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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:28 am Wed, May 31, 2023
    CDC conference cursed by Covid outbreak, 181 infected

    Of the approximately 1,800 people who attended the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in late April, 181 reported that they became infected with Covid. While most of… Read the rest of the article: CDC conference cursed by Covid outbreak, 181 infected

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    9:45 am Wed, May 31, 2023
    Here's the trailer for Black Mirror season 6

    Get ready to dive into the sixth season of the groundbreaking anthology series Black Mirror, set to premiere on June 15, 2023. Netflix just dropped a trailer with five episodes… Read the rest of the article: Here's the trailer for Black Mirror season 6

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    9:11 am Wed, May 31, 2023
    Oklahoma GOP senator shouts at colleague, "I don't want reality!"

    U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (OK-R) can't handle the truth. At a March Senate hearing, he told a witness to "shut your mouth." And today at a hearing on child care… Read the rest of the article: Oklahoma GOP senator shouts at colleague, "I don't want reality!"

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    3:43 pm Tue, May 30, 2023
    Texas Attorney General Paxton boasts Trump would have lost Texas if not for his mail-in ballot block

    Impeached Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has been under indictment for fraud for the last eight years, told Steve Bannon, also under indictment for fraud, that if he had… Read the rest of the article: Texas Attorney General Paxton boasts Trump would have lost Texas if not for his mail-in ballot block

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    11:03 am Tue, May 30, 2023
    Crash simulation videos: watch cars and buses smash into walls and wrecking balls

    Watch these videos to see what it's like to crash a car or bus into another vehicle, a brick wall, or a wrecking ball. Each video starts out showing a… Read the rest of the article: Crash simulation videos: watch cars and buses smash into walls and wrecking balls

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    9:49 am Tue, May 30, 2023
    Beauty pageant chaos: husband goes ballistic, smashes winner's crown on the floor

    Chaos at Brazil's Miss Gay Mato Grosso 2023! When Emannuelly Belini was crowned the winner at the beauty contest, runner-up Nathally Becker's husband leaped on stage, grabbed the crown from… Read the rest of the article: Beauty pageant chaos: husband goes ballistic, smashes winner's crown on the floor

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    9:20 am Tue, May 30, 2023
    Interactive web toy transforms Turing's morphogenesis theory into digital art

    British mathematician Alan Turing's theory of morphogenesis explains how intricate patterns form in living organisms. Turing, a renowned English mathematician, and a computer science pioneer, proposed this theory using mathematical… Read the rest of the article: Interactive web toy transforms Turing's morphogenesis theory into digital art

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    2:51 pm Fri, May 26, 2023
    Intrusive creepy anti-vaxxer harasses pregnant woman at Walgreens

    A pregnant woman at a Walgreens in Lafayette, Louisiana, ready to receive a TDAP vaccine — a routine and recommended protection for expectant mothers — was minding her own business… Read the rest of the article: Intrusive creepy anti-vaxxer harasses pregnant woman at Walgreens

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    1:23 pm Fri, May 26, 2023
    Watch a 2003 Tucker Carlson complain about Bill O'Reilly's "deep phoniness"

    In 2003 CSpan interviewed Tucker Carlson about his 2003 book, Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News. The interviewer said, "Another quote from your book: 'Bill O'Reilly's success… Read the rest of the article: Watch a 2003 Tucker Carlson complain about Bill O'Reilly's "deep phoniness"

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    12:36 pm Fri, May 26, 2023
    Watch tourists getting scammed at Czech Border

    Honest Guide is a Prague-based YouTube channel that exposes scams and tourist traps in the Czech Republic. In this particular video, Honest Guide highlights a company that overcharges people driving… Read the rest of the article: Watch tourists getting scammed at Czech Border

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    5:11 pm Thu, May 25, 2023
    How to build a Magic AI Storybook with a Raspberry Pi and ChatGPT

    The Magic AI Storybook combines technology, storytelling, and craft to create a book that generates an unlimited number of stories. It uses a Raspberry Pi running ChatGPT connected to a… Read the rest of the article: How to build a Magic AI Storybook with a Raspberry Pi and ChatGPT

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    11:16 am Thu, May 25, 2023
    Watch "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957) for free on the Internet Archive

    Someone uploaded a tastefully/abominably (take your pick) colorized version of the existentialist science fiction classic, The Incredible Shrinking Man, which you can watch for free on The Internet Archive, or… Read the rest of the article: Watch "The Incredible Shrinking Man" (1957) for free on the Internet Archive

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:20 am Thu, May 25, 2023
    Forty-eight states sue Avid Telecom for 7.5 billion robocalls

    Attorneys general in 48 U.S. states are suing Avid Telecom, its owner Michael D. Lansky and company vice president Stacey S. Reeves for making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to… Read the rest of the article: Forty-eight states sue Avid Telecom for 7.5 billion robocalls

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    7:57 am Thu, May 25, 2023
    Watch these new videos for the 2023 Best Illusion of the Year Contest

    The video entries for the Illusion of the Year Contest 2023 are up. They include optical, audible, and physical illusions, You can watch all of them here, and cast your… Read the rest of the article: Watch these new videos for the 2023 Best Illusion of the Year Contest

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    6:54 am Thu, May 25, 2023
    After racking up $7.8 trillion in public debt, Trump tells Congress not to pay it

    Donald Trump is notorious for not paying his bills. So it should come as no surprise that he thinks the federal government shouldn't pay its bills after he increased the… Read the rest of the article: After racking up $7.8 trillion in public debt, Trump tells Congress not to pay it

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    1:31 pm Wed, May 24, 2023
    Nun's "luck-bringing" vulva sculpture becomes beacon for followers

    A gigantic vulva sculpture surrounded by eight smaller vulvas is drawing crowds of worshippers at a Buddhist shrine in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. According to Newsflare, the sculpture was created by… Read the rest of the article: Nun's "luck-bringing" vulva sculpture becomes beacon for followers

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    11:31 am Wed, May 24, 2023
    Photoshop's built-in AI is incredible

    This morning I downloaded the beta of Photoshop with its new generative AI capabilities, and I'm impressed. You can select areas of an image, add a text description, and it… Read the rest of the article: Photoshop's built-in AI is incredible

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:39 am Wed, May 24, 2023
    Here's a good National Geographic photography tip

    National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan told Insider's Joey Hadden that one way to improve nature photos is by including something in the foreground of a shot. "Great backgrounds, such as… Read the rest of the article: Here's a good National Geographic photography tip

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    8:26 am Wed, May 24, 2023
    Georgia GOP Chair is a flat-earther and says we are being brainwashed by "globes everywhere"

    Move over Marjorie Taylor Greene! Georgia has another very stable MAGA genius named Kandiss Taylor who shares your intelligence, self-confidence, and ability to see through bullshit and tell it like… Read the rest of the article: Georgia GOP Chair is a flat-earther and says we are being brainwashed by "globes everywhere"

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    7:53 am Wed, May 24, 2023
    MAGA rioter gets 7 years in prison for trying to cut power at Capitol on January 6

    A Texas vineyard owner was sentenced to 83 months in prison for participating in the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Christopher Grider (41) was found guilty… Read the rest of the article: MAGA rioter gets 7 years in prison for trying to cut power at Capitol on January 6

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