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YouTube video by RolandChannel "Somewhere in Detroit": Underground Resistance, Submerge, Techno and the Detroit Way

"Somewhere in Detroit": Underground Resistance, Submerge, Techno and the Detroit Way
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YouTube video by Craft in America EAST explores the intersection of history, culture, contemporary craft in the eastern US

EAST explores the intersection of history, culture, contemporary craft in the eastern US
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YouTube video by Absolute Documentaries The Secrets That Inspired Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights

The Secrets That Inspired Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights
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YouTube video by Craft in America Landscapes in Silk: The Ethereal Quilts of Judith Content

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Landscapes in Silk: The Ethereal Quilts of Judith Content
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YouTube video by Craft in America WEST celebrates the continuum of heritage and the handmade in the American west

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WEST celebrates the continuum of heritage and the handmade in the American west
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YouTube video by El Rey Network George Miller on Mad Max and The Road Warrior: Low Budgets, High Thrills | The Director's Chair

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George Miller on Mad Max and The Road Warrior: Low Budgets, High Thrills | The Director's Chair
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ICE agents are still out there this morning, photographing schools from unmarked vehicles and then quickly leaving after being confronted. Keep your heads up.

This can happen with the ambient AI medical scribes as well. A friend of mine told me about how the AI-generated summary tended to emphasize the patient-level attributions (e.g., referring to a stomach ache or localized pain), rather than the diagnosis (appendicitis).

Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.

i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident

The popular imaginary of surveillance is still relegated to the idea of watchfulness over one's person, individual tracking. And that's alarming, sure. But that is not the main target of these companies' activities when they hoover up data.

Really hope people understand these products as an extension of the overall authoritarian project. The goal is persistent surveillance of all public and private spaces. The devices exist to forward that goal.

YouTube video by PBS Eons How Plants Became Carnivores

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How Plants Became Carnivores
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YouTube video by Dish Podcast Romesh Ranganathan on the time he invited Angela Hartnett for a curry and a rave?! | Dish | Waitrose

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Dish Podcasts: Romesh Ranganathan
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YouTube video by Craft in America Tapestry artist Helena Hernmarck weaves wall-sized tapestries for architectural environments

Tapestry artist Helena Hernmarck weaves wall-sized tapestries for architectural environments
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YouTube video by Dish Podcast Is Suranne Jones our BIGGEST fan yet? | Dish Podcast | Waitrose

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Dish Podcast: Suranne Jones
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YouTube video by Dish Podcast Jordan North & William Hanson on picky teas, menu etiquette & fat shaming Edward VII |Dish| Waitrose

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Dish Podcast: Jordan North & William Hanson
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Italy’s famous Lovers’ Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine’s Day Rock structure which served as backdrop to countless proposals disappears into the Adriatic after violent storm

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Italy’s famous Lovers’ Arch collapses into the sea on Valentine’s Day
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Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.

Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel
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Policing lying under oath IS a felony. It’s perjury. But prosecutors rarely charge police. They rely on police & police department cooperation for their cases. And fear that if they hold police accountable, they’ll lose that critical partnership. So lying continues & expands.

it's so wild that people on here will label you a narcissist for controlling your replies when they are basically asserting that you should have to read whatever they want to say

NYT: OPINION INTERESTING TIMES Anthropics Chief on A.l: We Don't Know if the Models Are Conscious' Dario Amodei shares his utopian — and dystopian — predictions in the near term for artificial intelligence. Feb. 12, 2026

God, this annoys me. If you “don’t know” then the precautionary principle applies. You either accept that it’s possible and behave as if you’ve created a novel consciousness with rights, and your company is now essentially a nature reserve/maternity ward… OR…

Yall, I am not a warehouse architect. I understand the warehouses are shitty as is and no one should be in them. But if billions weren’t being poured into DHS the point is that it could be poured into making unused real estate better right? Into helping people? We can all imagine this reality, yes?

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

I think about that tweet like once a week

Dangerous Light On a lost effect from the analog film era.

Dangerous Light
On a lost effect from the analog film era.
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State Dept. orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications Pennsylvania Reps. Madeleine Dean and John Joyce have proposed bipartisan legislation that would allow nonprofit public libraries to continue to serve as passport acceptance.

State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

YouTube video by Ghosts Australia Season 1 Teaser | Ghosts Australia - Paramount+

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Ghosts Australia
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YouTube video by Victoria and Albert Museum A brief history of (charming and mean) Valentine's cards | V&A

A brief history of (charming and mean) Valentine's cards | V&A
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