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VC funding in physical AI companies totaled $47.4B across 521 deals in H1, up 80% from H1 2025, and more than the $41.9B invested from 2022 to 2024 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/physical-ai-funding-startups…

VCs Pour Billions Into Physical AI As The Next Wave Of AI Investing Takes Shape
In the first half of 2026, global venture funding in the physical AI space totaled $47.4 billion across 521 deals, per Crunchbase data. That’s up dramatically — almost 4x — compared to the second half of 2025 when startups in the sector raised $12 billion across 470 deals.

Spanne der Bruttospeicherleistung von #Batteriespeicher​n pro Inbetriebnahmejahr von Unternehmen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.07.2026.
440 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
…

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty on Friday in a federal case in relation to the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in 2024.
Mangione confessed that he shot and killed Thompson outside a New York City hotel on 4 December 2024.
In his federal case, he faced stalking charges, after other charges, including murder, were dropped.
“I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” Mangione said towards the end of a hastily scheduled, 45-minute hearing.
He added: …

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to causing UnitedHealthcare CEO’s death in federal case
Plea comes weeks before separate case is scheduled to start in New York, and could throw proceedings into disarray

Reuters wiederholt die Behauptung das ein Journalist Mitglied der Hamas gewesen sei, obwohl eben dieser Journalist ihnen einen Pulitzer-Preis gewonnen hat.
Anas Al-Sharifs Team hat Reuters in 2024 den Pulitzer Preis in „Breaking News Photography” gewonnen und wurde 2025 in einem israelischen Angriff auf ein Krankenhaus ermordet. Reuters nannte ihn nach seinem Mord einen Hamas-Terroristen.
Laut dem 972 Magazine arbeitet eine Spezialeinheit des israelischen Militärs name…

Angriff auf Apples Private Cloud Compute: 150.000 Dollar für Sicherheitsforscher
Im Rahmen des PCC-Bug-Bounty-Programms, das seit 2024 Sicherheitsexperten offensteht, kam es zu einem erfolgreichen Angriff. Telemetrie-Daten konnten abfließen.

Angriff auf Apples Private Cloud Compute: 150.000 Dollar für Sicherheitsforscher
Im Rahmen des PCC-Bug-Bounty-Programms, das seit 2024 Sicherheitsexperten offensteht, kam es zu einem erfolgreichen Angriff. Telemetrie-Daten konnten abfließen.

Mam wśród otwartych projektów fotograficznych jeden, który jest poświęcony mojemu obecnemu miejscu zamieszkania. A odkąd mam w planach wyprowadzkę, trochę więcej spaceruję po dzielnicy i demokratycznie fotografuję wszystko, co mi wpadnie w oko.
Któregoś kwietniowego popołudnia moją uwagę przykuły pozostałości po ewangelickim cmentarzu przy ul. Kamykowej na wschodniej Białołęce.
Często wydawało mi się, że na tym zapomnianym przez stołecznych włodarzy zadupiu miasta nie było wcześniej nikogo ani niczego, a deweloperka wyrosła z niczego na pustych łąkach.
Tymczasem przez stulecia na tych terenach mieszkali niemieccy osadnicy z Holandii, tzw. olędrzy (olendrzy). Uciekali oni ze swoich domów przed wojną i prześladowaniami religijnymi i zakładali osady na trudno dostępnych terenach; z czasem asymilowali się z miejscowymi pomimo różnic językowych, narodowościowych i religijnych. Ślady ich bytności da się odnaleźć do dzisiaj - cmentarze lub ich pozostałości są rozsiane po całym kraju.
II wojna światowa zakończyła okres olenderskiego osadnictwa, zaś cmentarz przy Kamykowej popadł w ruinę. W 2012 roku zachowane płyty nagrobne przeniesiono do lapidarium niedaleko innego cmentarza ewangelickiego u zbiegu ulic Ruskowy Bród i Mańkowskiej.
W połowie 2024 roku, pomimo braku zezwolenia urzędu dzielnicy, jeden z deweloperów rozpoczął na Kamykowej prace przygotowawcze pod budowę nowego osiedla. Po protestach mieszkańców i interwencji konserwatora zabytków prace zostały przerwane, a cmentarz doczekał się (po 12 latach 😓) wpisania do rejestru zabytków.
No i tak o. Czasami nie trzeba iść daleko, żeby przekonać się, jak długa jest historia migracji i wielokulturowości w tym naszym grajdole. Niestety – również niewiele trzeba, by ślady tej historii zatrzeć.

