Belarus’ grain harvest past 8.3 tonnes
As of 27 August, some 8,357,000 tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, were cropped in Belarus.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
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Hu Zhengyan 胡正言 (c. 1582 -1672), Chinese
One page from a woodblock printed book mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on paper
after 1633 - before 1703
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First Friends: How the First Couple's Consigliere Went From Modeling Mogul to Special Envoy
Unlimited Hangout investigates how Paolo Zampolli became a recent Trump appointee despite his past of servicing corrupt, predatory and globalist ambitions targeting the world’s oceans, facilitating fraud, and aiding citizenship-by-investment scams.Mark Goodwin (Unlimited Hangout)
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement announcement on Instagram surpasses 1M reposts, more than any other post has ever received on the platform (Hannah Dailey/Billboard)
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Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce's Engagement Post Breaks Instagram Record
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement post has broken Instagram's record for most amount of reposts.Hannah Dailey (Billboard)
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Cybersecurity — Confidentiality and Data Integrity Tools
Cryptographic tools to gain confidentiality and ensure data integrity. Also, how to violate privacy with clever Google searches.Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and More
The national design studio is a scam
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The National Design Studio is a Scam - Christopher Butler
President Trump’s appointment of AirBnB co-founder Joe Gebbia as “Chief Design Officer” of the United States is a sickening travesty. It not onlywww.chrbutler.com
Date: 2025-8-27
Title: Wavefunction Collapse
Alt text: Wavefunction collapse is only one interpretation. Under some interpretations, graduate students also have souls.
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A person at a desk asks another a question. The comic then shows three different answers from the standing person in panels labeled "Bad," "Good," and "Chaotic."
Transcript:
Panel 1:
Person at desk: IF THE WAVEFUNCTION ONLY COLLAPSES WHEN I OBSERVE IT, DOES THAT MEAN MY CONSCIOUSNESS AFFECTS THE UNIVERSE?
Panel 2:
[Header: BAD:]
Standing person: YES. QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT PROVES THAT WE ALL HAVE SOULS.
Panel 3:
[Header: GOOD:]
Standing person: NO. CONSCIOUSNESS PLAYS NO ROLE HERE. IT'S JUST PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT.
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[Header: CHAOTIC:]
Standing person: NO. THE WAVEFUNCTION COLLAPSES WHEN I LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I'M A FULL PROFESSOR. IT WON'T COLLAPSE FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE.](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/57279044 "Description:
A person at a desk asks another a question. The comic then shows three different answers from the standing person in panels labeled \"Bad,\" \"Good,\" and \"Chaotic.\"
Transcript:
Panel 1:
Person at desk: IF THE WAVEFUNCTION ONLY COLLAPSES WHEN I OBSERVE IT, DOES THAT MEAN MY CONSCIOUSNESS AFFECTS THE UNIVERSE?
Panel 2:
[Header: BAD:]
Standing person: YES. QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT PROVES THAT WE ALL HAVE SOULS.
Panel 3:
[Header: GOOD:]
Standing person: NO. CONSCIOUSNESS PLAYS NO ROLE HERE. IT'S JUST PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT.
Panel 4:
[Header: CHAOTIC:]
Standing person: NO. THE WAVEFUNCTION COLLAPSES WHEN I LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I'M A FULL PROFESSOR. IT WON'T COLLAPSE FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE.")
New strip found: Bizarro by Wayno & Piraro for Wed, 27 Aug 2025 arcamax.com/thefunnies/bizarro…
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Bizarro for 8/27/2025
Dan Piraro's "Bizarro" is an eccentric and bizarre look at everyday life through the cartoonist's eyes.ArcaMax
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Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year
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Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year, exec says
In Google's continuing effort to run more efficiently, the company has been getting rid of managers who oversee fewer than three people.Jennifer Elias (CNBC)
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SDS: Simple Dynamic Strings library for C
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GitHub - antirez/sds: Simple Dynamic Strings library for C
Simple Dynamic Strings library for C. Contribute to antirez/sds development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Minnesota’s Angie Craig Lines Up With Crypto at GOP-Heavy Conference
Democratic midterms are offering a few clear contrasts, but also plenty of muddy ones.Ryan Grim (Drop Site News)
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Germany’s declaration to stop sending weapons to Israel: symbolic gesture or major shift?
While Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s announcement that Germany is stopping arms deliveries to Israel made international headlines as a shocking policy reversal, the details tell a different story.Shir Hever (Mondoweiss)
Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line
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Yamanotes
Yamanotes (/jamanoʊts/) is a web-based music box for playing the departure melodies of each station on the JR Yamanote Line/山手線!yamanot.es
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Nvidia says it had no new H20 sales to China in Q2 and assumes the same for Q3, but could realize $2B-$5B in H20 sales in Q3 if geopolitical issues are resolved (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)
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Nvidia says it had no new H20 sales to China in Q2 and assumes the same for Q3, but could realize $2B-$5B in H20 sales in Q3 if geopolitical issues are resolved
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France’s Colonial Legacy and the Modern Troubles of the Sahel
The Sahel is one of the most unstable regions in the world, where terrorist groups, military coups, humanitarian disasters, and foreign interventionВиктор Михин (New Eastern Outlook)
Events for the 28th of August from Wikipedia:
• 1988: Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein…
• Birth (1913) of Robert Irving, English conductor and director (d. 1991) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_I…
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Unexpected productivity boost of Rust
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The unexpected productivity boost of Rust
Rust is known for having a steep learning curve, but in this post we will be looking at another curve, the one showing developer productivity in relation to the project size.lubeno.dev
New comic strip found: Flash Gordon by Dan Schkade
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