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Elon’s Ascent and the Capitalist Ideal

In markets bold where fortunes rise and fall, A trillion made through vision, grit, and flame, Yet envy’s chorus mocks the builder’s call, While empires born of daring stake their claim. What drives the stars if not the soul’s own fire? These feats of steel and code our age inspire. *

AI Workflows and the End of Prompting

No more the lone command in midnight glow, But loops that spin and agents that refine; Where code meets thought, the future starts to show A craft of verification, sharp and fine. The tools we build now test what we create, And humble teams decide what will await. *

The Genetic Roots of Language

Before the split of kin long lost to time, Small switches turned the volume up on speech; A genome fragment, ancient and sublime, Still guides the words our modern tongues now teach. What once was shared with those who walked before Now lights the path where human language soared. *

Journalism’s Credibility Crisis

A courtier’s smile, a microphone, a lie, The polished mask of “serious” disguise; When leaked tapes show the fractures, who will buy The fiction that the fourth estate still tries? One fallen anchor opens every eye To how the news machine distorts and sighs. *

Science’s Hidden Wonders

From lunar dust that smells of powder burned To clouds that wake on Mars at break of day, From oceans born inside a planet’s turn To continents that sleep beneath the spray— Each quiet fact rewrites the tale we know Of Earth, of life, of how the cosmos grows. *

The Longue Durée of Human Movement

No gym, no plan, no weights beneath the sun— Just hills that ask the body to ascend, Gardens, flocks, and daily miles begun Where movement is the ordinary end. The longest lives are lived where effort hides Inside the simple rhythm life provides. *

Literary Echoes of Power

A king deposed, two bodies torn in twain, The language of the court becomes the chain; In verse and history the lessons reign Of how a throne can shatter and remain. *

