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Buzzfeed regarding social media: "memetically optimized media that maximizes Stakes and Novelty, provokes Anger, drives Retention, and instills Fear. The result is an endless stream of addictive content that leaves everyone feeling depressed, scared, and dissatisfied."
Egad!

This looks like the overarching issue for tracking ARM support for the desktop version. It should now be possible to build the Linux version for aarch64 from source as of late 2024: https://forum.torproject.org/t/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-14-5a1/16019

"The quick-hit Minesweeper-style RPG has just the right mix of logic and luck."

"We all learned in 2022, with the weaponization of SWIFT, that technical systems are a source of power. By controlling the infrastructure, Musk controls the nation. The two most obviously significant agencies on that list are the Treasury, which controls the money, and the Department of Energy, which controls the nuclear secrets. Less obviously significant but equally troubling is the General Services Administration, which is effectively the infrastructure of the government itself."

"a small statically-linked linux system"

"...uniting top [comic book] creators to support victims of the devastating Los Angeles fires. Spearheaded by AWA Studios, this initiative features original artwork donations from renowned artists like Bill Sienkiewicz, Denys Cowan, Alison Sampson, Mike Deodato Jr., and many more. "

Article on the Tiki-themed location that opened in 1992 and closed in 2020. Because 2020.
And apparently the Fry's grocery chain was founded by the same family - they got into electronics after the grocery chain was bought by Kroger!

Early brain-machine interface: "BrainGate...nearly 100 hair-thin electrodes implanted a millimetre deep into part of the motor cortex of his brain that controls movement." Converted to mouse cursor movements, enabling a paralyzed patient to do things like control his TV or a prosthetic hand.

"Across 840 miles, California’s coast is home to over 1700 species. Twenty-five million people live along that same coastline. Do you know how your ocean neighbors are doing?"

OS opened, hackathon, launching a foundation