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Aug 4, 2025
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Step into history like never before. Watch the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and Ladies of the Revolution come to life! Experience their grippin...

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| Favicon | George Wyhte - YouTube
Aug 4, 2025
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Step into history like never before. Watch the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and Ladies of the Revolution come to life! Experience their grippin... |

George Wyhte - YouTube

| Favicon | Philip Livingston - YouTube
Aug 4, 2025
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Step into history like never before. Watch the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and Ladies of the Revolution come to life! Experience their grippin... |

Philip Livingston - YouTube

| Favicon | President Trump Gaggles with Press at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Aug. 3, 2025 - YouTube
Aug 4, 2025
President Trump Gaggles with Press at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Aug. 3, 2025
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Allentown, PA |

President Trump Gaggles with Press at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Aug. 3, 2025 - YouTube

| Favicon | President Trump Gaggles with Press Before Departing the White House, Aug. 1, 2025 - YouTube
Aug 4, 2025
President Trump Gaggles with Press Before Departing the White House, Aug. 1, 2025
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The White House |

President Trump Gaggles with Press Before Departing the White House, Aug. 1, 2025 - YouTube

| Favicon | President Trump Signs an Executive Order, July 31, 2025 - YouTube
Aug 4, 2025
President Trump Signs an Executive Order, July 31, 2025
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The White House |

President Trump Signs an Executive Order, July 31, 2025 - YouTube

| Favicon | George Taylor - YouTube
Aug 4, 2025
George Taylor
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George Taylor - YouTube

| Favicon | NYPD Could See MASS EXODUS Over Zohran Mamdani, Tim Pool Says NO WAY - YouTube
Aug 4, 2025
NYPD Could See MASS EXODUS Over Zohran Mamdani, Tim Pool Says NO WAY
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NYPD Could See MASS EXODUS Over Zohran Mamdani, Tim Pool Says NO WAY - YouTube

| Favicon | President Trump on Panicans: "...they can't handle pressure." - YouTube
Aug 4, 2025
President Trump on Panicans: "...they can't handle pressure."
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President Trump on Panicans: "...they can't handle pressure." - YouTube

| Favicon | Leopard Seals Sing Songs That Resemble Human Nursery Rhymes—Here’s Why
Aug 4, 2025
Leopard Seals Sing Songs That Resemble Human Nursery Rhymes—Here’s Why
VICE
Every night, a male leopard seal slips off the ice and sings underwater for hours. It sounds structurally like a human nursery rhyme... |

Leopard Seals Sing Songs That Resemble Human Nursery Rhymes—Here’s Why

| | Annie Duke on X: "This was an exceptional interview. Check it out and be sure to subscribe to The Decision Education Podcast from @AllDecisionEd for Decision Education today! Thanks @thisissethsblog." / X
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| Favicon | Scientists grow plants from ancient seeds that are 2,000 years old - Earth.com
Aug 3, 2025
Scientists manage to grow plants from ancient seeds that are 2,000 years old
Earth.com
Date seeds from 2,000 years ago germinate in Israel, revealing ancient varieties that could help combat climate change. |

Scientists grow plants from ancient seeds that are 2,000 years old - Earth.com

| Favicon | How to Make Winning Decisions: Luck and Uncertainty | Psychology Today
Aug 3, 2025
How to Make Winning Decisions: Luck and Uncertainty
Psychology Today
Lessons from cognitive scientist (and World Poker Champion), Annie Duke, PhD. |

How to Make Winning Decisions: Luck and Uncertainty | Psychology Today

| Favicon | Is life widespread throughout the cosmos? Complex organic molecules found in planet-birthing disk | Space
Aug 3, 2025
Is life widespread throughout the cosmos? Complex organic molecules found in planet-birthing disk
Space
"Who knows what else we might discover?" |

Is life widespread throughout the cosmos? Complex organic molecules found in planet-birthing disk | Space

| Favicon | Support for NASA returning to the moon and going to Mars is surging
Aug 3, 2025
Support for NASA returning to the moon and going to Mars is surging
The Hill
People are looking forward to witnessing the first footsteps on the moon in over 50 years and the first ones on Mars ever.

