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Barret Zoph leaves OpenAI again five months after rejoining in January; Zoph initially left OpenAI in 2024 to serve as Thinking Machines Lab co-founder and CTO (Hayden Field/The Verge)

Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months
He rejoined the company in January after a stint as co-founder of Mira Murati’s competitor, Thinking Machines Lab.

Fascinating probability analysis of English council election voter flows (2024/2026).
https://oskanberg.github.io/2026-voter-flows/
H/T @…

Beloved Ex-Browns Star Tabbed to Sign With NFC Contender https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/nick-chubb-nfc-contender/

Designing single-layer PDMS devices for micron to millimeter-scale deformations
Leon Valentin Gebhard, Alexandre S. Avaro, Gabriel Amselem, Charles N. Baroud
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17402 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.17402 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.17402
arXiv:2605.17402v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The elasticity of PDMS has played a central role in advancing important microfluidic technologies, ranging from early valves to sophisticated organ-on-a-chip systems. However, most deformable microfluidic devices are based on geometries that require complex multi-layer PDMS architectures and include thin membranes, leading to difficult microfabrication and poor stability. Recently, Jain, Belkadi et al. (Biofabrication 16.3 (2024): 035010) introduced a single-layer device in which a wide and long microfluidic channel was deformed by controlling the pressure in two independent and adjacent air chambers. While they demonstrated the ability to deform the channel ceiling to compress biological materials, the design parameters remain unexplored. Here, we perform a numerical study on 14,336 variants of this device and identify the height of the PDMS layer, the width of the microchannel and the width of the air chamber as the main features that determine the ceiling deformation. Three deformation modes are observed as the geometrical parameters are varied: A U shape with a central minimum, a W shape with two minima and a central maximum, or an inverse U shape with an upward-bulging single maximum. The numerical results are validated in experiments that reproduce the three shapes for the predicted geometries and demonstrate vertical ceiling deformations ranging from a few microns to the millimeter scale. The generality of this approach is demonstrated for two example applications: A fully closing single-layer microfluidic valve and an optical lens of controllable anisotropy. This work leverages the rapid prototyping enabled by 3D printing or micro-milling to open new perspectives in microfluidic actuation.
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Setting up remote access to Bambulab 3D printers that are on a different VLAN than yours is a pain in the ass.
Bambulab has chosen the wrong path. It might carve out a niche among users who aren't very tech-savvy when it comes to 3D printing (and who aren’t interested in learning either), but all of us nerds who have used their printers are going to tell them to go to hell.
By the way, if you're trying to set up remote access using pfSense or OPNsense, here's a great …

Traditionell schaue ich mir am #Vatertag das Gesaufe aus der #Fahrradsattel-Perspektive an. Aber draußen regnet es ziemlich beständig, darum liege ich lieber noch im Bett 😁

Am Vatertag wieder so gut wie keine Väter gesehen
Traditionell mache ich an Christi Himmelfahrt nicht das, was in den sozialen Medien heute von vielen Frauen kritisiert wurde: mit dem Bollerwagen und Freunden saufend und gröhlend durch die Gegend ziehen. Ich fahre seit Jahren mit dem Fahrrad durch Bad …

Am Vatertag wieder so gut wie keine Väter gesehen Weiter…

#Podcast
Die Zahl der diagnostizierten #Endometriose-Fälle ist in den vergangenen 20 Jahren deutlich gestiegen.
Laut Schmerzforscherin Esther Pogatzki-Zahn deutet dies darauf hin, dass die Erkrankung häufiger und früher erkannt wird. Eine frühe Diagnose kann helfen, Beschwerden gezi…

Endometriose: „Frühe Diagnose ist entscheidend“
Die Zahl der Frauen mit der Diagnose Endometriose ist in den letzten 20 Jahren stark gestiegen – zwischen 2005 und 2024 von rund 230.000 auf gut 510.000. „Diese Zahlen sind ein Beleg dafür, dass die Symptome immer früher und häufiger diagnostiziert werden“, erklärt die Schmerzforscherin Prof. Dr. Esther Pogatzki-Zahn von der Universität Münster der neuen Folge des „Umdenken“-Podcasts. Darüber hinaus spricht sie Hausärzten bei der Diagnose der Krankheit eine wichtige Rolle zu u…

