10 Surprising Secrets of Notre Dame Cathedral
On December 8, 2024, the venerable cathedral of Notre Dame will reopen its doors to the public, fully restored and recovered from the terrible fire of 2019. Too late, perhaps, for the 2024 Paris Olympics, but an event millions still look forward to. It’s a celebration of the resilience of an eight-century-old structure. The construction [
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10 Intriguing Origins of Popular Carnival Rides
The traveling carnival, often known simply as a carnival, is largely held by historians to have originated from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Carnivals developed a bad reputation from their outset, which continued long after. This was due to two things: The “unsavory diversions” that carnivals offered, such as “freak shows, games of chance, and [
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**(#n3u43ka) @slashdot ChatGPT’s success rate for me is about what I expect:

ChatGPT has an extremely broad range of success when it comes to p 
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@slashdot @feeds.twtxt.net ChatGPT’s success rate for me is about what I expect:

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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 27 2024: 6 PRs, 0 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.

1 - PRs (6, 5:1:0)

Opened (5)

monero-project/monero:

  • #93911 Dockerfile: remove CMD line and docker-compose file provided (mjhatami)

monero-project/monero-gui: none

monero-project/monero-site:

  • #23112 faq: add randomx animated vi 
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XMR most used crypto on Coincards in June 2024
XMR was the most used cryptocurrency on Coincards1 in June 2024, according to a usage report2 that was published earlier today:

Here’s a breakdown of usage (by $ volume) on Coincards by percentage in June ‘24

#XMR: 34.4% (+6.82%)
#BTC (Onchain): 25.96% (+4.07%)
#USDC: 20.20% (-13.01%)
#ETH: 9.84%
#LTC: 2.49%
#Solana: 2.31%
#Dogecoin: 2.09%
#LightningNetwork: 2.08%
#USDT: 0.58%
#Dai: 0.04%
#Matic: 0.01%
#Dash: 0%

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**(#eehqw6a) I find it interesting too, this is obviously such a problem that Wikipedia have two URLs for this page:

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I find it interesting too, this is obviously such a problem that Wikipedia have two URLs for this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party

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(#eehqw6a) @bender@bender I think @xuu ’s point is that somehow the URL(s) are wrong in the first place? I went to the Wikipedia page, and 

@bender I think @xuu @txt.sour.is ’s point is that somehow the URL(s) are wrong in the first place? I went to the Wikipedia page, and copied the URL out of the browser to link to here – Let’s see 👈 Already as 
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Deƈ SlovĂĄkov ĆŸijĂșcich v zahraničí
„SlovĂĄci v zahraničí predstavujĂș dĂŽleĆŸitĂș sĂșčasĆ„ Slovenskej republiky, o ktorĂș sa musĂ­me rovnako zaujĂ­maĆ„, staraĆ„ a podporovaĆ„ jej nĂĄrodnĂ© povedomie pre vzĂĄjomnĂœ prospech,” - zdĂŽraznil pri prĂ­leĆŸitosti 5. jĂșla, pamĂ€tnĂ©ho Dƈa SlovĂĄkov ĆŸijĂșcich v zahraničí minister Juraj BlanĂĄr. Ć Ă©f slovenskej diplomacie ďalej dodal: „SlovĂĄci ani ďaleko od domova nezabĂșdajĂș na svoje korene. Ć Ă­ria dobrĂ© meno naĆĄej vlasti a sĂș neoddeliteÄŸnou sĂșčasĆ„ou diplomacie, keÄĆŸe 
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I trapped two very pregnant cats in my apartments last week. They had their litters within about 6 hours of each other. Every time I check on them they’re co-mothering each others kittens. Is this normal among mom cats that just had litters, or an indicator that they knew each other outside? ⌘ Read more

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Editor’s Note- More On The Strategy of Beingness
Stephan A. Schwartz,  Editor  -  Schwartzreport

_Stephan: A number of you have written to ask me where they can get more information on The Strategy of Beingness.

As it happens I am about to teach a two-week online course on how to use the strategy to become an agent of change fostering wellbeing. You take the course when it is convenient for you during those two weeks, and you can ask questions and I provide answers. It starts 
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New Research Links Common Foods to Higher Levels of PFAS in the Body
Edward Carver,  Staff Writer  -  truthout

_Stephan: Our lives are being shortened, and we are being killed – the data says this literally – by corporations like 3M – that created and distributed throughout the world “forever chemicals” such as polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Why was this done? For profit of course. In my. opinion, these corporations should be fined billions of dolla 
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Trump’s Camp Says It Has Nothing to Do With Project 2025 Manifesto Aside From Writing It.
Shawn Musgrave,  Staff Writer  -  The Intercept

_Stephan: Criminal Trump who is a compulsive liar, I don’t think he would tell you the truth if you asked him the time of day, denies he knows anything about Project 2025, which is the Republican election platform. You would think the media would pick this up and may a significant story about his lie i 
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The Supreme Court’s War on Regulation Is Going to Tank the Economy
Timothy Noah,  Staff Writer  -  The New Republic

_Stephan: The christofascist cabal that controls the Supreme Court has openly and deliberately skewed the laws to reduce regulatory. oversight and protect corporate profits. This article describes what may happen as a result of several decisions to eliminate regulations. Although the economic data proves it is not the case, the fascist view of t 
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Why Gen Z’s turned off by sex scenes in movies
,    -  talker research

_Stephan: There are two trends I see going on in the United States about sexual imagery and sex in movies. One is the growing AI generation of fake porn being created particularly by schoolboys about their classmates (see SR archive). The other is the growing distaste for sexual imagery in the Gen Z generation (1997-2012), as described in this survey. What I don’t see in these trends is a growing acceptance 
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