They were also engineered to be deficient in a protein that’s essential for the normal function of neurons.

Given the careful engineering of the organoids to inhibit normal function, the researchers are not worried at this stage. However, if any start to show signs of consciousness, they will consider shutting the project down.

Making them stupid so they don’t appear “human” 🫩

Dress shoes

Rich people wanted to pretend they always ride horses, so they always wore slim shoes. This became the standard for all shoes, and everyone has been suffering since

They find green (not yellow) grass amazing

Imagine everyone can run their own version of Reddit, and these versions can talk to each other (or block each other). You join one of them, and can see the subreddits (communities) from all of them

Dissolution

I wouldn’t call my male friendship status any better or worse than my non-male friendships.

Lots of people that I wish to hold contact with but also don’t wish to be in contact with too often. It’s not too difficult for me to pick out similar folks or be picked out by similar folks in a crowd of people, so I’m not in a rush to make more connections.

Safe bet

I’m not sure Tetris has a case here though. Do they have a patent on colored blocks falling down? You’re not even making rows clear

The government is not a single entity. When I read “US government” I anticipated congress or a court ruling. But it was neither, just Trump (which we already know)

Misleading title from Techcrunch. It’s the Trump Administration only (which we already know)