"In our professional opinion, the problem stems from the fact that you built, or rather rebuilt this city on rock and roll. Not on reliable public works projects, not on sound fiscal management, not on community consensus and engagement, but on rock and roll, which is a musical form and not a legitimate method of city planning and management." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-letter-to-mayor-grace-slick-about-the-problems-in-her-city

A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now up and running in Nevada, where it will help power Google’s data centers with clean energy.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/28/23972940/google-data-center-geothermal-energy

DOS_deck offers free, all-timer DOS games in a browser, with controller support
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/11/dos_deck-offers-free-all-timer-dos-games-in-a-browser-with-controller-support/

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It appears that Taylor Swift has been summoning demons and practicing witchcraft at her shows and doesn’t even know it!

https://www.wonkette.com/p/please-sign-petition-to-tell-taylor

Sci-fi modeling in 1980 https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/visual-effects-model-design/zdmgnrd

If anyone is looking to do a good deed this holiday season, you can buy things off trans youths' Amazon wishlists here:
https://buy.transanta.com/

Crime writers have been out and about discussing the challenges of AI and the things they will and won’t do in their fiction
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/ai-won-t-kill-crime-writing-but-crime-writers-will-kill-anyone-20231120-p5elc8.html

New York City unveiled a pilot program to help homeowners build accessory dwelling units.
The city will give 15 lucky homeowners up to $395,000 each to construct the extra unit. https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-city-funding-adu-tiny-homehousing-shortage-2023-11

Virgin Galactic has announced a state-of-the-art spaceship manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/virgin-galactic-spaceship-hub-arizona

No-one enjoys idling in peak-hour traffic, yet scientists have identified that a blood pressure spike during it doesn't come from frustration but from ultrafine particles flowing into the car. And the average 4.5 mm Hg spike lasts for an entire day. https://newatlas.com/medical/traffic-triggers-blood-pressure-surge/

Wait WHAT? To make their lineup look diverse, the conference used AI to generate fake images and resumes of female speakers. https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/28/devternity_conference_fake_speakers/

"You may have heard that “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees has the perfect beat for doing CPR. But it’s not the only song that can provide a soundtrack to chest compressions in an emergency." https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/songs-to-do-cpr-to-playlist-could-be-a-lifesaving-soundtrack/2018/11/09/c544aa58-e1f9-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html

It's not just you. A new study found that virtual meetings exhaust the brain more than face-to-face conversations. https://spectrum.ieee.org/zoom-fatigue

Marjorie Merriweather Post had quite a life:

During Marjorie’s youth, women still couldn’t vote, but C.W. resolved that his daughter must understand his business. With that in mind, he taught her to balance a budget, insisted she attend board meetings, and brought her on business trips across the country. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2023/11/marjorie-merriweather-post-the-philanthropic-heiress-who-built-mar-a-lago/

I am being supervised

Wow, this sounds like a movie I want to watch. And Jason Isaacs has been amazing in other roles.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/13/cary-grants-hollywoods-archibald-leach-mother-archie

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