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Cool to see that M.John Harrison's new book "The End of Everything" is getting lots of attention. Here are some of the reviews:
https://www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/06/the-end-of-everything-m-john-harrison-review/

Bei heißen Wetterverhältnissen droht bald wieder schlechte Luft in den Städten.
Meine Idee statt Spritpreisbremse:
Wir führen in den jeweiligen Sommerferien das Deutschlandticket auf Probe ein!
Speziell für Autofahrer, die dann ihren Schlüssel abgeben können. Dafür Schnupperpreis 63€ für die 6 Wochen, ohne Abo.
In dieser Zeit sind die Busse und Bahnen weniger ausgelastet und es gibt weniger Gedränge in der Rushhour, auch ohne Kapazität auszuweiten. Das würde auch die S…

AI inference chip startup Etched raised a $300M Series C led by Sequoia, with a16z, SK Hynix, others participating, at a $10.3B valuation, up from $5B in Dec. (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/ai-c…

AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors  | TechCrunch
Etched, founded by three Harvard dropouts, has created new chips and memory components that speed up inference on any AI model -- no GPUs required, it says.

sp_office: Workplace contacts (2013)
A temporal network of contacts between individuals, measured in an office building in France, from June 24 to July 3, 2013.
This network has 92 nodes and 9827 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Temporal, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/sp_offi

やはり暴力。
暴力は全てを解決する。

In the country’s wealthiest enclaves, concealment has become the defining aspect of the contemporary kitchen.
What began with “appliance garages”
and refrigerators and dishwashers that look like cabinets
has evolved into a far more ambitious practice of disguise,
with custom millwork and technology obscuring everything from sinks and cooktops to electrical outlets and small appliances.

In New Luxury Kitchens, Everything Is Hidden
Camouflaging the fridge is just the beginning for high-end kitchens.

„Ernsthaft? Warum?“ - Fans entsetzt: Haaland schneidet seine Mähne ab #News #Nachrichten

I long for the days of the "baseball interview" pie-in-the-face. 😂
▶️ Mike Maddux interviewed by Ron Futrell- Pie in face, early 1990's
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yuguJbQf3xo&si=C1aICKJTb7KDHZ2u

Democrats have seized on the deaths of three US troops killed in Iranian strikes to urge Donald Trump to urgently reverse his resumption of the war with Iran amid widespread anxiety over climbing casualties.
Even as US forces launched a 10th consecutive wave of attacks against Iranian targets,
concern over the deaths of American service personnel threatened to complicate moves to escalate the conflict,
which has reignited after he last week walked away from a memorandum of …

‘It needs to end now’: Democrats urge Trump to halt Iran war after US troop deaths
President accused of having ‘lost control of this war’ as deaths of trio in Iranian military strikes fuel rising concern

The Australian state of Victoria was due to enforce a legal right to work from home starting September 2026.
But just weeks away from its implementation, the new premier, Ben Carroll, has announced a year’s delay in response to fierce business opposition.
Thousands of miles away, in Portugal, parents of young children already have a legal right to work from home without needing their employers’ approval.
All of these developments raise the question:
How should workers b…

Working from home should be a right, not a reward
An Australian state is set to introduce a law supporting the right to work from home, and it’s already in place for some parents in Portugal. Should it happen elsewhere?