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calcuis/pig · Hugging Face Added: Sep 20, 2025

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We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
CEO Says He's Showing His Engineers How to Get Things Done by Sending Them Stuff He Vibe Coded Added: Sep 20, 2025

CEO Says He's Showing His Engineers How to Get Things Done by Sending Them Stuff He Vibe Coded

Site: Futurism

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said he's been vibe coding and showing the results to his company's engineers.
Scientists Debate Whether to Halt Type of Research That Could Destroy All Life on Earth Added: Sep 20, 2025

Scientists Debate Whether to Halt Type of Research That Could Destroy All Life on Earth

Site: Futurism

This week, researchers convened in Manchester, UK, to debate whether research into potentially dangerous "mirror life" should be halted.
30+ Hottest Nano Banana Model Prompt Text (Copy and Paste) | Fotor Added: Sep 20, 2025

30+ Hottest Nano Banana Model Prompt Text (Copy and Paste) | Fotor

Explore AI Nano Banana prompts with this official guide. Learn, copy and paste trending AI photo prompts for style fusion, pose control, and multi-image blending to create stunning AI visuals.
Alarming New Video Shows Robot Making Incredibly Realistic Facial Expressions Added: Sep 20, 2025

Alarming New Video Shows Robot Making Incredibly Realistic Facial Expressions

Site: Futurism

A video that has gone viral on social media shows a humanoid robot's face glancing around the room with a quizzical expression.
Strange Green Glow From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has Scientists Puzzled : ScienceAlert Added: Sep 20, 2025

Strange Green Glow From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has Scientists Puzzled

Site: ScienceAlert

Images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS snapped during the September 7 total lunar eclipse seem to suggest that the latest visitor to the Solar System may be turning green.
Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanDiT: Hunyuan-DiT : A Powerful Multi-Resolution Diffusion Transformer with Fine-Grained Chinese Understanding Added: Sep 20, 2025

GitHub - Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanDiT: Hunyuan-DiT : A Powerful Multi-Resolution Diffusion Transformer with Fine-Grained Chinese Understanding

Site: GitHub

Hunyuan-DiT : A Powerful Multi-Resolution Diffusion Transformer with Fine-Grained Chinese Understanding - Tencent-Hunyuan/HunyuanDiT
6 operating system luxuries Windows users have never known about Linux Added: Sep 20, 2025

6 operating system luxuries Windows users have never known about Linux

Site: XDA

Sometimes, Linux is just better
Using this word in conversation makes a person very persuasive - Earth.com Added: Sep 20, 2025

Using this word often in conversation makes a person incredibly persuasive

Site: Earth.com

When a conversation heats up, the smallest choices in wording can nudge things toward connection or collision.
Don't Forget to Change These 5 BIOS Settings When Dual-Booting Windows and Linux Added: Sep 20, 2025

Don't Forget to Change These 5 BIOS Settings When Dual-Booting Windows and Linux

Site: How-To Geek

Five settings, a couple of minutes, and zero more dual-boot headaches
Charlie Kirk's death shows how the political center of the country is slowly fading away Added: Sep 20, 2025

Charlie Kirk’s death shows how the political center of the country is slowly fading away

Site: NewsNation

Fewer and fewer people seem to identify as moderate today than even a decade ago, and politicians are rarely aiming their messages to such voters.

