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We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies | MIT Technology Review
November 30, 2025 at 9:39:50 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -We’re learning more about what vitamin D does to our bodies
The sunshine vitamin could affect your immune system and heart health
- https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/21/1128206/vitamin-d-bodies-bone-health-immune/
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Three years on, ChatGPT still isn't what it was cracked up to be – and it probably never will be
November 30, 2025 at 9:31:42 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Three years on, ChatGPT still isn't what it was cracked up to be – and it probably never will be
- https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/three-years-on-chatgpt-still-isnt?r=3pfvm1&triedRedirect=true
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Africa's forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds
November 29, 2025 at 11:16:42 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Africa's forests have switched from absorbing to emitting carbon, new study finds
by University of Leicester
- https://phys.org/news/2025-11-africa-forests-absorbing-emitting-carbon.html
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Perplexity
November 28, 2025 at 8:58:09 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -EU startet vollständige Untersuchung des BlackRock-MSC-Deals zum Hafen Barcelona
- https://www.perplexity.ai/discover/you/eu-to-investigate-blackrock-ms-WZFKEMoMRuKvfqzbe7Ff2A
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https://healthybuildings.hsph.harvard.edu/impacts-of-indoor-air-quality-on-cognitive-function/
November 27, 2025 at 7:29:02 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -study involving 302 office workers across six countries revealed that indoor air pollution, specifically PM2.5 and CO2 levels, significantly impacts cognitive function, with higher concentrations leading to slower response times and reduced throughput
- https://healthybuildings.hsph.harvard.edu/impacts-of-indoor-air-quality-on-cognitive-function/
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American Influencers Can't Stop Praising Chinese EVs They Can't Buy - Slashdot
November 26, 2025 at 6:08:32 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -American Influencers Can't Stop Praising Chinese EVs They Can't Buy
- https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/11/25/1842246/american-influencers-cant-stop-praising-chinese-evs-they-cant-buy
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'AI Can't Think' - Slashdot
November 26, 2025 at 6:06:23 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -In an essay published in The Verge, Benjamin Riley argues that today's AI boom is built on a fundamental misunderstanding: language modeling is not the same as intelligence
- https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/25/2146258/ai-cant-think
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Microsoft Warns Its Windows AI Feature Brings Data Theft and Malware Risks, and 'Occasionally May Hallucinate' - Slashdot
November 24, 2025 at 8:04:28 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Microsoft Warns Its Windows AI Feature Brings Data Theft and Malware Risks, and 'Occasionally May Hallucinate'
- https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/23/060221/microsoft-warns-its-windows-ai-feature-brings-data-theft-and-malware-risks-and-occasionally-may-hallucinate
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The Subversive Hyperlink - Jim Nielsen’s Blog
November 22, 2025 at 10:51:34 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -The web has a superpower: permission-less link sharing.
This ability to create and disseminate links is almost radical against the backdrop of today’s platforms.
To some, the hyperlink is dangerous and must be controlled
- https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/the-subversive-hyperlink/
The web has a superpower: permission-less link sharing. I send you a link and as long as you have an agent, i.e. a browser (or a mere HTTP client), you can access the content at that link. This ability to create and disseminate links is almost radical against the backdrop of today’s platforms. To some, the hyperlink is dangerous and must be controlled -
Gene editing/breaks leaves lasting damage | MetaFilter
November 22, 2025 at 10:28:07 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Both natural DNA repaired breaks and edits leave lasting damage. This damage seems to occur with CRISPR edits as well as natural occurring breaks in DNA
- https://www.metafilter.com/211132/Gene-editing-breaks-leaves-lasting-damage
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Chill music for people in Antarctica | MetaFilter
November 22, 2025 at 10:24:57 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Ambience Antarctica is an Internet radio station inspired by Antarctica, with ambient music accompanied by visuals from Earth's least-populous continent. Features almost-live webcams and satellite imagery, weather forecasts, flyby videos, a daily quote, and occasional wildlife to spot
- https://www.metafilter.com/211139/Chill-music-for-people-in-Antarctica-physically-or-mentally
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Scientists turn to drones to study hard-to-reach wildlife | MetaFilter
November 22, 2025 at 10:16:21 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Researchers are turning to drones to help them discover the health and habits of large marine mammals and other wildlife
- https://www.metafilter.com/211150/Scientists-turn-to-drones-to-study-hard-to-reach-wildlife
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Most discourse on AI is low-quality. Most discourse on consciousness is super-abysmal-double-low quality
November 21, 2025 at 6:39:07 PM GMT+1 * - permalink -Most discourse on AI is low-quality. Most discourse on consciousness is super-abysmal-double-low quality. Multiply these - or maybe raise one to the exponent of the other, or something - and you get the quality of discourse on AI consciousness. It’s not great
- https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-new-ai-consciousness-paper
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Deutschland untersucht SAP wegen mutmaßlicher Datenzugriffsbeschränkungen
November 21, 2025 at 8:22:55 AM GMT+1 * - permalink -Deutschland untersucht SAP wegen mutmaßlicher Datenzugriffsbeschränkungen
- https://www.perplexity.ai/discover/you/germany-investigates-sap-for-o-scPLcobZSWKeP6F.0q6DlA
