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  1. I am free to write: therefore, I am free to be.

  2. The question raised by these studies is not, therefore, whether today’s infants should experience wartime deprivation, but whether keeping sugar intake closer to already recommended levels may have benefits that extend much further into later life than previously recognised.
    theguardian.com/society/2026/o

  3. The best works of Nature and of Art are reserved for the last; so was Woman, and therefore she exceeds Man.

    -- Anonymous ("Sophia") (Woman’s Superior Excellence over Man, 1739)

  4. New entry in Team😇Democracy vs Team😈Dictatorship!

    Moving #Armenia

    Armenia continues to strengthen its ties with #Europe while cutting ties with #Russia.

    Therefore, I am moving Slovakia to the border between the #Ukraine NEUTRAL and SUPPORTER categories.

    Here is my reasoning ⤵️⤵️

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qciejmtc5bvv4p6bbs4evqct/post/3mxom2k5bzs2d

  5. @indiscale
    @umati

    Thank you for bringing this to attention. This is a shortcoming that the theme does not support WordPress as a Link Icon.
    Therefore this is currently the only way to show fediverse existence.

    #Fediverse #Mastodon #neuhier #newhere #introduction

  6. I’ve spent the last three days trying to install #SecurityOnion v3.3 on a #Proxmox server. The VM can’t connect to the network during the install and therefore can’t connect to the repos. I can see why so many people give up and try other software solutions.

    And why do they only have bloody Vim as the only text editor included in the install?

  7. As difference in degree of capacity exists among human souls, as difference in capability is found, therefore, individualities will differ one from another. But in reality this is a reason for unity and not for discord and enmity. If the flowers of a garden were all of one color, the effect would be monotonous to the eye; but if the colors are variegated, it is most pleasing and wonderful.

    ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
    The Promulgation of Universal Peace
    www.bahai.org/r/862373562
    #bahai #bahaifaith #bahaiquotes

  8. Remember this when somebody "promises" you to "evaluate" whether opening a flood gate was a good idea.

    »Linux kernel documentation will stop requiring an Assisted-by tag on patches written with help from large language models, following a strong consensus at the 2026 Maintainers Summit that the tag no longer does the job it was kept for. […]

    By the 7.3 cycle, only about 10% of non-merge commits carried the tag even though LLM use is far more common. Some contributors never learned the rule, others omit it deliberately, and few maintainers chase missing tags. Absence therefore says nothing about how a patch was made, and for developers who lean on the tools constantly, presence says little more.«

    freenode.net/article/kernel-to

    " #AI " #Linux #kernel #slop

  9. #WordWeavers
    October 14th

    If your MC could ask their future self one question, what would they ask?

    How did you defeat Khan?
    Just kidding…🖖
    Most likely, Kessy wouldn't ask anything regarding her own future because that would influence how she behaves and therefore alter the future thus renders her own answer useless.

  10. Elon Musk is now the US Republican Party's biggest donor (he has donated around $275mn for these mid-term elections, nearly equaling $300mn he spent on the Tangerine Tyrant's second Presidential campaign), dwarfing all other donors;

    The results of the mid-terms will therefore offer (a contemporary) answer to the Q.: is there a direct link between money spent & election results?

    Currently the polling suggest that link may be weaker than Musk is hoping for?

    #USPol #politics #ElonMusk
    h/t FT

  11. let me get this straight

    1) small models can't make use of big-model advice (giving Qwen3.5-9B access to Opus 4.8 produced no significant improvement)
    2) expect big models to act as strategist and spin up small subagents
    3) small models are hard to kill because they operate on their own

    right? that's what Anthropic is saying here. little can't use big, whether it asks or is told. therefore, expect big to use little. and yet little are independent of big.

    it is logic spaghetti. I guess I'll write it up

    anthropic.com/research/self-re

  12. Not sure what world grey website man is in, but the Twitter I always see is full of engagement bait that’s void of any substance, blue checks spending far too much time contributing nothing useful to gain followers, and people picking fights with each other over meaningless things. I hear this from everyone who says anything about their experience on that website.

    That site has become insufferable and unenjoyable. It’s not caused by Elon or an algorithm that promotes his views - it’s the behavior of everyone enabling each other to the point of being surfaced by the algorithm, therefore ending up even on my Following timeline.

    If you want to hold your breath and walk into that room every day, fine. But don’t gaslight us that our experience with that website is somehow invalid.

  13. Isaiah 29:22 to 30:22, In-depth Study

    Welcome back to another in-depth Bible study. If you're just now stopping by I highly recommend going back to the beginning, Genesis 1:1. This is an in-depth Bible study that follows chapter by chapter, verse by verse, Genesis to Revelation. https://youtu.be/tR7qWXT2J8w?is=Q2C6nuekDWyEQdZs Isaiah 29:22 22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.23 But when he seeth his children, […]

    heathercongrove.com/2026/10/12

  14. The Jardin d’Acclimatation of Paris, part II !!!

    This is a very nice garden/park in Paris. I had my world hq office nearby and with the info of a little train and all, decided to take the family and it was a taker ever since until older ages of my boys. If kids under 15 this Jardin d’Acclimatation is a must to visit in Paris.  Therefore, here is my take on the Jardin d’Acclimatation of Paris, part II !!!  Hope you enjoy the post as I.

    Time to write about gardens but not just any garden , France has thousands, and Paris hundreds, some are historical wonders, and others follies to sink in, this one is for the dreamer the kid in all of us. I have taken my boys here when younger days of  visiting France, and then as teens while living here; it is wonderful and now better than ever.

    The Jardin d’Acclimatation has been better than ever since the luxury group LVMH took over ! The ambiance is SteamPunk on the old Paris style. They have put together 40 attractions of which 17  are new and 4 roller coasters, as well as 500 animals from exotic birds, goats, rabbits, lambs etc, 16 restaurants,and  18 hectares of natural forest setting. There are petting zoo for teens, ,a nature reserve park with animals and a sport trail all to make it a must stop in Paris. These 18 hectares or acres of natural reserve are blend in with the attractions to give it a green effect . In the small farm you can see animals ready for your children to meet up close. All in an architecture of the 19C with bronzes, copper and lead metallic à la tour Eiffel are in place.  The emblematic  Dragon of the park has been renovated with a new look (see below) and the roller coasters are in a vapor train style.  Some of the new rides are bobsleigh of 12 meters high in an airplane turbine type setting, as well as flying boats.

    The Jukujeong is a traditional Korean meditation pavilion located in the Jardin de Séoul or Seoul Garden

    Le Défi du Dragon or The Dragon’s Challenge, this attraction replaces the historic Chinese Dragon ride. This roller coaster features a dynamic 550-meter track with two loops, a top speed of 50 km/h, and a 13-ton turntable that allows the cars to change direction. It is themed around a village from the Middle Kingdom.

    The pigeon tower or dovecote was erected in 1875 following the War of 1870, a time when the Ministry of War was developing a network of military dovecotes for communications, It stands approximately 25 meters tall ,and is a four-story cylindrical tower combining a dressed-stone base and brick elevations with external aviaries.

    Les Souris Mécaniques or Mechanical Mices is a spinning “Wild Mouse” type roller coaster introduced in 2002 with a height of approx. 7 meters (23 feet);and a track length of 210 meters with a speed of 30 km/h (about 19 mph).

    The Fondation Louis Vuitton Foundation is a museum of modern and contemporary art. Located at 8 Avenue du Mahatma-Gandhi in the heart of the Jardin d’Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne. Inaugurated in October 2014, the building takes the form of a glass-and-metal “vessel” composed of twelve glass sails enveloping central structures known as “icebergs.” Found this picture and will include here but read my post on the Fondation Louis Vuitton,

    The location of the Jardin d’Acclimatation is on Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi 16éme arrondissement of Paris, between the porte de Neuilly and the porte des Sablons in the bois de Boulogne (see posts), along the boulevard Maurice-Barrès (Neuilly-sur-Seine dept 92).  The park garden is accessable on the Metro line 1 out at les Sablons that is about 150 meters from the main gate via the rue d’Orléans. Or as we always do, go to line out at Porte Maillot and take the petit train (little train) that will take you to the main entrance of the garden park.  This petit train is a railroad line in narrow gauge of 50 cm and opened in 1878, to connect the Porte Maillot to the Jardin d’Acclimatation, on a distance of 800 meters. It is the first line in France on narrow gauge carrying passengers.

    The official Jardin d’Acclimatation: https://www.jardindacclimatation.fr/en

    The Paris tourist office on the Jardin d’Acclimatation:  https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/jardin-d-acclimatation-p3537

    The luxury group LVMH on the jardin d’Acclimatation:  https://www.lvmh.com/houses/other-activities/jardin-dacclimatation/

    There you go folks, a wonderful garden park of many family memories and open to all.  The Jardin d’Acclimatation needs to be visit,  it is great ,and now better than ever. If you have children or young teens this is a must indeed in your travels to Paris.  Again, hope you have enjoy the post on the Jardin d’Acclimatation of Paris, part II !!! as I

    And remember, happy travels, good health ,and many cheers to all !!!

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    #Europe #France #Paris
  15. ## The PM, TechBros, and Datacentre Developers in Bed Together

    What bloody hope do we have that #AlboPM will actually wake up from #AI #Psychosis. This is what our *brave leader* had to say on the floor of the House today. (Sourced from The Point Live - 12Oct26)

    > “Indeed, AI offers extraordinary opportunities for Australia. For our growth, for our investment, for productivity, for businesses such as those I’ll speak with tonight at the Australian Industry Group to use AI to benefit their productivity and, therefore, to be able to grow.

