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In early 2020, the world scrubbed down surfaces, washed hands and sneezed into elbows, desperate to avoid infection with a new coronavirus. But the threat was not really lying on countertops and doorknobs.
The virus was wafting through the air, set adrift in coughs and conversation, even in song. The pandemic raged for six months before global health authorities acknowledged that it was driven by an airborne pathogen.
With that revelation came another: Had indoor air quality ever been a priority, the pandemic would have exacted a far lighter toll in the United States.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/health/indoor-air-covid-pollution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Why We’re Still Breathing Dirty Indoor Air – The New York Times
September 13, 2026AI Images Looks Perfect. Until You Notice This. | HalfJourney Lab
August 27, 2026https://medium.com/@halfjourney/ai-images-looks-perfect-until-you-notice-this-42a3cbd8585b
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So you don’t have to rely on instinct, always check in this order. Four letters, ISLP:
I, Iris. Round, no deformation. And read its reflection: it tells you what light was there. If that light makes no sense with the rest, the image is lying.
S, Skin. Real pores, not a suffocatingly clean uniformity or freckles laid down like a stencil.
L, Light and shadow. They must make sense in context. One sun for the whole scene. No shadow without a body to cast it.
P, Physics. The laws must hold. Blur that’s gradual, not a 2D backdrop. Glasses with lenses, a bridge and arms. Optics and framing that could live together in a camera.
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Receipt from Cafe #65229 59th & Lexington – Verve Coffee at Capital One Café #fRV6
July 19, 2026Café, Bank & ATM at 59th & Lexington| Capital One Café
https://www.capitalone.com/local/59th-and-lexington/
bizarre but great bank-cafe combo
Verve Coffee at Capital One Café
Blueberry Scone
Cappuccino*
Tea
Yogurt
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
The Small-Business Owners Managing Whole Armies of A.I. Employees – The New York Times
June 22, 2026Automation of correspondence & pot. social feeds
The Small-Business Owners Managing Whole Armies of A.I. Employees – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/magazine/ai-agents-openclaw-small-business.html
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So in mid-March he bought four Mac Minis (“I got lawyer money,” he said dryly), parked them under his office desk and installed OpenClaw on all of them. He set up five agents. One is an “orchestrator” that logs into his online legal software. At first, it didn’t know what to look for or what to do, so the agent would text Bell via the chat app Discord to ask for instructions. This was laborious for a while: He had to detail every teensy step. But as the agent made notes about what it had learned, it started working more independently.
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From Cow-Milking Robots to Weed-Zapping Lasers, Farmers Are Embracing A.I. – The New York Times
June 22, 2026From Cow-Milking Robots to Weed-Zapping Lasers, Farmers Are Embracing A.I. – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/magazine/ai-farms-technology.html
Farmers seem similar to low-tech, small biz owners in this regard
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But right now the industry is in the midst of what some are calling the fourth agricultural revolution, as driverless tractors trundle through fields, drones map moisture levels in soil and cows are outfitted with Fitbit-like devices that track their eating patterns. ….
But the farmers I spoke with hope that embracing new tech will help them face big challenges in the industry. In particular, they’ve found it more difficult in recent years to find enough workers, and on family-run operations, fewer kids are sticking around to take over the business. It’s still hard to say how exactly the age of A.I. will reshape agriculture. But for now, these farmers are figuring out new ways to use technology to transform their daily work.
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https://thejayeband.com
June 15, 2026Allergy Amulet Research Gets Ultimate Seal of Approval: Peer Review — Allergy Amulet
May 31, 2026https://www.allergyamulet.com/blog/allergy-amulet-research-seal-approval-peer-review QT{{” The article, titled “An Electrochemical Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensor for Rapid and Selective Food Allergen Detection,” covers a portion of our work detecting allergenic ingredients in foods. Although this paper focuses on soy, our detection method can be applied to other food allergens, toxins, and contaminants. “}}
similar to ELISA idea from the past
Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit After Oil Prices Surged Amid U.S.-Iran War
May 17, 2026Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit After Oil Prices Surged Amid U.S.-Iran War – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/shell-profit-oil-iran-war.html
EXTRASTAMINA on X: “Relax https://t.co/JAYyvOOHWc” / X
May 2, 2026https://x.com/videothread3/status/2049865903819358324
Wonder if it’d be good to do one for slitting
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