A post made on X claims that NFL quarterback Baker Mayfield went for a jog just before Hurricane Milton made landfall. DANGEROUS: #Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield was seen JOGGING THROUGH HURRICANE MILTON just moments before it hit Tampa. Baker is DETERMINED to win The Bucs their first Super Bowl in over 25+ years. ? pic.twitter.com/cRlwU61HM7 — Ryan […]

Marine conservation photojournalist Shane Gross captured this simply unreal image of a swarm of western toad tadpoles in a Canadian lake, and with it won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. Organized by the London Natural History Museum, the contest is in its 60th year. The judges were not only blown away by the […] The post The Humble Tadpole Wins the Day in the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year appeared first on Good News Network.

I am big fan of horror movies. Well, 20th century horror movies. Sometime in the mid-2000’s I lost interest in horror movies. They all seemed like cheap remakes of classics I already loved. In the CONTINUE READING... The post Horror ’84: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter appeared first on The Retro Network.

A K9 lends a helping paw to another furry friend in need in East Tennessee after it got stranded atop a 20-foot tree due to the flooding brought about by Hurricane Helene. On Wednesday, October 02, the Kingsport Fire Department reported that their Technical Rescue Team was working with a K9 Search Unit from the Murfreesboro Police Department to locate flood casualties when K9 Kari led the team to a tree. The Murfreesboro Police Department wrote, “A glimmer of hope amidst the flooding devastation from Hurricane Helene in East Tennessee, a dog stranded atop a 20-foot tree is safely rescued thanks to Murfreesboro Police Department’s K9 Kari.” The Police Department reveals that during the search, K9 Kari, a five-year-old Bloodhound, began barking uncontrollably and led the team to a tree. There they found a dog perched high in the branches, sitting on a pile of debris. Thankfully, the KFD firefighters found a ladder that was washed away by flood waters nearby and used it to rescue the dog. “After retrieving the dog, who was happily removed from the tree, rescuers were able to feed her,” KFD reveals. On the other hand, K9 Kari’s handler, Officer Angela Alexander, said that she is proud of Kari for doing a job well done. “The funny thing about Kari is she is not fond of other dogs but this time it was different,” Officer Angela Alexander said. “I’m so proud of her helping to find something good in all the devastation caused by the flooding.” The Miami Herald reports that the dog has been on top of the tree five days after the devastating flood brought about by the storm. “It appears the dog was pushed along by flood waters as the Nolichucky River overflowed early Friday, Sept. 27, and she eventually caught hold of a nest of debris in a treetop,” they explained. Shortly after being rescued, the dog, whose name is Athena, was finally reunited with her family, WCYB reports. To say Athena was delighted to see her family again and be reunited with them was an understatement. The pooch was wagging her tail and licking her owner’s face nonstop during the reunion. The Faulkner family, Athena’s owners, said that despite everything they lost during Hurricane Helene, they’re thankful that they have each other and now, Athena, back safely.

