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Cognitive scientist Margaret Boden, whose books helped shape the philosophical conversation about human intelligence and AI, passed away on July 18 at age 88 (Michael S. Rosenwald/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science…

Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88
A cognitive scientist, she used the language of computers to explore the nature of human thought and creativity, offering prescient insights about A.I.

This is powerful stuff and good on Auckland councillor Julie Fairey for writing it. https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-07-2025/as-a-councillor-ive-always-advocated-for-improved-road-safety-then-i-got-hit-by-a-car

Canyon "Citylite:On": Stadtrad mit Bosch-Mittelmotor und Riemenantrieb
Der Koblenzer Fahrradhersteller Canyon hat mit dem Citylite:ON ein neues E-Bike für die Stadt vorgestellt. Es kommt mit Bosch-Mittelmotor und Riemenatrieb.

Kyiv–Washington: will Ukraine receive real security guarantees?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/18/kyivwashington-will-ukraine-receive-real.html

Es ist mittlerweile im Diskurs, das habe Ich auch von vielen Leuten mal gehört, auch von einigen Medien und Personen des öffentlichen Lebens wiederholt, das die Meinung im Raum ist, das manche Menschen denken könnten, wie einige Statistiken und Umfragen auch darstellen oder Expert:innen belegen, das so manche Personen vielleicht Probleme damit haben ihre eigene Meinung zu sagen, und sich hinter generellen Floskeln verstecken.

早くしてよ 何してるのよ

God I love Instruments.
And to think that Microsoft killed our awesome Instruments-inspired profiler for C# and people have to use that tasteless and useless profiler on windows.

Just voted yes for the 2025 #SAGAFTRA network code contract.
The contract that covers soap operas, talk, variety, reality, game, award shows, news and sports programing.
#actors, you should vote too!
Your voting PIN was mailed to you, or can be retrieved on the voting site.

Edgard Varèse: The Trailblazing Composer Who Inspired Frank Zappa and Brought Steve Vai into the Fold https://ourmindonmusic.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/edgard-varese-the-trailblazing-compo…

Edgard Varèse: The Trailblazing Composer Who Inspired Frank Zappa and Brought Steve Vai into the Fold
Steve Vai explained that Frank Zappa was a huge fan of Varèse’s music. Knowing this, Vai shared written scores of Varèse’s compositions with Zappa. This was the beginning of Zappa’s connection with…

“Lutamaguzi” (2025), Albizia, ebony, and copper, 22 x 17 x 14 centimeters by Donald Wasswa Via https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/08/donald-wasswas-wood-sculptures/

“On June 8th, I was kidnapped in international waters by Israel.”
– Rima Hassan; EU MEP
#europe #eu #europeanValues

And off goes a $100 donation to @… in thanks to @… and @… who just gave my brain a 15-minute upgra…

Trinke deinen Kaffee so, dass Anish Kapoor etwas dagegen hätte.

Næste års budget i den danske stat er et blodbad, DMI bliver nŸdt til at miste måske 10% af personalet ....

Die #Energieinfrastruktur in den #USA droht zum Bremsklotz für das Wachstum der #KI-Industrie zu werden.
Während in

AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over
China is “set up to hit grand slams,” longtime Chinese energy expert David Fishman told Fortune. “The U.S., at best, can get on base.”

People who would never pay an iota of attention to horoscopes are asking AI to describe their personality and sharing these texts with a straight face saying it’s so spot on… 🤷

The cult vibes are strong.

2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year finalist photos 😍 #nature

Goeie zaak. Je wilt toch geen herhaling van het vorige bezoek van Zelensky aan Circus Trump.
Stevige EU-delegatie naar Washington https://nos.nl/l/2578936#UPDATE-88196651

Von der Leyen, Merz en Macron met Zelensky naar Washington voor gesprek met Trump
Hier vind je het laatste nieuws over de onderhandelingen die een einde moeten brengen aan de Russische invasie van Oekraïne.

