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The National Book Critics Circle Longlist for Poetry

Looking for great poetry collections to dive into? Here are the longlisted titles from the National Book Critics Circle.
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The PediSedate: A Winning Combination Of Video Games And Anesthesia

Once upon a time, surgery was done on patents who were fully conscious and awake. As you might imagine, this was a nasty experience for all involved, and particularly the …read more
#hacking #projects
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The Most Powerful Politics Influencers Barely Post About Politics (David Gilbert/Wired)

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Metro: see metro google adding us a preferred source metro.co.uk/2025/12/17/see-met… #news #technology


From Project Gutenberg:

The Rebirth of Turkey

by Clair Price

Get it at: gutenberg.org/ebooks/65436



« Je m’excuse » : nous avons retrouvé l’auteur de la vidéo virale qui annonce faussement un coup d’Etat en France ift.tt/Br2AOnk
in reply to Pixels / Le Monde

M #Macron donne de la légitimité à ces plateformes ( #facebook, #X , #instagram ) en s'exprimant à travers elles. Il ne faut pas venir s'en plaindre ensuite !! surtout quand on nous rabache de la souverainté numérique tous les 2 jours.

la cohérence voudrait de commencer par les quitter et mettre en place un serveur mastodon officiel pour le gouvernement.

mais c'est pas demain la veille. 😭

in reply to Pixels / Le Monde

Avec l'IA, n'importe qui peut faire des fausses videos. C'est pareil sur les autres plateformes. La souverainete numerique, il peut la mettre au grenier...

Il a pas compris que l'auteur se fait des € avec douze millions de vues et que Meta s'en tamponne si ce sont des africains francophones qui se font rouler dans la farine et vont grincher a l'Elysee parce qu'ils manquent d'esprit critique.



US Threatens Retaliation Against EU Over 'Discriminatory' Treatment of American Tech Companies
#Apple
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A federal appeals court in Washington decided that National Guard troops sent to the city by President Trump in August can stay in place while judges continue reviewing whether the deployment was lawful.
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From resistance team of US Natl Park Svc
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#AltNPS #Coup #Activism #NationalParkService #FederalGovernment #USpol #Trump


Trump and Vance give the economy high marks -- the numbers say otherwise (Philip Bump/MS NOW)

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Pixel Watch 4 owners now have more choice for charging.

The Mous Pixel Watch Charger, available through Google’s online store for $50, is the first third-party charger that works with the Pixel Watch 4’s side-mounted charging pins. It’s larger and potentially more stable than Google’s $30 Pixel Watch Quick Charge Dock, and can connect to other Mous charging pads.



Links of Interest: Dec. 17, 2025

The latest in audiobooks, traditional publishing, bookselling, trends, and culture & politics.
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Maximus is more important than ever in Fallout season 2

Aaron Moten explains how his character fits into Amazon’s take on the wasteland.



Tesla would have to rein in FSD under new Democratic bill

Automakers would be required to restrict their Level 2 driving system to safe road environments. That could seriously hamper Tesla’s Full Self-Driving rollout.




May the enemies of the people be terrified at the unexpected awakening.
-- Alexander Berkman

#anarchism #quote #bot



#address : to apply one's skill or energies (to some object)

- French: adresse

- German: die Adresse

- Italian: indirizzo

- Portuguese: endereço

- Spanish: alocución

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