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Milwaukee & Madison DSA have endorsed Hong for Governor of Wisconsin.
“Working people have seen that the system doesn’t work for them. Time and again, the establishment has failed us so as not to upset their billionaire donors. As ICE threatens to terrorize our communities and kidnap our neighbors, Francesca Hong stands committed to fight back as the only candidate calling for their abolition.”

Medico-Legal Society Of Queensland (MLSQ) Podcast
Audio recordings from various MLSQ Live Events...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/medico-legal-society-of-queensland-mlsq/

"Oil residues can travel over 5,000 miles on ocean debris, study finds"
#FossilFuels #Oceans #Pollution

Oil residues can travel over 5,000 miles on ocean debris, study finds
When oily plastic and glass, as well as rubber, washed onto Florida beaches in 2020, a community group shared the mystery online, attracting scientists' attention. Working together, they linked the black residue-coated debris to a 2019 oil slick along Brazil's coastline. Using ocean current models and chemical analysis, the team explains in Environmental Science & Technology how some of the oily material managed to travel over 5,200 miles (8,500 kilometers) by clinging to debris.

Malaysia becomes the second country to limit access to Grok, joining Indonesia, over the chatbot's generation of sexual content (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-11/musk-s-grok-ai-blocked-in-indo…

Predicting the next Sam Darnold: Mac Jones, Malik Willis and five other QBs who can go from bust to champion

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/predicting-next-s…

»Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut:
Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!«
When does this happen in the West or are its investors and bosses too politically powerful?
(a rhetorical question and I'm not a fan of arrests)
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Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut
Asia in Brief: PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!

14-year old Miles Wu just won $25,000 for a research project based on an origami fold called "Miura-ori", which is known for collapsing and expanding with precision.
"I've been folding origami as a hobby for more than six years, mostly of animals or insects," Wu told Business Insider.
"Recently I've been designing my own origami, too."
"A problem with current deployable structures and emergency structures is, for example,
ten…

14-Year-Old Wins Prize For Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times Its Own Weight
While most 14-year-olds are folding paper airplanes, Miles Wu is folding origami patterns that he believes could one day improve disaster relief.

Ethan Mollick makes a good point on BlueSky:
I understand the fear and anger. But also:
1) It is connected to the belief that AI is fake and going to vanish, which means that critics who should be helping shape AI use through policy and collective work are sitting it out
2) Lumping all AI criticism/talk into us vs. "tech bros" doesn't help
#AI

Ethan Mollick (@emollick.bsky.social)
I understand the fear and anger. But also: 1) It is connected to the belief that AI is fake and going to vanish, which means that critics who should be helping shape AI use through policy and collective work are sitting it out 2) Lumping all AI criticism/talk into us vs. "tech bros" doesn't help [contains quote post or other embedded content]

"Seagrass restoration in Malaysia finds multi-species approach boosts recovery"
#Malaysia #Environment

Seagrass restoration in Malaysia finds multi-species approach boosts recovery
In the shallow waters off Johor Bahru’s rapidly urbanizing shoreline in Peninsular Malaysia, a busy assemblage of crabs, marine worms and mollusks are a sign of recovery. Just over a decade ago, the wafting seagrass meadow they now inhabit had been laid waste by development. In 2014, dredgers working on a massive land reclamation project […]

Our favorite local Milwaukee online publication has launched a forum called "Read The Comments" where you can "argue" with others.
You can read what "bart_dogfuck" thinks about the "Milwaukee Streetcar" even!
https://milwaukeerecord.com/readthecomm…

Read The Comments | Milwaukee Record
Welcome to Read The Comments, the Milwaukee Record forums. Talk amongst yourselves.