The Optimus robot "can be a teacher or babysit your kids," Musk promised, which strikes me as a terrible idea even if it's true.

Americans are divided not just by political beliefs but by whether they believe in a shared reality—or desire one at all.

A majority of residents in most states say that abortion should be legal; in no state do more than 16% of Americans support a ban on abortion.

A judge agreed with Musk's lawyers that some of Musk's statements regarding self-driving Teslas amount to “corporate puffery"

In a mind-numbing statement, Musk’s lawyers argue that his claims about Tesla Autopilot safety were “vague statements of corporate optimism are not objectively verifiable.”

The lawyers even argued, successfully, that “no reasonable investor would rely” on many of the alleged misleading statements because they are “mere puffing.”

40% caloric restriction had the strongest lifespan extension effect but led to a loss of lean mass and changes in the immune repertoire that could confer susceptibility to infections. Intermittent fasting did not extend the lifespan of mice with high pre-intervention body weight, and two-day intermittent fasting was associated with disruption of erythroid cell populations.

Surpassing 1.5°C of warming can be undone at a later date – using tech, land and resources that don’t exist.

De facto, what they said was this: staying below a temperature limit is the same as first crossing it and then, a few decades hence, using methods of removing carbon from the atmosphere to dial temperatures back down again.

From some corners of the scientific literature came the assertion that this was nothing more than fantasy. A new study published in Nature has now confirmed this critique. It found that humanity’s ability to restore Earth’s temperature below 1.5°C of warming, after overshooting it, cannot be guaranteed. Many impacts of climate change are essentially irreversible. Those that are might take decades to undo, well beyond the relevant horizon for climate politics. For policy makers of the future, it matters little that temperatures might eventually fall back again; the impacts they will need to plan for are those of the overshoot period itself.

Brazil's Supreme Court is allowing Elon Musk's X to resume operations, apparently ending a months-long battle after the social network paid over $5 million in fines and reluctantly agreed to suspend accounts accused of spreading disinformation.

The court yesterday issued a press release announcing the reinstatement, saying that X has complied with all the orders it previously defied.

Chief Justice Roberts responded to the “momentous trio of Jan. 6-related cases…by deploying his authority to steer rulings that benefited Mr. Trump, according to a New York Times examination that uncovered extensive new information about the court’s decision making.”

In short, the Chief Justice used his powers to intervene and craft an opinion that some experts have said creates new law—certainly nothing that is found in the U.S. Constitution.

“There’s no legal authority for it,” remarked CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen back in December.

“The President of the United States is the most powerful person in the country, and possibly the world. When he uses his official powers in any way, under the majority’s reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military dissenting coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority’s message today.”

If you are developing an oracle that conforms to ERC-7726, you are responsible to the best of your ability for the oracle either returning a value that can be trusted, or reverting

The committee of experts noted that commemorations deemed to be of national significance “must derive directly from events or persons of ongoing significance to Canadian history and Canadian society.

“Members felt that when evaluated against the policy criteria, the proposed theme is not sufficiently a Canadian story,” the minutes state.

“The primary events did not occur on Canadian soil and the subjects only became Canadians subsequent to these events. The topic is therefore not seen as a central theme in Canadian history.”

Unlike Nazi leaders, he says, no communist leaders have been prosecuted for their crimes

The Memorial to the Victims of Communism has already been the focus of multiple controversies over its exact purpose, location, size and cost over the last 15 years. The price tag for the project has ballooned to an estimated $7.5 million — including $6 million in public funds — from an original budget of $1.5 million that was supposed to be funded entirely through private donations from Tribute to Liberty.

Analysis of Trump's Tax Proposals (2024):

• Tax cuts for top 5%, increases for others
• Richest 1% get ~$36,300 cut, middle 20% face ~$1,500 hike
• Key proposals: Extend 2017 tax cuts, exempt certain incomes, cut corporate tax, repeal green energy credits, impose new tariffs
• Tariffs would offset tax cuts for most income groups
• Working-class families face highest increases as % of income
• Corporate tax cuts benefit high-income and white households most
• Proposed tariffs expected to significantly disrupt economy and raise consumer prices

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

US government study finds association between high levels of fluoride exposure and potential neurological risk

Ontario has a new incentive encouraging homeowners to install heat pumps to reduce their energy use and lower planet-heating greenhouse gas emissions associated with home heating.

Jack Gibbons, chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, who recently installed a $14,000 cold climate air-source heat pump, said a heat pump can reduce heating bills by around $2,000 annually.

Within families, a sibling with a higher IQ or more favorable polygenic scores for intelligence was more likely to lean towards liberal political beliefs compared to their sibling. This was consistent across both biological and adoptive families.

This outcome underscores the potential genetic underpinnings of political ideology, suggesting that the variation in genetic factors related to intelligence could partially explain why siblings raised in the same environment might develop diverging political views.

“We find both IQ and genetic indicators of intelligence, known as polygenic scores, can help predict which of two siblings tends to be more liberal,” Edwards told PsyPost. “These are siblings with the same upbringing, who are raised under the same roof. This implies that intelligence is associated with political beliefs, not solely because of environment or upbringing, but rather that the genetic variation for intelligence may play a part in influencing our political differences. Why is this the case? I do not know.”

The Bible is 100% pro-slavery from beginning to end. We renegotiated that away.

So what are we going to do here folks? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break.

“Your numbers are right.” But your numbers aren’t right. They’re really wrong and they’re really wrong, Brad. And I know this phone call is going nowhere other than, other than ultimately, you know — Look ultimately, I win, okay?

I’m just saying you know, and, you know, under new counts, and under uh, new views, of the election results, we won the election. You know? It’s very simple. We won the election.

Data on labour productivity, collected by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) from Statistics Canada, show a 4.5 per cent growth in productivity between 2019 and 2023 within the federal government.