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'Engulfed in flames' — Ukraine strikes Russia's railway infrastructure, fuel tanks, HUR source says, releases video: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/28/engulfed-in-flames-ukraine-strikes.html

Rain, a stablecoin-backed Visa card issuer, raised a $58M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures, after raising a $24.5M Series A led by Norwest in March (Yueqi Yang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/stablecoin-…

Stablecoin Card Startup Rain Raises $58 Million Led By Sapphire Ventures
Rain, a stablecoin-backed card issuer that works with Visa, said it raised $58 million in Series B round led by Sapphire Ventures, just months after its last fundraising round, demonstrating once again investor enthusiasm for crypto startups flowing from congressional passage of stablecoin legislation in July. With the deal, Rain’s valuation increased nearly six times from its $24.5 million

Series B, Episode 02 - Shadow
BLAKE: Well what exactly?
CALLY: A..a feeling I have.
BLAKE: Come back to the flight deck.
CALLY: [V.O.] I should keep on searching.
BLAKE: Leave it, Cally.
CALLY: Yes. [Breaks link] Orac? [Turns into another corridor]
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/202/356…

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#Redis Returns to #OpenSource under #AGPL License: Is It Too Late?

I’m rambling, and struggling to figure out the heart of what I’m getting at.
It’s something about how maybe we should view the fecklessness of Democratic politicians the OP laments not as the •source• of the problem, but as the inevitable result of failing to form anti-fascist coalition, and to make that coalition into the other major political party in this country.
I feel like there’s something useful in there, something maybe strategically helpful that gives us a sense of agency. And man do I hate grand political cynicisms that rob us of our sense of agency.
/end

Source: Chargers activate RB Harris from NFI list https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46082091/source-chargers-activate-rb-najee-harris-nfi-list-roster

South Korea becomes Asia's best-performing stock market in H1 2025, as shares rise following President Lee Jae-myung's pledge to allow won-based stablecoins (Song Jung-a/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/4b19bf90-4202-4fe7-8caf-d7db6deeb768…

Crypto-crazy investors make South Korea the best-performing market in Asia
New president’s pledge to allow won-based stablecoins has led to huge gains in related shares this month

I was reading Lalo Schifrin's obit; - I hadn't realised he wrote so many of the scores for films I know; I bought his Black Widow album because I liked his music in Bullitt - but Cool Hand Luke, Dirty Harry, Kelly's Heroes, are all ones I grew up on.

In which I recommend that if you’re building or upgrading a moderately serious music-listening system, you use Qobuz and include a cheap Mac Mini: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/06/22/Qobuz-and-Others

Qobuz and Mac

Buccaneers, QB Baker Mayfield agree to restructured contract that includes more guaranteed money: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6520907/2025/07/28/buccaneers-qb-baker-mayfield-restructure-contract/