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    "og_description": "\n\nOriginal Video Description:\n\nThere's a whole world of tools to launch local LLMs out there, and these are some of the best.\n\nFull Article Text:\nMost people use Ollama or llama.cpp for local LLMs, but these are the tools I switch to when it gets serious Menu Sign in now Close News Tech Deals PC Hardware Submenu CPU GPU Storage Monitors Keyboards & Mice Software Submenu AI tools Productivity Self-Hosting Home Lab Other Software Operating Systems Submenu Windows Linux macOS Devices Submenu Single-Board Computers Laptops Gaming Handheld Prebuilt PC Home Submenu Networking Smart Home Entertainment Submenu Entertainment Gaming Sign in Newsletter Menu Follow Followed Like Threads More Action Summary Generate a summary of this story Sign in now 🔥Tech Deals Claude ESP32 AI Tools Entertainment Forums Close MOST PEOPLE USE OLLAMA OR LLAMA.CPP FOR LOCAL LLMS, BUT THESE ARE THE TOOLS I SWITCH TO WHEN IT GETS SERIOUS By Adam Conway Published Jun 14, 2026, 8:30 AM EDT I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional elements of Android apps and smartphones such as performance, and I’ve been working in the tech industry in some way or another since 2017. In my spare time, you’ll probably find me playing Counter-Strike or VALORANT, and you can reach out to me at adam@xda-developers.com, on Twitter as @AdamConwayIE, on Instagram as AdamConwayIE, or u/AdamConwayIE on Reddit. Sign in to your XDA account Add Us On Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Ollama has become the default answer when someone asks how to run a local LLM, and for good reason. It's easy, it works across platforms, and it hides enough of the ugly parts that you can go from nothing to a working model in minutes. llama.cpp sits underneath a huge amount of the local AI world too, especially if you're using GGUF models, so neither one is going away. The problem is that the easy button stops being enough once a local model becomes part of a workflow. You start caring about serving APIs, batching, structured outputs, cache behavior, Mac-specific acceleration, mobile deployment, or whether you're silently leaving performance on the table. I still think Ollama is the easiest way to start running local LLMs, but it's not where I want to stay when I'm building something more serious. The alternatives are m... [Truncated]",
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    "og_description": "\n\nOriginal Video Description:\n\nElon Musk: I completely lost respect for Obama when he repeated the fine people lie knowing it's false.\n\n“A ton of people think that the Russia thing was real, still. The whole Steele dossier was completely concocted. The Clinton campaign funded a fake conspiracy theory, a fake https://t.co/r2fKmNJOZ7",
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    "og_description": "\n\nOriginal Video Description:\n\nBill Maher: \"Candace Owens is a conspiracy theorist. I mean, she has crazy ideas, and a lot of them involve how terrible the Jews are… This is why I always thought it was so stupid to compare Trump with Hitler… This Nick Fuentes pr*ck, he's Hitler.\" https://t.co/pcUr7MgoEV",
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    "original_title": "Pro-Trans Activists Give Lesson in Intimidation Tactics at Oxford | National ...",
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    "og_title": "Pro-Trans Activists Give Lesson in Intimidation Tactics at Oxford | National Review",
    "og_description": "\n\nOriginal Video Description:\n\nFull Article Text:\nPro-Trans Activists Give Lesson in Intimidation Tactics at Oxford | National Review Close National Review Navigation The Corner Latest Articles News The Morning Jolt The Week Podcasts Magazine Capital Matters Bench Memos Photos Books, Arts & Manners Subscribe Newsletter Signup Gift Subscriptions NRPLUS Member Articles NRPLUS Facebook Group NRPLUS Call Replays Cartoons of the Day Commenting Policy Become a Member Submissions More About Advertise Authors A-Z Careers Contact Us Donate FAQ Games Magazine Archive Masthead NR Institute Privacy Policy Search Submit a Tip Terms of Service Videos Open National Review Navigation Large National Review Logo {{monthNameShort}}. {{day}}, {{year}} Subscribe Login NR PLUS Woke Culture PRO-TRANS ACTIVISTS GIVE A LESSON IN INTIMIDATION TACTICS By Abigail Anthony June 12, 2026 3:17 PM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Flipboard Share on WhatsApp Email this article The Hertford Bridge at Oxford University in Oxford, England. Inset: Activists interrupt a lecture by law professor Michael Foran. (KarinaKnyspel/Getty Images, Screengrab via @GriftReport/X) A series of alarming events at Oxford University. Sign in here to read more. A series of alarming events at Oxford University M ichael Foran, an associate professor of law at Oxford University in England, scheduled a four-part lecture series related to his new book, “Sex, Gender Identity and the Law.” While the word “expert” is often applied too generously, it does accurately describe Foran, whose work has been cited by the United Kingdom’s supreme court. I had the pleasure of interacting with Foran occasionally while I was a graduate student at Oxford, and I would enthusiastically encourage anyone in the area to attend his public lectures, since I have full confidence his speeches would be richly insightful. But rather unfortunately, he canceled the series after two lectures as a result of “escalating disruptive protests” led by pro-transgender activists, who coordinated a brief demonstration at the first event and then a longer interruption for the second. “Students shouldn’t face bullying or harassment when attending academic events,” Foran said on social media. He wrote in another post, “It is unfortunate that these protesters have chosen disruption over genuine intellectual engagement grounded in academic charity and rigour. In attempting to shame students into deplatforming these lectures, they manifest the antithesis of what a university stands for.” In accordan... [Truncated]",
