🔥PEAK TENSION EARLY 2026🔥 Ukraine strikes deep into Russian rear, Abu Dhabi talks at risk?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/25/peak-tension-early-ukraine-strikes.html
@… is on a roll!
https://ghost.thenewoil.org/critical-thinking-101/
Maxx Crosby, Geno Smith Get Honest About Raiders Tanking https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/geno-smith-maxx-crosby-giants-tanking/
Inside the turmoil at Thinking Machines; sources say Meta discussed buying TML, and CTO Barret Zoph had been in talks since October 2025 about an OpenAI return (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/technology/thinking-machines-ai-startup-o…
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The Enchanters:
🎵 Mambo Santa Mambo
#TheEnchanters
https://moochinaboutltd.bandcamp.com/track/mambo-santa-mambo
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ow3BVpNxKarcbaagTPkjI
Besides the obvious objections, I find it deeply ironic that Claude Code would send me an email thanking me for my efforts towards simplicity in software.
Steelers' McCarthy hire has everything to do with a QB, but not the one you're thinking of https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6996086/2026/01/24/mike-mccarthy-steelers-head-coach-aaron-rodgers-qb/
POL-GÖ: (56/2026) Zwischenfall bei Kundgebung zum "4. Jahrestag des Beginns des großen Krieges Russlands gegen die Ukraine" - Polizei ermittelt gegen 37-jährigen Störer wegen Bedrohung und Volksverhetzung Göttingen (ots) - Göttingen, Markt Sonntag, 22. Februar 2026, gegen 17.50 Uhr GÖTTINGEN (jk) - Weil er am Sonntagnachmittag (22.02.26) auf dem Göttinger Marktplatz eine angezeigte Kundgebung anlässlich des 4. Jahrestags des
Tencent closed its TiMi Montréal studio after nearly five years, without ever releasing a game, as Chinese giants scale back funding for Western game studios (Stephen Totilo/Game File)
https://www.gamefile.news/p/tencent-timi-montreal-closed
How Chinese tech companies navigate geopolitical tensions: TikTok and Manus adopted a "China shedding" strategy, while Shein and Meituan seek non-US growth (Meaghan Tobin/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/business/tiktok-china-technology.ht…