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Things to give your life weight.

You can let darkness define who you are, or you can fill up your world with joyfull things.

Death by Lightning on Netflix

To Hold His Breath for 24 Minutes, a Freediver Learned to Turn Off His Brain After his daughter's diagnosis, Budimir Šobat gave up drinking and devoted himself to her care. Years later, he found a new obsession: holding his breath longer than anyone in history.

Pushing the boundeies, man holds his breath for 24 minutes!!
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This is the way. Recommend starting with Ubuntu.

California Lets Residents Opt-Out of a Ton of Data Collection on the Web If you live in the Golden State, you're going to like this.

#California just passed a new data #privacy law: AB 566, Californians should soon be able to opt out of all data collection via a simple portal made available through their web browser. gizmodo.com/california-l...

Every company right now. #AI

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California is:
- the 4th largest economy in the world
- #1 in manufacturing
- #1 in farming
- #1 in new business starts.
- #1 for tech and VC investments
- #1 for Fortune 500

Today more than half of all internet traffic are bots, more than a third are used for destructive purposes! #AI is making us dumber and more divided. Worse, it's killing creativity and the creators themselves. We need to do better. #art Bluesky

Friday thought. #quote

Entropy

Mathematicians Crack 125-Year-Old Problem, Unite Three Physics Theories A breakthrough in Hilbert’s sixth problem is a major step in grounding physics in math

Researchers suggest they have figured out how to unify three physical theories. Solving in part, Hilbert’s sixth problem 👀 #science #math 🔭🔬🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/loft...

California will launch a universal deletion platform called DROP in 2026.

Perfect is the enemy of good. #aphorism

Go outside. Log off #internet

An abandoned ship full of EVs is burning in the Pacific The crew of the Morning Midas had to abandon ship in lifeboats off the coast of Alaska.

Meanwhile.. a cargo ship on fire transporting 3,000 cars was abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean #news #ocean
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Chlorophyll Vs. Hemoglobin 🩸

The major difference is that plant blood carries a Magnesium (Mg) molecule where our blood contains a Iron (Fe) molecule.

Magnesium is what is responsible for making plant blood green, and iron is what makes our blood red. #Science #nature

Fear Nothing! #quote #poetry #motivation

Plants can hear tiny wing flaps of pollinators Colorful snapdragons can respond accordingly when bees are buzzing nearby.

🌷 Study finds plants can hear flying insects. The sound of the bees appears to trigger the snapdragons to increase their sugar and nectar volume!! #Science #nature 🔬🧪
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Be the change you want to see #motivation #Inspiration

#Animals #Nature #Wonderful

'Alchemists' at CERN Just Turned Lead Into Gold! Via a crazy electromagnetic process that occasionally ejects three protons, yielding gold atoms. Billions are made, but only for a split second. #Science #alchemy 🧪 ⚗️ 🔬 🔭
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One to rule them all? YouTube is now both the #1 streaming service in the U.S. by watch time and the #1 most-watched distributor of content across broadcast, cable, and streaming in the U.S.

HBO which was named ‘MAX’ will be renamed (again). Back to HBO MAX.

I like it, keeping us on our toes 😂

Wow. Also interesting is how the AI video and recording of the judge arw avaiable in this story.

Best

“This public-private partnership allows us to help prepare millions of children for success in school and in life and also supports enriching and inspiring programs of the highest quality.” Paula Kerger, PBS’ CEO

#PBS #NPR #tv

Federal funding, by executive order, is being cut to @pbs.org! Another effort to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with. Lawmakers aren't making the decisions.

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California has overtaken Japan to become the fourth largest economy in the world, with a gross state product of approximately $4.1 trillion in 2024. #funfact #California