AI feels like puppet magic from cultivation novels. Prompt = spell Context window = spiritual power Tokens = spirit stones Hallucination = qi deviation Turns out we didn’t build AGI. We just learned how to control digital puppets.

In April 2022, the Taliban banned opium cultivation in Afghanistan. Opium production there collapsed by 95%. The world did not become safer. It became more dangerous. Myanmar filled the gap - growing from 420 tons of opium in 2021 to over 1,000 tons in 2025. Myanmar now accounts for nearly half of all global opium supply. And because the Afghan supply dried up, traffickers are increasingly shifting to synthetic opioids - fentanyl, nitazenes - which are far more potent and far more deadly. The Taliban accidentally made the opioid crisis worse.

🌾🛰️🔬More than two months after arriving @CNSpaceStation, the Shenzhou XXIII mission crew has harvested the first batch of experimental rice samples after meticulously cultivating the plants in orbit. The experiment aims to achieve the world's first continuous cultivation of two generations of rice in orbit, completing two consecutive life cycles. [📷/CMS]

After more than two months aboard China's Tiangong space station, the Shenzhou-23 crew members are all in good condition while making steady progress on a range of space science experiments, including a study on multigenerational rice cultivation in microgravity.

#ChinaInPhotos# The #Shenzhou23# spacecraft lifted off on May 24, carrying rice seeds and other scientific payloads to the China Space Station. After more than two months of cultivation, the astronauts have harvested the first batch of experimental #rice# samples. The experiment is expected to become the first to cultivate two successive generations of rice in orbit, enabling researchers to complete two full life cycles of the crop in microgravity. #ChinaTech#

The hemp boom may have sprouted quickly, but its shelf life proved short. High‑maintenance floral varieties and tumbling CBD prices have left many Ninth District growers deciding the crop simply isn’t worth the extra cultivation hand‑holding. Learn more:

Changyi's Tangqiu grapes are known for their clear appearance, seedless texture and crisp, juicy flavor. 🍇 With seedling support, cultivation guidance and livestream sales, local farmers are finding more ways to bring the harvest to market.

Much to local farmers’ delight, Zuili plums have yielded a bumper harvest in Jiaxing, east China's Zhejiang Province. With an estimated cultivation history of over 2,500 years, the fruit stands out for its translucent amber-colored flesh and sweet, juicy taste.