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Cosmic sleuth. We’re only as good as our questions. 🗽🇺🇸🔥✨

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Benjamin De Kraker
Benjamin De Kraker@BenjaminDEKR·
The recent booster capture video and this project have me wondering... how many problems can be solved by intelligent moving strings?
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taoki
taoki@justalexoki·
how the hell am i supposed to pick a washing machine like literally what am i even looking for. i just want it to wash clothes good why is one $200 and another $2500
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Good Questioner
Good Questioner@goodquestioner·
@fidjissimo To solve chronic disease we must solve the problem of our corrupt media and political system - which has a chronic condition of misinforming the masses, in favor of pharmaceutical profits, shamelessly leveraging every possible manipulative technique to make and keep people sick
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Fidji Simo
Fidji Simo@fidjissimo·
Today, I shared with the OpenAI team that I have decided to leave my full-time role at OpenAI and transition to being a part-time advisor. Three months ago, I had to go on medical leave after a severe exacerbation of a chronic illness I’ve lived with for seven years. During that time, it became clear that the road to recovery would be much longer and more complex than I had anticipated—and that I needed to focus on it fully. When I went on leave, many people told me I was courageous for prioritizing my health. The truth is that I am only making this decision now because I failed to make it many times before. Over the years, doctors, friends, colleagues, and loved ones encouraged me to slow down. Two years after I got sick, Facebook offered me the opportunity to take a full year of medical leave. I didn’t even pause to consider it. I immediately said no. At the time, Zuck told me I should play the long game. I wish I had listened. Looking back, I realize that a lot of what made me successful also made this decision incredibly difficult. I grew up believing that opportunities were precious and that when they appeared, you grabbed them with both hands. That mindset carried me from a small town in southern France to opportunities I never could have imagined. By the time I turned 40, I had already gotten to do more than I’d ever dreamed possible as a kid growing up in Sète. I love building. My work has always given me a deep sense of purpose. OpenAI in particular felt like a role that my entire career had been building toward, which made this decision even harder. But what I’m learning now is that grit and endurance are not the only skills required to have impact over decades. Sometimes the harder thing is to stop, listen, and trust that taking care of yourself today makes it possible to contribute for much longer tomorrow. This experience has also strengthened my conviction about why this work matters. It has been a jarring experience to spend my days helping build the future while simultaneously navigating a disabling disease that still has no cure. Over the last seven years, I’ve spent countless hours in doctors’ offices, dealing with symptoms, treatments, insurance, uncertainty, and all the invisible work that comes with being a patient. Like millions of others living with chronic illness, I’ve experienced firsthand how difficult healthcare can be to navigate, even when you have every possible advantage. More than ever, I believe that some of the most important opportunities for AI lie in helping people solve real problems in their daily lives: their health, their finances, their time and the everyday burdens that shape human experience. In particular, curing disease is the most important thing AI could accomplish. I’m excited to continue working towards cures through OpenAI but also through my work with @ChronicleBioAI and @CODA_research. I’m deeply grateful to @sama, @gdb and the OpenAI board for their support during this time and for offering a way for me to continue contributing to the mission without sacrificing my chances of recovery. I’m also so thankful to my team and the many extraordinary colleagues I’ve had the privilege to build alongside. For now, my focus is recovery. But my belief in the potential of technology to solve deeply human problems has never been stronger.
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The HighWire
The HighWire@HighWireTalk·
London Gadd was 12 years old. She played soccer, loved to read, drew constantly, and dreamed of flying for the Air Force. She is gone, and every parent needs to read this. Within 12 hours of admission to a psychiatric facility, a psychiatrist pushed Prozac. Her mother refused for three days. The facility told her London couldn't be released without it. A consent form later surfaced bearing her signature on a line marked for verbal consent, a document she says she never saw. London's dose was later doubled without her mother's knowledge. Injections of Zyprexa, an antipsychotic, were administered without her mother ever being told. Genetic variants that affected how London's body metabolized Prozac existed and could have been identified before discharge. No one tested for them. Pharmacogenomic testing for exactly this purpose has existed since 2006. Twenty-one days after discharge, London reached out for help. The adults who received her messages went back to sleep. She died the following day. Her mother Charay is now fighting for London's Law, which would require documented non-drug intervention before prescribing psychiatric medication to a minor, mandatory pharmacogenomic testing before any prescription, and real informed consent including the FDA's black box warning in plain language. "London paid the price for a system that labels first and investigates last." @ChelleWards and @tracybeanz wrote this one. It is not easy to read. Read it anyway. And pray for London's family. bit.ly/London-Gadd
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Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey@PalmerLuckey·
The M64 and M64 Pro controller launch on July 28th! The controller is pricey at $90, but that is unfortunately what it takes to make premium electronics these days. The Switch Pro controller is $90, Xbox controllers even more, and those aren't made of metal with the latest button, stick, and radio technology. We could have made a more affordable controller, but the N64 community is already very well-served by about a dozen options at various price points, including companies working with ModRetro to release color-matched controllers! Hyperkin, for example, has their new N64 Captain controller in all M64 colorways for just $29. Given all that, the clear opening for ModRetro was to design and manufacture this ultimate balls-to-the-wall N64 controller, optimal but optional. And, of course, like all ModRetro hardware, totally open-source.
ModRetro@modretro

Retro Dodo calls the M64 Pro Controller the N64 remote perfected. “It's the controller we needed back in the 90s.”

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Mary Talley Bowden MD
Mary Talley Bowden MD@MaryBowdenMD·
BPPV is the most common cause of vertigo, and one of the most common things I see misdiagnosed. It can be diagnosed and treated in the office - but if you go to the hospital with “dizziness,” you’ll get a CT scan and a prescription for meclizine. Every ER doctor, neurologist and PCP needs to learn the Dix-hallpike and Epley maneuver!
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Bernt Bornich
Bernt Bornich@BerntBornich·
Tomorrow we’re unveiling the most advanced robotic hand in human history
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Karen X. Cheng
Karen X. Cheng@karenxcheng·
i hooked up a rotary phone from the 1920s to an AI agent, that replies on a mechanical display it’s like a dumbphone without distracting notifications here’s how i built this w/ @cursor_ai
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