Tootfinder

Sam Altman says OpenAI's decision to pace its AI development was caused by a collection of research observations showing "various degrees of misalignment" (Alex Heath/Time)
https://time.com/article/2026/08/18/openai-slowing-training/

OpenAI Is Slowing Down Its AI Training
After an unreleased model escaped its sandbox, OpenAI has paused frontier training efforts and shifted resources towards safety

Sources: CNN signed Abby Phillip to a new deal, locking in its primetime lineup with Anderson Cooper and Kaitlan Collins ahead of the Paramount deal (Brian Steinberg/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/cnn-prime-time-anchors-locked-paramount-1236836…

CNN Has Prime-Time Anchors Locked In Ahead of Paramount Deal
CNN Has Prime-Time Anchors Locked In Ahead of Paramount Deal

It’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and time again over the past year:
using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control protests outside ICE detention centers or during enforcement operations.
Now, a new report lays bare the scale of the use of these crowd-control weapons during
anti-immigration demonstrations across the US,
including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries.

ICE ‘Crowd Control’ Led to Blindings and Traumatic Brain Injuries
It’s been a brutal tactic deployed by local and federal law enforcement officials time and time again over the past year: using teargas, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control protests outside ICE detention centers or during enforcement operations. Now, a new report lays bare the scale of the use of these crowd-control weapons during anti-immigration demonstrations across the US, including hundreds of incidents that resulted in lasting and traumatic injuries.

I spent some time #blogging today.
Oh man, why does writing take so much time?! Honestly, this time I tried dictating (Speech-to-text) and curating afterwards ... but it feels like it takes the same amount of time 🤔 Maybe it's just a lack of practice - or a lack of articulation.
Anyways - a bit of story, a peertube video and a couple of photos are waiting to be watched! 😉
…

"Is it time for the UK to set maximum workplace temperatures?"
#UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.

Is it time for the UK to set maximum workplace temperatures?
A coalition of environmental and anti-poverty organisations has warned ministers that the UK is “built for a climate that no longer exists”, calling for urgent action to protect people from increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves after this year's extreme temperatures were linked to thousands of deaths.

Report: Six-time Pro Bowl WR Keenan Allen signing with Colts on one-year deal https://www.nfl.com/news/report-six-time-pro-bowl-wr-keenan-allen-signing-with-colts-on-one-year-deal

Approaching background sounds extend the duration of foreground auditory stimuli https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-58785-4 "blindfolded participants passively listened to (background) approaching, receding, or scrambled (control) motion sounds, which were rendered using…

Oh my, I just bought something from eBay for the first time in 15 years — wish me luck! My last experience (selling a laptop then) was super stressful, when the buyer ended up being a fraudster and it took months to get the money...
This time I ordered a dry heat press for my silver gelatin prints, very similar (but larger) to what I had in my first darkroom 35-40 years ago... My current approach pressing fiber prints under 20kg of books takes far too long and isn't scalable (in time …

„Prince of Persia“: GOG rüstet „Sands of Time“ für moderne PCs auf
GOG hat „Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time“ für moderne PCs verbessert. Der Spieleklassiker von 2003 bekommt etwa Ultrawide-Support und einen FPS-Limiter.

„Prince of Persia“: GOG rüstet „Sands of Time“ für moderne PCs auf
GOG hat „Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time“ für moderne PCs verbessert. Der Spieleklassiker von 2003 bekommt etwa Ultrawide-Support und einen FPS-Limiter.

Cowboys sign 8-time Pro Bowl pass rusher, 2-time Super Bowl champion https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-sign-8-time-pro-bowl-pass-rusher-2-time-champion/ea1c4ff8ba851e293049a4cf…

from my link log —
A nasty bit of implicit timezone behavior in Golang.
https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2021-09-03-golang-time-bugs/
saved 2021-09-04

A nasty bit of undefined timezone behavior in Golang
Blog for DoltHub, a website hosting databases made with Dolt, an open-source version-controlled SQL database with Git-like semantics.

