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Thursday, March 13, 2025

Friday Links!

Leading off this week, a headline with so many layers of meta it's impossible to untangle it all: Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed.

From Wally, and yes, they are: Are Writers Uniquely Vulnerable to Scams? A transformative invention: The forgotten story of the woman who invented the dishwasher. This is a warm, peaceful video: Ibaraki: Cats in a Surfer's Paradise.

From C. Lee, and given who's creating these, is anyone surprised? Research shows AI will try to cheat if it realizes it is about to lose. I'm not sure why they're surprised: Researchers surprised to find less-educated areas adopting AI writing tools faster. And more: An AI Slop "Science" Site Has Been Beating Real Publications in Google Results by Publishing Fake Images of SpaceX Rockets. Unreal: Corporate Hacks Have Turned ‘Roseanne’ and ‘A Different World’ Into AI-Upscaled Nightmares. I can't see any problem here /s: Factory begins trial for humanoid robots that can build more of themselves. This is tragic yet not surprising, as very stable geniuses dismantle this country: US firm that commissioned Fearless Girl statue quietly ends diversity policies. See my previous comment: Namibian editors angered by US scrutiny over western media affiliation. Even to me this is incredible: HP forced customers to wait 15 minutes for tech support - on purpose - backpedaled after backlash. This is at the core of what's wrong with the U.S. right now: A Visual Breakdown of Who Owns America’s Wealth. Japan is amazing in this regard: Working hours needed to exit poverty. I had no idea: C.S. Lewis’s Greatest Fiction Was Convincing American Kids That They Would Like Turkish Delight.

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