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Further detail about what's been happening expanding on my thread about context: #USpol

SFMTA board is hearing Mayor Lurie’s mass displacement plan to banish working-poor, mostly Latino families living in RVs from the city.
Here’s the “refuge permit” designed as window dressing to make liberals feel ok about this. Notice to get one, you have to “agree to accept offer of… interim… housing,” ie agree to be displaced a little later anyway. 💩
#sfpol

The Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Danish government plan to invest €80M to acquire and run a Microsoft-powered quantum computer, set to operate in early 2027 (Sanne Wass/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Novo Nordisk Owner Buys Microsoft Quantum Computer With Denmark
The foundation behind Novo Nordisk A/S and the Danish government will invest €80 million ($93 million) in a Microsoft-powered quantum computer to boost technological development in the Nordic region.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
La Luz:
🎵 Strange World
#LaLuz
https://laluz.bandcamp.com/track/strange-world-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/2aQUr88HDm29RLYCCDs30B

New study: 60% of the world’s land area is in a precarious state, putting at risk the ability of the plant world to acquire enough energy through photosynthesis to maintain the material flows of carbon, water and nitrogen that support the ecosystems.
https://www.

60 percent of the world’s land area is in a precarious state
15.08.2025 – A new study maps the planetary boundary of “functional biosphere integrity” in spatial detail and over centuries. It finds that 60 percent of global land areas are now already outside the locally defined safe zone, and 38 percent are even in the high-risk zone. The study was led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) together with BOKU University in Vienna and published in the renowned journal One Earth.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Agar Agar:
🎵 The Visit
#NowPlaying #AgarAgar
https://agar--agar.bandcamp.com/track/the-visit-ela-minus-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/1LWxX1SxYGnq5391Ag5Ohf

Scale AI signed a $100M ceiling contract with the DOD to provide end-to-end services, including its data engine for data preparation and AI model testing (Maria Curi/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/17/scale-ai-deal-pentagon

Exclusive: Scale AI strikes deal with Pentagon
The deal will allow DOD to acquire AI capabilities and deploy them on top secret networks using Scale AI's end-to-end products.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Flying Mojito Bros:
🎵 Catch Me
#FlyingMojitoBros
https://flyingmojitobros.bandcamp.com/album/catch-me-ft-will-worden
https://open.spotify.com/track/7ajCawrPZVPSdxgQ8GlRhT

Medallion, which automates healthcare back-office operations and compliance, raised $43M at a valuation of around $440M, bringing its total raised to $130M (Medallion)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-r…

Medallion Raises $43 Million to Expand AI Infrastructure and Launch the First National Credentialing Clearinghouse
/PRNewswire/ -- Medallion, the leader in AI-powered provider network infrastructure, today announced it has raised $43 million in new funding. Acrew Capital...

Sources: Microsoft is prepared to walk away from high-stakes talks with OpenAI if they cannot agree on critical issues, such as the size of Microsoft's stake (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/072e90fe-1c8c-415c-8024-5996b1ebb3cb

Microsoft prepared to walk away from high-stakes OpenAI talks
ChatGPT maker’s plans to convert into a for-profit leads software giant to make contingency plans