(The Hill) — The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has ignited a debate about whether there is room for a political center. Fewer and fewer people seem to identify as moderate today than even a decade ago, and politicians are rarely aiming their messages to such voters. Twenty-four years ago, as the country reeled from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the electorate seemed to prefer leadership over party and someone who could bridge the divide and produce results. In the days following 9/11, even Democrats rallied behind then-President George W. Bush and then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has in recent years become the butt of Democratic jokes. Now, political observers acknowledge, it is the voices on the left and the right who receive the most attention, drive news cycles, and get the most clicks on social media. “We are in an environment that forces you to take a side,” said Democratic strategist Basil Smikle, who served as the executive director of the New York State Democratic Party. “There’s a hunger for moderation but I think structurally it has become really difficult to do that in our country for a number of reasons.” When Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, struck a grounded, politically mild message that called for civility and unity on the heels of the shocking killing of Kirk, he was hailed by some observers. But Cox was also immediately slammed by conservatives and progressives alike for delivering a message that was off-putting to both sides. Conservatives, like Steve Bannon, a former strategist to President Trump, called the governor “a national embarrassment” and wanted Cox to show more anger and be less conciliatory. And progressives, more quietly, said they felt Cox was just another conservative who towed the Trump line. “He got criticized from the right and left, which means he was somewhere in the middle and I'll take the middle,” said veteran Republican strategist Susan Del Percio, who does not support President Trump. But fewer and fewer Americans may see the middle as where they want to be. A Gallup survey out earlier this year showed that the percentage of Americans identifying as “moderate” declined from 43 percent in 1992 to 34 percent in 2024. The same survey showed the number of Republicans who identify as conservative or very conservative reaching record highs. In 2024, 77 percent of Republicans described themselves as conservative in the Gallup poll, a record high and a 4-point increase from 2023. Twenty-four percent of Republicans also identified as very conservative, which also set a new high. The number of voters who identify as liberal is also quickly rising. In 2024, 55 percent of Democrats identified as liberal in Gallup’s poll, a high point. And 19 percent said they were very liberal, which was also a record high. Smikle pointed to social media as a reason for some of the shifts, which has isolated views and beliefs at both ends of the political spectrum. Trust in institutions has also eroded, a factor in President Trump’s rise and the rise in progressivism led by political figures including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). “What distinguishes current political polarization is a more widespread belief that differences of opinion are not a feature of our discourse but a threat to our existence,” Smikle said. “And people who feel threatened often seek more extreme solutions rather than ones that de-escalate tension and build consensus.” “I still think that most people do share the opinion that they do want moderation but they’re concerned about the penalties for bridging that divide,” Smikle added. Efforts to change congressional districts in red states like Texas and blue states like California are another reflection of an isolated political center. Political observers say those redistricting efforts are yet another way of doubling down on the political divide while erasing the middle. Democratic strategist Jamal Simmons maintained there is still a sizable political middle even though it’s smaller than it was. For proof, he said, look no further than the recent presidential elections, in which there were voters who flipped from supporting Trump to former President Biden and vice versa. And while the energy of the Democratic Party appears to be on the left, Simmons said there are candidates including Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who is running for governor in New Jersey, who are seeking to appeal to centrist voters. Sherrill, Simmons pointed out, appears in television ads where she talks about serving in the Navy as a helicopter pilot, which could be welcoming to more conservative-minded voters. “I’m sure that’s frustrating to some progressives but there are more voters to pick up than she’ll lose,” Simmons said. Looking to 2028, there are a handful of potential Democratic candidates who also tack more to the center, including Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. On the Republican side, after Cox offered his message of civility and unity on the heels of the Kirk shooting, there was a rumbling among operatives about whether he could consider a run for president himself. “Certainly on the right, he is offering a different vision that’s palatable” to centrists, Simmons said. “It’s a presentation that brings people in and doesn’t push them away.” But one GOP strategist put a hard stop on that idea. “It’s not where the Republican Party is right now. I think some people like the idea in theory but just like Democrats want to fight, Republicans are itching for a fight too. And he doesn’t represent that." Put more bluntly, even with his conservative roots, the strategist added, “He would never, ever get past the primary. He would be cooked.” Del Percio agreed. “Let’s face it, no other president has had the influence on the Republican Party that Donald Trump has,” she said. And while Cox was inspirational in the moment, she said, “It was a rainbow, and as great as a rainbow is, it disappears.”
Kash Patel exposes deeply embarrassing note during House grilling Added: Sep 20, 2025

Kash Patel exposes deeply embarrassing note during House grilling

Site: Mail Online

The notes were made during a heated congressional hearing over political violence and Jeffrey Epstein 's case files.
I tried this open-source platform to self-host LLMs, and it’s faster than I expected Added: Sep 20, 2025

I tried this open-source platform to self-host LLMs, and it’s faster than I expected

Site: XDA

Self-hosting LLMs is faster than you think
Charlie Kirk Coverage: The Great Gaslighting of 2025 | National Review Added: Sep 20, 2025

Charlie Kirk Coverage: The Great Gaslighting of 2025 | National Review
Why You Shouldn’t Use a Full Path in Your Linux Aliases Added: Sep 20, 2025

Why You Shouldn’t Use a Full Path in Your Linux Aliases

Site: How-To Geek

Keep your aliases short and sweet.
Scott Adams on X: "I'd do it." / X Added: Sep 21, 2025

Site: X (formerly Twitter)
TSA Quiet Skies Program Accused of Political Targeting — Kristi Noem - YouTube Added: Sep 21, 2025

TSA Quiet Skies Program Accused of Political Targeting — Kristi Noem

Site: YouTube

#politics #uspolitics #tsa Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of Pod Force One: https://www.youtube.com/@PodForce1Watch full clips of ...
Strange new hybrid bird spotted in Texas backyard | ScienceDaily Added: Sep 21, 2025

