July 24, 2022
The United States Congress recognized
Robot breaks childs finger
A chess-playing robot broke the finger of a 7-year-old boy who was competing against it during a recent tournament in Moscow. ... Officials, in comments to a pair of state news agencies translated from Russian, appeared to place at least some of the blame for the incident on the boy. [more inside]
California To Make Its Own, Low-Cost Insulin, Newsom Says
Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will make its own insulin, noting that its current high-cost "epitomizes market failures." [more inside]
‘Norse sagas [...] tend not to have [...] Michael Bay fight scenes'
Dr Jackson Crawford is a linguist with a YouTube channel devoted to old Norse language and literature. He’s been releasing videos twice a week for the last five years, covering old Norse language lessons, translations of texts, elements of Norse culture and discussions with experts in related fields. [more inside]
Another blow for the TED talk industrial complex
"An inescapable web of scams"
American conservatism, which is demographically terminal and knows it, is acting like a moribund billionaire adding sadistic codicils to his will. Through the internet, we could peer enviously at our neighbors in civilized countries, who get monthlong vacations, don’t have to devote decades to paying for their college degrees, and aren’t terrified of going broke if they get sick. To young people, America seems less like a country than an inescapable web of scams, and “hard work” less like a virtue than a propaganda slogan, inane as “Just say no.” [more inside]
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