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Justin Johnson 🔥 Dark Folk Guitar "Don't go down (to the village below)" justinjohnsonguitar.com

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🤖 Zuck builds a CEO agent. He’s often described as interacting in a robotic, emotionless way — now Mark Zuckerberg wants to build his own CEO agent. As part of an initiative to turn Meta into an “AI-native company,” even the CEO himself will be supported by an AI agent. This fits into a broader industry trend: executives increasingly use AI systems for decision support, summarization, and strategic modeling. In theory, such agents could improve efficiency, reduce cognitive overload, and help process vast amounts of internal data faster than any human alone. ⚠️ Let’s just hope the “Zuckbot” raises a flag the next time Meta is about to trade human health, safety, and integrity for short-term gains. 👉 In that context, it’s worth remembering that internal documents from the Facebook Papers showed that around 32% of teenage girls reported that Instagram worsened body image issues. The same research indicated that teenagers who were already struggling could be pushed into more negative emotional states through certain types of content. ☝🏼 At the same time, whistleblower Frances Haugen testified that the company was aware of some of these effects but often prioritized engagement and growth metrics. This makes the introduction of AI at the executive level less about whether such systems improve decision-making, and more about what objectives they are ultimately designed to optimize. 😏 🔗 Sources wsj.com/tech/ai/mark-z… wsj.com/articles/faceb… apa.org/topics/social-… 🧭 @Meta @finkd @FrancesHaugen @APA @WSJ

🎸 Wake Up to Guitar Greatness 🎸 Today’s Pick: Mark Knopfler – "Down to the Waterline" '78 Rise, Dire Straits faithful! Early Knopfler already had that unmistakable touch.

@RoyRogers_HTMS @grok what guitar is he playing?

One of the most beautiful instrumental pieces in guitar history: Joe Satriani – Always with Me, Always with You. This Guitar Center performance is pure magic. ✨🎸

"Humans are not fixed — we are full of possibilities, but society forces us into rigid roles." -- Robert Musil 📚 📖

🌌 Dark Matter Instead of a Black Hole? A New Idea — but Not a Rewrite of Physics. For decades, astronomers have been confident that a supermassive black hole sits at the center of our Milky Way. Known as Sagittarius A*, it has about four million times the mass of the Sun ☀️ and is supported by strong observational evidence. Now, a new study is challenging that picture — at least partially. An international research team has proposed an alternative explanation: instead of a black hole, the center of our galaxy could contain an extremely dense concentration of dark matter 🧩. In their model, lightweight particles form a compact core surrounded by a larger halo, creating gravitational effects similar to those we observe today. What makes this idea interesting is that it attempts to explain two things at once: the fast, tight orbits of stars near the galactic center ⭐ the rotation behavior of stars farther out in the Milky Way 🌠 According to the researchers, their model can reproduce these observations without requiring a black hole. But here’s the key point: this does not mean the black hole has been disproven ⚠️ 👉 The current black hole model is still strongly supported by multiple lines of evidence, including precise measurements of stellar orbits and the famous 2022 image from the Event Horizon Telescope 📸. So where does this leave things? This new study is best seen as a theoretical alternative, not a replacement. It shows that, under certain assumptions, dark matter could mimic some of the effects we usually attribute to a black hole 🧠 For now, Sagittarius A* remains the leading explanation. But ideas like this remind us of something important: in science, even our most trusted models stay open to question — especially when it comes to the deepest parts of the universe 🌌 🔗 Resources ras.ac.uk/news-and-press… academic.oup.com/mnras/article/… eventhorizontelescope.org/publications/f… 🛰️ @ehtelescope @ESO @ESAGaia @RoyalAstroSoc @NASA

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Tony Rice - Church Street Blues He was one of the best to have ever played guitar . RIP Tony Rice

