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Chinese humanoid robot startup Galbot raised over $300M led by China Mobile's industry investment fund at a $3B valuation, bringing its total funding to $800M (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)
https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/galbot-raises-over-300m-467245

Chinese humanoid robot developer Galbot raises $300m at $3b valuation
The financing will accelerate the adoption of the robots across different use cases.

UKRAINIAN DELEGATION IN ABU DHABI: Budanov, Umerov, Arakhamia #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/ukrainian-delegation-in-abu-dhabi.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
RAMP:
🎵 Daylight
#RAMP
https://ugeezycrates.bandcamp.com/track/ramp-daylight-dj-ugeezy-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/046uWC0EerkSTO78XYCl8G

Wow, I'd like to be able to ski like those guys.
Btw, the dialect he's speaking is the dialect in my region. I Love it 😍
I just tried to get rid of the dialect when I'm speaking english 😉
https://youtu.be/L0AwqY49bPQ?si=1z0ZV_ntyjZjEPEO

#WritersCoffeeClub 24 Nov
How do you make sure a reader has room to process and absorb ideas?
I think it's perfectly OK to include things in stories that 90% of readers won't pick up on -- because the delight of discovery for the 10% of readers who do is worth it, I think.
In some of my writing I use a lot of subtle intertextual references -- which readers who kn…

Concise and useful overview of the Russian occupation of Ukrainian land:
"What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?"
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/world/ukraine-donbas-region-explained-intl

What is the Donbas, the piece of Ukrainian land that Putin wants so badly?
The United States, Russia and Ukraine rarely agree on anything. But as their delegations head to Abu Dhabi for their first trilateral meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the three parties seem to have come to the same conclusion: Only one issue remains to be resolved.

Rubio und Witkoff in Genf eingetroffen
US-Außenminister Marco Rubio ist für Beratungen über einen von seiner Regierung vorgelegten Vorschlag zur Beendigung des Ukraine-Krieges in der Schweiz eingetroffen. Auch der US-Sondergesandte Steve Witkoff ist Medienberichten zufolge bereits in Genf.
Eine Delegation der USA sowie Vertreter der Ukraine und ihrer europäischen Verbündeten wollen heute in der Schweiz über den US-Plan berate…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Rubio spricht von gutem Fortschritt ++
Nach einem Treffen mit Vertretern von EU und Ukraine zum US-Plan für ein Kriegsende hat sich US-Außenminister Rubio positiv geäußert. Polens Ministerpräsident Tusk wirft Fragen zur Urheberschaft des 28-Punkte-Plans auf.

Ukrainian, US delegates hold another round of talks as Russian team meets Americans in Miami: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/21/ukrainian-us-delegates-hold-another.html

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
War:
🎵 Slippin’ Into Darkness
#War
https://dulcetsyd.bandcamp.com/track/war-slippin-into-darkness-conga-party-disco-mix
https://open.spotify.com/track/1YeDoUncykU6ECk3LclRYM

YouTube dominates daytime TV streaming, with 6.3M viewers at 11am in October on average, above Netflix's 2.8M, per Nielsen; prime-time viewership is more even (John Koblin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.c…

YouTube Has a Firm Grip on Daytime TV
YouTube’s big streaming lead over Netflix and other competitors stems in large part to its dominance during daylight hours.