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The Monday night shows of Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart are luring viewers back to basic cable, a sign of the staying power of established TV personalities (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/business/media/jon-stewart-rachel-mad…

Jon Stewart and Rachel Maddow Are Luring Liberals Back to Cable TV
Once a week, Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart are luring viewers back to basic cable.

Gesicht zeigen gegen Hass und Hetze - auf die Straße gegen den #AfD-Bundesparteitag in #Essen vom 28. bis 30. Juni 2024
Vom 28. bis 30. Juni 2024 will die AfD in der #Grugahalle Essen – im Herzen des

What green aviation policies?There's no such thing.
But that doesn't stop the aviation lobby's special pleading.
Ex-BA boss: drop green aviation policies if costs outweigh benefits | Airline industry | The Guardian
https://www.the…

A little late for World Goth Day and a lot early for Halloween, but we're doing a spooky stream! Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast co-hosts Matthew and Jam are playing Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp this Saturday, June 8th at 3pm PT/6pm ET. Join us at https://twitch.tv/bookclub4m<…

Bookclub4M - Twitch
Book Club for Masochists is a Readers’ Advisory Podcast about becoming better library staff by reading books we hate! Every month we read books from a new, randomly picked genre; then on the podcast we discuss our reading choices, opinions, and other related topics as friends and library workers.

Sources: Chinese AI startup MiniMax raised $600M led by Alibaba at a $2.5B valuation; the round remains in progress and HongShan has committed funds (Jane Zhang/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Alibaba Backs $2.5 Billion AI Startup in Second Major 2024 Deal
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is leading a financing round of at least $600 million for Chinese AI startup MiniMax, spearheading its second major deal in the space this year as it deploys capital in pursuit of growth.

LOL: Eastman begs judge to let him keep his law license, presents court with letters from Gaetz, Marge to support his cause - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2024/04/03/ea

“Asked whether there were ‘any changes to the President’s policy toward Israel and Gaza as a result of yesterday’s strike,’ White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre declared, ‘[n]othing has changed.’
In an earlier statement … White House National Security spokesman John Kirby asserted, ‘We make no bones about the fact that Israel is going to continue to have American support for the fight that they’re in to eliminate the threat from Hamas.’”

“Nothing has changed”: White House backs Israel after murder of foreign aid workers
The Biden administration doubled down on its total support for Israel's genocide in Gaza Wednesday after Israeli forces systematically and deliberately murdered seven foreign aid workers from World Central Kitchen on Monday.

Sources: Chinese AI startup MiniMax raised $600M led by Alibaba at a $2.5B valuation; the round remains in progress and HongShan has committed funds (Jane Zhang/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Alibaba Backs $2.5 Billion AI Startup in Second Major 2024 Deal
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is leading a financing round of at least $600 million for Chinese AI startup MiniMax, spearheading its second major deal in the space this year as it deploys capital in pursuit of growth.

LOL: Eastman begs judge to let him keep his law license, presents court with letters from Gaetz, Marge to support his cause - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2024/04/03/ea

Watching The Doors live at The Hollywood Bowl (1968)¹ and hacking on Kitten² and Domain³.
All in all, not a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon in my book.
(I’ve almost got database backup/restore working in Kitten and I’ve just finished porting Domain to the latest Kitten with JSDB 5⁴.)
¹ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Q…