Bookmarks 2026-05-21T06:10:06.558Z
by Owen Kibel
18 min read
Bookmarks for 2026-05-21T06:10:06.558Z
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The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up | New Scientist Added: May 20, 2026
The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up
Site: New Scientist
When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied in detail. Yet the book’s gene-centred view of evolution still has much to teach us in today’s genetic age
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To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system | MIT CSAIL Added: May 20, 2026
To study how chips really work, MIT researchers built their own operating system | MIT CSAIL
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New Iran peace proposal triggers tense Trump-Netanyahu call Added: May 20, 2026
New Iran peace proposal triggers tense Trump-Netanyahu call
Site: Axios
A new draft agreement has been shared with both the U.S. and Iran.
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How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches | TechCrunch
Added: May 20, 2026How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches | TechCrunch
Site: TechCrunch
Google is launching AI-powered “information agents” that can monitor topics in the background and proactively alert users to updates and changes.
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world - Ars Technica
Added: May 20, 2026NASA's Psyche spacecraft returns unfamiliar views of a familiar world
Site: Ars Technica
As a bonus, it captured Mars images from a rare perspective."
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First look: Mojo 1.0 mixes Python and Rust | InfoWorld Added: May 20, 2026
First look: Mojo 1.0 mixes Python and Rust
Site: InfoWorld
Milestone Mojo release reveals a systems programming language with precise control over memory, strong types, GPU programming support, and intuitive Python-like syntax.
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Democrats move to shut down Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund
Site: Axios
The bill could garner bipartisan support, with some Republicans criticizing the fund.
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The last six months in LLMs in five minutes Added: May 20, 2026
The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
Site: Simon Willison’s Weblog
I put together these annotated slides from my five minute lightning talk at PyCon US 2026, using the latest iteration of my annotated presentation tool. # I presented this lightning …
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Two Researchers Are Rebuilding Mathematics From the Ground Up | Quanta Magazine
Added: May 20, 2026Two Researchers Are Rebuilding Mathematics From the Ground Up | Quanta Magazine
Site: Quanta Magazine
By replacing the most fundamental concept in topology, Peter Scholze and Dustin Clausen are taking the first step in a far bigger program to understand why numbers behave the way they do.
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Neanderthals vs Homo Sapiens: The Similarities and Differences Between the Species | TheCollector
Added: May 20, 2026Neanderthals vs Homo Sapiens: The Similarities and Differences Between the Species | TheCollector
Site: TheCollector
Neanderthals had unique biological traits that exemplify their evolutionary trajectory, shaped by factors that differed markedly from those experienced by Homo sapiens.
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Google OMNI Does What Every AI Creator Has Been Waiting For... - YouTube Added: May 21, 2026
Google OMNI Does What Every AI Creator Has Been Waiting For...
Site: YouTube
You are not ready for Google Omni...Try Artlist Agents...https://artlist.io/?artlist_aid=aiSamson_3925&utm_source=affiliate_p&utm_medium=aiSamson_3925&utm_ca...
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Why OCD Thoughts Feel Impossible to Ignore (The Neuroscience Explained)
Site: YouTube
Why do people with OCD know their thoughts are irrational… but still can’t stop them? May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so I’m breaking down some of the ...
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YouTube Is Changing the Entire Algorithm
Site: YouTube
YouTube’s algorithm changes are reshaping the creator economy, with Patrick Bet-David arguing that the platform now “controls the knob” on who gets recommend...
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Terminal Tricks That Make You Faster as a Developer | Tushar Kanjariya | Medium Added: May 21, 2026
I Used the Terminal Wrong for Years
Site: Medium
What senior devs do differently in the terminal
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DOJ INDICTS CASTRO, America Will TAKE CUBA | Timcast IRL
Site: YouTube
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Google I/O 2026 Made Me Want to Cry
Site: YouTube
Google has given us a glimpse into the AI-first and human-last future at their Google I/O event. It’s sad.SUPPORT: https://funkytime.tv/patriot-signup/MERCH:...
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Sam Tucker on X: "Google I/O 2026 Made Me Want to Cry https://t.co/2C8bZRD6AB https://t.co/eXGPimRwer" / X Added: May 21, 2026
Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Kamala Harris’ Radical ‘No Bad Ideas’ Playbook, the Left’s War on Police, and Colbert’s Nihilism
Site: YouTube
Kamala Harris floats “no bad ideas” proposals like abolishing the Electoral College and packing the Supreme Court. Democrats only attack rules when out of po...
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DOJ Charges Castro, House Hearing Targets SPLC, Bezos Slams Mamdani & Praises Trump: AM Update 5/21
Site: YouTube
The DOJ indicts Raul Castro and several Cuban fighter pilots, as the Trump administration’s escalating pressure campaign raises questions about whether Cuba ...
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How to Make a Key That Unlocks All Locks
Site: YouTube
In this video I made a key that will allow you to unlock all locks. If you are wondering how to open a door lock or padlock and want to learn how to open a l...
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SHE’S HERE TO STAY
Site: YouTube
WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYAgrDndoYSUPPORT THE SHOW BUY CAST BREW COFFEE NOW - https://castbrew.com/Join - https://timca...
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Nvidia no longer reports gaming GPU sales as a separate segment — posts eye-watering $81.6 billion Q1 profit thanks to AI boom | Tom's Hardware Added: May 21, 2026
Nvidia no longer reports gaming GPU sales as a separate segment — posts eye-watering $81.6 billion Q1 profit thanks to AI boom
Site: Tom's Hardware
But sales of graphics hardware continue to set records for Nvidia.
