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Só agora eu descobri que em abril faleceu a #MaireBrennan (irmã da #Enya e principal componente da banda #Clannad). Fiquei triste agora, gostava da música dela.

The United States and Iran on Monday
missed their 60-day deadline to reach a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear program
under the terms of the cease-fire they agreed to in June,
-- underlining the breakdown of a truce that Trump promised would end the war.
https://www.

U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War
President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.

David and Larry Ellison Sued by Paramount Investor Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
The lawsuit claims that the Ellisons illegally promised to overhaul CNN as the administration looks to reshape media.
The complaint follows a coalition of state attorneys general,
the Writers Guild of America
and Paramount subscribers filing lawsuits against the studio.
A fourth lawsuit has been filed looking to block Paramount‘s bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery
-- this t…

David and Larry Ellison Sued by Paramount Investor Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
The lawsuit claims that the Ellisons illegally promised to overhaul CNN as the administration looks to reshape media. The complaint follows a coalition of state attorneys general, the Writers Guild of America and Paramount+ subscribers filing lawsuits against the studio.

Okta agrees to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso; source: the acquisition is valued at just under $200M and is structured as an almost all-cash deal (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/30/okta-buys-ai-securi…

Okta buys AI security startup Permiso; source says for about $200M | TechCrunch
The deal gives Okta identity threat detection capabilities as enterprises seek to secure AI agents and other non-human identities across cloud environments.

Ein September – viele Möglichkeiten!
Im September ist ganz Deutschland ein bisschen Solawi.
Höfe öffnen ihre Türen. Menschen treffen sich. Wir feiern die Ernährungswende!
Beim Solawi-September 2026 zeigen Solawis, was bei ihnen alles los ist – und laden euch ein, dabei zu sein.
In einer Solawi werden Menschen zu Teilhaber:innen ihrer Lebensmittelversorgung. Und beim Solawi-September kannst du erleben, wie das konkret aussieht.
‍🌾 Auf dem Acker mitmachen
🌱 G…

Since it was relevant to a discussion I just had on here and is something most people probably haven't thought about much (unless you've taken one of a handful of philosophy classes), I thought I'd try to lay out a key piece of Descartes' Meditations (#philosophy

Major U.S. cloud providers are urging Washington to push back against South Korea’s planned overhaul of the security approval system for cloud providers serving its government agencies.
https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/busines

U.S. cloud giants challenge South Korea's public cloud security overhaul
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud are pushing back against South Korea’s public cloud security overhaul, warning the new rules could block market access and violate fair trade principles.

Shelves, reading activity etc | decisions.joinbookwyrm.com
"Looking through our Issues log, one of the most consistent sources of both confusion and frustration seems to be both the user interface and the mental model for the related concepts of shelves and readthroughs."
-- Hugh
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Shelves, reading activity etc
Looking through our Issues log, one of the most consistent sources of both confusion and frustration seems to be both the user interface and the mental model for the related concepts of shelves and readthroughs.@Mouse has had a draft PR for this since 2022. We all seem to agree in principle that the current arrangement needs to be fixed, but whilst I personally agree with the gist of Mouse's proposal there (deprecate default/functional shelves completely and use ReadThroughs to hold all reading…

An American oil company connected to Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received permission from the local authorities.
Materials to prepare for drilling were brought ashore in recent days on Greenland’s eastern coast.
https://www.…

I agree that discoverability is important, but ACM is a learned society first. Thus, traffic to the DL shouldn’t be the sole metric. I’m not paying membership dues and (outrageous) conference fees on top of it just for the publishing.
It’s a part, for sure, but more importantly, it’s a community that upholds certain academic and professional principles (notably the Code). Or at least it should be.