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Not photogenic!
I was never a photogenic person, because when everyone said cheese I said „WHERE?“
-Unknown author-

Sources: Beijing recently held meetings with Alibaba, ByteDance, Z.ai, and others to discuss restricting overseas access to advanced open and closed AI models (Fanny Potkin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/beijing-is-l

Uncanny. a few weeks ago, I found a manuscript of my Dad's from 1991. A sci fi allegory, a warning about ecosystem destruction. In it, aliens from another planet are intelligent kangaroo-like beings that have retractable wings. The wings allow them to photosynthesise. And in 1993, a sea slug was discovered that also does photosynthesis, although in its case by sequestering chloroplasts from algae. It's the Guardian's invertebrate of the year.

‘You’d want one as a pet’: the irresistibly cute solar-powered sea slug
The beady-eyed, Pokémon-like leaf sheep is far more ingenious than us land mammals

"39 Chicks Strengthen Darwin’s Rhea Rewilding in Patagonia"
#Patagonia #Animals
https://happyeconews.…

39 Chicks Strengthen Darwin's Rhea Rewilding in Patagonia | Happy Eco News
Darwin's rhea rewilding in Patagonia reached a new milestone as Rewilding Chile released 39 captive-bred chicks across three events in Patagonia National Park's Chacabuco Valley, advancing a decade-long effort to recover Chile's largest bird.

Dyson CameraJet: Elektrische Zahnbürste mit Kamera kostet 480 Euro
Dysons erste Zahnbürste filmt beim Putzen die Zahnzwischenräume und spült sie aus. Sie kostet 480 Euro, die passende Zahnpasta kommt ebenfalls von Dyson.

Dyson CameraJet: Elektrische Zahnbürste mit Kamera kostet 480 Euro
Dysons erste Zahnbürste filmt beim Putzen die Zahnzwischenräume und spült sie aus. Sie kostet 480 Euro, die passende Zahnpasta kommt ebenfalls von Dyson.

* A law to sell [parts of] Argentina to the ultra-rich of the world *
On Aug 6, the Argentine Senate plans to vote on Milei's new bill,
the Private Property Inviolability Law.
If approved, tech tycoons like Peter Thiel will be able to keep the water, energy & climate of Patagonia
-- By F. Gomez, 7/31/26
(h/t. Jenny Cohn)

Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social)
😳 “A law to sell [parts of] Argentina to the ultra-rich of the world *** On Aug 6, the Senate plans to vote on Milei's new bill, the Private Property Inviolability Law. If approved, tech tycoons like Peter Thiel will be able to keep the water, energy & climate of Patagonia” By F. Gomez, 7/31/26… 1/

Tag der offenen Tür bei der Deutschen Seemannsmission Wilhelmshaven am 8.8.26 ab 11 Uhr

Google pilots a faster twice-a-week schedule for Chrome security releases as AI tools drive a surge in bug discoveries; Chrome 149 and 150 fixed 1,072 bugs (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/chrome-needs-twice-a-week-patching-…

Chrome Needs Twice-a-Week Patching Thanks to AI Bug Hunting
The two Chrome updates in June patched more bugs than the 23 updates before them. Now, Google is ramping up its patching schedule thanks to AI-assisted vulnerability discovery.

Large anomalous shifts of potassium-39 Feshbach resonances
Ali Zaheer, Mohammed Bouras, Krzysztof Giergiel, Rudolf Grimm, Andrei Sidorov, Peter Hannaford
https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.05512

“In ‘The Last of Us’ universe, rising temperatures cause Cordyceps to evolve and adapt to human body temperatures. Concerningly, this somewhat parallels real life. Climate change is another risk factor for fungal diseases that has given rise to a worrisome pathogen. ‘What does concern me as an infectious disease physician is a relatively new fungus called Candida auris,’ says Roberts. ‘This fungus spreads person-to-person, which hasn’t really been reported before.’ First identified in 2009, …

“The Last of Us” Apocalypse Is Not Realistic, But Rising Threat of Fungal Pathogens Is
Cordyceps, or Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is a real fungus that parasitizes the brains of insects like ants or spiders. Fortunately for humankind, while