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Monthly Archives: May 2026
Five MIT-related accounts
Campus Map
UC Santa Cruz
Campus Trivia Night
Question: Which five countries are the top Tangerine Producers in South America?
Answer via USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
- Brazil
- Peru
- Argentina
- Chile
- Uruguay
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Campus Life at
uMass Amherst
Campus Map
Emory University
Interesting Read
via the American Affairs Journal:
Rebuilding America’s Sea Power
by Todd Young
published in their Spring 2026 edition
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Quote, Unquote
Each of us gets to choose which futures we wish to fight against, which we can live with, and which we will fight for. As you make your choices, I suggest ignoring the din of the death rattle and trying to think with independence. Do not process this with the partisan blinders of 20th century mass politics; one way or another, you are entering a new era of institution building in living color.
~ Dean Ball via Hyperdimensional
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Worth The Listen
The AI End Game: Two-Year-Olds vs. AI with Alison Gopnik
The AI End Game: Two-Year-Olds vs. AI
Chris Hayes interviews Alison Gopnik
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Quote, Unquote
In modern office life, our efforts rarely generate an immediate reward. When we answer an e-mail or attend a meeting, we’re typically advancing, in fits and starts, long-term projects that may be weeks or months away from completion. The modern knowledge worker also tends to juggle many different objectives at the same time, moving rapidly back and forth between them throughout the day.
~ Cal Newport via The New Yorker
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Tom Morello was born
on this day in 1964
Thomas Baptist Morello – the American guitarist and political activist best known for his work with tenure with both Audioslave and Rage Against the Machine – was born on this day May 30, 1964 – in New York City.
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