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In corners of our Republic, I hear clear voices cutting through the fog.

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I Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308 YouTube video by SmarterEveryDay

48 minute integrative in innovation, problem solving, agility, boots theory of economic unfairness, collaboration, and manufacturing excellence.

#makesomething

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We Emit a Visible Light That Vanishes When We Die, Says Surprising New Study Life truly is radiant, according to an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada.

Madonna may have been right ...

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Imagine a world where the ruling classes use passive learning to indoctrinate the masses. Wait a minute ... www.upworthy.com/how-to-learn...

The Opposite of Déjà Vu Can Happen, And It's Even More Uncanny Repetition has a strange relationship with the mind.

My new favorite phrase: "Jamais vu."

Mayhaw 2025 YouTube video by Kim Gokce

If it's May in Georgia, it's mayhaw jelly time! #mayhaw #fruitsofnature #eatwild

What is the sq footage? That was my challenge question for the young people of one of our Cross Keys area elementary aged kids at career fair. A square. A isosceles triangle. A concave hexagon. Four groups actually figured out all three challenges. #thefutureisbright @dekalbcoschools.bsky.social

Elon Musk Said With Confidence 'I Know More About Manufacturing Than Anyone Alive'—Then the Cybertruck Rolled Out With 8 Recalls And A PR Mess - Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Rapid unscheduled disassembly?

Thanks, Bossman!

To celebrate my 62nd, inspired by U2's, "40."
#toofewdays

Design I found a dimpled spider, fat and white,

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Government censorship comes to Bluesky, but not its third-party apps ... yet | TechCrunch Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there's currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured.Earlier this

Rust, and nation states, never sleep. #theyarecoming

Inspired by Robert Frost's, "Design." Out my window today while working ...

Anyone know a domestic source for crinkle cut filler and 2x2 gold gift boxes? Asking for a friend... #onebillionreasons

This is the kind of IQ test question I can manage.

AI Made Up a Science Term — Now It’s in 22 Papers A mistranslated term and a scanning glitch birthed the bizarre phrase “vegetative electron microscopy”

"42" may be the answer to the ultimate questions of the universe. But the end of human civilization will likely be, "vegetative electron microscopy," or something similar. #artificialintelligence #ai

Your brain doesn’t learn the way we thought, according to new neuroscience breakthrough Scientists have discovered that the brain learns using more complex and diverse rules than previously thought, reshaping our understanding of memory and learning.

Sorry, Artificial Intelligence. You have to start over if you want to be like us.

Historic domes of Hagia Sophia are renovated to protect the landmark from earthquakes Turkey has begun a new phase in sweeping restorations of the nearly 1,500-year-old Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, focusing on preserving the monument’s historic domes from the threat of earthquakes.

Time is patient. Aya Sofya will fall one day as will every structure we build. But it is worthy of the effort. It is a place that, when entered, one wishes to stay. #humanity #timewins

Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa dies age 89 Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa, who enchanted readers with his intellectual rigor and lyrical prose for five decades and came close to being president of his country, died on Sunday aged 89.

The Time of the Hero has come to an end. His debut novel was born the same year as I. It greatly influenced me as a college student.

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech - CleanTechnica In response to new Trump tariffs, China cut dysprosium, terbium, and tungsten exports—hitting U.S. EVs, wind, and military systems hard.

Nothing to see here. @mcuban.bsky.social

An Act of Kindness Unites Enemies - The 160th Anniversary of the End of the Civil War - Fold3 HQ A simple act of kindness turned two former enemies into friends during the Civil War. Read this touching story on our blog!

Our "Better Angels" still walk among us. #civilwar #appomattox

Presidential Wisdom 1799-2025 YouTube video by Kim Gokce

226 years of Presidential Wisdom in 2 minutes.

That, yes. Also, this is the first case I've seen of government anointing a company to own a competitive market segment. I'm watching this one because if it goes forward, then we really have crossed over to a new form of government.

DOGE Mandates Power Tool Manufacturers Use Single Battery Platform DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) has directed the DOE and EPA to mandate all manufacturers use a single power tool battery.

Am I the only one who finds reading this like experiencing reading a "The Onion" article? Interrelated subject: I believe there is no correlation with high IQ and reduction in self-delusion.

Govt picking a single private corp for all? The thinking here starts with an, "f," and it's not federalism.

Practice Skepticism YouTube video by Kim Gokce

@booker.senate.gov pleaded for us all to remember that the Constitution is just a piece of paper if it does not live in our hearts. Thank you, Senator.

Without equal Idealism and Skepticism we will inevitably become indentured servants of our government. #idealism #publiceducation #enlightenment

Practice Skepticism YouTube video by Kim Gokce

Excellent! Continuous improvement is fueled by inspection and adaptation. It is the child of the scientific method and the grandchild of skepticism. We MUST develop educated and skeptical minds! youtu.be/VbohvhfSVa4

"The best ruler is one whose existence is barely known by the people." -Confucius

We are finally beginning to understand how LLMs work: No, they don't simply predict word after word Circuit tracing is a relatively new technique that lets researchers track how an AI model builds its answers step by step – like following the wiring in...

Turns out Claude AI and I do arithmetic and rhyming exactly the same way.

I asked Claude for a haiku given my realization:

Between two worlds caught,
Silicon mirrors his soul—
Humans grow distant.

I realized this morning that the next time Les Misérables is staged in my country we are to root for Javert, not Jean Valjean.

To FB Or Not To FB - is it a question? YouTube video by Kim Gokce

I will be terminating my personal use of Facebook 4/1. I decided to seek counsel from the sum of human knowledge - Generative AI. #nofb #facebook #artificialintelligence #machinelerning #deeplearning #promptengineering