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Anthropic says they've found a new way to stop AI from turning evil [ [link removed] ]
Well, that makes me feel much better. You?
You're More Likely to Die From an Asteroid Than Rabies, Scientists Find [ [link removed] ]
Just all sorts of good news today!
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
A chemistry teacher's quiet life is upended when a beautiful, scantily clad alien woman from the Pleiades, on a mission to catalog Earth's "primitive" social customs, invites herself to live with him, just as his big career break arrives.
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The Mascot Distraction: Smoke, Fire, and Trump’s Culture War Playbook [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
Big John Howell and Rick Telander tackle everything from Trump’s resurrection of racist mascots to the enduring grift of American demagoguery.
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Inflation, Interest Rates, and Intellectual Dishonesty with David Hochberg [ [link removed] ]
AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
Howell is joined by mortgage industry veteran and radio personality David Hochberg for a wide-ranging—and fiery—discussion on the state of the U.S. economy, the independence of the Federal Reserve, and the political smoke screens obscuring the truth.
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Also Worth A Look…
Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, CDC report says [ [link removed] ] - That seems less than ideal. Although in fairness, the way things are going at the CDC, they’ve probably declared that anything other than raw milk is “ultra-processed”
Pompeii Survivors Made a Home in Its Ruins [ [link removed] ] - A Spirit Halloween store opened there three days after the eruption
Women shouldn’t hold office, says GOP woman now running for office [ [link removed] ] - I’m confused. Does that mean she doesn’t want people to vote for her?
US Woman Wakes Up From Coma Moments Before Organ Donation Surgery [ [link removed] ] - Timing is everything
Passengers Spot Cockroaches Onboard AI’s San Francisco-Mumbai Flight; Airline to Probe Incident [ [link removed] ] - The cockroaches just wanted a new start in life
Man Scammed into Buying 300 Years of Gym Membership [ [link removed] ] - Still less awkward that going there to cancel your membership in person
Talking parrot helps bring down drugs gang [ [link removed] ] - No one likes a tattletale
San Fernando Police Investigate After Woman Freed From Chimney [ [link removed] ] - Narrowly avoiding the same fate as Phoebe Cates Dad in Gremlins
Farmer creates 'Tinder' for dairy cows [ [link removed] ] - It seems like it would be difficult to swipe with hooves
N.C. woman wins $2M lottery prize one month after $250,000 win [ [link removed] ] - Well that hardly seems fair
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