lupin
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qualia, tropes, and the need for threes
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Artist Alex Katz is an American great who just celebrated his 99th birthday. https://to.pbs.org/3V9NPWt
Painter Alex Katz reflects on his career and artistry ahead of 100th birthday
Artist Alex Katz is an American great who just celebrated his 99th birthday. What better way to celebrate than to have an exhibition in Nice, France, this fall titled "Henri Matisse - Alex Katz." Seni...
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September 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Artist Alex Katz is an American great who just celebrated his 99th birthday. https://to.pbs.org/3V9NPWt
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Today, we remember an important turning point in history: the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
August 23, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Today, we remember an important turning point in history: the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
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A male Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted) takes off after spending some time poking about in the grass for ants.
August 11, 2026 at 9:21 PM
A male Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted) takes off after spending some time poking about in the grass for ants.
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A Senate candidate talking about the Powell memo????
Pinch me, am I dreaming????
Pinch me, am I dreaming????
James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves.
And it worked.
And it worked.
August 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
A Senate candidate talking about the Powell memo????
Pinch me, am I dreaming????
Pinch me, am I dreaming????
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The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted.
An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
July 30, 2026 at 11:20 PM
The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted.
An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
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A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk showing off the feathery pantaloons with their pattern of small brown hearts.
July 28, 2026 at 10:37 PM
A juvenile Red-tailed Hawk showing off the feathery pantaloons with their pattern of small brown hearts.
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A Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly flitting from rock to rock while looking for good puddling spots. Patches of the gravel trail were wet; the butterfly would find these spots and land to sip mineral-rich water from the gravel.
July 26, 2026 at 10:10 PM
A Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly flitting from rock to rock while looking for good puddling spots. Patches of the gravel trail were wet; the butterfly would find these spots and land to sip mineral-rich water from the gravel.
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Just an absolute shout out to everyone out there who helped manufacture doubt around the question of this guy being a Nazi, particularly after the Nazi salute.
Tweet from Elon Musk: “Anyone who opposites remigration is a traitor” posted yesterday.
July 26, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Just an absolute shout out to everyone out there who helped manufacture doubt around the question of this guy being a Nazi, particularly after the Nazi salute.
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The sea bunny is the nudibranch known for its fluffy appearance that resembles a rabbit. Its "ears" are sensory tentacles called rhinophores, and its "fur" is made of small, sensory structures called caryophyllidia that help it interpret its environment.
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July 25, 2026 at 11:45 AM
The sea bunny is the nudibranch known for its fluffy appearance that resembles a rabbit. Its "ears" are sensory tentacles called rhinophores, and its "fur" is made of small, sensory structures called caryophyllidia that help it interpret its environment.
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Great apes reassure one another to maintain the peace
Our new study shows that friendly touch before stressful events, like embracing, patting and even kissing, promotes tolerance and peace in chimpanzees and bonobos.
Some BBC coverage 🙂 open-access paper below!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our new study shows that friendly touch before stressful events, like embracing, patting and even kissing, promotes tolerance and peace in chimpanzees and bonobos.
Some BBC coverage 🙂 open-access paper below!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great Apes kiss and cuddle to keep the peace, says study
Hugging before stressful events may be an ancient way of building trust, say scientists studying apes.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Great apes reassure one another to maintain the peace
Our new study shows that friendly touch before stressful events, like embracing, patting and even kissing, promotes tolerance and peace in chimpanzees and bonobos.
Some BBC coverage 🙂 open-access paper below!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Our new study shows that friendly touch before stressful events, like embracing, patting and even kissing, promotes tolerance and peace in chimpanzees and bonobos.
Some BBC coverage 🙂 open-access paper below!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Alpha rhythm determines speech perception rate? And speeding it up makes unintelligibly fast speech comprehensible? This is nuts!
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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July 20, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Alpha rhythm determines speech perception rate? And speeding it up makes unintelligibly fast speech comprehensible? This is nuts!
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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One minute before a neighbour snitched on me and I was sentenced to life in prison for breaking the hose pipe ban and stealing water meant for the local data centre
July 18, 2026 at 5:20 PM
One minute before a neighbour snitched on me and I was sentenced to life in prison for breaking the hose pipe ban and stealing water meant for the local data centre
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This week’s California Nature picture
1/5
1/5
May 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
This week’s California Nature picture
1/5
1/5
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They interviewed the Norway fan who refuses to do the rowing chant at games, "Because Vikings didn't row, they sailed" and he's got oars on his wall. Humans are a beautiful mystery.
July 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
They interviewed the Norway fan who refuses to do the rowing chant at games, "Because Vikings didn't row, they sailed" and he's got oars on his wall. Humans are a beautiful mystery.
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A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?
July 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
A friend of mine found these three kittens behind a Bay Area gas station. They are tame, vaccinated, and incredibly affectionate. Unfortunately, she's unable to keep them and I'm trying to find them a home. They are at risk of going to a shelter. Bay Area people, are you open to adopting?
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscope slide. 🫧🐻🧪
July 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscope slide. 🫧🐻🧪
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Florida folks: If you have O- blood and are of African or African American descent, OneBlood is searching for donors who have a rare antigen that matches with a teenager with sickle cell disease who needs 50 units of blood so she can have a bone marrow transplant.
Rare blood needed to save life of Florida teen needing bone marrow transplant
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA)— Blood donors of African descent are needed to save the life of a Florida 18-year-old fighting an aggressive form of sickle cell disease, OneBlood announced. Gigi Felix,…
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July 5, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Florida folks: If you have O- blood and are of African or African American descent, OneBlood is searching for donors who have a rare antigen that matches with a teenager with sickle cell disease who needs 50 units of blood so she can have a bone marrow transplant.
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France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
April 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
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In which I speak at length with the inimitable @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for the @futurologypod.bsky.social podcast. As always, Meredith had strong, precise things to say about the ongoing digital erosion of privacy — and how AI is accelerating that erosion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVe...
Signal’s President Says You Have Plenty to Hide | The Futurology Podcast
YouTube video by Futurology
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July 1, 2026 at 7:04 AM
In which I speak at length with the inimitable @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for the @futurologypod.bsky.social podcast. As always, Meredith had strong, precise things to say about the ongoing digital erosion of privacy — and how AI is accelerating that erosion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYVe...
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Peacock Spider (genus Maratus), a group of tiny Australian jumping spiders famous for their vibrant colours and elaborate courtship dances to attract its mate. They are very tiny in size only between 2-5 millimetres ( the size of a pea)
May 22, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Peacock Spider (genus Maratus), a group of tiny Australian jumping spiders famous for their vibrant colours and elaborate courtship dances to attract its mate. They are very tiny in size only between 2-5 millimetres ( the size of a pea)
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After eighty long years, there’s finally an update to the famed ‘Erdős method,’ thanks to a graduate student with barely any experience in graph theory. www.quantamagazine.org/after-80-yea...
After 80 Years, Mathematicians Give Famed ‘Erdős Method’ an Upgrade | Quanta Magazine
Decades ago, Paul Erdős used randomness to illuminate the vast and weird world of networks. Now mathematicians are making his technique even more powerful.
www.quantamagazine.org
June 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
After eighty long years, there’s finally an update to the famed ‘Erdős method,’ thanks to a graduate student with barely any experience in graph theory. www.quantamagazine.org/after-80-yea...
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One of my cartoons for Monday's Metro
June 14, 2026 at 12:37 PM
One of my cartoons for Monday's Metro