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Literary Hub – Joshua Blackburn Explores the Centuries-Long Evolution of the English Language: “Every word originates somewhere. It may be borrowed or coined, named after a person, inspired by a place or imitative of a sound. It could have evolved over the long journey from Proto-Indo-European (a reconstructed ancient language for which no evidence exists), …
Wired – no paywall: “Fake video walk-throughs, a magically expanding loft, and stair hallucinations are just some of the new AI-generated features house hunters are coming across As you’re hunting through real estate listings for a new home in Franklin, Tennessee, you come across a vertical video showing off expansive rooms featuring a four-poster bed, …
TA-MajestyPalm via Redditt: “Graphic by me, created in Excel. Source data is from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia. We’ve all seen many election graphics but I wanted to highlight the fact that the largest group of potential voters was non voters. “Non Voters” only includes ELIGIBLE voters that didn’t vote: it does not include those under 18, …
YouTube Video – Speaker: Jack Smith / Interviewer: Andrew Weissmann (NYU). “The second Trump administration has disrupted longstanding norms of US power at home and abroad. In an era of constitutional hardball where the Executive Branch is asserting ever greater levels of authority, what is the future of US democracy? How might leaders, citizens, and …
TechCrunch: “Following backlash over an increase in “AI slop” taking over users’ feeds, Pinterest on Thursday added new tools that let users limit how much AI-generated content they see on the platform. Users can now personalize their feeds to restrict generative AI imagery in select categories, and the company said it will make its existing …
Gov/Act – October 15, 2025 – Governors Bob Ferguson (WA), Josh Green (HI), Maura Healey (MA), Kathy Hochul (NY), Tina Kotek (OR), Ned Lamont (CT), Lou Leon Guerrero (GU), Dan McKee (RI), Matt Meyer (DE), Wes Moore (MD), Phil Murphy (NJ), Gavin Newsom (CA), Jared Polis (CO), JB Pritzker (IL), and Josh Stein (NC) announced …
Pro Publica: “We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.” Americans Detained: The government doesn’t track how many citizens are held by immigration agents. We found more than 170 cases this year where citizens were detained at raids and protests. Held …
How-toGeek: “I decided to find out what it’s like to keep a VPN on all the time—whether streaming, gaming, or doing online tasks. What I learned went beyond just better privacy: there were definite perks, some frustrations, and a few surprises. Curious about living with a VPN always on? Here’s my experience. TThe biggest benefit …
Ars Technica: “The dust is still settling at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a mass layoff on Friday, which former employees at the beleaguered agency are describing as a massacre. In separate press briefings on Tuesday, a network of terminated CDC staff that goes by the name the National Public Health Coalition, …
PopSci: “The Weather Channel’s accuracy has undoubtedly improved since the early days of cable TV, but the same can’t necessarily be said about The Weather Channel’s vibes. That’s not meant as an insult to the company’s art design team—but there is simply no real match to that distinctly minimalist, retro-rudimentary look of forecasts from the …
Library of Congress, The New Yorker [no paywall] By Arthur Size, Published October 13, 2025 – Arthur Sze was appointed the twenty-fifth U.S. Poet Laureate in 2025. His books include “Into the Hush” and “The White Orchard: Selected Interviews, Essays, and Poems.” You peer down a lit corridor on the fifth tier of stacks where …
TechSpot: “Comet browser by Perplexity is the AI browser that acts as a personal assistant. Automate tasks, research the web, organize your email, and more with Comet. Comet uses Perplexity’s search engine, optimized for fast and accurate answers. Perplexity search gives you the choice to navigate the web and check sources for original facts. Unlike …