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Algorithmics for Safe Bicycle Network Design with
Bounded Detours in Rural Areas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.09472

Algorithmics for Safe Bicycle Network Design with Bounded Detours in Rural Areas
We introduce the \emph{Safe Bicycle Network with Bounded Detours} (\emph{SBNBD}) problem, motivated by upgrading rural road networks for bicycle traffic. Given an undirected graph with safe and unsafe edges, edge lengths, upgrade costs, terminal pairs, a budget, and a detour factor $α$, the task is to upgrade unsafe edges so that each terminal pair is connected by a safe path of length at most $α$ times its shortest-path distance in the original network. We study SBNBD from a parameterized …

Invisible Chasm Ⅳ (2024)
(Small section visible of the path leading down to the mouth of a glacial canyon, 300-400 meters below... Beginnings of the side moraine visible on the opposite side)
More images from that series:
https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/tagged/InvisibleChasm

Trump on Monday irresposibly rejected calls to slow the development of artificial intelligence,
dismissing concerns about its risks as a “hoax”
and warning the United States remains locked in a fierce technological race with China.
The president’s position has put him at odds with a growing chorus of industry leaders and bipartisan lawmakers
warning that AI could soon advance beyond human control.
Top executives from three of the country’s leading AI companies

Democratic leaders panic and GOP divides as AI fears spread
Top executives from three of the country’s leading AI companies issued exceptional calls for collaboration on a path forward that could “pace the frontier” of AI development.

A widespread #Drupal vulnerability was disclosed today that affects the Field UI module that's been part of Drupal core for a long time.
Every version of Drupal since Drupal 8 is affected, but the way the advisory was worded, it's possible earlier versions are also affected.
Fortunately there is a very easy way to mitigate this if you're unable to patch. Just disable the Fiel…

oh wow #footpathfriday again! And I almost missed it. This is from a bike and hike last year which I really really enjoyed.
Afterwards I was quite surprised about the distance and height that I covered. But it was worth it.
#mountains

⭐ Starred a repository

bghryct/Path-Rationalizer
Glyphs plugin to fix noisy outlines from autotrace
github.com/bghryct/Path-Rationalizer

GitHub - bghryct/Path-Rationalizer: Glyphs plugin to fix noisy outlines from autotrace · GitHub
Glyphs plugin to fix noisy outlines from autotrace - bghryct/Path-Rationalizer

Close as I could get before it decided it would gracefully fly to the other side of the lake.

Sparky knew that a long time ago there had been bipedal organic beings, who made this place. It must've been important, in those days—that's why he was here, after all, keeping it as it was, honoring their memory.
It was not known what became of them, or if they would one day return. Sparky supposed it didn't really matter. He had a purpose: to prevent entropy. So he completed his cycles, just as the star that summoned him each day would complete the crossing of the sky, a…

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B-tree path hints.
https://github.com/tidwall/btree/blob/master/PATH_HINT.md
saved 2021-07-30 https://

btree/PATH_HINT.md at master · tidwall/btree
B-tree implementation for Go. Contribute to tidwall/btree development by creating an account on GitHub.

That sidewalk would be nice. There is a path, but it isn't cleared in the winter and a proper sidewalk would allow me to walk if I just missed the bus (30 minute wait).
https://ottawasun.com/public-service/return-to-office-traffic

Me and all my homies hate AI. But I think one thing that keeps pushing it's apparent "usefulness" is how unusable the world wide web has gotten, and it's important for power users who hate AI to be aware of that.
For casual users, AI summaries at the top of google search is the path of least resistance. Like, for all of us warning about UI dark patterns, the biggest dark pattern is built on the thing that we've relied on for decades. "Just google it" has…

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone https://phys.org/news/2026-09-global-exceed-limit-path-danger.html
UN report finds 1.5°C warming limit likely to be exceeded by 2030

Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to get temperatures below the danger zone and back to safety, officials say.

