Peasant Woman Stooping and Gleaning, 1885 #vincentvangogh #realism
Russia builds secret drone bases in striking distance of Nato (telegraph.co.uk)
Rural Economic Pain Tests the GOP’s Grip on a Trump Stronghold (wsj.com)
‘Lanterns’ Season 1 Premiere Recap: No Evil Shall Escape (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Opinion | What if Diversity Training Is Doing More Harm Than Good? (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Micro.blog - dave mentions
• Jeffrey Yasskin
@dave It's weird to read this and find no mention of the fact that LLMs, even before this watermarking, generated text by computing the probabilities of several next words, and then doing a weighted random selection between them. See https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/llm-temperature and https://claudecodeguides.com/claude-temperature-settings-guide/, for example.
An Early Monterey Bay FC 2027 Roster Review and Update (medium.com)
Obamacare is becoming even more frail (economist.com)
Why Big Tech’s AI Spending Is $3 Trillion Higher Than It Seems (wsj.com)
The DataLounge, a Gay Gossip Website, Shuts Down After 31 Years (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Reasons to Have Faith in the Art World (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)
Column | Frontline leaders are disappearing. The Civil War shows why that’s a problem. (wapo.st)
（序破急）語られなかった戦争トラウマ 政治社説担当・伊藤宏：朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)
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Minneapolis middle school principal removed after parents call for 'leadership change' (startribune.com)
Senate hopeful Talarico touts his faith. Texas Republicans call it blasphemy. (wapo.st)
Micro.blog - dave mentions
• Manton Reece
@dave I feel differently about Bluesky. Whether they make it as a business or not, I don’t know. But I think it can be a bridge to open platforms for a lot of people.
Safe Vancouver Bicycle crossings August 2026 update
East / West
Cross Kingsway at Miller (e.g. if you are going to Shiok or 88)
Cross Nanaimo at 24th / Vanness (e.g. if you are going to Pampanga’s at Joyce)
Cross Victoria at 19th (new in 2023 beg button/flashing lights)
Cross Commercial Drive (just before it turns i...
Just hearing about this upcoming 6-part series with Barack Obama discussing his favorite books! I’ll definitely listen. But sounds like the “podcast” will be exclusive to Audible, so not actually a podcast.
On the Balcony of Eugene Manet's Room at Bougival, 1881 #berthemorisot #morisot