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This is the only correct policy, and I'm glad Brown is being light-handed instead of doing things because "something must be done".
https://today.brown.edu/announcements/212834

HOLY FRIJOLES. Remasters, multiple Fallout releases, completely new games & even new TV shows...
I'll bet $1000 Asha pointed a gun at anyone at Xbox not working on CoD, WoW or Candy Crush.
▶️ Bethesda's MASSIVE Fallout Announcements...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=1DS_we0lo2

The iPhone Duo's squat, tablet-like outer display is a compromise, and a book-shaped foldable may lack wide appeal; its right-side UI bias is akin to a book (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
https://daringfireball.net/2026/09/thoughts_and_obser…

Thoughts and Observations on Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ Event; the Announcements of the iPhones 18 Pro, AirPods 5, Apple Watches Series 12 and Ultra 4, and the iPhone Duo; and the Dawn of the Ternus, John Ternus Era at Apple
The keynote, the products, and a new era.

MrBeast is going to encourage people to rely on Gemini AI for info on extreme situations. Am I the only one who finds this highly irresponsible?
https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/mrbeast-gemini-google-healt…

Now, I don't especially like the term "church" so I may use something else... like "coven." You can do what you want. But I happen to have already mapped out an example. (It is exactly that, just an example, so take if it's useful, change if you need, and don't stick to anything too closely.) Oh, this mapping also means that you would, for religious reasons, only be allowed to work under capitalism 4 days a week instead of 5.
Given the increases in productivity over the last 100 years, a 4 day work week is a completely reasonable expectation. If we have to annex Monday for the weekend by force of religion, so be it. It is rightfully ours anyway. If enough people try it, this will probably work. If it doesn't work, it just needs more people.
The Practice of Worship:
It is recommended to break down worship in to three sections: the functional, the communal, and the spiritual. It is also recommended to break these across multiple days. A common structure for some Christian churches is to take 10-15 minutes for announcements (Functional), an hour or two for services (Spiritual), followed by (Communal) coffee, tea, and cookies for an unspecified time up to two hours after. When starting or working with limited time a single compressed model like this may work, but it's not optimal.
- The Functional
The purpose of this section is to address the functional needs of the coven. Block out time (less than 90 minute blocks is recommended) to go through reports and updates from those involved in the Dispensary, Library, Works Committee (infrastructure), and Services Committee (providing services internally and, potentially, externally). Talk through any additional announcements, including those from other covens you may be federated with.
It is helpful to include unstructured communal time, such as shared meals, during or after functional meetings. As the federation grows, more time will be needed. It is recommended to break functional meetings, work parties, and such across multiple days. When a federation becomes sufficiently large, it is recommended to take every Monday, on top of Saturday and Sunday, as a third day of community and worship.
The scope of the functional spans 3 realms (which may be more-or-less fluid): the personal or family, the coven and federation, and humanity itself. It is up to each coven and individual to negotiate how to allocate the three days of the weekend once we have liberated Monday from the work week, but it is important to reserve it for one of these three. However, some people must work on weekends. Medical personnel, for example, cannot conform to a standard work week. While the work week should be universally restricted, which specific days are used will be up to the specific coven and their members.
A functional meeting can start with an agenda like the following:
Functional Invocation
Announcements
Report Backs
Dispensary
Inventory Check
What is low
What is empty
What is expiring
What is needed
Funds status
Library
Inventory Check and Items needing return
Library acquisition requests
Funds status and budget check
Works Committee
Upcoming projects
Subcommittee updates (Following the Works Committee agenda)
New committee formations
Funds status
Services Committee
New capabilities announcements
New needs requests
Subcommittee updates (Following the Works Committee agenda)
New committee formations
Funds status
Task Check
Breaking the Circle
This agenda is a suggestion for those who don't know where to start. It can be adapted or ignored as appropriate.
- The Spiritual
Spirituality is necessarily an undefined space. It is deeply personal. Each individual taking time to share their own personal spiritual experiences can help each connect with each other. This experience of connection can itself be a spiritual experience. It may also be useful to read esoteric, mystical, or philosophical texts together as type of "book club" and share thoughts. Others may draw from their own knowledge or traditions. This is something that must be defined together within a group.
- The Communal
The communal aspect of the practice of worship bind the coven and federation together. Within the community we find joy and release, connection and comfort. The coven is where we turn in times of need, and where we share our hopes and dreams.

