by Editor | Jul 24, 2026 | Weirdness
from RealClear Politics Is This the Future We Really Want? By Ned Ryun AP There is probably a camera on a pole at the entrance to your neighborhood. You’ve probably stopped noticing it. It is small, solar-powered, unremarkable, and it photographs every car that...
by Editor | Jul 23, 2026 | Culture Music Art
from TIME Magazine The Robots Cometh by Charlie Campbell Spectators typically leave a UFC fight with ringing ears and a sheepish resolve to get back to the gym. Wang Xingxing went straight to his laboratory. “I thought I could make a bigger robot for boxing...
by Editor | Jul 9, 2026 | Bright Shiny News, Culture Music Art, Literary News
from PARADE Controversial 2003 Memoir Named a ‘Best Book of the 21st Century’ By Goodreads The scandal caused the author to be dropped by his literary manager and lose a 7-figure two-book deal. By Kendra Syrdal Author James Frey appears on Bravo’s, ‘Watch What Happens...
by Editor | Jul 8, 2026 | Culture Music Art, Literary News
from The Atlantic THE END OF READING IS HERE Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history. By Rose Horowitch Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Wordsworth Editions....
by Editor | Jul 3, 2026 | Weirdness
from 404 Media Companies Are Making Claude and Codex Talk Like Cavemen to Stop AI’s Soaring Costs by JOSEPH COX IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES FOR UNSPLASH+, AND COMPANY LOGOS. Companies are deliberately making their AI tools speak like cavemen in an attempt to stop burning...