Strange new hybrid bird spotted in Texas backyard

Site: ScienceDaily

In Texas, biologists have documented an extraordinary bird — the natural hybrid offspring of a green jay and a blue jay. Once separated by millions of years of evolution and distinct ranges, the two species were brought together as climate change expanded their territories. A backyard birder’s photo led to the discovery, and after years of elusiveness, scientists confirmed the bird’s identity through genetic testing.
First known wild ‘grue jay’ hybrid spotted in Texas | Popular Science Added: Sep 21, 2025

First known wild ‘grue jay’ hybrid spotted in Texas

Site: Popular Science

Green and blue jays are crossing paths as temperatures rise.
Texas birdwatcher discovers shocking new hybrid species Added: Sep 21, 2025

A bird no one's ever seen before just showed up in Texas

Site: Chron

It may be the first climate-driven bird hybrid found in nature.

Birders in Texas are used to seeing blue jays. Some are familiar with the flashier green jays that occasionally venture up from Mexico. But in May 2023, a backyard birder northeast of San Antonio spotted something no field guide could explain: a bird with a green jay's crown, a blue jay's tail, and a unique blue throat patch seen in neither species. RELATED: Rare visitor seen in Texas again for first time since 1961 It wasn't just a unique color variation—it was something far more unusual. The bird, confirmed through genetic testing, was a wild hybrid between a green jay and a blue jay, the first ever documented in nature. According to researchers, it may also be one of the first known vertebrate hybrids caused by climate-driven range shifts. The discovery began online. Brian Stokes, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas at Austin studying green jays, monitors birding posts on social media to help track sightings across the state. That's how he came across a photo in a Facebook bird-watching group posted by Donna Currey, who noticed the strange-looking bird in her yard and couldn't identify it. Currey invited Stokes to her house to check it out. When he arrived, the bird was immediately striking. It had eye and crown markings typical of a green jay and a back and tail pattern like a blue jay. Its chin and throat were blue—a trait seen in neither parent species. Its vocalizations were also unusual, combining blue jay-like calls with the rattles and bill-clicks more often heard from green jays in South Texas. The researchers estimated it was about two years old at the time of the sighting. Stokes attempted to capture the bird during that first visit using a mist net—a fine mesh stretched between poles, commonly used by ornithologists to catch and release birds. "The first day, we tried to catch it, but it was really uncooperative," Stokes said. "But the second day, we got lucky." On his second attempt, he successfully caught the bird, took a blood sample, banded it, and released it. Then it disappeared—until June 2025, when it unexpectedly returned to the same yard. It wasn't caught again, but the sighting helped confirm the bird had survived at least two more years in the wild. The bird's genetic analysis, conducted by Stokes and his faculty advisor, integrative biology professor Tim Keitt, confirmed it was a male hybrid—the offspring of a green jay mother and a blue jay father. Their findings were published on Sept. 10, 2025 in the journal Ecology and Evolution. The two parent species diverged seven million years ago and, until recently, did not naturally come into contact. "We think it's the first observed vertebrate that's hybridized as a result of both parent species expanding their ranges due, at least in part, to climate change, Stokes said. In the 1950s, green jays were limited to deep South Texas, while blue jays were not typically found west of Houston. The two species occupied separate ecosystems—green jays in tropical forest edges, blue jays in temperate woodlands and suburbs. But as winters in Texas have warmed and both species have expanded their ranges, their territories now overlap, especially around the San Antonio area. The researchers suggest that artificial feeding stations may have further facilitated contact between the species. The hybrid itself has not been given an official name, but Marc Airhart, a science writer for UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences, jokingly referred to it as a "grue jay." It is not the first time the two species have produced offspring. In 1965, a blue jay-green jay hybrid was bred in captivity at the Fort Worth Zoological Park. That bird, now preserved in the University of Texas at Arlington's collection, had dominant blue jay coloration, with only faint hints of green jay traits. But the 2023 bird represents the first known instance of this hybrid occurring in the wild. Using eBird data and climate niche modeling, the researchers estimated that the current area of range overlap between the two species covers about 5,200 square kilometers in Texas. Under moderate climate change projections, that zone could shift more than 100 kilometers north by mid-century, increasing the chances of further hybridizations. In their paper, the authors wrote that "novel hybrids will be an important component of future ecosystems" as global temperatures rise and species redistribute. "Our observation of a novel hybrid with parents of distant ancestry highlights the increasingly surprising nature of rapidly changing ecosystems." Stokes believes this case may be part of a broader pattern—one that scientists are only beginning to document. "Hybridization is probably way more common in the natural world than researchers know about because there's just so much inability to report these things happening," he said. "And it's probably possible in a lot of species we just don't see because they're physically separated from one another, and so they don't get the chance to try to mate." Endangered | Trump to bulldoze Texas wildlife refuge for border wallTrails | Texas adds new 1,720-acre state park in white-hot Hill CountryDelay | Big Bend National Park changes course over access to popular siteBlaze | Lightning strike sparks massive wildfire at Texas national seashoreFor the latest and best from Chron, sign up for our daily newsletter here.
Israel's Netanyahu tells Western leaders there will be no Palestinian state - Insider Paper Added: Sep 21, 2025

