This statement stuck out to me:

"A lot of the frustration I hear is that every time a new one is announced, all the government officials are there for the ribbon-cutting, but when closures are announced, nobody says anything"

A good leader should be in the thick of it when things go bad, doing ALL he or she can for those affected.

#politics #leadership

wpde.com/news/local/south-caro…

SC timber industry faces uncertainty amid mill closures

The timber industry, a cornerstone of South Carolina's economy, is grappling with significant challenges following the closure of several key mills.

^{Caitlin Richards (WPDE)}

Hollow Knight Silksong: Qual é o motivo de tanto hype em torno do jogo?
https://canaltech.com.br/games/hollow-knight-silksong-qual-e-o-motivo-de-tanto-hype-em-torno-do-jogo/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into CORPORATE @corporate-canaltech

Goldman Invests in T. Rowe, Citi Hands BlackRock $80 Billion of Assets
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-04/goldman-buys-t-rowe-stake-citigroup-hands-80-billion-of-assets-to-blackrock?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Deals @deals-bloomberg

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Generative AI "photo"... is it really a photo at that point?

The Verge: Here’s how the Pixel’s AI zoom compares to a real 100x lens

(paywall, btw, can't read the whole thing to find out)

theverge.com/tech/769360/googl…

#AI #photography

Here’s how the Pixel’s AI zoom compares to a real 100x lens

We used the Google Pixel 10 Pro’s AI zoom alongside an optical 100x zoom lens to see where AI got things right — and what it got wrong.

^{Allison Johnson (The Verge)}

Cat logic: Attention now.
Consequence: book punched on top of the face of the human.

Sketch made in gouache and east-Indian black ink.

#cat #cats #sketch #drawing #gouache #illustration #mastoart #fediart #art #artist

A Torino spunta 'Mio Marito': la provocazione dello street artist
https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2025/09/04/siti-sessisti-mio-marito?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Cronaca @cronaca-SkyTG24

A Torino spunta 'Mio Marito': la provocazione dello street artist Andrea Villa

Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo A Torino spunta 'Mio Marito': la provocazione dello street artist Andrea Villa

^{Redazione Sky TG24 (Sky TG24)}

DOJ Opens Grand Jury Criminal Investigation Fed Governor Lisa Cook Over Mortgage Fraud Allegations

DOJ Opens Grand Jury Criminal Investigation Fed Governor Lisa Cook Over Mortgage Fraud Allegations

The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook - and has issued multiple subpoenas as part of the inquiry into whether she committed mortgage fraud, according to the wsj.com/politics/policy/lisa-c…
, citing 'officials familiar with the matter.'
cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inl…

The probe - for which a grand jury has been assembled, will begin by looking at Cook's properties in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Atlanta. It comes on the heels of two criminal investigations from Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte, who has been dropping receipts for weeks with evidence that Cook committed fraud - including claiming two properties as her "primary residence" - as well as claiming that a rented out zerohedge.com/political/feds-l…
was her 'second home' - all things that would qualify her for better rates and tax treatment.

Pulte accused Cook of misleading banks on multiple mortgage applications to receive favorable lending terms, such as lower interest rates, typically given to a buyer who intends to occupy the home they purchase.

A judge is considering Cook’s request for an emergency order stopping her from being removed from the Fed board while the case proceeds. The Fed’s next meeting is set to begin Sept. 16. -WSJ

Last Thursday, Cook filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration after President Donald Trump fired her that Monday 'for cause.' Among the excuses contained in the lawsuit for alleged mortgage fraud was a possible clerical error.

Except, Cook described herself in her 2023 nomination hearing as having "significant experience in banking and finance, as is evidenced by my service on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and of a Community Development Financial Institution in Michigan, in addition to my employment at an investment bank and a large commercial bank."

What's more, the Federal Reserve Act allows the president to fire Fed governors 'for cause' - which the Trump administration claims applies. In a Tuesday court filing, Cook's lawyers said she "did not ever commit mortgage fraud."

Pulte shot down any notion that the fed wasn't political in a Thursday appearance on CNBC, saying "I don't believe for the last 4 years that the Fed has been independent."