    > Our government knows that, and that’s why we’re legislating Australian standards for AI. And that’s why we’re also consulting across the board, engaging seriously with other nations, as well as with AI companies themselves, so we can make sure that AI stands for Australia’s interests.

    > Harnessing its power as a tool to help us build a stronger economy. But we know that we need humanity to shape AI, rather than the other way around. And that is why we’ve established the AI committee that has been stood up in a bipartisan fashion and has already begun its work under the leadership of the member for Maribyrnong and Senator Duniam in the other place. Because the hack by a frontier AI agent into government websites brought home to Australians that some of the risks which are there are very real indeed.

    > We took strong action on that, and made our notions clear that the breach was completely unacceptable.

    > But it is clear for everyone to see that the AI genie is well and truly out of the bottle. We can’t pretend that it doesn’t exist and it isn’t already having an impact on the way that we work, the way that we engage – indeed, the way that politics is conducted as well. And that is why what really matters is how we respond to it – how we intervene and shape it. And that is why, as well, we’ve engaged not just domestically, but we’re engaging with global companies and we’re engaging with other nations as well. And we did that at the United Nations’ General Assembly last month. We did that, as well, in the meetings that we have continued to hold with the major companies.

    > We’re going to make sure that Australia can gain from the benefits that can come from AI whilst mitigating the risks. That is the way forward. That is what is in Australia’s national interest. And that is what we will continue to do. And I encourage every member of this House to engage with this process, because this will be one of the dominant issues over the next decade and beyond.”

    I don’t know whether to laugh or cry…

    #LLM #GenAISlop #GenAIdatacentres #AusPol #IALobbies #PonziScheme #AIFIancialBubble. #AIGlobalFinancialCrisis

  16. Good morning. May be Blue Monday for some but so far my Monday is starting off well. No worse-than -a hangover headache, that has been with me for four days. Last walk legs were a bit wonky by the time I got to Two Trees. Find no tick bite, therefore only other thing that to me is malaria. New or just the normal "relapse" kak one has for life.

    #mondayblues #socialmedia #mexicanhorsethief #malaria #africa

  17. 📦 How often should you release? For a long time the answer was: only when we had a large batch of features to sell. In the 1990s, when our software was shipped on floppy disks or CD-ROMs, this made some sense.

    We did what we called big bang releases, where we waited until the end of the quarter or the end of the year to release our software. We would spend months working on features, doing light testing along the way, then cram much of the real testing and other efforts into the last few weeks. This led to a lot of stress and overtime. In addition, products always went out the door with a lot of bugs. The question was not how many bugs, but how severe they were.

    Every release is a batch of changes. The bigger the batch, the worse each of these problems gets:
    - Testing cost grows faster than the scope of the release, because we need to test not just the new features, but also their interactions.
    - The more changes there are, the harder it is to find where the defects are so we can fix them.
    - The longer it has been since we last worked on a piece of code, the harder it is to understand, and therefore fix, a defect.

    Here's a rule of thumb the agile community has spent years learning: if something hurts or is hard to do, do it more often. If it's hard to release, then release more often.

    How often does your team release today?

    agilepainrelief.com/glossary/r

  18. CW: This article discusses radioactive waste dumping, potential ocean contamination, environmental risks, and concerns about long-term marine pollution.

    The Atlantic’s Radioactive Time Bomb: 200,000 Barrels of Nuclear Waste Raise Fresh Concerns Off Galicia

    More than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were reportedly dumped in the North-East Atlantic over several decades. Map illustration generated with AI; based on historical radioactive waste disposal reports. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocean_dumping_of_radioactive_waste_in_Atlantic_Ocean.png

    Dear Cherubs, the Atlantic has a rather unpleasant historical souvenir sitting thousands of metres beneath its waves: an estimated 200,000 to 220,000 barrels of radioactive waste dumped over several decades. Now, scientists investigating the seabed off Galicia, north-western Spain, have documented damaged containers and apparent leaks, raising fresh questions about what happens when humanity’s old disposal strategies meet the unforgiving passage of time.

    For decades, the ocean floor was treated as a convenient place to put things nobody particularly wanted to deal with. Unfortunately, radioactive waste does not become harmless simply because it disappears from public view. Out of sight, out of mind might work for an embarrassing email. Nuclear waste is rather less accommodating.

    A LEGACY BURIED IN THE DEEP

    According to France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), European countries dumped more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste into the North-East Atlantic between the 1950s and 1990s, with the wider history of ocean dumping beginning earlier. The waste was deposited hundreds of kilometres from land, at depths exceeding 4,000 metres in some areas.

    The practice was not always illegal under the rules in force at the time. According to the CNRS, dumping in international waters was initially permitted, while international restrictions tightened through the London Convention, which entered into force in 1975. A later amendment established a prohibition on radioactive-waste dumping at sea.

    That historical distinction matters. The story is not simply about someone secretly throwing nuclear waste overboard yesterday; it concerns decades of disposal practices that left a difficult environmental legacy for future generations.

    And what, exactly, was in those barrels? Researchers have described low- and intermediate-level radioactive materials, including contaminated laboratory equipment, gloves and samples. The radioactive substances vary considerably in their toxicity and longevity, with some plutonium isotopes persisting for hundreds of thousands of years.

    THE LEAKS THAT CHANGED THE CONVERSATION

    The issue gained renewed attention through the French-led NODSSUM scientific expedition, which used advanced underwater technology to locate and inspect the buried containers.

    According to Spanish public broadcaster G24, reporting on 7 July 2026, scientists examined barrels at depths exceeding 4,500 metres and found examples showing advanced deterioration, including containers that had suffered leaks. These findings make the need for continued investigation considerably more urgent.

    However, discovering damaged barrels does not automatically establish the scale of radioactive contamination, its spread through the marine environment or the risk to people along the Galician coast. Those questions require systematic sampling, measurements and independent scientific assessment.

    Greenpeace has called for the European Union and Spanish government to take greater responsibility for investigating the site. The European Parliament has also raised questions about monitoring and the need for updated evidence.

    The challenge is substantial: locating containers across a vast area, measuring radionuclides in seawater and sediments, and determining whether marine organisms are being affected. Simply retrieving every barrel could also pose technical and environmental difficulties at such extreme depths.

    The sensible response is therefore not panic, but transparency, sustained monitoring and properly funded research. Governments should publish the findings, explain the risks and establish what action is justified by the evidence.

    For more accessible explainers on environmental controversies and public accountability, readers can explore thisclaimer.com and the Thisclaimer YouTube channel.

    Because the Atlantic is not a bottomless rubbish bin, and the seabed is not a magical delete button. The waste went down decades ago. The responsibility never should have.

    Sources list:

    CNRS — Tracking radioactive barrels in the Atlantic — https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/tracking-radioactive-barrels-in-the-atlantic

    G24 — First direct observations of the condition of radioactive barrels dumped off Galicia, 7 July 2026 — https://www.g24.gal/-/vemos-por-primeira-vez-o-estado-dos-200000-barris-radiactivos-vertidos-fronte-as-costas-galegas

    European Parliament — Verification of radioactive waste off the Galician coast — https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-10-2025-002599_EN.html

    Greenpeace Spain — Call for the EU and Spanish government to investigate 220,000 radioactive waste barrels — https://es.greenpeace.org/es/sala-de-prensa/comunicados/greenpeace-reclama-a-la-union-europea-y-al-gobierno-espanol-que-asuman-las-investigaciones-de-los-220-000-bidones-con-residuos-radiactivos-que-hay-en-la-fosa-atlantica/

    Thisclaimer — Further reading and explainers — https://thisclaimer.com

    Thisclaimer YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/@thisclaimer?sub_confirmation=1

    The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers #atlanticOcean #deepSeaResearch #environmentalAccountability #environmentalCrisis #essays #galicia #marineConservation #nuclearPollution #oceanDumping #photography #poetry #radioactiveBarrels #radioactiveWaste #travel
  19. Air Force Major Who Called for Trump’s Impeachment Is in Solitary Confinement 24 Hours a Day

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/jason-watson-solitary-confinement

    cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/85583

    Air Force Maj. Jason Watson was arrested July 1 on the steps of the US Capitol after calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. According to his lawyer, he's now being held in solitary confinement 24 hours a day in what some legal experts say could amount to illegal pretrial punishment.

    The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) contains provisions barring officers from engaging in public political activities that are typically protected for civilians, including criticizing the president and other elected officials.

    Prosecutors have charged Watson with violating them when he participated in a news conference calling for Trump to be removed from office over his launching of military actions against Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela without congressional authorization.

    After the speech, Watson stood on the Capitol steps holding a sign that read “Impeach, Convict, Remove" and was arrested after he refused to move.

    Before he was charged, Watson gave a CNN interview on August 17 in which he continued to criticize Trump, accusing him of "flagrantly violating the Constitution" and "breaking the law."

    He acknowledged that he could face severe consequences as a result of his speech: "We just have to be willing to accept that we can change what is happening in our country if we are just willing to pay a price for it," he said.

    One day later, he was arrested while on duty and taken into pretrial confinement. He now faces a general court-martial, the military's most severe trial, which is capable of imposing lengthy prison sentences.

    On Friday, Watson's lawyer, Christopher Mutimer, told CNN that after nearly two months, Watson is "still in solitary confinement 24 hours a day," which he said amounted to "cruel and unusual" punishment.

