Atlas Obscura plans to launch Obscura Society, a WebXR-based lounge offering users 3D avatars for voice chats, portals to other VR apps, and more, in early 2026 (Janko Roettgers/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/column/847182/atlas-obscura-society-3d-virtual-…
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Trump Says Miriam Adelson Offered Him 'Another $250 Million' to Run for a Third Term (Charlie Nash/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-says-miriam-adelson-offered-him-another-250-million-to-run-for-a-third-term/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p11#a251217p11
ACT and their Atlas Network operative leader, David Seymour, are the tail wagging the National ACT NZF coalition. Luxon conceded pretty much everything ACT required from National. Perhaps he is more right wing than National is, but also wanted the reins of power, so he was happy for ACT to lead it... but I wonder how National supporters feel about our domestic policy being set by an overseas oligarch-funded 'tail' wagging the National dog?
„Der Sachsenwald wird zum Jahreswechsel eingemeindet. Damit endet nicht nur Deutschlands absurdeste Steueroase, sondern auch ein 150 Jahre altes Adelsprivileg. Auslöser dafür war eine Recherche von @…“
add_health: Adolescent health (ADD HEALTH) (1994)
A directed network of friendships obtained through a social survey of high school students in 1994. The ADD HEALTH data are constructed from the in-school questionnaire; 90,118 students representing 84 communities took this survey in 1994-95. Some communities had only one school; others had two. Where there are two schools in a community students from one school were allowed to name friends in the other, the "sister school".
Boston Dynamics erklärt merkwürdiges Aufstehen des humanoiden Atlas-Roboters
Der humanoide Atlas-Roboter unternimmt einige merkwürdige Verrenkungen, um aus einer liegenden Position aufzustehen. Eine Ingenieurin erläutert, warum.
Who's the real enemy now? Extremely wealthy people (oligarchs) and large corporations (especially in health, fossil fuels, media, & tech). Everything else is probably manageable. We need to hobble the extremely wealthy and the mega corporations. We need to end the 'corporations-as-person' model. as well. It is untenable. That also means rejecting, explicitly & systemically, groups like the Atlas Network/Project 2025.
For the record, these have long been the enemy, b…
add_health: Adolescent health (ADD HEALTH) (1994)
A directed network of friendships obtained through a social survey of high school students in 1994. The ADD HEALTH data are constructed from the in-school questionnaire; 90,118 students representing 84 communities took this survey in 1994-95. Some communities had only one school; others had two. Where there are two schools in a community students from one school were allowed to name friends in the other, the "sister school".