TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")
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04 May 2026
"Remarkably Bright Creatures"
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I'm almost halfway through the book, looking forward to the movie when it becomes available. So far the focus of the book has been on t...
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Time to start thinking about global oil reserves
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I'm embedding a graphic I found in a May 2 Facebook post by Christian Decle (who apparently is a "digital creator.") It's...
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A glimpse of the future of AI-produced movies
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Absolutely amazing. Imagine being a human actor viewing this and wondering what your future holds re employment. Imagine what fake celebr...
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The role of rare earths in future wars
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03 May 2026
Interesting development re AI in Chinese court system
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Screencap from moments ago (Sunday May 3) on Bloomberg's The China Show . The case was brought by a tech worker in Eastern China (Hangz...
Public service announcement
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Viewers at Neatorama are advised by Miss Cellania that this brief video is a public service announcement, so I was alert to the possibility...
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02 May 2026
Huge losses by the U.S. in its war on Iran
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I found a CNN video report on this matter, posted yesterday. I've seen similar reports at Al Jazeera English and other miscellaneous s...
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30 April 2026
"Blind Faith" - a new Banksy
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Cleverly conceived, and well-executed. Not apparent from this view is that the subject's front foot is going to lead to him fallling of...
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7 + 2 = x + 6. Can you solve for "x" ?
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Certainly you can. Probably in less than 5 seconds, or you wouldn't be reading this blog. But... one-fourth of incoming University of C...
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New word for the day: neuston (or pleuston)
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Fascinating video, and IMHO worth the time expenditure to watch. As a child I was fascinated by the water striders and whirligigs in northe...
29 April 2026
Seeking address labels that support a charity
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Many years ago I used return address labels from the National Wildlife Federation and other nature- and medicine-based charities. Then I st...
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Majestic irony indeed
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For background reading on the meeting of King Charles with Trump.
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"86" explained
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This morning while doomscrolling I saw a headline indicating that the Department of Justice would be indicting former FBI Director James Com...
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A curious landscape feature in Italy
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Explanation at the geography subreddit.
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Iran's enriched uranium
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Embedded above is a screencap from an impressive New York Times article explaining how Iran accumulated 11 tons of nuclear material. The ...
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