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Saturday, May 09, 2026

You did remember to opt out of AI, didn't you? read more


Golden Ten Data reported on May 8 that France's solar power generation reached a record high on Friday, surpassing grid operator forecasts and pushing electricity prices into negative territory. read more


Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency "blatantly used" race, gender and other protected characteristics to execute the largest mass termination of federal grants in the history ... read more


Americans believe President Donald Trump would win in a fight against an 8-year-old boy -- but only by a slim margin. A YouGov poll conducted on Wednesday found 45 percent of American adults think Trump, 79, would win in a hypothetical brawl against an 8-year-old boy, while 31 percent backed the 8-year-old and 24 percent said they weren't sure.


Extortion using footage from smart glasses is officially a real thing, as demonstrated by an eerie incident in London. A woman says a man wearing cameraequipped smart glasses approached her near a shopping center and secretly recorded her as they conversed. She did not notice any phone or an obvious camera, and only later found out that a video of the encounter had appeared on social media and had received tens of thousands of views, the BBC reports. read more


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OK, here's one that caught my attention ...

MIKA - Grace Kelly (2006)
www.youtube.com

It is an excellent performance, imo.

And the style reminds me of Freddie Mercury back in the day.


Ignorance in Action
thepreachersword.com

... I opened my Franklin planner is this morning to this quote of the day by the 18th century German novelist and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action." ...

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