    "Even if he gets an hour to eat or to exercise, he is alone," Mutimer said. "He is literally by himself, with his thoughts, in a room where the light never turns off all day."

    In an essay published Sunday by writer Monte Mader, Watson himself acknowledged spending his days in isolation, revealing that his Bible had only recently been returned to him and that he had little access to news.

    Watson described the conditions of his confinement as the reality one must accept when choosing to engage in nonviolent resistance.

    “Walking this path," he said, "means exposing oneself to violence while refusing to retaliate against it.”

    After his July 1 protest, Watson had been restricted to Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. Though the base reportedly has a confinement facility, following his detention, he was instead moved to a county jail in Maryland.

    During Watson's September 18 preliminary hearing, Maj. Joshua Wendell, the hearing officer, said Watson could not be confined with civilians and was therefore kept in solitary confinement.

    "He was placed in confinement because of the law, which puts him in solitary confinement," Wendell said, according to Stars and Stripes.

    Article 13 of the UCMJ "forbids punishing a service member before trial and forbids pretrial restraint more rigorous than the circumstances require."

    Mutimer has pointed out that solitary confinement is "usually reserved for individuals who are disobeying or are violent, and injuring other people," and usually only for "a day or two, or a week." Watson, he said, has "been in there for months now."

    Rachel VanLandingham, a former Air Force judge advocate and professor of law at Southwestern Law School, told Common Dreams that this "seems to be a blatant case of illegal pretrial punishment given that the nature of his pretrial restraint does not seem necessary to either ensure his presence at trial or to prevent foreseeable serious criminal misconduct."

    “Solitary confinement is rare, and must be justified,” she said. “What, is the administration so afraid of this major’s words that he cannot talk to anyone?”

    Military defense attorney Cody Harnish, who attended Watson's preliminary hearing, has raised concerns that his detention could be unlawful and that his especially harsh treatment was political in nature.

    "I represent people at court-martial in the military, who are accused of doing some very bad things," he said during an interview this weekend with Meidas Defense. "They are not in pretrial confinement."

    Harnish noted other abnormal aspects of Watson’s preliminary hearing: He was denied the ability to wear his uniform and instead arrived handcuffed, unshaven, and wearing an undershirt, which pointed to the possibility that he was facing degrading treatment.

    He also pointed out that Watson had submitted a request to resign his commission in exchange for avoiding a court-martial, but that the request was denied in 24 hours.

    "Nothing gets processed in the military that fast," he said, suggesting that this could indicate influence from senior Pentagon officials.

    During his second term, Trump has used members of the military for political purposes in ways that have challenged longstanding norms of political neutrality. This has included hosting overtly political rallies before uniformed troops, screening them for ideology, and purging senior military officers deemed disloyal.

    Harnish suggested that the Trump administration was seeking to make an example out of Watson for speaking out against the president.

    "When someone speaks out against this administration in the military," he said, "they're going to crush him to silence anyone else in the ranks from ever thinking about it."

    From Common Dreams via This RSS Feed.


    #Jason-Watson #Air-Force #major #Trump-impeachment #impeachment #solitary-confinement #pretrial-confinement #illegal-pretrial-punishment #UCMJ #Article-13 #military-justice #court-martial #political-speech #free-speech #protest #US-Capitol #arrest #military-law #constitutional-violations #Trump-administration #Pentagon #political-retaliation #military-neutrality #censorship #news #Common-Dreams
  20. Reference documentation stays trustworthy when interface facts are extracted and locked before any model writes orientation prose around them. A block-role manifest records that split before drafting starts, so review does not depend on catching invented flags by eye. Deterministic extraction owns signatures, flags, environment variables, and error codes, while the model may fill only marked orientation slots. The checker later in this article fails the page when drafted prose names an interface token that the locked inventory does not contain.

    Models that draft reference pages often smooth over a missing row by inventing a plausible flag, status, or default value. That failure is different from a weak explanation, because the sentence looks fluent while the contract itself is false. Full-page review does not scale once several endpoints share one pull request and each page mixes tables with narrative. A role tag on every block makes the allowed draft surface small enough for a script to check without rereading tables.

    Heading-level ownership is not enough when one heading contains both a generated flag table and a paragraph of advice. The unit of control here is the block, not the file and not the heading, because those larger units hide mixed authority. A style promise about tone also does not stop a model from adding a flag that no release ever shipped. The manifest therefore names concrete tokens, and the checker compares drafted sentences against that closed token set.

    What the model may draft


    The model may draft orientation slots that explain sequencing, prerequisites in plain language, and common misreadings of a locked row. Those slots may compare two documented flags only when both flags already appear in the inventory for that page. The model may also propose a short note about when not to call the operation, if every concrete token is already listed. Generic words such as request, client, and retry stay allowed, while product-specific tokens must be listed before any draft.

    Orientation text should use a surface from the locked row rather than restating the default, the type, or the status code. Restating those fields creates a second source of truth that will drift on the next release even if the first draft was careful. If a sentence needs a default, the page should render that default from the inventory, not from the drafted paragraph. The drafting prompt should receive slot ids and allowed surfaces, not the unfinished page as a free-form writing canvas.

    What a human must own


    A human must own the inventory source, whether that source is an OpenAPI document, a captured help file, or an error catalog. A human must own status mappings, default values, deprecation markers, and the decision that a given token is public. A human must approve each orientation slot before it exists, because an extra slot is an extra place to invent scope. A human must also merge extracted tables into the page, so a model cannot rewrite a locked block while polishing nearby prose.

    Ownership is not the same thing as typing every sentence that a reader eventually sees on the published page. A human can delegate extraction to a script, then review the inventory diff before any prose job is allowed to run. What cannot be delegated is the judgment that a token is safe to document, stable enough to name, and correctly scoped. If that judgment is missing, a drafting pass will not create it, and the checker will only confirm that the invention was consistent.

    Step-by-step workflow


    Follow the six steps in order, and treat each artifact as an input to the next rather than as optional notes. Skipping the lock file and asking for a full page is how invented flags re-enter an otherwise careful repository. The commands and files below are a proposed workflow, not a record of a run against a production documentation set. Replace the sample command name with the binary or spec that the team already treats as the interface source.

    1. Capture the interface inventory


    Store one inventory file per reference page, and treat that file as the only list of public tokens the page may name. Capture help text or spec excerpts with a deterministic command, then convert the capture into a token file a human reviews. Do not ask a model to transcribe a specification into the inventory, even when the specification is long or awkwardly formatted. A transcription pass can drop a required field and still look complete to a reviewer who did not open the source.

    mkdir -p docs/inventory docs/pages docs/slots docs/fixtures tools
    # Proposed capture. Replace mycli with the binary the team actually ships.
    mycli --help > docs/inventory/mycli-help.txt

    {
    "page_id": "export-job",
    "source_capture": "docs/inventory/mycli-help.txt",
    "note": "Proposed inventory. Defaults are null because this file is not a captured product.",
    "tokens": [
    {"id": "flag.out", "kind": "flag", "public": true, "default": null},
    {"id": "flag.since", "kind": "flag", "public": true, "default": null},
    {"id": "err.partial", "kind": "error", "public": true, "default": null}
    ]
    }

    If the source is OpenAPI, extract operation ids, parameters, and response codes with a parser the team already trusts. Keep the raw capture next to the token file so a reviewer can see what the parser dropped or renamed. Commit the raw capture and the token file in the same change, and reject token files that have no matching capture. This step is finished only when a human has marked each token public, internal, or omitted from the page.

    2. Write the block-role manifest


    The manifest is the contract between extraction and drafting, and it should be reviewed like a schema change rather than like prose. Each block has a role of extract or orient, plus the token ids that the role is allowed to mention. Extract blocks are rendered from the token file and are not sent to the model as writable text. Orient blocks are the only regions a drafting job may replace, and each one carries a word cap.

    # docs/inventory/export-job.manifest.yaml
    # Proposed example. Not a captured production file.
    page_id: export-job
    inventory_sha256: "<fill-after-step-3>"
    blocks:
    - id: flags
    role: extract
    source: docs/inventory/export-job.tokens.json
    - id: sequencing
    role: orient
    max_words: 120
    allowed_token_ids: [flag.out, flag.since, err.partial]
    - id: skip-when
    role: orient
    max_words: 80
    allowed_token_ids: [flag.since, err.partial]
    tokens:
    - id: flag.out
    surface: ["--out"]
    - id: flag.since
    surface: ["--since"]
    - id: err.partial
    surface: ["EXPORT_PARTIAL", "partial export"]

    The surface list is the set of spellings a sentence may use for a token, and the sample keeps those spellings distinctive. A multi-word surface, such as a named error phrase, belongs in that list so the checker can allow the phrase without allowing nearby inventions. Keep allowed_token_ids narrow, because a slot that may name every token on the page is almost as loose as a full-page prompt. If two slots need the same flag, list that flag in both, rather than creating one large slot that covers the whole page.

    3. Lock the inventory hash


    Compute a hash after a human accepts the token file, and store that hash in the manifest before any slot is drafted. The hash binds the prose job to a specific inventory, so a quiet edit cannot change the contract under an old draft. If the token file changes, the hash check fails until a human updates the manifest in the same commit on purpose. That failure is useful, because orientation jobs should stop when the interface moves instead of rewriting themselves around the change.

    python3 - <<'PY'
    import hashlib
    import pathlib
    p = pathlib.Path("docs/inventory/export-job.tokens.json")
    print(hashlib.sha256(p.read_bytes()).hexdigest())
    PY

    Paste the printed digest into inventory_sha256, and do not let a drafting script update that field automatically. An automatic hash update would hide the very edit the lock is meant to surface during review. Reviewers should look at the token diff first, then accept or reject the new digest as a separate decision. Only after that decision should anyone schedule a new orientation draft for the slots whose allowed tokens changed.

