Geeksouts — Page 47

At 116, Ethel Caterham is the world's oldest living person — the oldest ever, France's Jeanne Calment who reached 122. Supercentenarians are extremely rare. They have lived history — wars, moon landings, the internet. Multiple lifetimes packed into one.

Spain's María Branyas Morera, who reached 117, credited her longevity simply:

"an orderly life that is socially very pleasant… a good life, without excesses."
No secret formula. Just a life well lived.

Admirable. But with robots, rising chaos, wars, and the world feeling more unhinged by the day — do we even want to stick around that long?

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Clocks spring forward tonight at 2 AM. Yes, you lose an hour of sleep. But hey — longer evenings are coming, and that’s worth something. Right? 😅

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Watched: Firebreak

A grieving mother whose young daughter vanishes near their remote family cabin — with a massive wildfire bearing down on them.

Firebreak — an intense but maddening thriller. Emotional but often illogical — lots of shouting and weak explanations. That said, the ending trades tension for something unexpectedly soft. Make of that what you will.

Personally, I'd skip it. But if you want to see for yourself, go ahead.

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China built GrowHR – a shape-shifting robot that literally grows like a human skeleton, squeezes through tight spaces, and walks on water. If machines keep getting more organic, more adaptable, more us than we are…

Will cities one day measure population by both humans and autonomous beings?

Because 13,000 humanoid robots shipped last year alone. When something can grow and reshape itself to fit our world better than we can, you have to wonder – are we slowly becoming the secondary species in our own backyard? That’s not sci-fi anymore. Scary, is it? That’s a question worth sitting with.

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Just discovered Holi is a thing in at the Seaport in NYC tomorrow, and now it’s on my radar. A festival built around throwing color at people? I need to experience this someday.

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