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A fully autonomous umbrella
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Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers
The saying goes, “history doesn’t repeat, but it often rhymes.” In Florida, Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers. About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments. “That reminds me of…
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Cryptocurrencies are dying
Cryptocurrencies are dying as joke coins and pump and dump schemes burn out. With that in mind, a recent report from CoinGecko (via CoinDesk) says the crypto reaper has been unusually busy lately. Looking at its own records from as far back as 2021, CoinGecko found that 20.2 million tokens had been placed on the…
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Spray-On Powder That Seals Life-Threatening Wounds
Pretty cool, a powder that stops bleeding: KAIST scientists have created a fast-acting, stable powder hemostat that stops bleeding in one second and could significantly improve survival in combat and emergency medicine. Severe blood loss remains the primary cause of death from combat injuries. To address this challenge, a research team at KAIST that included…
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John Mellencamp’s exclusive Indiana Stadium box
John Mellencamp supported Indiana football long before their recent championship rise, donating funds during “the down years.” In return, the school built an exclusive shack on top of the stadium just for him. Not that Mellencamp always minded. What he got in exchange for his support was not a championship run but a curious sort…
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Intrusive, needy software
With the ubiquity of Internet connections and cheap storage and data costs, software applications have become intrusive, almost needy in how they interact with users. So the problem isn’t that software ever teaches, asks, or informs. The problem is that once a company builds the machinery to do it, that machinery becomes cheap to reuse,…
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The scale of Minnesota resistance
An aggregated Bluesky thread from Margaret Killjoy details the scale and scope of resistance in Minnesota. Half the street corners around here have people–from every walk of life, including republicans–standing guard to watch for suspicious vehicles, which are reported to a robust and entirely decentralized network that tracks ICE vehicles and mobilizes responders. I have…
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David Erlich’s 2025 movies supercut
Every year, David Erlich creates a music video supercut of his top 25 movies. Superbly edited, it celebrates movies with wit and verve.
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African solarpunk
Africa is leading the way implementing solar energy based solutions for everyday life.