January 1, 2025

🤪 Wacky Wednesday for 2025-01-01

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Each Wednesday I go through dozens of Slack communities.

I then select the most interesting shared links.

This will always be a safe for work list. 🙈

Sitters and Standers

The American worker divide: Those who sit, and those who stand

Cats playing with robots proves a winning combo in novel art installation - Ars Technica

Cat Royale project explores what it takes to trust a robot to look after beloved pets.

30 years ago Tomorrow's World predicted 2025 - how did it do?

From space junk gel to hologram surgery, the team had lots of intriguing predictions. Which, if any, came true?

Note: Some images via Unsplash

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Cuthrell Consulting LLC
Attn: Jay Cuthrell
1903 Live Oak St #92
Beaufort, NC 28516-0092

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