#bloomscrolling am #klexenhaus

Coffee prices soaring after Trump's tariffs on Brazil. What to know
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2025/08/14/coffee-prices-soaring-after-trumps-tariffs-on-brazil-what-to-know/85655792007/

Reposting @…
Die deutsche Regierung scheint darüber nachzudenken, das amerikanische WhatsApp zu zwingen, all unsere Fotos mit KI zu durchsuchen. Dann werden wir bei Europol und der Polizei gemeldet, wenn die KI auch nur ansatzweise "denkt", dass es Kinderpornografie sein könnte:

Chatcontrol 2025 - Bert Hubert's writings
Kurz zusammengefasst: Unter der Führung Dänemarks fordern viele EU-Mitgliedsstaaten, WhatsApp, Signal und co dazu zu zwingen, dass alle darüber versendeten Fotos und Links mit KI durchsucht werden. Wenn die KI auch nur den geringsten Verdacht hat, dass es sich um Kinderpornografie handeln könnte, werden dein Bild, dein Standort, deine Telefonnummer und weitere Details automatisch an Europol und eine örtliche Polizeibehörde gemeldet. Jetzt gegen Chat Control aktiv werden! Auch wenn nicht f…

@… : Zerrissen • Fernsehfilm Deutschland 2023
Trailer
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/tatort…

As @pluralistic writes here, “the American right is a brittle coalition:”
https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/14/fracture-lines/
We imagine the right as monolithic at our peril. Reply guys love, love, love to lecture me about how These People are all the same. Here’s the thing: they are not, and imagining they are is self-defeating. The right has been •incredibly• effective at finding fracture points on the left and jamming a crowbar into them. It’s time we did the same.
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Bock, Gärtner und was weiß ich.
Wichtig in Erinnerung zu behalten: ein Schwerpunkt in Trumps kürzlich veröffentlichter KI-Stretegie ist der Export von KI-Technik und Services an "Freunde und Partner". Der auf "amerikanische Werte" getrimmte Müll soll auch hier die Hirne fluten. Die Fristen zur Umsetzung laufen, wer nächstes Jahr noch ChatGPT, Perplexity usw. nutzt, dem ist nicht mehr zu helfen.

This is the manifold typt thing that I am currently roughing together for the 2nd pump from the main pond.
The through pipe will go to the filter and the two offshoots will go to the bottom returns and side sorayers which are both meant to keep the water in the pond moving toward the pump bay and discourage settling on the bottom
#poolpond #diy #backyardproject

Putin made maximalist claims to Ukrainian territory in Trump summit: Sources (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/16/putin-trump-summit-territory-claims-donetsk
http://www.memeorandum.com/250816/p53#a250816p53

PitchBook: 15.9% of VC-backed deals in 2025 so far have been down rounds, a 10-year high, with AI and ML startups accounting for 29.3% of the down rounds (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/08/14/startup-down-rounds-are-at…

Startup down rounds are at a 10 year high, according to PitchBook data
PitchBook data revealed that 15.9% of venture-backed deals in 2025 to date have been down rounds, marking a decade high.

Beratung im Laden, online gekauft: Der Einzelhandel geht gegen "Showrooming" vor
Jeder Dritte lässt sich im Laden beraten, kauft aber online. Der Einzelhandel reagiert mit Beratung gegen Honorar. Kann das funktionieren?

Russia halts oil supplies to Hungary after Ukrainian strike on Druzhba pipeline: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/18/russia-halts-oil-supplies-to.html

How much in today's money do you think the Compaq 386 was when it came out (basic version as depicted)?
And how much for the maxed-out version (120MB hard disk, 8MB RAM, math co-processor)?

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Anybody here heard of 'FlexOS'? Apparently it's 'free and lightweight'... https://www.education.govt.nz/bulletins/digital-download/30-07-25 It's what the Min of Ed is recommending for school devices that can't be upgraded to Windows 11 when …

Can someone who knows @… please tell him to add alt text to his posts (I don’t think he reads replies here.)
It’s not progressive to exclude disabled people, Robert.

