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  • Exit and Exception – Boston Review

    The Board of Peace’s model for governing Palestine reflects designs for a new world order. https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/exit-and-exception/ more ›

  • Luxury Travel Insider: Panama | Expert Panel: The Tiny Country that Changed the World

    Listen: https://ift.tt/OXWR8rf Today we're chatting about Panama and all its beauty, diversity, culture, and history. Believe it or not this small country has shaped the course of our entire planet. Scientists say that the formation of the isthmus is what… more ›

  • Mark Zuckerberg – Colossus

    A journey to the heart of history’s largest nonterritorial empire https://colossus.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-profile/ more ›

  • ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons

    OpenAI’s chatbot isn’t just imitating the magazine’s style. It’s also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists. https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chatgpt-is-adding-real-cartoonists-signatures-to-fake-new-yorker-cartoons/ more ›

  • Meta joins with group of companies to tame ‘chaos’ of doing business with AI bots

    Meta and OpenAI Chairman Bret Taylor’s startup Sierra are building a set of tech standards to make it easier to do business with AI bots. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/meta-joins-companies-to-tame-chaos-of-doing-business-with-ai-bots.html more ›

  • MEDITERRANEAN NOIR ✦ 70s Coastal Spy Jazz & Riviera Crime Grooves

    SOME CITIES ONLY SPEAK AFTER MIDNIGHT. #noirjazz #70smusic #rivierajazz #studymusic #instrumental Welcome to The Black Lantern Lounge. 🏮 White houses stacked above a red harbour. Sunglasses that stay on after dark. Everyone here is on holiday, and nobody here is… more ›

  • Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

    Brains aren’t computers, but the AI industry acts like they are — and it’s selling products that erode our capacity for meaningful learning and thought. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1003794/ai-education-computational-model-thought?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6Imp6c0s2TDhNSmkiLCJwIjoiL2FpLWFydGlmaWNpYWwtaW50ZWxsaWdlbmNlLzEwMDM3OTQvYWktZWR1Y2F0aW9uLWNvbXB1dGF0aW9uYWwtbW9kZWwtdGhvdWdodCIsImV4cCI6MTc5MTYzMzM3NywiaWF0IjoxNzkxMjAxMzc3fQ.hTtaWG7xmEHkEwDrCa1_At5xmNOfAP83fRiGx7RNQRw&utm_medium=gift-link more ›

  • Rumours – album review

    Check out our album review of Artist’s Rumours on Rolling Stone.com. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/rumours-189491/ more ›

  • The True Life Confessions of Fleetwood Mac

    Fleetwood Mac’s music evolved into sophisticated pop and rock in 1977, thanks primarily to two women: Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks. https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-true-life-confessions-of-fleetwood-mac-120867/ more ›

  • Surprisingly Complex Waves Reveal the Brain’s Inner Workings | Quanta Magazine

    Unexpected patterns traveling across the human brain may be reorganizing its activity in real time. https://www.quantamagazine.org/surprisingly-complex-waves-reveal-the-brains-inner-workings-20260930/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email more ›