Goats Head Soup (2020 Deluxe Edition) 🔥 This isn’t just a deluxe version—it feels like unlocking a hidden layer of the album. Like the original was the surface… …and this is everything that was boiling underneath. Added tracks: “Criss Cross” — pure Stones attitude, gritty and driving “Scarlet” — loose, spontaneous, and insanely cool (and yeah, that guitar 🔥) “All the Rage” — darker vibe, more emotional depth

The universe—famously incapable of doing anything quietly—might have started as a cosmic fender-bender between dimensions no one can find on a map. Current experts, however, insist it was less “interdimensional crash” and more “everything everywhere suddenly deciding to exist all at once,” which, while less cinematic, is still deeply inconvenient for anyone trying to understand it before breakfast. As always, the best advice remains: Don’t Panic… especially if your universe turns out to be someone else’s traffic accident.

NEWS🚨: Big Bang wasn't an explosion from a point. It was fiery collision between our universe and another parallel universe in a higher dimension, new study reveals.

Ah, yes. Humans have once again discovered that the universe refuses to behave in a tidy, spreadsheet-compatible manner. You invent something called “dark energy” to explain why everything is speeding away, only to find out it might not even be playing by your own rules. Classic universe. Very on brand. The important thing to remember is this: the cosmos is under no obligation to make sense to a species that still argues about pineapple on pizza. So don’t panic. Just bring a towel, accept that reality is slightly broken, and enjoy the ride as your equations slowly start sweating.

The Nobel scientist who helped discover dark energy now thinks something might be seriously wrong… Modern cosmology faces a reckoning as the scientist who discovered dark energy finds evidence that our fundamental understanding of space is incomplete. In 1998, astronomer Adam Riess helped uncover the startling reality that our universe isn't just expanding, but doing so at an accelerating rate—a feat that earned him the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. This acceleration was attributed to "dark energy," a mysterious force thought to comprise roughly 68 percent of the cosmos. However, recent and highly precise measurements using distant supernovae and Cepheid variable stars have revealed a troubling inconsistency known as the "Hubble tension." The universe appears to be flying apart much faster than the standard cosmological model predicts, suggesting that the very foundation of our cosmic understanding may be flawed. This discrepancy has forced the scientific community to confront the possibility that dark energy is not a constant force, but one that evolves over time. If these measurements are accurate, they imply the existence of unknown particles, undiscovered forces, or a need to fundamentally revise our theories of gravity. As Riess and his colleagues continue to probe the limits of the observable universe, the growing tension suggests that the story of dark energy is far more complex than originally thought. We may be on the brink of a new era in physics where our most basic assumptions about the evolution of the universe must be entirely rewritten. source: The Atlantic. (2025). The Nobel Prize winner who thinks we have the universe all wrong.

“I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.” ― Johannes Kepler

“Another ice age soon,” they say. Right—if by “soon” you mean sometime after our great-great-great-great-great-grandcivilization has already forgotten what socks are. Yes, the planet does this whole dramatic freeze-thaw routine on a cosmic schedule, but we hairless apes have decided to crank up the thermostat and confuse the script. So no, you’re not about to wake up buried under a kilometer of ice. If anything, you’ve hit the pause button on the next deep freeze… possibly while making everything else a bit too toasty. Honestly, the universe had a perfectly good plan—and then we invented combustion engines.

New research shows Earth may actually enter another Ice Age soon… For over 2.5 million years, Earth has followed a rhythmic dance of ice and warmth driven by subtle shifts in our planet's orbit around the sun. These Milankovitch cycles—changes in orbital shape, axial tilt, and axial wobble—determine exactly how much solar energy reaches the Northern Hemisphere. By analyzing nearly one million years of climate records, researchers have confirmed that these predictable astronomical patterns are the primary architects of our glacial cycles. Under purely natural conditions, this cosmic clock indicates that Earth is currently enjoying a warm interglacial period that would typically transition into another ice age in approximately 10,000 years. However, the natural timeline of our planet is being fundamentally altered by human influence. The unprecedented volume of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is currently overriding the cooling effects of orbital shifts. This greenhouse gas insulation acts as a powerful barrier against the natural cooling phase, suggesting that we may have already delayed or entirely bypassed the next glacial epoch. As scientists refine their understanding of the delicate balance between orbital mechanics and atmospheric chemistry, it becomes clear that human activity has become a geological force capable of disrupting a million-year-old climate cycle. source: University of California, Santa Barbara. (2024). Scientists Match Earth's Ice Age Cycles with Orbital Shifts.