"You put your nightmares up there, you put your dreams up there and people can see them better because they can stand outside of it and recognise themselves inside it."
-Holly Hunter
#acting #coaching

Read all about Chatcontrol and why we should resist it. This sentence is extremely scary.... "Specifically, this AI will have to be built by WhatsApp/Meta so they can monitor us on behalf of the EU" 😱
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/chatcontrol-in-brief/

Chatcontrol 2025 edition in Brief - Bert Hubert's writings
In short, led by Denmark, many EU member states are arguing for forcing WhatsApp/Signal/etc to inspect all our photos and links, using AI. If the AI is in any “doubt” if this might be child pornography, your photo, location, phone number & other details get reported to Europol and a local police force. What happens next is not specified, but your holiday in Cyprus might end up with you having to explain your photos over at the local police station.

Let's not forget ...
(Via @…
https://mastodon.nl/@isa_yusibov@bird.makeup/115043093527989714 )

ICE To Open Or Expand 125 Concentration Camps - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/ice-to-open-or-expand-125-concentration-camps/

In #Leipzig steht Deutschlands größte #Solarthermieanlage kurz vor der Inbetriebnahme.
Auf 14 Hektar liefern über 13.000 #Vakuumröhren-Kollektoren künftig rund 26 Gigawattstun…

plumbing adjustments
I tried every combination of elbow and T junction with the pump flowing at low and high speed to figure out which way looked best and directed the most water down to the bottom of the filter.
The conclusion was that there didn't seem to be much difference at all as far as water going down instead of spilling out the top unless I extend the breather pipe about 30cm over the water surface.
So aesthetics win. The pump hoses will lie as flat as possible into the filter and the breather is just above the water surface.
One hose is from the main pump in the pump bay. The other hose is from the pump in the pool pond that will draw water from the bottom of the pond and direct it to either the filter or the bottom sprayers/circulators or both.
I think that's all I will do today. I thought I might talk with some of the plumbing for the sprayers, but I don't feel like it lol.
This rubber mallet has saved me so much grunting and pulling lol. Highly recommend.
The ratchet pipe cutter is pretty awesome too. Worth every penny.
#poolpond #diy #backyardproject

Humanoid Robot Games highlighted robotics advancements but also limitations, with robots tripping over each other; one robot ran faster than many amateur humans (Yan Zhuang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/world/asia/china-humanoid-robot-games.…

At China’s Humanoid Robot Games, Athletes Fell Down a Lot
The Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing — featuring running, kickboxing and soccer — highlighted advancements in robotics. Limitations, too.

After Meeting Putin, Trump Reverts to Land Swaps for Peace in Ukraine (Steven Erlanger/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/world/europe/trump-putin-ukraine-land-swap.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ek8.NJai.pAfzJIZCoa4C&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250816/p54#a250816p54

An excellent read on how Google is killing the Open Web through attacks on XML and other technical standards.
https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/google-killing-open-web/

Ohne mechanische Verbindung: Virtuelles Kuppeln von Zügen per Ultrabreitband
Das DLR hat ein Funksystem für den Bahnsektor auf Basis von Ultrabreitband-Technologie getestet. Es soll das virtuelle Verknüpfen von Zugverbänden ermöglichen.

Top Russian commander seriously wounded in Ukrainian strike, Dagestan head says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/18/top-russian-commander-seriously-wounded.html

The fantasy world that so many people build in their heads to support what "they know is correct" is really amazing.
Humans seem to have evolved to bullshit themselves.

@… リレーサーバやってると、いつメンテしても登録サーバのいくつかが死んで消えているんですよ……

From the abandoned Nazi fortress in Los Angeles, to today’s Hollywood executives, to the history of the United States and all of Western Civilization, my new article:
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/tinpot-in-tinseltown/

Tinpot in Tinseltown
from the abandoned Nazi fortress in Los Angeles, to today’s Hollywood executives, to the history of the United States and all of Western Civilization When I heard a rumor there was an abandoned Nazi bunker in Los Angeles, I had to find out more. I looked into it, and

SoftBank buys Foxconn's Ohio EV plant; Foxconn will produce AI servers at the plant as part of Softbank's $500B Stargate project with OpenAI and Oracle (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-0…

Metas erste Smart Glasses mit Display werden günstiger als gedacht
Meta könnte nächsten Monat erste Smart Glasses mit Display und sEMG-Armband vorstellen. Laut Bloomberg liegt der Preis bei rund 800 US-Dollar.

