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• The Drunk Republican on X: "My favorite Obama “coming together” moment was when him and Hillary financed a phony dossier to sabotage the rightfully elected President" / X Added: Feb 15, 2026

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• Bias against AI art is so deep it changes how viewers perceive color and brightness Added: Feb 15, 2026

  Bias against AI art is so deep it changes how viewers perceive color and brightness

  Site: PsyPost - Psychology News

  New research suggests that labeling artwork as AI-created diminishes how viewers perceive its beauty and meaning. This bias appears to influence even basic visual processing.

  New research suggests that simply labeling an artwork as created by artificial intelligence can reduce how much people enjoy and value it. This bias appears to affect not just how viewers interpret the meaning of the art, but even how they process basic visual features like color and brightness. The findings were published in the <em><a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-92562-001" target="_blank">Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts</a></em>.

  Artificial intelligence has rapidly become a common tool for visual artists. Artists use technologies ranging from text-to-image generators to robotic arms to produce new forms of imagery. Despite this widespread adoption, audiences often react negatively when they learn technology was involved in the creative process.

  Alwin de Rooij, an assistant professor at Tilburg University and associate professor at Avans University of Applied Sciences, sought to understand the consistency of this negative reaction. De Rooij aimed to determine if this bias occurs across different psychological systems involved in viewing art. The researcher also wanted to see if this negative reaction is a permanent structural phenomenon or if it varies by context.

  "AI-generated images can now be nearly indistinguishable from art made without AI, yet both public debate and scientific studies suggest that people may respond differently once they are told AI was involved," de Rooij told PsyPost. "These reactions resemble earlier anxieties around new technologies in art, such as the introduction of photography in the nineteenth century, which is now a fully established art form. This raised the question of how consistent bias against AI in visual art is, and whether it might already be changing."

  To examine this, De Rooij conducted a meta-analysis. This statistical technique combines data from multiple independent studies to find overall trends that a single experiment might miss. The researcher performed a systematic search for experiments published between January 2017 and September 2024.

  The analysis included studies where participants viewed visual art and were told it was made by AI. These responses were compared to responses for art labeled as human-made or art presented with no label. The researcher extracted 191 distinct effect sizes from the selected studies.

  De Rooij categorized these measurements using a framework known as the Aesthetic Triad model. This model organizes the art experience into three specific systems. The first is the sensory-motor system, which deals with basic visual processing. The second is the knowledge-meaning system, which involves interpretation and context. The third is the emotion-valuation system, which covers subjective feelings and personal preferences.

  The investigation revealed that knowing AI was used generally diminishes the aesthetic experience. A small but significant negative effect appeared within the sensory-motor system. This system involves the initial processing of visual features such as color, shape, and spatial relationships. When viewers believed an image was AI-generated, they tended to perceive these basic qualities less favorably.

  A moderate negative effect appeared in the knowledge-meaning system. This aspect of the aesthetic experience relates to how people interpret an artwork’s intent. It also includes judgments about the skill required to make the piece. Participants consistently attributed less profundity and creativity to works labeled as artificial intelligence.

  The researcher also found a small negative effect in the emotion-valuation system. This system governs subjective feelings of beauty, awe, and liking. Viewers tended to report lower emotional connection when they thought AI was responsible for the work. They also rated these works as less beautiful compared to identical works labeled as human-made.

  "The main takeaway is that knowing AI was involved in making an artwork can change how we experience it, even when the artwork itself is identical," de Rooij explained. "People tend to attribute less meaning and value to art once it is labeled as AI-made, not because it looks worse, but because it is interpreted differently. In some cases, this bias even feeds into basic visual judgments, such as how colorful or vivid an image appears. This shows that bias against AI is not just an abstract opinion about technology. It can deeply shape the aesthetic experience itself."

  But these negative responses were not uniform across all people. The researcher identified age as a significant factor in the severity of the bias. Older participants demonstrated a stronger negative reaction to AI art. Younger audiences showed much weaker negative effects.