    4. Draft only the orientation slots


    Send the model the slot id, the word cap, and the allowed surfaces, and ask for that slot alone. Do not send a request that says to write the reference page, the introduction, and the examples in one pass. A narrow prompt reduces the chance that the model adds a sibling flag that merely sounds consistent with the table. Save the result under a slot file named for the block id, and leave every extract block untouched by that job.

    Draft slot sequencing only.
    Allowed surfaces: --out, --since, EXPORT_PARTIAL, partial export.
    Do not name any other flag, environment variable, status, or error code.
    Do not restate defaults, types, or status codes.
    Maximum 120 words.

    When a drafting tool is useful for this step, keep it on slot text only, after the inventory hash is already committed. MonkeyCode's free model access can draft an approved orientation slot, and the free server option can run the hash step and the checker.

    Disclosure: This article was prepared as part of MonkeyCode's product outreach.

    This article does not claim particular model names, quotas, hardware sizes, time limits, or benchmark results for that setup. The page remains useful without those options, because the manifest, the hash, and the checker are ordinary repository files. A local Python install is enough to rehearse the gate before any hosted runner is involved. The hosted option is a placement choice for steps that are already specified, not a source of interface facts.

    5. Render the page from roles


    A renderer should concatenate extracted tables and orientation files in manifest order, without asking a model to assemble the page. It should refuse to read a slot file for an extract block, because that file is evidence that a draft overwrote a locked region. It should also refuse to render an orient block whose slot file is missing, rather than filling the gap with generated prose. Missing prose is a visible gap a human can fill, while silent generation hides the fact that no approved slot text existed.

    6. Run the token checker


    The checker loads allowed surfaces, rejects unknown interface-like tokens in orientation files, and verifies the inventory hash before it reads prose. It is a proposed, unexecuted example, so treat the results as a specification for the gate rather than as measured outcomes. The script depends on PyYAML, uses only the standard library otherwise, and never contacts a model or a network service. Run it in the same job that builds the page, and block publication when the exit code is nonzero.

    #!/usr/bin/env python3
    """Proposed, unexecuted checker for orientation slots.

    Compares slot files with a locked manifest. It does not call a model.
    Requires PyYAML.
    """

    from __future__ import annotations

    import hashlib
    import json
    import re
    import sys
    from pathlib import Path

    import yaml

    FLAG_HINT = re.compile(r"--[a-z0-9][-a-z0-9]*")
    CONST_HINT = re.compile(r"\b[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]{2,}\b")
    HTTP_HINT = re.compile(r"\bHTTP\s+\d{3}\b")

    def load_manifest(path: Path) -> dict:
    data = yaml.safe_load(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
    if not isinstance(data, dict):
    raise SystemExit("manifest must be a mapping")
    return data

    def assert_hash(manifest: dict, token_path: Path) -> None:
    expected = str(manifest.get("inventory_sha256", ""))
    actual = hashlib.sha256(token_path.read_bytes()).hexdigest()
    if expected != actual:
    raise SystemExit(
    f"inventory hash mismatch: manifest={expected} file={actual}"
    )

    def assert_ids(manifest: dict, token_path: Path) -> None:
    payload = json.loads(token_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
    ids = {row["id"] for row in payload["tokens"]}
    for row in manifest["tokens"]:
    if row["id"] not in ids:
    raise SystemExit(
    f"manifest token missing from inventory: {row['id']}"
    )

    def surfaces(manifest: dict, allowed_ids: list[str]) -> list[str]:
    by_id = {row["id"]: row["surface"] for row in manifest["tokens"]}
    found: list[str] =
    [] for token_id in allowed_ids:
    if token_id not in by_id:
    raise SystemExit(f"unknown token id in slot: {token_id}")
    found.extend(by_id[token_id])
    return found

    def strip_allowed(text: str, allowed: list[str]) -> str:
    cleaned = text
    for phrase in sorted(set(allowed), key=len, reverse=True):
    if phrase.startswith("--"):
    pattern = re.escape(phrase) + r"(?![A-Za-z0-9-])"
    elif " " in phrase:
    pattern = re.escape(phrase)
    else:
    pattern = r"\b" + re.escape(phrase) + r"\b"
    cleaned = re.sub(pattern, " ", cleaned, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
    return cleaned

    def unknown_hints(text: str, allowed: list[str]) -> list[str]:
    leftovers = strip_allowed(text, allowed)
    found: list[str] =
    [] found.extend(FLAG_HINT.findall(leftovers))
    found.extend(CONST_HINT.findall(leftovers))
    found.extend(HTTP_HINT.findall(leftovers))
    return found

    def main() -> None:
    if len(sys.argv) != 4:
    raise SystemExit(
    "usage: check_orientation_slots.py MANIFEST TOKENS SLOT_DIR"
    )
    manifest = load_manifest(Path(sys.argv[1]))
    token_path = Path(sys.argv[2])
    slot_dir = Path(sys.argv[3])
    assert_hash(manifest, token_path)
    assert_ids(manifest, token_path)
    failures: list[str] =
    [] for block in manifest["blocks"]:
    slot_file = slot_dir / f"{block['id']}.md"
    if block["role"] != "orient":
    if slot_file.exists():
    failures.append(f"extract block has a draft file: {slot_file}")
    continue
    if not slot_file.exists():
    failures.append(f"missing orientation slot: {slot_file}")
    continue
    text = slot_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
    words = text.split()
    if len(words) > int(block["max_words"]):
    failures.append(
    f"{block['id']} has {len(words)} words; cap is {block['max_words']}"
    )
    allowed = surfaces(manifest, block["allowed_token_ids"])
    for hint in unknown_hints(text, allowed):
    failures.append(
    f"{block['id']} names unlisted interface-like token: {hint}"
    )
    if failures:
    print("\n".join(failures))
    raise SystemExit(1)
    print("orientation slots match the locked inventory")

    if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

    A passing slot uses only allowed surfaces and stays under the word cap recorded for that block in the manifest. A failing slot names a flag or an error constant that never appears in the surface list for that slot. The sample failure below uses a gzip flag and an export timeout constant, neither of which is present in the sample inventory. Against that failing fixture, the checker is specified to exit nonzero and to print each unlisted flag or constant.

    Write the archive with --out, then narrow the window with --since.
    If the job reports EXPORT_PARTIAL, rerun only after the source is complete.
    Do not treat a partial export as a finished archive.

    <!-- Proposed failing fixture. Keep it outside docs/slots until you want a red build. -->
    Pass --gzip when the archive is large, and set EXPORT_TIMEOUT if the network is slow.

    python3 tools/check_orientation_slots.py \
    docs/inventory/export-job.manifest.yaml \
    docs/inventory/export-job.tokens.json \
    docs/slots

    How to read a checker failure


    Read a failure as a routing decision, not as a suggestion to regenerate the whole page and hope the next draft is cleaner. The table below maps common signals to the role that must change and to the person or tool that should act. Use it during review so a model is not asked to repair a row that a human still has to own. If the table and the checker disagree, trust the inventory and fix the checker, rather than widening the prompt to silence the gate.

    SignalRole that owns the fixRequired actionUnlisted flag or error constant in a slotorientReject the slot and redraft with the same allowed surfacesDefault, type, or status restated in proseorientDelete the restatement and render the field from the inventorySequencing advice that uses only allowed surfacesorientHuman edit for clarity, then acceptMissing deprecation marker or wrong defaultextractHuman updates the token file, then rehashesNew public error codeextractHuman adds the token, rehashes, then refreshes affected slotsExtract block has a slot fileextractDelete the slot file and investigate how it was writtenHash mismatchinventoryStop drafts until a human accepts the new digest

    Limitations of the gate


    Word-boundary and hint matching miss inventions that avoid tokens, such as a sentence that adds an optional path argument without naming it. A human still needs to read every orientation slot, because a real flag can be described incorrectly without introducing a new token. Phrase search can false-positive when a surface is a common word, so prefer a distinctive spelling whenever the interface gives you one. The checker does not review security claims, legal wording, support promises, or whether a public token should have been public.

    Hash locking detects inventory drift, but it does not tell you whether the accepted inventory matched the binary shipped last week. You still need a release process that ties the capture command to a version, a commit, or another source you can reopen. The hint pattern is intentionally narrow, and a team with different token shapes should extend the tests before extending the regular expression. Widening the pattern without fixtures will create noise, and reviewers will start ignoring the gate that this workflow depends on.

    Who should not use this approach


    Teams with no specification, help capture, or other inventory source should not adopt this workflow yet. The checker would then bless a hand-typed list that nobody tied to a shipping interface, which recreates the original risk under a new filename. Marketing pages, incident narratives, and conceptual essays without stable tokens are a poor fit for extract and orient roles. Anyone who wants a model to discover the interface should stop, because discovery is an ownership task rather than a drafting task.

    Large generated references that are already rendered entirely from a specification may not need orientation slots at all. Adding slots there only creates prose that can drift from the generator, so prefer improving the generator over adding a second writer. Solo maintainers who cannot review slot text should also skip the drafting step and keep the page fully extracted. A gate that nobody reads is worse than a short page, because it suggests a control that the repository does not actually practice.

