Today, we had a fire alarm going off at @… when I was just working on a local :git: repo.
This reminded me on the popular meme:
In case of fire 🔥
1. git commit
2. git push
3. leave building
I always had some mixed feelings about it. Thus, I wrote down whats wrong with this meme on several levels (technical and social):
Studios are rereleasing old films in theaters, helping them pad out thin slates; Universal has 12 rereleases on its 2025 slate, vs. four in 2024 and two in 2023 (Esther Zuckerman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/movies/rereleases-black-swan-…
Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka Frigg's Day aka Friday 🌹
"The fourth star is that of Venus, Lucifer by name. Some say it is Juno's. In many tales it is recorded that it is called Hesperus, too. It seems to be the largest of all stars."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.4
🏛 Detail of #Venus in the Planetarium mosaic
📸 Daniel Gonzšlez Acuñ…
#running slow is hard but my fitness is such that it requires a rebuild of the foundation. Trying to stay in HR2 means a decent amount of walking interspersed. I don’t love it, but it’s necessary.
I have a much more open schedule now, so I should be able to get out and run regularly. The trick will be staying patient and trusting the process.
Court filing: Elon Musk says he talked to Mark Zuckerberg in February about backing a $97.4B OpenAI bid, but neither he nor Meta signed a letter of intent (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/12494c21-e477-49c1-a2d7-683c12c281ea
the frow show is back in the safe, perfumed garden of @…, filling in for daniel blumin & playing music to tune in to tune out to, from now 'til midnight ET. https://wfmu.org/playlists/JJ/250922…
Musstet ihr schon mal eine Batterie wechseln bei einem elektronischen Uhlmann & Zacher-Knaufzylinder, wenn das Ding ganz leer ist?
Mike Krüger hat den Soundtrack dazu geschrieben! 😡 🤬
🎶 SIe müssen erst den Nippel durch die Lasche ziehn
und mit der kleinen Kurbel ganz nach oben drehn...
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
A surge in AI company valuations is driving the popularity of special purpose vehicles, but some involve high fees, opaque structures, and layers of middlemen (Business Insider)
https://africa.businessinsider.com/mar