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IllegallyBlonde @kbin.social
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Chicken Piccata, tomatoes, and angel hair pasta

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What are you reading this week? [7/02/23]
  • American Prometheus, the Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin.

    I wanted to check it out before the movie comes out, and I highly recommend it for a very in depth view of his life.

    I also recently finished On the Origin of Time, by Thomas Hertog, which I also recommend. It's about Stephen Hawking's final ideas and theories, told by one of his closest proteges. There are some incredible ideas in this book that I had never heard of before, and I'm a cosmology nerd.

  • Human remains thought to be found in Titan sub debris
  • It has since been reported that Suleman Dawood was actually very excited about going on the sub, and had been previously disappointed when he couldn't go the first time the dive was scheduled because he was only 17, so his mother was going to go instead. That dive was cancelled, he turned 18, and you know the rest.

  • What are some events in recorded history that are extremely hard to believe, but without a doubt actually happened?
  • There's always the remarkable story of Rasputin's death. He was an advisor to Nicholas II of Russia, and refused to die after being poisoned, shot, and beat.

    "The would-be killers first gave the monk food and wine laced with cyanide, however, when Rasputin seemingly failed to respond to the poison, they shot him at close range and left him for dead. In spite of these murderous measures, Rasputin revived shortly thereafter and made an attempt to flee the palace grounds, only to be intercepted by his assailants who shot him again and viciously beat him. They then bound Rasputin, who was remarkably still alive, and threw him into the freezing Neva River. His battered body was found several days later and it was reported that there was water in his lungs, indicating that he finally died by drowning."

    https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/10/the-murder-of-rasputin/#:~:text=On%20the%20night%20of%20December,and%20left%20him%20for%20dead.

    I will also add, it's pretty neat that Ernest Shackleton's famed lost ship, the Endurance, was found 100 years to the day that Ernest was buried.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12236603/amp/The-wreck-Sir-Ernest-Shackletons-ship-Endurance-discovered-100-years-day.html

  • Harvard professor who studies dishonesty is accused of falsifying data

    Francesca Gino, a prominent behavioral science professor at Harvard Business School, has been accused of fabricating data in studies than span over a decade, and most recently in 2020.

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    Show me your nails! @kbin.social IllegallyBlonde @kbin.social

    Wow, looking back, these were some awful color choices on my part. What are some of your worst nail blunders?

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    Is this the beginning of the next tech bubble bursting?
  • They could make much more money if they only improved their current ad algorithm. I know a lot of people don't, but I actually click on ads and enjoy ads that are targeted to me, especially for clothing. I purchase things from ads on every social media site that I use, except for Reddit, because reddit does not show me ads for things that I like, and this despite me using Reddit more than any other site. For instance, Reddit show me ads for internet packages, instead of the latest book or or dress that I would like to buy.

    I'm not sure why this is, Reddit should know my interests better than many of these other sites. If their ads are failing, and they aren't making money, it's their own fault.

  • Which bizarre historical mystery do you most want to uncover the truth behind?
  • The Noss family treasure, featured in the documentary "Gold, Lies, & Videotape."

    More than any other case, and I'm very much into mysteries, I would like to see resolution for this in my lifetime. This family deserves answers.

  • insideevs.com DeSantis Blocks Direct-To-Consumer Car Sales For Most Brands, But Not Tesla [UPDATE]

    Florida has passed a law prohibiting most automakers from selling directly to consumers, but companies without prior dealership agreements are excluded.

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    www.timesofisrael.com Groundbreaking AI project translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform at push of a button

    'Google Translate'-like program for Akkadian cuneiform will enable tens of thousands of digitized but unread tablets to be translated to English. Accuracy is debatable

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    apnews.com Takeaways from the scathing report on Minneapolis police after George Floyd's killing

    The Justice Department has issued a scathing assessment of Minneapolis police, alleging that racial discrimination and excessive force went unchecked before George Floyd’s killing because of inadequate oversight and an unwieldy process for investigating complaints. The investigation found numerous e...

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    Researchers of the Human Brain Project have used a model-based approach to identify the brain circuits implicated in consciousness.

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    What's your sleep schedule like?
  • This is actually really helpful. I have frequent nighttime awakenings, and it's getting so bad that I want to sleep a lot during the day. Maybe I'll give exercise a go, I haven't tried it as a solution for insomnia yet.

  • Which is your favourite scifi TV show?
  • Does Lost count here? That's my favorite, otherwise Farscape or Star Trek in general. I started watching the Expanse, it's really amazing, and I see why people like it, but I like the quirkiness of some of the other shows. Farscape is an extremely fun show to watch.