Employees say the five-person editorial staff of Restart, a games site funded by Walmart and managed by marketing agency Moonrock, has been laid off (Aftermath)
https://aftermath.site/restart-layoff-walmart-moonrock/

Restart, Walmart's Gaming Site, Lays Off Entire Editorial Team
The site started in December 2024

Baker Mayfield, Buccaneers agree to 3-year contract extension: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7366483/2026/09/08/baker-mayfield-bucs-contract-extension/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@0xYumeko/116909082619309252
She knows how to win IN HER MICHIGAN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Says nothing about her appeal statewide. The lesson of 2024 for the state as a whole is that there is a substantial segment of the non-GO…

Unfortunately a bit higher than my earlier estimate: the August average atmospheric CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa was 427.55 ppm, that's around 2.1 ppm higher than last year.
#co2 #emissions #ClimateChange

Have finished 'Balcony Over Jerusalem' by John Lyons. It's showing its age (published 2017), but was on this list: #AmReading #Bookstodon

A gorgeous song
https://music.apple.com/us/album/orange-of-the-westering-sun/1761444348?i=1761445082

Orange of the Westering Sun by The Innocence Mission on Apple Music
Song · 2024 · Duration 4:24

ooh, gillian welch & david rawlings have been playing another new song on tour recently (along with "midnight bones"), called "goodnight." looks like it was debuted in 2024. part of the encore on this recent tape: https://archive.org/details/gillianiowa

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings Hancher Auditorium Iowa City IA 8-5-2026
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings live at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City on August 5th 2026. Taped from front row center of the lower balcony. 

from my link log —
A history of Psion and Symbian.
https://www.abortretry.fail/p/of-psion-and-symbian
saved 2024-06-23 https://

Of Psion and Symbian
Mobile before iOS and Android

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland. Stand: 31.07.2026.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

75 years ago the Soviet #SpaceDogs Dezik and Tsygan became the first vertebrates to survive a spaceflight, if only a suborbital one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dezik_and_Tsygan (and see https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2024/06/11/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-11-juni-2024/ for the first vertebrate to reach space but didn't make it back alive two years earlier).

Grindr pays £26M to settle a 2024 UK lawsuit that alleged it shared users' HIV status with ad firms, in breach of UK law (Julia Kollewe/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/07/grindr-settle-uk-lawsuit-dating-app-ad…

Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status
US-owned dating app allegedly allowed ad firms access to private information in breach of UK law

Emeline Rochefeuille & Daniel Pavlov - Pros Jack & Jill - HO 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyx5c7mcfwY

On May 2, 2024, Arizona governor Katie Hobbs signed a bill to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864 that the Arizona Supreme Court had reinstated on April 9, 2024.
The ban was not enforced by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, and the repeal took effect on September 14, 2024.
As a result of 2024 Arizona Proposition 139, the Arizona constitution codifies legal abortion up to the point of fetal viability

Arizona voters approve amendment enshrining abortion rights in state constitution
NBC News projects the constitutional amendment has won enough votes to pass. It’s one of 10 pro-abortion rights measures on the ballot across the country Tuesday.

