From bluesky, the Biodiversity Heritage Library€ who I ❤️ ❤️ ❤️:
@biodivlibrary.bsky.social€ BHL is featured in
@theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series.
The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future.
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Runta, which provides isolated sandboxes and guardrails for AI agents to prevent operational risks, raised a $20M seed led by a16z at a $100M valuation (Stephanie Palazzolo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/andreessen-…
"This week, a report from Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew revealed the crucial role digitisation is playing in “transforming our ability to understand and respond to the climate and biodiversity crises”, but it was the creation of the BHL 20 years ago that first demonstrated how bringing centuries of scientific knowledge online can unlock transformative discoveries and insights about the natural world." (
john farnham is probably wondering why his pop song from 1988 “Two Strong Hearts” is played everywhere in australia, specifically queensland
Tom Condon negotiated some of the NFL’s biggest contracts. This is his hardest test yet https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7241177/2026/05/19/tom-condon-nfl-super-agent-chiefs/
POL-NOM: Swimmingpool beschädigt - ca. 1.000,- Euro Sachschaden Northeim (ots) - 37181 Hardegsen, Vogelfleck, Samstag, 16.5.2026, 05.00 bis 07.00 Uhr HARDEGSEN (hei) - Bislang unbekannte Täter begaben sich am Samstag in den frühen Morgenstunden auf das Grundstück eines Mehrfamilienhauses in Hardegsen. Dort ... https://www.
Heute vor 68 Jahren: Am 18.06.1958 kam es bei Enewetak zum Atomtest Operation Hardtack I, "Linden". Dieser Test war Teil einer Serie von 35 #Atomtests, die die USA im Sommer 1958 auf den #Marshallinseln im Pazifik durchführten.
AQI has dropped from 400 this morning to around 200 today and will hopefully drop under 150 tomorrow...
In other news, my throat hurts. 😣
How gambling companies like FanDuel and DraftKings, as well as Meta and a16z's founders, are pouring millions into state-level election campaigns via super PACs (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20…