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Bookmarks for 2025-12-21T21:35:51.551Z
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No Such Thing As An Eton Oyster - YouTube Added: Dec 21, 2025
No Such Thing As An Eton Oyster
Site: YouTube
John Lloyd joins Dan, James and Andy to discuss rivers, shipworms, oysters, and tuners.Visit nosuchthingasafish.com (http://nosuchthingasafish.com) for news...
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Jacqui Heinrich on X: "Loved chatting with you @MonicaCrowley ! Truly believe you have one of the coolest jobs in all of government!" / X Added: Dec 21, 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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A ‘Nonsensical’ GOP House Revolt - WSJ Added: Dec 21, 2025
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Taking Jaggedness Seriously - by Helen Toner - Rising Tide Added: Dec 21, 2025
Taking Jaggedness Seriously
Why we should expect AI capabilities to keep being extremely uneven, and why that matters
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Helen Toner on AI's Jagged Frontier | The Curve 2025
Site: YouTube
Helen Toner (Interim Executive Director of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology) challenges the assumption that AI capabilities will smooth out ov...
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Christmas Lo-fi 2025 MAGA Victories
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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Nicki Minaj makes surprise appearance at Turning Point conference Added: Dec 21, 2025
Nicki Minaj makes surprise appearance at Turning Point conference
Site: The Hill
Rapper Nicki Minaj made a surprise appearance on Sunday at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, where she talked to the organization’s Erika Kirk about President Trump a…
Rapper Nicki Minaj made a surprise appearance on Sunday at Turning Point USA’s annual "AmericaFest" conference, where she talked to the organization’s Erika Kirk about President Trump and mocked California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). Minaj criticized Newsom over his support for transgender health care for minors. She also discouraged the prominent Democrat from running for president, suggesting he “get on the nearest Jet Ski and let that beautiful hair blow in the wind. It will make you happier than this race that you will not win.” “I want you to say whatever you want to say to Mr. Newsom,” Kirk told Minaj at one point in their conversation. “Dear Newscum,” Minaj said, using a nickname Trump has used for the California governor in the past. “We don't have a problem cleaning up the scum if we have to. Please tread lightly.” “That's what I would say to Gavvy-poo,” she added. This fall, Trump threatened to mobilize U.S. forces on Islamist terrorists killing Christians in Nigeria, placing blame on Nigerian leaders for not working on the problem and labeling it a “country of particular concern” (CPC) because of religious violence. Minaj praised Trump’s move to label Nigeria a CPC, saying on the social platform X in early November, “Thank you to The President & his team for taking this seriously.” The rapper has also recently taken swings at Newsom on her X feed, with one post from earlier this month reading “looks like there’s some new scum on the timeline.” “So, with regard to the current administration, what has been — maybe the biggest surprise for you, or something that you just — really has been put on your heart, that you've learned about our president and our vice president?” Kirk asked Minaj during the conference. “Well, I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president,” the rapper replied. “He has, I don't know if he even knows this, but he's given so many people hope that there's a chance to beat the bad guys and to win and to do it with your head held high and your integrity intact. He's from Queens, New York, like me.” The Hill has reached out to Newsom’s press office for comment.
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Nicki Minaj makes EXTREMELY inappropriate assassin gaffe to Erika Kirk's face at AmericaFest Added: Dec 21, 2025
Nicki Minaj makes EXTREMELY inappropriate assassin gaffe to Erika Kirk
Site: Mail Online
The singer, 43, put her head in her hands as she used the poor choice of words while speaking with Charlie Kirk's widow at Turning Point USA's AmFest on Sunday.
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Bamboo species that blooms only every 120 years may never bloom again Added: Dec 21, 2025
Bamboo species that blooms only every 120 years may never bloom again
Site: Earth.com
In Japan, rare Henon bamboo is flowering for the first time in 120 years, but many stands are now dying back—raising fears some may never bloom again.
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5 reasons dual booting is better than choosing between Windows and Linux
Added: Dec 21, 2025Stop choosing between Windows and Linux—here are 5 reasons dual booting is better
Site: How-To Geek
Dual booting Linux and Windows is one of the rare setups where you don’t have to compromise—you get the best of both worlds.
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The solve for America's aging crisis: Universal Basic Investment Added: Dec 21, 2025
The solve for America's aging crisis: Universal Basic Investment
Site: Axios
The goal: Give the next generation a financial leg up, plus a living lesson in compound interest.
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Nvidia could axe 16GB RTX 5060 Ti due to memory price hikes - OC3D
Added: Dec 21, 2025Nvidia could axe 16GB RTX 5060 Ti production due to tightening memory supply
Site: OC3D
Memory madness. Nvidia reportedly plans to "temporarily discontinue" its 16GB RTX 5060 Ti due to GDDR7 memory shortages.
