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The Brigitte/Macron scene could have been so much worse #thenakedkiss #samfuller

Future queen of Belgium caught up in Harvard foreign student ban Princess Elisabeth, the 23-year-old future queen of Belgium, has just completed her first year at Harvard University but the ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on foreign students studying there could jeopardise her continued studies.

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See Vance and die.

Caddisfly larvae including microplastics for casings.
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Oh, Mr. Stamp. Got to watch this again.

Along with our Internet connection and customer services, it appears

How marathons change runners’ brains: scans point to surprise energy source After the gruelling races, levels of the nerve-cell insulator myelin were lower, suggesting the brain uses the fatty substance as fuel.

Brain eats itself during marathons and ultra running. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Dear Lord, all his Christmases came at once. Like leaving a government briefcase on the Tube, only much much better.

Conor McGregor due to meet Trump at White House The MMA fighter appeared at the White House press briefing room lectern with the US president's Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt who confirmed the meeting was scheduled for later in the day.

By their suits ye shall know them. ca.news.yahoo.com/conor-mcgreg...

Sweet J. How disgusting.

Nice. Good agricultural product and I'm not talking olives ;-) My lot were from Pelion and Smyrna (Izmir)

Where was your yia yia from?

Scientists stunned by rare sighting of creature thought to be extinct for decades: 'A remarkable discovery' Conservationists have spotted a female greater mouse-eared bat in disused railway tunnels in Sussex, potentially offering a mate for what was believed to be the last surviving member of its species in...

Not extinct. Just hiding. #bat
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Artificial Intelligence and the Labor Market Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Firms adopting AI see approximately 6% higher employment growth over five years compared to non-adopting firms.¹ via Azeem Azhar substack
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I have been an AI researcher for 40 years. What tech giants are doing to book publishing is akin to theft | Toby Walsh Companies claim this is ‘fair use’. I think it’s a digital heist

It's a mug's game #ai #books #publishing
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YouTube video by 8emelios Randy Newman - Political Science [lyrics]

Randy Newman - Political Science 1972 Old Grey Whistle Test.
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Plastic waste in bird nests can act like a tiny time capsule Expiration dates help biologists trace the building of some avian homes back in history—in one case to 1991

Dating birds' nests made of plastic
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‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements Authors asked to allow Black Inc to use their work for ‘training, testing, validation and the deployment of a machine learning’ system

‘Sign our own death warrant’: Australian writers angry after Melbourne publisher asks them to sign AI agreements.

Source: The Guardian
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Tate looks like a malevolent mule.

If Netflix make a reality show with the Tate brothers I will delete their app and subscription and illegally download anything I want to watch without paying. Fuck that.

GIGO

It's true.

Singer James Blunt 'prevented World War III' Singer James Blunt tells the BBC how he refused an order to attack Russian troops when he was a British army officer in Kosovo.

Ah, those were the days. General Sir Mike Jackson and James Blunt. #ww3 #thankyou www.bbc.com/news/uk-poli...

This reminds of when my gran found some Monopoly money in the loft and sneaked off to the bank with it.

If you Google him, you can see his style. I'm not sure- it might be if you look at the smaller figure in the cartoon.

U.S. military removes words 'history,' 'respect,' 'dignity' from digital presence as part of DEI review The Department of Defense issued a Digital Content Refresh document to comply with DEI removal from the armed services. TPR obtained a document laying out the guidance of what to remove.

For those historians keeping track, esp #milhist folks, “history” is now a flagged word bc of its apparent connection to #DEI. Canary in a coal mine, indeed. @smh-historians.bsky.social 🗃️ www.tpr.org/military-vet...

Pawel Kuczynski? I questioned ChatGPT on satirical cartoons and it came up with him aa a strong possibility

Top 5. Bottom 5.

Traitor in baseball cap signing order to protect Russia

Trump’s Defense Secretary Hegseth has ordered the US Cyber Command to ‘Stand Down’ on all Russia operations, offensive and defensive. Leaving millions vulnerable to Russian cyberattacks.

Did you ever see him in an early Sharpe? That curly wig?