  This difference suggests a possible generational shift in how people perceive technology in art. Younger viewers may be less troubled by the integration of algorithms in the creative process. The style of the artwork also influenced viewer reactions.

  Representational art, which depicts recognizable objects, reduced the negative bias regarding meaning compared to abstract art. However, representational art worsened the bias regarding emotional connection. The setting of the study mattered as well. Experiments conducted online produced stronger evidence of bias than those conducted in laboratories or real-world galleries.

  "Another surprising finding was how unstable the bias is," de Rooij said. "Rather than being a fixed reaction, it varies across audiences and contexts. As mentioned earlier, the bias tends to be stronger among older populations, but the results show it is also influenced by the style of the artworks and by how and where they are presented. In some settings, the bias becomes very weak or nearly disappears. This further supports the observation that, much like earlier reactions to new technologies in art, resistance to AI may be transitional rather than permanent."

  A key limitation involves how previous experiments presented artificial intelligence. Many studies framed the technology as an autonomous agent that created art independently. This description often conflicts with real-world artistic practice.

  "The practical significance of these findings need to be critically examined," de Rooij noted. "Many of the studies included in the meta-analysis frame AI as if it were an autonomous artist, which does not reflect artistic practice, where AI is typically used as a responsive material. The AI-as-artist framing evoke dystopian imaginaries about AI replacing human artists or threatening the humanity in art. As a result, some studies may elicit stronger negative responses to AI, but in a way that has no clear real-world counterpart."

  Future research should investigate the role of invisible human involvement in AI art. De Rooij plans to conduct follow-up studies.

  "The next step is to study bias against AI in art in more realistic settings, such as galleries or museums, and in ways that better reflect how artists actually use AI in their creative practice," de Rooij said. "This is a reaction to the finding that bias against AI seemed particularly strong in online studies, which merits verification of the bias in real-world settings. This proposed follow-up research has recently received funding from the Dutch Research Council, and the first results are expected in late 2026. We are excited about moving this work forward!"

  The study, “<a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-92562-001" target="_blank">Bias against artificial intelligence in visual art: A meta-analysis</a>,” was authored by Alwin de Rooij.

  

• Colin Wright on X: "The left is far more openly racist pushing its DEI agenda than the right, and it's not even close. On the left, racism has become so normalized and even celebrated that they don't even recognize it as racism. By contrast, the Trump administration has focused on opposing and" / X Added: Feb 15, 2026

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• Josh Barzon on X: "The entire Book of Revelation is a giant chiasm. A chiasm is a literary device where ideas unfold in order (A B C) and then repeat in reverse (C B A), forming a "V" shaped symmetry that aids memory and draws attention to the central point (C). The Bible is amazing. https://t.co/tz3rL4zPV6" / X Added: Feb 15, 2026

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• Jonathan Turley on X: "Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered another fantastic speech in Europe with this haymaker of a line: "We in America have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West’s managed decline." Bravo, Mr. Secretary, Bravo..." / X Added: Feb 15, 2026

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• Jonathan Turley on X: "The early reviews of Rage and the Republic are in!  “Rage and the Republic is Jonathan Turley’s birthday gift to America to mark its 250 years of independence… A wise guide to avoid wrecking the American project.” https://t.co/VyE4xWjyTc" / X Added: Feb 15, 2026

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• The Reviews Are In: “Rage and the Republic is Jonathan Turley’s Birthday Gift to America to Mark its 250 Years of Independence” – JONATHAN TURLEY Added: Feb 15, 2026

  The Reviews Are In: “Rage and the Republic is Jonathan Turley’s Birthday Gift to America to Mark its 250 Years of Independence”

  Site: JONATHAN TURLEY

  The early reviews of Rage and the Republic are in!  In a few days, books (including an audiobook) will be shipped out and on the shelves of bookstores by February 3. Simon & Schuster is releasi…

  

• Jonathan Turley on X: "I have spoken with members who were part of the conference on the petition to force the release of these documents. Massie and Khanna opposed efforts to amend the petition to allow for greater resources to review the millions of documents... https://t.co/Drm0mSwI6B" / X Added: Feb 15, 2026

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• John Cleese on X: "By contrast, Jesus Christ's teaching is about love and forgiveness The various Christian churches have often let Christ down, but that was his teaching" / X Added: Feb 15, 2026

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• Scientists Find a Global ‘Language’ Hidden in Bird Calls Added: Feb 15, 2026

  Scientists Find a Global ‘Language’ Hidden in Bird Calls

  Site: SciTechDaily

  Birds across the planet share a learned warning cry that may echo the origins of language itself.