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: Update wertet PS-VR2-Grafik merklich auf
Die neueste Beta von Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 beschert der Playstation-VR2-Version einen Qualitätssprung, den in dieser Form niemand erwartet hätte.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024: Update wertet PS-VR2-Grafik merklich auf
Die neueste Beta von Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 beschert der Playstation-VR2-Version einen Qualitätssprung, den in dieser Form niemand erwartet hätte.

Hat hier jemand Erfahrungen mit dem in Baden-Württemberg oder Niedersachsen stattgefundenen #LastCopies-Projekt, bei denen Titel mit drei oder weniger Beständen in den WBs eines Bundeslandes im K10plus markiert wurden? Ich habe da eine Frage:

Exclusive: Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google | Reuters
<https://www.reuters.com/technology/reddit-ai-content-licensing-deal-with-google-sources-say-2024-02-22/> | <

I finally adapted my .Xmodmap file to Wayland, after I do not know how many years of procrastinating.
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2024/04/28/the-simplest-thing-in-the-world-modifing-keymaps-in-wayland/

The Simplest Thing In The World: Modifying Keymaps in Wayland
To remap the PrtSc key to the Hyper modifier key under Wayland with Gnome Shell on Ubuntu/Debian on the 28th of April 2024 (around noon) with a us keyboard mapping (I’m hedging my bets here),…

2024 global temperature record is consistent with model-predicted warming: #GlobalWarming or the lack thereof see the many links in https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-12-marz-2026/ at the very bottom).

Bright red Indian shot flower (canna indica). Huntington Library, San Marino, California, USA. November, 2024. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #huntingtonlibrary #flowers #bloomscrolling

The interior department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development,
as Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.
The 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management,
which oversees about 10% of land in the US.
It allowed public property to be leased for restora…

May 2026 was the second-warmest May on record globally, in between 2024 and 2025.
The global average temperature was 15.81°C, 0.55°C above the 1991-2020 average for May and 1.42°C above the estimated 1850-1900 pre-industrial average for the month.
https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-

2027 NFL mock draft: Six QBs go in Round 1 in a deep class and Arch Manning isn't QB1 (yet)

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2027-nfl-mock-draft-arch-manning-dante-moo…

Kamala Harris wants the DNC to release its autopsy report of the 2024 campaign (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/kamala-harris-dnc-release-autopsy-report-2024-campaign-rcna343453
http://www.memeorandum.com/260507/p4#a260507p4

So not a single Israeli war criminal is standing trial, but thanks to Brooke Jenkins, people who protested the genocide are. Disgraceful.
https://missionlocal.org/2026/05/trial-golden-gate-protesters/

Trial kicks off for 7 pro-Palestine protesters facing up to 14 years for Golden Gate Bridge demonstration
Seven protesters facing up to 14 years in prison in connection to a 2024 pro-Palestinian demonstration saw their first day in court.

Ampere: KPop Demon Hunters exceeded one billion viewing hours; its success brings into question whether Netflix will keep reducing commissions of kids' content (Neil Batey/C21Media)
https://www.c21media.net/news/success-of-k

Success of KPop Demon Hunters brings into question Netflix’s pullback on kids’ content, claims Ampere Analysis
Global streamer Netflix reduced commissions for kids’ content between 2024 and 2025, even as its animation sensation KPop Demon Hunters surpassed one billion views, according to Ampere Analysis.

Verschobene Siri: Apple will 250 Millionen US-Dollar an Kläger zahlen
Apples bereits im Sommer 2024 angekündigte verbesserte Sprachassistentin ist immer noch nicht umgesetzt. In einem US-Klageverfahren gibt es nun eine Einigung.