.twitter.com/pulte?ref_src=twsr…
: "I don't believe for the last 4 years that the Fed has been independent...
You've got Lisa Cook who's being represented by Norm Eisen. Norm Eisen is the guy who tried to TAKE DOWN Trump, failed at it, but led the first impeachment... This is a raging Democrat." t.co/7yZFoJlBeC

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/statu…

According to the report, the DOJ investigation involves Ed Martin, a top DOJ official who AG Pam Bondi designated to investigate mortgage fraud among public officials.

cms.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-…

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 10:10

zerohedge.com/political/doj-op…

WLAN-Router misst Puls: Smartwatch-Alternative mit klinischer Präzision

US-Forschende haben eine Methode entwickelt, dank der WLAN-Router die Herzfrequenz mit hoher Genauigkeit messen können. Sind klinische Geräte bald überflüssig?

heise.de/news/WLAN-Router-miss…

#IT #Smartwatch #WLAN #news

WLAN-Router misst Puls: Smartwatch-Alternative mit klinischer Präzision

^{Jörn Brien (heise online)}

Marktbericht: Zinshoffnungen stützen den DAX

Vor den am Freitag anstehenden Daten zum US-Arbeitsmarkt bringen sich die Anleger in Stellung. Sie setzen auf Signale einer baldigen Zinssenkung. Solche Hoffnungen treiben die Börse.

➡️ tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/finan…

#Marktbericht #Aktienanlage

Marktbericht: Zinshoffnungen hellen Stimmung etwas auf

Der DAX dürfte heute positiv in den Handelstag starten, aber weit nach oben wird es wohl nicht gehen. Neue US-Zinshoffnungen werden positiv aufgenommen, die finanzielle Situation Frankreichs gibt aber zu denken.

^{tagesschau.de}

Just to be sure before eating experiments: Is this Portulaca oleracea, purslane - pourpier sauvage - Portulak?

edit: yes it is - thanks for all your comments!

#ID #plantID #wildHerbs #purslane #Portulak #Pourpier #portulaca

#AI suddenly feels like a vague, unpredictable leap of evolution we're not ready for as a species. We definitely don't know how #children will be affected, but it's not rocket science to imagine their minds will be transformed by the #technology. This neuroscientist/psychologist has thought deep about how AI will affect her own kids' pliable young brains. Given her serious concerns, should we be worried?

medium.com/wise-well/ai-is-dis…

AI Is Disrupting How Young Brains Grow

AI Is Disrupting How Young Brains Grow What every parent needs to know about the risks, plus strategies to prevent the damage Remember when the internet blew our minds? I was 14 years old when we got …

^{Dr CJ Yatawara - Tiny Brains expert (Wise & Well)}

Isn't it nice having TWO left wing parties able to call out what Labour has become under Keir Starmer.

For the past year it's been relentless gaslighting, being told by Labour that Fascism is ok and we're all wrong for being upset at a genocide, but now there is a pushback!

itv.com/news/2025-09-04/jeremy…

#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Corbyn #Starmer #Farage #Fascism

Hollow Knight Silksong já está disponível! Veja requisitos de PC e preços
https://www.tecmundo.com.br/voxel/502249-hollow-knight-silksong-ja-esta-disponivel-veja-requisitos-de-pc-e-precos.htm?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into TecMundo @tecmundo-TecMundo

Hollow Knight Silksong já está disponível! Veja requisitos de PC e preços

Finalmente, o tão aguardado dia chegou: Hollow Knight Silksong já está disponível em todas as plataformas! Confira o preço e as principais informações da sequência

^{Valdecir Emboava (TecMundo)}

#MAGA will return to "abolish the Fed" when Trump's attempts to fight the #FederalReserve cause the US economy to stagflate.

#premarket
#investing
#CNBC
#Inflation
#Republicans
#tariffs
#recession

Κάποιες ώρες περνούν αργά και κάποια χρόνια γρήγορα.