  

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• STORYTELLERS | Ep. 2 - Minita Gandhi #shorts #storytellers #minitagandhi See full ep ‪@UnreelFilms‬ - YouTube Added: Feb 15, 2026

  STORYTELLERS | Ep. 2 - Minita Gandhi #shorts #storytellers #minitagandhi See full ep @UnreelFilms

  Site: YouTube

  Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

  

• Minita Gandhi Muthaland Interview - YouTube Added: Feb 15, 2026

  Minita Gandhi Muthaland Interview

  Site: YouTube

  Playwright and Actor Minita Gandhi talks about Muthaland - playing at PCPA through October 21, 2018

  

• STORYTELLERS | Ep. 2 - Minita Gandhi - "The wound is where the light enters" - YouTube Added: Feb 15, 2026

  STORYTELLERS | Ep. 2 - Minita Gandhi - "The wound is where the light enters"

  Site: YouTube

  "The wound is where the light enters." Writer & Actor Minita Gandhi tells her story of how she has taken a terrible event that happened in 2009 and transform...

  

• 773,000-year-old Moroccan cave fossils reveal human and neandertal evolutionary split - The Brighter Side of News Added: Feb 15, 2026

  773,000-year-old Moroccan cave fossils reveal human and neandertal evolutionary split

  Site: The Brighter Side of News

  New Nature study dates Morocco hominin fossils to 773,000 years, offering clues near the shared roots of humans and Neandertals.

  

• Matt Mahan pitches pragmatism in California governor bid | Politics | sfexaminer.com Added: Feb 15, 2026

  Matt Mahan looks to jump from Silicon Valley to Sacramento

  Site: San Francisco Examiner

  Matt Mahan pitches pragmatism in California governor bid

  

• This brilliant new Android keyboard makes typing effortless Added: Feb 15, 2026

  This brilliant new Android keyboard makes typing effortless

  Site: MUO

  I speak and this keyboard types, and it's damn brilliant.

  

• 5 things your Android phone can do without installing any apps Added: Feb 15, 2026

  5 things your Android phone can do without installing any apps

  Site: MUO

  Built-in Android features that replace extra downloads.

  

• 5 Iconic Romantic Tropes We Owe to Shakespeare Added: Feb 15, 2026

  5 Iconic Romantic Tropes We Owe to Shakespeare

  Site: Mental Floss

  From "will-they-won't-they" romances to "star-crossed lovers," these classic romance tropes wouldn't be the same without Shakespeare.

  

• NYC gets its first 'free grocery store' -- but it's not what Mamdani had in mind Added: Feb 15, 2026

  NYC gets its first ‘free grocery store’ — but it’s not what Mamdani had in mind

  Site: New York Post

  New Yorkers are embracing a free market.

  

• Man's warning after seeing what popped up on airport scanner when he went through with erection Added: Feb 15, 2026

  Man's warning after seeing what popped up on airport scanner when he went through with erection

  Site: LADbible

  A US man explained he endured one of the 'most humiliating experiences' ever after walking through security in a Nevada airport with an erection.

  

• Malcolm Gladwell says 'don't go to Harvard.' Be a big fish in a smaller pond, instead | Fortune Added: Feb 15, 2026

  Malcolm Gladwell tells young people if they want a STEM degree, 'don’t go to Harvard.' You may end up at the bottom of your class and drop out | Fortune

  Site: Fortune

  It’s better to be a big fish in a little pond, Gladwell argues in his book David and Goliath.

