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  1. Two more rare birds reported at the Nature Center, both out of seasonal range, both made the rare bird email list.

    Osprey - Pandion haliaetus: A large fishing raptor that normally migrates through in spring and fall. Not significantly out of range, but early.

    Brown Creeper - Certhia americana: A small tree creeper that is one of our winter birds. This is so far out of range, I had to check the sighting to make sure the person was well known and reliable.

    Both may have been affected by fires and smoke in Canada.

  2. The state government of Schleswig-Holstein is migrating around 30,000 employees from Windows to Linux, replacing Microsoft Office with LibreOffice and Exchange/SharePoint with Nextcloud and Open-Xchange, citing digital sovereignty and IT security.

    arstechnica.com/information-te

  3. Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’ | #AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian theguardian.com/technology/202

    #ai
  4. Misleading AI-generated doctors pose ‘huge danger to public safety’ | #AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian theguardian.com/technology/202

    #ai
  5. Looking for a recommendation: do you have a home tandoor that you love and/or hate?

    I'm casually looking at options online, but would love any personal recommendations if anyone out there has personal experience, good or bad, with a specific model, manufacturer, or supplier.

    Thank you!

  6. Reachy Mini's emotions are pre-recorded, so they can feel repetitive. What if it generated them on the fly instead? :)

    A project I gave at ENSEIRB-Matmeca, built by my student Anaelle Jaffre. She mapped emotion with the PAD model (Pleasure, Arousal, Dominance) plus heuristics and randomness, so "anger" comes out different each time.

    The result is a bit weird, but I like it a lot. All the cool stuff is Anaelle's work :)

    youtu.be/MSl-0SfMU70

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  7. Grumpy Reachy Mini :D

    The prompt: a robot that wakes up confused about what it is and where it is, wanted to be a Mars rover, and is very disappointed to learn it is not. Irritable, but with a sense of humor.

    Runs on the conversation app pipeline. The head wobble is generated live from the output sound: on/off by volume (with hysteresis), amplitudes scaling with volume.

    youtu.be/DADh64-FosA

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  8. Reachy Mini's emotions are pre-recorded, so they can feel repetitive. What if it generated them on the fly instead? :)

    A project I gave at ENSEIRB-Matmeca, built by my student Anaelle Jaffre. She mapped emotion with the PAD model (Pleasure, Arousal, Dominance) plus heuristics and randomness, so "anger" comes out different each time.

    The result is a bit weird, but I like it a lot. All the cool stuff is Anaelle's work :)

    youtu.be/MSl-0SfMU70

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  9. Grumpy Reachy Mini :D

    The prompt: a robot that wakes up confused about what it is and where it is, wanted to be a Mars rover, and is very disappointed to learn it is not. Irritable, but with a sense of humor.

    Runs on the conversation app pipeline. The head wobble is generated live from the output sound: on/off by volume (with hysteresis), amplitudes scaling with volume.

    youtu.be/DADh64-FosA

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  10. "Sorry bro." "I'm not your bro, pal." "I'm not your pal, buddy." :)

    I tried to out-stubborn Reachy Mini in the classic chain. The prompt told it to run all the classics, then once I ran out of ideas, to mock me and list every word I could have used instead, switching into languages we don't even speak. A crushing defeat for me.

    youtu.be/iIBtZXGm0bE

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  11. Grumpy Reachy Mini :D

    The prompt: a robot that wakes up confused about what it is and where it is, wanted to be a Mars rover, and is very disappointed to learn it is not. Irritable, but with a sense of humor.

    Runs on the conversation app pipeline. The head wobble is generated live from the output sound: on/off by volume (with hysteresis), amplitudes scaling with volume.

    youtu.be/DADh64-FosA

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  12. Reachy Mini's emotions are pre-recorded, so they can feel repetitive. What if it generated them on the fly instead? :)

    A project I gave at ENSEIRB-Matmeca, built by my student Anaelle Jaffre. She mapped emotion with the PAD model (Pleasure, Arousal, Dominance) plus heuristics and randomness, so "anger" comes out different each time.

    The result is a bit weird, but I like it a lot. All the cool stuff is Anaelle's work :)

    youtu.be/MSl-0SfMU70

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  13. Grumpy Reachy Mini :D

    The prompt: a robot that wakes up confused about what it is and where it is, wanted to be a Mars rover, and is very disappointed to learn it is not. Irritable, but with a sense of humor.

    Runs on the conversation app pipeline. The head wobble is generated live from the output sound: on/off by volume (with hysteresis), amplitudes scaling with volume.

    youtu.be/DADh64-FosA

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  14. "Sorry bro." "I'm not your bro, pal." "I'm not your pal, buddy." :)

    I tried to out-stubborn Reachy Mini in the classic chain. The prompt told it to run all the classics, then once I ran out of ideas, to mock me and list every word I could have used instead, switching into languages we don't even speak. A crushing defeat for me.

    youtu.be/iIBtZXGm0bE

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  15. Reachy Mini's emotions are pre-recorded, so they can feel repetitive. What if it generated them on the fly instead? :)

    A project I gave at ENSEIRB-Matmeca, built by my student Anaelle Jaffre. She mapped emotion with the PAD model (Pleasure, Arousal, Dominance) plus heuristics and randomness, so "anger" comes out different each time.

