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Well Said, Senator Schmitt
Added: Oct 9, 2025Well Said, Senator Schmitt
Site: tippinsights
We have been saying all along.
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Antifa Roundtable - YouTube Added: Oct 9, 2025
Antifa Roundtable
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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Victor Davis Hanson: Meet the 'New Confederates' in America’s Blue Cities
Site: YouTube
Across the country, a new confederacy is rising—built not on states’ rights, but on resistance to federal immigration law. As cities like Portland, Los Angel...
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‘Real Time’ Crowd Goes Wild as Bill Maher & Piers Morgan Demolish Her Insane Narrative
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Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” shares a DM clip of Bill Maher and Piers Morgan ganging up on Katie Porter for her shameless attack on Riley Gaines for bei...
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Trump Brings Israel-Hamas Peace, and Potential Cancer Cure, w/ Buck Sexton & Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong
Site: YouTube
Megyn Kelly is joined by Buck Sexton, co-host of "The Clay and Buck Show," to talk about Trump's massive Middle East deal between Israel and Hamas, Trump's l...
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Nvidia reportedly signs another blockbuster AI supply deal, this time with Elon Musk's xAI — investment will support $20 billion Colossus 2 Memphis project
Site: Tom's Hardware
Nvidia chips in while Musk sweats the turbines.
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La Niña officially arrives sending potential chills through the North, drying out the South | Fox Weather Added: Oct 9, 2025
La Niña officially arrives. Here's what it means for winter in the US
Site: FOX Weather
La Niña has returned for a second consecutive go-around this autumn and winter, and it could have a noticeable influence on the seasonal weather patterns.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – La Niña has returned for a second consecutive go-around this autumn and winter, and it could have a noticeable influence on seasonal weather patterns. Water temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean dropped to 0.5 degrees Celsius below average (-0.9 degrees Fahrenheit) in the latest measurements by NOAA's National Climate Prediction Center, triggering a La Niña Advisory on Thursday. What does a La Niña mean? La Niña is part of a five-to-seven year cycle known as the El Niño Southern Oscillation, or ENSO, that is generated from a change in water temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean. When the waters cool below 0.5 degrees C of normal, it's considered La Niña, while being warmer than 0.5 degrees C is known as El Niño. When it's in between, it's called "neutral" conditions, or sometimes informally called "La Nada". Researchers have found these changes in ocean temperatures have a cascading effect on weather conditions across the tropics in the Pacific Ocean, which in turn have a profound effect on global weather patterns by altering jet stream patterns. Typically, La Niña causes a stronger dip in the Polar Jet Stream across the northern U.S., with the Pacific Jet Stream aimed toward the West and Northwest coastlines, according to the FOX Forecast Center. What La Niña means for US winter La Niña winters have historically brought generally cooler, wetter conditions to the North and milder and drier conditions to the South. It can keep a drought going in the Southwest while the Pacific Northwest basks in an above-average mountain snowpack. The upper Northern Plains are usually in for a colder winter (more than the typical cold) while the Great Lakes region also tends to lean on the wetter side. The Southeast and deep Southwest into Texas usually end up with a mild and dry winter. It's important to note that while La Niñas amount to a "weighing of the dice" toward these overall trends, other large-scale factors and short-term weather patterns can override La Niña's effects. For example, the Northern Plains could still go through a mild stretch or Texas and the South could endure a rainy stretch. La Niñas are also synonymous with more active hurricane seasons in the Atlantic tropics basin, thanks to weakening wind shear, but this La Niña is likely too late to have much of an influence on the waning days of this year's hurricane season. This La Niña appears to be a short-timer Another factor in play this winter, is that La Niña is forecast to remain on the weak side, with sea surface temperatures in the Pacific predicted to drop no more than -0.9 degrees C below average. "A weak La Niña would be less likely to result in conventional winter impacts, though predictable signals could still influence the forecast guidance," NOAA forecasters wrote in their monthly ENSO update. !function(e,n,i,s){var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,"script","infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js"); In addition, forecasts show La Niña will be relatively short-lived, with a 55% chance ocean waters will warm and return to the ENSO phase to "neutral" by the middle of winter. If this all sounds familiar, it's a somewhat similar script to last winter, which saw a weak La Niña – albeit delayed until late in the winter – briefly last until spring before returning to neutral conditions. How is La Niña influencing the seasonal forecasts? NOAA says the arrival of La Niña has indeed influenced their seasonal forecasts for this autumn and winter. In particular, their 90-day forecasts spanning November-January and December-February are weighted toward La Niña tendencies. Their latest updates were from Sept. 18 — before La Niña was declared — but they were already trending in the assumption La Niña would arrive and have predicted likely below average temperatures in areas of the North — particularly the Pacific Northwest — and above average temperatures in the South. The precipitation forecast also has a La Niña feel to it, with above average rainfall/snowfall across the North and drier conditions along the South. NOAA's next seasonal forecast updates come on Oct. 16 and may show even more of an expected La Niña influence then. Once this La Niña fades in the winter or spring, NOAA's long-term forecasts indicate neutral conditions will likely persist well into the spring, but ENSO influences begin to fade in the spring in summer patterns in the Continental US.