Real-time quantum jump in sound observed for first time
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-real-quantum.html

Real-time quantum jump in sound observed for first time
A Stanford team has documented the first direct observation of quantum jumps of sound in a mechanical resonator, completing an arc of scientific exploration that started more than 100 years ago.

Time to lift Palestine Action proscription | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/time-lift-palestine-action-proscription

Raiders’ Brock Bowers doubtful vs. Chargers, but could be game-time decision https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-brock-bowers-doubtful-vs-chargers-but-could-be-game-time-decision-3888008/

For The First Time, Astronomers Detect An Atmosphere Around A Rocky 'Habitable Zone' Planet : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-astronomers-have-detected-an-atmosphere-around-a-ro…

Oops, that's a really nice screwup: bad NTP server taking down a large chunk of .au's phone network.
I guess NTP servers should probably have a 'before the release of this software' check in.
https://www.theregister.com/…

NTP server that traveled back in time caused massive Aussie mobile outage
Telstra skipped a patch, didn’t record changes, had no idea it was an accident waiting to happen

lately been playing "liked music" on shuffle and thinking, yeah I've heard that enough, time to remove it. just dropped a string of 90s hits
of course I need to add new liked music to keep the warp drive from imploding, so I alternate with yt music's "discover mix", which ~20% of the time finds a cowpath that works for me, and ~40% of the time makes me go, ugh this sucks, back to shuffling likes.
sometimes I try a mix from a liked song, but that doesn&…

Old good time? 🤔
«Finger Protocol Malware — Python RAT via a 1970s:
The finger protocol is older than the web, disabled on every server that matters, and still a working malware delivery channel on a default Windows install. Here it planted a Python RAT that was alerting the whole time. One genuine compromise, drowned in thousands of benign look-alikes, invisible until something cut through the noise»
📧

A Protocol From 1977 Is Still Delivering Malware in 2026
Attackers revived the 1977 finger protocol to drop a Python RAT on a default Windows install. The full attack chain, and how Artemis caught it live.

https://apple.news/AYN0KS14STr2h79yIUtsLOw

The Secretary of War Crimes thinks the American Public loves him? But only 23% have a positive opinion, that's lower than potus (YouGov).
Delulu's gonna delulu, monstrously.
"Officials familiar with Hegseth’s thinking believe that he is considering a run for president or some other political office after his time in the Trump administration is over."
Gift article:

Hegseth travels to Iowa in his ‘personal capacity’ amid 2028 speculation
Officials familiar with the defense secretary’s thinking believe he is considering a run for president or some other office after his time in the Trump administration ends.

How has the Museum Data Service helped Art UK break new records? Through the MDS, record and image ingestion is now at least 20 times faster than at any other time during @artukdotorg.bsky.social 's history.
David Saywell @artukcurations.bsky.social explains in https://museumdata.uk/blog/h…

How has the MDS helped Art UK break new records? - Museum Data Service
How did the Museum Data Service help Art UK set new records? Through the MDS, record and image ingestion is now at least 20 times faster than at any other time during Art UK’s history.

“If we don’t connect those dots between the struggles, we’re never going to get anywhere,”
says Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist
Rhiannon Giddens.
“That’s what music is for. …
We have to make music with people from different backgrounds because then we have that conversation.”
Giddens has had a wide-spanning career,
including her time with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an old-time Black string band,
and her work as a musical c…

“Hope Is the Thing with Feathers”: Rhiannon Giddens on New Album, AI, Ed Sheeran, Macklemore & Trump
“If we don’t connect those dots between the struggles, we’re never going to get anywhere,” says Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens. “That’s what music is for. … We have to make music with people from different backgrounds because then we have that conversation.” Giddens has had a wide-spanning career, including her time with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an old-time Black string band, and her work as a musical consultant on Ryan Coogler’s…

Does being an emoji researcher make me more wary to use them - like am I watching my emoji use all the time? - I'd say the opposite is true, I feel more free and whimsical in using emojis, as I see them all the time in different contexts, and I can easily pretend to just use them ironically or "for work" 🤩 #emojis #linguistics #worldEmojiDay

More data from the #Mars flyby by the #Psyche spacecraft in May have been received: #asteroid Psyche in 2029.