    Put the gate in the build


    The practical split is small and strict: tools and humans own interface rows, and a model may write only inside preapproved orientation slots. Lock the inventory hash, render extract blocks without a model, and reject any slot that names an unlisted surface. If MonkeyCode's free server is already available to the team, run the hash step and the checker there before merging any free-model slot draft. That order keeps drafting convenience from becoming the source of the interface the page claims to document.#documentation #testing #devops #ai #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
    Orientation Slots Are the Only Writable Region on a Reference Page

  21. WA Proposed Ballot Measures “An Attack On All Peoples’ Bodily Autonomy”

    Two initiatives on the ballot this November have been called anti-#2SLGBTQIA+ by opponents of the measures, including the #AffiliatedTribes of #NorthwestIndians.

    by Lyric Aquino, Underscore Native News + Report for America and Nika Bartoo-Smith, Underscore Native News + ICT October 9, 2026

    Excerpt: " #WashingtonState is one of five states — along with #Arizona, #Colorado, #Missouri and #Nebraska — with #AntiTransgender initiatives on the November ballot. There are two measures on the ballot in Washington that would be consequential for 2SLGBTQIA+ students.

    "Washington #Initiative638 aims to ban trans girls from girls’ sports, and Washington #Initiative001 would threaten the privacy and safety of 2SLGBTQIA+ students by opening up access to all school records to parents, including medical and mental health records. Opponents of the measure say it could force school staff to out students who may not be accepted at home.

    "The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians , a nonprofit organization representing 57 tribal governments, passed a resolution at its annual September convention opposing both ballot measures.

    " 'Therefore, be it resolved, that #ATNI strongly opposes Washington Initiatives I-001 and I-638 and finds that these measures are inconsistent with the Tribes’ commitment to protecting children, strengthening families, and ensuring the well-being of all young people,' the text of the resolution reads.

    "This is a clear assertion of #TribalSovereignty, said #ShelbyChestnut, a citizen of the #AssiniboineNation on the #FortPeckReservation and executive director of the #TransgenderLawCenter.

    " 'It is saying not only are we not standing for hate in our state and in our region, but we’re saying our Two-Spirit and trans community members are valued assets of our community,' Chestnut said.

    "More anti-trans bills are likely to come in following years, Chestnut told Underscore Native News and ICT, based on the trajectory of this presidential administration. Other opponents of the anti-trans initiatives are also worried that Washington is being used as a blueprint for other states across the country."

    Read more:
    underscore.news/justice/wa-pro

    #TwoSpirits #GBLTQ2S #AntiTransLegislation #Elections2026 #BodilyAutonomy #USPol #IndigenousPeoplesDay
    #USElections #IndigenousNews #IndigenousSovereignty #2S

  22. Retribution and the Machinery of Government: When Presidential Power Becomes Personal

    By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News

    Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — October 13, 2026

    A president is allowed to have enemies.

    He is allowed to criticize them. He is allowed to believe prosecutors treated him unfairly, journalists misrepresented him, universities became ideologically captured, former officials betrayed him, and political opponents abused governmental power.

    The Constitution does not require presidential forgiveness.

    It does require something considerably more important: the powers of the United States government belong to the United States, not personally to the president.

    Donald Trump openly promised retribution before returning to office. During his second presidency, federal authority has subsequently been directed toward numerous people and institutions with histories of opposing, investigating, prosecuting, criticizing or otherwise angering him.

    That sequence is evidence worth examining.

    It is not, by itself, proof of unconstitutional retaliation.

    The constitutional question is narrower: Has Trump used governmental authority to punish perceived personal or political enemies because they are his enemies?

    THE EVIDENCE: FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS

    Former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James were prosecuted after Trump publicly demanded action against adversaries including them. Comey had overseen the FBI investigation involving Trump’s 2016 campaign before Trump fired him. James successfully brought a civil fraud case against Trump and his business after his first presidency (Reuters, 2026a).

    Both denied criminal wrongdoing and alleged retaliatory prosecution.

    The cases encountered an unusual procedural problem. Lindsey Halligan, a Trump ally and former personal attorney who lacked previous prosecutorial experience, obtained the indictments after the previous U.S. attorney, Erik Siebert, left the position amid pressure surrounding the investigations. A federal judge subsequently dismissed the prosecutions after concluding Halligan had been unlawfully appointed. The Justice Department appealed (Reuters, 2026a).

    As of September 15, 2026, judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals were considering the government’s attempt to revive those cases (Reuters, 2026a).

    Those are documented events.

    They do not establish that Comey or James could never legitimately be prosecuted. They do not establish that Trump fabricated evidence. They do not establish, by themselves, that the prosecutions were ordered for retaliatory reasons.

    What they establish is a sequence that Congress could legitimately investigate: Trump publicly demanded action against political adversaries; prosecutorial personnel changed; indictments followed; and a federal court later found the prosecutor’s appointment unlawful.

    The conclusion that this constituted presidential retribution requires additional evidence concerning motive, direction and prosecutorial decision-making.

    THE EVIDENCE: INVESTIGATING THE INVESTIGATORS

    The Justice Department has also pursued a criminal investigation examining whether Trump was victimized by a conspiracy involving former federal law-enforcement and intelligence officials.

    The investigation has examined matters involving the intelligence assessment concerning Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election and the federal investigation involving classified documents retained at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property after his first term. Former CIA Director John Brennan has been informed that he is a target of that investigation (Reuters, 2026b).

    Again, the evidence and conclusion must be separated.

    Former government officials do not become immune from investigation because they previously investigated a president. If officials committed crimes, the Justice Department has authority to investigate them.

    The existence of an investigation therefore does not prove retaliation.

    The relevant questions are why particular investigations were initiated, whether normal evidentiary standards were followed, whether career prosecutors supported the decisions, and whether presidential demands influenced prosecutorial judgments.

    Those questions require records and testimony.

    THE EVIDENCE: TRUMP’S OWN WORDS

    Trump’s public statements provide another category of evidence.

    He has repeatedly named people he believes wronged him and called for investigations or prosecutions of adversaries. Public presidential statements are not themselves unlawful. Presidents retain broad political and expressive rights.

    But statements can become relevant evidence of intent when governmental action subsequently affects the people being discussed.

    That does not mean Trump’s rhetoric automatically proves retaliatory motive.

    It means Congress examining possible abuse of power would be justified in comparing his statements with subsequent governmental actions.

    The sequence matters.

    So does evidence establishing who ordered what.

    THE EVIDENCE: LAW FIRMS

    The administration also took action against major law firms associated with lawyers or causes Trump opposed, including Perkins Coie.

    Trump issued executive actions affecting matters including government contracts, security clearances and access to federal facilities.

    Perkins Coie challenged the action.

    A federal judge struck Trump’s order down, concluding that it violated constitutional protections including the First Amendment. The administration appealed (Reuters, 2025b).

    That judicial ruling is evidence considerably stronger than political accusation because a federal court actually evaluated the government’s conduct.

    Even here, however, precision matters.

    The federal government legitimately controls security clearances, contracts and access to government facilities.

    The constitutional problem arises if those authorities are exercised to punish lawyers because of clients they represented or political positions associated with their firms.

    A court concluded that constitutional lines had been crossed in the Perkins Coie case.

    Whether that episode forms part of a broader presidential system of retaliation is a separate conclusion requiring broader evidence.

    THE EVIDENCE: THE PRESS

    Trump’s confrontations with news organizations provide another documented example.

    During his second term, the White House restricted Associated Press access after the organization declined to adopt Trump’s preferred “Gulf of America” terminology for the Gulf of Mexico.

    A federal district judge appointed by Trump concluded that the government likely violated the First Amendment by retaliating against the AP because of its editorial choices and ordered access restored. Subsequent appellate proceedings continued over the scope of White House authority concerning press access (Reuters, 2025c).

    The dispute expanded in September 2026 when Trump announced that CNN, MS NOW and Politico would be barred from the White House, describing their reporting as “FAKE NEWS” (Reuters, 2026c).

    The affected organizations challenged the decision.

    Legal experts told Reuters that Trump’s stated justification created significant First Amendment concerns because government generally cannot distribute access according to whether officials approve of a news organization’s viewpoint (Reuters, 2026d).

    Again, evidence and conclusion are different.

    The president possesses substantial authority over access to sensitive White House spaces. Journalists do not possess unlimited rights to enter every presidential workspace.

    But when the stated reason for excluding particular organizations is their journalism, the First Amendment question becomes substantially different from an ordinary security or logistical decision.

    THE EVIDENCE: UNIVERSITIES

    Harvard University has also become a major battleground.

    The administration has challenged Harvard over federal funding, hiring practices, international students, antisemitism and diversity policies.

    Some of those matters fall squarely within legitimate federal authority. Universities receiving federal funds must comply with federal law.

    On September 30, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Harvard seeking records connected to an investigation of alleged discriminatory hiring practices. Harvard denies discrimination and has characterized the administration’s broader actions as retaliation for refusing to comply with administration demands concerning academic and hiring policies (Reuters, 2026e).

    Harvard’s characterization is an allegation.

    The federal investigation is a fact.

    Neither proves the other.

    Determining whether enforcement is legitimate or retaliatory requires comparing the government’s treatment of Harvard with applicable law, enforcement standards, comparable institutions, internal communications and the reasons officials gave when decisions were made.

    THE EVIDENCE: JUDGES

    On September 30, the Justice Department filed a misconduct complaint against Minnesota federal judges who publicly discussed immigration litigation and what they described as administration disregard for judicial orders.

    Justice Department officials argued that the judges violated ethical restrictions and demonstrated bias.