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Trump's historic peace deal comes with a bitterly high cost Added: Oct 10, 2025
Trump’s historic peace deal brings joy and relief — but it comes with a bitterly high cost
Site: New York Post
That deal was a bitter one for Israelis to swallow. But they did swallow it — in order to get their young man home.
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8 free Linux apps that make tricky tasks surprisingly easy - no command line required | ZDNET
Added: Oct 10, 20258 free Linux apps that make tricky tasks surprisingly easy - no command line required
Site: ZDNET
Want to try Linux but hate the command line? These GUIs get the job done for you.
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Gray hair may soon be permanently reversible, thanks to science - Earth.com Added: Oct 10, 2025
Gray hair may soon be permanently reversible, thanks to a scientific breakthrough
Site: Earth.com
A study suggests hair turns gray when pigment stem cells get stuck and can’t become new color-making cells. A new idea could reverse graying.
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Bernie Sanders Has a Fascinating Idea About How to Prevent AI From Wiping Out the Economy
Added: Oct 10, 2025Bernie Sanders Has a Fascinating Idea About How to Prevent AI From Wiping Out the Economy
Site: Futurism
In a new report, Sanders asserts that AI and automation has the potential to put some 100 million US workers out of the job.
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SpaceX moves giant Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship Flight 11 launch (photos) | Space Added: Oct 10, 2025
SpaceX moves giant Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of Starship Flight 11 launch (photos)
Site: Space
Flight 11 is scheduled to take place on Oct. 13.
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How Donald Trump’s ‘dead cat diplomacy’ may have changed the course of the Gaza war Added: Oct 10, 2025
How Donald Trump’s ‘dead cat diplomacy’ may have changed the course of the Gaza war
Site: The Conversation
The US president’s very public scolding of both Israel and Hamas for being difficult about his peace plan may have paid off.
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Elon Musk on X: "Beautiful" / X Added: Oct 10, 2025
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Letitia James’ indictment puts Andrew Cuomo in a bind - POLITICO Added: Oct 10, 2025
Letitia James’ indictment puts Andrew Cuomo in a bind
Site: POLITICO
The New York City mayoral race is starting to see an impact following the state attorney general’s mortgage fraud indictment.
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Kevin Hassett on the shutdown, federal layoffs and inflation
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This week on "The Conversation," National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett joined POLITICO's Dasha Burns to discuss the government shutdown, inflation...
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Tracking Politician Promises
Site: YouTube
Zohran Mamdani has promised to make New York City buses run faster. Using visitech.ai we can determine whether or not he keeps his promise. https://busobser...
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President Trump Makes an Announcement, Oct. 10, 2025
Site: YouTube
The White House
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Announcement by First Lady Melania Trump
Site: YouTube
The White House
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President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Finland
Site: YouTube
The White House
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Google One subscription plan chaos is only snowballing with AI Added: Oct 10, 2025
Google One subscription plan chaos is only snowballing with AI
Site: Android Authority
AI was supposed to make Google One plans feel smarter. Instead, it has made the subscription plans a confusing, expensive mess.
