Jessa Basque

FDA limits approval for new coronavirus vaccines to high risk people The narrowed approval marks a shift from past recommendations for everyone ages 6 months and older to receive annual coronavirus vaccines.

📍FDA has approved new variant-adapted COVID vaccine formulation (Novavax too)— but now only for those age 65+ or those “higher risk”, which is vague. Still needs CDC’s clearance—but now controlled by RFK Jr’s new dubious ACIP vaccine committee.

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Teachers Are Not OK AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:

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Luigi Mangione Says Bondi’s Death Penalty Bid Is an Instagram Stunt Lawyers for the man accused of killing a health insurance executive in Manhattan said the attorney general was trying to create content for Instagram by announcing she would pursue the death penalty.

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a federal court on Friday to bar prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against him, arguing that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recently announced decision to do so was “explicitly and unapologetically political.”

Gotta be up there with worst stock market days ever right?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth records its hottest year ever in 2024 and passes major climate threshold.

Not quite the downfall I was hoping for. But it’ll do (for now).

You can't hate yourself into a version of yourself that you love, doesn't work that way

YouTube video by jada the fashionably underrated, solange.

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Sense of humor. Never meet a more quick witted, observant and relatable group of people

A short story. Good morning.

AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse There’s a strong link between proximity to AI data centers and higher levels of distorted power in residential areas

AI data centers are multiplying across the U.S. and sucking up huge amounts of power.

New evidence shows they may also be distorting the normal flow of electricity for millions of Americans

I typically loooove Oak & Fort, but I walked into the SoHo store yesterday and everything just looked (and felt!) so cheap and it like, really threw me

Surviving on $1,800 a Month in Social Security, She Died Looking for a Place to Live Joanne Erickson’s story shows the looming challenges for millions of seniors struggling with health issues, an unforgiving housing market and little or no retirement savings.

I keep saying 'surely something has to break' with the housing crisis and I don't know why I think that because all evidence suggests that capitalism will just keep capitalisming while people die in the streets.

American Airlines Grounds All US Flights Over Technical Problems American Airlines Group Inc. said it’s experiencing technical issues affecting all of its flights, disrupting operations on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Breaking: American Airlines grounds all flights nationwide after technical issues

Not at all

Alfa Anderson, disco powerhouse and lead vocalist of the 1970s band Chic, has died The singer was best known for working with Chic, who created notable hits like “Good Times,” “I Want Your Love,” and “Le Freak.”

Alfa Anderson, a vocal powerhouse best known for her work with the 1970s disco band Chic on hits like “Good Times” and “Le Freak,” has died. She was 78.

PERIOD

First snow calls for a Gilmore Girls marathon

Republicans decided to defy Trump after all. Wonder what changed their minds (rhetorical)

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Party city store front.

Party City is going out of business after 40 years, closing down all its stores.

Corporate employees were told today is their last day of employment.

Breaking: The White House Office of Management and Budget is alerting federal agencies this morning to prepare for an imminent government shutdown, sources say

They think that treating Luigi like he's Hannibal Lecter will deter future Luigis, but it will only inspire the next one.

Love that he’s volunteering this like we don’t already know. Paige (respectfully) gathered him at the reunion and that was apparently enough for him to fade into the background this upcoming season…

Asked my Uber driver to crack the window, he goes and opens it basically all the way…10 mins later he’s yelling about his head hurting from the air. Like ???

The #SummerHouse Cast Photo is here! The new season launches on Feb. 12!

screenshot of a Youtube video preview of a white hooded figure with a long demon tongue with the words "The CIA kept this from you" on it

not a huge fan of the CIA here but in this case thank you CIA please continue keeping this from me

Absolutelythefucknot

• Al Overview The first line of Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon" is: "The first time they saw him, he was already dead."

I asked Google “what is the opening line of Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon?” I know it roughly but I wanted the exact wording.

Google now inflicts AI responses on all searches. I was startled by just how incorrect the AI response was. Like, my god. Is this what people are using????