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"""
[…] and I opened the case (politely examined by the guards of the Palace at four stages of my approach to the Red Hall) that held my ansible and some pictures. The pictures—films, photos, paintings, actives, and some cubes—were a little gallery of Man: people of Hain, Chiffewar, and the Cetians, of S and Terra and Alterra, of the Utter-mosts, Kapteyn, Ollul, Four-Taurus, Rokanan, Ensbo, Cime, Gde and Sheashel Haven … The king glanced at a couple without interest. “What’s this?”
“A person from Cime, a female.” I had to use the word that Gethenians would apply only to a person in the culminant phase of kemmer [a cyclical period of heightened sexual activity during which secondary gender characteristics emerge], the alternative being their word for a female animal.
“Permanently?”
“Yes.”
He dropped the cube and stood swinging from foot to foot, staring at me or a little past me, the firelight shifting on his face. “They’re all like that—like you?”
This was the hurdle I could not lower for them. They must, in the end, learn to take it in their stride.
“Yes. Gethenian sexual physiology, so far as we yet know, is unique among human beings.”
“So all of them, out on these other planets, are in permanent kemmer? A society of perverts? So Lord Tibe put it; I thought he was joking. Well, it may be the fact, but it’s a disgusting idea, Mr. Ai, and I don’t see why human beings here on earth should want or tolerate any dealings with creatures so monstrously different. […]”
"""
(Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness)

[OT] With IPOs coming up, "AI doomsday" talk distracts us from lack of revenue growth https://mindmatters.ai/2026/09/ai-doomsday-talk-distracts-us-from-lack-of-revenue-growth-for-hyperscalers/ on the

“AI Doomsday” Talk Distracts Us From Lack of Revenue Growth
Apparently, paid usage of AI models has not risen sufficiently to cover the falling token prices.

German farmers warn drought will spell heavy crop losses.
The head of the German Farmers Association: "We farmers have have been feeling the effects of climate change for a long time now."
He also has a recommendation for government: make diesel cheaper.
https://www.

i live in a small apartment without a lot of storage space. for LPs, i have two three-foot shelves, one for jazz, the other for everything else. last week, i made a new resolution to play at least one non-jazz record every day. here's how it's going.
#vinyl #OldVinyl

"Shipment of F-35 components redirected to China, now missing"
Great, soon we can order F-35 spare parts from Temu at a cheaper price!
#lockheedmartin #f35

2 snaps from roughly the same spot in a stream. (britain) spring and summer.
a) 27th March 2026
b) 18th August 2026
#nature #climate

The cybersecurity news machine never stops cranking away, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--US disrupts China-linked operation targeting government and critical infrastructure,
--OpenAI’s rogue agents staged a coordinated hacking spree,
--Hackers steal data on 8.7m UK airport customers,
--DDoS attack disrupts Norway’s digital government services,
--White House plans free cyber help for water utilities,
--Hackers targeted more than 100 US water systems,
--Australia arrests alleged TeamPCP supply chain hackers,
--ATF confirms breach following Qilin ransomware claim,
--Trump bans foreign equipment from US power grid,
--Hackers target critical SharePoint exploit chain,
--Cyberattack leaves Australian booksellers short of books,
--GPUThor attack defeats Nvidia memory protections,
--Cellebrite puts phone-hacking tools in a backpack,
--Ubiquiti patches 21 critical vulnerabilities,
--NSA holds hacker reunion to rebuild secretive unit,
--Darth Vader comes out for Flock surveillance,
--Florida police use fake Flock cameras to bait vandals
https://www.metacurity.com/us-disrupts-china-linked-operation-targeting-government-and-critical-infrastructure/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Flying Mojito Bros:
🎵 Cover of Burrito Brothers' Just Can't Be
#FlyingMojitoBros

I've just finished #LibraryBingo. My picks were:
Non-fiction: On Sheep, Diary of a Swedish Shepherd
Genre you usually avoid: graphic novel Persepolis
One word title: Nonesuch
Book set in a foreign country: The Quiet American
Book made into a film: Murder on the Orient Express
Book chosen on cover alone: The Hazelbourne Ladies' Motorcycle and Flying …