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@… I dunno. I kind of find this idea a bit <cringe>. Knowing how you like to browse 2nd hand mugs, I am wondering what your feelings about it is:

‘There’s been a lot of attention’: Mug exchange a hit with neighbours, community in Riverview, N.B.
A New Brunswick woman is bringing the community together through a coffee mug library in Riverview.

Eagles WR Makai Lemon is 'feeling great' ahead of camp, eager to learn from offense's many veterans https://www.nfl.com/news/eagles-wr-makai-lemon-is-feeling-great-ahead-of-camp-eager-to-learn-from-offense-s-many…

Growing nervosity in Germany on the low filling level of its gas storages: only 50%, six weeks before the end of the usual filling season. No lessons learned from years of Russia (and now Trump) using gas to pressure Europe, and Trump's war in the Middle East. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/en…

Netflix and Goalhanger agree to a new two-year deal to broadcast The Rest Is Football podcast through the next two Premier League seasons and the Euros in 2028 (Ned Holmes/Radio Times)
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/footb…

The Rest Is Football future on Netflix confirmed following FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage
It's good news for fans of Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, and Micah Richards...

Which Cowboys Draft Class Will Make the Biggest Impact in 2026? https://insidethestar.com/which-cowboys-draft-class-will-make-the-biggest-impact-in-2026

Australia may have had a much larger Indigenous population before the arrival of Europeans than previously thought, a new study has found.
The research, based on computer modelling, suggests that about
⭐️93 per cent of the pre-European population was removed in under 80 years
following the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
And this population, researchers at Flinders Universityestimated, was
⭐️up to seven times larger than previously thought.
“Understan…

Australia may have had a much larger Indigenous population before Europeans arrived
Only about seven per cent of Aboriginal people survived colonisation

KI versus Copyright: Hollywood schließt Frieden mit Bytedance
TV- und Filmstudios hat kritisiert, dass Bytedance Urheberrechte missachtet. Jetzt wird kooperiert.
https://www.heise…

KI versus Copyright: Hollywood schließt Frieden mit Bytedance
TV- und Filmstudios hat kritisiert, dass Bytedance Urheberrechte missachtet. Jetzt wird kooperiert.

Palona, which uses AI agents to automate real-time workflows in brick-and-mortar businesses, raised a $20M Series A, following a $10M seed in 2025 (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/17/palona-r…

Palona raises $20M in funding to bring AI automation to brick-and-mortar businesses - SiliconANGLE
Palona raises $20M in funding to bring AI automation to brick-and-mortar businesses - SiliconANGLE

1.5 weeks into a 3 week holiday* and I can feel now just how much I needed it.
And how little I want to go back to work in August.
Let's hope the second half of the holiday fixes that.
#AcademicChatter
*yes I know, I am incredibly fortunate to get to take 3 weeks of summer holiday off, but the feeling of utter burnout is also real.

In all honesty, it is almost always difficult for me to post my music. In the end I make myself do it, not just in case someone derives an interesting [something] from it, but because practicing the decision is an investment into a feeling about world where people read such sharing charitably.
Even harder than sharing it is sharing *about* it. “Who wants to know?” But because I got so much from @…