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About 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they believe in angels, but what, exactly, is an angel? Typical portrayals in Western art depict them as human-looking, but with wings. They are usually white and often blonde.TRAVIS LOLLER (AP News)
A Taliban government official says Pakistan’s airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan killed 46 people, mostly women and children.RIAZ KHAN (AP News)
The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions. Scrutiny is being focused on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.MARY CLARE JALONICK (AP News)
King Charles III is expected to use his annual Christmas message to highlight health workers, at the end of a year in which both he and the Princess of Wales were diagnosed with cancer.PAN PYLAS (AP News)
This bubble collapse is going to be amazing and it can't come soon enough.
I've never hated a bubble like I hate this one, including fucking merkle tree ape icons.
apropos of nothing, here's an interesting article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisan…
have a lovely day y'all
--sf
hacking on the Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas GBA game.
I can see a lot of plaintext in the ROM, but some of it is obscured. I think it's some kind of basic compression.
main slowdown at the current moment: I forgot how to type an Ă
(it's compose, u, shift+A)
tech company:
> We have improved a critical part of our product with state-of-the-art ✨AI✨
the "critical part" of their product:
<a simple decision tree that could be implemented using a couple if-then-else statements>
the thing is there might be sometimes a couple of while coming along the if then else:
these people can't wait. AIF
#prplXprpgnd
Artificial Instant Frantic
"We are being directly attacked, the ICU unit, along with the maternity and nursing departments, are coming under fire."
“The bombing is being conducted with tank fire and quadcopters, directly targeting us while we are present inside the hospital departments. (...) We had asked the world to intervene immediately and protect the healthcare system from this brutal attack."
Hussam Abu Safia, the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital
Don't expect your government or media condemning or even reporting these crimes.
Learning Javascript is hard and and it's stupid.
Learning to make pastry - even a simple pie crust - is hard and it's glorious.
Choose carefully.
Video available on telegram: t.me/newsvideofa/3111
#palestine #Israel #Occupation #Apartheid #Politics
Israeli occupation forces have demolished a resort in the village of Nahalin, west of #Bethlehem, reducing it to rubble.Telegram
A Modern Herbal is a resources for herbal information. Written in the early part of the last century, the advice is both timely and historical.web.archive.org
A novel hydrogel-based platform uses a limited number of cells for tissue generation and offers unique advantages for high-throughput cardiac tissue culture.Magali Seguret (eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd)
Scientists Reveal The Microbes That May Live in Your Microwave
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-reveal-the-microbes-that-may-live-in-your-microwave?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Once gleaming with futuristic ambition, microwave ovens are often taken for granted in our modern kitchens and offices.Jess Cockerill (ScienceAlert)
Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in Lab Using Vibrating Molecules
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-destroy-99-of-cancer-cells-in-lab-using-vibrating-molecules?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Scientists have discovered a remarkable way to destroy cancer cells.David Nield (ScienceAlert)
somebody should create a Unicode emoji of Kant and name it quant.. #prplXprpgnd