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Announcing #Crossplane 2.0
https://blog.crossplane.io/announcing-crossplane-2-0/

Nvidia and Intel announce a partnership to develop multiple new generations of x86 products; Nvidia will purchase $5B of Intel stock at $23.28 per share (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)

Nvidia and Intel announce jointly developed 'Intel x86 RTX SOCs' for PCs with Nvidia graphics, also custom Nvidia data center x86 processors — Nvidia buys $5 billion in Intel stock in seismic deal
Cats and Dogs, living together!

Trump’s Department of Education has announced that it will partner with right-wing think tanks and organizations to develop a new curriculum for “patriotic education” in American classrooms.
Earlier this week, the Trump administration redirected $137 million initially meant for programs aimed at minority students toward what it described as “American history and civics education.”
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Wednesday that the money will be directed toward discret…

Trump Ed Dept. Partners With Right-Groups to Spread White-Washed Civics Lessons in 'Schools Across the Nation' | Common Dreams
The Department of Education has announced a new initiative to instill "patriotic education" across the US by giving grants to schools that adopt a US history curriculum written by MAGA-aligned groups like PragerU and Turning Point USA.

NFL Week 3 picks: Jets, Browns among underdogs worth backing

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-3-picks-jets-browns-among-underdogs-worth-backing/

Fascinating stuff, an open protocol by Google to let agents make payments.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/pro…

Announcing Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) | Google Cloud Blog
Learn more about the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), an open protocol that builds on A2A, Agent to Agent Protocol. AP2 was developed by Google with leading payments and technology companies to securely initiate and transact agent-led payments across platforms.

CeeDee Lamb ranked among the league's best https://insidethestar.com/ceedee-lamb-ranked-among-the-leagues-best

The end of Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ has implications beyond late-night TV
The facts are these: The highest-rated show on late night was nominated for an Emmy on Tuesday. On Thursday, Paramount/CBS announced its cancellation.
Stephen Colbert announced at the Thursday evening taping of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that he’d found out, only the night before, that his show would be canceled at the end of the season, in May 2026,
and that no one would be replacing him. “I…

The end of Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ has implications beyond late-night TV
Stephen Colbert announced at the Thursday evening taping of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” that his show would be canceled at the end of the season.

Bears defense aiming to ‘affect the quarterback’ https://www.chicagobears.com/news/bears-defense-aiming-to-affect-the-quarterback-cowboys-2025-week-3

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
https://www.…