A Faster Undirected Single-Source Shortest Path Algorithm
Avi Kadria, Liam Roditty
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.15247 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.15247…

An interview with ex-DeepMind scientist David Silver on his startup Ineffable, building an AI "super learner" using RL as an alternative path to LLMs, and more (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/462c303b-b96c-4262-a7ca-e9ae7e440828

Yesterdays USB-C<->C cable mystery boils down to buggy/missing thunderbolt support on the (qualcomm arm) linux hosts; on an old cable that doesn't support thunderbolt it doesn't cause a problem - on a spangly new cable it triggers the thunderbolt path.

How to get a DOI for your blog posts https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/how-to-get-a-doi-for-your-blog-posts/

How to get a DOI for your blog posts
Each new post on this blog now has a Digital Object Identifier. This post looks at the how and the why of getting one, whether it is useful, and any issues you might experience if you go down this path. Table of ContentsBackgroundGetting a DOI the easy wayLet's Go Rogue!Automatic Submission of New ContentManual Submission of Old ContentGetting the DOIGenerating your own DOIMaking the DOI…

🔧 The capture proxy records HTTP/HTTPS traffic, searchable by host, path, method, status, labels, content and Boolean expressions; saved traffic becomes a host-and-route sitemap tree
🎨 Reply and Fuzzer reuse captured requests over HTTP/1.1 or HTTP/2 with sniper, battering ram, pitchfork and cluster bomb modes, plus response grouping and request rewrite rules

Big news! I just released version 0.9 of my 3d-printed #MorseCode single-paddle key system.
Changes:

• New grip that acts like a case. @…

Louisiana judge rules against NCAA, clearing path for ex-NFL players to join LSU roster https://www.nfl.com/news/louisiana-judge-rules-against-ncaa-clearing-path-for-ex-nfl-players-to-join-lsu-roster

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Uber's path of destruction.
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/ubers-path-of-destruction/
saved 2019-09-10

Uber’s Path of Destruction - American Affairs Journal
Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross passenger revenue, and it has seized a major share of the urban car service market. But the widespread belief that it is a highly innovative and successful company has no basis in economic reality. An examination of Uber’s economics suggests that it has no hope of ever earning sustainable urban car service profits in competitive markets...

someone at 35.240.42.254 is running a mistral "ai" thing that just tried to hit every expolitable path on my server it could "think" of within the span of a few seconds. fun stuff

@… strange they didn't put bollards at the entrance, but perhaps that's because they would have made it harder for people on wheelchairs to enter the path.

Friday Links 26-31
Good long reads this week: Camille Fournier on the manager's path in the age of AI and how AI affects building things by Paulo André.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/10/friday-links-26-31.html

Smart navigation for visual prostheses in virtual reality: An end-to-end framework for priority-based scene translation and path guidance #VR

Perspective Reset (2026)
(Carved by glaciers, houses for scale, colors for delight... the path ahead, to be taken 8 hours later...)
#FootpathFriday #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

Keys to the Game: The path to 4-0 starts with Brock Bowers and Ashton Jeanty setting the tone against the Chiefs https://www.raiders.com/news/keys-to-the-game-the-path-to-4-0-starts-with-brock-bowers-and-a…

from bike, earlier.
#footpathFriday

Descending curved slope downstream of Wachusett Reservoir near Clinton, MA
#photo #photography #reservoir #water

Welcome to the live coverage of today’s total eclipse,
which will be seen in parts of Europe, including Iceland, the UK, andSpain.
Over the coming hours, we’ll bring you:
Tips on how to view the phenomenon safely
First-hand reports from places where crowds are gathering
A quick look at the sciencebehind the shadow
The best pictures and videosfrom key viewing spots
And yes, there will be a live stream, too.
It’s Wednesday, 12 August 2026, and th…

Europe solar eclipse live: millions flock to viewing spots in Spain, UK and Iceland
Eclipse to be witnessed by tens of millions across western Europe as enthusiasts gather along path of totality

WaPo says it is on track to break even and end 2026 "on its closest path to profitability in five years" and it sold 300K subscriptions so far in 2026 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/me

Washington Post 'on track to break even' after four years of losses
Newly-confirmed permanent CEO Jeff D'Onofrio eyes new revenue streams to reach profitability.

