"Fake AI Content About the Iran War Is All Over X"
"X’s Grok is failing to accurately verify video footage from the Iran conflict and is sharing its own AI-generated images about the war."

"Epstein Suicide: Bombshell Docs Detail Prison Guard's Telling Actions Before The Financier Was Found Dead"

The grift economy is going mainstream 2025 was the year the grift economy went mainstream. Are we doomed to repeat it?

It always was. Certainly, the stock market is a giant Ponzi scheme.

The U.S. Military Is Reviving Microbes from 40,000-Year-Old Ice Researchers discovered 26 new microbial species in ancient Alaskan permafrost, hoping their frost-fighting chemistry could help soldiers and civilians alike survive extreme cold.

Oh, goody.

Coalition Demands Schumer, Jeffries Step Down Over Failure to Fight 'War-Crazed' Trump | Common Dreams "Schumer and Jeffries have shown that they cannot be trusted to prevent more wars, more threats of wars, or the transfer of another half a trillion dollars a year into the war machine."

Because they're Iran hawks who have wanted to attack it for years. Don't expect any leadership from Schumer, in particular.

Single Payer 'Hands Down' the Best Way to Solve High Healthcare Costs, Advocate Says Series poses questions about healthcare costs to top economists and policy experts

I've been saying that for years. Obama objected to it because insurance companies would go out of business, leaving their employees without jobs. I see that as a good thing, considering how many people they have killed by denying care.

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years — The Associated Press Britain is ending the centuries-old tradition of hereditary aristocrats sitting in Parliament’s House of Lords.

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Image Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-did-magic-mushrooms-come-from-scientists-just-got-closer-to-an-answer/ Psilocybe cubensis. Credit Alexander_Volkov/Getty Images

Where did magic mushrooms come from?

Read about the discovery of a new species of magic mushroom, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, and the wild origins of domesticated P. cubensis.

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A discussion of the Fermi paradox, the brain, and the universe From Wikipedia: The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its existence. The paradox is na…

As he has before, Mitchell discusses the conundrum of consciousness, and applies it here in response to the Fermi paradox. This was also the subtext of Peter Watts's SF novel Blindsight, which I think is the best SF novel of the century so far.

Tesla Cybertruck With Autopilot Engaged Tries To Drive Off An Overpass In Freaky Video - Jalopnik This lawsuit comes as Tesla deals with similar accusations from regulators in California that it misrepresented the actual capabilities of Autopilot.

Maybe it was suicidal. Ashamed of itself.