  

• Spread a Little Hope & Love - YouTube Added: Feb 15, 2026

  Spread a Little Hope & Love

  Site: YouTube

  Spread a little hope and love now.Throwback 👀

  

• Decoding the Cerebellum’s Secret Role in Human Language - Neuroscience News Added: Feb 15, 2026

  Decoding the Cerebellum’s Secret Role in Human Language - Neuroscience News

  Site: Neuroscience News

  Researchers identify a specialized "satellite" language network in the cerebellum, offering new insights into how the brain processes communication and potential treatments for aphasia.

  

• If you like NotebookLM, you should be pairing it with this free tool to upgrade your thinking Added: Feb 15, 2026

  If you like NotebookLM, you should be pairing it with this free tool to upgrade your thinking

  Site: XDA

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• Archaeologists Opened a Cave Sealed for 40,000 Years and Found the Last Neanderthals on Earth Added: Feb 15, 2026

  Archaeologists Opened a Cave Sealed for 40,000 Years and Found the Last Neanderthals on Earth

  Site: Indian Defence Review

  Archaeologists breached a Gibraltar cave chamber sealed for 40,000 years and found bones exactly where they fell.

  

• New Interactive Avian Tree of Life Lets You Trace 11,000 Bird Species Back Through Time - A-Z Animals Added: Feb 15, 2026

  New Interactive Avian Tree of Life Lets You Trace 11,000 Bird Species Back Through Time

  Site: A-Z Animals

  Explore an interactive avian tree of life that reveals how 11,000 bird species are connected through millions of years of evolution.

  

• STORYTELLERS | Ep. 2 - Minita Gandhi - "The wound is where the light enters" - YouTube Added: Feb 16, 2026

  STORYTELLERS | Ep. 2 - Minita Gandhi - "The wound is where the light enters"

  Site: YouTube

  "The wound is where the light enters." Writer & Actor Minita Gandhi tells her story of how she has taken a terrible event that happened in 2009 and transform...

  

• Worlds Worst Sheepdog - YouTube Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Worlds Worst Sheepdog

  Site: YouTube

  Nelson the 'part' Norfolk terrier gets a sheep 'hurry up'

  

• Sheep interview - YouTube Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Sheep interview

  Site: YouTube

  … doesn’t go so well!

  

• Michael Shellenberger on X: "Democrats are moderating, say pundits. Except they're not. They tweaked their rhetoric but their agenda's mostly the same. They've not taken responsibility for the Woke Reign of Terror and censorship. And now, new research proves it was the Left, not the Right, that radicalized. https://t.co/obN7ft5o9t" / X Added: Feb 16, 2026

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• Michael Shellenberger on X: "Democrats are moderating in anticipation of the midterm elections, according to many analysts. The New Democrat Coalition, a large center-left bloc of Democrats in the House, urged the party last week to adopt a “more moderate approach” focused on affordability and economic https://t.co/bxikbB0crj" / X Added: Feb 16, 2026

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• HE CONFIRMED IT - YouTube Added: Feb 16, 2026

  HE CONFIRMED IT

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• This is nuts.. - YouTube Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Adolf Hitler WINS Election In Africa, Wild Story Is ACTUALLY REAL

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• NASA Immortalizes an Ultra-Rare Atmospheric Phenomenon Over the Pacific Added: Feb 16, 2026

  NASA Immortalizes an Ultra-Rare Atmospheric Phenomenon Over the Pacific

  Site: Indian Defence Review

  NASA captured a surreal “double rainbow” stretching 300 miles beside rare cloud vortices over Mexico, two striking atmospheric phenomena in one frame.

  

• Backwards heat shows laws of thermodynamics may need a quantum update | New Scientist Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Backwards heat shows laws of thermodynamics may need a quantum update

  Site: New Scientist

  We are used to heat flowing from hot objects to cool ones, and never the other way round, but now researchers have found it is possible to pull off this trick in the strange realm of quantum mechanics

  

• HE DID THIS ON TV??! - YouTube Added: Feb 16, 2026

  HE DID THIS ON TV??!

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• I'm in the "Epstein files." Here is the story. - YouTube Added: Feb 16, 2026

  I'm in the "Epstein files." Here is the story.

