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Tucker Kraft agrees to contract extension with Packers, earns top-three deal among tight ends, per report

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tucker-kraft-agrees-to-contract-extensi…

Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, agrees to sell some assets to Disney for $20M, and plans to keep operating as it completes the sale (Rhea Rose Abraham/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/c

A wildfire erupted in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley on Monday afternoon, with three to five acres burning near 1500 Alamo Pintado Road. Forward progress was stopped by 4:45 p.m., but the initial estimate was that the fire could reach 20 acres. Numerous structures were briefly threatened by the Alamo Fire, which appears to have started near the historic Buttonwood Farm & Vineyard.

Watch Duty - Wildfire Maps & Alerts
Real-time information about wildfire and firefighting efforts nearby

"Queen’s Brian May turned 157 acres of private land into a 100,000-tree reserve and animal rescue"
#Environment #Nature

Queen’s Brian May turned 157 acres of private land into a 100,000-tree reserve and animal rescue
In 2013, Brian May announced that he had purchased 157 acres of land that was due to be developed into housing in Bere Regis, Dorset, England.

‘Plastic pollution hotspots’ spawn a public health crisis across Latin America https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/plastic-pollution-hotspots-spawn-a-public-health-crisis-across-latin-america/

‘Plastic pollution hotspots’ spawn a public health crisis across Latin America
Since China banned the import of plastic waste in 2018, plastic pollution has been having a growing impact on the people and ecosystems of Latin America. As the region imports an increasing amount of the world’s used and discarded plastic, new research shows that waste infrastructure in many countries is already buckling under the strain […]

Thrive Capital's Thrive Holdings, which acquires traditional service businesses and adds AI, raised $2B from SoftBank, D1, and others at a $12B valuation (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/business/dealbook/thr…

Thrive Holdings, A.I.-Focused Buyer of Service Firms, Raises $2 Billion
The company, Thrive Holdings, acquires businesses to infuse them with artificial intelligence and drew interest from backers like SoftBank.


Wildfire smoke is once again pouring across the United States
following a weekend of new blazes across Canada’s British Columbia.

A total of 11 new fires were reported across that province,
where a state of emergency was declared on Saturday,
with thousands forced to evacuate near Summerland,
located about 40 miles north of the British Columbia-Washington state border.

The largest fire in this region, called the Bald Range Fire,
had burned throug…

Wildfire smoke is once again pouring across the United States
A weekend of new blazes across Canada’s British Columbia has created new smoke that is now wafting into the United States.

Anthropic research based on ~310K anonymized Claude conversations shows how Claude's expressed values and behaviors vary across models and languages (Jason Nelson/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/373422/anthropic-claude-personality-changes-model-language…

Claude's Personality Changes Depending on the Model—And the Language You Speak
According to new Anthropic research, Claude consistently expresses different values across models and languages.

Finland's Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has made five requests to the EU that would drastically curtail Russian citizens' ability to travel into and around the bloc,
"The Kremlin must see that continued aggression will deepen its isolation.
I ask you to take these proposals forward as an urgent priority,"
writes Valtonen, as EU foreign ministers meet in Luxembourg.
The first demand is to "stop issuing Schengen visas to Russian nationals for …

Exclusive: Finland pushes to all but eliminate Russian travel in EU
"The Kremlin must see that continued aggression will deepen its isolation. I ask you to take these proposals forward as an urgent priority," writes Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen in a letter seen by the Kyiv Independent.

Donald Trump on Sunday doubled down on his controversial pledge to give US adults a $5,000 “dividend”
if his Republican ⁠party keeps control of Congress after November’s midterm elections.
The plan has been greeted with expressions of incredulity across the US political spectrum
as well as outraged accusations of seeking to bribe voters.
The plan – which would cost more than a trillion dollars – also comes amid huge concern over the US national debt, which topped $40…

Trump reiterates $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge if Republicans win midterms
Plan to give US adults $5,000 has been greeted with incredulity across the political spectrum as well as outrage