@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-04-22 20:16:03
Sources: xAI held talks in recent weeks with Mistral and Cursor about a potential three-way partnership; Mistral co-founder Devendra Chaplot joined xAI in March (Grace Kay/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-xai-explored…
@tagesschau_eil@mastodon.social2026-04-22 18:02:58
📢 Fußballerinnen des FC Bayern sichern sich vorzeitig die Meisterschaft
Die Fußballerinnen des FC Bayern München haben vorzeitig die deutsche Meisterschaft gewonnen. Drei Tage nach dem Titeltriumph der Männer machte das Team von Trainer José Barcala mit einem 3:2-Sieg bei den Aufsteigerinnen des 1. FC Union Berlin den achten Meistertitel insgesamt und den vierten nacheinander perfekt.
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@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-06-21 17:39:23
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Mister Rogers:
🎵 Won't You Be My Neighbor?
#MisterRogers
https://pingvoices.bandcamp.com/track/three-songs-from-mister-rogers-neighborhood-wont-you-be-my-neighbor
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-22 17:10:14
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
I’d been asking people about Chris Butler,
the eccentric religious leader Tulsi Gabbard once described as her guru.
Gabbard grew up in Butler’s breakaway Hare Krishna group.
Her parents held senior positions in the organization.
Butler’s followers practice a form of Hinduism that involves devotion to a single deity,
in their case Krishna,
and certain expectations…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-06-22 11:54:00
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-21 12:05:27
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career (Jon Swaine/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/06/21/tulsi-gabbard-her-guru-mysterious-messages-that-helped-shape-her-political-career/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzgyMDE0NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzgzMzk2Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODIwMTQ0MDAsImp0aSI6IjkzMzlkYjc2LTJmYzktNGQ4NS1hMzEwLTZjMDY0ZGVkNzBiNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9ucy8yMDI2LzA2LzIxL3R1bHNpLWdhYmJhcmQtaGVyLWd1cnUtbXlzdGVyaW91cy1tZXNzYWdlcy10aGF0LWhlbHBlZC1zaGFwZS1oZXItcG9saXRpY2FsLWNhcmVlci8ifQ.Fim9p9lE9PjU-uAyrcLW2FN9vUqImyRghlF-aErvYZM&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260621/p4#a260621p4
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-06-21 20:28:05
No, this isn't concept art for Dune 3 - it's the British design for a planned vast #astrotourism center in the #SaudiArabian desert near #AlUla: see https://heatherwick.com/studio/news/where-earth-meets-the-stars-heatherwick-studio-reveals-design-for-astrotourism-visitor-centre-and-masterplan/ and https://www.experiencealula.com/en/about/features/a-new-frontier-in-astrotourism and https://darksky.org/places/alula-manara-and-algharameel-nature-reserves/ and https://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/06/21/show-stopping-astrotourism-centre-with-stargazing-lodge-to-open-near-saudi-arabias-alula and https://parametric-architecture.com/heatherwick-studio-observatory-alula/ and https://www.designboom.com/architecture/heatherwick-studio-observatory-astrotourism-saudi-arabia-desert-alula-manara/ and https://www.dezeen.com/2026/06/19/alula-manara-space-observatory-heatherwick-studio-saudi-arabia/ for various aspects of the endeavour which involves a 4-meter (!) telescope among numerous other attractions.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-06-22 10:18:29
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Bob Dylan:
🎵 When I Paint My Masterpiece
#BobDylan
https://elliottbrood.bandcamp.com/track/when-i-paint-my-masterpiece-bob-dylan-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/43Wx5R35qqNVNOuk6GrRKR
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-22 14:35:02
A new practice in immigration courts is putting hundreds of immigrants before judges at very short notice.
If they fail to show or are unprepared, judges can order their deportation.
https://documentedny.com/2026/06/19/mega-master-hearing-immigrant-n…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-04-19 02:50:54
Mistral, which once aimed for top open models, now leans on being an alternative to Chinese and US labs, says it's on track for $80M in monthly revenue by Dec. (Iain Martin/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/20
