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Abu Dhabi broke ground on Dar al Funoon (House of the Arts),
a major performing arts center on Saadiyat Island set to open by 2030.
Designed by the late architect Frank Gehry,
it will seat over 6,000 patrons across a main 2,000-seat multipurpose hall,
a 3,500-seat amphitheater,
and smaller performance venues

Construction Begins on Frank Gehry's Dar al Funoon Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Center
Construction has started on Dar al Funoon Abu Dhabi, one of Frank Gehry's final works, a performing arts hub opening in 2030 on Saadiyat Island.

Perverts of the world rejoice! It’s Meta’s new dodgy old mate glasses https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jul/15/perverts-of-the-world-rejoice-its-metas-new-dodgy-old-mate-gla…

"Across a variety of tasks, including mathematical reasoning and reading comprehension, we find that although AI assistance improves performance in the short-term, people perform significantly worse without AI and are more likely to give up."
https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.04721

AI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent Performance
People often optimize for long-term goals in collaboration: A mentor or companion doesn't just answer questions, but also scaffolds learning, tracks progress, and prioritizes the other person's growth over immediate results. In contrast, current AI systems are fundamentally short-sighted collaborators - optimized for providing instant and complete responses, without ever saying no (unless for safety reasons). What are the consequences of this dynamic? Here, through a series of randomized contro…

faa_routes: FAA Preferred Routes (2010)
A network of air traffic routes, from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) National Flight Data Center (NFDC) preferred routes database (www.fly.faa.gov). Date of extraction is prior to 2010. Nodes represent airports or service centers, and a directed edge is the preferred route between airport i and airport j.
This network has 1226 nodes and 2615 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Airport, Unweighted

Logged in to Twitter to retrieve these worthy images from a poster session long ago:
#teleportation #commute #biking

RE: https://social.coop/@scottjenson/116758795818338837
"The problem? It's nearly impossible to get! It's locked behind proprietary silos."
Well, this is only true for people who were careless with introducing proprietary solutions …

‘It’s like stealing’: Palestinian family’s seized property listed on Booking.com
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/palestinian-family-seized-property-listed-on-booking-com?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

‘It’s like stealing’: Palestinian family’s seized property listed on Booking.com
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/palestinian-family-seized-property-listed-on-booking-com?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

A voyage towards the South Pole performed in the years 1822–24. Containing an examination of the Antarctic Sea, to the seventy-fourth degree of latitude; and a visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular account of the inhabitants. To which is added, much useful information on the coasting navigation of Cape Horn, and the adjacent lands.
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A voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the years 1822-24: containing an examination of the Antarctic Sea to the seventy-fourth degree of latitude, and a visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular account of the inhabitants : Weddell, James : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
iv, 276 p., [4] leaves of plates: ill. (some folded, 1 col.), maps (some folded); 22 cm. Subtitle: To which is added much useful information on the coasting...