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• #Ymmv :-) I did enjoy the black and white though! Not enough nuance for me. And M’Benga’s literal beast mode memories always scare me!!!

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• Or something :-). I enjoyed it. Not a profound episode though :-) unlike episode 1. But I like how every episode is different and mostly self-contained.

Discovered: Aug 12, 2026 19:13 (UTC) TIL: Spanish colonialism killed at least 40,000 people in Guam ; Wikipedia:: History of Guam - Wikipedia <– QUOTE: Intermittent warfare, plus the typhoons of 1671 and 1693, and in particular the smallpox epidemic of 1688, reduced the Chamorro population from 50,000 to 10,000, finally to less than 5,000.

Houses near the Gravel Pit, 1913 #paulklee #expressionism

Last Tuesday, a client sent me their “thoroughly researched” white paper on workplace automation. It had 47 citations.

THE FLY is a brilliant fusion of horror, romance, loss, and longing. We’re celebrating David Cronenberg’s heartbreaking epic 40 years later.

Nearly 100 people have been reported sickened with salmonella starting in November amid a recall of 19 million eggs linked at least to part of the outbreak, according to the federal Food and Drug Administration.

The Food and Drug Administration this week gave an egg recall that started last month over salmonella concerns its highest-risk designation, meaning that eating the eggs could cause “serious adverse health consequences or death.

At a press conference outside Madison Square Garden, politicians, musicians, and privacy advocates argued for tighter restrictions on how public venues deploy biometric surveillance.

Mangione was charged with two federal stalking counts and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison in the 2024 killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.

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A new Meta published Thursday says a system, like its AI glasses, would use facial recognition to identify people, current a series of video clips, then provide you with a highlight reel of your night.

New York Magazine dropped Ross Barkan after finding problems with attribution in 67 of his columns.