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The Uniqueness of the Human Writer
The fiction writer designs a plot, characters, and detail in order to create an intended effect or meaning. The best a bot can do is scramble for pre-existing literary patterns and throw something together. Its “creativity” depends on the massive collection of human-made content.
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Can you actually avoid “forever chemicals” in your diet?
Today, more than 97% of the national population has PFAS in their bodies, according to the CDC
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Italy bans puppy yoga
Italy's health ministry has banned puppies from participating in yoga classes, though adult dogs may continue.
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How Ben Franklin Invented the Library as We Know It
Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea
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Camouflage Experts Describe the Feeling of Being Invisible
Private detectives, soldiers, and wildlife photographers explain what it’s like to disappear.
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The troubling trend with ghostwriting
Internationally acclaimed ghostwriter and persuasive writing coach Joshua Lisec has ghostwritten more than 80 books.
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What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug.
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The end of non-compete agreements is a tech job earthquake
The FTC ruled this week that companies can no longer use non-compete agreements to stop workers from moving from one job to another — and businesses are having fits.
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HHS Strengthens Privacy of Reproductive Health Care Data
The new directive prohibits data disclosure when law enforcement agencies want to investigate people, healthcare providers, or others seeking reproductive care that is lawful where the care is given.
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Do we need a new Diabetes Association? [ADA Corrupt?] - 2024
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Voynich Manuscript Finally Decoded? Medieval Sex Secrets May Hide in Mysterious Text
Sex may be one of the subjects detailed in the manuscript – and that the largest diagram represents both sex and conception.
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Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service
The new Outlook now appears to be a data collection service for Microsoft’s 801 external partners for targeted advertising.
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My top 5 tools to beat distractions and get more writing done - or any work, really
To avoid distractions, I enlist a particular set of tools. Whatever your writing platform - Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android, or iOS - help is here.
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6 Badass Librarians Who Changed History
They will not be shushed.
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Keto Diet May Slow Down Alzheimer's, Mouse Study Reveals
We know that a host of factors play into Alzheimer's risk, including the makeup of our gut bacteria.
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To save Cherokee language, a digital tool shares tales of Standing Rock and Big Snake with the next generation
Cherokees Writing the Keetoowah Way provides English translations of historic documents and lessons to help the next generation learn.
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Tragic And Mysterious Elephant Burial Ritual Witnessed by Scientists
Asian elephants loudly mourn and bury their dead calves, according to a study by Indian scientists that details animal behaviour reminiscent of human funeral rites.
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Carter Wilson Interviewed Hundreds of Writers — Here’s What He Learned From Them\
I launched my podcast Making It Up nearly three years ago with the goal of interviewing writers not for any particular work of theirs, but to talk to them about their lives.
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Prefer listening to your books? It's not that different from reading, says prof | CBC Radio
Audiobooks are growing in popularity, but some people question whether listening to a book is the same as reading it.
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How long will printed books continue to exist and be necessary in the future?
Books will live on if we allow them to remain. We will need a tactile world to remind us that we are still here, that we can suffer and heal, make considered judgments, and love in a way that only biological beings can.