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Comcast's streamer Peacock launches a membership program that offers complimentary subscriptions, including for Instacart, and discounts at some online stores (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/08/peacock-membership-program-instacart-nbc-shop/

Peacock launches membership program with Instacart Plus, NBC Shop perks
Peacock will offer a complementary subscription to Instacart Plus, discounts on NBCU Shop and Pizza Hut and other perks.

How a bipartisan coalition of US states fought to present a united case against Meta; Judge Rogers established a hybrid structure for the multi-week trial (Diana Novak Jones/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/w

U.S.-Iran talks postponed as Vance cancels trip and Israel intensifies strikes in southern Lebanon (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/us-iran-talks-postponed-vance-cancels-trip-israel-strikes-lebanon-rcna350830
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p26#a260619p26

Commanders vs. Cowboys: 5 Things To Know About This Historic NFC East Rivalry https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/cowboys-commanders-rivalry-nfc-east-history

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signs an executive order imposing new requirements on data center projects, including getting approval from local officials (Allan Smith/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-elec

Gov. Josh Shapiro issues a new executive order on data centers in Pennsylvania
Shapiro, a potential Democratic 2028 contender, earlier welcomed data center developments. His new executive order takes a starkly different tone toward the industry.

On this date in 1979, the tailings dam for the Church Rock #uranium mine in New Mexico burst. Over a thousand tons of uranium waste and millions of gallons of radioactive water were released into Rio Puerco, including into Navajo lands. #mining

Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster, Is Still Poisoning Navajo Lands 40 Years Later
Residents say they've been ignored even as they struggle with contaminated water and worry about having children.

Last year I posted about the anti-EU posters hanging all over Budapest. This year they're gone, and instead there are noticeably more EU flags. Great city, this Budapest!
#EU #Europe #Hungary

Two years ago I got the hardware for a RAID-mirrored 12TB storage array for all my precious files, particularly my video and music archives. I then dragged my feet ever setting up the software for it so it's sat unused, spinning.
Now in about two days an AI has set up a custom operating system for it to run syncthing, sshfs, restic, and local mounts for me. (It could have done NFS or SMB but I don't need those.) There's a day or two more of testing and tuning but it's already proving useful.
I am 100% a convert for using Claude Code (with Opus) for devops stuff. I have always been fairly competent as a sysadmin but I never loved doing it. And it sure is nice using Nix to have a declarative setup instead of ad hoc installing things.

2026 NFL Odds: Will Cowboys Or Eagles Win NFC East? https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2026-nfl-odds-will-cowboys-eagles-win-nfc-east