-719910\" height=\"596\" src=\"https://files.tecnoblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ia-4-1060x596.png\" width=\"1060\" /><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\">
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<p>Engenheiros e pesquisadores da Meta estariam preocupados que o desempenho do Behemoth não corresponda às expectativas geradas publicamente pela empresa, que já chegou a afirmar que o modelo superaria tecnologias similares da OpenAI, Google e Anthropic em alguns testes. Na ocasião, <a href=\"https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/meta-e-acusada-de-manipular-benchmarks-de-ia-do-llama-4/\">a empresa foi até acusada de manipular benchmarks do Llama 4</a>. </p>
<p>Internamente, o desenvolvimento do Behemoth tem enfrentado desafios significativos de treinamento, segundo a imprensa dos Estados Unidos. A frustração com a falta de progresso já estaria levando a cúpula da Meta a considerar mudanças na gestão de seus produtos de IA. </p>
<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-um-desafio-comum-na-industria\">Um desafio comum na indústria</h2>
<p>O que vem acontecendo nos laboratórios da Meta não é um caso isolado. Outras empresas líderes em IA também enfrentam atrasos ou dificuldades para lançar seus próximos grandes modelos. Entre eles, o GPT-5, da OpenAI, inicialmente esperado para meados de 2024, teve seu desenvolvimento atrasado. </p>
<p>Em fevereiro deste ano, a <a href=\"https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/gpt-4-5-novo-modelo-de-ia-tem-interacoes-mais-naturais-e-menos-alucinacoes/\">OpenAI anunciou o modelo GPT-4.5</a> enquanto o CEO Sam Altman indicou que grandes avanços (esperados para o suposto GPT-5) ainda levariam mais alguns meses. A Anthropic também anunciou o Claude 3.5 Opus, uma versão maior de seus modelos, mas ainda não lançou o novo sistema.</p>
<p><em>Com informações do <a class=\"icon-external\" href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-is-delaying-the-rollout-of-its-flagship-ai-model-f4b105f7?st=AmEUWo&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal</a> e <a class=\"icon-external\" href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/05/15/meta-behemoth-llama-scaling-delays\" target=\"_blank\">Axios</a></em></p>
<p><a href=\"https://tecnoblog.net/noticias/meta-adia-chegada-de-sua-ia-mais-potente-o-behemoth/\">Meta adia chegada de sua IA mais potente, o Behemoth</a></p>")
TikTok ativa meditação forçada para adolescentes durante a noite
O recurso, chamado "Sleep Hours", já foi testado e mostrou alta adesão entre adolescentes, mas pode ser ignorado com etapas adicionais.
TikTok ativa meditação forçada para adolescentes durante a noite
Kim Jong-un held a live-fire drill of air units and called on the army to be ready for war
The drills focused on intercepting cruise missiles and kamikaze drones, as well as neutralising drones with radio-electronic means. The DPRK leader declared the need to radically strengthen the army’s combat readiness.newsmaker newsmaker (English News front)
Mexican Navy boat crashes into Brooklyn Bridge; multiple injuries reported
Multiple people were injured after a Mexican Navy boat on a training cruise crashed into the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge.Eyewitness News (ABC7 New York)
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Zen Flute Is A Teensy Powered Mouth Theramin
An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore. The result is the Zen Flute Mouth Theremin, a hybrid of acoustics, electronics, and expressive performance.At its core lies a forced Helmholtz resonator, a feedback system built with a simple microphone and speaker setup. The resonator itself? The user’s mouth. The resulting pitch, shaped by subtle jaw and tongue movements, is detected and used to drive a MIDI controller feeding an external synthesizer.
Zen Flute Is A Teensy Powered Mouth Theramin
An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore…Hackaday
Enjoy various scenes around Arashiyama, the area of Kyōto with the most nature and traditional Japanese architecture: 1) The legendary Moon-Crossing Bridge (渡月橋), 2) Yaezakura (八重桜), a late-blossoming type of sakura with many petals, 3) Traditional architecture deep in a mountain canyon, and 4) The little-known lookout over the river and gorgeous gorge.
#Japan #Kyoto #Arashiyama #nature #architecture #sakura #travel #sightseeing #photos #photography
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The unique Buddhist temple Otagi Nembutsuji (愛宕念仏寺) deep in a canyon in northwest Arashiyama in Kyōto has had a long and complicated history, but its distinctiveness today stems from the 20th Century when a head priest commissioned the carving of over a thousand stone rakan (羅漢, based on arhats, adept disciples of the Buddha). Each statue is unique, unlike the stereotype of Asians, and some are really funny. The moss in this shady side of the mountain also adds to their character, sometimes like hair.
#Japan #Kyoto #sculpture #travel #sightseeing #unique #Buddhism #funny #humor #photos #photography
250 years ago this July, General Washington took over the Army in Cambridge MA, with this house as his headquarters for the Siege of Boston.
Pax is happy with herself. She's made it to the 2nd floor without being chased away by her siblings. Now, the trick is, to make it back downstairs without them noticing.🙄
Hope you all have a wonderful evening, or a wonderful day!
