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Chicago's snowplow naming contest is back

Chicago Sun-Times 

If you start thinking about it, you can quickly get sucked in.

Especially if you're already vulnerable to thinking about snow removal equipment.

Yes, it's time again for Chicagoans to start submitting names for the third annual "You Name a Snowplow Contest."

Like an announcement over the high school public announcement system during homeroom, the city released the details Monday, and it's time again for the city's jokesters sitting in the back row (or any of the city's 50 wards) to give it their best shot. Читать дальше...

Aquarium of Niagara announces death of California sea lion

Wivb.com 

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Mia, a California sea lion at The Aquarium of Niagara, has died. She was first rescued off the coast of California in June 2014, suffering from pneumonia and possibly domoic acid poisoning. She was brought to a care center where she was deemed non-releasable due to her health. During her time [...]

Trump Confirms Extreme Plan to Demolish Postal Service

The New Republic 

Trump wants to kill the United States Postal Service.

The president-elect was asked about the USPS losing money during a press conference in Palm Beach on Monday.

“Well there is talk about the Postal Service being taken private, you do know that. Not the worst idea I’ve ever heard, it really isn’t,” Trump said. “You know it’s a lot different today … between Amazon and UPS and FedEx and all the things that you didn’t have. But there is talk about that, it’s an idea that a lot of people have liked for a long time. Читать дальше...



The first-ever patient in a Phase 3 medical study of LSD has successfully tripped balls

Boing Boing 

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Biopharma firm Mind Medicine announced that they have dosed the first-ever patient in a Phase 3 clinical trial of LSD. The individual tripped on lysergide D-tartrate, an LSD formulation for which the US FDA granted "breakthrough therapy" status in March as a promising treatment for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). — Read the rest

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Google’s new AI tool Whisk uses images as prompts - Engadget

Google.com 

  1. Google’s new AI tool Whisk uses images as prompts  Engadget
  2. State-of-the-art video and image generation with Veo 2 and Imagen 3  The Keyword
  3. Google DeepMind's new Veo 2 AI video generator trounces OpenAI's Sora with 4K resolution  Fortune
  4. Google Debuts AI Video Tool As OpenAI Resumes Sign-Ups For Rival Sora  Forbes
  5. Google’s Whisk AI generator will ‘remix’ the pictures you plug in  The Verge

William Goldenberg goes from Oscar-winning editor to director for ‘Unstoppable’: ‘It allowed me to go with the flow’

GoldDerby.com 

“My goal was to be authentic,” reveals William Goldenberg about directing “Unstoppable.” For our recent webchat he continues, “Let the story tell itself. Anthony’s story is so amazing I just wanted to get out of the way of that.” (watch the video interview above). “Unstoppable” tells the inspiring true story of wrestler Anthony Robels (Jharrel […]

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SSANU threatens showdown over FUOYE chairman, secretary’s suspension

The Punch 

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has threatened a confrontation with the management of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti over the suspension of its chapter chairman, Mr Benjamin Faleye, and secretary, Mrs Ayomikun Aluko. The officials were suspended for signing a communiqué during an association meeting on November 24, 2024. The communiqué accused the

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