Bookmarks 2025-09-09T17:44:55.073Z
by Owen Kibel
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Bookmarks for 2025-09-09T17:44:55.073Z
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G20 Announcement: Miami - YouTube Added: Sep 9, 2025
G20 Announcement: Miami
Site: YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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President Trump shares Message on Law & Order the horrific murder of a young woman in Charlotte
Site: YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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First Lady Melania Trump Hosts a Meeting of the White House Task Force on AI Education
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First Lady Melania Trump hosted meeting of the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Education alongside members of the Task Force and priva...
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Innovative Housing Showcase
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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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President Trump Delivers Remarks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission
Site: YouTube
Washington, D.C.
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Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media, Sep. 9, 2025
Site: YouTube
The White House
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Trump Slams Dems Over Killing of Ukrainian Refugee, Dems Cry Fascism
Site: YouTube
Get a FREE title history report, PLUS a free trial of Triple Lock Protection at https://hometitlelock.com/tim promo code TIMSUPPORT THE SHOW BUY CAST BREW CO...
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Trump SLAMS Democrats Over Irina Zarutska Killing, Says WAR Over Chicago Crime | Timcast IRL
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SCOTUS Hands Trump ICE Victory, Biden Autopen News, Assassination Attempt Trial Start: AM Update 9/9
Site: YouTube
The Supreme Court delivers a victory for Trump’s immigration agenda, reinstating ICE’s authority to conduct roving patrols in Los Angeles. Internal emails re...
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Top 7 AI Web Scraping Tools - KDnuggets Added: Sep 9, 2025
Top 7 AI Web Scraping Tools - KDnuggets
Site: KDnuggets
Let's explore some of the best AI web scraping tools that make extracting data smarter, faster, and easier than ever.
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Should We ENCOURAGE People Who Admit They Lied For Fear of Backlash Like Malcolm Gladwell?
Site: YouTube
Should we encourage people who admit they lied for fear of backlash like Malcolm Gladwell?LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday: https://bit.ly/3Aw93ywWat...
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Megyn Slams Abby Phillip and Van Jones’ Coverage of Stabbing of Young Ukrainian Woman in Charlotte
Site: YouTube
Megyn slams Abby Phillip and Van Jones’ coverage of stabbing of young Ukrainian woman in Charlotte.LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday: https://bit.ly/3...
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Happening now: let's talk about 𝕏 baby Added: Sep 9, 2025
Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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*mel- - Etymology and Meaning of the Root Added: Sep 9, 2025
*mel- - Etymology and Meaning of the Root
Site: etymonline
Proto-Indo-European roots with meanings: "soft," "false/bad" (uncertain sense), and "strong/great," origins linked to words like ameliorate, multiple, and melior.
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SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.” - Ars Technica
Added: Sep 9, 2025SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.”
Site: Ars Technica
SpaceX is targeting an orbital Starship flight with a next-gen vehicle next year.
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Jim VandeHei: A message to college students, Part 3 Added: Sep 9, 2025
Jim VandeHei: A message to college students, Part 3
Site: Axios
How college kids — or anyone, really — can truly think differently, or more calmly, about politics in charged moments
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The Evolution of the Human Brain Itself May Explain Why Autism is so Common
Added: Sep 9, 2025The Evolution of the Human Brain Itself May Explain Why Autism is so Common
Site: ZME Science
Scientists uncover how human brain evolution boosted neurodiversity — and vulnerability to autism.
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Human Brain Evolution May Explain Autism Prevalence | Technology Networks
Added: Sep 9, 2025Why Humans Are More Prone to Autism Than Other Species
Site: Proteomics & Metabolomics from Technology Networks
A study suggests that the rapid evolution of certain human brain cells may help explain why autism is more common in our species than in other primates. The research found that genes linked to autism were strongly shaped by natural selection.
