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NOTUS rebrands as The Washington Sun on Wednesday, after settling a lawsuit over its planned rebrand as The Washington Star, and partners with Capital Weather (Katie Robertson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/business/media/notus-washingt…

Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun
A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.

Yes
https://this.weekinsecurity.com/reframing-smart-glasses-as-pervert-glasses/

Reframing smart glasses as 'pervert glasses'
Smart glasses equipped with cameras, microphones, and AI are a creeping privacy and security nightmare, prompting backlash.

'How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian': Use AI to explore. Use libraries to verify. Use your brain to evaluate.
(Do people really cite articles they haven't read, as in the opening story?)
https://www.llrx.com/2025/12/how-to-spot-a

This article is utter nonsense. The planning system does not prevent building.
1) The NPPF has a presumption for sustainable development, where 'sustainable' is nothing of the sort.
2) Sure councils can refuse planning applications but a) if they are the sponsors, why would they, and b) if they do then the planning inspectorate / Secretary of State will overturn the decision.
/contd.

Without radical planning reform, Burnham cannot build the houses he’s promising | LSE British Politics
Governments keep promising more houses, and keep failing to build them. If Burnham is to keep his promise, there needs to be a radical reform to planning rules.

"Visible mending: Why you should give your clothes a second life — and show off the repairs"
#Clothes #Textiles
https://www…

Why you should give your clothes a second life — and show off the repairs
Extending a garment’s life by just nine more months can reduce its carbon, water, and waste footprints by up to 20%.

Schlimmer Verdacht: Möglicherweise tun Politiker manchmal Dinge, um wiedergewählt zu werden. 😱

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz doubled down Monday on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy
after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory in a regional election, with a very good chance of forming the first far-right state government since the Nazi era.
Merz said his center-right Christian Democratic Union was “deeply shocked”
by what he called “the most serious election defeat that the CDU has had for years, for decades.”
But he indi…

German chancellor under pressure after AfD win in state polls
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under pressure after the far-right Alternative Germany (AfD) party achieved a significant victory in a regional election. AfD nearly secured a majority in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday, marking a potential shift for Germany, which has avoided far-right leadership since the Nazi era. Merz, who leads the center-right Christian Democrats, had promised to weaken AfD but failed. The victory complicates Germany's political landscape amid challenges like Russia's aggressi…

Glacier Level in 1850
This sign marks the former extent of the once grand Hintereisferner, one of the key "reference glaciers" worldwide, at the peak of the LIA some ~175 years ago. By now the glacier has retracted ~5 km back into the upper valley behind the slope on the right...
More info about ongoing research @ Uni Innsbruck:

I am delighted to hear that James Orr has stepped down from his position with #ReformUKLtd. I wonder whether he will also step down from his position with the University of Cambridge?
#Farage
#FarageSleaze

Farage seeks to shore up damaged leadership as scandal engulfs Reform conference
Splits emerge within party after resignation of officials reported to police for apparent plot to evade donations law

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…