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China's first commercial insurance policy for invasive BCI surgery is out https://insidebci.com/market/2026-08-16-picc-property-casualty-china-first-commercial-insurance-invasive-bci-surgery-zhejiang/

China's first commercial insurance policy for invasive BCI surgery is out
State-owned PICC Property and Casualty signed China's first commercial insurance policy covering invasive brain-computer interface surgery on Wednesday 12 August 2026. Counterparty is the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine. Zhejiang Provincial Government Office released a same-day industry-policy package. Hong Kong and Shenzhen BCI-tagged stocks rallied.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Parisalexa:
🎵 Chocolate
#Parisalexa
https://parisalexa.bandcamp.com/track/chocolate
https://open.spotify.com/track/3ROPjMS1zOx8qGaleYV4aY

I can’t not hear wakka-wakka.
(Colossal cookie made by daughter)

Squash Bug War Casualty Report:
Seven Adults, One Egg POD
We few, we happy few, we band of gardeners —
For he today that squashes bugs with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition.
And gentlemen in beds now safe from harm
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their trowels cheap whilst any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispian's Day.
Seven adults. One egg pod. ALL vanquished.
. …

A couple of pics from a little bike packing trip around Dorset over the weekend. We took the train to Upwey (just outside Weymouth) and cycled 110km off road across Ridges, Bridle Paths and old Roman Roads back to Poole
#cycling

I got a bunch of chocolate bars from Bulgaria. Anyone recognize any of these?

When they hit the logistics partner of KFC in Japan, Qilin also impacted the makers of Pocky chocolate biscuits.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/after-kfc-cyberattack-hits-japanese-ice-cream-giant-glico

After KFC, cyberattack hits Japanese ice cream giant Glico
Major supermarket chains pastry firms and dining halls at eldercare centres were also impacted. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Eight Israeli airstrikes hit Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase, no casualties, state TV reports (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eight-israeli-airstrikes-hit-syrias-abu-al-duhur-airbase-no-casualties-state-tv-2026-08-18/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260818/p84#a260818p84

Ten Democratic lawmakers told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a letter Sunday
that his gutting of a program focused on protecting civilians
is a leadership failure that imperils service members and erodes the military’s moral standing.
Led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the joint letter echoed concerns raised by a recent Defense Department inspector general report
that described civilian protection efforts as largely “inactive.”
Lawmakers also cited repor…

Amid Mounting War Casualties, Pete Hegseth “Defunded and Impeded” Efforts to Protect Civilians, Lawmakers Say
Ten members of Congress have warned the secretary of defense that the Trump administration’s gutting of a program focused on shielding noncombatants puts service members in peril, erodes the military’s moral standing and may violate federal law.

Thankful for the people interviewed in this article, and other like them. Difficult, important work - with good results.
ICE raids forever changed the work of these gun violence prevention workers: ‘The panic is still there’
https://www.theguard…

ICE raids forever changed the work of these gun violence prevention workers: ‘The panic is still there’
Gun violence-prevention programs are another casualty of Trump’s immigration enforcement crackdown