  Site: YouTube

  I got some questions about the appearance of my name in Jeffrey Epstein's inbox. Turns out to be about... quantum gravity, unbelievable as that sounds. Here ...

  

• AI creates artificial animals that over time develop functioning vision Added: Feb 16, 2026

  AI creates artificial animals that over time develop functioning vision

  Site: Interesting Engineering

  Researchers created the virtual animals and released them into a synthetic world, giving them tasks on how to navigate, avoid obstacles and find food.

  

• Goodbye to chemical rockets: scientists propose an idea that would allow interstellar travel in just 40 years using beams of electrons traveling at close to the speed of light. Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Goodbye to chemical rockets: scientists propose an idea that would allow interstellar travel in just 40 years using beams of electrons traveling at close to the speed of light.

  Site: ECOticias.com

  Scientists suggest electron beams near light speed could send a spacecraft to Alpha Centauri within a single lifetime

  

• A 300,000-Year-Old Ancient Greek Skull Was neither Human nor Neanderthal. It Belonged to Someone Unexpected Added: Feb 16, 2026

  A 300,000-Year-Old Ancient Greek Skull Was neither Human nor Neanderthal. It Belonged to Someone Unexpected

  Site: The Daily Galaxy - Great Discoveries Channel

  For 60 years, a skull fused to a Greek cave wall defied science, too human, yet not human enough.

  

• Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display — background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo | Tom's Hardware Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display — background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo

  Site: Tom's Hardware

  Find out what it's like outside without looking away from your CLI.

  

• Articles by Mark Tyson, News Editor | Tom's Hardware Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Articles by Mark Tyson, News Editor | Tom's Hardware

  Site: Tom's Hardware

  Discover the latest content written by Mark Tyson, News Editor at Tom's Hardware.

  

• Liberal Chungus PUNCHES Kid For Supporting ICE And They CELEBRATE | Tim Pool - YouTube Added: Feb 16, 2026

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  Site: YouTube

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• Is safety ‘dead’ at xAI? | TechCrunch Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Is safety ‘dead’ at xAI? | TechCrunch

  Site: TechCrunch

  Elon Musk is “actively” working to make xAI’s Grok chatbot “more unhinged," according to a former employee.

  

• Blackstone CEO is turning his $48 billion fortune into a huge philanthropic foundation for AI | Fortune Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Blackstone mogul warned of 'urgent need' for AI preparedness—Now he’s turning his $48 billion fortune into a top philanthropic foundation | Fortune

  Site: Fortune

  Stephen Schwarzman is committing his wealth to his foundation, which could become one of the largest in the world.

  

• After all the hype, some AI experts don't think OpenClaw is all that exciting | TechCrunch Added: Feb 16, 2026

  After all the hype, some AI experts don't think OpenClaw is all that exciting | TechCrunch

  Site: TechCrunch

  "From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel," one expert told TechCrunch.

  

• Does 3i Atlas Have An Egyptian Impact Connection? Ataxtite Meteorites Are >16% Nickel. | by John Sullivan | Feb, 2026 | Medium Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Does 3i Atlas Have A Family Connection to Previous Earth Impacts?

  Site: Medium

  One of 3i Atlas’ most notable oddities was its unusually high nickel production compared to other comets. As a geologist, I can assure you…

  

• Survivorship Bias in the Detection and Characterization of Interstellar Objects | by Avi Loeb | Feb, 2026 | Medium Added: Feb 16, 2026

  Survivorship Bias in the Detection and Characterization of Interstellar Objects

  Site: Medium

  by Omer Eldadi (1), Gershon Tenenbaum (1) and Avi Loeb (2)

  

• The Tremendous Challenge of Detecting the Cosmic Neutrino Background | by Avi Loeb | Feb, 2026 | Medium Added: Feb 16, 2026

  The Tremendous Challenge of Detecting the Cosmic Neutrino Background

  Site: Medium

  When I started my career in cosmology four decades ago, I was intrigued by an inevitable consequence of the Big Bang model. In addition to…