After the Climb

the Fall (nsfw -- 18+)

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https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article312273816.html

you can’t park within 6 feet of a driveway.

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31 Slow Cooker Recipes to Celebrate Crocktober

The foodie celebration is here and these are the recipes you need to be cooking.

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How Finland continues its reign as the happiest country on Earth

For the eighth consecutive year, Finland was ranked first as the happiest country on Earth, according to the annual World Happiness Report.

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Nestled In Minnesota's Superior National Forest Is A Secret Lakefront Campground To Hike And Fish In Seclusion - Islands

Tucked deep in Superior National Forest, Toohey Lake Rustic Campground offers secluded lakeside camping, quiet trails, and peaceful fishing.

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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

“History is best told as a story of organised crime,” Kemp says. “It is one group creating a monopoly on resources through the use of violence over a certain territory and population.”

Goliath’s Curse by Luke Kemp was published in the UK on 31 July by Viking Penguin

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opinion/liberal-arts-college-students-administration.html

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Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?

The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.

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No, AI Isn't Having 'Hallucinations' — Turns Out, It's Worse Than That

Amid claims of "digital dementia," experts explain that AI isn't declining. It's just stupid in the first place.

Turns out, according to a new study from MIT, using ChatGPT might be causing our own cognitive decline. MIT’s Media Lab divided 54 participants in Boston between the ages of 18 to 39 years old into three groups and had them write SAT essays using ChatGPT, Google’s search engine (which now relies on AI), or their own minds without any AI assistance. Electroencephalograms (EEGs) were used to record the participants’ brain wave activity and found that, of the three groups, the ones with the lowest engagement and poor performance were the ChatGPT users. The study, which lasted for several months, found that it only got worse for the ChatGPT users. It suggested that using AI LLMs, such as ChatGPT, could be harmful to developing critical thinking and learning and could particularly impact younger users.

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Europe on alert as first major heatwave of 2025 pushes temperatures to 42C

Authorities in Spain, Portugal, Greece and France issue extreme heat, wildfire and health warnings

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AI makes us all think alike

Wharton researchers say ChatGPT reduces the diversity of ideas when brainstorming.

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I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is (Again)

The L.A. distortion effect