Beijing-based humanoid robotics company Robotera raised over $200M led by SF Group, after raising ~$146M in March at a ~$1.47B valuation (Du Zhihang/Caixin Global)
https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-04-27/rob…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio:
🎵 Chicken Leg
#DelvonLamarrOrganTrio
https://delvonlamarrorgantrio.bandcamp.com/track/chicken-leg
https://open.spotify.com/track/6BfkPZab6t8V3eoivwNt2h
The Deepest GLIMPSE of a Dense Gas Cocoon Enshrouding a #LittleRedDot: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae4ed7 -> NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-finds-strongest-evidence-yet-for-black-hole-stars/
Toxic Chicken – Funky Thief
https://archive.org/details/s65174
https://www.clongclongmoo.org/2026/07/04/t
University of Montreal resesrch into shared stress between couples found that "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and nonbinary couples" (SGD) supported each other better through stress than cishet couples - they "recover more efficiently from acute stress and display more engaged and coordinated support behaviors".
One hypothesis explaining this was, essentially, shared oppression and the need to build strong chosen families.
Congratulations to Spencer Beckman '26 M.Div.! He has been selected one of 14 fellows for the 2026 programs of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE). Also a shoutout to incoming M.A.R. student Jake Villanova (currently a Yale med school student), who was likewise chosen.
i just realized it's possible to search the elvis setlist database by jumpsuit & that there were so many jumpsuits cataloged that they can't fit into 4 screenshots. bowing to the king freaks! https://www.elvisconcerts.com/concerts/dbsearch.php
A profile of Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao, who tends to take a conservative approach to revenue projections and has chosen to raise less money than is available (Kate Clark/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/anthropic-ope
Nvidia and LG expand their partnership in AI, robotics, and mobility tech, including building an AI Factory and co-designing future data center architectures (Choi Eun-Kyung/The Chosun Daily)
https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2026/06/08/L677RKI32FDF…