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…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
La Luz:
🎵 Strange World
#LaLuz
https://laluz.bandcamp.com/track/strange-world-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/2aQUr88HDm29RLYCCDs30B
Microsoft Azure/Cloud/AD considered harmful (twice, again)...
Context: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115220941705031025 and
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.
from my link log —
The origin and unexpected evolution of the word "mainframe".
https://www.righto.com/2025/02/origin-of-mainframe-term.html
saved 2025-08-26
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
🇺🇦 #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…