#landscape #sunrise #photography #photooftheday #picoftheday #athens #greece

Wer mag: Am Freitag um 17.30 gibt es eine Demo im Stau am Ende der #A100. Dafür wird keine Straße gesperrt werden - es ist lediglich vorgesehen, bei Fußgänger-Grün die Überwege am Park Center zu nutzen. Ich bin gespannt, ob es die Polizei schaffen wird, für autofreie Überwege zu sorgen. Was die Verkehrsregelung betrifft, haben sie schon kapituliert.

StauPause! Wir holen uns ein Stück Straße zurück - FUSS e.V.
fuss-ev.de/blog/ortsgruppen/st…

StauPause! Wir holen uns ein Stück Straße zurück - FUSS e.V.

^{prfuss (FUSS e.V.)}

Gaga is GOAT. 🐐

(Collab w/ Tim Burton)

youtu.be/xGaZBfJOyAc?si=em9flK…

Behind the Scenes of Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves' 'Waiting for Godot'
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-pictures/waiting-for-godot-behind-the-scenes-1235416439/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into All News @all-news-RollingStone

'Waiting for Godot': Behind the Scenes With Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves

Jamie Lloyd's production of 'Waiting for Godot' stars Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves of 'Bill and Ted' — and is soon opening on Broadway.

^{Sacha Lecca (Rolling Stone)}

Sarkozy ne se prive plus de critiquer Macron: "Il fait systématiquement le contraire de ce que je lui conseille depuis huit ans", s'émeut l'ex-président dans Le Parisien. Un temps admiratif de son successeur, Sarko, devenu pro-RN, s'agace désormais de sa propension à "vouloir faire entrer le pied droit dans la chaussure gauche". Un reproche que l'on ne peut, il est vrai, lui faire...

#Politique #Macron #Sarkozy #Presidentielle #RN #ExtremeDroite #Lachage

it's out

store.steampowered.com/app/103…

#gaming #indie #indiegaming #pcgaming

Hollow Knight: Silksong on Steam

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

^{store.steampowered.com}

Thanks to Microplastics and Particulate Matter, You Need to Vacuum More Than You Think
https://www.wired.com/story/how-often-should-you-vacuum/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Gear & Gadgets @gear-gadgets-WIRED

Widower and amputee struggles to raise nine children in a tent camp in Gaza

Adham, who was wounded in the leg in an Israeli attack, lost his wife Hena Abu Mustafa, who was killed by Israeli forces while heading to an aid distribution point in Rafah to bring food for her children [Abdallah FS Alattar/Anadolu]

@palestine
#Gaza
#children
#photography

Extended: Buy Sonuscore The Pulse and get The Score Essentials FREE rekkerd.org/extended-buy-sonus…

#Kontakt #Orchestra #Sale #Sonuscore

Ecovacs claims its fast-charging robovac can clean nonstop
https://www.theverge.com/news/770205/ecovacs-deebot-omni-x11-fast-charging-robovac?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Tech News @tech-news-theverge

Ecovacs claims its fast-charging robovac can clean nonstop

The Deebot X11 Omnicyclone tops off its battery while rinsing its mop.

^{Emma Roth (The Verge)}

Spicy Take:
Sometimes I think we get too hyperfocused on original content and plagiarism and being The Original Inventor. The entire history of human art, language, science etc is "hey, here's these cool and interesting things this other person did, I think I can remix it and add my own stuff to it and make it something different."

Copyright and patents were created as a concept that they could create legal protection allowing small people to make a living on "intellectual property", but like everything, it's become irrevocably corrupted by capitalists using it against people to actually prevent innovation and remixing and creating.

Fanfiction spinoffs of Star Wars can't be sold without inciting the wrath of Disney Lawyers, and even when given away live in a very fragile grey market. Reverse engineer a patch for a Microsoft product, and get sued. Reimplement a Java API and spend billions and a decade fighting Oracle. Want to do a simple chemical synthesis to make a lifesaving medication at a fraction of the price? Go to jail.

Like it's not even worth it. It stifles human creativity and progress by letting corps own every product of our minds.

Candidates eye Huizenga’s House seat amid midterm mayhem

semafor.com/article/09/04/2025…

Candidates eye Huizenga’s House seat amid midterm mayhem

Republicans are in search of an insurance policy should he decide to retire from Congress.

^{Eleanor Mueller (www.semafor.com)}