2026-08-24 15:13:08
Taxpayers to fund clear-up of illegal dumps in West Yorkshire, Surrey and Kent https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/taxpayers-to-fund-clear-up-of-dumps-in-west-yorkshire-surrey-and-kent
Taxpayers to fund clear-up of illegal dumps in West Yorkshire, Surrey and Kent https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/taxpayers-to-fund-clear-up-of-dumps-in-west-yorkshire-surrey-and-kent
There are several, overlapping reasons for the bond market sell-off.
One is inflation.
Treasuries, which pay a fixed amount each year, are in part a bet on the future value of money
– with higher inflation eroding the real value of those payments.
With the Iran conflict slipping towards a forever war, keeping oil prices elevated,
and amid concerns about the new Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh’s willingness to raise interest rates,
investors are fretting …
RE: https://mastodon.social/@cwillmes/116969071689696901
“Israel is defending itself against Islamofascists who have been terrorizing the country for years. Russia is making a clear war of conquest/aggression without defending itself against a…
OpenAI says ChatGPT Voice can now be powered by GPT-6 Astra, Sol, and Luna, use plugins like email and calendar, and be used in ChatGPT Work on web and mobile (@openai)
https://x.com/openai/status/2102808325742322002
An ounce of clear truth is worth a pound of obfuscation.
NFL Week 2 All-Stars: A Clear Early MVP Frontrunner Has Emerged https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-week-2-all-stars-clear-early-mvp-frontrunner-has-emerged
'Leuchtturm' #FotoVorschlag
From holidays at the baltic sea, a couple of years ago.
#photography #balticsea
"Now targeting Friday, July 24 for Starship’s thirteenth flight test, due to weather," SpaceX xeeted minutes ago: "A key objective for the flight test is to get clear imagery from the ground of Starship’s heatshield as it flies at a higher dynamic pressure during ascent, which won't be possible with today's weather conditions. Visibility is forecast to be ideal for a Friday attempt." #Starship
End Of The Heat (2026)
(Vanilla Sky on the last eve of (one of) the heat wave(s) this summer...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography
A clear winner emerged from the Raiders’ preseason win vs. the Texans https://raiderramble.com/2026/08/21/a-clear-winner-emerged-from-the-raiders-preseason-win-vs-the-texans/
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I do lots of long-ish horizon work (e.g. OpenSSL PRs I can't actually use for years after merging). Remarkable how bad LLMs are at even considering this as an option. Quick fix every time, even if there's a clear long-term right answer we should do instead. Does not bode well for the ecosystem...
“It’s always regrettable when our relations deteriorate, and it is clear that the U.S. is at fault here,” said Douglas Irwin, the Dartmouth College economist regarded as the leading American academic expert on trade. “But let’s hope the Americans come to their senses, decide the friction isn’t worth it, and the two countries get back to negotiating.
“But,” he added, “the Canadians have to realize it won’t be over until this administration is over.”
#Warmongering as usual from the Burnham government.
Streeting: “ Trump has called on Europe to carry a greater share of the burden for our own defence, and he is right to do so.
“The UK has always been a leading light on defence spending, but the world is changing and in these dangerous uncertain times it is clear that we have needed to go further.
“..we’ve committed £298 billi…
I spend most time working with Claude on refinishing plans, researching, questioning and just figuring things out.
Here’s the output of one session, about a hour or so including time to exhaustively confirm via scratch code every JetStream feature beheviourc etc.
