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Israeli military announces ground invasion of Southern Lebanon

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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.The military said it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in villages close to the Israel-Lebanon border.Listen to this article · 10:47 min Learn moreReside...
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Coax wire tools - ~life.home_improvement

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This Biohybrid Robot Is Made of Human Cells and Controlled by a Machine 'Mind'

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In a tiny laboratory pond, a robotic stingray flaps its fins and swims around. Roughly the...
In a tiny laboratory pond, a robotic stingray flaps its fins and swims around. Roughly the width of a dime, the bot dashes distances multiple times its body size. It easily navigates around corners and swims far longer than previous flapping microbots of a similar design. Its secret? The robot is a biohybrid blend o...
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Arkansas sues YouTube over claims it's fueling mental health crisis

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little rock, arkansas — Arkansas sued YouTube and parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing...
little rock, arkansas — Arkansas sued YouTube and parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing platform is made deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth in the state. Attorney General Tim Griffin's office filed the lawsuit in state court, accusing them of violating the sta...

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Timasomo 2024: Roll Call - ~creative.timasomo

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October 1st has already hit in some parts of the world, so Timasomo has officially begun!...
October 1st has already hit in some parts of the world, so Timasomo has officially begun! Posting in this topic is your official entry into Timasomo. Let everyone know what your actual plans are: what are you going to make? Anyone who was not already on the notification list will be added with a comment in this topi...
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New titans of Wall Street: How trading firms stole a march on big banks

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Finding a sewing machine - ~hobbies

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Bop Spotter

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The Vikings were part of a global network trading in ivory from Greenland

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New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the Vikings travelled more than 6,000 kilometres...
New research from the University of Copenhagen shows that the Vikings travelled more than 6,000 kilometres to the Arctic to hunt for walrus. DNA analyses reveal that walrus ivory from Greenland was brought to Europe and probably as far as the Middle East via extensive trade networks. In Medieval Europe and the Middl...
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Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Intelligent Assistant for Personalized and Adaptive Learning in Higher Education

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Department of Electrical Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA IIHR Hydroscience and...
Department of Electrical Computer Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA IIHR Hydroscience and Engineering, University of Iowa, 300 S. Riverside Dr., Iowa City, IA 52246, USA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52246, USA Department of Chemistry, Un...
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Social Networks and Digital Influencers in the Online Purchasing Decision Process

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Centre for Organisational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (CEOS.PP), Accounting and Business...
Centre for Organisational and Social Studies of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (CEOS.PP), Accounting and Business School (ISCAP), Porto Polytechnic Institute, Porto, Outermost Regions Sustainable Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (OSEAN), 465-004 São Mamede de Infesta, Portugal Centre for Organisatio...
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A tiny town just got slammed by Helene. It could massively disrupt the tech industry

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Her state bans gender-affirming care for teenagers. So she travels 450 miles for it

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DES MOINES, Iowa – In the future, Veronica sees herself in a big city. “I like...
DES MOINES, Iowa – In the future, Veronica sees herself in a big city. “I like chaos and spontaneousness,” she says, and she doesn’t get much of that in her town surrounded by farmland outside of Des Moines. It’s slow and boring, she says. Matching rows of ranch houses line wide manicured streets, with SUVs parked i...
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Kris Kristofferson, Songwriter Whose Poetic Lyrics Transcended Genre, Dead at 88

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California bans legacy admissions at private universities

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‘It felt risqué:’ How a computer dating service launched in 1965 changed our love lives | CNN

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“Your business is our pleasure. Your pleasure is our business.” This was the slogan hung outside...
“Your business is our pleasure. Your pleasure is our business.” This was the slogan hung outside a Harvard dorm room in 1965, marking the headquarters of the first computer matchmaking service in the US. Decades before Tinder and OK Cupid, there was Operation Match. Some of today’s dating apps keep us playing the fi...
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DirecTV agrees to buy Dish for $1 | CNN Business

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New York CNN — DirecTV announced Monday it’s buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of...
New York CNN — DirecTV announced Monday it’s buying rival Dish Network, ending multiple decades of on-and-off talks about the satellite services merging. The companies have struggled to retain subscribers in the streaming era. As platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon’s Prime Video have gained traction, peeling mil...
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On the Future of Commander

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The past week has been tumultuous for Commander fans, members of the Commander Rules Committee, and...
The past week has been tumultuous for Commander fans, members of the Commander Rules Committee, and the Magic community as a whole. Along the way, we've seen players and fans share a diverse range of passionate opinions—far too many of which were harmful or malicious. Below and over the next few days and weeks, we w...
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? - ~games

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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? - ~food

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'It is a kind of marriage': When Denmark held the first ever same-sex civil unions

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Getty ImagesDenmark became the world's first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1...
Getty ImagesDenmark became the world's first country to offer legal recognition of gay partnerships on 1 October 1989, and the BBC was there to film the ceremonies – recording a day when "something shifted in human affairs".In 2024 it might seem unremarkable in many parts of the world, but in 1989 it was a plunge in...
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'Larger than life' Mutombo, 58, dies of brain cancer

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Sep 30, 2024, 10:55 AM ETDikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much...
Sep 30, 2024, 10:55 AM ETDikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much of his post-basketball career as an ambassador for the sport, died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced Monday.Mutombo's family revealed two years ago he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tum...
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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of September 30 - ~news

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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 30 - ~news

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