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from my link log —
A design space exploration of async/await.
https://cel.cs.brown.edu/blog/design-space-async-await/
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A Design Space Exploration of Async/Await
Every language pitches async/await as synchronous-looking code, and the same two keywords appear everywhere. But behind the shared syntax hide nine independent design decisions, and no two of seven modern runtimes agree on what even the simplest async programs should do! In this paper we map the design space of async/await so you can find out where your language stands.

The United States and Iran on Monday
missed their 60-day deadline to reach a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear program
under the terms of the cease-fire they agreed to in June,
-- underlining the breakdown of a truce that Trump promised would end the war.
https://www.

U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War
President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.

Workday agrees to acquire C1.ai, formerly known as ConductorOne, which develops enterprise software to manage human and AI agent identities and has raised $111M (Malia Spencer/Portland Business Journal)
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2026/…

I know we could have long discussions about how to best arrange time zones in a dropdown.
But I think we can agree that sorting ascending from GMT 00:00 to GMT 13:00and then descending from GMT-01:00 to GMT-12:00 is a bad idea?
#Coinbase #uidesign

Paramount, California AG Rob Bonta, and the WGA schedule a two-day meeting for settlement discussions about the WBD deal, starting October 14 (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

It’s a Date: Paramount, California AG and Writers Guild Agree on Meeting for Settlement Talks
The Oct. 14 talks will be the first time the two sides formally sit down to discuss a resolution to the case.

@… (I think we agree on this but) if we view capitalism and the market economy as inherently toxic (as I do), is work to make it less unequal not counter productive? We need to be building the new structures, not trying to shore up the wanton excess of the old.
Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast: Podcasters Unite! Thinking about systemic change with Tim Log…

Informe PISA : La pantalla mató la comprensión lectora: cómo el cerebro se estš adaptando a un entorno digital | Educación | EL PAÍS
https://elpais.com/educacion/2026-09-14/la-pantalla-mato-la-compren…

Let’s talk about the billionaires
— the folks cutting the line while the rest of us pay the bill.
They don’t need another champion in Congress.
I’m not going to the Senate to fight for guys like Elon Musk,
and I don’t believe in tax cuts for the wealthiest people on the planet.
That might not be a popular opinion in Washington, but here in Maine, the vast majority of folks would agree.
Except Susan Collins.
Susan Collins has hardly met a billionaire…

Troy Jackson for U.S. Senate
Troy Jackson is ready to flip Maine's Senate seat and unseat Susan Collins once and for all. He's a fifth-generation logger from Allagash, a lifelong labor champion, and former Maine Senate President, who's proven he can win — by 20 points — in a district carried by both Susan Collins and Donald Trump.

DoorDash agrees to acquire Wonder's Grubhub Campus Dining business, formerly Tapingo, for $300M, and will add $125M to Wonder's $650M Series D announced in July (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/wond

Wonder scores a $425 million partnership with DoorDash as it builds its food empire | TechCrunch
Founded by veteran e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore, Wonder is slowly building a massive portfolio of restaurants and delivery companies.

US attorney general Todd Blancheon Sunday declined to assure that the federal justice department he helms would always act independently of the White House and Donald Trump.
“No, I’m not going to pledge that,” he said when asked about the topic by NBC’s Meet the Press host, Kristen Welker. “And no attorney general should ever pledge that.”
Blanche also claimed Trump would never ask him to do something that crosses an ethical or legal line
– after the president dismissed his…

Todd Blanche declines to pledge independence from White House
US attorney general says no one in his role ‘should ever’ make this vow amid concern over Trump steering DoJ