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NASA’s Artemis II launches tomorrow, April 1 at 6:24 PM ET. Four astronauts will spend ten days flying around the Moon and back — no landing, but the first crewed lunar mission in 53 years. The actual Moon landing won’t happen until Artemis IV in 2028. Weather is 80% go. 🚀🌕

Still rocking my 2017 Pixelbook, minimal lag. The 16GB model was the right call.This article nails it, sticking with Chromebooks over the MacBook Neo makes sense. ChromeOS and Android work seamlessly together. With AluminiumOS merging both, why switch to Apple now?

Finally, WhatsApp allows chat transfers from iPhone to Android! I wish this had been available sooner, as I lost my entire history when I switched. It’s a great update for everyone else, though https://www.zdnet.com/article/whatsapp-easy-transfer-from-ios-to-android-multiple-iphone-accounts/

I’ve been using Claude MCP through my browser—it’s pretty great. But now? I’m staring at “Computer Use” & wondering if it’s time to let AI take the wheel. Moving the cursor, typing…it feels like a leap. Time to dive in?

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My Accidental AI Writing Stack

I didn’t plan to build an AI writing stack. I just kept getting curious.

That’s usually how it starts with me. One tool, one question, and one thought that won’t leave me alone: could this actually help?

Over the past year, I’ve messed around with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Notion AI. Not because I wanted to hand my writing off to a robot, but because I wanted to know where these things actually fit into my process. Could they help with research? Wrangle my notes? Or would everything start sounding like it came out of a corporate press release?

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Amazon isn’t alone. Microsoft just launched Copilot Health and OpenAI has ChatGPT Health — everyone wants to be your AI doctor now. Useful? Maybe. But AI can get things wrong, so I’m treating any advice as a starting point, not a verdict. I’ll always do my own research before acting on anything.

Amazon launched Health AI on its website and app, giving Prime members free 24/7 access to virtual care. It reads your medical records, books appointments, and connects you to providers. I signed up to see how well it explains my results — some of it I have no idea what it means.

China controls 90% of humanoid robot sales. The U.S. is scrambling to keep up. But the scarier thought? If China fills up first, does the rest of the world follow? By the end of the decade, do robots outnumber workers? We don’t know. That’s the part that gets me.

The U.S. government just officially registered alien.gov and aliens.gov. While the pages are currently blank, the move follows recent pledges regarding UAP and UFO disclosure. Whether it’s a portal for declassified files or a new transparency initiative, the timing is wild. Stay tuned! 👽🛸 Link