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Curiosities for April 28 -> May the 04th be with you 2025
And we are back! Although, for some reason, our extreme get-away break to the Heard and Macdonald Islands was not so get-away as we thought…
'It Makes Sense to Someone, Somewhere'
3 teen girls try to stab mom for turning off Wi-Fi.
Because the mom turned off the Wi-Fi, the teens allegedly grabbed kitchen knives Sunday night and chased their mother through their Houston home and into the street...
My kids think wi-fi is as naturally given right, like oxygen and sunshine.
Top 5
01. Warmer, more crowded cities bring out the rats.
Of the cities studied, 11 had rat populations that increased over the past 2 decades, but the one whose rat problem has grown the most is Washington, D.C. The U.S. capital had three times greater growth in rat numbers than Boston and 1.5 times that of New York City.
And, we know things are getting crappier but...
02. Data Centers on the Moon: Genius or Foolhardy?
According to the United Nations’ 1967 outer space treaty, space and the moon are “not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty,” and as such poses a loophole for data sovereignty laws.
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03. 'Influencer voice': A new TikTok creator accent is taking over.
To the untrained ear, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly what defines the influencer accent. It includes ending sentences with a questioning tone, using vocal fry (where speech dips into a low, gravelly register), and uptalk, which involves raising the pitch at the end of sentences as though asking a question.
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04. Your A.I. Lover Will Change You.
Will the many people who can’t get off the hamster wheel of attention-wrangling on social media today become attached to A.I. lovers that are ceaselessly attentive, loyal, flattering, and comforting? What will A.I. lovers becoming commonplace do to humanity? We don’t know.
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05. Private Space Stations of the Future Promise Luxury. But Can They Deliver?
But the interior decor is the big buzz around this station. Axiom didn’t leave its aesthetics to engineers: it contracted with French architect and designer Philippe Starck, who has designed everything from a Russian oligarch’s superyacht to Fossil watches to the insides of New York City’s Paramount Hotel. With his creative touch, Axiom Station will have tufted, organic-looking walls embedded with color-switching LEDs.
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Tangents
15 Stocks That Have Destroyed the Most Shareholder Value Over the Past Decade.
Why so many New York City sidewalks are covered in scaffolding.
Quote
If you want to reach a large audience, appeal to idiots.
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Best for the week ahead!
-Tim