Das heutige #Rausgeschafft ging dank heute auslaufendem und nur vor Ort einlösbarem 15% IKEA-Rabattgutschein zum IKEA, hin und zurück 23km.
Insgesamt bin ich diesen August 829km geradelt. Das ist neuer persönlicher Rekord und schlägt den bisherigen Rekordhalter August 2024 mit 695km um mehr als 100km,

Aaron Donald works out for Rams as he eyes potential return to NFL https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7495221/2026/08/05/aaron-donald-rams-tryout-retirement/

It’s about fucking time.
There’s an opportunity that has just been sitting there waiting for months to impeach everyone, or at least write up the details and force every last Republican to endorse the blatant criminality of each corrupt thug. @…

from my link log —
Leveraging Zig's allocators.
https://www.openmymind.net/Leveraging-Zigs-Allocators/
saved 2024-06-07 https://

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.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
The Gits:
🎵 Sign of the Crab
#TheGits
https://thegits.bandcamp.com/track/sign-of-the-crab-2024-remaster-1
https://open.spotify.com/track/30nnE0rPI2KEeTmFyhh3kO

The US DOJ and TikTok reach a $400M settlement to resolve allegations TikTok violated COPPA; the DOJ filed the lawsuit in 2024 (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/21/doj-tiktok-biden-lawsuit-settlement

Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit
The settlement ends a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration.

This powerful predictor of longevity isn’t what you think
The single leg balance test is considered a leading indicator of neuromuscular aging, says a 2024 Mayo Clinic study.
“The duration an individual, whether male or female, can maintain balance on one leg,” it concluded, “emerges as the most reliable determinant of aging, surpassing strength, gait, and other balance parameters.

Why balance is a predictor of longevity and healthy aging
Move over strength and cardio, researchers reveal why balance is the missing piece in healthy aging — and how simple daily movements can lower your risk of injury.

The US DOJ and TikTok reach a $400M settlement to resolve allegations TikTok violated COPPA; the DOJ filed the lawsuit in 2024 (Ashley Gold/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/21/doj-tiktok-biden-lawsuit-settlement

Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit
The settlement ends a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration.

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 31.07.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

"Period of extreme heat in Europe, with important role of climate change."
@… says it like it is, written by weatherman and climate scientist Peter Kuipers Munneke.
https://nos.nl/l/2619698

Periode met extreme hitte in Europa, met belangrijke rol voor klimaatverandering
De hittegolf in Europa kan zich gaan meten met de grote hittegolven uit 2003, 2006, 2019, 2022, 2023 en 2024.

Browns fans boo Deshaun Watson during home preseason game vs. Bills https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7531745/2026/08/22/browns-fans-deshaun-watson-booed-bills/

from my link log —
CAP twelve years later: how the "rules" have changed.
https://www.infoq.com/articles/cap-twelve-years-later-how-the-rules-have-changed/
saved 2024-03-07

CAP Twelve Years Later: How the "Rules" Have Changed
The CAP theorem asserts that any networked shared-data system can have only two of three desirable properties (Consistency, Availability and Partition Tolerance). In this IEEE article, author Eric Brewer discusses how designers can optimize consistency and availability by explicitly handling partitions, thereby achieving some trade-off of all three.

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Sign-up For Democracy Action Network / Indivisible LA · Indivisible
The Democracy Action Network (DAN) was founded in November 2024 by David Comfort in response to the re-election of Donald Trump. Emerging as a grassroots organization dedicated to defending democratic institutions, promoting civic engagement, and fostering inclusive democracy, DAN has quickly become a prominent force in the pro-democracy movement. With a nonpartisan ethos and a commitment to nonviolent resistance, DAN seeks to address threats to constitutional governance while building a broad-…

Sources: Reddit, Politico, and others mull cutting Google's access to their content for AI as traffic drops; Reddit signed a $60M/year deal with Google in 2024 (Alexandra Bruell/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/googl…

Vance's homecoming is a throwback to 2024 -- and a preview for 2026 and 2028: From the Politics Desk (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/vances-homecoming-throwback-2024-preview-midterm-politics-desk-rcna593794
http://www.memeorandum.com/260821/p111#a260821p111

“But in Europe we know how to make buildings and they’re much better at retaining heat”
https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/temperature-related-mortality-burden-worsen-europe-2024-08-22_en

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Underworld:
🎵 Dark & Long (Dark Train)
#Underworld
https://johansson-nl.bandcamp.com/track/underworld-dark-and-long-remake-2024-free-download
https://open.spotify.com/track/2nZPzVKtW9j8aztHy8HKAa