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Google's Gemini Omni turns images, audio, and text into video — and that's just the start | TechCrunch
Added: May 21, 2026
Google's Gemini Omni turns images, audio, and text into video — and that's just the start | TechCrunch
Site: TechCrunch
Google's Gemini Omni is a new multimodal model that reasons across text, images, audio, and video to generate and edit videos through simple conversation — starting with Omni Flash.
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Space Force Study Recommends Third Heavy Launch Site
Added: May 21, 2026Space Force Study Recommends Third Heavy Launch Site
Site: Air & Space Forces Magazine
A recent Space Force launch infrastructure study found the service needs a third heavy launch site to manage surging demand.
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President Trump Participates in an Announcement with the Administrator of the EPA
Site: YouTube
The White House
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Developer Keynote (Google I/O '26)
Site: YouTube
Learn about the latest updates to our developer products and platforms.00:00:00 Introduction00:02:18 Building Agents00:14:52 Antigravity00:26:08 Android00:41...
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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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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon has blunt message for 'ideologue' Mamdani Added: May 21, 2026
JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon has blunt message for ‘ideologue’ Mamdani: ‘I don’t care what he says’
Site: New York Post
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon cautioned Mayor Zohran Mamdani about his hard-left vision for the Big Apple, warning the millennial mayor that he can relentlessly preach morality and ideology —…
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rolex0775/ace_step_1.5_xl_turbo_fp8 at main Added: May 21, 2026
rolex0775/ace_step_1.5_xl_turbo_fp8 at main
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
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THEY’RE ALLOWING IT
Site: YouTube
WATCH THE FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiYAgrDndoYSUPPORT THE SHOW BUY CAST BREW COFFEE NOW - https://castbrew.com/Join - https://timca...
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DOJ INDICTS CASTRO, America Will TAKE CUBA | Timcast IRL
Site: YouTube
SUPPORT THE SHOW BUY CAST BREW COFFEE NOW - https://castbrew.com/Join - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLwNTXWEjVd2qIHLcXxQWxA/joinHosts: Jack Posobiec @Ja...
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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improved PE8 prime editor - Google Search Added: May 21, 2026
Google Search
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SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: 1st Starship V3 stacked ahead of May 21 liftoff | Space Added: May 21, 2026
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch updates: Starship V3 Ship makes fiery splashdown in Indian Ocean as planned
Site: Space
SpaceX is now targeting a Friday, May 22, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket after a launch scrub. See our latest updates here.
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How did the OpenAI reasoning model solve an 80-year-old math problem and disprove the 1946 geometry conjecture? - Google Search Added: May 21, 2026
Google Search
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Colbert's PAINFUL Goodbye, Lemon's "White Men" Whining, and Trump's Hilarious Rant, w/ Stu Burguiere
Site: YouTube
Megyn Kelly begins the show saying goodbye to Stephen Colbert as his Late Show is finally canceled on CBS, Jimmy Kimmel's pathetic support for Colbert, Bruce...
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President Trump Delivers Remarks at Coast Guard Commencement
Site: YouTube
"One of the most prestigious military academies anywhere in the world... God bless the Coast Guard Academy, the class of 2026, God bless the United States mi...
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President Trump Gaggles with Press at Joint Base Andrews En Route Groton, CT, May 20, 2026
Site: YouTube
Joint Base Andrews, MD
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Why Trump’s Tax Immunity Could Save Him More Than $600 Million
Added: May 21, 2026Why Trump’s Tax Immunity Could Save Him More Than $600 Million
Site: Forbes
The president secures a get-out-of-jail-free card for tax improprieties, just as he’s hauling in record amounts of cash.
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Meet The Cannabis Industry’s Trump Whisperer
Added: May 21, 2026
Meet The Cannabis Industry’s Trump Whisperer
Site: Forbes
Kim Rivers, CEO of Florida-based Trulieve, was instrumental in getting the president to issue an executive order to reschedule marijuana. Now she is trying to build her $1.2 billion company into the Starbucks of weed.
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House Republicans scrap vote to rein in Trump's war in Iran
Site: Axios
It would have been Congress' first successful rebuke of Trump's Iran war effort.
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SpaceX's 1st Starship V3 megarocket launch scrubbed at last minute. Sorry, Nicki Minaj | Space Added: May 21, 2026
SpaceX's 1st Starship V3 megarocket launch scrubbed at last minute. Sorry, Nicki Minaj
Site: Space
Brand-new rocket, brand-new pad — a scrub wasn't exactly surprising.
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Consciousness is the only truly creative thing in the universe | Victoria Trumbull » IAI TV Added: May 21, 2026
Consciousness is the only truly creative thing in the universe | Victoria Trumbull » IAI TV
The birth of novelty
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BERGSON by Victoria Trumbull
Site: YouTube
Dr Victoria Trumbull is a philosopher based at Oxford University. In this video, she explains the philosophy of Henri Bergson, discussing his ideas about tim...
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Victoria Trumbull Added: May 21, 2026
Victoria Trumbull — Philosopher & Author
Site: Victoria Trumbull
Dr Victoria Trumbull is a philosopher, author, and public intellectual. Author of On the Memory of the Soul (Bloomsbury Philosophy, 2026). Oxford DPhil.
