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by Owen Kibel
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Bookmarks for 2026-01-20T23:42:18.743Z
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President Donald J. Trump's First Year in Office - YouTube Added: Jan 20, 2026
President Donald J. Trump's First Year in Office
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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Trump's low approval ratings after one year might actually prove he's winning big league | Fox News Added: Jan 20, 2026
Trump's low approval ratings after one year might actually prove he's winning big league | Fox News
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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President Trump Will Get a Third Term Even Without Defying the Constitution - POLITICO Added: Jan 20, 2026
President Trump Will Get a Third Term Even Without Defying the Constitution
Site: POLITICO
Trumpism will shadow the next president, even if that is a Democrat.
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The Left's Constant Racial Focus and Why the Dems are the Party of MISERY, with James Woods
Site: YouTube
Megyn Kelly is joined by James Woods, actor and musician behind "Tombstone Opera," to discuss the leftâs constant racial focus, Pam Grier's questionable comm...
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Konrad Lorenz - Nobel Laureate & Ethologist Meets Actress Teyana Taylor (THE SAAD TRUTH_1980)
Site: YouTube
My website: https://www.gadsaad.comTo subscribe to my exclusive content on X, please visit my bio at https://x.com/GadSaadIf you appreciate my work and would...
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In the Spotlight: Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz
Site: YouTube
Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz, educator and facilitator of Jewish communal music, joins Abigail Pogrebin to discuss her work weaving song and Torah into communal...
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Chatting with My Daughter About Musical Preferences (THE SAAD TRUTH_ 1981)
Site: YouTube
You can now pre-order my forthcoming book Suicidal Empathy: Dying to be Kind here: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/suicidal-empathy-gad-saad?variant=4...
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Gregg Roman-Executive Director, Middle East Forum- Iran, Israel, & Immigration (THE SAAD TRUTH_1978)
Site: YouTube
Gregg Roman's site at the Middle East Forum: https://www.meforum.org/gregg-roman_______________________________________My website: https://www.gadsaad.comTo ...
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House Dem declares Trump 'mentally ill' and calls for 25th Amendment | Fox News
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Tearing Apart NATO, over a Trinket | National Review Added: Jan 20, 2026
Tearing Apart NATO, over a Trinket | National Review
Site: National Review
Trumpâs diatribe in a text message to the Norwegian prime minister is unhinged, false, or bonkers in at least ten ways.
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Trump poll numbers sink to 42% approval rating amid political concerns | Fox News Added: Jan 20, 2026
Trump poll numbers sink to 42% approval rating amid political concerns | Fox News
Trump approval rating average stands at 42% as RNC Chair Joe Gruters calls President Donald Trump the GOP's "secret weapon" for 2026 midterm elections despite polling challenges.
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Elon Musk Makes Part of X Algorithm Open Source, Says It âSucksâ Added: Jan 20, 2026
Elon Musk Makes Part of X Algorithm Open Source, Says It âSucksâ
Site: Gizmodo
He also says it's dumb.
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X open sources its algorithm while facing a transparency fine and Grok controversies | TechCrunch
Added: Jan 20, 2026X open sources its algorithm while facing a transparency fine and Grok controversies | TechCrunch
Site: TechCrunch
In a post to GitHub on Tuesday, the social media giant purported to share its secret sauce.
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Decoding Xâs algorithm: Hereâs how Grok open sources and curates the âFor Youâ feed - BusinessToday Added: Jan 20, 2026
Decoding Xâs algorithm: Hereâs how Grok open sources and curates the âFor Youâ feed - BusinessToday
Site: Business Today
Here's how X open-source its algorithm to make the "For You" feed more relevant for its users.
