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What makes people cool? / Robots learn a valuable new skill / You should probably change your password right now

I'm hip. I'm with it.

Keith Conrad
Jul 11
 
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Global Study Identifies Six Universal Traits That Define ‘Cool’ People

Interestingly, “Having a Scratch-Built Titanic Model” wasn’t on the list. I guess that must be number seven?

AI Surgical Robot Achieves Flawless Gallbladder Removal on Pig Cadavers

Just to answer your next question, no, giving them new gallbladders didn’t improve the condition of the pig cadavers


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Auditory Anthology

SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
A jaded morgue ship attendant, desperately searching for his lost son, uncovers a 300-year-old mystery when he revives a perfectly preserved corpse that holds the key to ending a brutal interstellar war.

Lazarus Come Forth by Ray Bradbury

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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Why Trump’s Base Stays Loyal—Even When It Hurts Them

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
This week on What Does It Mean?, John Dempsey talks with political scientist David McLennan on emotional politics, Medicaid cuts, and the post-Trump future of the GOP.

Why Trump’s Base Stays Loyal—Even When It Hurts Them

John Dempsey

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Fake Stories, Real Rants, and the Rise of the Machines

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
What happens when a legacy newspaper unknowingly fills a Sunday supplement with AI-generated gibberish? You get a public mea culpa, a media credibility crisis—and one hell of a conversation between two seasoned observers of the human condition

Wayne Naus: A Trumpet, A Tour, and a Touch of the Spirit

Big John Howell

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Also Worth A Look…

  • McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot With Password ‘123456’ Leaks Millions of Job-Seekers Data - Amazing, that’s the same combination I have on my luggage!

  • Children limiting own smartphone use to manage mental health, survey finds - That probably wouldn’t be a bad idea for adults too

  • Hundreds of Amazon packages mistakenly shipped to woman's home for over a year: 'It's been hell' - Where are the Porch Pirates when you need them? Birthday shopping must be terrible for her family. What do you get the woman who erroneously receives everything?

  • US lawmakers write to Canada to complain their wildfire smoke is spoiling summer - What are they supposed to do about it? It’s a “wildfire.” Do they think the Canadians are enjoying it?

  • Elon Musk's Grok AI Becomes a Nazi Propaganda Machine - That’s less than ideal

  • Ozzy Osbourne Is Now Painting With Chimps - News headline or Mad Libs?

  • Van hit level crossing after 'dog chewed handbrake' - “The dog ate my car” is definitely a new one

  • Botched Botox session in Florida backyard med spa leaves woman with facial paralysis: Police - Hard to believe you can’t trust someone who was doing botox in their backyard

  • Michigan man wins $500,000 lottery prize due to unavailable ticket - That worked out

  • Archaeologists Uncover Tomb of Te K'ab Chaak, First Ruler of Ancient Maya City Caracol - With everything else going on in the world, can we go ahead and pass on opening up the ancient Mayan tomb?

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