I asked Midjourney To Imagine The Ideal City. It Was… Weird.
Shortly after beginning my foray into the world of Midjourney AI, I came to a not terribly surprising revelation: A
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Author: Nat M. Zorach
Disposable Vape Pens, The Next E-Waste Nightmare
Once upon a time, you bought weed in a back alley and would smoke cigarettes only to carry the stench with you for days. These days, pot is legally sold in what looks like the Apple Stores, and tobacco comes in a quick-dissipating haze that tastes like popsicles and fits in your pocket as a disposable vape pen. What could go wrong, right? Well, a couple of things, it turns out.
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Fake News, Faux Progress: The Last Time The Mainstream Media Fought Progress and Civil Rights
The media has been responsible for perpetuating a lot of regressive ideas by giving even passing mention of them, in a lot of cases. Even before the present day of Trump and Alternative Facts, in the 1950s and 1960s, there was plenty of complaining about the Civil Rights movement by mainstream news media.
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Sidebar: Are Those Nicotine Vapes Actually Better Than Cigarettes?
Are nicotine vapes less awful for you than regular cigarettes? How about the THC ones? This article complements the environmental impact question around disposable nicotine and THC vape products by considering the individual health impacts.
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Detroit Awards Development Package to the Dark Lord Sauron
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announces an unprecedented subsidy package to the Dark Lord Sauron to assist in sustainable redevelopment of Barad-dûr.
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The GOP Has Declared Open War On Trans People.
The American Right says that as much as 0.13% of suspects in mass shootings in recent years have been trans. Is this a reason to declare a cultural crusade against a tiny minority population?
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The Latest Woke Mob Is… Norfolk Southern Shareholders?
Norfolk Southern shareholders are angry that the company not only blew up a train in rural Ohio, but also that it bragged about its profitability and paid out lavish CEO bonuses just months before the catastrophic derailment.
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Republicans Hate ESG. What That Is, And Why It Matters.
Republicans have a new target: the woke agenda of “creating better market information.” It’s not a good look for a party that is really grasping at straws, but it also strains credulity to imagine that companies shouldn’t do things that they think are in their best interest.
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ChatGPT Fabricated A Plausible, But Incorrect, Biography Of Me.
In December, science and mathematics journalist Charles Seife was disturbed to learn that he, according to OpenAI’s new natural language
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New Ideas For Utility Policy (Idea No. 2)
In my last article, I looked at this question of “dig once” and how it might influence utility affordability and
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