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Bookmarks for 2025-10-18T16:11:00.667Z
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Antifa To Infiltrate No Kings Protest, They Want To Incite Violence - YouTube Added: Oct 18, 2025
Antifa To Infiltrate No Kings Protest, They Want To Incite Violence
Site: YouTube
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Google DeepMindâs Gemini 3.0 Pro: Features, Benefits and Impact - Geeky Gadgets Added: Oct 18, 2025
Google's Deepmind Gemini 3.0 Capabilities Tested for Coding, Research & Design
Site: Geeky Gadgets
Explore how Gemini 3.0 Pro is setting new AI standards with advanced automation, creative adaptability, and industry-leading performance.
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Bird-mediated plant colonization overturns long-held assumptions about how plants spread to islands Added: Oct 18, 2025
Bird-mediated plant colonization overturns long-held assumptions about how plants spread to islands
When the volcanic island of Surtsey rose from the North Atlantic Ocean in 1963, it offered scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how life takes hold on brand-new and barren land. For decades, ecologists believed that plants' ability to reach remote and isolated places depended mainly on special adaptations for long-distance dispersalâfor example, fleshy fruits thought to attract birds, which would eat the fruit and later disperse the seedsâgiving those species a decisive advantage in colonizing new areas.
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Animator Behind Mushu The Dragon Quit Disney, Explains Why He Left
Site: YouTube
BUY CAST BREW COFFEE TO SUPPORT THE SHOW - https://castbrew.com/Become A Member And Protect Our Work at http://www.timcast.comHost:Phil @PhilThatRemains (X)G...
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NVIDIA Embraces the 'Made in USA' Narrative, As Jensen Huang Unveils the First Blackwell Chip Wafer Produced by TSMC Arizona Added: Oct 18, 2025
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Elon Musk on X: "Same" / X Added: Oct 18, 2025
Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Number of Young Americans Identifying as Trans and 'Queer' Plummets, Study Likens to 'Fading of a Fashion or Trend'
Added: Oct 18, 2025Number of Young Americans Identifying as Trans and 'Queer' Plummets, Study Likens to 'Fading of a Fashion or Trend'
Site: The Western Journal
"This does not appear to be the result of a shift to the right, the return of religion or a rejection of woke culture war attitudes ..."
Critics of transgenderism have often described the trend as a "social contagion."
A blistering new report from the Centre for Heterodox Social Science just gave that label newfound heft.
In short, the report found that, after surging in the 2010s and 2020s, trans and "queer" identities are in sharp decline among young Americans.
Colleges -- typically maligned as being the breeding ground for far-leftism in 2025 -- saw the number of trans-identifying students cut nearly in half after its peak in 2023.
That year, nearly 7 percent of college students identified as trans. That number now sits at less than 4 percent.
The report also made a point to note that that percentage could drop even further soon: "Todayâs freshmen are less BTQ+ than seniors, suggesting that decline will continue."
Conservative pundit Eric Kaufmann took to X to summarize some more of the report's findings, and it clearly resonated with audiences. His thread of posts has millions of views and tens of thousands of likes.
1/ NEW: trans identification is in free fall among the young (h/t @FIRE data in particular) pic.twitter.com/i0Z1BNcWG8
â Eric Kaufmann (@epkaufm) October 14, 2025
One interesting finding that Kaufmann highlighted involved the relatively stable percentage of young Americans who identify as gay or lesbian. It's the other "sexual identities" that seem to be plummeting.
2/ Non-conforming sexual identity (queer, questioning, etc) is also in sharp decline. Gay and lesbian are stable while heterosexuality has rebounded by around 10 points since 2023. pic.twitter.com/fKD4G1rwi5
â Eric Kaufmann (@epkaufm) October 14, 2025
"Non-conforming sexual identity (queer, questioning, etc) is also in sharp decline," Kaufmann posted. "Gay and lesbian are stable while heterosexuality has rebounded by around 10 points since 2023."
Another interesting finding that Kaufmann highlighted was that this decline in transgenderism doesn't appear to be linked with any sort of faith revival -- implying that people are reaching this conclusion in a secular fashion:
4/ What explains the sudden reversal of trans and queer? Itâs not because the kids became less woke, more religious or more conservative. Those beliefs remained stable throughout the 2020s. pic.twitter.com/7GaSpfvATY
â Eric Kaufmann (@epkaufm) October 14, 2025
Kaufmann then proffered his own interpretation of the CHSS report.
