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At this year’s French Open, the air is particularly thick with tension.
After a tournament of shocks and upsets, only five top-10 seeds and one Grand Slam champion are left across the men’s and women’s draws.
The stakes always get higher deeper into a tournament, but the openness of this year’s draw further complicates matters.
Lower-ranked players are facing unusual situations with less formidable foes in their way,
and with that comes expectation.
A less forebo…

How tennis players manage nerves and intrusive thoughts with milestones on the line
In an especially open draw, the physiology of stress is important to the players fighting for the Roland Garros title.

The 2040 milestones that Europe must meet to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050 #Europe …

The 2040 milestones that Europe must meet to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050
Energy, transport, heating and industrial transition: A major modeling study now provides EU-wide guidance with high sector detail on the required pace of transition to fossil-free technologies. The conclusion is encouraging: the EU Green Deal is realistic, and it will ultimately make the continent stronger and more independent from oil and gas crises.

The next big release of our software is codenamed "Moose".
We have the following milestones:
- Moose (August)
- Moose Beta (July)
- Moose Beta Limited (Late june)
- Moose Beta Limited Beta (early June)
- Moose Limited (May)
- Moose Limited Beta (early May)
>:(
I keep asking in meetings when Moose Beta Limited Limited Beta Alpha is, but noone appreciates it. These people have no idea what they're doing.

Filing: Meta offers top executives stock options for the first time since its 2012 IPO to retain talent, if it hits stock-price milestones in the coming years (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…

Storms, New Homes, and Newly Found Cousins
An EF-1 tornado tears through town, but the bigger story this week might be closer to home—family milestones, new beginnings, and a surprising discovery of more cousins branching out on the family tree.
http://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/storms-ne

Storms, New Homes, and Newly Found Cousins – Bob Mueller
A week of storms and milestones: an EF-1 tornado hits town, a son buys his first home, a dog recovers from surgery, and new cousins emerge.

Open to work no more: Mendoza celebrates with a LinkedIn post after taken at No. 1 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48573712/fernando-mendoza-no-1-pick-raiders-2026-nfl-draft-linkedin-post

Uber plans to invest $1.25B in Rivian through 2031, contingent on meeting autonomy milestones, starting with $300M at signing, to deploy 50K Level 4 robotaxis (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/transportation/897105/uber-rivian-robotaxi…

Uber to invest $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of new robotaxi deal
Uber will invest $1.25 billion in Rivian as part of a huge robotaxi deal. The companies plan on deploying 10,000 autonomous R2 vehicles as robotaxis by 2031.

Armed with £2.5 Billion,
The "UK Atomic Energy Authority"
( #UKAEA ) isn't promising a working commercial fusion reactor by 2030,
though it does want key development milestones in place that will build toward one.
The bulk of that funding will flow into
🔸the "Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production" (

UK Atomic Energy Authority strategy 2026 to 2030
The strategy sets out how UKAEA will deliver foundational research, technology and innovation to support the UK fusion sector through world-leading expertise.

This week brought an EF-1 tornado through town—but also some good news: a new house for my youngest son, a successful surgery for Athena, and even a few newly discovered cousins thanks to genealogy research.
A little chaos, a little gratitude.
#blogging #family

Storms, New Homes, and Newly Found Cousins – Bob Mueller
A week of storms and milestones: an EF-1 tornado hits town, a son buys his first home, a dog recovers from surgery, and new cousins emerge.

Amazon agrees to pay $11.57B to acquire Globalstar, or $90 per share; the deal requires Globalstar to meet certain HIBLEO-4 replacement satellite milestones (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel