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• Post #4501957

  Amazon Used a Startlingly Dirty Trick to Build a Data Center Without Consent of Community https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-dirty-trick-build-data-center?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #4385018

  Earth Has a Billion Years Left. This Plan Could Stretch It to 9 Quadrillion https://gizmodo.com/earth-has-a-billion-years-left-this-plan-could-stretch-it-to-9-quadrillion-2000794338?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #4377544

  Ray Bradbury's famous short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" was set on this day - August 4, 2026 https://short-stories.co/@raybradbury/there-will-come-soft-rains-6k8vr4xxlnmj

• Post #4262198

  AI before AI: The forgotten Soviet programme https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20260730-ai-before-ai-forgotten-soviet-programme?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #4256364

  'We discovered a new variant of Super Mario Bros.' https://nintendowire.com/news/2026/07/29/we-discovered-a-new-super-mario-bros-variant/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #4208003

  New airliner sets record flying 24 hrs nonstop from Australia to France https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/new-airliner-sets-record-flying-24-hrs-nonstop-from-australia-to-france/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #4116812

  The AI Productivity Illusion https://www.hardresetmedia.com/p/the-ai-productivity-illusion?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #4067876

  The Voice of Google https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-voice-of-google?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #4039007

  This Image Led to a Photographer Being Sentenced to 74 Lashes in Iran https://petapixel.com/2026/07/22/this-image-led-to-a-photographer-being-sentenced-to-74-lashes-in-iran/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #4001001

  Video: AI killed the Voynich theory [19:07] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_2sOPwAQtw&utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3989238

  For 1,000 years, a cult worshipped the hero of the Odyssey https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260717-the-cult-that-worshipped-odysseus?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3972856

  A Star Orbiting Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole Tests the Limits of Relativity https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-star-orbiting-our-galaxys-supermassive-black-hole-tests-the-limits-of-relativity?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3971597

  Phase 2 trials begin for the world’s first tooth regeneration treatment https://techfixated.com/a-biotech-company-has-secured-funding-to-start-phase-2-trials-for-the-worlds-first-tooth-regeneration-treatment/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3971427

  Video: Bluey released in Australian Indigenous language for first time [01:13] https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c07y7r91vz9o?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3971155

  Study: Inhaling high-dose CO2 clears Alzheimer's proteins from the brain https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580471-inhaling-high-dose-co2-clears-alzheimers-proteins-from-the-brain/?utm_source=DamnInteresting Mirror: https://archive.is/2026.07.20/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580471-inhaling-high-dose-co2-clears-alzheimers-proteins-from-the-brain/

• Post #3970487

  ‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/20/doomsday-system-physicist-laura-grego-satellites-nuclear-weapons-battle-skies-space-elon-musk?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3897162

  How to avoid tick bites in your yard or while hiking in the woods, and what to do if one starts feasting on you https://theconversation.com/how-to-avoid-tick-bites-in-your-yard-or-while-hiking-in-the-woods-and-what-to-do-if-one-starts-feasting-on-you-287565?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3852093

  The brutal, powerful legacy of Threads https://thebulletin.org/premium/2026-07/the-brutal-powerful-legacy-of-threads/?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3839578

  Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail [and yes, that UNIX system was real] https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3481731

  Man lives with a knife blade in his chest for 8 years https://boingboing.net/2026/06/26/man-lives-with-a-knife-blade-in-his-chest-for-8-years.html?utm_source=DamnInteresting

• Post #3417513

  On this day in 1995 the EPA dismantled the shed where a 17-year-old built a homemade nuclear reactor http://www.damninteresting.com/smoke-detectors-and-a-radioactive-boyscout/