Tootfinder

Every so often we get to see a politician who achieves the otherwise unimaginable.
-- Who accomplishes something no one thought to accomplish, because they dreamt something no one thought was possible.
We saw it with Obama in 2008, winning the Democratic nomination over the sure bet of Hillary Clinton, and then winning the presidency.
We saw it with AOC in 2018 who organized so effectively that it left Joe Crowley’s head spinning, before winning in a historic upset.
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Dr. Abdul El Sayed Is Doing Something Historic That Corporate Media Is Ignoring
Despite an unprecedented level of attacks, he's on the cusp of making history—and corporate media turning a blind eye is a detriment to all of us

But Trump accomplished exactly what he wanted: his name, not Obama's, is on the deal.
Trump's 'insulting' deal with Iran mocked by analysts: 'We've accomplished nothing' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677039230/

New York State Assemblyman Alex Bores launches Who Decides, a nonprofit that raised $10M and aims to raise another $20M in 2027 to shape Democratic AI policy (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/ai-safety-2028-election-democrat…

Alex Bores Wants Democrats to Make AI Safety a 2028 Election Issue
Alex Bores, who lost a congressional primary contest that revolved around A.I. regulation, is trying to position himself at the center of the conversation for the next presidential election.

This one is interesting if yr interested in #datapoisoning and ways to add friction to #aicompanies harvesting of data.
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Dedicated-frequency analysis of gravitational-wave bursts from core-collapse supernovae with minimal assumptions: #GravitationalWaves: https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/exploding-stars-are-trying-to-talk-to-us-through-gravitational-waves

Die Schufa speichert künftig ihre Daten auf Servern von Amazon Web Services. Deutschlands größte Auskunftei begründet dies mit "ihren hohen Anspruch an Datenschutz, Sicherheit und digitale Souveränität". Zwar stehen die fraglichen Server von AWS in Europa, aber die Mutterfirma untersteht dem US-Cloud-Act. #heise

Additional grandparenting admin accomplished in the last 10 days...
Organised initial appointments for the wee one for:
OT
Speechie
ADHD/Autism
Teams meetings with:
OT
Kinship assessment
Phoned Centrelink:
Child Care Subsidy has the 3yo attending primary school??? (different rate) - now fixed
Emailing CYF multiple times to keep them updated as required

Amy Langenberg outlines a research agenda using Mahāsāmghika-lokottaravādin nun's Vinaya texts in order to document women's roles as health practitioners in South Asia. This looks like amazing research - "peering around the archival bulge" of patriarchal sources and conclusions.
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Wachusett Reservoir is the largest hand-built dam in the world, assembled from great granite blocks
#photo #photography #dam

The identification and work of an eighth-century Maya mathematician: #Maya astronomer for the first time: https://www.science.org/content/article/scrawled-signature-names-maya-astronomer-first-time - the autograph accompanies formulas devised to sync calendars with planetary movement.