WSJ: National Guard Troops In DC To Carry Weapons - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/wsj-national-guard-troops-in-dc-to-carry-weapons/

Russia occupied less than 1% of Ukraine's territory since November 2022, monitoring group says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/18/russia-occupied-less-than-of.html

I don’t ask for this often, but if you’re in the US please contact your representatives and demand that this immediately gets revoked. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/16/gaza-children-visas-medical-care-laura-loomer

It’s my last day of vacation. 😢

#まいにちカレー部

Muscle beaches, drag racing, and drones falling into the sea. Summer in Odesa hasn’t stopped: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/18/muscle-beaches-drag-racing-and.html

Report: Trump Told Zelensky To Cede Territory To Putin - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/report-trump-told-zelensky-to-cede-territory-to-putin/

はやてとかはやぶさも、大宮から一駅で仙台ついちゃうんで速くて便利なんですけど、途中の栃木県や福島県はガン無視ですからねー

A survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll finds 87% of game developers are using AI agents in their workflows; 63% expressed concerns about data ownership (Vic Hood/GamesIndustry.biz)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/87-of-game-devel…

87% of game developers are using AI agents in their workflows, says new survey
A new survey by Google Cloud and The Harris Poll has found that 87% of developers are using AI agents in their workflow…

Trump's proposal – Can meetings really end the war?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/16/trumps-proposal-can-meetings-really.html

@… 多い印象でしたねー。見つけられなかった！

Robot counterattack! Ukraine rolls gun-‘bots into brutal Pokrovsk battle
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/16/armed-robots-pokrovsk/

A look at the "Palantir Mafia", a group of Palantir alumni who have started or are leading 350 tech companies, including at least a dozen valued at $1B (Angel Au-Yeung/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/the-…

Oval Office 2.0? Trump and Zelenskyy meet in Washington this Monday: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/oval-office-trump-and-zelenskyy.html

Mom and child detained over visa error released from US facility - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/08/16/mom-and-child-detained-over-visa-error-released-from-us-facility/

Trump-Putin summit as Russia advances in Donetsk Oblast | Ukraine This Week: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/trumpputin-summit-as-russia-advances.html

#はてなハイクの日 では？？

Grammarly debuts AI agents for writing and grading assistance, including an AI grader and a citation finder agent, available for Grammarly Free and Pro users (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/760508/grammarly-ai-agents-help-students-ed…

Grammarly says its AI agent can predict an A paper
Grammarly is launching several new AI agents for specific writing challenges for educators and students. It can catch plagiarism and even predict a grade.

Russia redeploys troops for new push in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine's army chief says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/18/russia-redeploys-troops-for-new.html

State leaders brace for ‘heavy lift’ from Medicaid, food stamp changes • Louisiana Illuminator
https://lailluminator.com/2025/08/16/medicaid-food/

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IVIX, which uses AI to help regulators detect financial fraud, raised a $60M Series B led by OG Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $85M (Marc Vartabedian/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-s…

Searching for PEACE: Zelenskyy arrives in WASHINGTON to meet with TRUMP #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/18/searching-for-peace-zelenskyy-arrives.html

@… おはよー！

Digital bank Monzo, which has 13M UK customers, plans to launch a mobile phone service; Revolut and Klarna, each with ~11M UK customers, announced similar plans (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/1c6ce97e-f358-4249-b264-67c71b764164

Frontline report: Russian commanders vanish after questioning orders of "meat grinder" near Pokrovsk - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/17/frontline-report-russian-commanders-vanish-after-questioning-orders-of-meat-grinder-near-pokrovsk/

Ukrainian troops advance in Sumy oblast, General Staff says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/ukrainian-troops-advance-in-sumy.html

@… せめてコミケとの間に一日あれば……

Medallion, which automates healthcare back-office operations and compliance, raised $43M at a valuation of around $440M, bringing its total raised to $130M (Medallion)
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-r…

Medallion Raises $43 Million to Expand AI Infrastructure and Launch the First National Credentialing Clearinghouse
/PRNewswire/ -- Medallion, the leader in AI-powered provider network infrastructure, today announced it has raised $43 million in new funding. Acrew Capital...