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27 words people struggle to enunciate properly in English - Upworthy
Added: Oct 10, 202527 English words people have a hard time enunciating properly, even native speakers
Site: Upworthy
"The word I notice people struggle with is 'vulnerable'. Something about that N following an L is tricky."
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Trump Gaza Peace Deal: President's Approach to Diplomacy Key | National Review Added: Oct 10, 2025
Trump Gaza Peace Deal: President's Approach to Diplomacy Key | National Review
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Scientists use AI to detect ADHD through unique visual rhythms in groundbreaking study Added: Oct 10, 2025
Scientists use AI to detect ADHD through unique visual rhythms in groundbreaking study
Site: PsyPost - Psychology News
A team of scientists has used AI to detect ADHD in adults by analyzing how their brains process rapid visual information. The findings suggest ADHD carries a unique perceptual rhythm that could help improve diagnosis and treatment.
A recent study published in <em><a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310605" target="_blank">PLOS One</a></em> suggests that adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) exhibit a distinct pattern in how they visually process information over time. This pattern differs enough from that of neurotypical adults that a machine learning algorithm was able to accurately classify individuals with ADHD based on these visual traits with over 90 percent accuracy. The same approach was also able to distinguish whether a person with ADHD regularly takes stimulant medication. These findings indicate that ADHD may involve a consistent, underlying difference in how the brain handles brief moments of perception.
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by symptoms such as inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. It affects around 3 to 4 percent of Canadian adults and about 2.6 percent of adults worldwide. While researchers have known for some time that ADHD influences attention, memory, and executive functioning, less is known about how it affects the brain’s handling of incoming sensory information—especially how that processing changes from one moment to the next.
Previous studies using brainwave recordings have shown that people with ADHD often display different patterns of electrical activity, particularly in the alpha and theta frequency bands. However, these findings have not always been consistent. To better understand the functional impacts of such oscillations, the researchers behind this new study used a method called random temporal sampling, which allows them to track how efficiently someone processes visual information across tiny slices of time.
Their goal was to explore whether ADHD is associated with a distinct rhythm or timing in visual perception, which could reflect underlying neural oscillations. If such a rhythm exists and is consistent across individuals with ADHD, it could provide a new behavioral marker for identifying the condition.
"In light of the relatively high incidence of ADHD, there is surprisingly little that we know about it for sure," said study author Martin Arguin, a professor of psychology at the University of Montreal and director of <a href="https://www.neurocognitionvisionlab.org/en" target="_blank">the Neurocognitive Vision Lab</a>.
"This is especially true of the neural bases of the disorder. My lab had recently brought to maturity the technique of random temporal sampling, which serves to capture temporal variations in perceptual efficiency. Given that these temporal variations can be assumed originate from oscillatory neural activity, we thought that examining ADHD from this perspective might bring a positive contribution to our knowledge of the disorder."
The researchers recruited young adult participants from two colleges in Quebec. A total of 49 people were included in the final analysis: 26 were neurotypical controls and 23 had received a formal ADHD diagnosis. Among those with ADHD, 17 regularly used stimulant medication while six did not. All participants had normal or corrected vision and completed a battery of visual tasks under controlled conditions.
The central experiment involved briefly showing participants a series of five-letter French words overlaid with visual noise. The visibility of each word varied rapidly during the 200 milliseconds it appeared on the screen. Participants were asked to read the word aloud, and researchers recorded whether they were correct. The contrast of the noise was continuously adjusted so that each participant would average about 50 percent correct responses, ensuring a balanced challenge across individuals.
What set this experiment apart was how the noise varied. It wasn’t static; instead, the signal-to-noise ratio changed throughout the 200-millisecond window in a pattern composed of multiple sine waves at different frequencies. This random fluctuation allowed researchers to analyze how well participants could extract the word at each moment in time, depending on the frequency of the noise changes. The technique generated what are called classification images—maps showing how efficiently each person processed the visual input at different times and frequencies.