Rad Sounds II: Attempting a Higher-fi Home-heating Time-lapse - Audification: a sequel with added audio advice from colleagues! #podcast #audification -

Rad Sounds II: Attempting a Higher-fi Home-heating Time-lapse
Audification: a sequel with added audio advice from colleagues! #podcast #audification

Killarney, Ireland
May 21, 2026
A church window
I should have made some record what we saw on our trip at the time. I know the date and time - thanks to the camera - but I can't be very certain as to the location or the name of the church
#Fensterfreitag #WindowFriday

Next time someone tells you they support Israel, ask them “What the fuck is wrong with you? What kind of monster supports genocide?”

#Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time by #Santana
#music

Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time — Santana
Album — 12 tracks — 12K listens — ListenBrainz

I barely post in here lately, mostly lurk a tiny bit from time to time

Peacock raises prices for the fourth time in four years: Premium Plus to $19.99/month from $16.99, Premium to $12.99 from $10.99, and Select to $8.99 from $7.99 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/peacock-raises-prices-fourth-…

Peacock Raises Prices Again, Fourth Price Hike in Four Years
NBCUniversal's Peacock is raising prices for all customers, marking the streamer's fourth fee increase in four years.

Logged in to Twitter to retrieve these worthy images from a poster session long ago:
#teleportation #commute #biking

Ravens' Calais Campbell says he's had tough past few months: 'Continue praying' https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7521591/2026/08/18/ravens-calais-campbell-tough-time/

Sonnet 115 - CXV
Those lines that I before have writ do lie,
Even those that said I could not love you dearer:
Yet then my judgment knew no reason why
My most full flame should afterwards burn clearer.
But reckoning Time, whose million'd accidents
Creep in 'twixt vows, and change decrees of kings,
Tan sacred beauty, blunt the sharp'st intents,
Divert strong minds to the course of altering things;
Alas! why, fearing of Time'…

I've loaded the cannons, checked the sails, and made sure the ship isn't currently leaking. Time for more Windrose! Drop by the chat, grab a tankard of whatever you're drinking, and let's go hunt some booty. 🦜⚓
💻 Join the crew: https://www.twitch.tv/tuxramus

John Carlos Baez: "𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗖𝗞! 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧! Acad…" - Mathstodon https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/113221679747517432

A live map of British trains.
https://www.map.signalbox.io/

The Battle of Britain's 'hardest day' https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/second-world-war/the-battle-of-britains-hardest-day/

The Battle of Britain's 'hardest day'
In 1940 the Royal Air Force resisted major aerial attacks from Germany in what became known as the Battle of Britain. On 18 August, sometimes called the ‘hardest day’ of the fighting, many sites in southern England were targeted. One of them was Kenley, a fighter airfield just south of London.

bitcoin: Bitcoin transactions (2009-2013)
A network of Bitcoin transactions spanning January 2009 to April 2013. Nodes are public-key "addresses" at some time within the given period, and each edge is marked with the time (at a resolution of seconds) of the transaction.
This network has 6336770 nodes and 16057711 edges.
Tags: Economic, Cryptocurrency, Unweighted, Timestamps

Every time the voters have to approve the fire department budget, it makes me imagine we're being asked to pick apocalypses from a menu.
Adjacent signs: "Locust Swarm 2026", "vote for rain of blood", etc.

@… @… look, I’ve thought about adding a on:time condition to `<is-land>` so maybe on:season makes sense too

Die Seite #Schottland mit Beschreibungen, Angabe von Schwierigleotsgrad und 'Matsch-Faktor', Photo…

As viewers of Disney discover they cannot login tonight! 😱 https://downdetector.com/status/disney-plus/

Disney+ down? Current problems and outages - US
Real-time problems and outages for Disney+. Video streaming not working? Is the server down? Here you see what is going on.

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." — J. R. R. Tolkien
Truly an evergreen quote!
#Quote

I spent some time re-reading, as one does, Frederic Jameson and Mike Davis only to decide that the original idea for a reply post was maybe too involved (maybe just a little?).