'Putin cannot be trusted' — Nordic, Baltic countries issue joint statement supporting Ukraine's sovereignty: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/16/putin-cannot-be-trusted-nordic.html

……仕事に行かねば
おはようございます。

Sources: the EU and US are delaying formalizing their trade deal over "non-tariff barriers", including relaxing the DSA, which the EU sees as a red line (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3f67b6ca-7259-4612-8e51-12b497128552

'International borders cannot be changed by force,' — von der Leyen says in Brussels ahead of Trump meeting: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/international-borders-cannot-be-changed.html

「メンテナンスに入ります」
「そう言い残して、あのサーバも消えて行ったのじゃ……」

Observability and site reliability startup Traversal emerges from stealth with $48M in seed and Series A funding led by Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/06/18…

Traversal emerges from stealth with $48 million from Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins to reimagine site reliability in the AI era
Traversal launches from stealth with $48 million in funding from Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins, Fortune has exclusively learned.

Slovakia's Fico praises Putin-Trump summit, repeats Kremlin propaganda: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/slovakias-fico-praises-putintrump-summit.html

❗️ZELENSKYY: PUTIN MUST STOP THE KILLINGS! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/17/zelenskyy-putin-must-stop-the.html

あと、リレーサーバはRedisが永続データベースです。

Boston-based Maven, which builds autonomous AI agents for enterprises' customer support, raised a $50M Series B led by Dell, taking its total funding to $78M (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-softw…

Exclusive: Maven AGI raises $50M Series B
The Series B was led by Dell Technologies Capital.

Diplomacy or illusion? Ukrainian ex-ambassador on the meeting in Alaska #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/16/diplomacy-or-illusion-ukrainian-exambassador.html

Redisは、複数プロセスで共有するキャッシュとか、同期オブジェクトとか、メッセージブローカー（Pub/Sub）とか、一定時間で消える機能とか、速くて多機能でいろいろ便利なんすよ。

さっきメディアサーバのキャッシュ飛ばしたり再起動かけたりしまして、そろそろ落ち着いてきてるかと思うので、様子見てください。
#fedibird #fedibird_info

Cannes Lions: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says YouTube Shorts now averages 200B daily views, up 186% from 70B daily views reported in March 2024 (Kayla Cobb/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/youtube-shorts-200-billion-daily-views/

YouTube Shorts Now Averages 200 Billion Daily Views
YouTube Shorts now averages 200 billion daily views, CEO Neal Mohan announced during his keynote at Cannes Lions 2025.

Intel names new engineering leadership, appointing Srinivasan Iyengar, Jean-Didier Allegrucci, and Shailendra Desai, as part of CEO Lip-Bu Tan's turnaround (Ian King/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Leaked documents claim 'catastrophic' losses in Russia's 41st Combined Arms Army while fighting in Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/leaked-documents-claim-catastrophic-losses.html

OpenAI says it is phasing out its work with Scale AI, in which Meta invested billions; Scale accounted for a small fraction of OpenAI's overall data needs (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

The European Commission accuses Chinese marketplace AliExpress of failing to tackle illegal products on its platform, in preliminary findings under the DSA (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Kellogg 'in the ascendancy lately' as Trump shifts toward tougher Russia stance, Telegraph reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/kellogg-in-the-ascendancy-lately.html

Ex-defense minister appointed secretary of Ukraine's Security Council: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/18/exdefense-minister-appointed-secretary-of.html

The Russian offensive is at a standstill: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/17/the-russian-offensive-is-at.html