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Sources: Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner proposed joining a bid for TikTok's European business over lunch with Charles Kushner, the US ambassador to France (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/171220b9-8d8e-4d82-a866-f9aaf258e0fb

Alaska newsrooms, including The Alaska Beacon and The Anchorage Daily News, are joining forces to cover the midterm elections amid severe resource constraints (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/business/media/alaska-journalis…

Alaska’s Journalists Join Forces to Cover the Midterms
The state’s challenging geography and newspapers’ broader economic struggles have stretched reporters in Alaska, just as its competitive U.S. Senate race has grabbed national attention.

Here goes a call for talk proposals for a workshop in Copenhagen in November on Functions and Representation in AI systems:
https://philevents.org/event/show/152953
I will be speaking there, and in very good company. Maybe you know someone who might be interested in joining too!

RE: https://mastodns.net/@oli/117435200058386154
If you have ever had thoughts about how well or important a core infrastructure tech enhancement has been going, consider joining the conversation.
I (and collaborators though not named) are cited in this lengthy, sure to be an evocative article.