Verschobene Siri: Apple will 250 Millionen US-Dollar an Kläger zahlen
Apples bereits im Sommer 2024 angekündigte verbesserte Sprachassistentin ist immer noch nicht umgesetzt. In einem US-Klageverfahren gibt es nun eine Einigung.

Er is een opvangcrisis, geen asiel/migratiecrisis,
Migratiesaldo gedaald tot onder de 100.000, het laagste punt sinds 2020 - #opvangcrisis

Migratiesaldo gedaald tot onder de 100.000, het laagste punt sinds 2020
Het aantal eerste asielaanvragen daalde vorig met een kwart ten opzichte van 2024.

I have one for #GrindayFriday this week. This is one man deathgrind project NAILGUT from Kelowna, British Columbia, and their brief 4 song EP 'Distorted Perceptions of Reality' from 2024. It's nasty, grody, grindy, sludgy stuff with chainsaw guitars and bashing drums. I love it.

«Von 500 auf 5.000 MByte — Windows-Updates werden immer größer
Seit September 2024 sind Updates in Windows 11 um den Faktor 10 gewachsen. Das liegt am Betriebssystem selbst, aber auch an Microsofts KI.»
Sorry, wirklich nötig für ein Betriebssystem ist dies nun nicht aber dies für die unnötige Datenüberwachung (KI) die als nötig deklariert wird.
😒

Von 500 auf 5.000 MByte: Windows-Updates werden immer größer - Golem.de
Seit September 2024 sind Updates in Windows 11 um den Faktor 10 gewachsen. Das liegt am Betriebssystem selbst, aber auch an Microsofts KI.

I have a JPC-12 vertical antenna. On the good side, it puts the coil 4' away from the base, reducing coil losses by not putting it at the point with the highest current. On the other hand, it's stainless steel with significant real resistance, so even that reduced current still heats it up substantially. Some of that heat could instead be radiated RF!
I am considering rewinding the coil with lacquered silver-coated copper wire for substantially-reduced real resistance, as KA7O…

A profile of David Sacks, appointed as White House AI adviser in December 2024, who has a ruthless devotion to self-interest and helped pass the GENIUS Act (George Packer/The Atlantic)
https:…

The Venture-Capital Populist
How David Sacks and the new tech right went full MAGA and captured Washington

Reddit and OpenAI Build Partnership - Upvoted
<https://redditinc.com/news/reddit-and-oai-partner> (2024-05-16)

from my link log —
Scanners work fine over iSCSI.
https://sprocketfox.io/xssfox/2024/05/08/jbos/
saved 2024-05-09 https://dotat.a…

Just a bunch of scanners (JBOS?)
Can you run scanners over iSCSI?

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Hieronder een paar links voor verdere info.
Opvallend daarbij is dat sommige voorlichting al niet meer beschikbaar is (website is weg) of dat het enige en laatste nieuws uit 2020 😉
Slimme verkeerslichten: hoe werken ze?
#TalkingTraffic #iVRI #verkeer

Gibt es weitere Verzögerungen bei der Einführung der e-ID? Ankündigungen vom BAG zu Organspenden deuten darauf hin.
"Das erklärt zumindest teilweise die Verschiebungen bei der Widerspruchslösung: Mitte 2024 sollte sie ursprünglich in Kraft treten. Dann hiess es zweite Hälfte 2026, dann Anfang 2027, heute, laut Tages-Anzeiger, drittes Quartal 2027.
Im Raum steht also offenbar die erneute Verschiebung des E-ID-Termins."
… wettet @…

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eunews/116608809666652889
This is the kind of house cleaning the US should have been doing 2021-2024. And yes, that means Biden, but I lay the blame at least equally on Congress (who are supposed to be the ones taking the lead on legislating, though few of us are old enough to remember) and the press (who should have made this a national conversation).

