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๐Ÿ™ˆ Useless Fact of the Day

It's illegal to spit on the sidewalk in Norfolk, Virginia.
๐Ÿ“… This Day in History
๐Ÿ›ข๏ธ On August 27, 1859...
Edwin Drake successfully drilled for oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania, resulting in the Pennsylvania oil rush, the first oil boom in the United States.
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๐Ÿ“ฐ News
A startup launched Twitter.now, claiming X abandoned the Twitter name, bird logo, and โ€œtweetโ€ trademarks after Muskโ€™s rebrand. A judge hasnโ€™t ruled yet, so legal risk remains. The platform mimics old Twitter and adds AI fact-checking.
The Guardian reports Israel funded a fake US โ€œthinktankโ€ to mass-produce pro-Israel content designed to influence AI chatbot answers. The case highlights emerging โ€œLLM grooming,โ€ where governments or firms try to shape AI training data and public narratives.
๐Ÿ•ต๏ธ Corporate Sabotage 101

Tip #39: Add a "TBD" to the section everyone is waiting on.
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TypeScript-to-Native Compiler
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Convert documents once. Give agents only what they need โ€” PDFs and Office files to clean Markdown, chunks and local search.
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Visual Studio Code
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