Pokémon Go players thought they were catching Pikachus.

They were actually building the nervous system for robot civilization.

500M humans. 30B images. Zero consent forms.

The game was the harvest.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/10/1134099/how-pokemon-go-is-helping-robots-deliver-pizza-on-time/

Canadian film "The Girl Who Cried Pearls" is Best Animated Short. Here's a @THR story on how it was made.

https://flip.it/6.uSDY

#Oscars #Movies #Cinema

Anyone who was in the US Army in the 90s, best case: 1st Armored Div., and participated in the first Gulf war reading here?

I'm trying to fact check something I stumbled upon.

I was told some Amigas went to the Iraq to serve the troop morale and for internal BBSes (via int. switchboards and even RF partially).

But I have only one source for this - would be nice if someone could confirm.

Feel free to retoot for visibility.

#Amiga

Manet's famous painting Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère never appealed to me. But now I realize its genius, and my spine tingles every time I see it.

The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view!

But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible!!! To prove it, he did a photographic reconstruction of this scene. Check it out in my next post.

This blows my mind.

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Can someone let me know the average cooking time for fish?

I can't locate one of those handy time tables on the microwave in the employee break room.

I can’t remember where I saw it, but I feel like today is a good time to revisit the concept of “Vegan + bacon”.

People often avoid making small positive changes because they get caught up in trying to go all the way. For example, “I could never go vegan. I love bacon too much”.

So then go vegan plus bacon. Or vegetarian plus bacon. Or just switch to oat milk and eat more vegetables. Whatever small change you can make is good

Remember that time I ended up in court with Elon Musk after he bet me the cave diver was a pedo?

Anyway, here’s Elon begging Jeffrey Epstein for crazy parties on his private island, several years after Epstein was convicted of sex trafficking girls.