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Two men who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics are pioneers in artificial intelligence (AI), and one of them is often called its “godfather.” According to Reuters, American physicist John Hopfield and AI expert Geoffrey Hinton were awarded the prestigious prize this week. Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI,” made groundbreaking contributions in 2012 that helped shape modern neural networks. However, in 2023, he left his role at Google to join others warning about the dangers of AI. In an interview with the New York Times last year, Hinton explained that he once believed Google was a “proper steward” of AI. That view changed when Microsoft teamed up with OpenAI to release GPT-4, the language model behind ChatGPT. Although Hinton didn’t think AI was near its peak at the time, the 76-year-old recognized the significant shift triggered by the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership, reports futurism.com. “Most people thought it was far off. I thought it was far off,” Hinton said. “I thought it was 30 to 50 years away, or even longer.” Before stepping away from Google and joining figures like Elon Musk in signing a letter calling for a pause on AI development, Hinton warned on CBS News that the world had reached a “pivotal moment” with AI. “I think it’s very reasonable for people to be worrying about these issues now,” he told CBS at the time, “even though it’s not going to happen in the next year or two.” Now a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, Hinton has consistently expressed concerns that AI could soon become uncontrollable — and when it does, chaos might follow. “Here we’re dealing with something where we have much less idea of what’s going to happen and what to do about it,” he said during a conversation with the Nobel committee. “I wish I had a sort of simple recipe that if you do this, everything’s going to be okay. But I don’t.” Hinton admitted he was surprised to win the Nobel Prize and didn’t even know he’d been nominated. “Hopefully it’ll make me more credible,” he said of winning the Nobel, “when I say these things really do understand what they’re saying.” The post Nobel Prize Winner Warns of AI Threat After Leaving Google appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, is renowned for his enthusiasm for space exploration. However, when it comes to the existence of extraterrestrial life and UFOs, Musk expresses skepticism. In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Musk stated that he doubts anyone has encountered aliens. He believes that many of the UFO sightings reported by individuals may actually be advanced classified military technology from the U.S. government. Musk suggested that some of these advanced systems—like new aircraft and missiles—are so secret that even the military may not be fully aware of them, as highlighted by the New York Post. “Well, unidentified flying objects are one thing, but there are always a bunch of classified programs that are underway,” Musk said. Carlson raised concerns, noting that the military has reported instances of having to navigate around unidentified objects. Musk acknowledged that while there are indeed unidentified flying objects, many of them are likely linked to classified projects. He mentioned that SpaceX operates over 6,000 Starlink satellites and has never had to alter their course due to an alien spacecraft. “There’s a lot we don’t know. Where did we come from? Where are the aliens?” While Musk has not encountered any evidence of aliens, he remains open to the possibility of their existence. Musk assured Carlson that if he ever found credible proof of aliens, he would make it public immediately, promising that it would be a significant announcement on his platform, X. “The split second I see any evidence of aliens, I will immediately post that on the X platform,” Musk said. “It will probably be our number one post of all time.” Musk has long argued that if the government possessed evidence of aliens, it would likely leverage that information to justify increased military funding. The Pentagon and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have conducted investigations into UFO sightings, which often turn out to be drones, balloons, or space debris—a situation exacerbated, according to some critics, by the Starlink network. Some reported sightings have exhibited unusual movement patterns, but none have been conclusively linked to extraterrestrial origin. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, has stated that Congress is due for an update on the Pentagon’s investigations into these sightings, labeling the findings as a priority. The post Musk’s Promise: Evidence of Aliens Will Be Shared on X Immediately appeared first on Anomalien.com.