This turned into 4 phases of implementation each done in clear contexts
Very happy with the extend and depth of this. Thought I would share maybe helps someone to see that
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117321472105616428
I have entirely given up caring about the shape of 2040 or beyond. It’s not clear to me that “China Wins” would be worse than “USA Wins” in the long term. China remains, for now, a thugocracy …
Super Bowl odds: Bills now clear No. 2, plus what history tells us about 1-1 Ravens https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7620431/2026/09/22/super-bowl-odds-bills-ravens-rams/
The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly
Bill McKibben
Though 2026 seems likely to set a new global temperature record (and 2027, as El Niño gathers steam, is almost certain to break it), and though the planet has careened from one climate disaster to another (European heatwaves that killed tens of thousands, a Nepali flood that wiped out entire communities), and though scientists warn that we’re reaching precisely the global tipping points they’ve…
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/2s7GPs9fbWKFjl9od64iwx
"Vivid…
My last day in the office before a five-week break! Time to ensure everything is finished and wrapped up so I can leave with a clear conscience. Task one: water my office plants! 🪴
“What you should be consistent about is this ***process of naming*** itself. The decision of what to name something should take in as many inputs as you can gather, not just the type of the thing, and not even just its current usage. Look around, consider essence, and also consider symmetry.”
https://kolemannix.com/blog/h…

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The biggest issue for Dallas heading into training camp is clear as day https://insidethestar.com/the-biggest-issue-for-dallas-heading-into-training-camp-is-clear-as-day
„Let's be clear: it is theoretically possible that AI will take over the world. I'm no fortune teller. But ask yourself, does that idea sound similar to other stories you've heard out of Silicon Valley in the past?
Weren't we all supposed to be living in Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse by now? Wasn't Bitcoin going to replace all the world's currency?“
Why AI companies want you to be afraid of them
WOW! (and about time we see other diplomats be as clear)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/uk-france-diplomats-israel-palestine?CMP=share_btn_url
WOW! (and about time we see other diplomats be as clear)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/uk-france-diplomats-israel-palestine?CMP=share_btn_url
Any reliance on Palantir is an overreliance on Palantir.
"Pentagon Investigators Say Overreliance on Palantir AI Tech Contributed to U.S. Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Children"
https://gizmodo.com/pentag…
It's nice how clear the sky is, today 🥰
Trump Is Losing Patience Over an Iran War With No Clear End in Sight (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-is-losing-patience-over-an-iran-war-with-no-clear-end-in-sight-c411d3cd?st=gbvv28
http://www.memeorandum.com/260723/p143#a260723p143
“As everyone knows, on Monday, the U.S. administration announced its intention to impose the latest in a series of unilateral, unwarranted trade actions. And we’re clear: Canadian governments around this table will do whatever it takes to defend and support our families, our workers, and our businesses.”
-Mark Carney
I do find the #openweight discussions quite interesting. As a #floss developer I generally favour openness although I'm never quite clear what the training inputs are. They could be the product of #distillation
There is one solitary (and very literal) ray of sunshine amidst the climate change gloom:
the steady rise of solar, wind and batteries.
That clean energy trinity has broken out of its Chinese base and over the last few years expanded quickly across the planet
– from Karachi to California to Cuba, solar panels are going up faster than any energy source has ever grown.
It’s even begun to demonstrate that it can drive emissions down:
China seems to have started o…
Raiders’ Kubiak Sets Clear Expectations Ahead of Los Angeles Trip https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-kubiak-sets-clear-expectations-ahead-los-angeles-trip
While announcing the Paramount settlement, which includes minor concessions to states, Rob Bonta made clear that he personally is not in favor of the merger (Erik Hayden/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/busin…
from my link log —
Tech ain't that deep - and that's a problem.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/tech-aint-deep
saved 2026-07-20 https://…
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
@… to be clear I don’t believe it was loaded but I can’t say conclusively
It's becoming clear what John Harbaugh's biggest challenge with the Giants will be https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7462292/2026/07/22/john-harbaugh-ny-giants-coach-challenge/
RE: https://flipboard.com/@independent/uk-politics-o7qj2rmtz/-/a-buW7fBFaTC6WavJgkdxwPQ:a:1855170754-/0
As worthy as it sounds, let's be clear that rough sleeping needs to be solved 'at so…
I don't think the Ceuta crisis is given the importance it deserves in the UK.