Elon Muskâs X is finally lifting the lid on how its platform works, particularly how the âFor Youâ feed is shaped for users worldwide. The company has made public the code on GitHub that explains how its algorithm functions, in a move aimed at increasing transparency. X has now outlined how its newly open-sourced algorithm operates, breaking the process down into 10 summarised steps. Reportedly, the feed is built through several stages using the companyâs own Grok AI model, marking a shift from manually set rules to artificial intelligence. In simpler terms, Xâs system scans more than 100 million posts, narrows them down to about 1,500 highly relevant posts, and then displays them on usersâ feeds. How Grok open-sources system works to curate âFor Youâ feed The first step explains that the system collects a userâs personal data, such as the accounts they follow and the posts they interact with through likes, reshares, and comments. This helps the system create a digital map of the userâs interests. The next step involves collecting posts and interactions from usersâ in-network accounts (people or pages they follow), which are fetched through a high-speed system called âThunder.â It also pulls posts from outside the userâs network by identifying content from strangers that aligns with the userâs interests using AI. Next, Xâs system adds additional information to the shortlisted posts, such as whether a user subscribes to X Premium, whether a post is paywalled, video quality, and other metadata. It then removes duplicate posts, outdated content, and posts containing keywords that the user has muted. This ensures the feed excludes content the user has already scrolled past or chosen to avoid. Grok then plays a major role in the ranking process by assigning importance scores to each post. Using an advanced AI model, the system predicts how likely a user is to engage with a post through likes, replies, reposts, or clicks. Based on these predictions, each post is scored, boosting high-quality content and reducing the visibility of less relevant posts. Finally, the âFor Youâ feed is created using the top-ranked posts. A final safety check ensures that no deleted posts, spam, or violent content appear in the feed.
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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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How a 4 Billion-Year-Old Space Rock May Hint That Consciousness Predates Life Itself Added: Jan 20, 2026
Consciousness Formed Before Life Itself, Scientists SayâAnd the Evidence Could Be in This Asteroid Sample
Site: Popular Mechanics
Tantalizing clues in 4-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu samples could reveal particular molecular formations that some scientists say support the workings of consciousness.
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Engineering on X: "We have open-sourced our new đ algorithm, powered by the same transformer architecture as xAI's Grok model. Check it out here: https://t.co/3WKwZkdgmB" / X Added: Jan 20, 2026
Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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GitHub - xai-org/x-algorithm: Algorithm powering the For You feed on X
Added: Jan 20, 2026GitHub - xai-org/x-algorithm: Algorithm powering the For You feed on X
Site: GitHub
Algorithm powering the For You feed on X. Contribute to xai-org/x-algorithm development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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The great Davos divorce: America's allies draw red line with Trump Added: Jan 20, 2026
The great Davos divorce: America's allies draw red line with Trump
Site: Axios
"Being a happy vassal is one thing. Being a miserable slave is something else."
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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How to Not Be a Fascist - Nathan Beacom - The Dispatch
Added: Jan 20, 2026How to Not Be a Fascist
Site: The Dispatch
How one Hungarian philosopher resisted the Nazis through âcivilization.â
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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I cracked Hyprland at last - thanks to this Arch-based Linux distro | ZDNET
Added: Jan 20, 2026I cracked Hyprland at last - thanks to this Arch-based Linux distro
Site: ZDNET
Omarchy isn't for beginners, but it's the best way I've found to use Hyprland and get straight to work.
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Billionaire Marc Andreessen spends 3 hours a day listening to podcasts and audiobooksâthatâs nearly an entire 24-hour day each week | Fortune Added: Jan 20, 2026
Billionaire Marc Andreessen spends 3 hours a day listening to podcasts and audiobooksâthatâs nearly an entire 24-hour day each week | Fortune
Site: Fortune
Bill Gates, Mark Cuban, and Marc Andreessen all swear by the same habit for success: Spend your free time readingâor listeningâover scrolling.
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Star Trek: Into Irrelevance | National Review
Site: National Review
Instead of going where no man has gone before, Starfleet Academyâs engines have stalled in creative exhaustion.
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MITâs new ârecursiveâ framework lets LLMs process 10 million tokens without context rot | VentureBeat Added: Jan 20, 2026
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Scientists discover new life forms inside human bodies - Earth.com Added: Jan 20, 2026
Scientists discover new life forms inside human bodies, remarking 'it's insane'
Site: Earth.com
Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and microscopic life.
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A Single Gopher Dropped On Mount St Helens Left An Astonishing Impact Four Decades Later | IFLScience Added: Jan 20, 2026
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Mother of Elon Musk's son countersued by xAI after Grok lawsuit Added: Jan 21, 2026
Mother of Musk's son sues xAI for 'perverted images' of her. It sues her back.
Site: Austin American-Statesman
Ashley St. Clair, the mother of Musk's son Romulus, filed suit in New York. xAI says her case must be filed in Texas.