#Pax #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Cat #CatsOfFediverse #Catstodon #Animals #Cute #CuteAnimals #Tabby #Kitty #MastoCats #FediCats #Gatos #Chat #Katzen #Katze #AdoptDontShop
Zen Flute Is A Teensy Powered Mouth Theramin
An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore. The result is the Zen Flute Mouth Theremin, a hybrid of acoustics, electronics, and expressive performance.
At its core lies a forced Helmholtz resonator, a feedback system built with a simple microphone and speaker setup. The resonator itself? The user’s mouth. The resulting pitch, shaped by subtle jaw and tongue movements, is detected and used to drive a MIDI controller feeding an external synthesizer.
Zen Flute Is A Teensy Powered Mouth Theramin
An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore…Hackaday
artist: Mathew Brady Studio, active 1844 - 1894
source: National Portrait Gallery
notes: The Frederick Hill Meserve Collection comprises more than five thousand […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.81.M…
Almost done with Chihiro!
A bit conflicted, because this sprite is the only one of the three that doesn't just have a white face (plus blushing cheeks!) so I don't know if I should turn it white too for consistency or use the only colour I have that's even close to skin colour, which I will also be using on Miu's hair...
I think I'll leave it like this for now and start on Miu, then get back to it once my new floss arrives, in case any of those colours fit better.
"The Trump Environmental Protection Agency has made clear its hostility to initiatives animated by concern about climate change," writes William K. Reilly, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1989 to 1993.
"But the Energy Star program, targeted for elimination last week, is not and never has been about climate." wapo.st/438qztT
Musk's xAI Updates Grok after White Genocide Controversy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI announced on Thursday that it has updated its Grok chatbot following widespread criticism over unauthorized responses referencing a so-called "white genocide" in South Africa.Tasnim News Agency
Ridiculous
#Trump said Friday that former #FBI Director #JamesComey was “calling for the assassination of the president” in a since-deleted social media post that featured the numbers “8647.”
The numbers were quickly read by people in Trump’s cult as Comey calling for people to “86,” or get rid of, the 47th president of the United States — Trump.
#RevengePolitics #StochasticTerrorism #WeaponizationOfGovernment #law #DOJ #DomesticViolentExtremists #MAGA
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Trump says Comey called for 'assassination of the president' with '8647' Instagram post
President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI director in 2017 amid an investigation by the bureau into Trump campaign ties to Russia.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
BTWs this was the post. So threatening! #Trump is a weakling.
#SecretService spokesman Anthony Guglielmi, in a statement, said, “The Secret Service vigorously investigates anything that can be taken as a potential threat against our protectees.”
“We are aware of the social media posts by the former FBI Director [#JamesComey] & we take rhetoric like this very seriously,” Guglielmi said.
#FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #law #RevengePolitics #DHS #DOJ #WeaponizationOfGovernment #StochasticTerrorism
#FreeSpeech advocacy group Foundation for Individual Rights & Expression in a stmnt said #JamesComey’s post “is political speech protected by the #FirstAmendment.”
“It neither constitutes a true threat nor merits federal investigation. 86 has a lot of possible meanings, & the idea that spelling it out in seashells & posting it to IG is a true threat is quite a stretch. The admin should drop any investigation of Comey because it’s an unconstitutional waste of time.”
Rolling Stone has a good summary of proposed changes to Medicaid: work requirements and paperwork requirements to keep people from getting health care, while still being able to claim that deserving people are eligible.
rollingstone.com/politics/poli…
Remember in the 1980s when people felt such pity for children with HIV, because they didn't "deserve" it -- as if other people did? This is the opposite of that. In a country as wealthy as the US, #EveryoneDeserves medical care.
Medicaid Cuts by Trump and Republicans, Explained
Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are imposing massive cuts to Medicaid in order to fund tax breaks for the richest Americans.Ryan Bort (Rolling Stone)
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Come listen to another cozy Elder Scrolls reading~ 
This time, we have a series of interviews with the head of the Emperor's guards, recounting experiences from her storied life.
