Social psychologists tell us it takes about 66 days to form a new habit. In my experience that’s only half true. Sixty-six days to form a good habit, yes, but about 66 hours to form a bad one. If I reach for a donut at breakfast, then do the same the next two days, I seal the deal and establish a habit of bad eating.
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In the days after October 7, Meta said it removed more than 2 million pieces of Hebrew and Arabic content, but didn’t break down the data.
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Musk made hay of his legal battle against secret surveillance but continued selling X user data to a company that facilitates government monitoring.
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From his perch on a government commission, Jacob Helberg fearmongered about TikTok in Congress. He also works for a giant defense contractor.
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A plan to divert money from police ended up funneling an $8.6 million contract back toward the prison-industrial complex.
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Scanning animal patterns like bar codes boosts conservation.
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A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how you measure them.
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And how conservationists are finding them.
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