The mother of one of Elon Muskâs children is suing xAI, alleging the companyâs Grok AI chatbot created images of her undressed. The Elon Musk-owned company quickly countersued, saying disputes with his X social media platform must be filed in Texas. Ashley St. Clair, the mother of Muskâs son, Romulus, filed suit in New York requesting removal of the content, which included images of her âas a child stripped down to a string bikiniâ and as an adult in âsexually explicit poses.â âxAI is directly liable for the harassment and explicit images created by its own chatbot, Grok,â the lawsuit says. St. Clair also alleges she was retaliated against by having her X account demonetized and more images of her generated. MORE FALLOUT: Elon Muskâs xAI chatbot criticized over sexualized images of children âItâs jolting that our obligatory notification to X that we were filing for a Temporary Restraining Order to stop Grok from its manufacturing and publication of perverted images of Ms. St. Clair resulted in them suing her,â Carrie Goldberg, St. Clairâs lawyer, said in an emailed response to questions, adding the italic emphasis. The suit comes as xAI is taking heat over Grok generating sexualized images of women and children, leading to calls for regulatory action in Texas, California and around the world. In Texas, Democrats in the House of Representatives have called on Attorney General Ken Paxton to investigate X and Grok. Outside the U.S., Malaysia and Indonesia blocked access to Grok. Ofcom, the United Kingdomâs online regulator, said it made âurgent contactâ with X and xAI about such images and later launched an investigation. xAI responded that Grok will no longer be able to edit photos to put real people in revealing clothing for users in places where that is illegal. Itâs unclear if those changes have been made. St. Clairâs lawsuit says New York County is the appropriate venue for St. Clairâs suit because the events giving rise to the claim happened there and the damages were suffered in substantial part in the county. xAI is arguing otherwise, saying that at the time St. Clair most recently used xAI, its terms of service had clauses addressing jurisdiction and venue. The terms say all disputes âmust proceed exclusively in the federal U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas or state courts located in Tarrant County.â xAIâs lawsuit claims St. Clair violated the terms of service and claimed damages of more than $75,000. Notably, the judge for the Northern District of Texas is Reed OâConnor. In 2024, OâConnor was called on to recuse himself from Muskâs lawsuit against Media Matters lawsuit after records revealed OâConnor had a financial stake in Tesla Inc., the Austin-based automaker of which Musk is CEO. Goldberg said she has never heard of a defendant suing somebody for notifying them of their intention to use the legal system. âIncidentally, their filing was completely devoid of any details about this Terms of Service contract â when it was executed by Ms. St. Clair or the scope of conduct it covers,â Goldberg said, adding that St. Clair will be defending her forum in New York. âFrankly, any jurisdiction will recognize the gravamen of Ms. St. Clairâs claims â that by manufacturing nonconsensual sexually explicit images of girls and women, xAI is a public nuisance and a not reasonably safe product.â In a post last week on X, St. Clair warned users against posting pictures of themselves or their families unless they want to be told that âsexual abuse content from its nazi robot isnât a violation of its terms of service.â Grok also was under criticism in July, when it allegedly made comments about Hitler in response to a post about deadly flooding in Central Texas. xAI did not respond to a request for comment on St. Clairâs lawsuit.
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Southern Jew in New York City | Matthew Broussard | Facebook Added: Jan 21, 2026
1.8M views ¡ 56K reactions | Southern Jew in New York City | Matthew Broussard
Southern Jew in New York City
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Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (Official Music Video)
Site: YouTube
The Official Music Video for Money For Nothing. Taken from Dire Straits â Brothers in Arms.Dire Straits â Live 1978-1992' is out now (UK/ROW). Out January 19...
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HE COOKED HER
Site: YouTube
Homeschool your kidsBecome A Memberhttp://youtube.com/timcastnews/joinThe Green Room - https://rumble.com/playlists/aa56qw_g-j0BUY CAST BREW COFFEE TO FIGHT ...
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IT HAS BEGUN | Timcast IRL
Site: YouTube
Text TIM to 36912 to get 60% off the BAERSkin Hoodie today! Or click: https://baer.skin/timGet 50% off Webroot Total Protection or Webroot Essentials when yo...