Its been a focal point, a cause célèbre, for neofascist #hatemongering and #MigrantMoralPanic
Police clear Ceuta migrants off beaches in Spanish enclave | Migration News | Al Jazeera
Raiders’ Kubiak Sets Clear Expectations Ahead of Los Angeles Trip https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-kubiak-sets-clear-expectations-ahead-los-angeles-trip
Claude Code changed how it handles responses from sub agents now - discards the response after a few turns to keep context clear.
Using this and one of those "grill me" skills i went from nothing to a 21 plan implementation over 12 000 lines of code from initial discovery to feature built in a single context filled to 70%. Do all research, implementation etc in sub agents and the orchestrator uses super little context throughout.
Really cool
RE: https://mastodon.social/@burger_jaap/117127216563129060
Clever is by a clear margin the largest public CPO in Denmark - at least among those whose underlying data is published. Like many others, they do not provide the price information required un…
8 Winners and Losers From Cardinals' Ugly Loss to Cowboys https://www.si.com/nfl/cardinals/onsi/8-winners-losers-arizona-cardinals-ugly-loss-dallas-cowboys
RE: https://mastodon.social/@baraa1998/117118387784992039
A year ago, Ibrahim was a bright, cheerful child who spoke to me in clear, fluent, confident English. Now, he is very ill. Malnutrition is affecting all of the children of
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
For those that don't know, I help run a large women in technology chat group on Slack. It's been going for 11 years now! (ask me for an invite if you want one and that's appropriate!)
It has deeply shaped how I think about technology, especially the social side. There is so much embodied knowledge in that community, it's amazing. And it's also such a window into how much the mainstream of technology writing is dominated by men. We talk about it differently! We're much more likely to be critical, and to be critical of the _structures_ in tech. Sometimes that comes off as kneejerk "Ugh BRIAN!" to some of the bullshit men to do women in the workplace, but also embedded underneath is an understanding of rarely-mapped power structures in the field. So much advice out there is written assuming that there is no dissent, no silent frustration, no quiet abandoning the job when the pressures are unresolved. And so much of the tech world, press and on social media alike, has no insight that this attrition even happens.
Women, collectively, though, understand it. We notice the patterns of promotions. We understand the way that if we're in our 40s, we're rather likely to have a manager who is a decade younger than we are, with no particular experience. We notice when men are lauded for spending time with their family instead of work on occasion, but women are expected to be present at all times and rarely seen positively for doing the exact same things.
And yet, any given instance is always shrouded in deniability. The pattern generally holds, but is this one my fault? Do I not measure up? Or is it sexism?
That's what these structures rob from us: we never have the clarity in feedback that it is accurate, that is us that must change. When we stick to our guns, are we being obstinate, or are we correct? That information is denied to us by sexism. It only becomes clear in aggregate, and even then it is very hard to find action to take on it except to acknowledge it and move on.
I don't think people talk about that ambiguity enough: we're always looking for the clear sexism, the man speaking over the women, the trading sexual favors for advancement, the clear pattern of pet-to-threat that so many women experience as they age or gain skill in the field. But the bulk of sexism that we experience is in the structural poisoning of feedback.
Video of a mosquito entering a DIY trap containing stagnant water and a Mosquito Dunk. Gravid females enter through an opening on the top (a black pot with bottom removed to make a funnel) but can't escape because they are attracted to light coming through the clear plastic sides (acrylic mixing bowl with bottom removed). Base is a black floral pot that I got for free at Trader Joe's. There's a sticky card hanging inside via a magnet and a paper clip but I don't think it's even needed. Better than standard mosquito buckets which only kill larvae. I'll post design tips on my blog but if you can't wait: I used a Dremel tool to hack off the plastic parts, then a glue gun to attach everything together. #diy #mosquitoes #insects #trailcam
Ah yes, DHH is certainly who we should look towards for how to govern the NixOS foundation. /s
This blog post is the wildest shit I had to read in a while.
https://fzakaria.com/2026/07/18/how-to-piss-off-your-nix-friends
RE: https://thepit.social/@peter/116962244994361810
Why do they cover them up though? As if it’s not clear that there’s a pile of garbage on stage at this point. 😂
Through 2 games, one thing is clear: Drake Maye hasn’t arrived yet https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7615521/2026/09/21/patriots-steelers-drake-maye-struggling/
Post-Perseids Sunrise At Raisting Earth Station (2026)
(Pictures from between 5-6AM this morning... I still need to process the meteor shower images from the hour before, but not holding my breath...)