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    "og_title": "The Anthropic leader who built Claude Code says he ditched prompting — now he just writes loops.",
    "og_description": "\n\nOriginal Video Description:\n\nLoop engineering — the practice of designing automated agent workflows instead of prompting manually — is reshaping how developers use Claude Code and OpenAI Codex in 2026.\n\nFull Article Text:\nThe Anthropic leader who built Claude Code says he ditched prompting — now he just writes loops. - The New Stack TNS OK SUBSCRIBE Join our community of software engineering leaders and aspirational developers. Always stay in-the-know by getting the most important news and exclusive content delivered fresh to your inbox to learn more about at-scale software development. EMAIL ADDRESS REQUIRED SUBSCRIBE RESUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED It seems that you've previously unsubscribed from our newsletter in the past. Click the button below to open the re-subscribe form in a new tab. When you're done, simply close that tab and continue with this form to complete your subscription. RE-SUBSCRIBE The New Stack does not sell your information or share it with unaffiliated third parties. By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Welcome and thank you for joining The New Stack community! Please answer a few simple questions to help us deliver the news and resources you are interested in. FIRST NAME REQUIRED LAST NAME REQUIRED COMPANY NAME REQUIRED COUNTRY REQUIRED ZIPCODE REQUIRED Great to meet you! Tell us a bit about your job so we can cover the topics you find most relevant. What is your job level? REQUIRED Which of these most closely describes your job role? REQUIRED How many employees are in the organization you work with? REQUIRED What option best describes the type of organization you work for? REQUIRED Which of the following best describes your organization's primary industry? REQUIRED LINKEDIN PROFILE URL Welcome! We’re so glad you’re here. You can expect all the best TNS content to arrive Monday through Friday to keep you on top of the news and at the top of your game. What’s next? Check your inbox for a confirmation email where you can adjust your preferences and even join additional groups. Follow TNS on your favorite social media networks. Become a TNS follower on LinkedIn. Check out the latest featured and trending stories while you wait for your first TNS newsletter. PREV 1 of 2 NEXT VOXPOP As a JavaScript developer, what non-React tools do you use most often? ✓ Angular 0% ✓ Astro 0% ✓ Svelte 0% ✓ Vue.js 0% ✓ Other 0% ✓ I only use React 0% ✓ I don't use JavaScript 0% Thanks for your opinion! Subscribe below to get the final results, published exclusively in our TNS Update newsletter: SUBMIT NEW! Try Stackie AI ARCHITECTURE Cloud Native Ecosystem Containers Databases Edge Computing Infrastructure as Code Linux Microservices Open Source Network... [Truncated]",
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    "og_description": "\n\nOriginal Video Description:\n\nThe 75-year-old Sardinian shepherd Tonino Tola, profiled by National Geographic during Dan Buettner’s original Blue Zones research in the early 2000s, walked at least five miles every day along the rugged mountain trails of his island’s interior. He did not walk for exercise. He walked because his sheep needed tending, his garden needed weeding, his […]\n\nFull Article Text:\nThe longest-lived people on Earth do not run marathons, lift weights, or follow structured exercise plans — instead, they live in places where physical movement is built into daily life through walking, gardening, and the simple geography of hilly terrain — meaning the most effective anti-aging routine ever identified by researchers may be one that doesn't feel like a routine at all Space, science, and the human mind. Since 1995. Subscribe Est. 1995 Space Science Mind & Meaning Long Reads Archive About Space Science Mind & Meaning Long Reads Archive About Search Mind & Meaning THE LONGEST-LIVED PEOPLE ON EARTH DO NOT RUN MARATHONS, LIFT WEIGHTS, OR FOLLOW STRUCTURED EXERCISE PLANS — INSTEAD, THEY LIVE IN PLACES WHERE PHYSICAL MOVEMENT IS BUILT INTO DAILY LIFE THROUGH WALKING, GARDENING, AND THE SIMPLE GEOGRAPHY OF HILLY TERRAIN — MEANING THE MOST EFFECTIVE ANTI-AGING ROUTINE EVER IDENTIFIED BY RESEARCHERS MAY BE ONE THAT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A ROUTINE AT ALL The 75-year-old Sardinian shepherd Tonino Tola, profiled by National Geographic during Dan Buettner's original Blue Zones research in the early 2000s, walked at least five miles every day along the rugged mountain trails of his island's interior. By Space Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process Published June 11, 2026 The 75-year-old Sardinian shepherd Tonino Tola, profiled by National Geographic during Dan Buettner’s original Blue Zones research in the early 2000s, walked at least five miles every day along the rugged mountain trails of his island’s interior. He did not walk for exercise. He walked because his sheep needed tending, his garden needed weeding, his neighbour needed help carrying something heavy, and the nearest village shop sat at the bottom of a steep hill. The mountains of central Sardinia, where men reach the age of 100 at rates several times the global average, are not gentle terrain. They demand constant low-grade physical effort from anyone who lives in them. The Sardinian shepherds have done this every day of their working lives, without gym memberships, without fitness trackers, without designated workout times. Tola, when asked by an American journalist whether he exercised, looked confused. The Italian word for “exercise” — esercizio — was not, in his usage, a category that described what shepherds did. According to the original National Geographic feature on the Blue Zones, this pattern was one of the more consistent findings across the five regions Buettner and his National Ins... [Truncated]",