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ICE Agents Draw Guns On Minneapolis Police Officer, This Is War
Site: YouTube
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President Trump Participates in a Reception with Business Leaders
Site: YouTube
Davos, Switzerland
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THEY ARE COOKED
Site: YouTube
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THEY GOT HER
Site: YouTube
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Tomorrowâs Full Moon Phase of 3I/ATLAS | by Avi Loeb | Jan, 2026 | Medium Added: Jan 21, 2026
Tomorrowâs âFull Moonâ Phase of 3I/ATLAS
Site: Medium
In a new paper that was just accepted for publication yesterday (and published here), I reported with Mauro Barbieri that tomorrow, JanuaryâŚ
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Interstellar Hitchhiking on Objects Like 3I/ATLAS
Site: Medium
For a technological civilization born on a planet as massive as Earth, the easiest way to engage in high-speed interstellar travel might beâŚ
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Trump rules out using military force to take Greenland
Site: Axios
European allies have been bracing for a clash with Trump over Greenland this week in the Swiss Alps.
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Complex building blocks of life form spontaneously in space, research reveals Added: Jan 21, 2026
Complex building blocks of life form spontaneously in space, research reveals
Challenging long-held assumptions, Aarhus University researchers have demonstrated that the protein building blocks essential for life as we know it can form readily in space. This discovery, appearing in Nature Astronomy, significantly raises the statistical probability of finding extraterrestrial life.
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Google DeepMindâs Demis Hassabis and the paradox of AI progress | Semafor
Added: Jan 21, 2026Google DeepMindâs Demis Hassabis and the paradox of AI progress
The DeepMind founder says the natural shortcomings slowing down the development of AI are actually a good thing.
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Donald Trump's mental fitness questioned by ex-aide Stephanie Grisham Added: Jan 21, 2026
Former Trump press secretary on marathon briefing: âFeels like heâs ⌠mentally slippingâ
Site: The Hill
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham on Tuesday commentated during President Trumpâs marathon press briefing, saying it feels âlike heâs ⌠mentally slipping.âŚ
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham on Tuesday commentated during President Trump's marathon press briefing, saying it feels "like he's ... mentally slipping." "This presser is bizarre even for him," Grisham posted on the social platform X. "Itâs all the usual rambling, off-topic tales, half-truths, lies, 'Iâve fixed everything - no one has ever seen anything like it' stuffâŚbut itâs low-energy & feels like heâsâŚmentally slipping. Congress-plz wake up. Plz. #EmperorHasNoClothes." Grisham, who also served as an aide to first lady Melania Trump during the first Trump administration, resigned from the first Trump administration following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. She has become an outspoken critic of the president in the years since. She was among other anti-Trump Republicans asked to speak at the Democratic National Convention in August 2024, weeks after endorsing former Vice President Kamala Harris. Grisham took to the stage and said she was once a "true believer" in Trump. âBehind closed doors, Trump mocks his supporters," she said. "He calls them âbasement dwellers.' He has no empathy, no morals and no fidelity to the truth." Grisham's comments come after Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, called for a congressional inquiry into Trump's presidential fitness. Reiner cited a letter Trump sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, in which the president appeared to link his threats to acquire Greenland to not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize after he openly campaigned for it. "This letter, and the fact that the president directed that it be distributed to other European countries, should trigger a bipartisan congressional inquiry into presidential fitness," Reiner wrote on X. Democratic lawmakers have called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked to remove Trump from office. Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), in sharing Trump's letter to Støre in an X post, said the 25th Amendment "exists for a reasonâwe need to invoke it immediately." âInvoke the 25th Amendment,â Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) wrote on X, sharing an image of a New York Times article reporting on Trump's letter to Støre. On Tuesday, Trump joined White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a press briefing to mark one full year into his second term. The president addressed a myriad of issues from federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota to his growing calls for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. He praised his administration's work over the past year and, on the economy, said the public is not seeing his economic accomplishments. Trump posted on Truth Social earlier this month that he was in "perfect health" and that he "'ACED' (Meaning, was correct on 100% of the questions asked!), for the third straight time, my Cognitive Examination, something which no other President, or previous Vice President, was willing to take."
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This new Linux distro is a multimedia powerhouse right out of the box | ZDNET
Added: Jan 21, 2026
This new Linux distro is a multimedia powerhouse right out of the box
Site: ZDNET
Elegance is a relatively new Linux distribution that aims to be your solution for office, multimedia, and gaming.
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Progressives Turn on Democrats: Gavin Newsom in the Crosshairs | National Review Added: Jan 21, 2026
Progressives Turn on Democrats: Gavin Newsom in the Crosshairs | National Review
