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  People who confuse entomology and etymology bug me in ways I can't put into words.

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  Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine. 🧪 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c621z28z138o

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  I see no problem with this https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/116983208840579035

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  Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman declared the Nile crocodile a “cultivated wild animal” in a move intended to allow the Israel Prison Service to station crocodiles around prisons https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-902827

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  Audubon’s Bird Migration Explorer visualizes migration patterns across the Americas using data contributed by researchers and conservation organizations. https://explorer.audubon.org/home?legend=collapse&layersPanel=collapse

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  Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A UCDavis study explains. [Comment from elsewhere: This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.] https://www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/study-reveals-how-avocados-reverse-sexes-throughout-day

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  There's a book bundle for Linux All The Things that might interest you. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-all-things-oreilly-books

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  "Can Google Earth's new AI accurately redesign homes, recreate history, and imagine the future? I tested Nano Banana across several locations, and the results ranged from useful to gloriously absurd." https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-earth-added-nano-banana-and-i-immediately-reimagined-philly-with-zombies-and-evil-clowns/

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  I just changed all my internet passwords to Kenny, so they're Kenny logins. I like to live in the danger zone.

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  Random quote, in a discussion about news bias: If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: PRESIDENT CAN’T SWIM.– Lyndon B. Johnson

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  From three years ago, but evergreen: “How do you spot an idiot? Look for the person who is cruel. The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.” — Gov Pritzker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uFwyPP5GOQ

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  A New STD Was Just Named In Honor Of Donald Trump "The disease, scientifically classified as Trumporrhea trachomatis, is a mushroom-shaped bacterium that infects primarily one’s urethra, and turns the surrounding skin surface area orange." https://thehalfwaypost.medium.com/a-new-std-was-just-named-in-honor-of-donald-trump-93dd6c1a8a49

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  oh my

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  The Trump administration blitz that flooded Minnesota with immigration agents hobbled federal efforts to pursue serious crimes. By April, prosecutors had charged just eight people with drug or gun crimes, the fewest in more than two decades. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/how-trumps-minneapolis-immigration-blitz-hobbled-federal-crime-fighting-2026-05-07/

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  After scientists exposed wild fish to cocaine and a cocaine metabolite, they observed that, as in the lab, fish on cocaine do not act like normal fish. https://www.wired.com/story/cocaine-fueled-wild-salmon-swam-twice-as-far-as-sober-ones

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  "Self may not have been a revenue driver for Condé, but its work was transformative for readers, quietly shifting away from the typical fare of women’s magazines." https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/self-magazine-conde-nast-shutdown-women-chronic-illness/

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  Need an ELI5 explanation of electric vertical take‑off and landing (#eVTOL) vehicles? This should do it for ya. https://www.aptiv.com/en/insights/article/what-is-an-evtol

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  This is nice. https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@yiningkarlli/116443944653178193

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  What's in the latest eLxr Pro? A short and sweet overview for enterprise Linux folks. https://www.windriver.com/blog/Advancing-the-Enterprise-Latest-eLxr-Pro

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  Sleeping with the U.S. Constitution featuring SO MANY STARS We called in an avalanche of celebrities to read it to you. Peter Sagal, Paget Brewster, John Hodgman, Open Mike Eagle, Josh Gondelman, John Ross Bowie, Anna Sale, David Plotz, Ophira Eisenberg, and just a ridiculous number of Maximum Fun hosts. https://maximumfun.org/episodes/sleeping-with-celebrities/sleeping-with-the-u-s-constitution-featuring-so-many-stars/

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  Mood

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  "The problem is that LLMs inherently lack the virtue of laziness. Work costs nothing to an LLM. LLMs do not feel a need to optimize for their own (or anyone’s) future time, and will happily dump more and more onto a layercake of garbage." https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/04/12/the-peril-of-laziness-lost/

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  Designing Large-Scale Software for Reuse With an Automotive Company An #Agile Dev Success Story: A European automotive OEM had to upgrade its infotainment system to support multiple Android versions — and make the software extensible across product lines. https://www.aptiv.com/en/insights/article/designing-large-scale-software-for-reuse-with-an-automotive-company

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  Sovereign Cloud Stats Every CIO Needs Before Their Next Board Meeting Increasingly, countries are laying claim to companies’ customer data. In response, companies are turning to sovereign clouds. https://www.windriver.com/blog/Sovereign-Cloud-Stats-Every-CIO-Needs

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  You've got to be able to hold a lot of contradictory ideas in your mind without going nuts. I feel like to do my job right, when I walk out onstage I've got to feel like it's the most important thing in the world. Also I've got to feel like, well, it's only rock and roll. Somehow you've got to believe both of those things. --Bruce Springsteen

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  The jokes write themselves. “On April 21, President Trump is scheduled to read Scripture via video message from the Oval Office during the 6 p.m. EST hour,” a press release from organizers reads. The event is called “America Reads The Bible.” "Two Corinthians walk into a bar..." https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/19/politics/trump-bible-reading-oval-office?Date=20260419&Profile=CNN,CNN+Politics

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  The best way to protect your phone from a warrantless search in 2026 * US authorities are getting more aggressive about detentions and seizures. * No single law governs phone inspections. * Devices configured for biometric unlocking remain highly vulnerable. https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-protect-your-phone-from-warrantless-search

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  From Early Nirvana To Phish, A Chicago Fan’s Secret Recordings Of 10,000 Shows Are Now Online https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/10/from-early-nirvana-to-phish-a-chicago-fans-secret-recordings-of-10000-shows-are-now-online/?

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  "To put it bluntly, an X post today receives less than 3% of the views a single tweet delivered seven years ago." https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x

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  In the oven: Jamie Oliver's beef stew with Guinness. We don't bother with the puff pastry for the two of us. We like the recipe that we bought the cookbook in which it appears. Gift link: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012397-guinness-pie?unlocked_article_code=1.W1A.BTm_.eY2pEZx7Gjo9&smid=share-url