Africa
UN Votes to Enlarge Africa
Over 150 countries agree to a new default world map. One country took offense to that. Guess who?
Endeavorance
Increasing the number of smiles in the world
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Is Lindsey Graham Still Dead?
Yep!
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Real Big Fungi
While scientists around the world collaborate on a global map of underground fungal networks, Microsoft decides that employees aren't a necessary part of a functioning business.
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Good Still Happens
There has been an endless stream of cosmic horrors plaguing the news cycle for quite some time, and the balance has gotten very outta wack. In today's Stuff Keeps Happening, we take a look at a very bits of pretty good Stuff.
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We're Terrorists, Again
What happens when a political party spends more than a decade claiming that globally recognized basic public policy stances are "extremism"?
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Government Issued Cool Nicknames
What happens when a state government uses oppressively heavy court cases to crush opposition, but then ones doing the actual work are entirely incompetent? Well,
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ICE Ignores Human Rights, Asks What That Means
...okay no, they didn't ask what that means. If only. Also, whales went around the world.
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Very Exciting Regional Energy Oversight Board Elections
I spent the better part of a day learning about the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area energy utilities. I don't live in Arizona. Also, RFK Jr is a jagweed, but we knew that.
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Coffee, Now with AI Ethics Violations
What happens when we stop asking if we should and instead only ask if we could?
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You Alright, Louisiana?
Louisiana is setting a new standard for "wait, they can just do that?"
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A War of Ignition
Gas prices aren't coming down any time soon, and now it looks like inflation may be next. But that's okay—those AI systems we all love so much are getting too expensive also.
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Palantir Cannot See Why Kids Love the Taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Despite their penchant for building surveillance software, Palantir CEO Alex Karp is reportedly unaware of the cinnamon-sugar swirls in every bite.