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When Should JavaScript Devs Use the Power of WebAssembly? - The New Stack Added: Dec 21, 2025
When Should JavaScript Devs Use the Power of WebAssembly?
Site: The New Stack
Learn how WebAssembly (Wasm) can boost your JavaScript app's performance. Discover modern tooling and follow our introductory tutorial for JS developers.
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Sicilienne, Op. 78 (Version for oboe and piano) - YouTube Music Added: Dec 21, 2025
Sicilienne, Op. 78 (Version for oboe and piano) - YouTube Music
Site: YouTube Music
Provided to YouTube by Halidon/Sonus Sicilienne, Op. 78 (Version for oboe and piano) · Diego Dini Ciacci · Soyoung Sim My Legacy, l'Oboe Romantico ℗ Halid...
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Can the Dark Ages Return? - Victor Davis Hanson
Added: Dec 21, 2025Can the Dark Ages Return?
Site: VDH’s Blade of Perseus
History suggests civilizations fall when complacency, debt, and tribalism replace unity, discipline, and reform—prompting fears the West may be nearing a familiar decline.
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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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xai-org
Added: Dec 21, 2025xai-org
Site: GitHub
Understand the Universe. xai-org has 5 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
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The Icelandic Yule Cat’s Christmas Roast | Icelandair
Site: YouTube
We asked the Yule Cat to taste traditional Icelandic Christmas food. We apologize in advance. Read more: https://bit.ly/yule-cat
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Democrats' divide over AI frames a debate for 2028
Site: Axios
Two main arguments on AI are now playing out within the Democratic Party.
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Science says we’ve been nurturing “gifted” kids all wrong | ScienceDaily Added: Dec 21, 2025
Science says we’ve been nurturing “gifted” kids all wrong
Site: ScienceDaily
A major international review has upended long-held ideas about how top performers are made. By analyzing nearly 35,000 elite achievers across science, music, chess, and sports, researchers found that early stars rarely become adult superstars. Most world-class performers developed slowly and explored multiple fields before specializing. The message is clear: talent grows through variety, not narrow focus.
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Israeli scientist in Nature's top ten science shapers list | The Jerusalem Post
Added: Dec 21, 2025Israeli scientist in Nature's top ten science shapers list | The Jerusalem Post
Site: The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
‘Peptide detective’ Weizmann immunologist Prof. Yifat Merbl was recognized for a new hidden immune mechanism.
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Scientists discover earliest fire-making evidence from 400,000 years ago | Fox News Added: Dec 21, 2025
Scientists discover earliest fire-making evidence from 400,000 years ago | Fox News
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Africa Is Splitting Into Two Continents And A Vast New Ocean Could Eventually Open Up | IFLScience
Added: Dec 21, 2025Africa Is Splitting Into Two Continents And A Vast New Ocean Could Eventually Open Up
Site: IFLScience
East Africa may look very different in five to ten million years.
Africa is gradually splitting in two. As with most geological processes, it unfolds at a glacial pace over millions of years, but in time it could cause part of East Africa to break away from the rest of the continent, likely giving rise to a new ocean between the two landmasses. This vast breakup is linked to the East African Rift System (EARS), one of the world’s largest rift zones, which runs for thousands of kilometers through multiple African countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique. This rift system means that the African plate is splitting into two – the smaller Somalian plate and the larger Nubian plate – that are pulling away from each other at a super-sluggish snail’s pace of millimeters per year, according to a 2004 study. Back in 2018, news of a crack emerging in Kenya went viral, with many claiming that this was evidence of Africa snapping in two before our eyes. While this startling scene was related to the EARS, it’s a bit misleading to present it as live evidence of Africa’s great split-up. As IFLScience previously pointed out, this was likely just a highly localized expression of the valley's regular rifting activity. The EARS has been in this current process for around 25 million years and the crack in Kenya was an indirect whisper of what’s occurring on the continent. However, in another 5 million to 10 million years, changes in the EARS could result in a drastically different-looking world. Around this timeframe, we are likely to see a new ocean form between the Somalian plate and the Nubian plate. The great continent of Africa will lose its eastern shoulder and a vast sea will cut off East Africa. As strange as this may seem, it’s worth remembering that Earth’s surface is in a constant state of flux ; it’s just so slow that human experience can’t account for it. The appearance of the world as we know it is relatively new. The land and sea we see today – of Eurasia, the Americas, Africa, Antarctica, and Oceania – are the product of vast tectonic plates that slot together like a jigsaw puzzle. Very slowly, however, these jigsaw pieces move around on a timescale of millions of years. Just think of the split-up that the Earth saw around 138 million years ago when South America and Africa divided. If you look at the west coast of Africa and the east coast of South America, you'll notice they fit together like two jigsaw pieces, beautifully highlighting how these continents were once joined as one. The departure of East Africa will simply be another chapter in this vast geological storybook. Who knows whether humanity will be around to see any of these changes, but it doesn't look too hopeful. A previous version of this article was published in March 2023.