    Defenders of the judges pointed to federal judicial ethics guidance allowing judges in some circumstances to defend judicial independence and the rule of law publicly (Reuters, 2026f).

    Here the evidence establishes a dispute.

    It does not establish retaliation.

    Judges have ethical obligations. The Justice Department may raise complaints it considers legitimate.

    The relevant constitutional question would require evidence showing that disciplinary mechanisms were being used not to enforce judicial ethics but to intimidate judges because their rulings or public statements opposed administration interests.

    That conclusion cannot simply be assumed.

    THE EVIDENCE: TAXPAYER-FUNDED MESSAGING

    Another controversy emerged shortly before the 2026 midterm elections.

    Nationally broadcast advertisements featuring Trump aired with disclaimers stating that they were “Paid for by the US Government.”

    The advertisements promoted themes associated with Trump’s political messaging, including a “golden age of America” and criticism of the “deep state.” Reuters reported that one closely resembled a Trump campaign advertisement from 2024 (Reuters, 2026g).

    The White House described the advertisements as public-service announcements promoting patriotism.

    Critics, including members of both parties, questioned whether taxpayer money was effectively financing political promotion shortly before an election and whether restrictions involving government propaganda or political activity were implicated (Reuters, 2026g).

    The existence and government financing of the advertisements are evidence.

    The conclusion that they constitute unlawful campaign activity requires a separate legal analysis.

    THE PATTERN IS EVIDENCE TOO — BUT NOT A VERDICT

    Prosecutors.

    Former intelligence officials.

    State attorneys general.

    Law firms.

    Universities.

    Journalists.

    Judges.

    The number and variety of confrontations involving institutions or individuals previously opposed to Trump are themselves relevant evidence.

    Patterns can matter when determining intent.

    But patterns can also mislead.

    A president undertaking enormous changes across the federal government will inevitably clash with many political opponents. The existence of numerous disputes therefore cannot automatically establish that those disputes share a retaliatory purpose.

    Congress would need something more.

    Internal communications.

    Presidential directives.

    Testimony from officials.

    Departures from ordinary enforcement procedures.

    Evidence that career personnel objected.

    Comparisons showing political allies were treated differently under equivalent circumstances.

    Records connecting presidential demands to governmental decisions.

    Those are the kinds of evidence that could transform suspicion of retaliation into a demonstrable abuse-of-power case.

    POLICY IS NOT RETALIATION

    This limitation is essential.

    Trump was elected to change government policy.

    He may lawfully reverse Biden administration priorities.

    He may replace political appointees.

    He may investigate genuine misconduct.

    He may enforce immigration law aggressively.

    He may challenge university practices his administration believes violate federal civil-rights statutes.

    He may criticize journalists.

    He may change Justice Department priorities.

    He may seek prosecution when prosecutors possess legally sufficient evidence.

    Calling every Trump policy “retribution” would make the term meaningless.

    The constitutional case becomes serious only when governmental authority is exercised because a person or institution opposed, investigated, represented clients against, criticized or otherwise personally offended the president.

    That is a conclusion that must be demonstrated from evidence rather than presumed from political disagreement.

    THE CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS

    If Congress were eventually able to establish that Trump systematically directed federal powers against personal or political enemies, the constitutional theory would be familiar.

    Trump’s first impeachment involved a related abuse-of-power argument: the House alleged that presidential authority involving Ukraine had been used to advance Trump’s personal political interests rather than the national interest. The Senate acquitted him.

    The broader constitutional principle remains important.

    Presidential powers are granted for public purposes.

    Prosecution exists to enforce laws.

    Government contracting exists to obtain goods and services.

    Security clearances exist to protect national security.

    Federal grants exist to execute programs authorized by law.

    Regulatory investigations exist to enforce statutes.

    Press-access rules exist to manage presidential facilities and security.

    If those powers are deliberately redirected toward punishing personal enemies, the issue ceases to be ordinary policy disagreement.

    It becomes a possible abuse of office.

    But the word “if” matters.

    The evidence must establish the connection.

    THE COST OF NO ACCOUNTABILITY

    Remove Donald Trump’s name from the problem.

    Imagine a future Democratic president.

    A conservative newspaper publishes damaging investigations. The White House removes its reporters.

    A law firm represents Republican officials challenging the administration. Federal contracts involving that firm disappear.

    A conservative university refuses administration demands. Federal grants freeze and regulators arrive.

    A former Republican attorney general investigates the president. After leaving office, that attorney general becomes the subject of federal criminal investigations.

    A television network relentlessly criticizes the president. Federal agencies begin scrutinizing its corporate parent.

    Republicans would immediately ask whether presidential power was being used for retaliation.

    They would be right to ask.

    Reverse the parties and the constitutional principle remains identical.

    Government cannot become an extension of presidential grievance.

    The larger danger is not limited to people who actually experience retaliation.

    Others begin anticipating it.

    Law firms may decline controversial clients.

    Universities may avoid confrontations with government.

    Corporations may hesitate before criticizing policy.

    Journalists may reconsider aggressive coverage.

    Civil servants may learn that objection carries professional risk.

    Prosecutors may discover which cases leadership wants.

    Officials may decide loyalty is safer than independence.

    None of that proves it has already happened throughout the federal government.

    It explains why evidence of presidential retaliation must be taken seriously.

    The president controls enormous machinery: prosecutors, investigators, regulators, contracts, grants, security clearances, immigration enforcement and the extraordinary public influence of the presidency itself.

    Congress must determine from evidence whether Trump has used that machinery primarily to execute his administration’s lawful policies or whether portions of it have been redirected toward settling personal and political scores.

    That determination cannot responsibly begin with the conclusion.

    It must begin with the evidence.

    And if the evidence ultimately establishes systematic presidential retaliation, Congress will then face the constitutional question it was given the impeachment power to answer:

    When does the use of public power for personal purposes become a high crime or misdemeanor?

    REFERENCES

    Congressional Research Service. (2025). Impeachment and the Constitution (R46013). U.S. Congress.

    Reuters. (2025a, November 26). Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting.

    Reuters. (2025b, November 17). Law firms Ashurst, Perkins Coie agree merger to create global top-20 outfit.

    Reuters. (2025c, November 24). U.S. appeals court to rule if Trump can ban AP from Oval Office.

    Reuters. (2026a, September 15). Judges question DOJ bid to revive cases against Trump foes Comey, James.

    Reuters. (2026b, September 29). Ex-White House election official leaves DOJ probe of Trump foes, sources say.

    Reuters. (2026c, September 18). Trump says he is banning media outlets CNN, MS NOW, Politico from White House.

    Reuters. (2026d, September 22). White House media ban faces long odds in court, legal experts say.

    Reuters. (2026e, September 30). Harvard sued by U.S. agency seeking records in anti-white hiring probe.

    Reuters. (2026f, September 30). U.S. Justice Department files complaint against Minnesota judges who gave interviews about immigration surge.

    Reuters. (2026g, September 28). Trump government ads draw scrutiny weeks before midterm elections.

    U.S. Constitution, amend. I; art. II, § 4.

    #AbuseOfPower #DOJ #DonaldJTrump #donaldTrump #PoliticalRetribution #presidentialPower #WPSNews
  23. SOC 2 vs. ISO 27001: Which One Does Your Company Actually Need?

    If you are a growing technology company and a customer suddenly asks, “Do you have SOC 2 or ISO 27001?”, it is easy to assume they are basically asking for the same thing.
    They are not.
    Both frameworks are designed to demonstrate that you take security seriously, both require policies, controls, evidence and ongoing management, and both can become an important part of enterprise sales. But they solve slightly different problems, and choosing the wrong one can mean spending a lot of time and money proving things your customers never actually asked you to prove.

    The simplest way to think about it is this: SOC 2 is primarily about demonstrating that your company has effective controls around security and the services you provide, while ISO 27001 is an international standard for establishing and operating an Information Security Management System (ISMS).

    SOC 2 is particularly common among U.S.-based SaaS and technology companies selling to other businesses, while ISO 27001 has stronger international recognition and is often preferred or required by larger global organizations and companies operating across multiple regulatory environments.

    So which one should you get?
    For many U.S. SaaS companies, the answer is SOC 2.

    SOC 2: The enterprise-sales accelerator

    SOC 2 was built around the idea of giving customers confidence that a service provider has appropriate controls in place to protect their systems and data. That makes it particularly relevant if you are a SaaS company, technology provider, MSP, fintech, healthcare technology company, or any other business where customers are effectively asking, “Can I trust you with my data?”

    That is why SOC 2 shows up so frequently during enterprise procurement. A prospective customer may have a security questionnaire with dozens or hundreds of questions, and somewhere near the end there is often the inevitable request for your SOC 2 report.

    If your answer is, “We are working on it,” the sales process can suddenly slow down.

    SOC 2 is therefore not just a security certification exercise. For many startups and SMBs, it is a sales requirement disguised as a security requirement. Having a current SOC 2 report can remove friction from security reviews, demonstrate maturity to prospects, and make it easier for an enterprise customer to approve you as a vendor.

    For companies in this category, SOC 2 is usually the logical first step.

    ISO 27001: When the scope gets bigger

    ISO 27001 takes a somewhat different approach.
    Rather than focusing primarily on an auditor’s assessment of controls around a service organization, ISO 27001 provides a formal framework for building and continuously improving an Information Security Management System.

    That broader management-system approach is one reason ISO 27001 can be particularly valuable for companies selling internationally, working with large multinational customers, participating in government or highly regulated supply chains, or responding to procurement requirements where ISO certification is explicitly specified.