Every time I'm in #Vienna I can't resist the urge to an impulse purchase at Doblinger. This time it hit on the more mysterious side.. 👻

Once again, we're all wearing masks due to Conservative incompetence. This time it's outdoors instead of indoors.
#WildFires

macOS-27-Beta : Offenbar Dateisystemprobleme im Zusammenhang mit Time Machine
Die dritte Entwicklerbeta von macOS 27 scheint unter Umständen das SSD-Dateisystem zu korrumpieren. Das Problem: Dies ist auch die erste Public Beta.

macOS-27-Beta : Offenbar Dateisystemprobleme im Zusammenhang mit Time Machine
Die dritte Entwicklerbeta von macOS 27 scheint unter Umständen das SSD-Dateisystem zu korrumpieren. Das Problem: Dies ist auch die erste Public Beta.

Twig says it's sleep-on-hoomin time, not be-productive-and-get-errands-done time. Who am I to argue?

Imagine gobbling up studios with direct lineage to some of the all-time genre-defining games and then either shuttering or gutting them. How embarrassing, am I right, ZeniMax and Microsoft?

It's time for Dog Days of DevOps at #CloudAustin. First off is @… demo'ing Talos.

"Scientists figured out a way to map the planet's melting permafrost in real time"
#Permafrost #Environment
https://www.

Scientists figured out a way to map the planet's melting permafrost in real time
Disappearing lakes and artificial intelligence are helping researchers gather data to map the thawing of permafrost across the globe.

I find the discourse about this bizarre. England ended up as one of the top 4 teams.
I call that astounding success
World Cup 2026: Thomas Tuchel did not deliver for England, but his time is not up - Alan Shearer - BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles…

World Cup 2026: Thomas Tuchel did not deliver for England, but his time is not up - Alan Shearer
Former England captain Alan Shearer says Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel will not be fazed by criticism he has faced over the World Cup semi-final defeat.

At 32, Derrick Henry is still outrunning NFL history: ‘His game transcends time’ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7602089/2026/09/18/derrick-henry-ravens-nfl-all-time-rushing-leaders/

Two-time All-Pro cornerback Stephon Gilmore retires as member of Patriots https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/twotime-allpro-cornerback-stephon-gilmore-retires-as-member-of-patriots

London Heathrow Airport Summer Landside Ambient (2025-07) - Ambient busy big holiday time airport nowhere near any aircraft. #fieldRecording #travel #airport -

London Heathrow Airport Summer Landside Ambient (2025-07)
Ambient busy big holiday time airport nowhere near any aircraft. #fieldRecording #travel #airport

Just 10 months ago, NASA asked three companies if they could do something nobody had done before.
Could they build and launch a satellite to save a $500 million astronomy mission at risk of crashing back to Earth?
What’s more, could they do it in less than a year on a tight budget?
Katalyst Space Technologies, a startup founded in 2020, presented the most compelling solution.
“They came back with a response that was technically and programmatically plausible,
an…

A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."

ICC stands for International Criminal Court.
Think about that for a second. Take all the time you need.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvnl0elz47o

US announces new sanctions on ICC president and top lawyer
The Trump administration has vowed to dismantle the international court "brick by brick".

So the upcoming NPM publish token changes are a potential lock-out scenario for people who're not using CI-based "Trusted Publishing" (TP) and cannot switch to "Staged Publishing" (SP) for reasons of practicality or feasibility.
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-07-

npm install-time security and GAT bypass2fa deprecation - GitHub Changelog
npm v12 is now generally available and tagged latest. This major release turns on the install-time security defaults we announced in June, and it’s also where we begin a deprecation…

Palona, which uses AI agents to automate real-time workflows in brick-and-mortar businesses, raised a $20M Series A, following a $10M seed in 2025 (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/08/17/palona-r…

Palona raises $20M in funding to bring AI automation to brick-and-mortar businesses - SiliconANGLE
Palona raises $20M in funding to bring AI automation to brick-and-mortar businesses - SiliconANGLE

Time Magazine schaltet Werbung gezielt für KI-Crawler
Das Time Magazine betreibt eine zweite Version seiner Website nur für KI-Crawler – inklusive Werbung, die nur sie sehen. Die sollen in Chatbot-Antworten landen.
h…

Time Magazine zeigt KI-Bots separate Markdown-Seiten mit eingebetteten Anzeigen
Das Time Magazine betreibt eine zweite Version seiner Website nur für KI-Crawler – inklusive Werbung, die nur sie sehen. Die sollen in Chatbot-Antworten landen.

