Anthropic details the AI Fluency Index, tracking 11 behaviors that represent human-AI collaboration and measure how people collaborate with AI (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-fluency-index
Gas and LNG expert Anne-Sophie Corbeau: "People really need to turn down their thermostats. We're heading for the Mother of all energy crises. Refilling Europe's gas storages could become the drama of the year."
Even more so for the Netherlands, where the filling level has now been run down to below 7%, I would add.
In Tijd.be, by Tobe Steel
Trump postpones strikes on Iranian power plants following talks with Tehran (Julia Marshall/Straight Arrow News)
https://san.com/cc/trump-postpones-strikes-on-iranian-power-plants-following-talks-with-iran/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260323/p36#a260323p36
@… https://www.zachleat.com/web/symbiotic-open-source/ still accurately reflects my current feelings on it. If a deal isn’t *financially* symbiotic, I wou…
Five people were arrested following hundreds of investigative hours following 💥 the shooting of Judge Steven Meyer and his wife, Kimberly, in Lafayette Indiana
on Jan. 18.
Both victims were in a stable condition following the attack,
which happened around 2:17 p.m.
The judge was injured on an arm, his wife on her hip.
Raylen Ferguson, 38, from Lexington, Kentucky;
Thomas Moss, 43, from Lafayette
and Blake Smith, 32, from Lafayette,
were all ar…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Pender Street Steppers:
🎵 Falling (Vocal)
#PenderStreetSteppers
https://penderstreetsteppers.bandcamp.com/track/falling-vocal
https://open.spotify.com/track/1SyDxD1MnlsQNeHHhm2dpg
Fediverse Punk Month — We can grow something better!
We invest too much of our culture in centralized, for-profit, corporate social media platforms. These platforms enrich billionaires, expand surveillance, and fund the cult of capitalist war, all while trapping us with addictive algorithms that feed us mindless content. […]
— by @…<…
From Translink
Westham Island Bridge Repair Update
January 22, 2026
Delta, BC – Earlier this week, a marine vessel hit the Westham Island Bridge, causing damage that required the bridge to be closed to vehicle traffic. TransLink owns and maintains the bridge, and crews moved quickly to assess the damage and pursue the fastest possible repair.
TransLink has now received an updated assessment from our structural engineer following today’s inspection work.
Adobe rolls out Firefly Foundry, which creates AI-generated "commercially safe" images, video, and more grounded in a brand or franchise's creative universe (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/adobe-firefly-foundry-ai-caa-wme-1236692649/…