Scrolling through Facebook the other day (yes, I still do that so don’t @ me), I came across a random comment that stopped me mid-scroll:“Soon the internet will just be AI bots responding to each other, and then we can all go do something else.” Reader, I giggled. […]
Confession time. I am not a cookie person. Yes, I said it. Spare me your gasps of horror. I don’t like peanut butter cookies, oatmeal cookies, sprinkled cookies, gingerbread, shortbread, or those overly sweet macaroons (are they even real cookies or just coconut imposters?). Keep them all. But […]
The other day, flattened by a stomach virus, I did what any rational human would do: I curled up on the couch with Gatorade, saltines, and a show about trauma, deception, and redemption. Because apparently, The Great British Bake Off was too wholesome for my queasy insides. Instead, […]
What’s the trait you value most about yourself? I recently stumbled across some startling numbers. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), fewer than 10% of U.S. 13-year-olds read for pleasure “almost every day.” Let that sink in. Back in 2012, it was 27%. By 2020, […]
So apparently, there’s a 4% chance an asteroid could smack into the Moon in 2032. NASA scientists are already brainstorming ways to save us from a lunar mess. Like “kinetic disruption missions” involving nuclear explosives to blow it apart. Basically, high-stakes cosmic pest control. But honestly? I think […]
Sometimes, you just want the skies to open up. Not for the crops. Not for the garden. Not for poetic inspiration. Nope. I wanted rain for a perfectly selfish reason: to get out of an event. You know the one. The kind of event where you don’t really […]
The other night I was scrolling through my Apple TV streaming options, half-looking for a new series, half-procrastinating on actual work, when I landed on Platonic. Cute, funny show. I’ve enjoyed it. But what really got me laughing wasn’t the dialogue. It was the about page. Apparently, Platonic […]
What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you? So apparently, research says that if you ask for forgiveness using long words, people are more likely to believe you. Big, complicated, sesquipedalian apologies (yes, I went there) supposedly sound smarter and more convincing. But here’s the […]
Welcome to the era where your smartest-seeming friend is also the one most likely to confidently pass onto you a made-up fact. Tech labs have been trying for years to teach AIs not to hallucinate. That is, to stop inventing stuff that sounds plausible but is flat-out wrong. […]
There’s a quote floating around the internet that gets attributed to Anthony Bourdain like most great quotes about food, travel, and life. Whether he said it or not, it sticks: “Be a traveler, not a tourist.” And oh, how true that rings. See, a tourist skims. They drop […]
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