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It’s exercise together. Misty and I go for a walk every day, weather permitting. It’s definitely nice to have that time together if nothing else. What’s your together time activity?
College Kids Are Using AI Agents to “Take” Entire Online Classes for Them by Logging Directly Into the Course Management Software [ [link removed] ]
Unless the course in question is literally “How to use AI to create shortcuts for things,” I don’t think that’s a great idea
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
Pink Grass Planet by Sam Merwin Jr. [ [link removed] ] [ [link removed] ]- After five years stationed on the alien world of Lri-gTu-riANa, Ricardo Webb finally makes it home to Earth, his fiancée, and everything familiar he’s been dreaming about — only to discover that “home” doesn’t feel quite the way he remembers it.
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Also Worth A Look…
Organisms Living Inside Psychopaths Could Be Driving Bad Behavior, Scientists Claim [ [link removed] ] - If it turns out psychopaths are listening to tiny talking organisms, that’s literally the plot of one of the Futurama movies
Insane Dad Boasts About Using AI to Construct a “Truman Show” Style False Reality For His Son To Play In [ [link removed] ] - I’m not a parent, so I won’t judge too harshly. But I have a feeling that’s not going to result in a particularly well-adjust adult when he grows up
Teens With More Unstructured Free Time More Likely To Have Broken The Law, 21-Country Study Finds [ [link removed] ] - Left to their own devices, teenagers are up to no good. Tale as old as time. Maybe another argument for a “Third place”
Scientists detect life-sustaining air deep underground, raising profound questions [ [link removed] ] - We should add “Journey to the Center of the Earth” to the News Sidequest book club. What Jules Verne story do you think will come true next?
How 10 minutes of drawing can reset your nervous system [ [link removed] ] - I just drew a stick person and suddenly had an idea for how to solve the trolly problem
Rapid-fire earthquakes strike ‘America’s most dangerous fault line’ in California [ [link removed] ] - That's great. It starts with an earthquake. What’s next? Birds and snakes? An airplane? Meanwhile, Lenny Bruce is not afraid
Person Fined After Polar Bear Woken by Ship’s Foghorn [ [link removed] ] - I see no problem with this. As a matter of fact, I think anyone who wakes me up should be hit with a fine too
Young wild octopuses may form a ‘fight club’ and slap territorial fish if they get too close [ [link removed] ] - Imagine all of those arms coming at you. It would a suction cup-filled nightmare
Escaped tortoise found after 2 weeks, over 12 miles from home [ [link removed] ] - That’s about 0.04 MPH. Which is pretty on-brand for a tortoise. They must not have been looking very hard for him
Tomb Raiders Breaking Into Cemeteries Across U.S. to Steal From the Dead, Florida Deputies Say [ [link removed] ] - I’m not sure there’s ever a “good” time to steal from the dead, but can we not risk awakening any ancient curses with everything else going on in the world right now?
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