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August 31, 2023

[SC 2.4.4] Wednesday can be Thursday, if you believe

This was supposed to go out yesterday, but I was a little fried. I'm sending it now, proving that Wednesday can be Thursday, if you believe. Enjoy!


Automakers now have to comply with MA’s Right to Repair law
Hell yeah, Massachusetts.

Thousands of Octopuses Gather at This Mysterious Spot. Now, We Know Why.
Maybe they just like it!

Living Switches
More physicality in interfaces is what I'm sayin'.

The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in America for $15
Credit scores are over, if you want it.

The SEO scam: $62,000 later
"Interestingly, we still manage to receive leads from some of our well-ranked content. But such content was authentic, written by our team without any SEO guidelines, and not created with the sole intent of achieving high rankings."

It's Getting Too Hot for Tropical Trees to Photosynthesize, Scientists Warn
oh

The strange, secretive world of North Korean science fiction
Really interesting, especially when you consider scifi criticism about being a way to speculate about idealism.

Finding Hope In The Dark Power Of Fungus
Folks, we have not one, not two, but three fungus-related links this week.

Driverless Cars Are Worse at Spotting Kids and Dark-Skinned People, Study Says
"According to the researchers, a major source of the technology’s problems with kids and dark-skinned people comes from bias in the data used to train the AI, which contains more adults and light-skinned people. "

Would crab-cavalry work?
Man, I freakin; love the worldbuilding StackExchange.

Detect Missing Adblocker
lmao

‘Life or Death:’ AI-Generated Mushroom Foraging Books Are All Over Amazon
Hey, maybe let's have incentive structures in place to prevent this?

How scientists engineered a see-through squid with its brain in plain view
He's just a little guy!

A group of Philadelphians erased $1.6 million in local medical debt. They celebrated with an unofficial debt burning.
This is a drop in the bucket, but also not for the folks affected by the act.

Flora, fauna and … funga: campaigners call for new term for conservation talks
The three Fs.

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