Ah, I finally tested The Witcher 3 Remastered on Linux with Ray and Path Tracing. Not bad. Not half bad ->
The Witcher 3 Remastered - Linux 9070 XT - RT PT FSR4 FG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQOpLdqLpFQ

For engineering teams in regulated industries weighing a legacy requirements management tool against a custom-built alternative, Dotphoton’s experience is one of the clearest demonstrations that the custom-built path works well when it’s built on Grist. …

How Dotphoton built a fully traceable QA system for the European Space Agency| Grist
Dotphoton tried IBM Doors, Notion, and Word for a satellite project's requirements traceability. Only two days after picking Grist, they had a working system.

Spec Sheets Are Not Kernels: An ISA- and Source-Level Audit of INT8 Availability on NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra
Teng-Ruei Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.11693 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.11693 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.11693
arXiv:2608.11693v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: NVIDIA's published specifications give the Blackwell Ultra GPU (B300) a dense-compute ratio of roughly 30:1 between FP8 and INT8 tensor-core throughput; its predecessors, H200 and B200, both provide 1:1. We audit what this deprioritization means in practice by tracing INT8 W8A8 support through four layers of the stack: the published specifications, the PTX ISA, NVIDIA's CUTLASS kernel library, and the two major open-source LLM serving engines (vLLM and SGLang). We find a consistent, layered withdrawal: (i) the PTX ISA never exposes the fifth-generation tensor-core integer path (tcgen05.mma with .kind::i8) on sm_103a, even though the same PTX revision extends the FP4 kinds to that target, leaving legacy warp-level IMMA as the only architecturally legal integer tensor-core path on B300; (ii) CUTLASS's kernel generator explicitly skips INT8 UMMA generation for any build targeting 103a, while generating FP8 unconditionally; (iii) vLLM ships no INT8 GEMM for Blackwell and fails with a hard runtime error at the first forward pass, after the model has loaded; and (iv) SGLang's ahead-of-time INT8 GEMM stops at Sm90, while its FP8 tuning configurations already cover B200. We document an escape hatch (rerouting vLLM's INT8 path to a JIT-compiled Triton backend via an environment variable), a false-negative trap in the obvious profiler methodology for detecting "native INT8" on sm_103, and the practical failure semantics that make naive testing expensive. Together, these findings show that a quantization format's availability is a property of the whole stack rather than of the model or the spec sheet. Four distinct layers, three of them NVIDIA's own, withdrew INT8 support in mutually consistent ways, and a format that is nominally present on the datasheet is, by default, undeployable on this hardware.
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Trump's CDC pick could have easier path than other nominees (Peter Sullivan/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/15/trump-cdc-nominee-senate-confirmation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260715/p13#a260715p13

Arcaneum v0.9.0 is out
#llm

Release v0.9.0 · cwensel/arcaneum
Features backup: support configurable backup path (3e58619) sync: show verbose metadata scan progress (e0edd52) embeddings: select backends by capability (2b0e389) pdf: isolate layout extraction i...

did those pathfinder people ever find the path?

#WordWeavers 10/9: Share a description from your WIP that establishes atmosphere without explicitly naming the emotion.
This is a passage from my upcoming book, “The Management Apologises for the Inconvenience”.
Welcome to #TheMentalMansion

Late-round Cowboys draft pick was cut, now gets early $6M extension https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/09/11/cowboys-wr-ryan-flournoy-contract-extension/91704712007/

There's a suggestion to add a 15mph speed limit to the multi-use path/trails here, and some cyclist complain that 15mph is too slow.
Why don't they just do what car drivers do? When it's 25mph car drivers do 30mph or even 35mph.
So for a 15mph bike speed limit just go 20mph, or maybe up to 22mph and call it day.
(I'm only half serious here. I did go 20mph on my ebike on a trail this weekend but the motor was off and I was going down a huge hill. Otherwise I pretty much keep it 15 or lower.)

Just had an interesting idea: A linux distro that is entirely rooted under some path like /system, and where every package is an OCI layer.
This means you can compose containers purely from built image layers, and mount it on top of a filesystem with its existing paths unshaded (or variously hidden) as sandboxing.
Completely orthogonal to the host system.