Israel's Netanyahu tells Western leaders there will be no Palestinian state

Site: Insider Paper

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said there would be no Palestinian state, in a message addressed to the leaders of Britain, Australia
AI-enhanced Planetary Meteorology: Deep Learning Reveals Hidden Details In Earth's Atmosphere - Astrobiology Added: Sep 21, 2025

AI-enhanced Planetary Meteorology: Deep Learning Reveals Hidden Details In Earth's Atmosphere - Astrobiology

Site: Astrobiology

Predicting local weather extremes remains one of the greatest hurdles in meteorology
Lucius Winslow on X: "There is a city in Brazil called ‘Little London’. I find that quite charming. https://t.co/tVYuKlMkS6" / X Added: Sep 21, 2025

Site: X (formerly Twitter)
xAI Launches Grok 4 Fast with 2M Token Context and Leading Benchmarks / X Added: Sep 21, 2025

Site: X (formerly Twitter)
Martin Armstrong: the economist imprisoned for predicting the future - YouTube Added: Sep 21, 2025

Martin Armstrong: the economist imprisoned for predicting the future

Site: YouTube

What if you created a machine that could predict market crashes, wars, and the fate of nations? What would the most powerful people in the world do to get it...
AI Is Getting Really Good | Armstrong Economics Added: Sep 21, 2025

AI Is Getting Really Good | Armstrong Economics

Site: Armstrong Economics

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Tim Pool Says Nick Fuentes Is Voice of Reason After He Slams Charlie Kirk Israel Conspiracy - YouTube Added: Sep 21, 2025

Tim Pool Says Nick Fuentes Is Voice of Reason After He Slams Charlie Kirk Israel Conspiracy

Site: YouTube

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Martin and Mike - Episode 2 (2025) - YouTube Added: Sep 21, 2025

Martin and Mike - Episode 2 (2025)

Site: YouTube

Marty on why the US markets will remain the choice for international capital, why the EU vs Russia is more important than the US vs Russia, and much more. In...
Ranked: classical music's 12 most unforgettable pop-culture 'moments' Added: Sep 21, 2025

Ranked: classical music's 12 most unforgettable pop-culture 'moments'

Site: Classical Music

From cartoons to war films, classical music’s greatest themes have leapt into pop culture, unforgettable and transformative
Coffee Prices On The Rise | Armstrong Economics Added: Sep 21, 2025

Coffee Prices On The Rise | Armstrong Economics

Site: Armstrong Economics

Coffee prices are the latest grocery item troubling American consumers. The United States is the world’s largest importer of coffee, but produces less than
The World According to Martin Armstrong: Conversations with the Master Forecaster: Lutz, Kerry, Armstrong, Martin: 9798998559716: Amazon.com: Books Added: Sep 21, 2025

The World According to Martin Armstrong: Conversations with the Master Forecaster: Lutz, Kerry, Armstrong, Martin: 9798998559716: Amazon.com: Books

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1312 Letters Sent To Trump | Armstrong Economics Added: Sep 21, 2025

1312 Letters Sent To Trump | Armstrong Economics

Site: Armstrong Economics

COMMENT: Marty, 1312 of us have sent letters to President Trump, each written individually, insisting that he meet with you. The first of us started getting
What You Need to Know about Modern CSS (2025 Edition) – Frontend Masters Blog Added: Sep 21, 2025

What You Need to Know about Modern CSS (2025 Edition) – Frontend Masters Blog

If you thought 2024 was packed with amazing new CSS, well, you're right. But so is 2025 and it keeps looking bright. Check out our list of the best stuff with easy-to-reference examples.
Bach: Toccata & Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 - YouTube Music Added: Sep 21, 2025

Bach: Toccata & Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 - YouTube Music

Site: YouTube Music

Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises Bach: Toccata & Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 · Klemens Schnorr, organ · Bach Discover The Classics ℗ 2010 Stra...