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Q&A with Sundar Pichai on the future of Google Search, Google's place in the AI race, public skepticism toward AI, AI agents, AI safety, TPUs, and more (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/podcasts/sundar-picha…

Sundar Pichai Understands Why People Are Anxious About A.I.
After a busy Google I/O, the company’s chief executive sits down with the hosts of “Hard Fork” to discuss the future of Google Search, how he’s using A.I. agents and his advice for college graduates.

Anxious Republicans await details of Iran deal as Trump keeps them guessing (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/anxious-republicans-await-details-iran-deal-trump-rcna350314
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p74#a260617p74

Just finished "Snake-Eater" by T. Kingfisher (@…). I'd read and thoroughly enjoyed her "Digger" webcomic, and found this book to be quite enjoyable too. There's something indelibly heartwarming about an anxious character growing to feel more comfortable and self-assured, especially when escaping and unlearning emotional abuse, and I'm certainly a sucker for heartwarming characters. I like the way that Kingfisher has taken time to talk about and try to avoid cultural appropriation, in a way that I feel is reasonable, although of course I'm not an expert judge of the nuances and I'm biased by having liked the book, so I'm willing to be told things are complicated in that regard it others judge differently. I also really liked the window dressing of a vaguely solarpunk future society, in a book that's not at all about that society. I'd love to see Kingfisher write something focused on how that society could work (or maybe she already has?).
Probably going to look up some of Kingfisher's fantasy books soon.
#AmReading #ReadingNow #Bookstodon

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Holy Ghost!:
🎵 Anxious
#HolyGhost
https://open.spotify.com/track/7itzOycFXIRlN2rnCQ3K79

“Move your body for 20 minutes a day; get out for a walk – it doesn’t have to be vigorous exercise – and get some sunshine on your skin.” This can help combat anxious thoughts. Yoga, meditation or mindfulness are worth exploring too.
And most of all, don't about exposure to things that make you anxious. Avoidance only makes the problem worse!
#anxiety

When you realize that nearly everyone who seems confident or 'cool' is putting on an act in a big way, and are in reality, total anxious messes, you look at things differently.

The Importance of Critical Analyses in Examining Social Science Evidence: Comments on Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation https://petergray.substack.com/p/45-the-importance-of-critical-analyses

#45. The Importance of Critical Analyses in Examining Social Science Evidence
Comments on Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation

Endnu en god kombi af Masto-botterne Selfcare.tech og Simple Sabotage Field Manual:

One goal pulled back makes it an anxious 10 minutes plus stoppage to hold on for Egpyt. I hope they do.
#argegy #worldcup #fedifc

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116491327576875301
Also the murderer is played by Austrian acting legend Oskar Werner, and his Austrian accent gets ever stronger over the episode as he gets more anxious about getting caught.
I sound a bit like him somewhere in the middle of the episode maybe.
For a while I lived very close to where he was born in Vienna, in the Gumpendorf part of the VIth district.

America's 250 th anniversary coincides with sweeping rollbacks of civil rights,
deteriorating relations with traditional allies
and growing domestic opposition to the administration’s handling of immigration and free speech.
Against this backdrop, many Americans say they feel increasingly cynical about the country’s future.
For Laurie King, a Georgetown University anthropology professor in Washington DC, anxiety defines the moment.
“I’m very anxious.
T…

‘The wheels are coming off’: readers reflect on the 250th anniversary of the American experiment
Against a backdrop of sweeping rollbacks of civil rights and deteriorating relations with allies, many are feeling cynical

And here, in the final days of Ástriðr, she discovers that the warmth, community, and peace she wanted were always hers for the taking. 16 years wasted wallowing in fear and hesitation. Many such cases, sadly.