#SilentSunday

MVP?! Three keys to watch if Panthers QB Bryce Young is on that path https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50119780/carolina-panthers-qb-bryce-young-3-keys-mvp-path

Interview with mathematician Tristan Buckmaster on being drawn into the OpenAI-Anthropic fight; OpenAI says it made progress on another Millennium Prize problem (Kenneth Chang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.co…

The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem
Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.

First session capturing autumn. Colours have not peaked. Was startled by four turkeys also hiking along the path. I have 35mm images but I need to fiinsh the roll.

RE: https://mstdn.social/@scottmiller42/113250006064000799
I have few regrets in life, largely because I believe the path I took, mistakes and all, were necessary steps to arrive at my current destination.
That said, I still keep coming back to th…

Exact Evaluation of Lattice-Regularized Scalar Field Vacuum Amplitude via Site Permutations
Vadim Asnin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13117 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.13117 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.13117
arXiv:2608.13117v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A novel approach to a computation of vacuum amplitude for a single scalar field in any number of dimensions with arbitrary potential on a lattice is proposed. The computation involves symmetrization of kinetic exponential factor in the path integral over all permutations of lattice sites and Waring decomposition of the symmetrized expression.
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AI tools are moving quickly into the realm of religion, including going on a pilgrimage.
What happens when an ancient and meaningful practice, often rooted in sacred texts, is affected by interaction with machines?
On the Kumano Kodo in Japan, contemplation is a key element of the traditional experience.
In contrast to the busy and sometimes urbanized pilgrimage routes of Europe,
or the crowded processions of the Hajj, the ancient path runs mostly through quiet for…

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Tarah/117051670705988364
Lol imagine thinking, in the year 2026, "hey I should go get a job with the US government, that seems like a solid career path!"

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A fast path for decoding fixed-length lists in Parquet.
https://www.morling.dev/blog/fast-path-for-fixed-length-lists-in-parquet/
saved 2026-07-28

A Fast Path for Fixed-Length Lists in Parquet
In its current form Apache Parquet isn’t a great fit for storing fixed-length lists, such as coordinates, RGB(A) colors, or—​an increasingly common case—​vector embeddings driving search and …

Time and Self are inextricably linked
In Search of Now, by Jo Marchant
P.188-9
What, when, where, why, and how is “Now” a thing?
I’ve thought and read a lot about how our minds work, what they are, why they’re necessary, are they necessary? And still Marchant manages to explode my understanding of it all. #recommended

Why do runners think it is okay to run on the bicycle path? It's really not okay to run on the bicycle path, when there's a perfectly decent sidewalk next to it.
#runners #rules #bicycle

Malik Benson’s well-traveled path gives Raiders a ready-made adapter https://www.raiders.com/news/malik-benson-well-traveled-path-raiders-2026-training-camp-nfl-draft-pick-oregon-ducks

Weather forecast was about rain and maybe lightning ... so we just biked to your lokal mountain and did a quick loop in high humidity.
#hiking #bayern #mountains

Classical Acceptance Is Not Hybrid Authentication: Measuring X.509 Verifier Semantics in Post-Quantum Migration
Taesung Kim, Boheung Chung, Keonwoo Kim, Yousung Kang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.20800 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.20800 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.20800
arXiv:2607.20800v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A relying party validating a hybrid X.509 certificate --- carrying both a classical and a post-quantum credential --- must distinguish whether its accepting judgment rests on the post-quantum evidence or only on the classical path. To preserve compatibility, the separable designs place that evidence where classical path validation may ignore it. A verifier can then validate the classical path and accept while the post-quantum evidence never bears on the decision --- a valid classical result silently promoted to a hybrid conclusion it did not establish. We measure this across eight path-validation stacks (seven independent codebases), in nine validation modes, over six certificate schemes. Under a hybrid-required policy, nearly every stack parsing a separable hybrid certificate accepts on the classical path without making the post-quantum evidence outcome-bearing; one enforcing mode instead fractures interoperability over a signature-input encoding not yet interoperably profiled; and stacks that verify post-quantum signatures still do not enforce the binding by default: the gap is structural, not explained by missing primitive capability alone. Under lifecycle desynchronization the downgrade is realized: when a bound post-quantum credential is revoked while the classical certificate stays valid, the default path still accepts, because the bound credential lies outside the decision's scope. Binding success is not authentication success. We contribute a specification-derived verifier model and an executable, policy-parametric reference contract --- what a verifier must recognize, verify, make outcome-bearing, and check before reporting a validation as hybrid --- with a diagnosis of why standards do not require it.
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Today's lesson in "Even when you're good with a hammer, you'll have a bad time treating everythinng as a nail":
When you have to do #SOAP, choosing #RustLang sends you on path of pain and suffering.

