#affirmation : confirmation of anything established
- French: affirmation
- German: Bestätigung
- Italian: affermazione
- Portuguese: afirmação
- Spanish: afirmación
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Amazon’s greenhouse gas emissions are increasing.
It saw a 6 percent rise in planet-heating pollution last year, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. As it expands data centers for AI, Amazon is moving further away from a goal it set in 2019 to reach net zero carbon emissions.
“One of the biggest challenges with scaling AI is increased energy demands for data centers,” Amazon’s sustainability report says.
Amazon’s Emissions Climbed 6% in 2024 on Data Center Buildout
Amazon’s carbon emissions fell last year
Amazon’s carbon footprint shrank slightly in 2023 after years of growth.Justine Calma (The Verge)
Cresson Sanatorium and Prison in Lilly, Pennsylvania
This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.#insaneasylums #pennsylvania #prisons #haunted #section-Atlas
First Patient Dosed in Phase 2b Study of GlyphAllo for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder, With or Without Anxious Stress
Seaport Therapeutics initiates a pivotal study for GlyphAllo, a potential breakthrough treatment for major depressive disorder, with or without anxious stress.Leah Kuntz (Psychiatric Times)
A tasty celebration of the tau neutrino
On July 21, 2000, the DONUT collaboration at Fermilab announced the detection of tau neutrinos for the first time. Here are a few ideas for celebrating 25 years of the most elusive of elusive particles.
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U.S. to Curtail Practice of Assessing Fairness of Foreign Elections (Wall Street Journal)
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U.S. to Curtail Practice of Assessing Fairness of Foreign Elections
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Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
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Senate Strips $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting
The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in a severe blow to NPR and PBS.Gene Maddaus (Variety)
Trump faces backlash as 69% believe Epstein details concealed, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (Jason Lange/Reuters)
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Trump faces backlash as 69% believe Epstein details concealed, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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Linux Receiving Fix For AMD Radeon Polaris GPUs Producing Lots Of Log Spam
For those using an AMD Radeon RX 500 "Polaris" graphics card on Linux and routinely suspend/resume your system, going into the Linux 6.16 kernel and then to be back-ported to the stable series is a fix where the AMDGPU driver could end up producing a lot of spam in the kernel log...
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Linux Receiving Fix For AMD Radeon Polaris GPUs Producing Lots Of Log Spam
For those using an AMD Radeon RX 500 'Polaris' graphics card on Linux and routinely suspend/resume your system, going into the Linux 6.www.phoronix.com
Trump discussing drone 'mega deal' with Ukraine -- as US tech lags behind adversaries: 'The people of America need this technology' (New York Post)
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Exclusive | Trump discussing drone 'mega deal' with Ukraine — as US tech lags behind adversaries: 'The people of America need this technology'
“The people of America need this technology, and you need to have it in your arsenal,” Zelensky told The Post of Ukraine’s latest drones.Caitlin Doornbos (New York Post)
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Real photo shows Trump and wife Melania with Ghislaine Maxwell?
The photo spread online as demands grew for the White House to release the so-called Epstein files in July 2025.
US Set to Impose 93.5% Tariff on Key Battery Material From China (Bloomberg)
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US Set to Impose 93.5% Tariff on Key Battery Material From China
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The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid (Associated Press)
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The House is poised to OK Trump's $9 billion cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid
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Alligator Alcatraz isn't meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway (Miami Herald)
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Alligator Alcatraz isn't meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway
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Ghost of Corporate Synergy.
Alamo Drafthouse, which is owned by Sony, is hosting a film series “inspired by” Ghost of Yōtei, a PlayStation video game made by Sucker Punch Productions, which is a Sony-owned studio. There’s even a custom popcorn bucket.
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Ghost of Yōtei’s gameplay deep dive shows the open world, combat, and chill beats
Sony just released a lengthy gameplay trailer for Ghost of Yōtei, a PS5 exclusive that launches in October.Andrew Webster (The Verge)
From Project Gutenberg:
The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service
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The Investment of Influence: A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Hillis
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