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@barongreen-back

Beer is healthier than soda. Whimsy. Science (fiction). Tech. H+. Miskatonic University Alumni. Proficiens.

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the first good poem written by AI

18.12.2025 07:34 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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The discovery of aeonophiles expands our definition of life | Aeon Essays The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life

The discovery of organisms that have been alive for many thousands of years requires a revolution in how we understand life. An Essay by @karenlloyd.bsky.social

18.12.2025 23:05 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

My article on aeonophiles (ultra-long lived organisms) came out in Aeon Magazine today!

18.12.2025 23:19 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Explore the vast road network that made the Roman Empire possible | Aeon Videos Travel the roads of the Roman Empire – a bold project mapping 300,000 km of a vast, ancient network is brought to life

This animation brings the ancient Roman road network to life, traversing disparate regions of the empire at its peak to show how these roads supported the agriculture and commerce that made such a sprawling polity possible

10.12.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Reddit post that contains a tweet: We are on the verge of curing all diseases and solving energy, yet public trust is at an allTime low. Is this the Great Filter?

Tweet by Simon Maechling: The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre and destructive social contagions of modern times. We cured diseases, fed billions, and powered nations - and people ran toward conspiracies instead.

Reddit post: If society is losing trust in basic science right now, how are we supposed to navigate the transition to AGI? It feels like the biggest bottleneck to the Singularity might not be in tech, but whether people will actually accept it.

Reddit post that contains a tweet: We are on the verge of curing all diseases and solving energy, yet public trust is at an allTime low. Is this the Great Filter? Tweet by Simon Maechling: The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre and destructive social contagions of modern times. We cured diseases, fed billions, and powered nations - and people ran toward conspiracies instead. Reddit post: If society is losing trust in basic science right now, how are we supposed to navigate the transition to AGI? It feels like the biggest bottleneck to the Singularity might not be in tech, but whether people will actually accept it.

AI will somehow 'solve energy' and is 'on the verge of curing all diseases' but the bottleneck is that people 'wont accept the singularity.'

It feels very like "I am worried about the rapture because my favorite teacher is not a born again christian."

10.12.2025 15:37 πŸ‘ 452 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 3
Cover of Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall

Cover of Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall

This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. πŸ™ƒ It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ

29.11.2025 01:43 πŸ‘ 3637 πŸ” 566 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 60
internet people lie about fluoride
internet people lie about fluoride YouTube video by Angela Collier

Great day to learn about the fluoride mechanism so you can explain it to your friends.

24.11.2024 14:15 πŸ‘ 1221 πŸ” 170 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 16

if you dont stop calling us nazis we will have the secret police disappear you to a slave labor camp

25.09.2025 11:25 πŸ‘ 6799 πŸ” 1473 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 19

I've seen a few "actually, a lot of dems are really good at the internet, they just aren't getting attention" please give me non-AOC, non-Bernie examples so that I can educate myself.

I will say though, being good at the internet MEANS GETTING ATTENTION.

09.03.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 11517 πŸ” 707 πŸ’¬ 729 πŸ“Œ 44
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12.02.2025 06:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A pair of headlines that read

Artificial intelligence
OpenAl says it has evidence China's DeepSeek used its model to train competitor

Nvidia shares resume fall despite gains in
European chip stocks

A pair of headlines that read Artificial intelligence OpenAl says it has evidence China's DeepSeek used its model to train competitor Nvidia shares resume fall despite gains in European chip stocks

So you’re saying … πŸ’ƒ copying other people’s work… πŸ‘― without permission β€¦πŸ•Ί is bad? πŸ‘―β€β™‚οΈ

30.01.2025 07:10 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Smile. Your enemies hate it.

19.12.2024 04:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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17.12.2024 14:36 πŸ‘ 32392 πŸ” 4464 πŸ’¬ 349 πŸ“Œ 214

Kemi Badenoch, leader of the UK
Conservatives who has Nigerian heritage, posted a speech on Twitter where she said immigration was too high and the UK needed to increase the rate of deportation. Racists are in the responses saying β€œstart with yourself”.

29.11.2024 12:19 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6

Prof Njoya lining up to be Omtatah's Ndii was not in my 2024 predictions. Year of bullshit finishing strong LMAO.

26.11.2024 06:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚

19.11.2024 08:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whispering in their ear, "I understand it now" when it slips out the first time.

18.11.2024 04:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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17.11.2024 06:57 πŸ‘ 2580 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 12

He's about to bite.

17.11.2024 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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late night snake doodlin'

16.11.2024 10:08 πŸ‘ 3990 πŸ” 192 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 10

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

17.11.2024 18:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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16.11.2024 06:56 πŸ‘ 3110 πŸ” 360 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 12

Life tip: Nobody is stopping you from putting a dot on the top of your USB cables

It takes 1 second and saves you trying both sides and somehow only plugging it in right when you look at it

16.11.2024 14:53 πŸ‘ 3541 πŸ” 242 πŸ’¬ 214 πŸ“Œ 51

Elden Ring is about having a beautiful dream that you're Welsh. Bloodborne is about waking up in England.

16.11.2024 20:35 πŸ‘ 8196 πŸ” 817 πŸ’¬ 112 πŸ“Œ 21
Fanart of Frieren, in her art nouveau inspired outfit from the ED. It's a torso-up shot and she's gently holding some Blue Moon Weed flowers just below her chest. She's wearing a crown of them too. Her expression is neutral as she looks off into the distance. The style of the piece is inspired by art nouveau, but cel-shaded with black.

Fanart of Frieren, in her art nouveau inspired outfit from the ED. It's a torso-up shot and she's gently holding some Blue Moon Weed flowers just below her chest. She's wearing a crown of them too. Her expression is neutral as she looks off into the distance. The style of the piece is inspired by art nouveau, but cel-shaded with black.

Frieren

16.11.2024 18:28 πŸ‘ 55646 πŸ” 7321 πŸ’¬ 261 πŸ“Œ 53
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a green frog with a red mouth is looking at the camera ALT: a green frog with a red mouth is looking at the camera

Now, to bring that nonsense here.

17.11.2024 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1