Rocky Road (2026)
(Even if hundreds of years old, some paths [in life] always will & should remain rocky as they can be good teachers...)
#FootpathFriday #Photography #BlackAndWhite

Prepare the path:
Ask one person to track progress and report once results reach an agreed point. Decide which resource may run short first: time, money, attention, capacity, or support.

Methodology
A platform to share stories about what addiction looks like to the individual, the challenges they faced, their lowest moments, and the path they took to recovery...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/methodology/ …

Donald Trump's return to war with Iran offers no clear path to victory (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7a993639-28aa-442a-8ea6-2abaa695b698
http://www.memeorandum.com/260715/p73#a260715p73

AI sales and marketing startup Clay raised $115M led by Wellington Management at a $7.1B valuation, up from $3.1B when it raised $100M in August 2025 (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/business/dealbook/clay-ai-fundraisin…

Clay, an A.I. Sales Tool Provider, Raises $115 Million
The round was led by Wellington Management, a firm known for investing in start-ups on the path toward potential initial public offerings.

The #sunset last night was staggering, in a way I've only really known October sunsets in the #Chicago area to be.
We play a lot of weddings at golf courses, and in the evenings they are some of the most serene places.

Roger Craig's path from kickball to Hall of Fame, with a lifelong teammate along for the ride https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7497773/2026/08/07/roger-craig-49ers-hall-of-fame-jamie-williams/

Malik Benson’s well-traveled path gives Raiders a ready-made adapter https://www.raiders.com/news/malik-benson-well-traveled-path-raiders-2026-training-camp-nfl-draft-pick-oregon-ducks

Jerry Jones continues path to fix defense that has been broken since Micah Parsons trade https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7654541/2026/10/03/dallas-cowboys-defense-joey-porter-jr-micah-parsons-trade/

Potential Applications of HBF in LLM Serving Systems
Yihan Yin, Yinlun Zhao, Zhixin Yun, Guanying Wu, Feng Zhu, Kai Tao, Shu Li, Fei Huang, Zhe Zhang, Shuangchen Li, Hongzhong Zheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.13127 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.13127 https://arxiv.org/html/2608.13127
arXiv:2608.13127v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: LLM serving is increasingly constrained by memory capacity as model weights, KV caches, and the number of served model variants continue to grow. This report examines High-Bandwidth Flash (HBF) as a capacity-oriented extension to HBM-based serving systems. We first discuss how HBF can be integrated into the GPU memory hierarchy without undermining the bandwidth expected by the compute die. We then model the system-level value of added capacity as expanded residency for read-mostly model-state objects. Under this view, HBF can improve MoE serving by enabling more expert replicas and can improve multi-model serving by reducing model loading and supporting hot-model replication. Our simulation results show that these benefits depend on preserving the HBM-resident execution path while using HBF to expand the resident set of model weights.
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Because of a river, railroad tracks, freeway, and cemetery, this might be the most direct path for me to bike to work.
Some of it is separated bike lane, some is multi-use path, some is residential streets, and some is terrible roads with speeding cars.
#bikeTooter #milwaukee

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Kennedy Center leaders say adding Trump's name might be path to financial rescue (Jalen Beckford/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/14/kennedy-center-trump-name-resolutions-bankruptcy-01074887
http://www.memeorandum.com/260914/p97#a260914p97

The Justice Department’s updated position stunned industry stakeholders.
The Department of Justice spent years favoring copyright owners.
That changed Wednesday.
With the Trump administration filing in support of OpenAI amid its legal fight with The New York Times,
the administration departed from the status quo position of Washington politicians
— one that had long cast its lot closer to the entertainment industry in matters of copyright legalities
— to …

‘Darn Unusual’ DOJ Filing Has the Trump Administration on Different Path
The administration's support for OpenAI in its legal fight against The New York Times departed from historic norms and could save AI companies billions of dollars.

