The AI bubble is already popping; we just don't know it yet

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/the-ai-bubble-is-already-popping-we-just-dont-know-it-yet/5282004

The Atlantic profiles DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, whose halt on certain ICE stops stood for barely a day. It followed a week when ICE officers killed two people, a construction worker in Texas and a delivery driver in Maine, each time while looking for other men. Reporting by Nick Miroff for The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/markwayne-mullin-secretary-homeland-security-ice/687868/

It seems that Italy has a problem with understanding geography and the EU. They have added a new notification for internal border controls at all "internal air and sea borders with Spain" due to what happened in Ceuta, which is an exclave and thus not even part of Schengen. Also: the refugees have mostly left Ceuta, back to Morocco, already by now. But hey, populism is politics nowadays. Le Sigh.

Soucre: https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/schengen-area/temporary-reintroduction-border-control_en?prefLang=de

South Korea have warned people to “stop outdoor activities” as a record breaking heatwave continues to grip the Peninsula.

Temperatures have exceeded 40°C for 5 days straight with a new all time record of 42.5°C recorded yesterday.

Yet another area seeing record heat.

#SouthKorea #globalHeating #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateChange #weather #Environment #DoSomething

Red sky at night
Sailor's delight.
Red sky in the morning,
Sailors take warning.

Red sky all day,
Oil execs got a payday.

#climate #wildfires #Montana

🔥The CEO of #oil giant TotalEnergies offers free fuel to fight #EuropeanWildfires - feels like Malboro offering chemotherapy vouchers with cigarettes.

Madrid breaks tourism record, tops €10 billion in international spending in six months
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/03/madrid-breaks-tourism-record-tops-10-billion-in-international-spending-in-six-months?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Sci-Tech @sci-tech-euronews

Beavers tackling Europe’s raging wildfires & helping burnt landscapes recover

#Beavers build dams, dig channels and transform small streams into broad wetland areas. This helps keep plants lush and green, even throughout long periods of drought.

It means when a #wildfire ignites, the green vegetation near the beaver ponds will be much harder to burn compared to dried-out areas.

Experts say that #fires will often take the path of least resistance

https://www.euronews.com/2026/07/29/how-beavers-are-quietly-tackling-europes-raging-wildfires-and-helping-burnt-landscapes-rec

#nature #wildfires

RT-DETRv2 is a state of the art object detection algorithm.

John Oliver just released an incredibly well researched episode about police surveillance technology. He goes thoroughly through all the details, while keeping things at a level that's accessible for regular people to understand.

I highly recommend you share this with people who might not otherwise be fully aware of the current state of state surveillance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnBPhelCdWE

#surveillance #flock #alpr #bigBrother #news #USPol #EFF #civilRights #digitalRights

"The disintegration of U.S. power was well underway before Trump started his war on Iran, but the pace of decline has accelerated sharply since the magnitude of our defeat started becoming apparent.

And when future historians write about this tale of self-immolation, they may well do so in Mandarin."

How China Won the Iran War - Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-china-won-the-iran-war

Nick, Eddie, Jamie, and Adam of AMS-IX made it to the finish of the Nijmeegse Vierdaagse and received the traditional Gladiolus flower.

The team from the Amsterdam Internet Exchange turned this  four day walking event into a fundraiser for an Open Internet For All. They chose NLnet to be the recipient of the proceeds.

We're very honored they picked us and we thank them and the donors. Here's picture of the finish, with the AMS-IX and NLnet logos  happily together on the tailor-made T-shirt.

Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula
Image Credit & Copyright: Tom Burnett

Explanation: What's happening to this meteor? This bright meteor streak appeared and disappeared quickly during a long exposure of the Great Lacerta Nebula, seen faintly in red toward the center of the image. The meteoroid, likely a small pebble, creates its glow partly by heating and exciting surrounding air in Earth's atmosphere, but itself vaporizes and leaves wind-blown gas and dust with colors that give clues to its composition. The featured image was captured last month from Death Valley Observatories in Nevada, USA. This month, though, is particularly good for seeing meteors. Presently there are three meteor showers ongoing, although they are currently competing for visibility with the glow of a bright gibbous Moon. The most active of these showers, the Perseids, will be busiest in about 10 days -- after the Moon has dimmed considerably. This year, the Perseids peak nearly coincides with not only a new Moon, but, from some locations, one that totally eclipses the Sun.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260803.html #apod

Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/horizon3-hits-2-billion-valuation-with-250m-series-e-as-ai-threats-escalate/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Cybersecurity News and updates @cybersecurity-news-and-updates-Techcrunch

If you didn't know that already ...

"You know how we’re always saying that Trump likes to drop his lawsuits before they get to discovery? Well, he failed to do that here, and now the entire world knows that hundreds of Trump businesses - including a winery, a golf course, bottled water, a payroll company, and a real estate firm - were front companies for money laundering."

https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-capital-one-closed-hundreds-of #TACO #Trump #fraud #corruption #moneylaundering #lawsuits #CapitalOne #Bank

We can thank Mr. Trump for this reversal of favorability, comparing the US to China. What an idiot we have for a president.

#trump #china #us #politics

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A new day. A new chance to succeed.

A broken night's sleep has me up too soon and groggy. It would figure that the day I don't have a 2 mile walk scheduled is the day I wake up long before the sun.

So it goes.

I still have things to do. Status checks on various works in progress. A trip to the market later. Wood and water tasks.

With 100F+ in the forecast, it's a good day to hunker down and wait it out.

I hope your day starts well and finishes better than you expected #today

Yes! In Luxembourg we have 36°C so *With 100F+ in the forecast, it's a good day to hunker down and wait it out.* I am doing just that. 🥵

🇷🇺 Over the past year, Russia’s security forces have increasingly targeted the country’s punk and metal music scenes.

Thirty-five years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, #Russia is again persecuting members of subcultures — people once known in Russian as neformaly, or “nonconformists.”

https://theins.press/en/society/295627

#AI Solutions looking for problems, version: IPO is coming!