☀️ Awesome Things 220: Artist Traps AI, 60th Bday Mushroom Trip, Appstinence, IBM Online 1975, NA Beer Might Not Be Good For You
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On to this week’s Awesome Things:
Someone trapped an LLM on inferior hardware and infused it with existential dread for the sake of art, and it's terrifying
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My Wife Gave Me Magic Mushrooms For My 60th Birthday. It Transformed My Life In Ways I Never Expected.
"While my intention had been simple ... the mushrooms had other plans."
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Appstinence: The 5D Method to get off of social media.
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The neuroscientist working on ‘zapping’ away unwanted memories
I’ve got a few that could use a good ‘zp’.
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10 Ordinary Things Likely Disappearing from Our Lives Soon
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The science behind why some of us are shy
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Non-alcoholic beer is not as healthy as you think, says new study — as sales for it surge higher than ale
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How a con man built the World's Littlest Skyscraper with one clever blueprint scam
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IBM "Online" computing presentation 1975
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1-in-30 million gold lobster saved from all-you-can-eat New England seafood restaurant
A Rhode Island aquarium took in the crustacean after a local all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant called 'out of the blue.'
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Leftovers
✅ Kmart #3466 in Houston, Texas from about 1985.
✅ The Sopranos but it aired on basic cable (hilarious clip from the old MadTV show)
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✅ 44 Breathtaking Photos That Show What New York Really Looked Like In The 1950s
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