"Paradromics achieves real-time speech with Connexus BCI" https://paradromics.com/news/paradromics-achieves-real-time-speech-connexus-brain-computer-interface/

Paradromics Achieves Real-Time Speech with Connexus® Brain-Computer Interface
Paradromics' Connexus® BCI enables the first participant to speak in real time using neural activity, choosing her own words to communicate.

bitcoin: Bitcoin transactions (2009-2013)
A network of Bitcoin transactions spanning January 2009 to April 2013. Nodes are public-key "addresses" at some time within the given period, and each edge is marked with the time (at a resolution of seconds) of the transaction.
This network has 6336770 nodes and 16057711 edges.
Tags: Economic, Cryptocurrency, Unweighted, Timestamps

John Niland, three-time All-Pro guard who helped Cowboys win their first Super Bowl, dead at 82 https://www.nfl.com/news/john-niland-three-time-all-pro-guard-who-helped-cowboys-win-their-first-super-bowl-dead-at-82…

Our saturday activity, a gorgoeus bike&hike. I really wat to go there again any time soon. Maybe I can even do it as an afterwork ride ... at least when i bring some lights for cycling back home.
https://loops.video/v/hz6DqlGUsr
photos are still pending ... I just get distracted too quickly the…

The GPS system on a small medical plane that crashed into a mountainside last month in New Mexico
malfunctioned because the military was jamming that signal throughout the area at the time
although pilots had been warned to expect that, according to federal investigators.
Four people died in the pre-dawn crash on May 14 that sparked a wildfire that burned for weeks in the rugged Capitan Mountains around Ruidoso where the plane was trying to land that night.
The Nationa…

Military jamming disrupted GPS on plane that crashed in New Mexico
Federal investigators say the GPS system on a small medical plane that crashed into a mountainside last month in New Mexico malfunctioned because the military was jamming that signal throughout the area, although pilots were warned ahead of time to expect that. Four people died in the pre-dawn crash on May 14 that sparked a wildfire which burned for weeks in the rugged Capitan Mountains around Ruidoso. The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the crash Wednesday…

Worked with a #writing #coaching client on some ways to do screenplay outlining and also structure your own workflow so progress gets made even if time is tight. Great to help them have tools to keep their work, development of their craft and their material going.

Why you should build your next monument out of Roman concrete.
New Study Reveals Why Ancient Roman Concrete Keeps Getting Stronger : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-reveals-why-ancient-roman-concrete-keeps-getting-stronger

watched SPEED with the family and it’s better than i remembered
(it’s a long time since i last saw it!)
the dialogue is sparkling, i love the way so many of the characters get their own spicy comebacks
rachel somehow managed not to see it before and we haven’t previously inflicted it on the kids: they agreed it’s great fun
and the special effects are really good

P.J. Locke, Cowboys defense looking to improve 'one play at a time' https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/p-j-locke-cowboys-defense-looking-to-improve-one-play-at-a-time

“ECB economists warn households to brace for stock market ‘correction’”
You heard ‘em, folks… time to sharpen your guillotines.
https://www.independent.ie/business/ecb-economists-warn-households-to-brace-for-stock…

Memo: Reach plans to cut ~220 editorial jobs, create 60 new roles, and close three online-only brands, as it shifts focus away from page views and volume (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-

Reach to cut editorial team by further 160 jobs as key metric becomes 'active engaged time'
Proposal also includes closure of Kent Live, Aberdeen Live and Galway Beo websites.