A recent poll conducted by CBS News provides an encouraging look into public support for the Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon and eventually send humans to Mars. Sixty-seven percent of respondents favor a return to the moon and just 33 percent oppose one. On Mars, sixty-five percent favor sending astronauts to the red planet with 35 percent in opposition. Support for sending astronauts back to the moon tracks favorably among all age groups, with 71 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds in favor. The current favorable view of the Artemis program contrasts with what people thought of the Apollo program to land men on the moon while it was ongoing. As space historian Roger Launius pointed out, most Americans, with the exception of one poll taken in July 1969, took a dim view of going to the moon. “Consistently throughout the decade, 45-60 percent of Americans believed that the government was spending too much on space, indicative of a lack of commitment to the spaceflight agenda,” Launius wrote.  Incidentally, the CBS News poll shows that now Americans believe that the Apollo program was worth the effort, 77 to 23 percent. The findings were consistent with those taken on the 50th and 40th anniversaries of the first moon landing. The fact that support for going back to the moon and on to Mars is uniform across all age groups jumps out. In times past, some have suggested that supporters for sending astronauts beyond low Earth orbit mainly consisted of boomers nostalgic for the glories of the Apollo program. If that was ever the case, it isn’t any longer. Laura Seward Forczyk, a space career consultant, video blogger and author of “Rise of the Space Age Millennials,” likely spoke for a lot of younger people on X when she posted, “I hope to live to see humans walking on another world again. Artemis III can’t come soon enough.” Her sentiment expresses a desire for something beautiful and glorious in a world often ugly and dispiriting. Come to think of it, that was the Apollo 11 moon landing in the midst of the turmoil of the 1960s. A lot of famous space influencers, such as former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, billionaire private space traveler Jared Isaacman, video blogger Eliana Sheriff and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk were not alive when men first walked on the moon. One word of caution should be made about how poll results can often be influenced by question-wording. In 2023, the Pew organization released a poll suggesting that returning to the moon and on to Mars were of lower priority than things like asteroid detection and measuring climate change. Nevertheless, when combining the answers “top priority” and “important but lower priority” space exploration still enjoyed healthy support, with 57 percent favoring a return to the moon and 56 percent going to Mars. People are looking forward to witnessing the first footsteps on the moon in over 50 years and the first ever on Mars. Donald Trump was the latest president of the United States to make that promise when he started the Artemis program during his first term. Now, he has to deliver. Unfortunately, President Trump is in serious danger of blowing it. Over six months into his second administration, America still does not have a permanent NASA administrator, thanks to Trump’s capricious, last-minute withdrawal of Isaacman’s nomination.  The White House and the Congress are wrangling over NASA science funding and how long the space agency should retain the Orion Space Launch System architecture for returning to the moon. Trump needs to move quickly to nominate a permanent head of NASA. He could change his mind again about Isaacman, though he may be loath to admit to making a mistake. The White House also needs to reestablish the National Space Council as a center for the formulation of space policy. The council performed great service during the first Trump administration. It can do so again. Finally, Trump and Musk should resolve their feud. The most powerful man in the world and the world’s richest man work better together than at cross purposes. Trump has won some great domestic and foreign policy victories. It will be a pity if his legacy is one of letting China get back to the moon before we do. Mark R. Whittington, who writes frequently about space policy, has published a political study of space exploration entitled “Why is It So Hard to Go Back to the Moon?” as well as “The Moon, Mars and Beyond” and, most recently, “Why is America Going Back to the Moon?” He blogs at Curmudgeons Corner.
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Support for NASA returning to the moon and going to Mars is surging

| Favicon | Rhythm games use a lot of classical music, huh? | PC Gamer
Aug 3, 2025
Rhythm games use a lot of classical music, huh?
PC Gamer
R.I.P Beethoven, you would have loved Pump it Up Rise. |

Rhythm games use a lot of classical music, huh? | PC Gamer

| Favicon | How to Make GRUB Appear on Boot and Customize Its Appearance
Aug 3, 2025
Every Linux Dual-Booter Should Know How to Do This
How-To Geek
A comprehensive overview of GRUB and why it's useful for every Linux dual-booter to master. |

How to Make GRUB Appear on Boot and Customize Its Appearance

| Favicon | I replaced default Linux commands with these 5 alternatives, and I should have sooner
Aug 3, 2025
I replaced default Linux commands with these 5 alternatives, and I should have sooner
XDA
5 powerful Linux command alternatives that enhance productivity and user experience |