"The fall of trans and queer seems most similar to the fading of a fashion or trend," he posted. "It happened largely independently of shifts in political beliefs and social media use, though improved mental health played a role."
In summary, the CHSS report said: "Trans, queer and bisexual identities are in rapid decline among young educated Americans. This does not appear to be the result of a shift to the right, the return of religion or a rejection of woke culture war attitudes.
"Despite high correlations between sexual/gender identity and political attitudes within individuals, the over-time trend in gender and sexuality seems relatively independent of political, cultural and religious beliefs.
"Improving mental health, however, appears to be part of the explanation for the decline of BTQ+ identification."
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Vice President JD Vance Delivers Remarks at the 250th Anniversary for the United States Marine Corps
Site: YouTube
Camp Pendleton, CA
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250th Anniversary Celebration for the United States Marine Corps
Site: YouTube
Camp Pendleton, CA
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String Theory is âFashion,â Penrose Said. We Finally Have a Response
Site: YouTube
Check out courses in science, computer science, and mathematics on Brilliant! Start learning for free at https://brilliant.org/sabine/ and get 20% off a prem...
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President Trump Gaggles with the Press Upon Arrival in Palm Beach, FL, Oct. 17, 2025
Site: YouTube
Palm Beach, FL
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Democratsâ October Surprises: Government Shutdowns and Abysmal Debates | Victor Davis Hanson
Site: YouTube
On todayâs edition of âVictor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,â Victor and Jack list off and examine a few of the Democrat Partyâsâ own self-inflicted surpris...
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Victor Davis Hanson: The West Commits Suicide as Katie Porter Fails Management 101
Site: YouTube
On todayâs edition of âVictor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,â Victor and Jack revisit California Gubernatorial Candidate Katie Porterâs recent shortcoming a...
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Victor Davis Hanson: Trump Takes a Victory Lap As Europe Begrudgingly Smiles After Gaza Peace Deal
Site: YouTube
From the European countries who almost sabotaged the Gaza Peace Deal to Obama dipping his toes back into politics, Victor and Sami tackle it all on todayâs e...
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Victor Davis Hanson: Letitia James Indictment Is Just the âTip of the Icebergâ
Site: YouTube
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Intel Arc Pro B50 Workstation GPU is Secretly a Gaming Beast
Site: Geeky Gadgets
Can a workstation GPU handle gaming? The Intel Arc Pro B50 proves it can with 1080p and 1440p benchmarks that rival mid-tier gaming cards.
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How neuroscience is rewriting the art of war - Big Think
Added: Oct 18, 2025How neuroscience is rewriting the art of war
Site: Big Think
Neuroscientist and national security adviser Nicholas Wright explains how the brain navigates warfare, one lobe at a time.
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Nvidiaâs Jensen Huang Says AI Is âThe Most Complex Systems Problem Humanity Has Everâ Seen And Thinks Elon Musk Will âReach A Gigawatt Firstâ Added: Oct 18, 2025
Nvidiaâs Jensen Huang Says AI Is âThe Most Complex Systems Problem Humanity Has Everâ Seen and Thinks Elon Musk Will âReach a Gigawatt Firstâ
Site: Barchart.com
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised Elon Muskâs AI-building efforts, calling AI infrastructure âthe most complex systems problem humanity has ever endeavored.â
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Ultimate prompting guide for Veo 3.1 | Google Cloud Blog Added: Oct 18, 2025
Ultimate prompting guide for Veo 3.1 | Google Cloud Blog
Site: Google Cloud Blog
This guide is a framework for directing Veo 3.1, our latest model. Veo 3.1 is state-of-the-art and builds on Veo 3, with stronger prompt adherence and improved audiovisual quality when turning images into videos.
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Why the Words We Use Matter | Psychology Today Added: Oct 18, 2025
Why the Words We Use Matter
Site: Psychology Today
The words we say can influence how others receive our message and how they perceive us. Author Stefan Fatsis explores the words we use in his latest book, 'Unabridged.'
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