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The annoying buzz of our AI future is keeping Vineland awake | Will Bunch A massive data center on the outskirts of Vineland is triggering noise complaints as the future of data centers arrives.

You think AI will make life easier? Tell that to folks in Vineland, N.J., who live near a massive new data center serving Microsoft that emits a loud annoying hum, sometimes at 2 am

With dozens of data centers in the works, your hometown could be next. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/data...

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Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers.

This is so cool. Ten sperm whales assisted as a mother-to-be gave birth. @catrineinhorn.bsky.social reports for NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/c...

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Remembering Robert Mueller The reporting subject I knew best

Journalist and biographer @vermontgmg.bsky.social remembers Robert Mueller. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rememberin...

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Ryan Clark reacts to White House war video using hits from him and other NFL players| The Pivot
Ryan Clark reacts to White House war video using hits from him and other NFL players| The Pivot YouTube video by The Pivot Podcast

My new hero: Ryan Clark.
The ex-NFL safety laid out the Trump White House for using a clip from his playing days as part of its ludicrous pro-Iran War propaganda video.
PLEASE watch Clark's entire analysis of the obscenity that is the Bozo Fascist Regime. Brilliant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-9i...

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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

ICYMI: James Talarico interview airing on YouTube after #CBS tells #StephenColbert that he can't host #Talarico on the broadcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

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‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company $500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.

"The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president’s company." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.

NYT dissects, frame by frame, the shooting of Alex Pretti. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

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Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.

WaPo: A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

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Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes

A former Marine contemplates the intent, and effect, of broadcasting and consuming gleeful violence. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

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New York’s BQE Is Falling Apart. The City Can’t Agree on How to Fix It. The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.

A Highway Is Crumbling. New York Can’t Agree on How to Fix It. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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enjoyable little video on how wool gets graded and sorted

IG community_clothing and campaignforwool

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Video: Why Can’t We Fix Penn Station? The biggest thing holding Penn Station back from a much-needed rehaul is what’s on top of it: Madison Square Garden.

Why are Penn Station platforms so narrow, and why can't the station be (easily) fixed? www.nytimes.com/video/nyregi...

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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado The prize was awarded to the opposition leader for her work promoting democracy and fighting dictatorship in the country.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado for her work promoting democracy and fighting dictatorship www.wsj.com/world/americ... via @wsj.com

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Scientists Observe Rogue Planet’s Explosive Growth in Real Time The record-breaking event is providing insight into how these strange objects form.

In a first, astronomers watched a rogue planet in the Milky Way consume six billion tons of gas and dust per second, a rate never before seen. @eniiler.bsky.social reports for #WSJScienceShorts www.wsj.com/science/spac... via @wsj.com

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Our Brains Evolved to Socialize—but Max Out at About 150 Friends The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media.

How many meaningful social relationships can a human brain handle? One scientist has an answer. @aylinwoodward.bsky.social reports for #WSJScience www.wsj.com/science/soci... via @wsj.com

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Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Trio of Researchers for Work in Quantum Mechanics John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis shared the prize for their work on the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling.

A trio of professors in the U.S. won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit. @aylinwoodward.bsky.social reports for #WSJScience www.wsj.com/science/nobe... via @wsj.com

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Our Brains Evolved to Socialize—but Max Out at About 150 Friends The size of our social networks is limited even in the age of social media.

How many meaningful social relationships can a human brain handle? One scientist has an answer. www.wsj.com/science/soci... via @WSJ

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Daniel Day-Lewis, pulled out of retirement by his son, finds his acting fire still burns Eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting, he returns in "Anemone." His son, Ronan Day-Lewis, directs the film which they wrote together.

Daniel Day-Lewis, pulled out of retirement by his son, finds his acting fire still burns apnews.com/article/dani... via @apnews.com

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Hep-B Is the Only Vaccine Given at Birth. Why Doctors Say It Can’t Wait. The vaccine has virtually eliminated childhood infections of a disease that doesn’t only transmit through drugs or sex.

The Trump administration is considering delaying the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Doctors warn a delay would lead to more childhood cases and, ultimately, deaths. @sumathireddy.bsky.social ready reports for @wsj.com www.wsj.com/health/welln...

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No one could resist that smile, neither man, woman, child, nor chimp. :)

She didn't have an undergraduate degree. She wassimply admitted for graduate study at Cambridge University where she received her doctorate in 1966.

Gift link!

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Jane Goodall, Who Studied Chimpanzee Behavior for Decades in Africa, Dies at 91 The British primatologist and global activist won the trust of a chimpanzee group in 1960 that became the focus of her life’s work.

Jane Goodall, the English primatologist and anthropologist who was considered the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, has died at age 91 www.wsj.com/science/jane... via @wsj.com

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Potato, Meet Tomato: How the Modern Spud Was Born A potato-like plant interbred with ancient tomatoes. Without this evolutionary event, the tuber we know wouldn’t exist.

Scientists have solved the puzzling origin story of the modern spud: “We revealed that tomato is the mother of potato.” @aylinwoodward.bsky.social reports for #WSJScienceShorts www.wsj.com/science/pota... via @wsj.com

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Panic-Inducing Rumors Went Viral Ahead of the French Revolution The tools of epidemiology were used to trace how false tales spread from place to place, and provoked a revolt.

Is there a lesson here? Researchers applied modern-day tools of epidemiology to trace how the spread of false rumors provoked the “Great Fear” of the French Revolution. @eniiler.bsky.social reports for #WSJScienceShorts www.wsj.com/science/fren... via @wsj.com

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Essay | What It’s Like to Face a One-in-a-Million Cancer After an unthinkable diagnosis, a Journal editor learned how challenging it is to find treatment and support for a rare disease—and discovered reasons for hope.

When the WSJ’s Sharon Weinberger was diagnosed with a one-in-a-million cancer, she learned how hard it is to find treatment and support for a rare disease—and discovered reasons for hope. www.wsj.com/health/what-... via @WSJ

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The Evolution of the Running Shoe and What Comes Next As sneakers get taller, experts weigh in on the shoes of the future and what they mean for your running health.

How tall is your running shoe? Thick foams and stiff plates confer a biomechanical advantage—but as sneakers grow higher, are there implications for our running experience? @aylinwoodward.bsky.social reports for #WSJFOR www.wsj.com/tech/running... via @WSJ

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Did NASA Find Signs of Ancient Life on Mars—Or Is It Another False Alarm? Earlier evidence pointing to ancient microbial life on the red planet hasn’t held up.

Science Shorts: NASA announced it has found potential evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars. Is it another false alarm? @eniiler.bsky.social reports for #WSJScienceShorts www.wsj.com/science/spac... via @wsj.com

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Why Do Rodents Flourish? A Human-Like Thumb Helps The unusual digit makes it easier for them to manipulate their food.

Squirrels developed a surprising (and human-like) trait over millions of years that is a key to their abundance. @nidhisubs.bsky.social reports for #WSJScienceShorts www.wsj.com/science/rode... via @wsj.com

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Exclusive | RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies Kennedy’s autism report, touted by Trump, will suggest that using the pain reliever during pregnancy may be linked to the developmental disorder.

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The much-anticipated autism report from RFK Jr.'s HHS will point to Tylenol during pregnancy, folate deficiency, among other possible causes of autism.

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