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Just posted the story of how a theatre once killed itself with math.
Anyone can, you just have to ignore the math.
#math

Math Counts, Even in the Arts
Years ago, in Chicago, there was a successful improv comedy theatre company. They were so successful they got the city to include them in a major downtown “theatre district” build-out. They got a beautiful set of intimate spaces. Spaces with rent that could not be covered even if they

Early takeaways from 49ers, Raiders debuts in NFL preseason Week 1 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7514167/2026/08/14/early-takeaways-from-49ers-raiders-debuts-in-nfl-preseason-week-1/

Google DeepMind launches SL2T, a multilingual sign-language-to-text model debuting on the Pixel 11 in Gboard and Live Transcribe, first with ASL and English (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/12/google-debuts…

Google debuts SL2T, an AI model that's designed to understand sign language - SiliconANGLE
Google debuts SL2T, an AI model that's designed to understand sign language - SiliconANGLE

NFL Catchup: Mendoza, Love, Allar Shine In Preseason Debuts; Seahawks Sign Arnold https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-catchup-rookies-mendoza-love-shine-preseason-debuts-more

I have a theory…
Red/Browners want to be seen as “nice people” who are on the side of the masses. But they are actually only on the side of people just like them whom they proclaim to be The Masses. Fascists who don’t want to be thought of as such because that’s a bad word. @…

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@dbattistella/117090561769154377
I continue to ask myself - what kind of ghouls even work at a company that produces things like this?

Trump on Monday irresposibly rejected calls to slow the development of artificial intelligence,
dismissing concerns about its risks as a “hoax”
and warning the United States remains locked in a fierce technological race with China.
The president’s position has put him at odds with a growing chorus of industry leaders and bipartisan lawmakers
warning that AI could soon advance beyond human control.
Top executives from three of the country’s leading AI companies

Democratic leaders panic and GOP divides as AI fears spread
Top executives from three of the country’s leading AI companies issued exceptional calls for collaboration on a path forward that could “pace the frontier” of AI development.

The first LP from Catalonia's CEREBRAL CURSE comes out in November. They just put up the pre-order and first single, which is KILLER and over 11 minutes long: https://rottedlife.bandcamp.com/album/abominant-incarnations-of-sepulchral-depths-2

Raiders drop preseason opener to Cardinals as Fernando Mendoza debuts with TD https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-drop-preseason-opener-to-cardinals-as-fernando-mendoza-debuts-with-td-3863731/

NFTs are out of favor (for good reason) but a lot of the rest of this article I wrote still applies.
Individuals Investing in Film https://stuff.davidaugust.com/individuals-investing-in-film/

Individuals Investing in Film
new fundraising models for movie financing are being tried