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Plant virus-based cancer immunotherapy – interesting article in the journal Cell Biomaterials:
https://www.cell.com/cell-biomaterials/fulltext/S3050-5623(25)00086-8?_re…

Just had a video call with @… from Gaza. Like every family there, they need your help to survive.
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Help Sehwel family with their medical treatment
I'm Joe in the UK, I've been in touch with Aseel from the Sehwel family for over a year now and have been following their difficult struggle to afford medication, shelter and food in Gaza. I'm creating this Chuffed campaign for the family to help afford these things and hopefully help them get out of Gaza when the opportunity arises. Here's Aseel's writing:

WangchanThaiInstruct: An instruction-following Dataset for Culture-Aware, Multitask, and Multi-domain Evaluation in Thai
Peerat Limkonchotiwat, Pume Tuchinda, Lalita Lowphansirikul, Surapon Nonesung, Panuthep Tasawong, Alham Fikri Aji, Can Udomcharoenchaikit, Sarana Nutanong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15239…

WangchanThaiInstruct: An instruction-following Dataset for Culture-Aware, Multitask, and Multi-domain Evaluation in Thai
Large language models excel at instruction-following in English, but their performance in low-resource languages like Thai remains underexplored. Existing benchmarks often rely on translations, missing cultural and domain-specific nuances needed for real-world use. We present WangchanThaiInstruct, a human-authored Thai dataset for evaluation and instruction tuning, covering four professional domains and seven task types. Created through a multi-stage quality control process with annotators, dom…

UMG has partnered with IP asset management company Liquidax Capital to "accelerate the development of UMG's music-related AI patents", already filing 15 (Ethan Millman/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Universal Music Group Increasing Efforts on Music AI Patents
UMG said it's filed for 15 patents through the partnership already, including one related to AI threat protection.

@… as a dad I have realized that I do not know what is cool (if I ever did) and it is quite a freeing feeling 😅

Fuck. Killed by an SUV failing to yield. He was a badass. I saw them in Milwaukee once and they were spectacular.
RIP
#HeavyMetal #guitar

Former Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds dies aged 51 following fatal motorcycle accident
The metal guitar great died in Atlanta last night while riding his Harley Davidson

Feeling FOMO because I was at one cool thing over the weekend that prevented me from being at two other cool things #OBTS and #NoKings. But on the bright side it looks like the protests went amazingly well. Super excited to see what actions come out of the connections people made while joyfully speak…

Studios are rereleasing old films in theaters, helping them pad out thin slates; Universal has 12 rereleases on its 2025 slate, vs. four in 2024 and two in 2023 (Esther Zuckerman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/movies/rereleases-black-swan-…

Why ‘Black Swan,’ ‘Jaws’ and ‘Clue’ Are Coming Back to Theaters
The multiplex is awash in titles that are 15, 20, even 60 years old. Nostalgia is a factor but economics play a big part, too.

iPhone Air teardown: clever use of space by placing the logic board above the 12.26 Wh battery, the same cell used in Apple's MagSafe Battery pack, and more (Elizabeth Chamberlain/iFixit News)
https://www.ifixit.com/News/113171/iphone-air-teardown

Apple’s Thinnest iPhone Still Stands Up to Repairs
To be honest, we were holding our breath for the iPhone Air. Thinner usually means flimsier, harder to fix, and more glued-down parts. But the iPhone Air proves…

UMG has partnered with IP asset management company Liquidax Capital to "accelerate the development of UMG's music-related AI patents", already filing 15 (Ethan Millman/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Universal Music Group Increasing Efforts on Music AI Patents
UMG said it's filed for 15 patents through the partnership already, including one related to AI threat protection.