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hey, mission of burma reunited (again) (briefly) last week! https://artsfuse.org/333113/concert-review-mission-of-burma-reunites-for-a-fenway-recordings-homecoming/

Concert Review: Mission of Burma Reunites for a Fenway Recordings Homecoming - The Arts Fuse
At Brighton Music Hall, Boston’s avant-punk legends capped Mark Kates’s label anniversary with a surprisingly potent four-song set and a tribute to the late Jeff “Monoman” Conolly.

Sources: Alibaba names senior AI researcher Dayiheng Liu as the head of its Qwen project, bringing clarity after multiple reorganization rounds earlier in 2026 (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/alibaba-appoints-new-head-qwe…

Alibaba Appoints New Head of Qwen LLM Team
Alibaba Group has appointed Dayiheng Liu, one of its senior AI researchers, as the head of its Qwen large language models, according to two employees with knowledge of the matter. Liu’s appointment has brought more clarity to the Qwen team’s leadership after multiple rounds of reorganization earlier this year, according to the people. Alibaba’s official website for its annual Apsara tech

Early quarterback tiers for the 2027 NFL draft: How 31 eligible passers grade out right now https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2027/story/_/id/49650260/2027-nfl-draft-quarterback-tiers-rounds-one-seven-moore-manning

A full-circle Texans-Raiders joint practice as Ryans reunites with Gary and Klint Kubiak https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/a-fullcircle-texansraiders-joint-practice-as-ryans-reunites-with-gary-and-klint-kubiak

Rondje op de #trike. Diverse uitzichten. Regenbroek en -overschoenen toegevoegd aan de nuttige fietsspullen in mijn linker fietstas. Dat voelt heel geruststellend. En niet nodig gehad, ook fijn.

"How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions - Fiona Harvey"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

How green is Andy Burnham? Britain’s next PM faces tough climate decisions
Heatwaves, high energy prices, calls for reindustrialisation and North Sea drilling are all high on the to-do list

Cowboys are top heavy at WR, who rounds out the group? https://insidethestar.com/cowboys-are-top-heavy-at-wr-who-rounds-out-the-group

AI companies, including OpenAI and Anthropic, are putting pressure on office rents in Singapore as they embark on expansion in response to government overtures (Owen Walker/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/775888b2-47e6-42b4-8146-cfb9caee52d6

Source: Beijing-based Naive AI, which plans to release its first AI model as early as this month, is now valued at $1.4B after raising $400M in three rounds (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tsinghu…

A Tsinghua Professor’s Stealth LLM Startup Hits $1.4 Billion Valuation
A secretive Chinese AI model startup founded in February by a Tsinghua University professor is now valued at more than $1.4 billion, after raising $400 million in three funding rounds from investors including Tencent, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Beijing-based Naive ...

Chip giants participated in startup funding rounds collectively surpassing $250B YTD; Nvidia leads the sector in deal volume with a record 59 funding rounds (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/semiconductor…

Semiconductor Giants Are Busy Backing Startups This Year
Massive AI spending has helped push earnings and valuations for semiconductor industry leaders to record levels, prompting the sector's giants to invest record sums in artificial intelligence and robotics startups.