I replaced default Linux commands with these 5 alternatives, and I should have sooner

| Favicon | Perplexity AI - Wikipedia
Aug 3, 2025
Perplexity AI - Wikipedia |

Perplexity AI - Wikipedia

| Favicon | Instant Code Generation is Here: Cline x Cerebras - Cline Blog
Aug 3, 2025
Instant Code Generation is Here: Cline x Cerebras - Cline Blog
Cline
Every developer knows the feeling. You're in flow, building something complex, and then – you wait. The model thinks. You watch the tokens slowly stream in. Your mind wanders. By the time the response arrives, you've lost your train of thought.

Today, that changes. We're partnering with Cerebras to deliver code generation at 2,000 tokens per second in Cline. That's 40x faster than typical providers.

No more waiting. Your thoughts flow directly into working code.

How They Do It

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Instant Code Generation is Here: Cline x Cerebras - Cline Blog

| | P. Jeffrey Ungar, PhD on X: "Let us replace Bill Gates with a sack of lab-grown meat, let it spoil in the refrigerated case like the rest of it, and then compost it." / X
Aug 3, 2025 |

| | P. Jeffrey Ungar, PhD on X: "@NickHudsonCT The greatest evil can be rationalized by “the greater good” and the “precautionary principle”. It isn’t so much that these ideas are flat wrong as who judges what the greater good actually is, and what is precautionary." / X
Aug 3, 2025 |

| | Judith Curry on X: "Superb article by Kim Strassel in the WSJ on the DOE climate assessment report https://t.co/mxzxUgNrof" / X
Aug 3, 2025 |

| Favicon | 21 Thought-Provoking Gad Saad Quotes from the Parasitic Mind
Aug 3, 2025
21 Thought-Provoking Gad Saad Quotes from the Parasitic Mind
The Quotes Collection - Inspiring hearts and changing lives one quote at a time
When you first dive into the best-selling book, The Parasitic Mind by Gad Saad, you quickly realize something: this isn’t a book that tiptoes around hard trut |

21 Thought-Provoking Gad Saad Quotes from the Parasitic Mind

| | Elon Musk on X: "Grok Imagine is now making videos in 1/2 to 1/4 the time that major competitors take to make a single image!" / X
Aug 3, 2025 |

| | Dan on X: "Grok Imagine is a small marketing department’s new best friend I took a picture of a mug and within a few minutes made it come to life Best part is Grok even generated the prompt for this (I only prompted the prompt 🤣) Explainer in next comment below https://t.co/l4djdCdQaw" / X
Aug 3, 2025 |

| Favicon | Audience Member GRILLS Liberal On Trump's Record - YouTube
Aug 3, 2025
Audience Member GRILLS Liberal On Trump's Record
YouTube
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Audience Member GRILLS Liberal On Trump's Record - YouTube

| Favicon | Zohran Mamdani FLIPS, Says He's GRATEFUL For Police, He’s LYING - YouTube
Aug 3, 2025
Zohran Mamdani FLIPS, Says He's GRATEFUL For Police, He’s LYING
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Zohran Mamdani FLIPS, Says He's GRATEFUL For Police, He’s LYING - YouTube

| Favicon | Portland Is Absolutely DYSTOPIAN - YouTube
Aug 3, 2025
Portland Is Absolutely DYSTOPIAN
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Portland Is Absolutely DYSTOPIAN - YouTube

| Favicon | The Great Chamber at Hever Castle #history #britishhistory #tudorhistory - YouTube
Aug 3, 2025
The Great Chamber at Hever Castle #history #britishhistory #tudorhistory
YouTube |

The Great Chamber at Hever Castle #history #britishhistory #tudorhistory - YouTube

| Favicon | MAGA's warning to Trump's heir
Aug 3, 2025
MAGA's warning to Trump's heir
Axios
There's only one Trump. |

MAGA's warning to Trump's heir

| Favicon | Bill Maher defends Trump’s university fight: ‘They became indoctrination factories’
Aug 3, 2025
Bill Maher defends Trump’s university fight: ‘They became indoctrination factories’
The Hill
Comedian Bill Maher defended President Trump’s fight against higher education, saying college campuses have become “indoctrination factories” in need of a wake-up call. In the latest episode of HBO…