    There is also a cultural difference between the two.
    SOC 2 tends to fit naturally into the world of U.S. technology companies that need to demonstrate trust to customers.
    ISO 27001 is often more natural for organizations that need a globally (=EU mainly) recognized information-security management standard and want a formal management system covering how security is governed across the organization.

    Neither is inherently “better.”
    The right question is what are your customers and market asking for?

    If your biggest prospective customer says, “We need your SOC 2 Type II report,” getting ISO 27001 instead does not magically solve the problem. Conversely, if you are expanding into markets where customers explicitly require ISO 27001 certification, having a SOC 2 report may not satisfy the procurement requirement.

    The overlap is bigger than the difference

    There is plenty of overlap between the two, which is why companies sometimes end up pursuing both. Access control, risk management, security policies, incident response, employee security, monitoring, vendor management and other fundamental security practices appear in both frameworks.

    This is also where compliance can become unnecessarily expensive.

    The traditional approach is to treat compliance as a separate project: buy a GRC platform, hire consultants, create policies, connect a collection of security tools, assign control owners, collect evidence and then spend months making sure everything is ready for the auditor.

    For a company with a large security and compliance organization, that may be perfectly reasonable. For a 30-person SaaS company trying to close its first $500K enterprise customer, it can be absurd.

    You don’t necessarily need a giant compliance department.

    You need the controls to actually work.

    This is where the tooling matters

    This is the biggest difference between traditional compliance software and what we are building at Espresso Labs.

    A conventional GRC platform is very good at giving you visibility into your compliance program. It can connect to your systems, identify missing controls, collect evidence and tell you where you have gaps. That is valuable, but there is still a fundamental question: who is actually fixing the problem?

    If the platform tells you that an employee does not have MFA enabled, somebody still has to enable it. If an endpoint is missing a security control, somebody has to remediate it. If evidence is missing, somebody has to figure out where to find it. The compliance dashboard can tell you what needs to happen, but your team still has to make it happen.

    Espresso Labs takes a different approach because we are building an AI-native security and compliance platform rather than another dashboard layered on top of your existing IT environment. The goal is to combine the compliance program with the actual operation of the security controls, so the system can identify issues, help remediate them, continuously monitor the environment and automatically maintain the evidence needed for your audit.

    That distinction matters enormously for smaller organizations.

    Who should choose what?

    If you are a U.S.-focused SaaS or technology company and your immediate goal is to satisfy enterprise customers, SOC 2 Type II is probably where you should start. It gives customers a familiar way to evaluate your security controls and can directly remove friction from the sales process.

    If you operate internationally, sell into large multinational enterprises, or have customers and partners explicitly requiring an internationally recognized information-security management standard, ISO 27001 may be the better investment.

    If your customers require both, then yes, you may eventually need both. Fortunately, the underlying security work overlaps significantly, so you should build your security program in a way that allows evidence and controls to support multiple frameworks rather than running two completely separate compliance projects.

    And if you are still small enough that the idea of hiring a compliance team, managing five security products and spending months collecting screenshots sounds ridiculous, that is exactly the market we built Espresso Labs for.

    SOC 2 shouldn’t become a second full-time job

    The interesting thing about AI-native compliance is not that AI can write your security policies. ChatGPT can do that in about thirty seconds.

    The interesting part is that AI can participate in the ongoing operational work required to keep the controls working.

    That means fewer manual tasks, less evidence chasing, fewer disconnected security tools and significantly less time spent turning your company into an audit-preparation machine.

    At Espresso Labs, our SOC 2 offering is designed specifically for this model.
    We combine AI-powered security operations, compliance automation and managed security expertise into one platform, with SOC 2 readiness starting at $1,000/month.
    For qualifying organizations, Type I readiness can typically be achieved in weeks, while Type II still requires the appropriate observation period because an auditor needs to verify that controls actually operated over time.

    That last part is important: AI does not eliminate the requirements of SOC 2. It eliminates a lot of the unnecessary work around meeting them.

    So before you spend six months building a compliance stack because someone told you that “every serious company needs ISO 27001,” start with a more useful question: What does your customer actually require, and what is the simplest way to meet that requirement while making your company genuinely more secure?

    For many growing U.S. technology companies, the answer will be SOC 2.

    And for those companies, we think there is a much better way to get there than building a mini compliance department.

    Check out Espresso Labs and see what an AI-native SOC 2 program looks like. If you are trying to get SOC 2 ready without spending months stitching together GRC software, consultants and security tools, Espresso Labs can help you get there faster, with less operational overhead and at a fraction of the traditional complexity.

    Psst… Go Explore Espresso Labs →

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  24. DATE: October 12, 2026 at 06:00AM
    SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG

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    TITLE: Brain entropy during a psychedelic trip tracks later gains in insight and well-being

    URL: psypost.org/brain-entropy-duri

    A single high dose of psilocybin in people who had never taken a psychedelic was followed by improvements in well-being, psychological insight, and cognitive flexibility a month later, and participants whose brain activity became more irregular during the experience tended to show the largest well-being gains. Lasting changes in brain function, however, were largely absent, though the researchers detected possible changes in the brain’s white matter. The findings were published in Nature Communications.

    Psilocybin is the active psychedelic compound found in “magic mushrooms.” It works primarily by stimulating a specific type of serotonin receptor in the brain. Some scientists have proposed that this chemical action scrambles normal brain activity into a more flexible, highly disordered state. For instance, a 2014 theoretical paper by Robin Carhart-Harris, the senior author of the new study, introduced the “entropic brain” hypothesis, suggesting that psychedelics expand conscious experience by making brain signals more unpredictable.

    Researchers have suspected that this temporary disruption might lead to lasting benefits. Along these lines, a 2021 open-label study of 24 people with depression found that psilocybin improved cognitive flexibility for at least a month. Cognitive flexibility is a person’s ability to successfully adapt their thinking and switch between different rules or concepts.

    Scientists then began tracking healthy volunteers for weeks after a single dose to see whether these acute disruptions leave enduring functional or physical marks on the brain. For example, a small 2020 study of 12 healthy volunteers found that some changes in mood and resting brain connectivity were still detectable a month after a single high dose, although others had faded. Similarly, research covered by PsyPost in 2024 found that psilocybin temporarily scrambled brain network connections, with most changes fading within weeks but some, such as reduced connectivity between the hippocampus and a network involved in self-reflection, persisting.

    Building on this progression, the current research, led by Taylor Lyons of the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, sought to capture a comprehensive picture of what happens in the brain of someone taking a psychedelic for the very first time. The researchers aimed to connect the immediate, disorganized brain state during a trip to the psychological benefits reported weeks later. They also wanted to test whether a single high dose of psilocybin physically alters the structure of the brain’s white matter.

    The study involved 28 healthy adults, averaging 41 years old, who had never taken a psychedelic drug before. Each participant received two oral doses of psilocybin one month apart, always in the same order: first a 1-milligram dose, too low to produce noticeable psychedelic effects, which served as a placebo, and then a 25-milligram high dose known to induce a profound altered state of consciousness. The researchers used this fixed order because they expected the high dose to have lasting effects that could carry over into a later session. To limit expectations, participants were told only that they would receive a variable dose of up to 25 milligrams at each session.

    Both dosing sessions took place in a supportive environment featuring low lighting, music, an eye mask, and non-directive guided supervision. During dosing days, the research team recorded electrical brain activity using an electroencephalogram, or EEG, while participants rested with their eyes closed at one, two, and four and a half hours after ingestion. Participants also completed magnetic resonance imaging brain scans before the study began and one month after each dose.

    During the high-dose session, the EEG recordings showed large increases in brain entropy, meaning the electrical signals became highly irregular and unpredictable. This peak in disorganized activity occurred one to two hours after taking the 25-milligram pill, aligning with the peak intensity of the psychedelic experience. The recordings also showed a drop in alpha waves, a rhythm of electrical activity common when people are awake and relaxed, while the 1-milligram placebo dose produced no such changes. When asked months later, all but one of the participants who answered (94 percent) rated the high dose as the most unusual state of consciousness of their lives.

    When analyzing the brain scans taken a month after the high dose, the researchers found possible changes in the brain’s white matter, the bundles of insulated nerve fibers that carry signals between brain regions. Using a technique called diffusion tensor imaging, which maps how water moves along these fiber pathways, they observed a decrease in water diffusion along tracts connecting the prefrontal cortex to deeper subcortical regions. The prefrontal cortex is involved in complex thinking and decision-making, and this alteration was not observed following the placebo dose.

    Other brain imaging measures showed little lasting change. Functional MRI scans, which track blood flow as a proxy for brain activity and which the researchers had designated as their primary outcome, revealed changes one month after the high dose that were largely weak and not statistically significant. One measure, network modularity, reflects how sharply the brain divides into separate, tightly knit networks; it decreased compared with the start of the study but not compared with the month after the placebo dose, and participants with larger decreases tended to show larger gains in well-being.

    An earlier analysis of the same participants’ brain scans, covered by PsyPost in 2026, focused on circuits linking the prefrontal cortex with the striatum and thalamus, the same pathways where the white matter changes appeared. Using a different analytic approach, it found that activity in these circuits became more variable a month after the high dose than after the placebo dose, although the difference from the start of the study and the link with improved well-being fell short of statistical significance.

