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If you're around #ithaca or #cornell I am taking individual and group portraits with trees -- if you want one πππ€ ππ π‘βπ π‘πππ -- contact me!
#photo
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders hΓ€ufig geteilten #News:
Comitis Capital ΓΌbernimmt Threema
https://www.heise.deβ¦
Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 now offer a 1M context window at standard pricing; it is the default for Claude Code Max, Team, and Enterprise users on Opus 4.6 (Anthropic)
https://claude.com/blog/1m-context-ga
The First Quantitative Study of #Cometary Tail Regrowth following a Coronal Mass Ejection-driven Disconnection Event: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae3bdb -> Watching C/2023 P1 Regrow Its Tail: https://aasnova.org/2026/04/13/comets-are-lizards-watching-c-2023-p1-regrow-its-tail/
πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
David Bowie:
π΅ βHeroesβ
#DavidBowie
https://greymarket.bandcamp.com/track/david-bowies-heroes-2007
https://open.spotify.com/track/7Jh1bpe76CNTCgdgAdBw4Z
AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East - @…
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/12/ai-used-to-promote-non-existent-evacuation-flights-from-the-middle-east/
Altijd heerlijk hoe een blad als de telegraaf dan reageert op het constateren vsn nep nieuws:
'After contacting De Telegraaf, an explanation for the photoβs removal was added at the bottom of the article, stating that the photo did βlikely not meet our journalistic guidelines.β '
De hele afloop: πΈ
Prospects for #Comet C/2026 A1 MAPS - a comet with a narrow tail in the evening twilight, with uncertain but potentially high brightness? https://hdr-astrophotography.com -> Tail simulations for comet MAPS: https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/message/34888 - in order not to depend on a single prediction, i have simulated different scenarii.
πΊπ¦ #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Deltron 3030:
π΅ Positive Contact (Instrumental)
#Deltron3030
https://mixmastermike.bandcamp.com/track/positive-contact-feat-deltron-3030-mario-c-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/6mKai3TB6wtorWTX47wHUt
A look at the escalating global AI arms race, as the US, China, Russia, and others rush to build AI-backed autonomous weapons and defense systems (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/technology/china-russia-us-ai-weapons.html
Sources: Mirendil, founded by former Anthropic researchers to develop AI models for scientific research, is in talks to raise $175M at a $1B valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ex-anthropic-rβ¦