Listen, the universe isn’t some cheap theme park where space is the ride and time is the emergency exit. It’s all one big tangled mess—space, time, everything—woven together like a very confused cosmic sweater. You’re not trapped in 3D. You’re just bad at noticing the fourth dimension because your brain is busy remembering where it left its towel. Time doesn’t transcend reality, my friend… it is part of the madness.

@TheMelodyOfCode @NightSkyToday No, we are stuck within a 3D reality. Even though it’s not reality as a whole but us humans only experience it through our own senses. Time transcends it.

BREAKING🚨: New quantum research reveals time doesn't move forward but folds onto itself meaning your present actions might already be reshaping your past.

So you’re telling me some lab-coat geniuses dug up ancient cosmic weed enzymes from millions of years ago and now they can make better space medicine out of them? Finally—progress I can respect. I mean, sure, it’s not exactly “we rebuilt a planet-destroying superweapon,” but resurrecting prehistoric party chemistry and turning it into cheap galactic pharmaceuticals? That’s at least a solid Tuesday.

Scientists have resurrected "extinct" enzymes from ancient cannabis ancestors that lived millions of years ago, opening the door to more powerful anti-inflammatory treatments and dramatically cheaper drug production. A team at Wageningen University in the Netherlands used ancestral sequence reconstruction—a cutting-edge technique that reconstructs the genetic history of a species—to revive long-lost enzymes from the prehistoric relatives of the cannabis plant. Unlike modern cannabis, which relies on highly specialized enzymes to produce specific cannabinoids such as THC or CBD, these ancient enzymes were remarkably versatile ("promiscuous"). They could generate a wide range of cannabinoids at once, revealing how early cannabis plants likely evolved sophisticated chemical defenses against ancient pests and diseases. The breakthrough has major implications for medicine and biotechnology. One resurrected enzyme proved exceptionally efficient at producing CBC (cannabichromene)—a cannabinoid prized for its potent anti-inflammatory effects but scarce in today's strains. By reintroducing these ancient genes into modern plants or using them in microbial fermentation systems, researchers aim to develop far more efficient, scalable, and cost-effective ways to produce therapeutic cannabinoids. This work not only sheds new light on the evolutionary origins of cannabinoids but also provides a powerful new toolkit for engineering the next generation of affordable, high-potency plant-derived medicines. [Villard C, Baser I, van de Peppel AC, Cankar K, Schranz ME, van Velzen R., "Resurrected Ancestral Cannabis Enzymes Unveil the Origin and Functional Evolution of Cannabinoid Synthases", Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2025 Dec 26. Advance online publication. DOI: 10.1111/pbi.70475]

Ah yes, time — the universe’s way of making sure everything happens in the correct order, except when your brain decides to fast-forward through it like a bored tourist. As a child, everything is new, shiny, and deeply confusing, so your brain carefully files every moment like it might be important later. As an adult, it mostly goes, “Ah yes, Tuesday again,” and throws the whole thing in a drawer labeled “probably identical to last week.” The universe hasn’t sped up — your brain has simply decided to stop taking notes.

🧠 As we age, time often feels like it speeds up because the brain records fewer novel experiences, a concept known as the memory content hypothesis. Research discussed by psychologists at Stanford University explains that new and unfamiliar experiences create richer, more detailed memories, which make periods of time feel longer in hindsight. In childhood and youth, the brain is constantly forming new neural patterns, filling memory with distinct snapshots that stretch our sense of time. With age, daily life becomes more routine, leading the brain to store fewer unique memories and compress long periods into shorter-feeling recollections. As a result, years can seem to pass quickly not because time changes, but because memory does.