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A hillside villa that served as a cultural hub for German writers and artists fleeing the Nazis
and narrowly escaped destruction in last year’s Los Angeles wildfires
reopened its doors to the public this weekend,
marking the latest milestone in the city’s slow recovery from one of the darkest chapters in its history.
Hundreds of friends of the Villa Aurora,
a 1920s Spanish Mediterranean house that has taken on a second life as a cultural center with a fierce com…

Los Angeles villa that was hub for German exiles fleeing Nazis reopens after narrow wildfire escape
Spectacular Villa Aurora, which was nearly destroyed in last year’s fires, leading the recovery as Pacific Palisades emerges from a dark chapter

That ridiculous feeling when you put on a dumb Hindi comedy/action movie (Bank Chor, 2017) to chill, and half-way through are startled to find that one of your best friends from high school, Suresh Venkat, is in it. Totally destroyed my concentration, which fortunately it did not need.

Gemini 4 Argon has a 1M-token output limit, up from 64K for prior models; it initially costs $2/1M input and $10/1M output tokens, rising to $4 and $20 later (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
https://the-decoder.com/google-gemini-

Google Gemini 4 Argon closes the gap with OpenAI and Anthropic but doesn't take a clear lead
Gemini 4 Argon is Google's first frontier model in over seven months. It matches GPT-6 Astra in independent testing but can't keep up with Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5. The per-token price is low, but Argon burns through more than twice as many tokens per task as Astra. Select testers get access first, with the API and paid tiers following later.

On the good news front:
‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/beyond-priceles…

‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles
Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline

On the good news front:
‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/beyond-priceles…

‘Beyond priceless’: how a halt to dredging saved the seas of Scotland’s Summer Isles
Fish and shellfish populations were falling rapidly as scallop dredgers devastated the seabed, but local activists and small-scale fishers battled hard to protect their coastline

Chiefs HC Andy Reid says Eric Bieniemy's wife, Mia, out of ICU following shooting https://league-frontend.pocket.nfl.com/news/chiefs-hc-andy-reid-eric-bieniemy-wife-mia-out-of-icu-following-shooting

Comparing the 2 Dallas Cowboys Linebacker Options https://insidethestar.com/comparing-the-2-dallas-cowboys-linebacker-options

"...a special talent for incompetence…"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/26/donald-trump-friends-diplomatic-iran-war-us-president

With no friends left to burn, Trump is running out of diplomatic ammunition
Everyone can see that the Iran war has been a strategic disaster for the US, while a failing president pretends he is winning, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

FIling: Lone Palm Labs, the startup behind friend-focused photo sharing app Retro, raised a $21M Series A from Thrive Capital and others (Sydney Bradley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/alternative-social-media-ap…

Instagram alternative Retro raises $21M for close friends sharing
In 2023, ex-Instagram employees launched a new app called Retro. It's one of many new social media apps taking on Big Tech platforms.

Bluffside visioning and Healing Circle
Saturday, August 29
2 – 4pm PDT
1 more day
Pacific Palisades Park
Montana Avenue & Ocean Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90402
Bring yourself, bring a friend, and give yourself the gift of two hours to reset and realign.
https://www.mobilize.us/…

Bluffside visioning and Healing Circle · Indivisible
Feeling the weight of everything going on right now? Join us this Saturday from 2:00–4:00 PM for the Bluffside Visioning and Healing Circle at Palisades Park (Montana & Ocean Ave, Santa Monica). We’ll come together for prayer, meditation, and visioning—a chance to release stress, find peace, and reconnect with something deeper. This is also about building a strong, supportive spiritual community so none of us has to navigate these times alone. Bring yourself, bring a friend, and give …