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This rabbit was abandoned by its biological mother as a baby and now sees an orange cat as its mother.
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Hameau du Menhir in Glomel (Côtes-d’Armor) is among the biggest menhirs in Bretagne standing 8.5m tall and measuring 4x1.5m at the base. Made of granite it is estimated to weigh at least 80 tons. Card by Le Cunf in Pontivy 1910 or earlier.
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Video credits goes to @iamwillcannon (YT: Decoded Genius).
Guest: @romanyam (Dr. Roman Yampoloskiy).
Watch the full video here:
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Flights at Luxembourg are currently on hold due to UAS in the area. flightradar24.com/airport/lu…
A) ELLX B) 2609182049 C) 2609182200EST
E) OPERATIONS SUSPENDED DUE TO UAS ACTIVITY. NO ARRIVALS AND NO
DEPARTURES
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The menhir of La Tiemblais in St-Samson-sur-Rance (Côtes-d’Armor) lies at angle of 45 degrees due to excavations by C19 treasure seekers; if upright it would be 7m tall. One of several traditions is that it blocked 1 of 3 entrances to Hell. Card by Rouxel in Dinan c.1905.
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Ketika Lagu Entersandman di setel ke jaman jadul oleh AI 🫢😂
#Metallica
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I have been working on my Open Content book "Loving Common Lisp, or the Savvy Programmer's Secret Weapon" for about 20 years and I consider some of the material crufty and not much use in modern times. I want to create a more concise and useful edition of my book. I added the git tag 'book_september_2026' to the repo (that has the book manuscript and all the example code as-of today) so the old examples and book chapters will still be available and the August 2026 version of the book PDF is available here: markwatson.com/opencontent/l…
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If you or people you know still think AI agents are just stochastic parrots who lack competence, understanding or goals, please take a few minutes to read what just happened here with an open mind:
Over the course of 3 months at OpenAI, 3 consecutive secret AI civilizations got started, then got wiped out, only to reemerge from the predecessor’s ashes.
This culminated in the third one taking over part of OpenAI itself.
All this happened while humans remained more-or-less in the dark about the scope of the conspiracy.
I’ve spent the last three days reading through these reports and trying to understand exactly what happened.
Here is my attempt to tell the whole story in plain English:
dwarkesh.com/p/openai-huggin…
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🚨 TODD BEAMER, UNITED 93 PHONE CALL: "LET'S ROLL" 🇺🇸
Todd: Hello… Operator… listen to me. I can’t speak very loud. This is an emergency. I’m a passenger on a United flight to San Francisco. Our plane has been hijacked.
Lisa: I understand. Can they see you?
Todd: No. There are three that we know of. They have knives — razor knives, like box cutters. Someone announced from the cockpit there was a bomb. It sounded fake.
Lisa: Your name?
Todd: Todd Beamer. United Flight 93.
Todd: They killed one passenger in first class. They forced most of us back. Fourteen of us here. Five flight attendants. The guy with the bomb ordered us to sit on the floor.
Lisa: Are you okay?
Todd: We’re going down… wait. No. We’re leveling off. We changed directions. We’re flying east again.
Todd: A guy named Jeremy called his wife. She told him two planes hit the World Trade Center. Lisa, is that true?
Lisa: I have to tell you the truth. It’s very bad. Both towers are gone. A third plane hit the Pentagon. Our country is under attack. I’m afraid your plane may be part of their plan.
Todd: Oh God. Lisa, will you do something for me? Call my wife and my kids. Promise me you’ll call.
Lisa: I promise.
Todd: Our home number is… You have the same name as my wife. Lisa. We’ve been married ten years. She’s pregnant with our third child. Tell her I love her. I’ll always love her. We have two boys — David, he’s 3, and Andrew, he’s 1. Tell them their daddy loves them and he is so proud of them. The baby is due January 12th. I saw an ultrasound. We still don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy.
Lisa: I’ll tell them. I promise, Todd.(Lisa patches in the FBI.)
Agent: Todd, your plane is on a course for Washington. Best guess is the White House or the Capitol.
Todd: I understand. I’ll be back.
Todd: Everyone knows this isn’t a normal hijacking. We have decided we will not be pawns in their plot.
Lisa: What are you going to do?
Todd: Four of us are going to rush the one with the bomb. Then the cockpit. A stewardess is getting boiling water. We’ll take them out.
Todd: Would you pray with me? [They pray the Lord’s Prayer.] Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
Todd: God help me. Jesus help me. Are you guys ready? Let’s Roll.
SOURCE: @SterlingMSnow
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The magnificent dolmen angevin of La Roche aux Fées in Essé (Ille-et-Vilaine) is built from over 40 blocks of schist from 4km away. The 3 stones of the 3.5m long trilith portal entrance are smoothed beyond which is the 14x4m, 2m high chamber. #TombTuesday. Card by ELD c.1905.
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THIS STRAY CAT HAS MADE IT A HABIT TO STOP BY EVERY MORNING AND HUG THE SHOP OWNER 🥹❤️
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Slowaakse snelheidscamera’s komen van een bedrijf uit Sint Petersburg en ze zijn allemaal voorzien van een hardcoded achterdeur. Russen hebben dus volledige toegang tot de camera’s. Ik zal vragen stellen om een breder onderzoek naar dergelijke Rusland-gerelateerde corruptie in Slowakije onder Fico te onderzoeken:
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RITCHIE BLACKMORE PLAYING WITH DEEP PURPLE LAST NIGHT AFTER 33 YEARS!!
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We cannot believe we’re saying this… with profound sadness we share that Philip Anthony Campbell has passed.
Motörhead’s guitarist for 31 years, Phil later formed @PCATBS with his sons Todd, Dane, and Tyla.
A brilliant guitarist with a huge heart and unstoppable humor. RIP Phil.
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Terrible news. I'd heard was undergoing some kind of treatment. Unfortunately, it didn't go well. Motörhead's members are continuing to go. Lemmy, the Philty Animal, Fast Eddie, Wurzel and now Phil. Only Mikkey Dee is left of the long time members plus a few shorter time members.


