Humans have a higher rate of autism than any other species, but what makes us uniquely susceptible?A new study, analyzing gene activity in neurons from humans and other primates, found that rapid evolution in specific cortical neurons coincided with changes in autism-associated genes. “Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain unique also made humans more neurodiverse,” said lead author Alexander L. Starr, a doctoral candidate at Stanford University.Autism and related traits are uniquely humanIn the US, ~1 in 31 children (3.2%) were identified with autism in a 2022 sample. Globally, the World Health Organization estimates ~1 in 100 children have autism. Autism affects language, social cognition and complex behavior – traits also involved in schizophrenia.Many researchers have suspected that both autism and schizophrenia are either unique to humans or much more common in our species than in other primates. Most cortical neuronal types are conserved across mammals; however, subtle differences in gene expression or connectivity may underpin uniquely human cognition. Comparative genomics has linked human-accelerated regions (HARs), parts of the genome that changed rapidly in our lineage, and synaptic gene expression shifts to autism and other neurodevelopmental problems.Why some neuron types evolve faster and whether this relates to neurodevelopmental disorders remains unclear.The new study asks whether a general principle explains why some neuronal types evolve faster, and whether human evolution produced unusual shifts in neurons carrying autism-linked genes. Autism-related genes show signs of positive selectionThe study looked at gene activity in over a million neurons drawn from six species: humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, macaques, marmosets and mice. The researchers used single-nucleus RNA sequencing data from three brain areas – the medial temporal gyrus, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and motor cortex. These regions are tied to memory, decision-making and movement, and are believed to play roles in higher cognition.The more common a type of neuron was, the slower it tended to evolve in terms of gene expression; this correlation was consistent across brain regions and species.Humans, however, stood out. The most common cortical neurons – layer 2/3 intratelencephalic neurons – showed rapid divergence in our lineage compared to other primates. These cells connect distant parts of the cortex and are linked to abilities such as abstract thought and communication. Instead of being highly conserved, they had shifted dramatically. The team found strong evidence of downregulation of genes tied to autism. This trend appeared in multiple datasets and was confirmed using human–chimpanzee hybrid brain organoids, which allow direct comparisons under identical cellular conditions. The pattern pointed to polygenic positive selection, rather than drift or relaxed constraint. Polygenic positive selectionPolygenic positive selection occurs when natural selection favors small changes across many genes at once, rather than a single gene, leading to evolutionary adaptation in complex traits. Some schizophrenia-related genes followed the same path. Human-specific brain evolution may explain autism prevalenceThe results suggest that the same evolutionary changes that gave humans a larger cognitive range may have also increased the risk of autism. “The exceptionally high prevalence of autism in humans may be a direct result of natural selection,” said the authors. The team argues that selection may have favored traits such as slower brain development after birth or greater capacity for language, with the side effect of higher autism prevalence. This fits a long-standing idea: that human evolution for advanced cognition came with trade-offs in vulnerability to neurodevelopmental conditions.The study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that positive selection on human-specific traits can also raise disease risk. At the same time, the authors are cautious: “Our results come with important caveats. As with most correlations, causality is not implied,” they note. The sample sizes for non-human primates were limited, and organoid models only approximate real brain development.Looking ahead, the team points to larger cross-species datasets, deeper sequencing and extending the analysis to other brain regions. “Although our results strongly suggest natural selection for down-regulation of ASD-linked genes, the reason why this conferred fitness benefits to our ancestors remains an open question.” Reference: Starr AL, Fraser HB. A general principle of neuronal evolution reveals a human-accelerated neuron type potentially underlying the high prevalence of autism in humans. Mol Biol Evol. 2025;42(9):msaf189. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msaf189 This article is a rework of a press release issued by Oxford University Press USA. Material has been edited for length and content.
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Nano Banana broke the internet with these viral trends — here are 5 prompts to try | Tom's Guide Added: Sep 9, 2025
Nano Banana just broke the internet with these viral trends — I tried these 5 prompts and I'm blown away
Site: Tom's Guide
All the prompts worth trying
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Taqatwar nag
Site: YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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Intel Project Battlematrix With Arc Pro B60 GPUs Delivers 4x Better Perf/$ Versus NVIDIA In MLPerf v5.1 Benchmarks Added: Sep 9, 2025
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Gemini’s free tier is capped at 5 prompts — here’s how to get more without upgrading | Tom's Guide Added: Sep 10, 2025
Gemini’s free tier is capped at 5 prompts — here’s how to get more without upgrading
Site: Tom's Guide
And how to know if it's time to upgrade
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I cancelled Google Ultra and switched to Canva — here’s why it’s the better AI video tool for creators | Tom's Guide Added: Sep 10, 2025
This $12.99/month hack gives you access to Google’s Veo 3 AI video tool — here’s how
Site: Tom's Guide
Veo 3 is much cheaper and easier to use with Canva
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Women are 20% less likely to use AI — here’s the completely unsurprising reason why
Site: Tom's Guide
But new research shows women might be catching up