A Not-so-Common Sunflower. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. July, 2024. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #laarboretum #sunflower #bloomscrolling

Burgum was considered the
not-completely-crazy candidate for the GOP nomination in 2024.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mpvq5so5qu2o

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
BASH: But it peeled off. Why did that happen? BURGUM: It didn't peel off. There was vandalism. There was box cutters. There have been 7 arrests. BASH: There are photographs of people cutting a 350 foot gash in the reflecting pool? BURGUM: Dana, I'm not sure why you keep questioning it

RE: https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/112507456412083232
(2024) Visual mental imagery and neural dynamics of sensory substitution in the blindfolded subjects

Obviously, deporting this dangerously dead person must be a priority for ICE.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/north-carolina-judge-deport-teen-murder-victim?CMP=share_btn_url

Running a TOR snowflake proxy
#tor

Running a TOR snowflake proxy

Of course, there will still be ads. And auctions as well. And not only will that determine which ads show up, but how many words the LLM is writing about a product. They call it “prominence allocation”. The ad is in the generated content.
(Thanks @… for the hint!)

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni settle their legal battle over the 2024 film It Ends With Us, avoiding a federal trial that was scheduled to begin in two weeks (Gene Maddaus/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-sett…

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Settle Epic Sex Harassment Lawsuit
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have settled their epic lawsuit over conduct on the set of 'It Ends With Us.

Der Grüne Ortsverband Karlsruhe Nordstadt hat für diesen Freitag eine spannende Lesung mit der Aktivistin und Autorin Penny Prinz im Kulturhaus Mikado organisiert zum Thema Überwachung und Widerstand in Hongkong nachdem die Demokratiebewegung dort niedergeschlagen wurde https://karlsunruh.org/event/745d4b49-

nach der Revolte – Lesung mit Penny Prinz | KarlsUNRUH
Hongkong 2024: Eine Buchhändlerin, die nicht mehr weiß, welche Bücher sie noch verkaufen darf. Eine Dozentin, die nicht denunziert werden will. Ein Gesetz, so vage, dass jeder damit gemeint sein könnte, ein intelligenter Laternenpfahl, und ein anarchistisches Café, das den Zuständen trotzt. Dieser Reisebericht beschreibt den Alltag in einer Stadt, in der die nationale Sicherheit die Freiheit ersetzt hat. Er erzählt von Überwachung, Repression und Widerstand - und einem Modus digitaler H…

Net als bij #Brexit blijft #NigelFarage te koop voor rijke lui https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/29/revealed-nigel-farage-was-given-undisclosed-5m-by-crypto-billionaire-in-2024?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Vedenalaisia niittyjä Helsingin edustalle? #Helsinki

Vedenalaisia niittyjä Helsingin edustalle?
Meriajokasistutukset antavat lisätietoa Itämeren luonnon ennallistamismahdollisuuksista. Tulokset vuosina 2024 ja 2025 tehdyistä istutuksista ovat varovaisen myönteisiä.

'Why are we talking about this?': Democrats are furious that the Bidens won't go away (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/28/biden-democrats-2024-election-00942001
http://www.memeorandum.com/260528/p135#a260528p135

Triomics, which is building an AI-powered platform to help oncologists automate data-heavy tasks, raised a $22M Series B, following a $15M Series A in 2024 (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/27/triomics-nabs-22m-to-b…

Triomics nabs $22M to bring oncology-specific AI to cancer centers | TechCrunch
The Series B round was led by Battery Ventures.

Remember the disastrous way Columbus handled its breach two years ago? The city's IT director, who is partially responsible for the mess, is retiring and will be lauded by the city council.
https://www.wosu.org/politics-g…

Columbus' IT director retiring nearly two years after major cyber attack exposed citizens' data
Soon after the city first noticed something was wrong on July 18, 2024, officials shut down systems to thwart the attack. The action shut down the city's systems for months, leaving some systems not fully operational until 2025.

