Sean Dreilinger
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"...the ideal scenario for deployment would be something like the international collaboration between nations and industry that saved the ozone layer from human pollutants through a 1987 U.N. deal — and he noted that this too was a pact forged amid geopolitical tensions..."
The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"...the ideal scenario for deployment would be something like the international collaboration between nations and industry that saved the ozone layer from human pollutants through a 1987 U.N. deal — and he noted that this too was a pact forged amid geopolitical tensions..."
"Christian Jimenez, 17, a U.S. citizen...an officer proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him...the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”"
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"Christian Jimenez, 17, a U.S. citizen...an officer proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him...the boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”"
"Current and former IHS clinicians told ProPublica the changes threaten vaccine uptake in Navajo communities and have left medical practitioners who serve this population feeling censored."
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
t.co
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Current and former IHS clinicians told ProPublica the changes threaten vaccine uptake in Navajo communities and have left medical practitioners who serve this population feeling censored."
“Libraries are always targeted...” The Trump administration implemented a massive overhaul of government websites that included taking down countless pages...It was the archive...which enabled journalists to understand what had been altered."
Inside the old church where one trillion webpages are stored | CNN Business
The Internet Archive is preserving the web one page at a time, a job that’s more critical than ever as the internet evolves in the age of AI.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Libraries are always targeted...” The Trump administration implemented a massive overhaul of government websites that included taking down countless pages...It was the archive...which enabled journalists to understand what had been altered."
“Drax has come into British Columbia claiming to solve some of the problems that our forestry industry has, but they have not. It’s very disheartening, and offensive, to hear Drax claiming to be solving these problems..."
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
t.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“Drax has come into British Columbia claiming to solve some of the problems that our forestry industry has, but they have not. It’s very disheartening, and offensive, to hear Drax claiming to be solving these problems..."
"If the prospect of people going hungry doesn’t move you, consider some of the other beneficiaries of SNAP. Like Walmart, Amazon, McDonald’s and other titans of Corporate America whose profits rely on workers who are paid low wages..."
SNAP isn’t just a moral imperative. It’s good for business, too | CNN Business
To the lawmakers in Congress who seem to be stuck on Reagan-era myths about the people who rely on food stamps, here’s an idea: Let’s reframe the idea of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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November 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"If the prospect of people going hungry doesn’t move you, consider some of the other beneficiaries of SNAP. Like Walmart, Amazon, McDonald’s and other titans of Corporate America whose profits rely on workers who are paid low wages..."
"Perkins says at 1 a.m. Friday, his full monthly SNAP benefit of $298 showed up on his card...he pulled his clothes on and drove to Winco, the value grocery store that’s open 24/7. In the middle of the night, he filled his cart..."
Oregon SNAP recipients will receive November benefits today, Gov. Kotek says
The Oregon Department of Human Services announced that people who receive SNAP food assistance would receive 100% of their November benefits on Friday.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Perkins says at 1 a.m. Friday, his full monthly SNAP benefit of $298 showed up on his card...he pulled his clothes on and drove to Winco, the value grocery store that’s open 24/7. In the middle of the night, he filled his cart..."
"Environmental DNA detection is an exciting and relatively new approach that allows scientists to recognize and amplify the genetic material that all creatures, living and dead, shed into their environments, and it already has gotten results in some fields of research."
How DNA from the ocean floor might transform the somber search for troops lost at sea | CNN
A team of scientists is employing a technique used to detect invasive species to search for troops lost at sea.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Environmental DNA detection is an exciting and relatively new approach that allows scientists to recognize and amplify the genetic material that all creatures, living and dead, shed into their environments, and it already has gotten results in some fields of research."
"Previous research found that early exposure to green space was linked to a healthy immune system, but it was unclear if this was causation or correlation. The Finland study suggests it could be causal."
How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health
In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing
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November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Previous research found that early exposure to green space was linked to a healthy immune system, but it was unclear if this was causation or correlation. The Finland study suggests it could be causal."
"Thompson wondered if it took so long to recognize its potential because he’d been specifically told not to work on operating systems...But now Unix had its first user community — future legends...“All the user IDs were one digit. That definitely put a limit on it.”"
Ken Thompson Recalls Unix's Rowdy, Lock-Picking Origins
Ken Thompson's vivid recollection of the rowdy roomful of geeks at Bell Labs who built the digital world in a spirit of open play.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Thompson wondered if it took so long to recognize its potential because he’d been specifically told not to work on operating systems...But now Unix had its first user community — future legends...“All the user IDs were one digit. That definitely put a limit on it.”"
"...part of a larger trend of unverified AI content being sold on Amazon. Last year, amateur mushroom pickers were warned to avoid foraging books sold on the platform...written by chatbots & containing questionable advice on how to discern a lethal fungus from an edible one."
Detection firm finds 82% of herbal remedy books on Amazon ‘likely written’ by AI
Originality.ai scans 558 titles in herbal remedies section between January and September
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October 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"...part of a larger trend of unverified AI content being sold on Amazon. Last year, amateur mushroom pickers were warned to avoid foraging books sold on the platform...written by chatbots & containing questionable advice on how to discern a lethal fungus from an edible one."
