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technologyreview.com/2026/07/24/1140790/the-quest-to-keep-organs-alive-outside-the-body/
Researchers are breaking new ground in preserving organs by freezing them, pumping nutrients into them, or supercooling them.
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(eventually) trying to make operating atproto infra cheaper
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Detective Grimoire and Sally are back.
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techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/spacex-wont-remove-all-of-xais-unpermitted-turbines-for-another-year/
SpaceX is building a new power plant for xAI's Colossus data centers, but it won't remove existing, unpermitted turbines for many more months.
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vulture.com/article/new-radicals-one-night-only-soundtrack.html
They provide the title track to the high concept romcom’s soundtrack.
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'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Hank Green
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There's so many ways to play the N64. You do not need to support Palmer Luckey's little project.
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LemonLime’s Jordan Zietz said he’s really, really sorry about the whole thing.
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Contribute to Ashex/atproto-mcp development by creating an account on GitHub.
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The July 31 court filing reveals that the sealant at the bottom of the Reflectiong Pool had “[a]lmost immediately” begun peeling after the work.
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Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the move: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.
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Communities and farms across Arizona, Nevada and California face potentially drastic cuts in the water they can use from the Colorado River over the next decade under a plan the Trump administration published on Friday.
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YouTube told ASMR artists including Bunnii, Slight Sounds, Rose, and others that their content broke the platform's sex and nudity policy. Creators say these bans are unfair and potentially life-altering.
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activehistory.ca/blog/2026/07/13/the-archive-is-not-a-toy-the-hidden-problems-of-a-vintage-ai/
talkie’s poor representation of history is a side effect of a larger problem. The model was conceptually built as an experimental tool to see if language models can accurately predict the future, a…
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news.chanda.science/archive/we-cant-have-metaphors-anymore-because-everything/
or How I'm still worried about nuclear weapons
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sfgate.com/national-parks/article/marmot-researchers-make-onlyfans-22357723.php
When funding for marmot research dwindled, these California scientists turned to OnlyFans
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theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/973741/ai-music-major-record-labels-charts
A song can’t chart unless it’s “substantially human made.”
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Viral tales of good triumphing over evil are racking up millions of views. They’re almost entirely AI-generated clickbait.
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Even as they create and enable expansive virtual worlds, data centers are physical buildings in real communities around the nation and the globe.
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The truth is much worse than most people realize, and they knew a lot of it.
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stereogum.com/2314347/infinity-knives-brian-ennals-do-not-hold-back/interviews/qa
A bracingly honest interview from a hip-hop duo that knows no other way.
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The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
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But what the patient — who had come to the office in December expecting to see a different dentist — didn’t know was that she was being treated by Dr.
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nealstephenson.substack.com/p/writing-by-hand-is-good-for-your
Because I am known to write using a fountain pen on paper, a number of people have pointed me to this post and its underlying research. I won’t rehash what is said in those sources, but the gist of it is that when you write things down by hand you’re recruiting more of your brain, which is a good thing.
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flaminghydra.com/issue-618/#flaminghydra.com/poetic-license/
Rax King enjoys the ride and isn’t worried about the wheels
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newrepublic.com/article/212105/jewish-radicals-wanted-equality
In her history of the Jewish Labor Bund, Molly Crabapple tells the story of workers who opposed prejudice, tyranny, and nationalism.
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A crime novel has been pulled from sale by an agent after securing major six- and seven-figure deals in the US and the UK due to AI allegations.
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treehugger.com/complaining-about-walking-while-texting-complaining-about-walking-while-old-4866214
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techdirt.com/2026/07/30/john-oliver-dares-buc-ees-to-sue-him-over-trademark-infringement/
I will admit it’s always a special kind of fun when a topic we cover here at Techdirt gets the John Oliver treatment. He and his writing team generally gets things right, which helps. And I&#…
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Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France.
