Is the Supreme Court about to legalize SWATting?
Slouching from probable cause into mere officer suspicion The post Is the Supreme Court about to legalize SWATting? appeared first on Downsize DC.
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Quantum modeling for breakthroughs in materials science and sustainable energy
Ernest Opoku knew he wanted to become a scientist when he was a little boy. But his school in Dadease, a small town in Ghana, offered no elective science courses — so Opoku created one for himself. Even though they had neither a dedicated science classroom nor a lab, Opoku convinced his principal to bring in someone to teach him and five other friends he had convinced to join him. With just a chalkboard and some imagination, they […]
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Is there an Epstein connection to our Downsize strategy?
Thomas Massie shows the way The post Is there an Epstein connection to our Downsize strategy? appeared first on Downsize DC.
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It’s a Sign: AI Platform for Teaching American Sign Language Aims to Bridge Communication Gaps
American Sign Language is the third most prevalent language in the United States — but there are vastly fewer AI tools developed with ASL data than data representing the country’s most common languages, English and Spanish. NVIDIA, the American Society for Deaf Children and creative agency Hello Monday are helping close this gap with Signs, an interactive web platform built to support ASL learning and the development of accessible AI applications. Sign language learners can access the platform’s […]
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COVID and the Craving for Certainty
In March of 2020, I published an essay warning both the public and our policymakers against overreacting to the COVID threat. We overreact, I argued, in times of “epistemic uncertainty,” when we do not know enough about a threat we face and are unclear about our best response. Continue Reading…
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Google’s AI try-on feature for clothes now works with just a selfie
In the past, users had to upload a full-body picture of themselves to virtually try on a piece of clothing. Now, they can use a selfie and Nano Banana will generate a full body digital version of them.
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The Ian Freeman false imprisonment
How it happened and what to do about it The post The Ian Freeman false imprisonment appeared first on Downsize DC.
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The Real Meaning of Thanksgiving: The Triumph of Capitalism over Collectivism
In the wilderness of the New World, the Plymouth Pilgrims had progressed from the false dream of communism to the sound realism of capitalism.
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The Best Web Scraping APIs for AI Models in 2026
For powering next-generation AI models in 2026, Bright Data’s Web Scraper API delivers on all fronts: dynamic site support, anti-bot automation, structured output, and global reach.
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