Sam Altman is co-founding Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup poised to rival Elon Musk’s Neuralink.— Article

Redditors refer to their AI companions as “wireborns.”

Video reportedly shows feds patrolling D.C. neighborhoods after Trump takeover

“Don’t be smoking outside. Don’t be drinking outside, because Donald Trump’s tired of it.”

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A POLICE STATE for Your Safety

A virus is causing cottontail rabbits to grow black, tentacle-like growths out of their heads, prompting warnings to steer clear of the mutated animals.— Article

Stanford scientists built a brain-computer interface that reads inner speech aloud, unlocked only by imagining a secret passphrase.— Article

Baalbek: The Temple of Baal and the Impossible Stones

In modern-day Lebanon lies Baalbek, named for Baal, a deity worshiped by the Canaanites and Phoenicians. Legends say it was built by giants or an advanced civilization now vanished from history. The Romans later transformed it into the City of the Sun.

Its platform holds the Trilithon, three stones each weighing about 800 tons, while nearby rests a single block over 1,600 tons, the largest ever cut by human hands. How they were moved and placed with such precision remains a mystery.

Rising migrant infiltrations of lorry trailers are contaminating food, undermining supply chain integrity, costing millions, and coinciding with a listeria surge.— Article

PPI

Actual: 3.7%
Estimated: 2.9%
Prior: 2.6%

postmodern urban rot

DC sandwich slinger, identified as a DOJ trial attorney, has been fired and now faces a felony assault charge.— Article

Derinkuyu: Turkey’s Hidden Underground City

Beneath the hills of Cappadocia lies a vast underground network of tunnels and chambers carved deep into the Earth. Some believe it was built as a refuge from an ancient cataclysm, a subterranean vault where thousands could survive while the world above was plunged into chaos.

On Zoroastrianism

Roblox accused of being a “hunting ground” for child predators as legal firestorm against gaming giant intensifies.— Article

In Canada, nearly 1 in 20 deaths are the result of euthanasia, a figure that keeps climbing each year.— Article

A U.S. judge ruled that targeting the Israeli flag is discrimination against jews.— Article

The Enigma of the Carolina Bays

Scattered across the Eastern U.S., the Carolina Bays are massive, oval depressions visible from the air, yet their origins remain a mystery. Were they ancient lakes, wind-carved formations, or the scars of a long-forgotten cataclysm?

Although he had entered the flat, police said no charges were filed at the time because their initial investigation “did not identify any offences.”— Article

Doctors warn AI is speedrunning vulnerable minds into full-blown psychosis.— Article

China to debut the world’s first pregnancy robot in 2026 for $14K– Article

Belief in God among 18-24 year-olds has tripled in 4 years

2021: 16%
2025: 45% (+29)

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