Amsterdam – A10 Zuid
#kamafotos

RE: https://mastodon.online/@rfceditor/116660055140888488
huh, RFCs are published more frequently (on average) than i thought!
first RFC was 7th April 1969
20 000 days after that was 9th January 2024
looks like RFC 10 000 will be betwee…

Häufigkeitsverteilung der Bruttoleistung von #Balkonkraftwerk​en in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten vor 2018 durch Registrierungsdatum ersetzt. Sonderregelungen nach

In the central Netherlands, this was the 5th (or possibly 6th) warmest spring in the 126-year record. It was also sunny and dry.
Probably quite popular with many, but a clear sign of our changing climate. Personally, I've come to dislike hot weather in May; happy that it has cooled down now.

Travis Hunter, Mykel Williams, other 2025 NFL Draft first-rounders who need big seasons https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7291654/2026/05/21/nfl-draft-2024-picks-hunter-ashton-jeanty/

#AI to recreate F/OSS in a "clean room" without acknowledging that it trained on F/OSS takes copyright evasion to an uncomfortable new level.
To anybody actually versed in machine learning, this …

Cowboys Trade Pickup Already Facing ‘Chopping Block’ https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/jonathan-mingo-chopping-block/

Support among men was central to Trump’s 2024 victory,
helping deliver key swing states and underpinning his electoral coalition.
A sharp reversal within that group signals a potential vulnerabilityif the trend persists.
A sustained decline among men risks weakening Trump’s core electoral support heading into a politically sensitive period of his presidency as the November midterms approach.
The newest survey shows Trump with 38 percent approval and 59 percent disap…

Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Falls to New Low With Men
The president has fallen 37 net approval points with this core demographic group since the beginning of his second term.

Filing: SpaceX reports 2025 revenue of $18.7B, up 33% YoY, a $4.9B loss, vs. a $791M profit in 2024, and $20.7B in capital expenditures, up from $11.2B (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/technol

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Pulls Back the Curtain on Its Finances
Mr. Musk’s rocket and satellite maker disclosed its financial performance for the first time, as it prepares to go public in what is set to be one of the largest offerings to date.

Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeicher​n pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.05.2026.
419 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.

ProPublica launches its first in-house podcast, Paper Trail, an audio serialization of past investigations; filing: ProPublica had an $18.5M surplus in 2024 (Shannon Thaler Cherry/A Media Operator)
https://www.amediaoperator.com/news/propublica…

ProPublica Is Packaging Investigations for the Spotify Era
Andrii Lysenko - stock.adobe.com ProPublica has entered the crowded podcast landscape. For an investigative newsroom whose donor base skews mostly white,

Amsterdam – Maasstraat - Mini Cooper S
#kamafotos

After Fernando Mendoza at No. 1, the NFL draft's QB board could go quiet fast https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/after-fernando-mendoza-at-no-1-the-nfl-drafts-qb-board-could-go-quiet-fast

Cloud provider Railway says Google Cloud temporarily suspended its account without cause; in 2024, GCP deleted the account of an Australian pension fund (The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/

Google Cloud suspended major customer Railway.com without cause, causing outage
This is the service we get when we spend $10m plus? asks automated code deployment outfit

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

Tutkimus: ilmaston 1,5 asteen raja ylittyi odotettua aiemmin #ilmasto

Tutkimus: ilmaston 1,5 asteen raja ylittyi odotettua aiemmin -
Maapallon keskilämpötila ylitti 1,5 celsiusasteen rajan jo vuonna 2024, mikä on jopa seitsemän vuotta aikaisemmin kuin useimmat ilmastomallit ennustivat. Tuore tutkimus osoittaa, että vain ne mallit,

AI market research platform AlphaSense raised $350M from Vitruvian, Accenture, and others at a $7.5B valuation, up from $4B in 2024, ahead of a possible IPO (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.

Amsterdam – Maasstraat - Mini Cooper S
#kamafotos

A case study of using AI to aid election coverage at Bay City News, starting in 2024 and refining later, aiming to reduce journalists' manual, repetitive tasks (Ciara Zavala/Local News Matters)
https://localnewsmatters.org/2026/04/2

A Playbook for Newsrooms: Revolutionizing Election Coverage with AI Part II
Our Goal In the fast-evolving landscape of AI, we saw an opportunity to revolutionize local election coverage in our newsroom by reducing manual,