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Sharing links about writing fiction, technology, and accountancy.

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[I @9999Ways]

Kiva is an easy way to make a real difference in someone's life. Will you join me in helping Carlota in Balasan, Iloilo to pursue their dream? https://t.co/G6ZNzX5N8c #microloan #kivalove via @Kiva

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The greyhound is the fastest dog breed in the world, capable of reaching a top speed of 70 km/h.
https://t.co/0O2OVQlDpT

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Four years ago, in the middle of a pandemic, we needed a leader with the character to put politics aside and do what was right. That’s what @JoeBiden did.

At a time when our economy was reeling, he drove what would become the world’s strongest recovery – with 17 million new jobs, historic wage gains, and lower health care costs. He passed landmark legislation to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure and address the threat of climate change. 

I’m grateful to Joe for his leadership, his friendship, and his lifetime of service to this country we love.

[I @9999Ways]

Couple's fire-resistant LA home survives amid destruction
Karina Maher and Michael Kovac, an architect, built their Los Angeles home with fire-resistant and sustainable features. #environment #wildfires #greensmartbuilding
https://t.co/p0XH6dyA3r

[Demis Hassabis @demishassabis]

It’s been an amazing last couple of weeks, hope you enjoyed our end of year extravaganza as much as we did!

Just some of the things we shipped: state-of-the-art image, video, and interactive world models (Imagen 3, Veo 2 & Genie 2); Gemini 2.0 Flash (a highly performant and efficient foundation model); Gemini-Exp-1206 model (top of the Chatbot Arena leaderboard); 2.0 Flash Thinking (our first ‘thinking’ model, expect a lot more news on this soon - as many of you remember, we pioneered this type of model with AlphaGo, AlphaZero, AlphaProof…); upgrades to @GeminiApp with Deep Research and more, fantastic new NotebookLM features, a new image remixing tool (Whisk); and a series of agentic research prototypes that can help people get things done (Project Astra, Mariner, Jules) all built on Gemini 2.0.

And then on top of all of that, we dropped the world’s most accurate weather prediction model (GenCast), the world’s most advanced quantum chip that performed a computation that would have taken 10 septillion years (Willow - could come in handy for training AI one day!), and it was the honour of a lifetime to receive the Nobel Prize for AlphaFold, which has revolutionised structural biology and is being used by 2 million researchers around the world to understand disease and accelerate drug discovery.

I could not be more proud of all the exceptionally talented teams at @GoogleDeepMind & @Google who have worked so incredibly hard on all these amazing projects. It’s the greatest joy one can have professionally to get to explore the outer reaches of science and human knowledge with such wonderful colleagues.

We’ve been inventing the future of AI for well over a decade now, and we’ll continue to be a relentless engine of innovation. In many ways we’re only just getting started… if you want to be at the frontier of the most exciting scientific and technological journey ever, this is the place to be, come join us!

[ARCHIVED - NASA Sun & Space @NASASun]

HAPPENING RIGHT NOW: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is making its closest-ever approach to the Sun! 🛰️ ☀️

More on this historic moment from @NASAScienceAA Nicola Fox 👇

Follow Parker’s journey: https://t.co/MtDPCEK6w6
#3point8

[European Space Agency @esa]

🚀🎶 ¡Feliz Navidad!

Need some more inspiration for your Christmas party playlist? Look no further!

👉 https://t.co/LxmWXYGds0

[I @9999Ways]

Soy donante de The Conversation. Únete a mí y apoya un modelo de periodismo independiente y de interés público. https://t.co/9EYMRxRcUI via @Conversation_E

[I @9999Ways]

How one doctor tried to take the profit motive out of health insurance
Let’s learn from the Affordable Care Act’s failed experiment with nonprofit insurance. #healthcare #HealthcareForAll
https://t.co/71gxDhbLlO

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

President Michael D Higgins has said that to say the Irish people are anti-Semitic is a "gross defamation and slander", and it is a "very serious business" to do so simply because people disagree with the actions of the Israeli Prime Minister.
Read more: https://t.co/hXpBuN3cHp

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: All of the 51 defendants have been found guilty in the historic Gisele Pelicot mass rape case.

Follow the sentencing live 🔽

https://t.co/jtJPNQN4Jp

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[OpenAI @OpenAI]

Today, we shared evals for an early version of the next model in our o-model reasoning series: OpenAI o3

[RyanPatrick🇺🇸🦅 @RyanHatesGovt]

How is it even possible to be this coordinated?

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How to digitalize a camera film

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

Farthest ever landing. Titan landing.

It's a shame many people don't know we landed on a moon of Saturn.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

I always look forward to sharing my annual list of favorite books, movies, and music. Today I’ll start by sharing some of the books that have stuck with me long after I finished reading them.

Check them out this holiday season, preferably at an independent bookstore or library!

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Damn you know it’s bad when even Trump is feeling bad for me 😂

[I @9999Ways]

‘Like a giant bird box’: the volunteers building huge snowdrifts for Finland’s pregnant seals #environment #earth https://t.co/4NnnzKfZ93