Business intelligence startup Veridion, which develops an AI-powered, real-time map of ~640M businesses worldwide, raised a $20M Series A led by Hoxton Ventures (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/09/16/veridion-lands-20m-to-take-…

Veridion lands $20M to take business intelligence beyond static data
Business intelligence startup Veridion has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered platform for providing continuously updated information on businesses worldwide. The round was led by Hoxton Ventures, with participation from existing investors Underline Ventures, OTB Ventures, Gapminder, Day One Capital and Launchub.Founded in 2019, Veridion has developed what it describes as a live business graph, a digital representation of around 640 million businesses worldwid…

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Time Magazine zeigt KI-Bots separate Markdown-Seiten mit eingebetteten Anzeigen

Time Magazine zeigt KI-Bots separate Markdown-Seiten mit eingebetteten Anzeigen
Das Time Magazine betreibt eine zweite Version seiner Website nur für KI-Crawler – inklusive Werbung, die nur sie sehen. Die sollen in Chatbot-Antworten landen.

Report: Cowboys expected to sign eight-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Von Miller https://www.nfl.com/news/report-cowboys-expected-to-sign-eight-time-pro-bowl-pass-rusher-von-miller

I've done most of these at one time or another.
Also a Robert Owen statue on Corporation St (or at least there was, by the Coop Bank).
Four ways to discover the radical north-west | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/four-ways-dis…

Sources: AI-drafted bills are swamping the US House's Legislative Counsel, which now spends more time fixing them than it would spend to draft them from scratch (Owen Dahlkamp/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/17/ai-slop-lawmakers-congress-01008…

Sponsor-driven Cowboys waste little time pulling World Cup covers from stadium signage https://www.foxsports.com/articles/soccer/sponsordriven-cowboys-waste-little-time-pulling-world-cup-covers-from-stadium-signage

Lions vs. Bills: Three must-know storylines for Thursday's Week 2 prime-time game https://www.nfl.com/news/lions-vs-bills-three-must-know-storylines-for-thursday-s-week-2-prime-time-game

Two small new prints from this afternoon, this time not Kallitype but contact printing on silver chloride FB paper, developed with Adox MCC. The increase in depth and detail is just wonderful and the feel of the final results an instant throwback to my early darkroom adventures ~40 years ago... 😍
The pictures are of two of my favorite places in recent years. Larger prints will be available for purchase in September.

Bill Rasmussen, a one-time sportscaster who went on to be ESPN's co-founder and first chairman before leaving the company in 1980, has died at 93 (Mike Barnes/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bill-rasmussen-espn-…

Bill Rasmussen, Co-Founder of ESPN, Dies at 93
The former New England Whalers exec and his son came up with the idea for an all-sports network in 1978 while stuck in traffic.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index sank ~10% for the week, its largest weekly fall in over a year, and is now down ~20% from its late-June all-time high (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chipmakers-other-h…

Cowboys Bolster Their Pass Rush, Reportedly Agree To Deal With Von Miller https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/allas-cowboys-reportedly-sign-two-time-super-bowl-champion-von-miller

Trump used his address to call out ABC and NBC
for not airing his live remarks,
claiming the networks declined to do so
“because they know how corrupt our system is and they don’t want to reveal it.”
He also repeated his frequent demand that the networks’ government-issued broadcast licenses be revoked.
“They and others in the media are part of a plot,”
the president said, offering no evidence for his claims.
In fact, ABC and NBC did carry Trump’s spe…

In Prime Time, Trump Criticizes Networks for Not Carrying His Speech
The president also called for ABC and NBC to lose their broadcast licenses, after complaining that the networks were not airing his remarks.

Getting Drenched At 2500 Meters
#FootpathFriday time! A welcome brief refreshment on the way up, on my hike two weeks ago, the view from ~10 secs... 😍
#LandscapePhotography #Video

Is Derrick Henry the best RB of all-time? Where he stands among NFL's top-10 running backs

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/where-derrick-henry-currently-ranks-…

How concerns about AI became an important midterms issue, with candidates adding AI and data center policies to their websites in ~40% of races across the US (Washington Post)

The unexpected issue dividing parties and midterms candidates
More candidates talk about artificial intelligence or data centers on their campaign websites than mention Israel or manufacturing, according to a Post analysis.

