Artificial Intelligence — and its inherent dangers — is nothing new. Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick featured it nearly 60 years ago in 1968 with the HAL 9000 computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
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From Google:
Cuba likely cannot survive a complete loss of Venezuelan oil. It could trigger a full-scale economic collapse, worsening existing crises like severe blackouts, food shortages and a collapsing peso. The oil provides a crucial lifeline for electricity.
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UPDATE—Solar Storm hits the highest level of G5, the first in over 2 decade, which could knock out power to grids and disrupt GPS. A coronal mass ejection of G5 was also what the infamous “Carrington Event” was in 1859. But it depends on magnetic 🧲 polarity of each CME wave. NOAA warned earlier today that CME storms tend to be even stronger on the latter half of a storm wave. Let’s hope the next two days won’t be as extreme as the Carrington Event. #solarstorm
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⚡️INBOUND SOLAR STORMS—5x mega coronal mass ejections - CMEs - that can knock out power are going to be slamming at Earth 🌍 between Friday and Sunday this weekend. Earth has only been hit with 3 previous severe CMEs in last 4 years. But we are gonna get 5x G4 CMEs in 3 days!😳
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Thought I would summarise why there is so much excitement in the space weather community right now. There’s a monstrous sunspot group on the Sun that’s massive enough to be visible to the naked eye (please use eclipse glasses) 🌞 👓 (1/n)
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BREAKING: The geomagnetic storm impacting Earth is now officially a G5 according to the National weather service who just issued the following alert. This is First Observed G5 Since October 2003:
DETAILS:
Geomagnetic storming is likely to persist through the weekend as several additional Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are in transit.
IMPACTS:
HF/VHF/UHF communications, GPS, power grids, spacecraft, satellite navigation, and other technologies may be affected. Critical infrastructure operators have been notified.
CONTEXT:
The last Extreme (G5) event occurred with the Halloween Storms in October 2003. That event resulted in power outages in Sweden and damaged transformers in South Africa.
CAUSE:
The source has mostly been a large, complex sunspot cluster (NOAA Region 3664) that is 17 times the diameter of Earth. Additional activity from this Region is still expected.
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It’s Monday, December 25.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB on March 29, 2023.
271 days ago.
His “crime” was practicing journalism in Russia.
RELEASE HIM NOW!
#IStandWithEvan
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Late-season tropical depression could form over the Caribbean, NHC says bit.ly/46bD5ac
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Are our officers heroes?
I certainly think so. These two definitely are.
Meet Officer Daniel Rose of Warren, Michigan, and his partner David Chapman. They risked their lives to save this boy who had been electrocuted and was still holding onto the live wire.
Below is the body cam footage that was just released.
Some heroes don’t wear capes.
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House owner: I'd like to break both of my legs, please. Architect: Say no more.
From AP today. Only $892 profit last year?
Besides ratings, CNN’s finances have suffered. The network earned $892 in profit in 2022, down from $1.08 billion in 2020, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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A court in Moscow extended by three months the pretrial detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich
Every day Evan spends in prison is an outrage
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Your dog's nose knows if you're feeling stressed out nbcnews.com/health/health-ne… via @nbcnews
5 principles:
1 )Acceptance: Focus on what you can control.
2 )Virtue: Prioritize moral excellence, integrity and kindness.
3) Impermanence: Change is inevitable; cherish the present.
4 )Inner Peace: Calmness, equanimity and reason.
5) Gratitude: Appreciate life's blessings.
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“Though the percentage of Latino students is on the rise in the U.S., high school textbooks used across the country largely ignore Latino history, a new study has found.” @AlizaChasan via @CBSNews shorturl.at/noBOU
I worked with @andreapsalcedo at CNN. Top-notch journalist. linkedin.com/posts/andrea-sa…
