Mistral says its platform will support third-party open models, starting with Z.ai's GLM-5.2, and run them on the same infrastructure as its own models (Mistral AI Blog)
https://mistral.ai/news/regional-inference-open-models-new-compute/
#VISA #MasterCard
One potential side effect of limiting processing fees would be merchants being able to deny using some high cost cards.
"The 'honor all cards' provision, which requires merchants to accept all Visa and Mastercard versions, would be discontinued. Merchants may choose to decline to accept higher-cost rewards cards and other premium consumer and commercial credit cards."
Oligarchies suck
https://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/banking/article/what-the-38-billion-visa-mastercard-swipe-fee-settlement-means-for-credit-card-users-164015738.html
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #JazzTheatre
Thelonious Monk:
🎵 Misterioso
#TheloniousMonk
https://worldgalaxyrecords.bandcamp.com/track/misterioso
https://open.spotify.com/track/6NSkgbaPwvLc3VGuW7JUKN
Jerry Jones remains tied to Cowboys' most infamous Dez Bryant dinner story https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/dez-bryant-52000-rookie-dinner-jerry-jones-mystery/4793743ff6b34984dae9ed00
#TuneTuesday this week is #StrangeFirstLines, and let's go with the first lines of the first track of my favorite record.
Meat Puppets - 'Violet Eyes':
"Mother master, some things must be
Plastic master, this is for free
You give off a dark
Seems larger than life…
Scientists Solve Mystery of Bizarre ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star https://www.404media.co/scientists-solve-mystery-of-bizarre-alien-megastructure-star/
Sources: French startup Mistral AI is in talks to raise ~€3B at a ~€20B valuation; it was last valued at €11.7B during a funding round in September 2025 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-12/france-s-…