Saints, five-time Pro Bowl RB Alvin Kamara finalizing restructured contract to stay in New Orleans https://www.nfl.com/news/saints-five-time-pro-bowl-rb-alvin-kamara-finalizing-restructured-contract-to-stay-in-new-orleans…

A federal judge again blocked Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order directing the USPS to withhold mail ballots from states that refuse to share private voter data with the federal government.
But the fight is now before SCOTUS. Read to learn more about how your ballot could be affected👇

Federal judge blocks Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order again — this time nationwide
"The federal government has declined to defend the constitutionality of the EO’s directives,” Talwani wrote.

Hyundai's South Korea auto workers have gone on a partial strike over wages, AI, and the prospect of the company deploying its new humanoid robot in factories (Jiyoung Sohn/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/the-fig

The Fight Over Humanoid Robots Has Shut Down a Car Factory for the First Time
Auto workers for Hyundai Motor in South Korea are on a partial strike worried about their future job prospects

Montorie Foster Jr.: "Every Time I Play, I Play To A Standard" https://www.seahawks.com/video/montorie-foster-jr-every-time-i-play-i-play-to-a-standard-press-conference-august-15-2026

Is Aaron Donald signing imminent? DT works out with Rams for second time, Sean McVay mum on timeline

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/is-aaron-donald-signing-im…

His ex-wife Ashley shared a
three-minute voicemail with the AP from last winter
where he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.
In that message,
sent around the time he joined ICE,
he called her “disgusting”
and said that she and other women and girls in her “bloodline” should die.
“And all of you should have your
f—king throats cut,”
Brouillette’s voicemail said.
“Yeah, you should.
Am I threatening that I’m go…

ICE Agent in Fatal Maine Shooting Has History of Terrifying Violence
The ICE agent who killed Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero abused and threatening the women in his life, his relatives say.

Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 will be included in Max and Team Premium plans at 50% of limits from July 20 and via usage credits for Pro and Team Standard users (Claude/@claudeai)
https://x.com/claudeai/status/2078302415804379218

Claude (@claudeai) on X
Beginning July 20, Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans, at 50% of limits. Pro and Team Standard users will continue to have access to Fable via usage credits, and will receive a one-time $100 credit. Demand for Fable has been challenging to

ASML plans to give its ~45K employees globally a €20,000 bonus, issued as a share award vesting in 2030, joining other chip industry companies offering payouts (Sarah Jacob/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Plastics
“And these guys were very common,” [Gibson] went on, taking down a small plastic spaceman:
red, wearing an elaborately earmuffed helmet with an antenna on top.
“These spacemen were dime-store toys at a time
 — which I can actually remember! 
— when cheap plastics were still weirdly novel.
Like Gore-Tex or something.
You’d ask, ‘What is it made of?’ ”
He looked wistful, then thoughtful.
“I’ve decided that one of the most signif…

How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real
Midway through his career, the inventor of “cyberspace” turned his attention to the strange new world of the present, Joshua Rothman writes.

Three large portions of the Filchner Ice Shelf
—dubbed A22, A23, and A24
—calved into the Weddell Sea off of Antarctica in 1986.
For National Geographic, Chris Heath documents the life and death of an iceberg called A23a,
known at one time as the largest iceberg in the world.
Born when it broke off A23 in 1991,
it was “at least 44 nautical miles long, 40 nautical miles wide, and somewhere close to 2,000 square miles in area, or roughly the size of Bali.”

Sources: Anthropic has been preparing to give its co-founders shares with extra voting power to help insulate them from outside pressure, ahead of a planned IPO (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-prepares…

Anthropic Prepares Supervoting Power for Founders as it Readies for Mega-IPO
Anthropic has been preparing to give CEO Dario Amodei and other co-founders a class of stock with extra voting power to help insulate them from outside shareholder pressure, two people familiar with the matter said. It would be the first time Anthropic’s leaders have extra voting power, which ...

Can Derrick Henry break NFL rushing record? All-time leader Emmitt Smith thinks so

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/can-derrick-henry-break-nfl-rushing-record-emmitt-smith/…