Chinese EV by Xiaomi apparently put American EVs to shame. Vehicles made by the world's smartest people. I still don't trust modern Chinese workmanship, though.
And Elon is transitioning out of the EV business. I guess even Elon has a hard time juggling multiple companies. Who does he think he is? Marco Rubio?
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Facial recognition tech is amazing. And with all the other tech available, if you stalk an ICE agent and he gets out of the car. By the time he's at your window, he knows who you are and can greet you by name. You are in the database. Who knows what the implications are? Protesting in 2026 is not like protesting in the sixties. People don't realize this, and could unknowingly put themselves in a world of hurt. Interfering with police activity because social media told you to do it – you gotta ask yourself if it's really worth ruining your life.
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Doctors recently kept a man alive for 48 hours without lungs. Before I clicked, I thought it was going to be an article about rectal oxygenation technology, but no.
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Microsoft Is More Dependent On OpenAI Than The Converse. Interesting viewpoint. Microsoft has made some big investments. If they don't pan out, well....
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Richard Feynman's son Carl thinks he knows how best to interact with doctors. I had no idea he was on social media. I disagree with Carl's approach. You can easily be taken down the primrose path to a diagnosis and cast off things that don't seem relevant to you. I would prefer the Sherlock Holmes approach – to hear the case and it unfolded, and ask pertinent questions along the way.
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Chinese Restaurant Syndrome. Every time I read articles like this, I believe that people haven't done enough detective work. OK sure, you debunked MSG as being the culprit. But why did so many people report strange symptoms associated with eating Chinese food. I've experienced it myself. So has my son. It's not imaginary or psychological. It's real. There's something else that's producing the symptoms. What is it? Why does the investigation stop there?
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Clawdbot has changed its name again from Moltbot (dumb name) to OpenClaw. Now what about all those people who named their apps and websites with the Molt name? Like Moltbook. Or Moltworker.
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Exercise is still good for the brain. All that BDNF helps, I guess. The improvement is not a lot, though. The Predicted Age Difference (PAD), as assessed by MRI scan, does decrease in the exercisers by 12 months, but there is still some overlap.
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The new scam. Chinese are marketing untested, unregulated peptides to unscrupulous resellers. All for an easy buck.
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Why France just dumped Microsoft Teams and Zoom. France wants to make their own enterprise software. Remember when France was determine to create their own Internet, called Minitel? What is it about France? Is it paranoia?
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Some updates on research to make people and things invisible. Not much has changed since the last time I looked.
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The first human test of a rejuvenation method will begin “shortly”. David Sinclair again? I thought he was discredited. He's back in action, and although there are skeptics, he's determined to reach his goal. The magic drug is ER-100 from Sinclair's lab.
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Portland State University restructuring moves forward as budget shortfall widens. "Portland State University’s financial picture is getting bleaker." What to do, when you are an academic center in a Blue socialist city, where money is fleeing, enrollment is declining, the faculty want pay raises and you can't lay them off, taxes keep going up, and student protestors destroy your property and few, if any, become wealthy donors later. PSU was founded in 1946 to educate post-WWII veterans. What is the purpose of PSU today?
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