“Wouldn’t it be great if we could be the Dr. Ian Malcolm of ‘Jurassic Park’?” “We scientists … think about whether we should, not whether we could.”
Meet the scientists sounding the alarm about the doomsday risks of mirror life | CNN
Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.
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October 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“Wouldn’t it be great if we could be the Dr. Ian Malcolm of ‘Jurassic Park’?” “We scientists … think about whether we should, not whether we could.”
“Wouldn’t it be great if we could be the Dr. Ian Malcolm of ‘Jurassic Park’?...We scientists … think about whether we should, not whether we could.”
Meet the scientists sounding the alarm about the doomsday risks of mirror life | CNN
Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.
buff.ly
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“Wouldn’t it be great if we could be the Dr. Ian Malcolm of ‘Jurassic Park’?...We scientists … think about whether we should, not whether we could.”
“The declining strength of the US passport over the past decade...signals a fundamental shift in global mobility and soft power dynamics. Nations that embrace openness and cooperation are surging ahead, while those resting on past privilege are being left behind.”
US Passport Power Falls to Historic Low
For the first time since the Henley Passport Index was created 20 years ago, the United States is no longer ranked amongst the world’s Top 10 most powerful passports.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“The declining strength of the US passport over the past decade...signals a fundamental shift in global mobility and soft power dynamics. Nations that embrace openness and cooperation are surging ahead, while those resting on past privilege are being left behind.”
"Rather than acknowledging that the US is in danger of being permanently overtaken by China’s technological and economic prowess, the Trump administration...is actively opposing progress in critical sectors while giving grifters like the crypto industry everything that they want."
China Has Overtaken America
And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up
buff.ly
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Rather than acknowledging that the US is in danger of being permanently overtaken by China’s technological and economic prowess, the Trump administration...is actively opposing progress in critical sectors while giving grifters like the crypto industry everything that they want."
"Rachel gave her date the benefit of the doubt...she’d been “Chatfished” before, so when the gap between his real and digital selves failed to close on their second date, she called it off. “I’d already been ChatGPT-ed into bed at least once. I didn’t want it to happen again.”"
‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder
Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing…
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October 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"Rachel gave her date the benefit of the doubt...she’d been “Chatfished” before, so when the gap between his real and digital selves failed to close on their second date, she called it off. “I’d already been ChatGPT-ed into bed at least once. I didn’t want it to happen again.”"
"Starbuck’s online posts have not changed in tenor since the “anti-DEI agitator” was brought into the Meta fold, and his Trump administration connections raise broader questions about the extent to which corporate America has capitulated to the Maga movement."
Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people
Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
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October 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Starbuck’s online posts have not changed in tenor since the “anti-DEI agitator” was brought into the Meta fold, and his Trump administration connections raise broader questions about the extent to which corporate America has capitulated to the Maga movement."
"The question of Truth Terminal's autonomy is another story. "The interest around Truth Terminal is a bit like an audience wanting to suspend their disbelief," says Fabian Stelzer, a cognitive scientist, AI researcher and founder of Glif..."
An AI became a crypto millionaire. Now it's fighting to become a person
In the past year, an AI made millions in cryptocurrency. It's written the gospel of its own pseudo-religion and counts tech billionaires among its devotees. Now it wants legal rights.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"The question of Truth Terminal's autonomy is another story. "The interest around Truth Terminal is a bit like an audience wanting to suspend their disbelief," says Fabian Stelzer, a cognitive scientist, AI researcher and founder of Glif..."
"I would have saved, on average, almost nothing during Amazon’s recent fall “Prime Big Deal Days” — and for some big-ticket purchases, I would have actually paid more..."
MSN
Here’s what you should do to actually get a good deal on Amazon.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"I would have saved, on average, almost nothing during Amazon’s recent fall “Prime Big Deal Days” — and for some big-ticket purchases, I would have actually paid more..."
"...ultrasound approaches already in use are ushering in a new era in oncology – one that aims to replace, or at least improve, effective-yet-devastating therapies like surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. "Cancer is awful...What's making it even worse is cancer treatment.""
How ultrasound is ushering a new era of surgery-free cancer treatment
Ultrasound has long been used for helping doctors see inside the body, but focused high frequency sound waves are offering new ways of targeting cancer.
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October 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"...ultrasound approaches already in use are ushering in a new era in oncology – one that aims to replace, or at least improve, effective-yet-devastating therapies like surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. "Cancer is awful...What's making it even worse is cancer treatment.""
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might…
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October 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
"Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers."
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that…
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October 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Employees are using AI tools to create low-effort, passable looking work that ends up creating more work for their coworkers."
Reposted by Sean Dreilinger
My 18 year old son Sequoia has been working on a huge personal project for the last few years. He has written a full feature length animated film screenplay and musical score called, "The Unlikely Pairing of Fowl and Cheese."
Check out the work on his website:
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Check out the work on his website:
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A Collection of All My Writing Work – Sequoia Dreilinger
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October 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My 18 year old son Sequoia has been working on a huge personal project for the last few years. He has written a full feature length animated film screenplay and musical score called, "The Unlikely Pairing of Fowl and Cheese."
Check out the work on his website:
sequoia.dreilinger.com/writing-coll...
Check out the work on his website:
sequoia.dreilinger.com/writing-coll...