    The result is a bit weird, but I like it a lot. All the cool stuff is Anaelle's work :)

    youtu.be/MSl-0SfMU70

    #robotics #ReachyMini #AI #opensource

  16. “Leaf It Be – Rhubarb #03” by Thomas Typewriter – a new photo-sculpt

    "Leaf It Be - Rhubarb #03" by Thomas Typewriter (photo-sculpture, 28"w x 22"h, rhubarb leaf & scanner) If you like this, or any of my other art, please consider throwing some support my way through my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/ThomasTypewriterTypes) or Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/thomastypewriter). 

    thomastypewriter.art/2026/07/2

  17. “Leaf It Be – Rhubarb #03” by Thomas Typewriter – a new photo-sculpt

    "Leaf It Be - Rhubarb #03" by Thomas Typewriter (photo-sculpture, 28"w x 22"h, rhubarb leaf & scanner) If you like this, or any of my other art, please consider throwing some support my way through my Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/ThomasTypewriterTypes) or Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/thomastypewriter). 

    thomastypewriter.art/2026/07/2

  18. Zieht sich eure Woche auch so?

  19. Bringing you daily(ish) film photos: Cobblestone Street in Mijas Pueblo

    Photo GPS location: google.com/maps/place/36.59535

    Photo technical info:
    - Camera: Nikon F3, Lens: Nikkor f2 35mm, f8, 1/125 s
    - Film: Ilford Delta 100, Developer: Spur Acurol-N

    #photography #believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #spain #GrainyPhotos

  20. Bringing you daily(ish) film photos: Cobblestone Street in Mijas Pueblo

    Photo GPS location: google.com/maps/place/36.59535

    Photo technical info:
    - Camera: Nikon F3, Lens: Nikkor f2 35mm, f8, 1/125 s
    - Film: Ilford Delta 100, Developer: Spur Acurol-N

    #photography #believeinfilm #filmphotography #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #blackandwhite #bnw #monochrome #spain #GrainyPhotos

  21. alojapan.com/1516835/ai-broadc AI Broadcast Monitoring System “VMO-AIPlus” to Launch at Two TV Tokyo Affiliates in August; TV Hokkaido Secures First External Sale — BigGo Finance #AI #Hokkaido #HokkaidoNews #InterBEE2026 #news #TVHokkaido #TVSetouchi #TVTokyoNetwork #TVQKyushuBroadcasting #VirtualMasterOperator #VMOAIPlus #北海道 TV Hokkaido (TVh) has secured its first external deployment of “VMO-AIPlus,” an AI-powered automated broadcast monitoring system develop

  22. Pironman 5 Pro Max Review: SunFounder's Most Capable Pi 5 Case Doubles as an AI Desktop feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17

  23. 🔷 I'm learning some dutch music from the 60s fucks. I don't think any native english speaker uses "hobo" as a verb but the dutch do whatever the fuck they want with english and we let them cause it's charming

    youtube.com/watch?v=DzbkCQSsOq

    #music #nowlistening #dutch #dutchmusic

  24. 30 years ago today, a bomb exploded at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park, killing 1 and injuring 100 others!

  25. Partner said day. Parked by a cornfield. This uncommon bird. They’ve spotted it. I’ve only got a recording.

  26. Nach CSD-Anschlag: Merz will Bewegungsfreiheit von Gefährdern einschränken

    Nach dem mutmaßlich islamistischen Anschlag auf den Christopher Street Day in Berlin hat Kanzler Merz Konsequenzen angekündigt. CSU-Chef Söder will über das Thema Staatsbürgerschaft sprechen. Das Justizministerium bremst.

    ➡️ tagesschau.de/inland/innenpoli

    #CSD #CSDBerlin #Anschlag #IS #Islamismus #Terror

  27. Nach CSD-Anschlag: Merz will Bewegungsfreiheit von Gefährdern einschränken

    Nach dem mutmaßlich islamistischen Anschlag auf den Christopher Street Day in Berlin hat Kanzler Merz Konsequenzen angekündigt. CSU-Chef Söder will über das Thema Staatsbürgerschaft sprechen. Das Justizministerium bremst.

    ➡️ tagesschau.de/inland/innenpoli

    #CSD #CSDBerlin #Anschlag #IS #Islamismus #Terror

  28. The actual height of the digital guardrail around OpenAI's experimental hacking sandbox compared to what it should be brings to mind Stonehenge being lowered onto the stage in Spinal Tap

    #ai #openai #huggingface

    theguardian.com/technology/202

  29. The actual height of the digital guardrail around OpenAI's experimental hacking sandbox compared to what it should be brings to mind Stonehenge being lowered onto the stage in Spinal Tap

    #ai #openai #huggingface

    theguardian.com/technology/202

  30. My concern with agentic development is that more-and-more we will accept code that is not suitable for humans.

    A lot of the properties of what I'd call "Good code" make possible failure states harder to ignore by making requirements more explicit.

    These are often predicated on the fact that a human being will interact with the code.

    When this stops being a requirement, you lose the incentive to shape code in a way that humans can work well with.

  31. My concern with agentic development is that more-and-more we will accept code that is not suitable for humans.

    A lot of the properties of what I'd call "Good code" make possible failure states harder to ignore by making requirements more explicit.

    These are often predicated on the fact that a human being will interact with the code.

    When this stops being a requirement, you lose the incentive to shape code in a way that humans can work well with.

    #llms #ai #developers

  32. Now that’s a drill bit. (Biggest one I own, at least)