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Cherie Priest: Things overheard whilst a zippy Pomeranian named "Chunk" escaped his yard and chased after me while I walked Greyson and Lucy this morning. A thread: Twitter | Threadreader
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:48 PM PST - 26 comments

How to make the sharpest jello kitchen knife in the world (SLYT).
posted by yasaman at 7:19 PM PST - 72 comments

AWAKEN AKIRA [YouTube][Trailer][Concept] Created by two friends, Ash Thorp and Zaoeyo (XiaoLin Zeng), who wanted to collaborate on a tribute to the iconic anime, Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo, it's creation took over a year.
posted by Fizz at 6:43 PM PST - 9 comments

“the most common arguments for technology optimism do not stand up to scrutiny”/“automation is very good for growth and very bad for equality”
posted by spaceburglar at 6:25 PM PST - 29 comments

What Ever Happened To The Sun-Dried Tomato?
posted by the man of twists and turns at 5:37 PM PST - 88 comments

DRINK! by They Might Be Giants. (previously) [more inside]
posted by Caduceus at 4:46 PM PST - 95 comments

Libertarian economist Alex Tabarrok set out to discover to what degree increasing government regulation was responsible for the 40-year decline in economic dynamism in the United States. Turns out it isn't. Washington Monthly has a celebratory article about the study. Reason asks if he's the most honest economist in academia. Tabarrok says there's nothing to get worked up about. [more inside]
posted by clawsoon at 2:40 PM PST - 23 comments

When is centrism useful?
posted by Artw at 12:34 PM PST - 94 comments

Alan Bean, astronaut and artist, died today. [more inside]
posted by Thorzdad at 12:18 PM PST - 47 comments

Elizabeth Hernandez, reporter for the Denver Post, got a press release announcing an attempt to break the Guinness world record for waffle stacking. Then things got awesome. (sltwitterthread)
posted by Etrigan at 12:00 PM PST - 42 comments

She is a comedy great, even if she insists she isn’t.
posted by MovableBookLady at 10:07 AM PST - 14 comments

"Don't give up." From the vidder who brought us Starships (previously), a celebration.
posted by sciatrix at 10:03 AM PST - 7 comments

To Build Truly Intelligent Machines, Teach Them Cause and Effect (Quanta) - "Judea Pearl, a pioneering figure in artificial intelligence, argues that AI has been stuck in a decades-long rut. His prescription for progress? Teach machines to understand the question why." [more inside]
posted by kliuless at 4:56 AM PST - 50 comments

Scottish independence is back in the news... and the hunt is back on for an illusive Scottish icon, Nessie (or may be just its dandruff)
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:13 AM PST - 16 comments