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‘Resistance is when I put an end to what I don’t like’: The rise and fall of the Baader-Meinhof gang | Germany | The Guardian
In the 1970s, the radical leftwing German terrorist organisation may have spread fear through public acts of violence – but its inner workings were characterised by vanity and incompetenceThu Sep 18 07:04:34 2025 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/sep/18/baader-meinhof
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AI will make the rich unfathomably richer. Is this really what we want? | Dustin Guastella | The Guardian
The ‘knowledge economy’ promised cultural and social growth. Instead, we got worsening inequality and division. Artificial intelligence will supercharge itWed Sep 17 07:53:37 2025 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/16/ai-wealth-inequality-cultural-division
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Arts at CERN artists showcased in Copenhagen | CERN
Arts at CERN artists showcased in CopenhagenSun Sep 14 09:54:49 2025 - permalink -
The exhibition Soft Robots at Copenhagen Contemporary presents artworks developed in dialogue with CERN’s scientific community- https://home.web.cern.ch/news/news/knowledge-sharing/arts-cern-artists-showcased-copenhagen
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The Internet Coup: A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes - InterSecLab
A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic RegimesSat Sep 13 22:27:19 2025 - permalink -- https://interseclab.org/research/the-internet-coup/
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The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things | offbeat | Digg
The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things is an imaginary museum showcasing a collection of peculiar art, objects, ideas, and historyThu Sep 11 08:40:27 2025 - permalink -- https://beta.digg.com/offbeat/X8n8JdW/the-museum-of-ridiculously-interesting-things
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Dead Internet Theory Lives: One Out of Three of You Is a Bot
Nearly one-third of internet traffic is bots, raising concerns about the 'dead internet theory'. Altman acknowledges AI-driven content feels increasingly fake, suggesting bots may control online interactions and revenueThu Sep 11 08:28:21 2025 - permalink -- https://gizmodo.com/dead-internet-theory-lives-one-out-of-three-of-you-is-a-bot-2000656924
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Doomscrolling: The Game
A creator explores the concept of a Doom-inspired game where the only action is scrolling, detailing the challenges and eventual success using GPT-5 to bring the idea to lifeThu Sep 11 08:27:03 2025 - permalink -- https://ironicsans.ghost.io/doomscrolling-the-game/
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Blogs used to be very different. | offbeat | Digg
Blogs have evolved from personal diaries to promotional tools, reflecting changes in content and audience expectations over the past two decadesSun Sep 7 10:51:40 2025 - permalink -- https://beta.digg.com/offbeat/MmqYbTY/blogs-used-to-be-very-different
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Calling Boss a Dickhead Was Not a Sackable Offense, Tribunal Rules - Slashdot
Managers and supervisors brace yourselves: calling the boss a dickhead is not necessarily a sackable offenseFri Sep 5 09:10:28 2025 - permalink -- https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/04/2131246/calling-boss-a-dickhead-was-not-a-sackable-offense-tribunal-rules
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The Pleasure of Patterns in Art | The MIT Press Reader
The Pleasure of Patterns in ArtMon Sep 1 08:26:18 2025 - permalink -
The interplay between repetition and variation is central to how we perceive structure, rhythm, and depth across mediums- https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/why-repetition-in-art-pleases-the-brain/
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The Albums That Shaped Dubstep’s First Decade | Digs
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The Albums That Shaped Dubstep’s First Decade
From Burial to Skream, discover the records that built a genre- https://www.discogs.com/digs/music/essential-dubstep-records/
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Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
When designing software systems, do the simplest thing that could possibly workSat Aug 30 22:50:39 2025 - permalink -- https://www.seangoedecke.com/the-simplest-thing-that-could-possibly-work/
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Street Fighter 6 pro MenaRD is so good at the game his country gave him an award - Dexerto
Street Fighter 6 pro MenaRD is so good at the game his country gave him an awardFri Aug 29 23:23:24 2025 - permalink -- https://www.dexerto.com/street-fighter/street-fighter-6-pro-menard-is-so-good-at-the-game-his-country-gave-him-an-award-3244205/
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The 101 Best Movie Performances of the 21st Century - The Ringer
The 101 Best Movie Performances of the 21st CenturyThu Aug 28 09:05:50 2025 - permalink -- https://www.theringer.com/2025/08/25/movies/101-best-movie-acting-performances-since-2000-21st-century
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Rosenzweig – Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end
2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware and porting LinuxWed Aug 27 13:08:53 2025 - permalink -- https://rosenzweig.io/blog/asahi-gpu-part-n.html
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Australia was once the gold standard for gun safety. Experts say it’s losing control | Gun control | The Guardian
Australia was once the gold standard for gun safety. Experts say it’s losing controlMon Aug 25 08:39:18 2025 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/25/australia-was-once-the-gold-standard-for-gun-safety-experts-say-its-losing-control
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What the hell is going on right now?
A month. Reviewing slop produced by an LLM. What are the cost savings of paying ChatGPT $20 a month and then having a literal team of engineers try and review and merge the code?Fri Aug 22 10:41:56 2025 - permalink -- https://catskull.net/what-the-hell-is-going-on-right-now.html
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Consulting is changing. Here are 4 unlikely ways the Big Four are reinventing themselves to seem less 'stodgy.'
space, advertising, and venture capital are among the buzzier projects they've been developing.Wed Aug 20 20:56:16 2025 - permalink -
These ventures are a way for the companies to show they are adapting to industry changes- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/consulting-changing-4-unlikely-ways-171102988.html
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‘My buyer’s guilt is insane. It’s $1,300 on trash’: the adults addicted to blind box toys like Labubus | Toys | The Guardian
‘My buyer’s guilt is insane. It’s $1,300 on trash’: the adults addicted to blind box toysTue Aug 19 07:18:10 2025 - permalink -- https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/18/labubu-blind-box-addiction-gambling