By comparing the classification images of those with and without ADHD, the researchers could examine whether there were consistent group differences in the rhythm of visual processing. They then used a machine learning model trained on features extracted from these classification images to see if it could distinguish between the two groups.
The classification images revealed consistent differences in visual processing patterns between participants with ADHD and those without. Although the general structure of visual processing looked similar across both groups, certain frequencies showed marked differences. These included processing oscillations at 5, 10, and 15 cycles per second (Hz), particularly when the noise in the stimulus oscillated at 30 to 40 Hz.
"The immediate implication of our results is that, in ADHD, there seems to be a systematic divergence in visual function from that of individuals with typical development," Arguin told PsyPost. "This divergence points to a difference in brain function that has yet to be clearly determined."
When these patterns were fed into a machine learning algorithm, it was able to classify individuals as either ADHD or neurotypical with 91.8 percent accuracy, using only about 3 percent of the total features. The sensitivity (the algorithm’s ability to correctly identify ADHD participants) was over 96 percent, while its specificity (the ability to correctly identify neurotypical individuals) was 87 percent.
"The literature largely emphasizes the individual differences among persons with ADHD as a potential indicator of varied causes for the disorder," Arguin said. "Our findings rather indicate that we can actually classify 100% of our participants into their respective group (i.e. ADHD vs typical development) from their individual data patterns pertaining to perceptual oscillations; thereby pointing to a possibly unique cause."
"This high classification rate in itself was also rather unexpected. However, at the time we carried out the data analyses, we had already completed a similarly designed project comparing perceptual oscillations across young vs elderly participants with normal cognitive functioning (<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1323493" target="_blank">Lévesque & Arguin, 2024</a>). In that study too, we found an accuracy of 100% in the classification of individual participants into their respective group based on their patterns of perceptual oscillations. This somewhat contributed to raise our expectations for the outcomes of the ADHD study."
The researchers also examined whether the algorithm could tell apart individuals with ADHD who were on stimulant medication from those who were not. Despite the small sample size, the model performed well, achieving 91.3 percent accuracy. It was particularly sensitive to identifying those taking medication, with 100 percent accuracy in that subgroup. Only a few features were needed to make this distinction, suggesting that regular medication use has a measurable effect on the timing of visual processing.
Interestingly, when the researchers directly compared the classification images of medicated and unmedicated participants with ADHD, they did not find statistically significant differences using traditional statistical methods. However, the machine learning approach was able to detect consistent patterns, indicating that the medication status leaves subtle but consistent traces in the visual processing rhythms.
In summary, the findings indicate "that there is a particular pattern to perceptual oscillations that seems to uniquely characterize most, if not all, persons with ADHD," Arguin explained. "This fact suggests that there may be a single atypical brain mechanism underlying ADHD. This is at variance from a large portion of the relevant literature, which seems to assume a variety of potential causes in attempting to account for sometimes significant individual differences among ADHD sufferers."
Although the findings are promising, the study has some limitations. The sample size was modest, especially for the comparison between medicated and non-medicated ADHD participants. Larger and more diverse samples are needed to confirm the generalizability of the results. The participants were mostly young adults, so it is not yet clear whether similar patterns would be found in older adults or children.
Another issue is that while the classification method was very effective, the specific link between the observed visual processing patterns and underlying neural mechanisms remains unclear. The classification images are thought to reflect brain oscillations, but this assumption has not yet been directly tested using brain imaging techniques. Future studies could combine this behavioral method with electroencephalography or functional MRI to identify the brain regions and networks involved.
The researchers also point out that the task they used—a repetitive word recognition task with limited cognitive flexibility—may have made it especially sensitive to the effects of ADHD and medication. It remains to be seen whether similar processing differences would appear in more complex or varied tasks.
Despite these caveats, the findings suggest that random temporal sampling may offer a powerful and objective tool for identifying ADHD. The ability to classify individuals with such high accuracy, based on a brief visual task, suggests that there may be a single core difference in perceptual timing that characterizes the condition. This idea stands in contrast to much of the current literature, which tends to emphasize individual differences and multiple potential causes for ADHD.