    On a psychological level, participants showed improvements after the 25-milligram dose that were not seen after the placebo dose. Their psychological insight scores were about 51 points higher (on a 0-to-100 scale) the day after the high dose than after the placebo dose and remained elevated a month later. Well-being scores rose about 4.7 points more after the high dose than after the placebo dose, on a scale running from 14 to 70 on which the general population averages about 51. Participants also made fewer errors on a computer task measuring cognitive flexibility a month after the high dose, specifically when they had to adapt to hidden rule changes.

    When the researchers looked at how these measures related to one another, a pattern emerged. Participants whose brain entropy rose more two hours into the high-dose session tended to report more psychological insight the next day, and greater entropy across the session predicted larger gains in well-being a month later. A statistical analysis suggested that next-day insight partly accounted for the link between entropy and later well-being. Brain entropy did not predict the white matter changes.

    “The most surprising – and therefore potentially also important – takeaway is that even in a highly exploratory and multimodal study as described here, psilocybin does not seem to have a pronounced lasting effect on the brain in healthy volunteers,” said Katrin Preller, a junior group leader at the University of Zurich and visiting assistant professor at Yale University who was not involved in the research. “One month after psilocybin administration only very marginal changes were detected. Given the nature of the study, the robustness of these changes needs to be determined in future studies.”

    Preller noted that these modest long-term results match an emerging trend in neuroimaging research. “There is accumulating evidence that the neurobiological changes induced by psychedelics may be short lived and alterations are back to baseline levels after a few weeks,” she told PsyPost. “The study therefore confirms these initial reports and extends those by showing that this holds true even for psilocybin-naive participants.”

    Martin Korsbak Madsen, a medical doctor and postdoctoral researcher at the Neurobiology Research Unit at Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet who was not involved in the study, focused on what the findings might reveal about how psychedelics work.

    “It is well established that psychedelics can have long-term effects but underlying mechanisms are unknown, and the present study seeks to address this gap by using both EEG and MRI,” Madsen said. “The study confirms previous electrophysiological findings, showing acutely reduced alpha waves and increased complexity. The latter was positively associated with better psychological insight and well-being, so this might be a relevant mechanism for subsequent change.”

    Madsen added that the imaging metrics pointed toward potential physiological routes for these mental shifts. “MRI findings suggested that brain function, on average, was less constrained, and that white matter bundles connecting deep and more superficial layers of the brain were also affected,” he told PsyPost. “Taken together the study is a good and thorough first step, and it provides plausible mechanisms, which subsequent studies can test.”

    As with all research, there are some caveats to consider. Because all participants received the 1-milligram dose first and the 25-milligram dose second, order effects, such as simply getting used to the testing procedures, could have influenced the results. The authors argue that the changes after the high dose far exceeded any such effects, noting that no changes appeared after the placebo dose. They also acknowledge that their main hypotheses were not registered in advance and that their statistical corrections were applied within, but not across, the many outcomes they examined.

    Preller also stressed the study’s exploratory nature. “This is a highly exploratory study which is reflected in a rather limited protection against Type I errors, i.e., the study is optimized for detecting effects but is not rigorously protected against false positive findings,” Preller told PsyPost. “The fixed administration sequence is justifiable in this study but increases the risk that the observed effects are due to habituation or other time-related factors and may not be causally linked to drug administration. All effects observed therefore need replication in better controlled and larger studies before any conclusions can be drawn.”

    Madsen also noted that this structure limits how firmly conclusions can be drawn. “A not trivial drawback of the design is the use of a fixed order, meaning everybody got low dose (placebo condition) before the high dose,” Madsen said. “Although this has some benefits, one cannot exclude order effects, and a classic two-arm randomized, double-blind design of sufficient sample size would have been an improvement.”

    Interpreting changes in white matter using diffusion imaging can also be complicated. The type of change seen here has been linked to processes such as learning and meditation, but also to nerve fiber injury and aging, so it is unclear what it reflects biologically. The authors speculate it could involve the pruning of weak connections or the growth of new, not-yet-insulated nerve fibers, but they caution against interpreting the finding until it is replicated with more advanced imaging. A second analysis method also failed to detect the white matter changes.

    Looking ahead, Preller said studies in patients are needed. “We need more mechanistic long-term studies in patient populations in order to understand whether there is a detectable neurobiological basis for the observed treatment effects,” she told PsyPost. She added that readers should keep in mind that “even the significant findings in this study are highly exploratory and require replication.”

    Madsen suggested that future investigations should evaluate psychedelics alongside other established practices that promote personal growth. “Intake of psychedelics is not the only way of improving well-being or gaining psychological insight, and comparing psychedelics to non-drug interventions such as psychotherapy, mindfulness or art therapy, might help elucidate which effects are specific to psychedelics as opposed to general psychological development,” he explained.

    The study, “Human brain changes after first psilocybin use,” was authored by T. Lyons, M. Spriggs, L. Kerkelä, F. E. Rosas, L. Roseman, P. A. M. Mediano, C. Timmermann, L. Oestreich, B. A. Pagni, R. J. Zeifman, A. Hampshire, W. Trender, H. M. Douglass, M. Girn, K. Godfrey, H. Kettner, F. Sharif, L. Espasiano, A. Gazzaley, M. B. Wall, D. Erritzoe, D. J. Nutt, and R. L. Carhart-Harris.

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  25. Interview with big hitter cricketer Chris Lynn, now ambassador to health food brand Soul Origin

    If you’ve entered a food court at one of your better local shopping centres, you’re sure to have come across the name Soul Origin. Established in Sydney in 2011, now 15 years on, there are over 130 Soul Origin outlets across Australia, all serving quick, nutritious meals as well as premium specialty beverages.

    Highlights from the Soul Origin menu include the new delilcious premium paninis: the Salami Classico and Mortadella Pesto.

    The Salami panini is packed with fennel-and-garlic salami, ripe tomato, kalamata olives, crunchy pickles, and fresh rocket, all dressed lightly in a creamy aioli, then press-toasted until golden and crisp. It’s lunchtime sorted, really.

    The Mortadella Pesto, meanwhile, is all premium mortadella, creamy bocconcini cheese, fresh rocket, and basil pesto layered together and pressed warm inside a crispy toasted panini. Let me tell you, I’m of Italian origin myself and have got to say, these are some of the freshest tasting coldcuts I’ve tried.

    Also new to the Soul Origin menu are their Hidden Gems, delicious potato treats that are crispy to eat fresh out of the S.O. oven – and even hold their crispness half an hour or so later. Seriously. These gems are about as ‘fast food’ as Soul Origin gets, really, with everything else on their menu a delightful bite of nutrition.

    And it’s not just health-conscious shoppers who have cottoned on to the Soul Origin ethos, big-name sports folk have as well, with big-name cricketer Chris Lynn joining an ambassador lineup that already includes Matildas footballer Ellie Carpenter and rugby champs Jaime Chapman and Jarome Luai.

    Chris has recently put his thumbs-up to the new Salami Classico and Mortadella Pesto options, both being dubbed the ‘Big Hitter’ meals.

    Here, Cream chats with Chris Lynn about all things cricket and all things healthy and noms.

    Interview questions by Antonino Tati

     

    Hi Chris. What’s one great thing you love about playing cricket professionally?

    The travel is unbeatable, but it’s the people you meet along the way and the smiles you put on people’s faces that’s the most rewarding.

     

    As a kid and a teenager, you would have been in regular training for cricket. Did this mean keeping an eye on a healthy diet, too? 

    To be honest, as a kid you can eat whatever you want and you get away with it but as I’ve gone through the journey of a professional athlete my diet has become more and more important.

     

    Do you wish you had an outlet such as Soul Origin back then; to go to for healthy meals? 

    It’s a no-brainer that I wish I had the option of Soul Origin when I was growing up, so for sure.

     

    What are some of the current highlights on the Soul Origin menu that you really like? 

    The highlight is the Big Hitter meal!

     

    The new Soul Origin ‘Big Hitter Meal’ (just $16.90 includes Salami Classico – pictured above – or Mortadella Pesto panini, as well as Hidden Gems, and Chili Mayo) is clearly a big hit with cricketer Chris Lynn.

     

    When you guys are touring for international matches, who in the team takes the longest to get ready in the morning, and what are they actually doing in there?

    Being on tour is a very interesting place but I would have to say the Caribbean boys definitely take the longest to get ready.

     

    Who has the worst taste in music on the team bus, and have you ever secretly skipped their track?

    Worst taste is music, ummm… that’s a tough one because there are a lot of different cultures in the change room. So I get proactive and bring the speaker in myself therefore it’s my music!

     

    Who has the worst diet and what cheeky thing do they eat?

    Worst diet? Look, without throwing anyone under the bus we all have a sweet tooth now and again, don’t we?

     

    Very diplomatic of you. If you had to pick one teammate to be stuck on a deserted island with, who would that be?

    Iit would have to be Michael Neser. A South African-born, tough-as-nails guy who is someone you want in your corner.

     

     

    And on that desert island, you’re only allowed one particular item from the Soul Origin menu; what would that be?

    One item from the menu! If it’s not the Big Hitter meal, it’s the chicken schnitzel salad, topped off with a mango fruit blend.

     

    For more information of what’s on the Soul Origin menu, visit soulorigin.com.au or pop out to one of their 130+ outlets across Australia.

     

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    #ANTONINOTATI #australianCricket #BigHitterMeal #chrisLynn #CREAMMAGAZINE #cricket #cricketers #SalamiClassico #SoulOrigin #SPORTS
  26. To get the discussion starting on #wireguard VPN integration into the setup of managed Linux laptops for corporate users, @rriemann wrote a brief summary in the #Foreman community forum. Read along if you are curious and follow our account for updates!

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