Anthropic's Mythos model accessed by unauthorized users, Bloomberg News reports A small group of unauthorized ​users has accessed Anthropic's new Mythos AI ‌model, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing documentation and a person familiar with the matter.

Report: Anthropic's Mythos model accessed by unauthorized users-will Crypto investors be safe?

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Climate Update: The Japanese come up with a word Kokushobi- for ‘Cruelly Hot’ Extreme Heat #climate
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How Amazing Stories Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction A century ago, at a Waukegan, Illinois boardinghouse run by his grandparents, an auburn-haired, six-year-old boy named Ray Bradbury used to search for copies of Amazing Stories left behind by the g…

How a magazine help build American Science Fiction (Amazing Stories)
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And the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years is… After six rounds of voting, and thousands of votes cast, the people have chosen their winner: The Princess Bride, which prevailed over The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with 60% of the …

Rob Reiner's 'The Princess Bride' voted best literary adaptation of the last 50 years by Literary Hub readers #books #film
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Move over, Mr. Ripley. 'I Am Agatha' is a delightfully duplicitous debut Nancy Foley's deviously-plotted novel centers on an aging artist in New Mexico. Brutally dismissive of anyone who disagrees with her, Agatha is a perfectly engaging (if unreliable) narrator.

Move over, Mr. Ripley. 'I Am Agatha' is a delightfully duplicitous debut

The Onion reaches new deal to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars | CNN Business Satirical news site The Onion said it has reached an agreement to take over conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars company, in a move that could help repay the more than $1 billion he owes the famil...

Done deal: InfoWars now owned by The Onion
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At Long Last, InfoWars Is Ours Let me tell you a story. When I was a child, I suffered from night terrors. It was always the same dream: I could hear my family and neighbors wailing in the street outside as they were pursued and th...

From the Onion: Take it with a grain of salt- but still... it actually might be true.
At Long Last, Infowars is Ours
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Desmond Morris obituary Zoologist, author and broadcaster who found fame with his groundbreaking 1967 book The Naked Ape

Desmond Morris obituary – zoologist, author and broadcaster who found fame with his groundbreaking 1967 book The Naked Ape

A water recycling plant Elon Musk promised to build in Memphis to offset the huge amount of local drinking water Grok's data centre devours has been postponed indefinitely.

Apparently, Musk considers drinking water for local people less of a priority than increasing computing power for Grok👇🏾

Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn, and the Art of Self-Reinvention Julia Cooke’s biography of three writers illuminates the profound complexity of women’s lives without apologizing, justifying, or moralizing.

Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn, and the Art of Self-Reinvention

How an Animators’ Strike Led to the Making of Song of the South “Black people will not be fully able to breathe—a word I do not use lightly—until property itself is abolished.” –Rinaldo Walcott * There is perhaps no film that so clearly illustrates …

Book excerpt: How Disney Killed the Movies and took over the World
How an Animators’ Strike Led to the Making of Song of the South
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Climate Update: Coral Reefs Are Nearing Extinction. 2026 Must Mark a Turning Point #climate
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LOL... and gossip about the dolphins....

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds
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'We are missing data': NWS weather balloon changes scrutinized as tornados hit Midwest For much of Monday, the agency didn't anticipate a tornado threat for Kansas City — then five hit that evening. Did a change in weather balloon launches leave forecasters in the dark?

Did Trump's budget slashes affect the National Weather Services' ability to forecast tornadoes? www.nbcnews.com/weather/torn...

A Snowless March is a Warning We Can No Longer Ignore Earth Day is a reminder to take climate change as the threat it is.

For the first time, the World Meteorological Organization has highlighted Earth’s dangerous, unsustainable energy imbalance.

Announcing the Winners of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction Tommy Orange was awarded a much-deserved MacArthur Genius Grant this fall for breaking from the tradition of reservation-based Native American literature to write new, illuminative, and realistic N…

On this year's O'Henry Short Story Prize Winners
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A Satire That Captures the Absurdity of Being a Writer in Hollywood - Electric Literature Hallie Cantor’s “Like This, But Funnier” pokes fun at the entertainment industry's incessant appetite for burnt-out screenwriters

Hallie Cantor’s “Like This, But Funnier” pokes fun at the entertainment industry's incessant appetite for burnt-out screenwriters

When the librarian comes for the children... #books #libraries #writers

Hurricane Season is fast approaching: Have you read 'The Hurricane Code' yet? A climate fiction thriller following characters in the year 2099.
One reader said "I couldn't put it down." #books
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Who Is Blake Whiting? - The American Scholar The most astonishingly productive historian in recent times is someone you’ll never meet

The most astonishingly productive historian in recent times is someone you’ll never meet- because he's AI
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Record US drought sparks worries about fires, water supply and food prices The contiguous United States is experiencing record drought levels for this time of year, according to weather data.

Record US drought sparks worries about fires, water supply and food prices #climate
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An extraordinary book about the Nuremberg women casts new light on the darkest crimes Natalie Livingstone’s study of the trial that brought the Nazis to justice puts valiant women at the forefront of the story for the first time, writes Geordie Greig. The vital part that women played i...

New book takes on women's roles in the trial of the Twentieth Century: Nuremberg #books #history
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Climate change update: Drought, Migration and the Fall of Civilization: A Cautionary Tale guyonclimate.com/2026/04/18/e...

Here’s what the stock market might have gotten wrong about the Iran war As stocks soared this week and oil prices dropped amid an apparent cooling of tensions between the United States and

Here’s what the stock market might have gotten wrong about the Iran war
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A Tradwife Influencer Confronts What She's Built In Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear, a woman obsessed with performing the perfect life is transported to a 19th-century farm — and the satire cuts both ways.

In Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear, a woman obsessed with performing the perfect life is transported to a 19th-century farm — and the satire cuts both ways. #books
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What might happen if Earth's climate is 'Trumpified'? Read about North America in 2099: Climate fiction based on hard science: The Hurricane Code. #books #climate
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NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts "My hope is that this commitment provides the stability and the spark NPR needs to innovate boldly and strengthen its national network," says Connie Ballmer, who gave $80 million of the $113 million.

NPR receives $113 million in charitable gifts
The philanthropist Connie Ballmer contributed $80 million specifically toward ensuring NPR transforms its technology to meet the needs and serve the interests of public media audiences
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Cats and ghost stories... seems like a natural. I also read Liberation Day by George Saunders.. some very odd and interesting short story formats and plots. Not all to my liking but very stimulating as far as the creativity.