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The mystery that lights scientists on fire: an "8th continent" resurfaces beneath the Pacific Ocean - Thot Cursus Added: Dec 21, 2025
The mystery that lights scientists on fire: an "8th continent" resurfaces beneath the Pacific Ocean
Researchers aboard the International Ocean Discovery Program ship have carried out six drilling missions in submerged territory; what they have reported leaves no doubt.
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This New Gene-Edited Fungus Has a ‘Meatlike’ Flavor, Is Easier to Digest, and Produces Protein Far More Quickly
Site: Food & Wine
Scientists in China used CRISPR to engineer a fungus that churns out protein more efficiently and with a lighter environmental footprint. The modified strain grows faster, uses less sugar, and dramatically reduces emissions. The result is a greener, meatier alternative for anyone looking to cut back on meat.
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What Is a Group of Raccoons Called? It's Surprisingly Elegant | HowStuffWorks
Added: Dec 21, 2025What Is a Group of Raccoons Called? It's Surprisingly Elegant
Site: HowStuffWorks
You’ve probably seen them rifling through trash cans or sneaking across your backyard at night. But when you spot more than one, you might wonder, what is a group of raccoons called?
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Democrats are united in bashing GOP on Obamacare. Medicare for All could reopen a rift. - POLITICO Added: Dec 21, 2025
Democrats are united in bashing GOP on Obamacare. Medicare for All could reopen a rift.
Site: POLITICO
The single-payer health care system is again becoming a rallying cry for progressives in the midterms.
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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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Christina Luoluo Added: Dec 21, 2025
Christina Luoluo
Christina is a student at MIT with creativity in heart
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YouTube Now Shutting Down Channels Posting AI Slop
Added: Dec 21, 2025YouTube Now Shutting Down Channels Posting AI Slop
Site: Futurism
Two massive channels that churned out loads of fake AI-generated movie trailers were terminated by YouTube.
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Kimmel Christmas message to U.K. viewers to hail great year "from a fascism perspective"
Site: Axios
He'll deliver the 2025 Alternative Christmas Message for U.K. viewers on Channel 4 this Thursday.
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Vance tries to weather the MAGA storm at Turning Point
Site: POLITICO
The weekend-long gathering has been enveloped in intraparty fighting.
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Scientists found the last universal common ancestor for all life on Earth - The Brighter Side of News
Added: Dec 21, 2025Scientists found the last universal common ancestor for all life on Earth
Site: The Brighter Side of News
New research suggests LUCA was a complex microbe that lived about 4.2 billion years ago, reshaping ideas about life’s origins.
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Earth's Seasons Are Strangely Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space : ScienceAlert
Added: Dec 21, 2025Earth's Seasons Are Strangely Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space
Site: ScienceAlert
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have watched our planet's seasons from space and discovered that spring, summer, winter, and fall are surprisingly out of sync.
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Riding 3I/ATLAS to the Stars. The Voyager Golden Records, containing… | by Avi Loeb | Dec, 2025 | Medium Added: Dec 21, 2025
Riding 3I/ATLAS to the Stars
Site: Medium
The Voyager Golden Records, containing a time capsule of sounds, images, music and messages from Earth, were attached to NASA’s Voyager 1…
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Updating the Loeb Classification Scale of 3I/ATLAS
Site: Medium
The Loeb scale ranks interstellar objects on a scale between 0 for natural icy rocks (comets or asteroids) to 10 for alien technology that…
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Unknown humans lived in the Americas for millennia, then disappeared, remaining a mystery
Site: Earth.com
Ancient genetic data from central Argentina reveal a previously unknown human population that endured there for millennia before vanishing.
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Top AI investors say maybe it's a bubble, but 'bubbles are good for innovation' | Fortune Added: Dec 21, 2025
Top AI investors say maybe it's a bubble, but 'bubbles are good for innovation' | Fortune
Site: Fortune
"You need a bubble in technology and startups ... to not only attract the world's best talent to work on a certain set of problems."
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Trump Has No Authority to Categorize Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction | National Review Added: Dec 21, 2025
Trump Has No Authority to Categorize Fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction | National Review
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Leading Climate Lawfare Firm Accepts Millions in Donations from Left-Wing Dark Money Groups | National Review