Comedian Bill Maher defended President Trump’s fight against higher education, saying college campuses have become “indoctrination factories” in need of a wake-up call. In the latest episode of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” the host said he doesn’t agree with the president’s approach, but he said he agrees with some of the criticism motivating the effort. “I'm not totally against it. Academia needed a hot poker up the ass,” Maher said. “I'm not saying— not everything, the way he's doing it, of course, is the right way. You know, to defund scientific research is not the way to do it,” Maher said. “But, I mean, our universities have been out of control for a long time. They became indoctrination factories,” Maher added. “There's absolutely no diversity of thought.” Trump has long pledged to get rid of “woke” culture in America’s colleges and universities, which Republicans accuse of being a bedrock of “leftist ideology.” Prestigious schools including the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Cornell University and others have all seen their federal funding hit by Trump over either their alleged inaction on antisemitism or their policies regarding transgender athletes. The Department of Education has also issued a letter to colleges saying if diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives weren't eliminated, federal funds would be cut from their institutions. Maher pointed to students on some college campuses who celebrated the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel — before Israel had begun its retaliatory invasion of Gaza. “You don’t have to be Donald Trump to think that there's been something rotten on campuses for quite a long time. When you cannot speak the other side of the coin, when conservative thought — whatever you think of it — is just verboten, which is basically what happened,” Maher said. “And some of the ideas — I mean, why do you think they erupted, so many of them, in cheers for what happened on Oct. 7? Why do you have professors coming out there and saying they were exhilarated by this mass massacre of people? OK, that didn't happen overnight,” Maher continued, referring to the institutions as “ivory towers” that are “just very anti-America.”
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Bill Maher defends Trump’s university fight: ‘They became indoctrination factories’

| Favicon | Smart people use AI to get smarter – Computerworld
Aug 3, 2025
Smart people use AI to get smarter
Computerworld
The technology will either allow your mental abilities to whither and fade — or make you a lot smarter. Choose your adventure. |

Smart people use AI to get smarter – Computerworld

| | Agustín Fuentes, bioanthropologist: ‘Saying that human beings are binary is a failure; it’s not biology, it’s philosophy’ | Science | EL PAÍS English
Aug 3, 2025
Agustín Fuentes, bioanthropologist: ‘Saying that human beings are binary is a failure; it’s not biology, it’s philosophy’
EL PAÍS English
The Princeton professor, author of ‘Sex is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary,’ reflects on human diversity and the ideological impositions that simplify the variety of genes, gonads and genitals

