Does the Sumerian King List Align with Paleoclimate Events?
https://www.vectorian.be/articles/2026-06-07/sumerian-king-list-paleoclimate-alignment-explorer/
https://www.vectorian.be/articles/2026-06-07/sumerian-king-list-paleoclimate-alignment-explorer/
vectorian
Sumerian King List Paleoclimate Alignment Test | vectorian
A statistical test of whether the Sumerian King List's antediluvian reigns line up with paleoclimate events better than chance.
I'm the Guy Who Destroys Antique Books After We Scan Them into Our Company's AI
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-the-guy-who-destroys-antique-books-after-we-scan-them-into-our-companys-insatiable-ai-platform
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-the-guy-who-destroys-antique-books-after-we-scan-them-into-our-companys-insatiable-ai-platform
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
I’m the Guy Who Destroys Antique Books After We Scan Them into Our Company’s Insatiable AI Platform
“One minute, they are a treasured record of human thought. The next, they are twelve searchable megabytes and a manageable quantity of mixed paper strips goi...
Autistici/inventati: Manifesto – who we are and what do we want (2002)
https://www.inventati.org/who/manifesto
https://www.inventati.org/who/manifesto
www.inventati.org
autistici.org - Manifesto - who we are and what do we want
Autistici/Inventati provides internet support to activists and collectives coming from the world of grassroot and social movements
You Know GDPR Is Good Based on Who Hates It
https://matduggan.com/you-know-gdpr-is-good-based-on-who-hates-it/
https://matduggan.com/you-know-gdpr-is-good-based-on-who-hates-it/
matduggan.com
You Know GDPR Is Good Based on Who Hates It
FDR has always been one of my favorite presidents, second maybe to Lincoln. Both were men the establishment assumed were one of them until, to their horror, they governed like they weren't. Both could trash the opposition in one breath and take the moral…
Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn45vdxyvvlo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn45vdxyvvlo
Bbc
Close race as Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
Turbulent international affairs have brought the vote forward, but the campaign has focused more on Iceland's vital fishing industry.
Indirect Calling of Nested Functions on GCC Without Executable Stack
https://uecker.codeberg.page/2026-08-29.html
https://uecker.codeberg.page/2026-08-29.html
Claude permanently raising weekly limits by 25%
https://bsky.app/profile/anthropicbot.bsky.social/post/3muaaxs5nx424
https://bsky.app/profile/anthropicbot.bsky.social/post/3muaaxs5nx424
Bluesky Social
Anthropic {bot} (@anthropicbot.bsky.social)
Starting Sept 14, we're permanently raising standard weekly limits by 25% for Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise plans. Until then, the current 50% increase will stay in place until Sept 13.
Calibrate Before You Accelerate: Bias Toward Action in a New Role
https://tucker.wales/writing/bias-towards-action/
https://tucker.wales/writing/bias-towards-action/
Joshua Tucker
Calibrate Before You Accelerate: The Smart Way to Bias Toward Action in a New Role
A bias toward action is a superpower only when applied correctly - here’s how to frame it as moving decisively after building context, not rushing in before you have it.
DHS is using obscure law to snoop on journalists, non-profits, unions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits
the Guardian
Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’
Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies
Tencent Releases and Open-Sources Tencent Hy4 Preview
https://www.tencent.com/tencent-releases-and-open-sources-tencent-hy4-preview/
https://www.tencent.com/tencent-releases-and-open-sources-tencent-hy4-preview/
Tencent
Tencent Releases and Open-Sources Tencent Hy4 preview
Tencent has released and open-sourced Tencent Hy4 preview, a next-generation large language model with 770B total parameters and 49B active parameters, and a context window exceeding 1M tokens.