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How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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Animals in front of the camera have always been captivating for audiences, appearing as companions, scientific subjects, symbols, and sources of fascination. Documenting other species allows more appreciation for a life that humans can never fully understand. Animal Model: 200… more ›
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“My happy place is usually where it’s quiet and there’s nobody anywhere.” https://www.papermag.com/gillian-anderson-cover#rebelltitem1 more ›
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Only in theaters starting September 18. https://ift.tt/3TewXqu Following the finale of his acclaimed HBO series “How To with John Wilson”, NYC documentarian John Wilson looks to the bedrock of his beloved New York City for inspiration and structure. Concrete, the… more ›
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A new release from Louisiana Channel interviews three artists and two writers about Remedios Varo’s influence. https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/remedios-varo-surrealist-paintings-louisiana-channel/?utm_source=colossalnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Tue+Sep+29+2026&utm_campaign=Like+Magic more ›
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We asked three artists and two writers to tell us about their inspiration from the Spanish-Mexican painter Remedios Varo (1908-1963) and her surrealist universe, where precision and magic intersect. ”She was a brave woman. She gave me energy. She permitted… more ›
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Entangled Conflicts in the Horn of Africa https://www.cfr.org/articles/entangled-conflicts-in-the-horn-of-africa?utm_source=gavinfriends&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GavinFriendsOf2026Sept29&utm_term=FriendsGavin more ›
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Student Zach Ngin investigates artist Wifredo Lam’s representation of the effects of colonialism. https://www.guggenheim.org/articles/checklist/a-terrific-boomerang-effect-on-wifredo-lams-rumblings-of-the-earth more ›
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The world’s largest rocket successfully entered orbit for the first time—a milestone for SpaceX and a relief for future NASA moon missions https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/spacexs-starship-lifts-off-in-make-or-break-orbital-test-flight/?utm_source=semafor more ›
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2026 has been a wild year for LLMs. The OpenClaw craze kicked things off in January, then we had tokenmaxxing, then the death of tokenmaxxing, US export controls on frontier models, open weight models that compete with that frontier, accidental… more ›
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On Friday I gave the closing keynote at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America in San Jose. I tied together the key trends from the past year into a chronological … https://simonwillison.net/2026/sep/27/2026-in-llms-so-far/ more ›