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The secret court case 50 years ago that robbed transgender people of their rights.
https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/secret-court-case-50-years-ago-robbed-transgender-people-rights-1291857

The secret court case 50 years ago that has robbed transgender people of their rights ever since
The story of Ewan Forbes shows how trans people were able to enjoy equality - until it was quietly removed to protect male rights of succession

The Austrian Academy of Science, Mistral, and Sail Reply plan to launch Apollo, an Ancient Greek LLM trained on ~600M historical Greek words, available for free (Joel Khalili/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/apollo-ai-model-ancient-greek-secrets-papyrus/…

A New Chatbot Wants to Unlock the Secrets in Tattered Ancient Greek Records
In the hope of uncovering new details about ancient life, researchers have developed a large language model that fills in the gaps in papyrus fragments.

An interview with Rachel Accurso, whose Ms Rachel YouTube channel has 21M followers, on conservative pushback over her LGBTQ and Gaza stances, and more (Sophie McBain/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/sep/20/ms-rache…

Ms Rachel, the controversial queen of toddler TV: ‘My goal isn’t to be the most liked. It’s to help kids and speak the truth’
Her catchy videos have racked up billions of views, but Rachel Accurso’s statements on everything from Gaza to LGBTQ rights have caused a stir. She talks about screen time, song fatigue and speculation she might enter politics

#fortnightFridayMusic theme is #Brass which is just another way to say Ska
TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA feat. CHARA - The Star Of Sapphire

TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA by Héctor Romero Juárez, CHARA - The Star Of Sapph
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I'm watching Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 1x05 "Series Acclimation Mil" https://trakt.tv/shows/star-trek-starfleet-academy/seasons/1/episodes/5

Series Acclimation Mil
As a cadet sets out to solve an ancient Starfleet mystery, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and learns the value of forging her own path.…

Insofar China's push for implantable BCI development includes brain implants for the blind, this will also imply complementary development of smartglasses that may in turn render these brain implants redundant https://mas.to/@seeingwithsound/116792852939522221

Memo: the Army CIO reinstates limits on Army members' AI token usage; docs show the DOD's Ask Sage tool can access 100M tokens via an annual "enterprise pack" (Vittoria Elliott/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-army-is-burning-through-its-ai-toke…

The Army Is Burning Through Its AI Tokens
Members of the Army received an email informing them that they were rapidly depleting their AI tokens, and needed to limit use.

I'm watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4x26 "A Little Story from the Past ~My Name Is Doppio~" https://trakt.tv/shows/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure/seasons/4/episodes/26

A Little Story from the Past ~My Name Is Doppio~
On the island of Sardinia, a boy named Doppio is searching for Trish and the others on orders from Passione's boss. But Doppio has a dark secret, one that…

Googlebook OS hands-on: core services like Gmail run as Trusted Web Activities via the Play Store, on-device AI via Gemini Nano, and Pixel-aligned UX elements (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/09/21/googlebook-os-hands-on/

Googlebook OS hands-on: It’s Android, stupid
An overwhelming sense of familiarity struck me the first time I used a Googlebook. That was immediately followed by a...

I'm watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure 4x38 "Golden Wind Requiem" #JoJosBizarreAdventure

Golden Wind Requiem
Giorno achieves his dream and destiny of becoming a Gang-star.