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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.

Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪

Connie Chung exasperatedly saying “I don’t know what to call Bari Weiss” was the medicine I needed today.

Love how it took like a week for Mr. Beast to go from “I am sorry everyone. My videos have been bad. I need to refocus.”

to being like “fuck it, imma be a bank now”

Today marks the 10th anniversary of Xenoblade Chronicles X!
(Wii U)
#gamesky #NintendoWiiU #Nintendo #MonolithSoft #gaming #wiiu #art #XCX #XenobladeChronicles #XenobladeChroniclesX

And every cis person pretends to have forgotten this

Tether Investments: What a $100B stablecoin empire does with its profits Tether isn't just the world's largest stablecoin; it's a massive investment firm with investments across countless verticals.

Another awesome Protos story.

What a $100 billion stablecoin empire does with its profits

protos.com/tether-inves...

Dang, TIL I may be a scammer and/or a fraudster 😳

Time to launch spritecoin

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

Felix, a handsome but very anxious and sad black and white tuxedo cat.

Felix, a handsome but very anxious and sad black and white tuxedo cat.

Felix, a handsome but very anxious and sad black and white tuxedo cat.

Let’s meet Felix. Felix was at the vet today for euthanasia because he wasn’t using the litterbox consistently. He had a full vet screening ruling out health reasons, & he reportedly was doing well on Prozac, but his owner didn’t want to keep up w/his script. Our vet reached out to us to save him.

💀💯

Billionaires rally around David Sacks after NYT exposé In the face of a damning New York Times article, billionaires, centimillionaires, and Trump cabinet members are rallying around David Sacks.

Please read this article, a lot of painful, brain hemorrhage creating work went into it

protos.com/billionaires...

Feelings don’t care about your facts

Meet the new Deputy Chief of Staff at the CDC.

with the hegseth thing i think were starting to see them starting to see the trap that they have put themselves in with the "always double down, never give an inch" approach. has to keep giving tough guy speeches about putting more boats at the bottom of the sea but its starting to make him queasy

People who are capable of hurting so many are also just… normal people. They have husbands and wives, children, they go to PTA meetings.

But they go to work and decide “what is most important is next quarter, and the quarter after that, and ultimately that’s my legacy.”

It all drowns in greed.

Trump Admin Lawyers Now Warn Boat Strike May Be Illegal, as Hegseth Passes the Buck ‘If the Washington Post is right, then a crime was committed,’ a Trump admin lawyer tells Zeteo, as Pete Hegseth tries to pass the buck.

Good point from @swin24.bsky.social and team here: Trump and Hegseth suddenly refusing to take credit for the second strike, after they've spent weeks sadistically yukking it up over their killings, is a key tell:
zeteo.com/p/trump-hegs...

This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"

I think it's really telling that there's never been a hot person who's into AI

It's only a Ponzi scheme if it comes from the Ponzi region of Boston. This is just sparkling fraud.

Cloud, a white kitten with large orange tabby patches on his head and back. He has a peaceful expression and the cutest pink nose and ears

Pyewacket, a little black kitten with light green eyes and tall ears. He is growing into his “long teen” phase already even though he was somehow a tiny potato shape just a few weeks ago.

A couple of cuties who are getting big enough to graduate soon— Cloud and Pyewacket. Nettle and Phyl are the other two kittens here but they are more “run everywhere and never hold still” types.

That cancelled TV show you’ll never stop thinking about:

Happy Endings

(I know I’m basic 😭)

It’s definitely worth the visit; and we met a lot of Australians here

The red, green and white border and center of a vintage tile file circa 1900.

A local store filled with gift items and cards atop a red, green and white vintage tile floor circa 1900.

Holiday shopping in West Town.

Lady re-re-rewatching the final scene of Weapons

Props to the lady sitting in front of me who rewinded the final scene of Weapons at least twice… either it was to understand the workings of Gladys’ magic or just to rewatch her comeuppance, respect

It was really good; it was a pop-up and they will close this month, but I hope they had a good run and are able to come back more permanently elsewhere

Ohhhhh noooooo

a woman is standing in front of a christmas tree with a candle in her hair . Alt: Wham, Last Christmas video.

Also #Whamageddon starts today.

Wow 👀

Cointelegraph: JUST IN: China's central bank reaffirmed its crypto ban and warned it will intensify its crackdown on stablecoins. Below the post is a picture of a bitcoin breaking (?) and a satanic hand painted China flag red with a yellow star grabbing the bitcoin

Uh, what the fuck is this illustration?

Kueh pie tie with hebi and ham and sambal

Squid in its ink

Ayam masak buah keluak

Assam fish, sambal prawns, and cap cay with fermented tofu sauce

Short stop in Singapore to see friends and have a good Peranakan meal