A recording station measured more than 20 inches of rain in Watauga County, in the mountains of northwest North Carolina. Power was knocked out for days. Rescuers are still clearing debris. There’s little telling how many more people they’ll find. “Yeah, I grew up in Watauga,” Michael Whatley told the Beltway Brief in a Thursday morning phone call. He first volunteered for storied Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) when he was a high schooler in those mountains, but today, he’s the chairman of the state Republican Party. He was outside Charlotte when we spoke, preparing for Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s vice presidential campaign visit, but was heading back to Watauga the next day with Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian charity doing work in the area. ‘Once we get the human catastrophe kind of in frame ... then, and only then, focus on the voting aspects of it.’ “Obviously, the highest priority — the first priority — is rescue and recovery and making sure that everybody’s OK,” Whatley told the Brief. “On the voting side,” he continued: ... we did have the state board of elections ... put some rules changes forward, and then we had the legislature yesterday passed a really good bill that is going to help make sure that there are opportunities for people to vote. You know, just putting some flexibility into the system. And we think it's a really good step. ... But it is going to be very important that we reach out to everybody and let them know how to vote, where to vote, when to vote. ... There's early voting that is going to start on [Oct.] 17. There is absentee voting that is already under way where you can request an absentee ballot, and then, of course, on Election Day. So we feel comfortable working with the North Carolina Republican Party that anybody who wants to vote will be able to vote. That’s no easy task, however. Roads and bridges are out all over the region. Over 400 U.S. mail routes were out of service immediately after the storm, and as of Thursday afternoon, 35 still were. The types still down nearly two weeks after the storm aren’t the type you can just get up and rolling again with a few tweaks. And as residents and first responders sift through the wreckage, Vice President Kamala Harris has been conducting a desperate media blitz, during which each appearance since Monday has included bizarre attacks on “disinformation” and against those angry about the federal response. It’s a completely bizarre campaign line. These aren’t complaints invented at Trump HQ down in Palm Beach. Blaze News and other outlets have been on the ground for weeks, and the people we’ve been interviewing are real survivors and real rescuers — often both. Which of them is peddling misinformation, exactly, and to what end? And how will it affect people’s motivation to vote when their lives are in tatters? “I can tell you, the people in North Carolina were very aware of the election and are going to do everything they can do to vote,” “Blaze News Tonight” host Jill Savage told the Brief after her visit to the devastation. “The group we were with for Glenn Beck’s charity, Mercury One, said the day before they rescued a man who was stuck in his home on the mountain, and as soon as they got off the helicopter, he was asking how to vote while he was in town,” Savage said. “He wanted to get it done if he could — right away.” “What I have heard from people on the ground is they are very angry at FEMA,” Whatley agreed. “It is very real, that they felt on the ground that the response was slow. ... And then Alejandro Mayorkas said we are out of money for hurricanes. I think that juxtaposition did not sit well with the people across the region at all. So I can see where that could have some political resonance.” And then came Hurricane Milton, though it seems worst-case fears have been avoided for now. “Once we get the human catastrophe in frame,” Whatley said, “we will then, and only then, focus on the voting aspects of it. And we're going to work extremely hard at the RNC along with our state parties to ensure that everybody has the opportunity to vote, and we're certainly going to encourage them to take advantage of that opportunity.” Blaze News: After crowing about $750 for hurricane victims, Harris now claims Trump spreading 'disinformation' about FEMA money Blaze News: Hurricane Milton ravages Tampa Bay cities as resourceful first responders help residents in need Blaze News: DeSantis again castigates Harris for trying to politicize hurricane disaster response: 'She has no role in this process' Sign up for Bedford’s newsletter Sign up to get Blaze Media senior politics editor Christopher Bedford's newsletter. The fire rises: City Journal: Get used to longshoremen and other skilled tradesmen pulling in higher wages than college grads The short-lived longshoremen's strike has thankfully ended, but while political observers noted the divides it forced in a Republican Party talking populist, working-class talk, the strike and its conclusion exposed far more. While it was a giggle to see a wage the Wall Street Journal editorial board thought too high, how many college graduates did you hear grumbling about the wages these skilled men were demanding? Get used to it. While Mark P. Mills and I might disagree on the dangers of AI and automation, he writes a fascinating report on the future of the American economy: The quickly settled International Longshoremen’s Association strike takes us one more step toward the Great Inversion: a future in which people in the skilled and semi-skilled trades boast higher average wages than most college graduates. If the justification for most college degrees — only 10 percent of them in STEM fields — reduces to their boosting future earning power, then those graduates will have a problem. (Granted: a college education should be about more than just maximizing earnings.) It has escaped no one’s attention that the settlement with the longshoremen’s union will bump up annual starting salaries to about $80,000, with mid-career salaries over $150,000. Both benchmarks are higher than those of 90 percent of college grads. The longshoremen’s victory will likely set a market norm, not just for union members, who account for just 10 percent of the workforce, but for the skilled workforce at large. The explanation is found at the intersection of technology and demography. It’s no small irony that, while the longshoremen’s union railed against automation, it is automation that will accelerate the Great Inversion. Its wage-enhancing role arises from the inexorable logic of demographics.

The Domination victory in Civilization always makes me feel a bit guilty. I could be cultured, technological, or more peaceful and theocratic, but there’s something irresistible about crushing all your enemies under the bootheels of your mighty army. Civ 7 changes the strategy game formula by adding new, organic eras, but you can bet that trebuchets, artillery units, and stealth bombers will still play a big part in your plans. The new Civilization 7 leader Trung Trac, however, who’s just been detailed by Firaxis, might make winning by force a lot tougher. Continue reading New Civilization 7 leader is a nightmare if you want a Domination victory MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Civilization 7 release date, Best strategy games, Civ 7 wishlist

It's not long now until we expect AMD to drop its new lineup of 9000-series X3D CPUs, and fresh rumors regarding the chips are arriving regularly. The latest leak concerns the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D clock speed, which rumors suggest is set to improve significantly compared to the 7800X3D, further hinting that this will be the new fastest gaming CPU you can buy. While it's expected to be the best gaming CPU when it arrives, though, we can't of course be sure as yet. AMD's initial non-X3D 9000 series CPUs are certainly a solid foundation, and the company's X3D tech has proved hugely powerful when it comes to gaming performance, but these leaks are just that and we'll have to wait and see how performance actually plays out. However, it's fun to explore what could be in store. Continue reading AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D clock speed leak hints it will be even faster than expected MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 7800 XT review