Agustín Fuentes passionately recalls his summers spent in Spain witnessing the birth of La Movida, the cultural period that followed the end of the Franco dictatorship. “I remember – when I was young, in Madrid – gravitating toward Rock-Ola (a music venue), observing the changes in dress, behavior, dancing…” He doesn’t recall this out of nostalgia. Rather, he compares it to the situation in the United States today, but in reverse. This 59-year-old Princeton University professor – born in Santa Barbara, California – explains that the U.S. is going through the opposite of what Spain experienced when it emerged from Franco’s regime. “They’re trying to curtail freedoms, to eliminate the possibilities of existence for many people. Just look at the situation of trans people. And the next step will be to eliminate gay marriage, I’m sure,” laments this academic, who is the son of the Madrid-born Hispanist Víctor Fuentes. He’s also a regular contributor to the prestigious journal Science. His training as a biologist, zoologist and anthropologist (he even studied the macaques of Gibraltar) brought him success with the 2017 book The Creative Spark: How Imagination Made Humans Exceptional, in which he pointed out this crucial human difference from the rest of the great apes. Now, he has just published Sex is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary with Princeton University Press. The 200 pages are bursting with biological complexities, entering into a debate that many – starting with Donald Trump – want to inflame with the use of broad brushstrokes. Fuentes, who wants to regain Spanish citizenship for fear of the political degradation in the United States, answered questions from EL PAÍS via video call from his home office in Princeton, New Jersey. Question. What did you want to contribute with this book? Answer. Right now, there’s a wave of interest surrounding the topic of sex… but there’s also a lot of confusion, conflict, fear, hatred and pain. Also, unfortunately, there’s a lot of misunderstanding and ignorance about biology, especially in this context that we can call “sex biology.” There’s a lack of awareness about how diverse and varied human beings are. Everything about us is a super-complicated mix of culture and biology. We need good information so that we can get together at a basic level in this conversation. Q. You assert that sex is a biocultural issue… but many of the people reading this interview will think that sex is about biology, not culture. A. That depends on how you define “sex.” If you’re speaking only about gametes, everyone understands that [an] egg isn’t a woman and [a] sperm isn’t a man. We have to rethink a little about what we’re talking about. Just think about our feet, which are biological traits. But at the same time, look at your foot and look at the foot of a person who has never worn shoes. The two are almost distinct: the structure of the bones, the muscles and the skin changes. When I discuss sociocultural contexts, we’re talking not only about the embodiment of culture, but the mutual exchanges between experience, perception, bones, muscles, digestive systems, vascular systems… there’s a lot of interconnection between our physical body and the world and the experiences we have. There’s always more intermingling and a bit more complexity. Speaking of biological sex, what exactly are you talking about? Masculinity or femininity? Are you talking about genitals? Sexuality or identity? All these things are different. In English, we have the words male and female, as well as man and woman. In Spanish, we have hombre and mujer, or masculino and femenino… but we don’t say macho and hembra (the words used to describe male and female animals in Spanish, respectively) when we talk about human beings. In Spanish, when you talk about people, you say hombre and mujer, which are biocultural terms, not biological ones. Q. You write about how the concept of “sex at birth” isn’t very rigorous, because it can mean many different things. You talk about the “three Gs.” A. In the biological context, we’re talking about typical categorizations based on three factors: genes, gonads and genitals: the three Gs. A 3G woman would be one who has ovaries, clitoris/vagina/labia, and XX chromosomes. And a 3G man would be one who has testicles, penis/scrotum and XY chromosomes. The importance of using 3G is the range of variation: it’s a spectrum that has standard groupings. We assume that, by looking at the genitals, you’re sure to have the other two Gs. And it’s true that they’re highly correlated, but not absolutely correlated, not 100%. We must understand, biologically, that these categories don’t contain all the variation in human beings; there’s variation beyond that. And, among the 3Gs, there are people – more than we think – in whom one of those Gs is a little different. If we use only the genitals at birth, or the chromosomes or the genes, we’re leaving out a lot of extremely relevant information. Q. This 3G explanation doesn’t reflect the biological reality of 1% of humanity, as you state in the book, which is at least 80 million people. But if it reflects that of the 99%, so isn’t it natural for many people to say, “Well, 99% is almost binary, isn’t it?” A. But what is binary? I’m not saying there aren’t things that are binary in human beings. Gametes are binary: sperm and eggs. But saying that human beings are binary is a failure. It limits us too much when we’re thinking about the full range of variation between human beings. A binary relationship is that of one and zero. They’re completely distinct. This concept is used in computer science, because there’s no overlap in any element: either you have a one, or you have a zero. But human beings – our bodies, our ways of being – aren’t like that. There’s nothing between men and women that makes them totally different, like one and zero, because they come from biological materials that overlap on that spectrum of variation in our bodies. To say that we’re binary is philosophy. It’s not biology. It’s declaring oneself essentialist: there are [men and women], two types of humans. But our biology doesn’t validate that position. Yes, there are binary things in our biology, but to say that human beings come in two different types is false. And we can prove it. Genitals, hormones, brains, organs… when you understand