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    "original_title": "Your Gut Microbes May Decide How Many Calories You Really Absorb",
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    "og_title": "Your Gut Microbes May Decide How Many Calories You Really Absorb",
    "og_description": "\n\nOriginal Video Description:\n\nResearchers have created a model that follows food beyond traditional calorie calculations, incorporating the role of gut microbes in digestion.\n\nFull Article Text:\nYour Gut Microbes May Decide How Many Calories You Really Absorb Close Menu Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram BiologyChemistryEarthHealthPhysicsScienceSpaceTechnology Facebook X (Twitter) Pinterest YouTube RSS Home»Health»Your Gut Microbes May Decide How Many Calories You Really Absorb Health YOUR GUT MICROBES MAY DECIDE HOW MANY CALORIES YOU REALLY ABSORB By Richard Harth, Arizona State UniversityJune 13, 2026No Comments6 Mins Read Facebook Twitter Pinterest Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Reddit Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Telegram Email Reddit The DAMM model combines human digestion and gut microbiome activity to better estimate how many calories people actually absorb from food. It performed better than traditional methods and revealed important differences between high-fiber and Western diets. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers have created a model that follows food beyond traditional calorie calculations, incorporating the role of gut microbes in digestion. Food labels make calorie counts look straightforward. The number listed per serving is calculated from the food’s fat, carbohydrate, and protein content. In reality, the digestive process is much more complex. As food moves through the body, it interacts with trillions of microbes in the gut that can affect how many calories are ultimately absorbed. Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a mathematical model called DAMM, short for digestion, absorption, and microbial metabolism, to better capture this process. The model tracks food as it moves through the digestive system, estimating what is absorbed by the body, what reaches the colon, and how gut microbes transform the remaining material into substances that are either absorbed or eliminated. The researchers say the model could improve understanding of obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders by revealing how different diets influence both the body and the microbial communities living in the colon. Gut Microbes Change the Calorie Equation With further development, DAMM could help health care providers create more personalized nutrition plans. “Digestion is not just a human process—it is a collaboration between our bodies and trillions of microbes living in the gut,” said Professor Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown. “DAMM gives us a powerful new way to quantify how those microbial partners contribute to human health and energy balance and also points at the importance of properly feeding our gut microbes.” Taylor Davis is an... [Truncated]",
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    "og_description": "\n\nOriginal Video Description:\n\nAt first, scientists thought Earth’s water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth’s water is homegrown.\n\nFull Article Text:\nWhere Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself. | Quanta Magazine Quanta Homepage Physics Mathematics Biology Computer Science Topics Archive Special Issues Podcasts Videos Qualia Essays Multimedia Q&As Explainers About Quanta Search Search for: Search Search Newsletter Get the latest news delivered to your inbox. Email Subscribe Recent newsletters Follow Quanta Facebook Youtube Instagram RSS An editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation. Quanta Homepage Physics Mathematics Biology Computer Science Topics Archive Saved articles SAVED ARTICLES Create a reading list by clicking the Read Later icon next to the articles you wish to save. See all saved articles Login Log out Change password Search Type search term(s) and press enter What are you looking for? Search Popular Searches Mathematics Physics Black Holes Evolution Home Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself. Comment Save Article Read Later Share Facebook Copied! Copy link Email Pocket Reddit Ycombinator Comment Comments Save Article Read Later Read Later earth science WHERE DID EARTH GET ITS OCEANS? MAYBE IT MADE THEM ITSELF. By Robin George Andrews June 12, 2026 At first, scientists thought Earth’s water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth’s water is homegrown. Comment Save Article Read Later Ada Zejun Shen/Quanta Magazine INTRODUCTION By Robin George Andrews Contributing Writer June 12, 2026 View PDF/Print Mode earth science oceans origins of life physics planetary science All topics At this moment, a spacecraft is headed from Earth to Europa, an ice-veiled moon of Jupiter thought to contain an ocean similar in some ways to one of our own. NASA engraved a metal plate affixed to the spacecraft with a poem, commissioned from Ada Limón during her time as poet laureate of the United States. It reads, in part: And it is not darkness that unites us, not the cold distance of space, but the offering of water, each drop of rain, each rivulet, each pulse, each vein. For decades, NASA’s exploration of the solar system has been dominated by the search for water in places like Europa, because as far as we know, water is essential for life. It may come as a surprise, then, that scientists don’t really know how water first arrived here on Earth. For years, the top theory was that water came to our planet via comets — objects made of frozen matter that orbit the sun, often decorated with sparkling tails. In all likelihood, these icy r... [Truncated]",
