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U.S. Stakes Taxpayer Money on Big Argentina Bet
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/us/politics/trump-argentina-bailout-bessent.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE8.Mh4o.QuFX7U5PZeZ3&smid=url-share
🖥️ **AI-generated news sites spout viral slop from forgotten URLs**
"_A new generation of content farms are harnessing AI to spin out clickbait — and they’re getting help from Google._"
🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/ai-generated-news-sites-spout-viral-slop-from-forgotten-urls/.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AISlop #Clickbait #News #Technology #Tech
🇺🇸 **The President Who Re-Segregated the Federal Government**
"_This is not the first time Washington, D.C., and the nation have witnessed a President and his administration dismantle equity and segregate the federal government. Over a century ago, Woodrow Wilson (in office from 1913-1921) reversed decades of racial integration and inclusion efforts—what might now be called “DEI”—in federal employment._"
🇺🇸 **The Reign of the Greenback**
"_The biggest challenge to the dollar's global stature is the American government's unsustainable debt._"
🔗 https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/the-reign-of-the-greenback.
@tg9541 Think a lot, eat a lot.
🇺🇸 🚗 **‘Finances are getting tighter’: US car repossessions surge as more Americans default on auto loans**
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/17/us-car-repossessions-economy.
#News #Cars #Finance #Debt #Economy #Economics #USA #US #UnitedStates
@tg9541 The article goes on to say that obesity levels in Europe are also rising. I do not think that this is solely reflective of one geographical region. Also, please do not get me started on highly processed food that I think plays a contributory role in the ever-increasing rates of obesity.
📖 **Settler Colonialism as a Structure? Structural Logics, Long-Term Patterns, and Critical Reflections**
"_Drawing on diverse case studies – from ancient Mediterranean societies to contemporary visions of settling Mars – contributors critically examine key questions: What defines settler colonialism? How does access to land shape its dynamics? What socio-political and cultural forces underpin settler expansion?_"
Pelgrom, J. and Six, C. (2025) 'Settler Colonialism as a Structure? Structural Logics, Long-Term Patterns, and Critical Reflections,' books.ugp.rug.nl https://doi.org/10.21827/68db7d21df8a1.
#OpenAccess #OA #History #Histodons #Academia #Nonfiction #Books #Bookstodon
🇺🇸 **Nearly 70% of US adults considered obese under proposed new definition, study finds**
"_The new approach would label someone as being obese if they have a BMI over 40 or if they have a high BMI plus at least one sign of excess body fat, for example a large waist, high waist-to-hip ratio, or high waist-to-height ratio. People could also be classed as obese if they have two signs of excess fat even with a "normal" BMI, or if scans show they have excessive body fat._"
#News #Science #Study #Research #Health #Obesity #USA #US #UnitedStates
🖥️ **Opinion: embracing AI undermines academia.
"_The most glaring issue with AI is that it is often factually wrong._"
🔗 https://cherwell.org/2025/10/17/embracing-ai-undermines-academia/.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Education #Learning #University #Academia #Opinion
🖥️ **This $1.5b AI Company Goes Bankrupt—Turns Out It Was Never AI… Just 700 Indian Engineers**
**Loyalists, race and Atlantic Canada**
"_Learn about how the resettlement of American Loyalists after the War of Independence reshaped the British Empire._"
🔗 https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/loyalists-race-and-atlantic-canada.
🇹🇷 **Six New Aramaic Inscriptions Unearthed at Ancient City of Zernaki Tepe in Eastern Türkiye**
🇺🇸 **75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’**
🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/16/inflation-economic-pessimism-poll.
📖 **Incredibly rare 17th-century book found in Michigan State University donation bin: ‘It stood out right away’**
"_MSU concluded the book was Theologia Moralis, a text on moral theology by Paul Laymann, an Austrian man part of the Jesuits, a Roman Catholic religious order. The book was produced in the Belgian city of Liège by the printer Guillaume Ouwerx in 1672, 37 years after the author’s death._"
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🏴 **James Stirling library to be auctioned in Edinburgh**
"_Stirling’s copy of Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which is generally considered to be the most important scientific book ever published, is another highlight of the auction. It’s estimated to fetch between £10,000 and £20,000._"
🔗 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/25548234.james-stirling-library-auctioned-edinburgh/
#Edinburgh #Scotland #News #History #Science #HistSci #Maths #Mathematics #Auction #Books
📖 **Alexander the Great in Jerusalem**
"_But did Alexander the Great visit Jerusalem, or didn’t he? That is the single most frequently asked question when people hear the title of my new book, Alexander the Great in Jerusalem: Myth & History._"
**Lost Data in Electron Microscopy**
"_Of the more than 150,000 electron microscopy images evaluated in this study, only approximately 3500 (just over 2%) were made available in publications. For the analyzed dataset, the amount of lost data in electron microscopy can be estimated as >90% (in terms of data being recorded but not being published in peer-reviewed literature)._"
Ivanova, Nina M., Alexey S. Kashin, and Valentine P. Ananikov. 2025. "Lost Data in Electron Microscopy" Chemistry 7, no. 5: 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/chemistry7050160.
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Chemistry #Data #Images #Academia
🌍 🌡️ **57 Extra Superhot Days A Year? New Study Says That's Where The World Is Headed, But It Could Be Worse**
_“There will be pain and suffering because of climate change,” said Climate Central Vice President for Science Kristina Dahl, a report co-author._
🔗 https://weather.com/news/climate/news/2025-10-16-study-says-world-could-add-57-superhot-days-a-year.
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#archaeology
Livestream | Exploring Lindisfarne's iconic early Medieval monastery raided by Vikings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRs4NTxa9YA
Not a bot, just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
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Joined Nov 2022