the range of variation between our bodies, it becomes very clear that human beings don’t come in binary, but in typical sets. Q. You argue that this binary concept emerged recently, given the obsession with categorizing men and women. A. In ancient times, the Romans and the Greeks thought of males and females as hierarchically ranked versions of one human form, with males above females. And then, starting in the 17th century, they began to put men and women into different categories altogether – categorizing them as different types of human beings – and to look for a true binary trait between the two. But this binary thinking comes from a philosophical context, not a medical or biological one. At first, they opted for genitals… but when you look at genitals, there’s a spectrum. Of course, there are typical genitals: men have penises, women don’t. But if you look at millions of people, there’s a huge spectrum of genital development. They aren’t binary. Then they settled on gonads: testes and ovaries. But when you really break it down, they’re not binary either, because there’s a lot of overlap. And then, finally, at the beginning of the last century, they found the 23rd chromosome: XX and XY. But there are several versions of these as well… a spectrum of impact, effect and genes. Biologically, there’s no single trait that defines human beings in a binary way. It’s a very powerful philosophical concept. Q. Listening to you talk about the centuries-old search for a single trait that can be used to classify people, I find it similar to the current search by sports authorities to find a trait to determine who qualifies as a female athlete. At the moment, they’re using testosterone, which, obviously, isn’t a binary factor. They previously failed with chromosomes. Fortunately, we no longer force athletes to strip... A. Here, in the United States, they’ve started with that again. Q. We’re going back to the 19th century in many ways. A. That’s why we need to improve these narratives. In sports, they followed the same path. Genitals: no, it doesn’t work. Then, genes: well, this also doesn’t work. There are many female athletes with XY chromosomes. Well then, hormones, testosterone… and no, this doesn’t work, either. Q. The world of sports has become the place where we define what a woman is, or what a woman should be like. It happened to Imane Khelif at the Olympics and, before that, to Caster Semenya. There are people who say, “She can’t be a woman with that body, with that face.” A. That’s ignorance about the range of distribution of human bodies. Look at Ilona Maher, a famous rugby player [who was harassed online for being trans]. What body does she have, right? She’s completely female, but she’s bigger than me. If you take 1,000 people – 500 women and 500 men – and line them up by height, there’ll be more men among the tallest and more women among the shortest. But there’ll still be a big mix… and that variation distribution is what’s important. People who say “that body isn’t feminine” are talking nonsense, because there’s a huge range in female bodies. Q. There’s a clear attempt to impose one way of being a woman and one way of being a man on society. When Donald Trump signed his executive order banning trans women from competing in sports, he was surrounded by many women, but there was only one type of woman: long hair, skirts, high heels... A. Thin, blonde... Q. Is this an attempt to invoke science to justify a model for people? A model for society and a model for women? A. Trump isn’t using science; all of his executive orders are a total scientific failure. Science – by pointing out the range of biological variation in human beings – shows us that there are indeed several ways to be human. And that’s the important thing. In any country, in any culture, there’s a range in bodies and sexualities, but our cultures, our governments, diminish the possibilities of expressing [ourselves] and living within that range. We’re always on an average; we’re bits and pieces of the full range of human beings. And the main thing is to at least know what the possibilities of that range are… to understand that this is what being human is all about: variation, not a standard. Our culture is always controlling where we can express ourselves. We’re biocultural organisms: there’s always a greater range of variation than what’s culturally accepted. And that’s the difficult part. Because many people are certain that “this is a woman and this is a man.” But if they start thinking, “My cousin has a slightly different body,” they then realize that there’s greater variation. We all know people who are outside the typical categorization, be it behaviorally or biologically, of what we think women and men are. Q. Are you afraid that your book will cause you problems in your career? That your research projects will be canceled? A. I’m part of one of the large research groups whose funding has been frozen by the National Science Foundation, even though our projects are extremely successful. The government isn’t going to support my research, but my university for now is supporting me. And the students are interested. I’m at Princeton, one of the best private universities in the world, with a lot of money. But I fear for all my colleagues at public universities. That said, whenever I leave the United States and return, I always keep in mind what’s happening. I want to have Spanish citizenship, in case I have to go live in Spain. Q. Did you expect to have to defend your book in such a hostile context? A. There were already a lot of problems here in the United States a long time ago, ever since I started writing the book under the first Trump administration. But it’s a bit strange to publish a popular book and then – as soon as it’s published – find that it contradicts five or six executive orders. Everything this book tells us shows that what the government is saying is false. I’ve already had several promotional events canceled. In the U.S. today, publishing a book about our biology is a political act. Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get more English-language news coverage from EL PAÍS USA Edition
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Agustín Fuentes, bioanthropologist: ‘Saying that human beings are binary is a failure; it’s not biology, it’s philosophy’ | Science | EL PAÍS English

