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MIT Brain Scans Suggest That Using Generative AI Tools Reduces Cognitive Activity [ [link removed] ]
It turns out that if you have something do all of the creative work for you, you’re not going to be very good at doing creative work. Gosh no, shocking, really?
1.6 Billion Passwords Leaked 2025 From Apple, Facebook, Google Change Your Password Now [ [link removed] ]
I already changed mine. I made it 1-2-3-4-5, just like the combination on my luggage
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
When a paleontologist on an asteroid expedition encounters the last of an alien race, he faces an impossible request and a startling discovery that could change the future of two species.
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Golf Talk, Grit, and $4.3 Million Putts with John Dempsey [ [link removed] ]
AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
JJ Spaun shocks the field at Oakmont with a dramatic U.S. Open win, and John Howell and John Dempsey are here to break it all down
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Heaven Is a Playground—The Book, the Movie, and the Memories [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander along with John Dempsey take a deep dive into Telander's iconic book Heaven Is a Playground—from its origins in a 1973 Sports Illustrated article to its 1991 film adaptation.
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Also Worth A Look…
Former US fighter pilot claims he nearly collided with UFO in ‘wildest experience’ he’s ever had [ [link removed] ] - That seems somewhat problematic
Scientists issue stark warning after harmful creatures breed to form hybrid species: 'We have confirmed the presence of hybrid swarms' [ [link removed] ] - Well there’s another thing I didn’t know we had to be worried about
Loudoun Co. schools plan to use AI to boost campus security [ [link removed] ] - Who had “RoboCop” on their bingo card for June?
Scientists reconstruct 10,500-year-old woman’s face using DNA [ [link removed] ] - Finally, a headline that actually makes me feel young
Marijuana Use Dramatically Increases Risk of Dying From Heart Attacks and Stroke, Large Study Finds [ [link removed] ] - That’s less than ideal
Confused chicken crosses to the wrong side of road, ends up at a Buffalo Wild Wings [ [link removed] ] - It finally happened and had a super dark ending
Florida man broke into random house, ran bath, cooked dinner to avoid going home to angry wife [ [link removed] ] - I’m sure she’s thrilled now
Minnesota’s Hormel sues Wisconsin’s Johnsonville alleging stolen sausage secrets [ [link removed] ] - Begun, the Sausage Wars have
Diaper-wearing spider monkey found wandering loose in Texas [ [link removed] ] - Poor monkey lost his primary method of communication
North Korea launches more than a dozen rockets, South Korea says [ [link removed] ] - Must have been angry someone else was getting attention
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