Succubard Gently Reads [Words and Philosphy]
youtube.com/watch?v=pXljjO9NH7…
This is another book that feels like it has much more story than lore, though for those of you with a keen ear and mind, you will probably be able to spot some key lines that have in them more lore than it may first appear. It's odd to think that, out of the relatively few stories in which a Bosmer features as a main character, I've done two back to back 
Speaking of Bosmer, I envisaged Lady Allena Benoch as a mature, experienced woman and tried to express that in her voice. Hopefully, you like how she came out 
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A big thank you to my ko-fi and patreon members for helping me make sure my cats and I can continue to have food and other essentials. If you'd like to help as well as get access to audio-only versions, please consider becoming a member~
[Ko-fi] ko-fi.com/octaviaconamore
[Patreon] patreon.com/c/octaviaconamore
I also do live readings a few times a week over on Twitch (alongside Youtube) if that's more your thing
twitch.tv/octaviaconamore
#Vtuber #ENVtuber #Bard #Games #Gaming #LGBTQ #Queer #Trans #TransFem #VoiceOver #Fantasy #Reading #Bookstodon #Books #AudioBooks #ElderScrolls #Skyrim #Oblivion #OblivionRemastered 
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Welcome to the Succubard's Library~ I read fantasy books (especially in-game books from The Elder Scrolls games) and play games. Grab a drink, get cozy, and let my voice charm you~❤Twitch
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Octavia Con Amore :pink_moon_and_stars: Succubard's Library (@OctaviaConAmore@cutie.city)
Attached: 1 audio :boosts_ok: Alright, story recorded, audio edited, kofi/patreon members-only versions exported, video edited and exported, thumbnail made and exported :blob_sweat: They're already up for kofi/patreon members if you'd like to get …Yastodon
Daily life and every small thing is the gate to the universe
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#Adobe #Fresco #AdobeFresco #MyShadow #shadow #b&w
photography #BlackAndWhitePhotography
#OriginalPhotography #photography #koji #araki #art
#works #KojiArakiArtWorks #kojiarakiartworks.com
In Transylvania, fear haunts Romania’s troubled democracy
https://www.politico.eu/article/transylvania-romania-election-fear-politics-facist-totalitarian-democracy-corruption-president-vote-simion-dan/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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In Transylvania, fear haunts Romania’s troubled democracy
The birthplace of modern Romania is losing faith in politics, 36 years after Communism fell, amid threats of reprisals at Sunday’s election.Tim Ross (POLITICO)
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Research study on the effectiveness of abrocitinib vs placebo for improving severe fatigue in adults with Long COVID
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US citizens: call on the FTC to maintain its ban on noncompete agreements. Noncompete agreements restrict a worker who has quit or been fired from getting another job in the same field. Here's how to make the actionnetwork.org letter campaign linked above work without running the site's nonfree JavaScript code. (See gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-… for why to avoid running it.) First, make sure you have
Tell the FTC: Stand with workers! Maintain the non-compete ban!
Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under Lina Khan’s leadership, passed a rule protecting workers from overzealous bosses who force them to sign lengthy non-compete agreements that trap people in their jobs.actionnetwork.org
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I'm so mad at myself.
I had to kick someone out of the store the other day, and I forgot to put on my "manager hat" as I was doing so.
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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End - TV Show Review - Superdavey
🍿 Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (2023) - ★★★★★ I went into Frieren without any idea of what to expect other than a recommendation from @joel@fosstodon.org “Frieren it's an absolute masterpiece of storytelling...Superdavey
An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top podcasts in the US by watch time shows many popular and well-established podcasts did not rank in the top 100 (Jessica Testa/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/05/15/busines…
techmeme.com/250517/p16#a25051…
An analysis of YouTube's new weekly ranking of top podcasts in the US by watch time shows many popular and well-established podcasts did not rank in the top 100
By Jessica Testa / New York Times. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
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based on my experiments with the minimum it takes for my brain to flip to going "oh yeah that's a dude" and then getting in full dude makeup and seeing what it takes for my brain to flip back to "o yea dats a chick", the most important things are
1. eyebrows
2. cheek fullness or lack thereof
everything else is just embellishment. while I can't actually alter those things, I experimented with the illusion of changing nose/jaw shape/size and counter to my expectations those didn't even matter.
how to dude:
draw in rly thick eyebrows
make area under eye look flatter by slightly darkening it
how to not dude:
pluck u eyebrows
make area under eye look like it's stickin out more by lightening it
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Disillusion has an edge so sharp
It tears at your soul and leaves a stain upon your heart
I need you
To wash mine clean
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"A new report has revealed that Donald #Trump’s White House is suppressing the vast majority of transcripts from his speeches and press events—because many of his remarks are simply too unhinged to publish."
dailyboulder.com/white-house-e…
White House Excludes Majority of Trump’s Remarks from Transcripts Because They Are Too ‘Unhinged’ to Publish, Report Says
A new report has revealed that Donald Trump’s White House is suppressing the vast majority of transcripts from his speeches and press events—because many of his remarks are simply too unhinged to publish.Staff Writer (The Daily Boulder)
africanews.com/2025/05/16/glob…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm on the long-term health repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic in its newly released World Health Statistics Report 2025. The report reveals a staggering decline in global life expectancy, which dropped by 1.8 years between 2019 and 2021 – the sharpest fall in recent history, effectively reversing a decade of health gains.
Global life expectancy plunges as WHO warns of deepening health crisis Post-COVID | Africanews
Furthermore, recent disruptions in international aid threaten to destabilize progress, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.Africanews
I said almost same thing a while back here.
"Antisemitism" definition police (Thanks Orthodoxy!) came at me to call me all sorts of awful names, because I was not willing to toe Orthodox line Western Left hegemonically imposes.
Orthodox Left defined this as "antisemitism"(always underlying current is implying you are Nazi if you challenge).
Unorthodox Left(like me) will push envelope till reality is prioritized over definitional games.
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