| Favicon | Making the Structure of the Present Moment Work for You | Psychology Today
Aug 3, 2025
Making the Structure of the Present Moment Work for You
Psychology Today
The simply complex art and science of making the best use of attention, intention, intuition, modeling, and planning in how we move through the world. |

Making the Structure of the Present Moment Work for You | Psychology Today

| Favicon | HTML-First, Framework-Second: Is JavaScript Finally Growing Up? - The New Stack
Aug 3, 2025
HTML-First, Framework-Second: Is JavaScript Finally Growing Up?
The New Stack
Instead of starting with a framework, smart frontend developers now begin with HTML and enhance it progressively with JavaScript. |

HTML-First, Framework-Second: Is JavaScript Finally Growing Up? - The New Stack

| Favicon | ‘DAMNING MEMOS’: Maria Bartiromo details Durham annex amid Russiagate fallout - YouTube
Aug 3, 2025
‘DAMNING MEMOS’: Maria Bartiromo details Durham annex amid Russiagate fallout
YouTube
A ‘Mornings with Maria’ panel weighs in on the ‘tariff drama’ as President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates are set to take effect August 7 and the John Durha... |

‘DAMNING MEMOS’: Maria Bartiromo details Durham annex amid Russiagate fallout - YouTube

| Favicon | If Linux Advertised - YouTube
Aug 3, 2025
If Linux Advertised
YouTube
If Linux had enough money to run ads, it would be very… interesting.SUPPORT: https://funkytime.tv/patriot-signup/MERCH: https://funkytime.tv/shop/FUNKY TIME ... |

If Linux Advertised - YouTube

| Favicon | Liberal Goes Back In Time To Kill Hitler - YouTube
Aug 3, 2025
Liberal Goes Back In Time To Kill Hitler
YouTube
Brynnleigh's latest mission, should she choose to accept it, is to travel back to 1933 in Germany to erase a certain stain on humanity. Will she succeed in h... |

Liberal Goes Back In Time To Kill Hitler - YouTube

| Favicon | Zuckerberg Says Meta Is Now Seeing Signs of Advanced AI Improving Itself
Aug 3, 2025
Zuckerberg Says Meta Is Now Seeing Signs of Advanced AI Improving Itself
Futurism
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is making some very grandiose statements amid his ludicrously expensive quest to build artificial superintelligence. |

Zuckerberg Says Meta Is Now Seeing Signs of Advanced AI Improving Itself

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A Ballad of the Bookmarks

The digital scroll, a curious sight, Holds tales of futures, dark and bright. From history's past, where heroes strode, To AI's ascent, a heavy load.

See Trump hold court, by airport's gleam, And press conferences, a waking dream. While Mamdani's words, a hot debate, And Portland's state, sealed by a fate.

The Founders rise, on screens so clear, Braxton and Wyhte, banishing fear. Livingston, Taylor, names of old, In digital form, their stories told.

Leopard seals sing, a watery plea, While ancient seeds sprout, wild and free. Across the cosmos, molecules bright, Whisper of life, in cosmic night.

Then NASA calls, to moon and Mars, A human quest, beyond the stars. And rhythm games, with classical grace, In pixels danced, through time and space.

The Linux paths, with commands anew, Perplexity's aid, to see us through. From Gates to meat, a thought so bold, As "parasitic minds," their tales unfold.

Curry on climate, a focused gaze, While Duke on luck, in wisdom's maze. The present moment, how to seize, As JavaScript evolves, with gentle breeze.

From Hever Castle, halls of lore, To MAGA's warning, and what's in store. Bill Maher's defense, of campuses old, Where "indoctrination" stories told.

AI's own growth, a startling sign, As Zuckerberg claims, a future divine. And Gad Saad's quotes, a thought so deep, While Musk's Grok videos, secrets keep.

The "dystopian" vision, stark and grim, Of cities fading, to the very brim. Then "damning memos," whispers sly, As Russiagate shadows, fill the sky.

A liberal's quest, to kill old Hitler, A temporal paradox, a hopeful tiller. The "Mass deportations," a nation's cry, As American Eagle's ad, makes leftists sigh.

AI's great takeover, a human fall, Or smarter selves, answering the call. A plane that flies slow, with wings that blow, And Lume's own plugins, where wonders grow.

From paintings turned videos, with AI's art, To nature's secrets, held deep in heart. The world spins on, in byte and gene, A future woven, in what has been.