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OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon, Microsoft, and others launch Raise Us, a new non-profit led by ex-Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to help US workers adapt to AI (Lydia DePillis/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/business/economy/ai-work-…

Big Companies Aim to Ease A.I. Transition for American Workers
OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon and Microsoft have signed on to an effort led by Gina Raimondo, a former commerce secretary.

So, KakaoTalk reminds me that it’s Chuseok/추석/autumn harvest festival/moon festival by offering me seasonal emojis. 🌾☺️🌕
Too many holidays in too many calendars! Anyway, 추석 잘 보내세요! Have some sweet half-moon rice cakes if you can get them.

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.

The White House TV pool remained suspended as of Thursday evening, as networks waited to resume coverage until the WH formally agreed to let CNN participate (Michael M. Grynbaum/New York Times)
https://www.

White House Restores Access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
A judge ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on three media outlets, but it took several hours for them to get back in. The White House TV pool remains suspended.

For #FootpathFriday I wanted to remind me about a really cool hike we did a while ago.
Enjoy
#photography #mountains

I suppose I should remind you of this weather-appropriate song:
https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=LJwR4iHxKV0

Pay it forward.
https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/pay-it-forward

Pay it Forward
Pay It Forward was a 2000 romantic drama featuring Kevin Spacey, Haley Joel Osment, and Helen Hunt. Decently well-received, I found it a good, heart-warming, thought-provoking movie. It is also an allegory for how open source works.

"ESA is closely monitoring the wildfire situation in the vicinity of its deep-space ground station in #Cebreros, Spain," says https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_statement_on_the_wildfires_near_Cebreros: "Based on the information currently available, the station appears to have remained unharmed. [...] All ESA personnel are safe and accounted for. [...] At present, ESA does not have physical access to the station and is therefore unable to conduct an on-site inspection."

So... how 'bout the Epstein files... Just a reminder...
#EpsteinFiles #NeverForget #Midterms2026 #elections