If the technique proves reliable in broader populations and under different testing conditions, it could eventually be adapted into a clinical tool.
"Based on our investigation in adults with ADHD, we are now pursuing a related study to examine whether we can replicate its findings in children in the age range where an assessment for possible ADHD is most often sought (10-14 year olds)," Arguin explained. "If so, it would indicate that random temporal sampling could constitute an excellent test for the assessment of ADHD. Such a test could eventually prove very useful in the current context where: 1. access to the relevant specialists is often very difficult; 2. assessment for possible ADHD may be very costly; 3. the diagnosis of ADHD is based on symptomatology."
The study, "<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310605" target="_blank">Visual processing oscillates differently through time for adults with ADHD</a>," was authored by Pénélope Pelland-Goulet, Martin Arguin, Hélène Brisebois, and Nathalie Gosselin.
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No, This Is Not Joe Biden’s Peace Deal | National Review
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Can AI Learn And Evolve Like A Brain? Pathway’s Bold Research Thinks So
Added: Oct 10, 2025Can AI Learn And Evolve Like A Brain? Pathway’s Bold Research Thinks So
Site: Forbes
Pathway claims to have uncovered the mathematical blueprint of intelligence and built an AI named Baby Dragon Hatchling (BDH) that evolves like the human brain.
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Will 3I/ATLAS Break Up?. On October 29, 2025, the interstellar… | by Avi Loeb | Oct, 2025 | Medium Added: Oct 10, 2025
Will 3I/ATLAS Break Up?
Site: Medium
On October 29, 2025, the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS will reach perihelion at a distance of 203 million kilometers from the Sun.
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Visitors from the Stars: Understanding Comet ATLAS Without the Hype
Added: Oct 10, 2025Visitors from the Stars: Understanding Comet ATLAS Without the Hype
Commentary: Nathalie A. Cabrol
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is leaking water like a 'fire hose running at full blast,' new study finds
Site: Space
"It tells us that the ingredients for life's chemistry are not unique to our own."
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Trump officials: mass layoffs begin in government shutdown Added: Oct 10, 2025
Trump officials say "substantial" federal worker layoffs have begun
Site: Axios
Russell Vought announced the cuts Friday.
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MAGA media wages asymmetric warfare on antifa
Site: Axios
MAGA-aligned journalists frame their coverage as exposing the "truth" mainstream outlets ignore.
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YouTube’s second chance Added: Oct 10, 2025
YouTube’s second chance
Site: The Hill
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story YouTube gives banned creators a second chanceYouTube is rolling out a “second chance” program to allow previously banned creators to apply…
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Opinion | Democrats Are Increasing Inequality - The New York Times Added: Oct 10, 2025
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Trump SLAMS China With NEW 100% Tariff, Stocks & Crypto TUMBLE | Timcast IRL
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Uber passenger calls accused Palisades Fire suspect 'nut job' who bashed Trump | Fox News Added: Oct 11, 2025
Passenger says Uber driver accused in Palisades Fire was ‘nut job’ who ranted about Trump
Site: Fox News
Passenger Brennan White describes Palisades Fire suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht as a "nut job" who bashed President Donald Trump during Uber ride.
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Florida Man Arrested on Federal Criminal Complaint Alleging He Maliciously Started What Became the Palisades Fire
A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what eventually became the Palisades Fire of January 2025, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, the Justice Department announced today.
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Physicists just built a quantum lie detector. It works | ScienceDaily Added: Oct 11, 2025
Physicists just built a quantum lie detector. It works
Site: ScienceDaily
An international team has confirmed that large quantum systems really do obey quantum mechanics. Using Bell’s test across 73 qubits, they proved the presence of genuine quantum correlations that can’t be explained classically. Their results show quantum computers are not just bigger, but more authentically quantum. This opens the door to more secure communication and stronger quantum algorithms.
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Antifa Is A Terror Organization, Crackdown Coming As Leftists Defend Violence | The Culture War
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