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Stephen Colbert’s decade-old lesson on navigating uncertainty is more relevant than ever (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-22 | get The Art of Uncertainty Book → | tags: cbs, stephen colbert, wake forest university

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Democrats’ 2024 Election Autopsy Shows Signs of Sloppy AI Generation (futurism.com)

2026-05-22 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI News Analysis Tool → | tags: democratic national convention, chatgpt, north carolina gubernatorial election

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Elon Musk’s Ex Says He Bragged About 10,000 Lasers in Orbit That Are “Not a Piece They’ll See on the Chess Board” (futurism.com)

2026-05-21 | by Joe Wilkins | get Starlink Satellite Dish → | tags: starlink, elon musk, lasers

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The first British person in space (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | get British Astronaut Poster → | tags: british astronaut, star city, space mission

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The surprising story behind the first British person in space (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | get NASA Space Shuttle Model → | tags: british space program, star city, bbc news

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It’s Officially Election Season in Trumpworld (wired.com)

2026-05-20 | by Hugo Lowell | tags: trump, texas, ken paxton

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It's Officially Election Season In Trumpworld (wired.com)

2026-05-20 | by Hugo Lowell | get Trump Campaign Logo Mug → | tags: trump, texas, ken paxton

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YouTube may be building different political realities for men and women (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-20 | get YouTube Political Bias Book → | tags: youtube, recommendation algorithm, trump campaign

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Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the Polls (wired.com)

2026-05-20 | by David Gilbert | get Election Security Kit → | tags: ice, national guard, election officials

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Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R. (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-18 | tags: democracy, politics, government

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Can Laws Stop Deepfakes? South Korea Aims to Find Out (darkreading.com)

2026-05-18 | by Alexander Culafi | get Deepfake Detection Software → | tags: deepfakes, south korea, ai laws

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A Conspiracy Theory About QR Codes Has Led to Chaos Ahead of Georgia’s Midterms (wired.com)

2026-05-13 | by David Gilbert | get QR Code Scanner App → | tags: codes, conspiracy, election

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TikTok’s algorithm systematically skewed to the right during the 2024 US elections (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-06 | get TikTok Algorithm Insights Book → | tags: tiktok, 2024 us elections, algorithm

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Systematic partisan content skews in TikTok during the 2024 US elections (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-06 | by Ibrahim | get TikTok Content Moderation Guide → | tags: tiktok, 2024 us elections, sock puppet accounts

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Canadian election databases use "canary traps"—and they work (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-04 | get Canary Trap Data Masking → | tags: canary trap, elections alberta, alberta electoral list

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In Canada, a "canary trap" springs shut—and IDs election database leak (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-04 | get Secure Election Data USB → | tags: canary trap, election database, elections alberta

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Alberta voter list leak is a potential public safety disaster (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | by Delores B | get Secure Digital Voter Register → | tags: alberta voter list, centurion project, elections alberta

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LLMs consistently pick resumes they generate over ones by humans or other models (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get AI Resume Screening Tool → | tags: llms, resumes, human models

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How Trump Weaponized the DOJ Division That Kept Elections Fair (wired.com)

2026-04-29 | by David Gilbert | tags: doj, voting rights act, election integrity

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Jury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’ (theverge.com)

2026-04-27 | by Richard Lawler | get Musk T-Shirt Collection → | tags: musk, altman, jury selection

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Kalshi fines candidates for betting on their own elections, but one says he wanted to get caught (techspot.com)

2026-04-23 | tags: kalshi, political insider trading, morgan

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Democrats Warned Not to Upset Multi-Million Dollar AI Lobbyists, Even Though It’d Be a Slam Dunk With Voters (futurism.com)

2026-04-18 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Ethics and Policy Book → | tags: ai lobbyists, democrats, kamala harris

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Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | by Callaway | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: ancient human dna, human evolution, natural selection

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Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: ancient dna, west eurasia, directional selection

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Nature Is Still Molding Human Genes, Study Finds (slashdot.org)

2026-04-16 | get Gene Editing Kit → | tags: new york times, tyk2, human genes

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‘Science needs defending’: record number of researchers run for office in US mid-terms (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-16 | by Chen | get Science Advocacy Poster → | tags: us mid-term elections, 314 action, artificial intelligence

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Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-15 | by Callaway | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: ancient human dna, human evolution, natural selection

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Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-15 | by Akbari | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: ancient dna, human genomics, eurasians

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War Game Exercise Demonstrates How Social Media Manipulation Works (darkreading.com)

2026-04-14 | get Social Media Manipulation Kit → | tags: social media, bots, election

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White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-04-10 | get Prediction Market Betting Guide → | tags: white house, prediction markets, us central bank