Secret stairway hidden behind drawer in 1832 Merchant's House Museum.
Real discovery of underground railroad escape route for slaves in Manhattan after over 100 years.
This is why it’s urgent that you give art your full attention. No texting in theaters. No scrolling while watching TV. You need to recover the ability to read for an hour or more. In an age of phone addiction, there’s joy & a kind of freedom in being immersed in a work of art.
We are losing the concept of developing as a person. If you depend on algorithms and AI for everything, you will be forever stunted. You’ll never grow as an artist, a writer, a thinker without effort and friction. You will be a half-formed thing.
This might be the most disturbing AI paper of 2025 ☠️
Scientists just proved that large language models can literally rot their own brains the same way humans get brain rot from scrolling junk content online.
They fed models months of viral Twitter data short, high-engagement posts and watched their cognition collapse:
- Reasoning fell by 23%
- Long-context memory dropped 30%
- Personality tests showed spikes in narcissism & psychopathy
And get this even after retraining on clean, high-quality data, the damage didn’t fully heal.
The representational “rot” persisted.
It’s not just bad data → bad output.
It’s bad data → permanent cognitive drift.
The AI equivalent of doomscrolling is real. And it’s already happening.
Full study: llm-brain-rot. github. io
💔 End of an Era: Your childhood isn't totally dead, but the old MTV is.
The rumors are partially true: By the end of 2025, Paramount Global is shutting down 5 dedicated MTV music channels (MTV Music, 80s, 90s, Club, Live) across Europe/global markets.
The honesty: The main MTV channel (reality TV focus) stays, but the dedicated music video channels are dying because you moved to YouTube & TikTok. It's a cost-cutting measure that seals the deal: #VideoKilledTheRadioStar, but #StreamingKilledMTV.
The day nostalgia died 😢
#EndofanEra #MusicTelevision #MTV #90sKids #music #90s #90sNostalgia #80s #80sNostalgia
After 40 beautiful years, MTV music channels are shutting down. This is an end of an era for us Millenials.
MTV became our access to new songs, learn dance steps through their videos, be updated on what's in or not. MTV is a big part of our teenage-years! It's sad to know that MTV is saying goodbye. 💔
#RIPMTV #goodbyeMTV #MTV
MTV was culturally and spiritually dead when it stopped airing music videos. Corporate-led decline of what was once the coolest brand in existence. Sad.
The end of an era.
The MTV music video channel, which was a boom in the 80s and 90s, announced that this December 31 it will put an end to 44 years of uninterrupted broadcasting, because the industry has changed and nothing is the same anymore.