How can Nick Sirianni save his job? Eagles' path becomes more difficult without Lane Johnson

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/how-can-nick-sirianni-save-his-job-eagles-l…

Another impression from last night's cycling trip...
Same place, ten minutes later:
#SilentSunday

Note to myself. At more than 22% incline, I should lean forward - at least if I don't want to drive a wheely.
#cycling #mtb

Phase Lock - A manifesto on brain-computer interfaces and preserving human agency in the age of AI https://phaselock.satpugnet.com by @…; "The fastest path to execute this…

Phase Lock
A manifesto on brain-computer interfaces and preserving human agency in the age of AI.

#PennedPossibilities 1138: Tell us about a time your MC forged their own path.
Prefrontal Cortex is not really one for forging anything, they love their rules and regulations and find their happiness in the predictable and routine. Their entire raison d'être is closer to “Could everybody please remain on the approved path, preferably in single file, and has anyone completed For…

Raiders’ Path To Earning Playoff Berth in 2026 https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-path-earning-playoff-berth-2026

Buttigieg gambles on a different path for 2028 (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/11/buttigieg-gambles-on-a-different-path-for-2028
http://www.memeorandum.com/261012/p13#a261012p13

Can newest OL addition win Cowboys' swing tackle competition? https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/08/08/scouting-report-for-cowboys-new-ot-sebastian-gutierrez/91145209007/…

How getting fired helped this ex-ball boy reach the Hall of Fame https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49545369/larry-fitzgerald-path-hall-fame-fired-ball-boy-vikings-cardinals

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My #FootpathFriday contribution... I wish I was there today to be honest..
This was part of a bike and hike where we returned in the rain. But as we were prepared for it, it was more fun than expected!
#nature

Invisible Chasm Ⅲ (2026)
(From where I was standing, there's a 400 meter drop in between, a (hidden) suspension bridge crossing the canyon and the path then continuing almost vertically through the crags of the exposed bedrock on the opposite side...)
#InvisibleChasm #TextureTuesday

Whether the AfD can govern depends partly on the B.S.W.,
which was born from a split with the far-left party Die Linke but has veered rightward.
Like the AfD, it has an affinity for Russia and advocates very strict migration controls.
https://www.nytimes.c…

After Victory in German State, Far Right Needs Help to Take Power
The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, does not have a straightforward path to governing Saxony-Anhalt, but a small populist party could clear the way.

Raiders’ Path To Earning Playoff Berth in 2026 https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-path-earning-playoff-berth-2026

China-based Moonshot filed confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO; source: the company is in talks to raise a pre-IPO funding round at a $50B valuation (Juro Osawa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/moonshot-ai-files-confidentially-h…

Moonshot AI Files Confidentially for Hong Kong IPO
Moonshot AI, whose Kimi K3 open-source model has become a global hit, has filed confidentially an application for a Hong Kong initial public offering, Chinese media outlet LatePost reported Wednesday. Moonshot’s path to its IPO hasn’t been easy. The company went through an overhaul to unwind its original corporate structure with an overseas holding company, after Chinese regulators’ new

Is Bijan Robinson the best running back since Barry Sanders? Here's what the numbers say

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bijan-robinson-stats-2026-falcons-barry-sanders/

The Raiders Are Following a Path That Once Belonged to Vince Lombardi https://raiderramble.com/2026/09/27/the-raiders-are-following-a-path-that-once-belonged-to-vince-lombardi/

Labyrinth (2026)
The literal name of this section of a wall of almost a thousand meters[1] of near vertical ice, a slowly shapeshifting maze of seracs, flowing, fracturing, the light refracting and revealing the beautiful blue ice glow of the (dying) glacier... No photo can do justice (to the scale and impressions). For reference, the cliffs in the foreground are ~2.4 km (1.5 miles) in front and the path to the ice goes first over/across them...
(Ps. I will keep posting my images…