#LandscapePhotography #RadioTelescope
In the early 2000s, social life followed a clear weekly rhythm:
Modest weekday interaction built toward pronounced peaks on Friday and Saturday nights.
Since the mid-2010s, that rhythm has collapsed.
Friday night, once a central site of social activity, now looks like a typical weeknight.
Saturday remains elevated but less so than before.
Overall, time with friends has fallen by more than half.
The mix of social activities, however, has remained stabl…
Cowboys Have Clear Free-Agent Solution to Fix Admitted Communication Problem https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-clear-free-agent-solution-fix-admitted-communication-problem
Nearly 40,000 Eye Drop Bottles Are Recalled Over Potential Contamination (Johnny Diaz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/health/clear-eyes-eye-drops-fda-recall.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260823/p46#a260823p46
Trial lawyers, with big liability litigation earnings, are among the most active lobbyists against autonomous vehicles, even as data shows clear safety benefits (Alex Tabarrok/Marginal Revolution)
https://marginalrevolution.com/margina
Jack Bech Makes Feelings Clear Entering Second Raiders Season https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/jack-bech-feelings-clear-second-season/
Sources: Paramount's settlement talks with California's AG include a proposed $1.5B production investment in the state and a commitment not to leave California (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramou
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a stopgap measure to head off a government shutdown until early December,
with its Republican leaders seeking to defuse a volatile issue in the run-up to the November midterm elections.
The continuing resolution authorizing government spending until 4 December passed by a vote of 220-205,
roughly along party lines.
It next heads to the Senate, where it will need to win bipartisan support to clear the chamber.
T…
Raiders HC Klint Kubiak Just Sent a Clear Message About Ashton Jeanty https://raiderramble.com/2026/09/18/raiders-hc-klint-kubiak-just-sent-a-clear-message-about-ashton-jeanty/
Significant steps forward in enabling electric cars in Europe to feed energy back into the grid:
#V2G
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jaapburger_
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After The Drought (2026)
(Temporary bounce back of lush greens, at least for a few weeks, after an extremely hot & dry summer in the Alps...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography
Brian Schottenheimer makes feelings clear on Cowboys’ backup QB battle https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/brian-schottenheimer-makes-feelings-clear-cowboys-backup-qb-battle/5367…
Klint Kubiak Gives Clear Message on QB Situation After Raiders Loss https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/klint-kubiak-qb-situation-after-loss/
A federal appeals court has revived a Republican-friendly redistricting in Missouri that appeared to have twice been blocked by the Supreme Court.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Monday that the state must use the GOP-favored map in the midterms,
despite a Supreme Court ruling earlier this month that seemed to nudge federal courts to steer clear of the matter.
If it remains in effect, that map is expected to net Republicans one additional seat in the House
by…
Role Call: Michael Trigg's path to the 53-man roster seems clear https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/role-call-michael-trigg-s-path-to-the-53-man-roster-seems-clear
Autocrats often tell us what they intend to do, and Trump was no exception.
He ran for president on a platform of helping some of the world’s most murderous leaders.
During his campaign, he repeatedly “joked” about becoming a dictator himself,
and declared at a June 2024 rally that
a “smart president” would not consider North Korea, China, and Russia as enemies,
and would “make them do great.”
In case this message was not clear enough, he asserted in Oct…
Raiders Insider Has Clear Message on Maxx Crosby Decision in Week 1 https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/insider-clear-message-maxx-crosby-decision/
Pre-alpine Pink Hour (2026)
It's a new day, it's a new dawn...
