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Teens say they are turning to AI for advice, friendship and ‘to get out of thinking’ [ [link removed] ]
That’s not going to end well
Two hour screen time limit and curfews for children being considered by government [ [link removed] ]
This is coming from our friends in the UK. It’s probably not terrible advice, but making it a law seems a little excessive
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Tales From the Blue Line: A nursing student encounters a quiet teenager in a psych ward who claims his reflection is learning, watching, and slowly preparing to take his place in the real world.
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Andy Shaw on Trump, Media, and the Future of Politics [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
This week on What Does It Mean?, John Dempsey reconnects with a longtime friend and Chicago media legend: political reporter, columnist, and former head of the Better Government Association, Andy Shaw.
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Pete Rose, Perfectionism, and the Price of Redemption [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
Long before Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter was indicted or your cousin could bet on Little League from his phone, Pete Rose was baseball’s original gambling pariah. Now, posthumously reinstated and potentially Cooperstown-bound, Rose’s legacy—and the sport’s relationship with vice—is back in the spotlight.
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Also Worth A Look…
Archaeologists Found the Lost ‘Book of the Dead’ Buried in an Egyptian Cemetery [ [link removed] ] - Can we just not?
Psychedelic Mushrooms Reduced Human Cellular Aging by 57%, Increased Lifespan in Mice 30% [ [link removed] ] - Are we living in a prequel to The Last of Us?
Different Dinosaur Species May Have Really Traveled Together Like in the Movies [ [link removed] ] - They moved in herds… they did move in herds
Couple arrested for sexual activity on flight to Florida: Affidavits [ [link removed] ] - Normally, you’d expect to see that sort of behavior *in* Florida, not on the way *to* Florida. And also from a Congresswoman at a musical
Blue Angels under fire after Seattle woman links air shows to pet cat’s death [ [link removed] ] - If the Blue Angels were responsible for killing cats, there would be a lot of dead cats around the country. Sorry for her loss though
NASA Monitors Five Aircraft-Sized Asteroids After Exceptionally Close 2025 OS Flyby [ [link removed] ] - Might want to set your 401k to “Aggressive”
TSA: 'Stop Hiding Animals in Weird Places' [ [link removed] ] - Solid advice for all of us
Lawsuit says Clorox hackers got passwords simply by asking [ [link removed] ] - I’ll bet the hackers felt like dopes. Here they were creating all of these elaborate ways of getting personal information from people and it turned out all they had to do was ask
Dogs are helping people regulate stress even more than expected, research shows [ [link removed] ] - We don’t deserve doggos
Scientists create temporary tattoo that detects if your drink has been spiked [ [link removed] ] - Sadly, that’s something that can be very helpful
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