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1.5K A few years ago, an expat friend of mine asked if I could transport some cash to her passport country, to which I was traveling. I agreed, not thinking much of it. Since we were both incredibly underpaid English teachers at that time, I expected that she would be sending only a few hundred

Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor June 10, 2024 Former Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear, a pastor based in Durham, North Carolina, explained this month he is “convictionally opposed” to a ban on female pastors. While The Summit Church preacher said it’s not that he is “a closet moderate or soft on theological issues,”

unstable diffusion — Ridiculed Stable Diffusion 3 release excels at AI-generated body horror Users react to mangled SD3 generations and ask, “Is this release supposed to be a joke?” Benj Edwards – Jun 12, 2024 7:26 pm UTC Enlarge / An AI-generated image created using Stable Diffusion 3 of a girl lying in the grass.HorneyMetalBeing

Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor June 12, 2024 Good Samaritans came to the rescue of a father and two kids who likely would have drowned in a Utah river had they not shown up to help. Listen to the latest episode of Quick Start ? Some might call the rescue a prime example of a chance

Buttery and weird — Roku owners face the grimmest indignity yet: Stuck-on motion smoothing Software updates strike again, leaving interpolated frames in unwanted places. Kevin Purdy – Jun 12, 2024 9:13 pm UTC Enlarge / Motion smoothing was making images uncanny and weird long before AI got here.Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | Roku reader

Starlink price cut — Starlink user terminal now costs just $300 in 28 states, $500 in rest of US The $600 standard price was replaced with regional pricing of $500 or $300. Jon Brodkin – Jun 12, 2024 8:20 pm UTC Enlarge / The standard Starlink satellite dish.Starlink reader comments 63 You can now buy

3.4K Let’s dig into the details of pet survival and what it would take to make sure you’re prepared to care for your pets during a crisis. What would you do if the lights went outfor good? Youve prepped for yourself and your family, but what about your pets? Have you stored what you need

Share Tweet By Billy Hallowell Editor June 10, 2024 A woman in India who saw her husband murdered right in front of her is living in fear as she speaks out about the ghastly situation she was forced to watch. “I saw them kill my husband right before my eyes,” Jime Kawasi told Morning Star

Share Tweet By Tr Goins-Phillips Editor June 12, 2024 A memo circulated internally at 24 Hour Fitness is reportedly labeling symbols associated with Black Lives Matter and LGBT Pride as “freedom of expression” while banning patriotic imagery like the American flag except for on certain U.S. holidays. The letter first obtained by the viral social

spy hard — Turkish student creates custom AI device for cheating university exam, gets arrested Elaborate scheme involved hidden camera and an earpiece to hear answers. Benj Edwards – Jun 12, 2024 8:52 pm UTC Enlarge / A photo illustration of what a shirt-button camera could look like. Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments

By Hugo Francisco de Souza Jun 13 2024 Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the independent associations between sedentary behaviors and light-intensity physical activity (LPA) with healthy aging. Previous studies have shown that replacing sedentary behaviors with improved sleep quality or moderate-to-vigorous physical

By Vijay Kumar Malesu Jun 13 2024 Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In a recent study published in the International Journal of Impotence Research, a group of researchers assessed the relationship between Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) and ischemic priapism in patients treated at three university hospitals in Egypt between April 2020 and June 2022. Ischemic priapism

Jun 13 2024 KFF Health News KFF Health News senior correspondent Angela Hart appeared on Spectrum News 1's "LA Times Today" last week to explain how California is trying to help hard-drug users kick their habit by paying them to stay clean. California was the first state to expand access to this cutting-edge addiction treatment,

For those who dont spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a weeks worth of network and cable news media spin The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed. Sundays media spin focused primarily on the southern border and the

The trial in Dominion v. Fox News, which has already resulted in bombshell revelations about the right-wing media giant and the 2020 election, is scheduled to begin Tuesday. Unless a settlement is reached, a jury will determine whether Fox is financially liable for broadcasting and promoting false claims about Dominion Voting Systems voting machines rigging