#MorningWalk #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography
Role Call: Michael Trigg's path to the 53-man roster seems clear https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/role-call-michael-trigg-s-path-to-the-53-man-roster-seems-clear
Donald Trump is resisting new restrictions on AI
at a moment when his family and some of his closest allies have accumulated financial interests in the infrastructure and defense-technology ecosystem expanding alongside the AI boom,
an overlap that has now drawn scrutiny from Democratic lawmakers, government ethics watchdogs
and, by some accounts, his own senior aides.
Derek Carr Gets Clear on Raiders, Fernando Mendoza Situation https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/derek-carr-clear-fernando-mendoza-situation/
The EPA allowed pesticide giant Bayer to pick from a menu of regulation options for the controversial and destructive weedkiller dicamba,
newly released internal agency documents show.
The documents provide an unusually clear look into the process of developing pesticide regulations,
which is typically done out of public view.
It shows in detail how the EPA asked Bayer which regulations it wanted,
received a response from Bayer,
then put Bayer’s choices i…
Dallas Cowboys' Immediate Plan For Malik Davis Replacement Is Clear https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/dallas-cowboys-immediate-plan-malik-davis-replacement-clear
Klint Kubiak sends a clear message ahead of Raiders’ season opener https://raiderramble.com/2026/09/12/klint-kubiak-sends-a-clear-message-ahead-of-raiders-season-opener/
Cowboys Make George Pickens Contract Goal Clear After Quinnen Williams Extension https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-make-george-pickens-contract-goal-clear-after-quinnen-williams-extension
Raiders' Mark Davis Makes Opinion Clear on Grass vs. Turf Debate https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-mark-davis-makes-opinion-clear-grass-turf-debate
CeeDee Lamb Has Clear Expectations for Caleb Downs, Dallas Cowboys Defense https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/ceedee-lamb-clear-expectations-caleb-downs-dallas-cowboys-defense
Raiders' Mark Davis Makes Opinion Clear on Grass vs. Turf Debate https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-mark-davis-makes-opinion-clear-grass-turf-debate
Cowboys Make George Pickens Contract Goal Clear After Quinnen Williams Extension https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-make-george-pickens-contract-goal-clear-after-quinnen-williams-extension
Klint Kubiak has a clear test for the Raiders beyond the scoreboard https://raiderramble.com/2026/08/12/klint-kubiak-has-a-clear-test-for-the-raiders-beyond-the-scoreboard/
Today’s battle lines are not simply between people who struggle to survive under increasingly degraded and costly conditions
and an oligarch class thinking of ever more ludicrous ways to waste their wealth.
They are more cosmological than that.
On one side are those of us who have no escape plan, no bunker in the sky or underground,
and who therefore are committed to staying right here, in the complexity of our earthbound reality, with one another.
We know we ne…
When the Department of Justice indicted 15 Minnesotans earlier this summer, it was painfully clear that this was a cobbled-together mess,
a transparent attempt to criminalize dissent.
But boy, we didn’t know the half of it.
Now, thanks to those defendants prying loose some discovery from the government, we know just how far the administration is willing to go
— and it’s really, really grim, even by Trumpian standards.
The indictment itself was jaw-dropping for…
Cowboys’ George Pickens Sends Clear Message About His Future https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/george-pickens-clear-message-about-his-future/
Raiders Fans Make Feelings Abundantly Clear on Franchise Rebuild https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-fans-make-feelings-abundantly-clear-franchise-rebuild
Cowboys Headlines: Jerry talks expectations; RT concerns mounting https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/08/14/cowboys-headlines-jerrys-expectations-are-clear-rt-spot-a-bit…
Raiders Mailbag: Fans Send Spytek, Kubiak Clear Message https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-mailbag-fans-send-spytek-kubiak-clear-message
Raiders Mailbag: Fans Send Spytek, Kubiak Clear Message https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-mailbag-fans-send-spytek-kubiak-clear-message
Raiders Get Clear Maxx Crosby Message Amid Trade Speculation https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-clear-message-trade-speculation/
“People do what they do”: John Spytek makes Raiders' stance clear on Maxx Crosby amid trade rumors https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-john-spytek-makes-raiders-stance-clear-maxx-crosby-amid-trade-rumors