Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋 @bibliolater@qoto.org
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📖 **Newton's Principia: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Newton**
"_Read or download for free_"
🔗 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76404.
#ProjectGutenberg #Read #IsaacNewton #Newton #Science #Physics #Ebook #Book #Bookstodon @bookstodon @science
#Image attribution: John Vanderbank, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Sir_Isaac_Newton_(4670220).jpg.
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AI might undermine one of the better alternatives to the Kindle
https://www.engadget.com/ai/ai-might-undermine-one-of-the-better-alternatives-to-the-kindle-123039955.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Technology (UK Edition) @technology-uk-edition-FlipboardUK
**Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing**
#Finland #Colonialism #Christianity #Scandinavia #Nordic #Sami #Lutherans #Religion
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Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/google-emissions-ai-electricity-demand-derail-efforts-green #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Environment #Technology #Worldnews #Alphabet #Google #Energy
**Darius the Persian: An Archaeological Biography**
🔗 https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2025/06/27/darius-the-persian-an-archaeological-biography/.
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Citation manipulation through citation mills and pre-print servers
https://rdcu.be/etMbV
💻 🧠 🖋️ **A.I. Is Homogenizing Our Thoughts**
"_Recent studies suggest that tools such as ChatGPT make our brains less active and our writing less original._"
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/ai-is-homogenizing-our-thoughts
#Culture #Thinking #Writing #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech @ai @writing
🌍 **Global economy to slow amid 'most severe trade war since 1930s', says Fitch**
_“Our latest GDP forecasts reflect extreme volatility in US trade policy in recent months, which has increased uncertainty and will further weigh on growth,”_
🔗 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/global-economy-trump-trade-war-us-china-143342764.html
💻 **Gartner: More than 40% of agentic AI projects will fail by 2027**
"_More than 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end of 2027 as organizations struggle with rising costs, unclear business value and inadequate risk controls, according to a new forecast from Gartner._"
🔗 https://www.rcrwireless.com/20250627/business/agentic-ai-gartner
Afternoon all.
💻 🖋️ **Writing With AI: An English Professor Makes The Case For The Unexpected**
"_Letting A.I. do our writing reduces our capacity for the best kind of human thinking. The timing couldn’t be worse._"
🔗 https://slate.com/life/2025/06/ai-chatgpt-generator-grok-gemini-writing.html.
#Writing #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Education @ai
🔭 **Night Sky Highlights - July 2025**
"_Discover what to see in the night sky this July, including two magnificent nebulae in Cygnus, Mercury at its best, and more!_"
🔗 https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/space-astronomy/astronomy/night-sky-highlights-july-2025.
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The Link Between Highly Processed Foods and Brain Health (Published 2023)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/well/eat/ultraprocessed-food-mental-health.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R08.0jhh.BjELPTK9vpYo&smid=bs-share
🇧🇬 **Archaeology: Gold coin dating from 6th century Eastern Roman emperor Justin II found in Bulgaria**
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US economy shrank 0.5% in the first quarter, worse than earlier estimates had revealed
https://apnews.com/article/economy-tariffs-trump-gdp-shrink-86d1f15e66c646ac4ce88ffc0a956942?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-AssociatedPress
📖 🎙️ **J. P. Mallory, "The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story"**
"_In The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story (Thames & Hudson, 2025) Mallory explores ancient migrations, linguistics, and archaeology, applying cutting-edge genetic research to untangle the key arguments with wit and verve._"
🔗 https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-indo-europeans-rediscovered.
#Audio #Podcast #History #Archaeology #Linguistics #Book #Bookstodon @histodons @linguistics @archaeodons
🇰🇿 **Kazakh Archaeologists Uncover Scythian-Era Treasures**
"_The standout find was a gold ring engraved with a lion, a symbol of strength and authority. Researchers believe the image combines human and animal traits, reflecting the spiritual worldview of the Saka tribes in the 3rd-4th centuries BC._"
🔗 https://timesca.com/kazakh-archaeologists-uncover-scythian-era-treasures/
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**Denmark’s ambitious plan to boost plant-based foods. FT Rethink**
#Video length: seven minutes and five seconds.
🧬 **Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch**
"_But critics fear the research opens the way for unscrupulous researchers seeking to create enhanced or modified humans._"
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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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