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Approaching 50 Years of String Theory

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from Hacker News 📖 📂 Category: ✅ Key idea: Brian Greene has a new video out today, of himself talking to Edward Witten, mainly about string theory. Pretty much the usual decades-old hype, with nothing even slightly different than what a similar conversation would have consisted of 20 years ago. Of historical and psychological interest, Witten explains that when the anthropic landscape nonsense arrived, it made him uncomfortable and unhappy: I was very upset. It really got me disturbed. First of all, well, as a physicist, I wanted to explain the masses and lifetimes…

How Sinners became the most culturally significant film of 2025 | Sinners

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💥 Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Sinners,Ryan Coogler,Michael B Jordan,Horror films,Film,Culture ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: IMeant to Destroy Hollywood: A vampire horror film about life and times in the predominantly black Jim Crow South, shot on IMAX 70mm. Ryan Coogler, the acclaimed director who rose to prominence directing Marvel's massive Black Panther franchise, is believed to have been out of his depth for attempting to write a script that he himself said he put together in two months. Warner Bros., the studio facing a film budget approaching $100 million, was supposedly out…

Trump’s agriculture bailout alienates his MAHA base

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Science,Science / Environment,Sowing Discord 💡 Key idea: “I think there's a huge misconception in the Republican Party that voters don't really care about these issues,” Kelly Ryerson, one of the petition's organizers, told Grist. “A key part” of MAHA’s agenda, Ryerson continued, “is to remove corporate interests from our regulators.”“If anything, the EPA is in a much worse position in this administration than it was during the Biden administration,” she added. “And that's something that really frustrates large numbers of voters who came with this promise.”However, the coalition's wrath…

Wolves: Why are fans protesting with Taiwan flags?

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💥 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Main takeaway: The first fan protest occurred during Wolves' 4-1 home loss to Manchester United, where fans were encouraged to delay entering Molineux until 15 minutes into the match - a reversal of playing 15 games with just two points to show for it.Kieran Newey, of the Old Gold Pack fan group, which organized the protest, told BBC Radio that the protest was "the culmination of not being heard for a while".“We have sent letters, requested meetings... and have not received any response of a substantive nature.”He described…

Sheene is keen to extend his stay at Aberdeen – Gossip

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✨ Explore this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 📌 Main takeaway: Tromsø The sporting director expects the players to leave next January Rangers He is credited with taking an interest in midfielder Jens Herto Dahl, 20. (Daily Record), externalThe centre-back, midfielder and ball-controlling striker are the priorities for January Rangers Its president is Danny Ruhl. (daily log), externalAberdeen Captain Graeme Shinnie, 34, wants to extend his contract with Pittodrie. (Press and magazine - subscription required), externalCluj's president, Julius Muresan, says there have been no offers for Luis Montiano Celtic He has been repeatedly linked with the 23-year-old…

ertugrulcetin/immersa: Open Source Web-based 3D Presentation Tool

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🚀 Check out this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: A Web-based 3D Presentation Tool - Create stunning 3D presentations with animated transitions between slides. Watch Immersa in action: Demo Video Immersa is an innovative presentation tool that brings your presentations into the third dimension. Unlike traditional slide-based tools, Immersa allows you to: Load 3D Models: Import .glb 3D models into your presentation Add Images: Place 2D images in 3D space Create Text: Add 3D text elements to your slides Animate Transitions: When you move, rotate, or scale objects between slides, Immersa automatically…

An unseen radio play by Tennessee Williams published in a literary magazine | Tennessee Williams

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🔥 Check out this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 Category: Tennessee Williams,US news,US theater,Magazines,Culture ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: As one of the most successful playwrights of the 20th century, Tennessee Williams wrote popular works at the height of American theatre, including A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.Years before his unparalleled triumphs on Broadway, the aspiring writer then known as Tom wrote a series of short radio plays while struggling to make his breakthrough. One is “The Outsiders,” a supernatural tale that profiles the master wordsmith Williams later became, first published…

The best Nintendo Switch 2 (2025) controllers, tested and reviewed

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💥 Read this insightful post from WIRED 📖 📂 Category: Gear,Gear / Buying Guides,Gear / Products / Gaming,Buying Guide 📌 Key idea: The launch of the Switch 2 brings with it a selection of old GameCube games for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. As it did with the NES, SNES, N64, and even the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive when games from those platforms joined the library, Nintendo has released a perfect recreation of the original console, allowing you to play those classic games as authentically as possible.For anyone who was playing when the GameCube first came out, it's a bit surreal that…

Lindsey Vonn third in Val d’Isere for third podium finish in four World Cup races

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✨ Read this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: American Lindsey Vonn secured her third podium finish in four World Cup races by finishing third in the downhill in Val d'Isère on Saturday.The 41-year-old, who last week became the oldest female downhill World Cup winner, claimed her 141st World Cup podium.Vonn, who had not raced in the French Alpine resort for eight years, crossed the finish line in 1 minute 41.89 seconds - 0.35 seconds ahead of Austrian winner Cornelia Hitter, with Germany's Kira Weidel-Winkelmann second.Vonn retired from the sport in February 2019…

Raycaster (YC F24) Is Hiring a Research Engineer (NYC, In-Person)

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✨ Read this awesome post from Hacker News 📖 📂 Category: 💡 Key idea: Raycaster (raycaster.ai) (YC F24) builds a document IDE for high-stakes, regulated work in life sciences (CMC / quality / regulatory). The product turns messy, versioned documents (PDFs, Word redlines, tables) into a structured workspace where agents can search, cite, reconcile changes, and help draft.We’re hiring a Research Engineer who can both (1) ship production systems and (2) help define the research direction for the company. There’s room to publish technical deep dives, benchmarks, and papers from day 0.What you’ll do: - Build and ship core agent…