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#FlyingLess puts you in iconic #trains, like this Polish-German InterCity. That’s a decent way to end the #EAAST conference. Including, of course,
VEGAN CABBAGE!🥬

Spooky Season announcement!
I'm auctioning some original oil painting of mine. These Monsters were painted back in 2009 and have stayed with me since, but feeling now is a good time to pass them on to some collectors. 8 in the series.
All paintings start at €300.
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Filing: Vancouver, WA-based Powerlattice, which makes a power delivery chiplet to reduce AI compute power needs by 50% , raised $86M, after raising $31M in 2025 (Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire)
https://www.geekwire.com/2026/filing-chip-startup-pow…

Filing: Chip startup Powerlattice raises $86M to ease AI’s power crunch
The new funding nearly triples what the Vancouver, Wash.-based semiconductor startup had raised when it came out of stealth last year. Powerlattice says its tech can cut AI chip energy use by more than half.

Haven’t heard this song in years. It really exemplifies the mid 90s culture as I experienced it. Still catchy as ever too. I got this song from a promo-CD from the label called “The Gigantic Recording Corporation Proudly Presents Volume II”.
For anyone feeling nostalgic.
#music #pop

Is The Death Penalty About Vengeance Or Justice?
From botched executions to the troubling questions of fairness, wrongful convictions, and my own conflicted feelings about executing a traitor, I explain why I believe capital punishment must end.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/is-the…

Is The Death Penalty About Vengeance Or Justice? – Bob Mueller
Is the death penalty about vengeance or justice? Wrongful convictions, unequal sentencing, and the risk of executing innocents make the case for ending capital punishment.

Best Spud Harvest in a Decade Clears the Gloom of Crops Failing from Scorching Summer https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/best-spud-harvest-in-a-decade-clears-the-gloom-of-crops-failing-from-scorching-summer/

Best Spud Harvest in a Decade Clears the Gloom of Crops Failing from Scorching Summer
A spud-tacular potato harvest in Japan showed that banner years are still in the almanac even as climate uncertainty continues to make farming more challenging. 

Fan fiction site AO3 says it will be offline for two to four weeks after a security incident; it hosts over 18M works and has 11M registered users (Bruce Gil/Gizmodo)
https://gizmodo.com/popular-fan-fiction-site-ao3-could-b…

Popular Fan Fiction Site AO3 Could Be Offline for a Month Following 'Security Incident'
"Black October" comes for the fan fic.

Gut Feeling: Staff predictions for Cowboys-Cardinals https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/gut-feeling-staff-predictions-for-cowboys-cardinals

Some Middle Eastern powers are waking up to the threat to their sovereignty posed by a US system that consistently privileges Israel’s priorities.
It is early days, but for a Gulf state leader to call for a Gulf security pact that includes Iran,
as Badr Albusaidi, Oman’s foreign minister, did this week,
is a potential Berlin Wall moment.
The implication is that the US should no longer be the security provider for the Gulf.
Iran is viewed with deep suspicion acro…

As Trump fans the flames of a world on fire, can diplomacy take back control?
Amid the chaos, havoc and war caused by a capricious and amoral US president, countries are waking up to the dangers of being excluded and abused by America

Counting Dogs And Broken Films
Athena apparently knows exactly how many treats she’s supposed to get, while my dad’s old home movies proved a little less cooperative. Between updating my genealogy site and repairing a broken 8mm film, it was a surprisingly busy quiet week.
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Counting Dogs And Broken Films – Bob Mueller
Athena counts her treats, I update my genealogy site, and a broken 8mm film sends me searching for a way to repair Dad’s old home movies.