The popular podcast
"Diary of a CEO"
has become a hit
-- but most people don't know it is part of a sophisticated influence network
https://america2.news/the-anatomy-of-an-influence-operation/
OpenAI bans a cluster of Russian ChatGPT accounts that used VPNs to evade restrictions and run an influence operation, including creating social media comments (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/25/openai-russia-chatgpt-influence-campaign.html…
Physicians Committee Sues Over Alleged Industry Influence on Dietary Guidelines https://vegconomist.com/politics-law/physicians-committee-sues-over-alleged-industry-influence-dietary-guidelines/
16WW Impulse Heating Test - A bit of research to understand the thermal behaviour of part of 16WW better! - https://www.earth.org.uk/impulse-heating-test.html
"‘Second decade of Paris Agreement will focus on implementation, not negotiation,’ say climate leaders"
#ParisAgreement #Climate #ClimateChange
A quick shadow drop of sorts: who hasn't implemented a cache on top of Postgres? I know, everyone has. And yet, here's another contender that's based on psycopg and can use existing SQLAlchemy engines (or whatever you implement): ⚡️psycache ⚡️
In my defence, when I wrote it (it's been in prod for years) there weren’t quite as many other implementations and the deep support for instrumentation sets this one apart, I think.
And thus Hynek's Summer of Postgres ha…
The Supreme Court opened a path Monday for possible implementation of Donald Trump’s executive order
restricting mail-in voting,
though it remains unclear how much can be put in place before the fast-approaching midterm elections.
The decision leaves room for additional court challenges that could further slow Trump’s order,
and other similar cases have already been filed.
The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week,
but tim…
16WW Impulse Heating Test - A bit of research to understand the thermal behaviour of part of 16WW better! - https://www.earth.org.uk/impulse-heating-test.html