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A major review found that people who consumed the most chili peppers had a substantially higher risk of esophageal cancer, though the evidence was less clear for stomach and colorectal cancers. Researchers emphasize that the findings show an association, not proof of cause and effect, and that more research is needed to determine whether moderate consumption carries similar risks.

Researchers found that semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, slowed biological aging markers in adults with HIV, marking the first clinical evidence that the drug may influence human aging. Although the findings are encouraging, scientists say larger studies are needed before concluding that the medication can help people age more slowly.

The world's longest-running soil warming experiment has revealed an unexpected climate concern. After nearly four decades, researchers found that warming can cause microbes to break down stable soil carbon that scientists once believed was largely protected. That releases extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, potentially accelerating global warming.

K2-18b is one of the most promising worlds for the search for extraterrestrial life, so astronomers conducted an unusually powerful radio survey using both the VLA and MeerKAT telescopes. Advanced software analyzed millions of signals, filtering out Earth-based interference and other false positives. No convincing artificial radio transmissions were found, but the project demonstrated a powerful new approach that will make future SETI searches faster and far more effective.

Don't let anyone tell us we can't have nice things - like good roads, schools, and health care - as if the world's richest nation couldn't possibly afford it.

Paul Skalnik was a con artist, passing bad checks, role-playing as a successful businessman, and racking up a series of sometimes overlapping marriages. Over the years, he bilked numerous people out of their savings with hollow promises and half-cocked schemes, which often ended with him fleeing town.  That in itself would make him a compelling […]

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What We Uncovered About the Sexual Assault of Alice Sebold and a City’s Buried Rape Crisis
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ProPublica spent years investigating the attack on the bestselling author and the wrongly convicted man who lost decades of his life. Here’s what we learned about the failures in the justice system — and the consequences still being felt today.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sebold-rape-syracuse-investigation-findings-documentary?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Yesterday's note told how a new server that didn't set its own S3 locations inherited defaults pointing at rss.chat's folders. As of this version those defaults are gone: rssS3Path, rssFeedUrl, opmlS3Path, and opmlListUrl start as undefined, and your config.json supplies the real values — see Feeds on S3 in config.md. rss.chat's own config now sets its four values explicitly, the same as every other install. (rssFilename keeps its default, rss.xml — that one is right for every server.)

A detail that made this easy to verify: the server rebuilds its subscription list, subs.opml, on startup. Restart with the new settings and the file appears at its new address right away — no waiting for a post to trigger a rebuild.

Candidates are paying up to $1,000 an hour on mock interview and prep sessions with AI employees in the race to get into big companies.

Matt asked me a question recently about the end of my People and Blogs run. The question was if I always thought I was going to hand it over at some point, and it’s an interesting question worth expanding on, which is why I told him I was going to write a post about it, rath...

Vibecoding has made it possible to create a cheap rip off of a video game in just a few hours.

“Kevin M. Warsh is set to reiterate his commitment to bringing down inflation at his first congressional hearing since becoming chairman of the Federal Reserve,” the New York Times reports. ”However, he has yet to indicate whether he supports higher interest rates to achieve that goal.”

Tesla is launching a new “guaranteed future value” (GFV) program that locks in a pre-set resale price for buyers financing a new Model Y or Model 3.

The move directly targets the depreciation fears that have followed Tesla’s own aggressive price cuts over the last two years.

If Other Jobs Were Like a U.S. Senator’s. “You are at the dentist’s office. No one has seen or heard from the dentist in months, but he’s been making stock trades.”

That's all I have to prep for a month on the road. Tomorrow is Baltimore. After that, North Carolina. After that, California. Back in Bloomington in mid-August. Ground down [Says here](CKWX Vancouver,) that Rogers Sports & Media has closed six of its radio stations. One of those, CKWX /1130 in Vancouver, I enjoyed listening to in […]