In the narrow alleyways of the historic center, the stone walls were sweating under the day's 40°C heat.
There was no sign of human life on the main street.
Metal shutters were down and wooden window blinds remained closed.
About 20 kilometers from Perpignan,
Ille-sur-Têt, a large rural village in Pyrénées-Orientales,
resembled a ghost town on Monday, July 6.
That morning, the local prefect renewed his evacuation order for the town's 5,900 resi…

Pyrénées wildfires destroy everything in their path: 'I didn't think I'd make it out alive'
The residents of Ille-sur-Têt, a town that was evacuated, remain in shock as the Trévillach wildfire – the largest the region has seen in 50 years – was still not under control on Monday evening.

Gurglerferner (2026)
Beautifully rich textures and structures, emphasized by the hard light and created by glacial abrasion of this once great (and still utterly majestic) glacier flowing directly from the central Alpine divide. If you squint you can see a faint path zigzagging up the exposed & plucked bedrock near the center bottom... Like the Vernagtferner in a neighboring valley, this glacier too has caused ice lakes to form several times over the past centuries, occasionally en…

We expected rain (but no ⚡⛈️).
So we got our jackets, did our errands with our little bike trailer - and were lucky because it didn't even rain 💪
✅ Saved fuel again
✅ Physical activity
✅ Faster way to detach from work
✅ Saw a couple of cats
Totally recommended!
#cycling #BikeTooter

Treydan Stukes' improbable path pays off in Raiders debut https://www.raiders.com/news/treydan-stukes-improbable-path-pays-off-in-raiders-debut

NFL's 2026 rule changes include '3-strike' suspension rule, adjustments to kickoffs https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7563064/2026/09/08/nfl-2026-rule-changes-kickoffs-three-strike/

Treydan Stukes' improbable path pays off in Raiders debut https://www.raiders.com/news/treydan-stukes-improbable-path-pays-off-in-raiders-debut

First, let’s talk about “grokking”.
In 2022, OpenAI published a paper showing that if you train a model on a simple dataset
(for instance, a simple mathematical operation like division),
and keep training it long after the training looks like it’s stalled out,
the model will suddenly make a massive jump in capability.
Why does this work?
The first stage of training is like rote memorization:
the model has to compress as much of the training data as…

Overtraining as the path to human-like AI

Damn! spent the whole evening reading articles and not editing photos (as planned) ...
Ah well - then I invite you to a walk we did recently on a sunny day along some nice blooming bushes.
#hiking #flowers #outdoors

From the football field to the director's chair: Joshua Kelley's path to filmmaking after his NFL career https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49816710/los-angeles-chargers-titans-giants-joshua-kelley-footba…

RE: https://mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/117030783136853538
Being given a 100% AI generated score for your own mental work hurts. It also hurts because the result is presented as absolute and undeniable, with no path for appeal or inspection. A decision presented as…

At the New York Times, opinion writer Michelle Cottle pressed the argument that the Trump administration was ushered into power
by “the excesses of woke,”
with the implication being that fascism is the left’s fault.
The Hill suckedits thumb and opined that “Democrats’ progressive surge could complicate [Hakeem] Jeffries’s path to unity.”
CBS’s Gayle King tried to get progressive Democratic Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon to disavow left-wing streamer Hasan Pike…

Democrats in array
Don’t believe the pundits. The party is unified against Trump.

Walls of flames destroyed dozens of homes and other structures in the Indian Trail neighborhood and more areas of Spokane on Saturday amid one of the worst natural disasters in the city’s history.
Home after home caught fire and exploded into flames along with trees.
Loud explosions could be heard through the smoke as the wildfire that started earlier in the afternoon on the West Plains continued to destroy much of what was in its path.
Winds gusting 35 to 45 mph drove the …

'Never seen it this bad': Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into city
A wildfire driven by high winds jumped the Spokane River Saturday afternoon, burning homes and quickly moving into the Indian Trail Neighborhood.