Ofcom says Radio Caroline breached broadcasting rules in May after a staffer "out of curiosity" played pre-recorded announcements saying King Charles had died (Frankie Allan/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckge094k2k1o

Radio Caroline breached Ofcom rules after mistakenly announcing King Charles's death
A correction and apology wasn't aired until 30 minutes after the incident occurred.

NASA has announced that it will release a solicitation related to lunar surface power this month
and that it is considering sending a rover powered by a
"radioisotope thermoelectric generator" (RTG) to the moon.
In a press conference,
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Moon Base Program Manager Carlos García-Galšn discussed new award announcements
to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive machines
to deliver NASA science payloads to…

NASA prepares to solicit moon surface power, teases RTG-powered moon rover

CFP: Governing Global Empires: Ideas and Practices of Political Order, 5–6 March 2027
My colleague, Paula Hastings, is putting on what looks like an excellent conference at the University of Toronto. The deadline for proposals is 10 July. Consider applying!
https://

Before the troops and further announcements land, we want to know where GetUp members think: How do you feel about the United States expanding its military presence in Australia?
#AUSPOL #AUKUS

Review and Walk Away From AUKUS!
The $368 billion military pact between Australia, the US and UK was signed in secret by Scott Morrison in 2021, and waved through by Labor in a matter of days.

Statement from CBP Commissioner Rodney S. Scott correcting the record on Big Bend border security projects (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/announcements/statement-cbp-commissioner-rodney-s-scott-correcting-record-big-bend
http://www.memeorandum.com/260814/p32#a260814p32

Good to see that Proxmox chose Canada as their North America subsidiary.
I hope they open a presence in the Fediverse soon.
Proxmox expands Enterprise Support to 24/7 and launches Proxmox North America Inc.
https://www.

No crazy announcements! She listened to me :-)

Historical #Accordion Pre Recorded Announcement 🎙️
@… radio 2008-04
I’ll have to revive this one
It was perhaps my favourite PRA and would be great to get back on rotation before the big 2029 first 🪗 bicentennial
Needs updated show ti…

Accordion Noir radio playlist 2008-04: Historical Accordion PRA
Here is the last of a pack of PSAs (public service announcements) Bruce whipped up one crazy weekend in 2008, promoting specific then-upcoming member drive special episodes of our alt-squeezebox Ac…

Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro says the company is "exploring a free product for consumers" as a way to expand its reach and help funnel Disney subscriber growth (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Disney Is “Exploring” Launching Its Own FAST Offering
While there were no launch announcements Wednesday, CEO Josh D'Amaro said it's "definitely something" the company is considering.

Flights not included, huh. ;)
@… https://mastodon.social/@esoastronomy/117201902677257912

Finally, the Philippines’ Department of Transportation has published railway standards for line colors, station names, station codes, and announcements. 🚈
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil

File:Department of Transportation (Philippines) Railway Network Legibility Standards (RNLS) - D.O.-2026-014 - 19 June 2026.pdf - Wikimedia Commons

Raiders takeaways: Right guard competition goes down to the wire https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-takeaways-right-guard-competition-goes-down-to-the-wire-3870941/

The ESO VLT has four Unit Telescopes (UT).
Yet at present only one of them, UT4, has an adaptive optics facility, which includes a deformable mirror.
Adaptive mirrors play a crucial role in adaptive optics facilities that correct observations for the atmosphere's blurring effect.
Because of this and its highly demanded instruments,
UT4 is one of the most oversubscribed telescopes on Earth.
Today we signed a contract with AdOptica for the design & produc…

ESO signs contract for next-generation deformable mirror for the VLT
ESO signs contract for next-generation deformable mirror for the VLT

RE: #MillyWay Trail to #Garching - #ag2026garching

All the Swiss utilities (of which there are many local / regional ones) had to publish their 2027 pricing recently, hence the many announcements. I won’t highlight them all.

Approximately 3.5% of ASNs seen making #BGP announcements have created RPKI #ASPA objects.
This is a decent ramp up before the spec is even out of draft and the big iron from commercial router vendors have production code deployed for validating these (ASPA) paths from the #RPKI.
https://social.bgp.tools/@newaspa/statuses/01M11SXFGP5536WH52SQ0PEECF