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Andromeda from my balcony tonight. About 40 minutes of stacking, heavily processed in Snapseed and Photos app, taken with a Seestar S30. Lots of skipped images due to high winds, but I like the result.
#astrophotography #seestar

Trump’s attack on higher education is being driven by a couple of different ideological and material forces.
First and foremost, authoritarian and fascist regimes historically have targeted various sectors of society.
If we look at fascist Spain, fascist Italy, or Nazi Germany, or if we look at Victor Orbšn’s Hungary and his fascist or illiberal regime,
what we see are three sectors that are clearly always identified and targeted.
One is the press,
one is the…

Trump’s Attempts to Control Higher Education Follow a Familiar Fascist Playbook
Trumpism has been aided by divestment that hollowed higher ed out from the core, AAUP President Todd Wolfson says.

"Green officials point out that voter fraud tends to be most prominent in postal ballots, and that on this occasion Labour won the postal vote."
But otherwise the article presents no data on sectoral poll shifts.
Labour anxiety and accusations after big shift in Muslim vote to Greens | Green party | The Guardian

I know that when I get a text calling me “Billy” that it’s not good… Only my sisters call me that, at least in the last 50 years… We are in no way estranged but they just don’t think of texting me until it’s a Big Thing. And they still see me as their odd brother.
My 90yo stepmom has had “her cancer” (weird phrase…) return. A “Sister Mary Joseph” tumor. Indicator of broad metastasis. Short prognosis.
So I am likely to be 100% out of older-generation family before ’27.

Anthropic positions itself as the AI sector's superego, but it's caught between the pressures to be safe, fast, and rigorous while being commercially successful (Matteo Wong/The Atlantic)

Anthropic Is at War With Itself
The AI company shouting about AI’s dangers can’t quite bring itself to slow down.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Suki Waterhouse:
🎵 Blackout Drunk
#NowPlaying #SukiWaterhouse
https://sukiwaterhouse.bandcamp.com/track/blackout-drunk
https://open.spotify.com/track/0PyN8JswfA5otVomw09V5Q

I asked my mom if I can go to WWIII and she said we had plenty of sectarian violence at home.

Nomura: total returns for software debt in collateralized loan obligations have been lower than all other sectors in 2026, amid fears about AI's impact on SaaS (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20