Chain reaction. Now what teachers' salaries have been raised, the amount that the public schools system needs to contribute to their PERS pensions has also increased. Which is going to stress the school budget even more. And Rex Kim, too, heh.
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The finding of a million year old skull in China, Yunxian 2, makes it more likely that ancient Asian hominids contributed to the human development, rather than just Africa. I am curious – the skull was discovered in 1990, and only now are we hearing about this? Paper here.
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Simon Willison really like Claude 4.5 Sonnet for coding, and calls it "the best coding model in the world". I can vouch for that. I used it earlier today and it fixed a coding problem that another model helped me put together. This is my new favorite, too.
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A growing number of U.S. adults report cognitive disability. Especially young adults. What could it be? You think maybe legalization of cannabis was a bad idea?
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Wow. The owners of The Bravern in Bellevue has defaulted. Bad news that even Bellevue can't keep office commercial real estate busy. I recall when it was the center of so much wealth and power. Twenty years of Democrat management have destroyed it all, along with Seattle. Really a shame.
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