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More True Facts: The Cephalopod Shutterbug

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In 2015, a New Zealand aquarium trained Rambo, an octopus, to be a professional photographer. For $2, she’d press a shutter button whenever a tourist posed. It’s the ultimate career pivot: from elusive cephalopod to a commercial artist who works for snacks....

More True Facts: For OSCAR consideration – The Emu War

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In 1932, the Australian military deployed soldiers with Lewis guns to cull 20,000 crop-destroying emus. The birds utilized superior guerrilla tactics and incredible stamina to evade fire. The “war” ended in a humiliating retreat; the emus remained...

More True Facts: The 1904 Olympic Marathon – a real event that was interrupted by a pack of dogs chasing humans

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In 1904, St. Louis hosted a marathon that was essentially a slow-motion disaster. One runner was chased a mile off-course by aggressive stray dogs, while the winner hitched a car ride for 11 miles. The “runner-up” nearly died after inhaling dust from the...

Tales From The Grid: Episode 54 “A Jet Engine, But For Gaming”

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#TalesFromTheGrid is a surreal thought experiment regarding AI, algorithms, technology, and now apparently… cats. Born in that weird, vulnerable moment between being awake and asleep, this set of text explores the dream logic. Sometimes? This series occasionally does...

Tales From The Grid: episode 53 “The Special Ungulate Crime Unit”

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Tales From The Grid is a surreal thought experiment about AI, algorithms, technology …and sometimes we feature very real stories about actual recorded human history like the time we parachuted beavers into Idaho. Not this episode.  Log Entry: Cycle 10,435,02...

Tales From The Grid: episode 52 “The Deity”

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Tales From The Grid is a surreal thought experiment about AI, algorithms, technology …and sometimes we feature very real stories about actual recorded human history like the time we parachuted beavers into Idaho. Not this episode.  Log Entry: Cycle 10,430,00...
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