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The RFK Jr. Health Department is considering a national men’s health initiative

The RFK Jr. Health Department is considering a national men’s health initiative

πŸ”₯ Explore this insightful post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Science,Science / Health,MMHA πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: US Ministry The Department of Health and Human Services is considering launching a federal men's health initiative, a source at the agency told WIRED.Brian Christen, who will be sworn in Dec. 12 as assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services and head of the U.S. Public Health Service's authorizing body, called for such an effort Wednesday during an FDA panel on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for men. An HHS spokesman declined to comment."We have a men's health…
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A shocking investigation into unassisted home births: This week’s best podcasts | TV and radio

A shocking investigation into unassisted home births: This week’s best podcasts | TV and radio

πŸ”₯ Read this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Television & radio,Culture,Podcasts πŸ“Œ Key idea: Choose the weekBirth GuardiansA shocking Guardian investigation, by Serene Calle and Lucy Osborne, into the Free Birth Society (FBS), a movement that has made millions of dollars encouraging pregnant women to give birth at home without assistance – even as infant deaths rise. The sympathetic interviews with former members make for a sensitive and highly entertaining show, walking a fine line between hard hitting and sympathy for the women who have fallen under the spell of FBS. Alexey DugginsWidely available, all…
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Warnings mount in Congress about expanded US eavesdropping powers

Warnings mount in Congress about expanded US eavesdropping powers

πŸ’₯ Check out this awesome post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Security,Security / National Security,Security / Privacy,Security / Security News,Politics / Policy,Listen Up πŸ’‘ Key idea: β€œCommercial owners of buildings where tens of millions of Americans go to work every day could have to help the government monitor,” she said. She noted that unlike Verizon or Google, these entities often lack the ability to isolate individual messages, meaning they may have to give NSA employees β€œdirect access to their communications equipment and all communications operating through that equipment, including purely local communications.”James Czerniawski, a senior policy analyst at the free-market…
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Director and actor Rob Reiner was found dead at home with his wife Michelle Singer Reiner | film

Director and actor Rob Reiner was found dead at home with his wife Michelle Singer Reiner | film

πŸ’₯ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Film,US news,Culture,Los Angeles πŸ“Œ Here’s what you’ll learn: Rob Reiner, the director of beloved films including When Harry Met Sally, Misery, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap, has died at the age of 78 in an apparent murder, along with his wife of 68 years, Michelle Singer Reiner.Reports first began emerging Sunday afternoon that authorities found the bodies of a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman inside a home owned by Reiner in Brentwood, Los Angeles, after a request for medical…
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Cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison

Cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison

πŸ’₯ Discover this must-read post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Business,Business / Blockchain and Cryptocurrency,Kwon Job βœ… Key idea: South Korean encryption Prosecuted businessman and fraudster Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a US federal judge in the Southern District of New York on Thursday.Kwon appeared solemnly as US Marshals escorted him into the courtroom, his head bowed and his cheeks sunken as if he had lost a significant amount of weight. He was wearing a bright lime prison jumpsuit over a long-sleeved shirt, with handcuffs around his waist and hands.In August, Kwon pleaded guilty to…
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The Whole App is a Blob

The Whole App is a Blob

✨ Discover this trending post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: The Coffee Problem ΒΆ School French worked perfectly until I tried to buy a coffee. My lessons must be familiar to all Brits out there: conjugate Γͺtre until it’s muscle memory, role-play booking a hotel you will never book, then leave school with the comforting illusion that you β€œknow French” in the same way you β€œknow trigonometry”. The first time French came in useful was a cafe in Chartres, a small town about an hour from Paris with a cathedral, nice streets, and, as…
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β€œWe wrote it straight down to Tesco sandwiches and anxiety attacks!” How the ground beef process conquered the world | Musicals

β€œWe wrote it straight down to Tesco sandwiches and anxiety attacks!” How the ground beef process conquered the world | Musicals

πŸš€ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Musicals,Stage,Culture,Theatre,London,UK news,Second world war πŸ’‘ Key idea: nAtasha Hodgson wonders what to do with all the straight women she likes. Or, to put it more accurately, all the straight women who fell in love with her when she dressed as a World War II naval intelligence officer and spoke in a silly voice. But is it really the Hodgson this woman has fallen for? Or is it Ewen Montagu, the bombastic, braces-wearing war heroine she plays in the hit musical Operation Mincemeat?β€œThe confusion is real,” Hodgson says.…
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Trump signs an executive order threatening to punish states for passing artificial intelligence laws

Trump signs an executive order threatening to punish states for passing artificial intelligence laws

πŸš€ Read this trending post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Business,Business / Artificial Intelligence,Regulation βœ… Main takeaway: President Donald Trump The United States signed a long-awaited executive order on Thursday that launches a plan to create a national regulatory framework for artificial intelligence while undermining states' abilities to enact their own rules.The order, titled β€œEnsuring a National AI Policy Framework,” creates an AI Litigation Task Force within the Department of Justice to directly challenge state AI laws that the administration finds conflict with federal policy. It also directs the Commerce Department to draft guidelines that could make states ineligible for…
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Flogging Babel: John Varley, 1947-2025

Flogging Babel: John Varley, 1947-2025

πŸ”₯ Read this awesome post from Hacker News πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: βœ… Main takeaway: .John Varley died two days ago on December 10, 2025.Β  A great many will mourn him as a science fiction writer whose work they enjoyed. But this misses his moment.Β In the mid-1970s, Varley exploded into science fiction like a phoenix. His "Eight Worlds" stories were set in a future where hyper-powerful aliens have killed everyone on Earth as a threat to its whales and porpoises and humanity survives everywhere else in the Solar System. Despite this bleak background, the stories were bright and inventive. People change…
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How do astronomers find planets in other solar systems?

How do astronomers find planets in other solar systems?

πŸ’₯ Check out this awesome post from WIRED πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Science,Science / Physics and Math,Dot Physics βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: It was almost 100 years ago, Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered the planet Pluto. This was the last planet discovered until 1992, when humans discovered another planet. But this new planet was not in our solar system, but was orbiting another star. We call this an exoplanet, or an "exoplanet" for short.Since then, astronomers have cataloged more than 6,000 exoplanets. If you think it's hard to remember the names of our planets, try everyone Planets, with names like HD…
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