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Gen Z fueling tobacco sales as wild claims cigarettes are 'healthier' than vaping go viral: 'plant-based alternative' trib.al/tsOeuG2
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Cigarette volumes in the US continue declining (offset only by price hikes) and youth use is at historic lows per federal data; company growth is driven by smoke-free products, not traditional cigarettes or Gen Z anecdotes.
fda.gov/tobacco-produc…
tobaccoinsider.com/usa-cigarette-…
pmi.com/our-progress
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holy fuck this is amazing
Quite possibly the best app I’ve created yet, create drainage and profile views anywhere there is data using USGS Lidar. Try it: senterfarms.com/programs/csr…
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this is crazy
After Google acquired my AR startup, I started thinking about the next interface, this time for AI. Text and voice work fine, just like DOS did before the Mac. But nothing’s more intuitive than face to face.
After two years of research, today we’re launching Atmee v2: a real-time avatar model that makes live video agents feel truly life-like.
• Any character from 1 image + 10s of audio
• Contextual expressions, gestures, even interacting with the environment
• Live video calls, voice only, or video generation
At its core, Atmee v2 is a video foundation model, it can render anything, but it’s built to excel at characters, which is what video models like Seedance 2.5 and Wan 3.0 are mostly used for. In comparison:
Atmee v2
• Up to 50x faster
• 10-100x cheaper
Build tutors, sales coaches, support agents, companions, game characters, even whole living worlds. The interface after text and voice starts today.
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fascinating that you correctly identified the logistical nightmare and, instead of informing the host, consciously chose to exploit the chaos for your own convenience.
I’ve removed plenty of people like you from future guest lists for giving my door girls undue stress and holding up the line.
funny thing about blacklists is that the people on them never know they’re on them, let alone understand why.
it requires introspection, not clairvoyance.
the only thing to think about is the difference between discovering something desirable in a person and discovering what you desire in the first place
A friend of mine initially rejected the man she’s now married to because she didn’t feel attracted to him. A few weeks later she saw him leading a rock climbing trip, suddenly found him incredibly hot, and now they’re married with a baby. Much to think about
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the ego would rather turn its incomprehensibility into existential dread than face the discipline of articulation. many such cases
i never knew there was an actual term for this:
epistemic loneliness is a cognitive form of isolation that happens when you cannot share complex ideas, inner thoughts, or meaningful perspectives because you lack a willing, able, or understanding conversational partner.
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finally got around to this, self hosted stack:
- 5090 strata qwen3.8-flash-next
- dashboard with embedded MCP server APK
- @netbird tunnel
- vps mcp gateway + @pidotdev + @herdrdev
- herdr-web-ui by @devswha on phone
control calendar / weather station / irrigation anywhere
I have discovered $50 amazon photo frames to be the PERFECT home display screen
They can be rooted, updated to run a modern browser, have WiFi and can be powered from USB
1280×800 resolution with a nice touch screen
I detailed how to hack these yourself in my latest video
wesbos.com/hacking-smart-pho…
men are so bitchmade now. no confidence in their own judgment, spiritually divorcing women they haven’t even married. radiating doubt toward your woman is quantum entanglement, creating the very conditions for its existence. develop some discernment before even thinking you love her
My greatest fear about marriage is that I'll be working long long days and she'll just be at home marinating her brain in this stuff
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