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Illinois is joining a network of the World Health Organization
in hopes of better positioning the state to handle potential health threats,
following the U.S. withdrawal from the group last month.
It’s the state’s latest move into an area that was previously the domain of the federal government,
before the administration began remaking public health policies and guidance.
The Illinois Department of Public Health this week officially joined the World Health Organi…

Sometimes i have the feeling that AI results in Google Search are just a placeholder. Results are often awful and incomparable with using the paid version of Gemini 3 with the same query. Google is betting that models will improve and become cheaper so that they can offer a better experience in the future.
#AI #Search

Vikings WR Justin Jefferson: 'I definitely felt like we would've done better' if Sam Darnold returned https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-wr-justin-jefferson-i-definitely-felt-like-we-would-ve-done-better-if-sam-d…

Good morning crew! I’m feeling better today, which is awesome! 😎

There is someone who has taken a lot of old films and used AI to colorize them badly and "boosted" the frame rate from 24 to 60fps and then uploaded this trash to the Internet Archive.
I hate this. Films shot in b&w have an aesthetic that is destroyed by colorizing them. Video games might look better with more frames per second but movies don't. We didn't accidentally settle on 24fps, it was trial and error. A film shot in 60fps looks bad. A movie that has been ar…

“Ow” Isn’t Enough: Writers, We Can Do Better #CrimeFiction
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/ow-isnt-enough-writers-we-can-do-better/

“Ow” Isn’t Enough: Writers, We Can Do Better – Bob Mueller
Writers and filmmakers often miss the small but important details that make stories feel real. From painless gunshots to inaccurate Miranda warnings, these storytelling pet peeves pull viewers out of the moment and remind us how much realism really matters.

The Gospel According to ICE: How Christian Nationalists Betray The Faith They Claim to Follow | Tim Hjersted https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/the-gospel-according-to-ice/

The Gospel According to ICE: How Christian Nationalists Betray The Faith They Claim to Follow | Tim Hjersted
There’s a profound contradiction at the heart of contemporary American Christianity: the disconnect between claimed allegiance to Jesus and actual allegiance to state power. The irony is devastating when Christians defend ICE killings and deaths in custody with appeals to “law and order.” The standard response has become...

Fediverse Punk Month — We can grow something better!
We invest too much of our culture in centralized, for-profit, corporate social media platforms. These platforms enrich billionaires, expand surveillance, and fund the cult of capitalist war, all while trapping us with addictive algorithms that feed us mindless content. […]
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Tim Walz here.
𝗘𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗸 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 
Just this week, both Mike Lindell and Elon Musk have called for my imprisonment.
But while they’re focusing on fueling Twitter battles and unleashing right-wing bots,
I’m focused on securing a better future for every Minnesotan.
That’s my priority, and it always will be.
Our end-of-year deadline is coming up tonight at midnight,
and folks like Elon and Mike are going to be watching …

Did another sanity check on the 2nd PC and installed The Alters which is an Unreal 5 game. My internet bill gonna be higher this month cause I apparently passed the cap limit (thanks for failing to send me the warning email Comcast) but whatever. Booted it, checked the settings (Epic, Native AA so the 1080p the display runs at) and loaded in.. to a buttery smooth 60fps.
So it's definitely something going on with The Last Caretaker. I have no idea what, tho. For some reason in game …