It’s slightly amusing that The Times fired their Pulitzer Prize-winning coronavirus reporter in middle of the pandemic — a reporter who saw the lab leak theory as credible — and replaced him with another reporter who dismissed discussion of the lab leak as “racist”.
What was Fauci hiding?
What Tony Fauci is saying it’s not a very good one but it’s it’s one that he was clinging to which is that there are various definitions of gain of function and he specific definition in the U.S funding issue is that you improve a human virus not an animal virus to make it more infectious to humans right that was that’s the the angel on the head of the pin that he’s that he’s dancing on but um as you say then why was he using the phrase gain of function to describe this work months earlier uh in that email
AI: Yes, Hollywood, You Should Be Afraid
the ability of artificial intelligence to use vast amounts of data to generate new works of text, audio or visual output — has genuinely impressed me. Unlike some other trends, AI seems like a disruptive force for many industries, especially Hollywood.
Try Greater Manchester’s new 200-mile walking trail (well, bits of it)
The trail is split into four main sections, covering the north, south, east and west of the city region, with each section split into five stages, featuring walks of varying difficulty. Andrew Read, the ringway’s project lead, said:
A slacker was 20 minutes late and received two math problems… His solutions shocked his professor.
I heard an inspiring story about a math student who solved a world-famous math problem because he was late for class and thought the problems were the homework assignment whose explanation he had missed when he arrived late: even the most venerable scientists simply struggled however George simply did not know that they were unsolvable because of a stupid turn of events he didn’t hear the part of the lecture where the professor said that nobody in the whole world was able to solve them that’s how after
E135: Wagner rebels, SCOTUS ends AA, AI M&A, startups gone bad, spacetime warps & more
the Wagner group attempted coup or potential coup or theorized coup began
last week so sax you kind of sent out a text saying the show is already stale because you know kind of missed that uh
Ron DeSantis’ campaign finances have some flashing warning signs
The irony for DeSantis is that he raised a total of $20.1 million between mid-May and the end of June, easily ahead of other Republican candidates — even Trump, whose campaign raised $17.7 million from April through June, though Trump’s campaign committee did end the quarter with twice as much money to spend as DeSantis.
Taylor Swift debuts ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ track ‘Timeless’ live in Denver
Last week the singer announced the addition of 14 new ‘Eras’ tour dates in the UK and EU, with Paramore serving as support. The freshly added live shows seemingly rule her out as a potential headliner for Glastonbury 2024.
Insurance may not cover birth control drug Opill without prescription
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the sale of the oral contraceptive Opill without a prescription, a historic decision that should make birth control pills easier to obtain by eliminating the need to visit a doctor’s office and refill prescriptions.
Nearly a third of the Bradley armored vehicles the US provided Ukraine may have already been lost or damaged
leaked Pentagon documents from February indicate the 47th Brigade was due to receive a total of 99 of them. But other reporting suggests the United States has delivered as many as 109 of the vehicles, which were first deployed on the battlefield in April.