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    "og_title": "There is an entire continent on Earth that almost no one has ever stood on — Zealandia, a 1.9 million square mile landmass east of Australia, roughly half the size of the continent it sits beside — but 94 percent of it is submerged under the Pacific Ocean, with only the islands of New Zealand and New Caledonia poking above the waves, and it was only formally recognized as Earth's eighth continent in 2017",
    "og_description": "\n\nOriginal Video Description:\n\nIn August 2017, the deep-sea drilling ship JOIDES Resolution dropped its drill string into the South Pacific approximately 1,500 kilometres east of Australia and began boring into the sediments at the bottom of the Tasman Sea. Over the next two months, scientists from twelve countries operating 24 hours a day across two shifts of fifteen […]\n\nFull Article Text:\nThere is an entire continent on Earth that almost no one has ever stood on — Zealandia, a 1.9 million square mile landmass east of Australia, roughly half the size of the continent it sits beside — but 94 percent of it is submerged under the Pacific Ocean, with only the islands of New Zealand and New Caledonia poking above the waves, and it was only formally recognized as Earth's eighth continent in 2017 Space, science, and the human mind. Since 1995. Subscribe Est. 1995 Space Science Mind & Meaning Long Reads Archive About Space Science Mind & Meaning Long Reads Archive About Search Psychology THERE IS AN ENTIRE CONTINENT ON EARTH THAT ALMOST NO ONE HAS EVER STOOD ON — ZEALANDIA, A 1.9 MILLION SQUARE MILE LANDMASS EAST OF AUSTRALIA, ROUGHLY HALF THE SIZE OF THE CONTINENT IT SITS BESIDE — BUT 94 PERCENT OF IT IS SUBMERGED UNDER THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WITH ONLY THE ISLANDS OF NEW ZEALAND AND NEW CALEDONIA POKING ABOVE THE WAVES, AND IT WAS ONLY FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AS EARTH'S EIGHTH CONTINENT IN 2017 In August 2017, the deep-sea drilling ship JOIDES Resolution dropped its drill string into the South Pacific approximately 1,500 kilometres east of Australia and began boring into the sediments at the bottom of the Tasman Sea. By Space Daily Editorial Team · Editorial process Published June 13, 2026 In August 2017, the deep-sea drilling ship JOIDES Resolution dropped its drill string into the South Pacific approximately 1,500 kilometres east of Australia and began boring into the sediments at the bottom of the Tasman Sea. Over the next two months, scientists from twelve countries operating 24 hours a day across two shifts of fifteen researchers recovered approximately 2,506 metres of core from six different drilling sites scattered across an enormous submerged plateau that does not appear on most world maps. The drill pulled up sediments, then mudstones, then, in some of the cores, traces of fossilised pollen and microscopic spores from terrestrial plants that had once grown in open air. The pollen was approximately 50 to 80 million years old. The trees and shrubs that produced it had grown on dry land that is now buried under more than a kilometre of seawater. The drilling expedition, designated IODP Expedition 371, was the first large-scale physical investigation of a landmass that geologists had spent the previous two decades arguing should be recognised as Earth’s eighth continent — and which, in February 2017, six months before the drilling expedition departed ... [Truncated]",
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    "original_title": "Three Cheers for Elon Musk — and America | National Review",
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Your task is to produce a high-quality curated post using advanced grouping techniques:
- Employ sophisticated thematic analysis: detect latent connections, narrative arcs, opposing viewpoints, chronological progressions, intersections with current events, and deeper conceptual clusters.
- Create 5–12 meaningful, thematically coherent groups (aim to include as many bookmarks as possible; prefer more focused clusters over very broad ones while avoiding superficial or forced groupings).
- Choose precise, evocative topic names.

For each group:
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- Follow immediately with a classical rhymed and metrical poem (e.g., Shakespearean sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, limerick sequence, heroic couplets, or similar form) that serves as an engaging, insightful preamble capturing the theme, context, and why it matters now. Present the entire poem in italicized Markdown by wrapping the whole poem block between * and * on their own lines (like a block). NEVER add **bold** around the ## group titles — output them exactly as plain ## Title Name.
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Any true singletons go in a final "## Miscellaneous" section with the same format.

Output EXACTLY the complete clean markdown body for the blog post (starting with the first ## header; no extra text, no introductions, no closing remarks, no separators).

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(Images may be omitted when enrichment fails or domains are skipped.)