Chongqing chicken like it's made in Chongqing is more numbing than hot and punctuated with pickle and crispy chicken skin

The journalist Karen Hao – who published an absolutely fantastic book about OpenAI called “Empire of AI” recently – coined (as far as I know) one of the best terms for describing modern “AI” systems: Everything Machines. “AI” systems are not framed as specific tools that solve specific problems in specific ways but just as […]

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NYC experimental live music calendar • noise, improv, jazz, new music, avant-electronics, weirdos • performance against corporate interests!

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I've always loved the mysteries of colour. That yellow plus blue makes green is still exciting to me, still unbelievable. — Karel Martens Below: The book with slipcase. XXXX in title represents the four cross-stitch elements in book (no, i...

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Calling this a mess underplays what a shitshow this is.

Coupling of a FREP1 variant to a gene-drive system allows the spread of a host malaria resistance allele through the mosquito population.

Over the last year or so I’ve seen a disturbing tendency in tech/startup/VC worlds to buy into the neoreactionary view that for startups to be successful they need to get on board the Trump t…

Support for working parents is already severely lacking. But for families of neurodivergent kids, help is practically non-existent—and parents are faced with an impossible choice.

Mamdani fans propose some other Italians to venerate instead of Columbus

Data contradicts what the fire service chief has claimed when he has assured lawmakers the agency is prepared

Brian Hooker seems to not have alerted authorities of his illness after leaving west Texas

Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied one of succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

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I didn't set out to make a cat sanctuary, but I guess that works. What is Dwarf Fortress?:According to the developers: "The deepest, most intricate simulatio...

Following the NPC drivers in the Mario Kart World game for the Nintendo Switch 2 family of systems, to see where they're actually going.We followed, toads, s...

The second part of our series on the addictive botanical kratom reveals its toll on users even as a felon peddles high-powered kratom shots and a scientist for hire claims addiction to the substance is a myth.

The cuts come as Trump reels from MAGA anger over sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees. That's according to an agreement obtained by The Associated Press. ICE officials plan to track immigrants who may not be living legally in the United States. The agreement was signed Monday between officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Homeland Security. Direct access will be given to the addresses, Social Security numbers, birth dates as well as the ethnicity and race of all Medicaid enrollees.

François Bayrou says Easter Monday and VE Day could become normal workdays as critics call plan ‘a direct attack on France’

Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, sentenced for act of criminal damage that sparked widespread sadness and anger

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

Ambulances were reportedly stopped from reaching Sayfollah Musallet after attack in which another Palestinian man was shot dead