Evidence indicates that human activity, including deliberate arson, is primary driver of Europe’s 2026 wildfire crisis, with the EEA estimating that 96% of EU wildfires are human-caused. Authorities in France, Spain, and Portugal have confirmed widespread intentional ignition. WTAF?
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she/they Struggling radical optimist. Software Boomer. Voluntaryist atheist transhumanist trans demiwoman.
"So now I have some action items for us. Are you ready? Number one: Support trans and nonbinary people." @dylanmulvaney.bsky.social @parkermolloy.com www.readtpa.com/p/the-punchl...?
The Punchline
Dylan Mulvaney did nothing wrong. That's the point.
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The thing about gender is that there is supposed to be life beyond it. Sure if you are trans or nonbinary you have work to find yourself and to set up life and maybe your body to be true to you. But then there is just life. Not this endless slog to just be allowed to exist. #nonbinary #trans
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #energy
The biggest problem with solid-state batteries may finally be solved
Researchers solved the mystery of how soft lithium dendrites crack the hard ceramic inside solid-state batteries, triggering short circuits. The breakthrough could help engineers build safer, longer-l...
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fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy... #energy
Fervo Energy Learning Curve Continues on 3rd Generation Well Design, Boosting Drilling Rates by 143% Since Its First Cape Station Well - Fervo Energy
Sawtooth 7 sets a new drilling pace record, reaching 19,448 feet measured depth with a 7,500-foot lateral in 21 days
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www.longi.com/en/news/crys... #energy
35.5%! LONGi Once Again Breaks World Record for Crystalline Silicon-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cell Efficiency
July 14, 2026 – At the 2026 Solar and Energy Storage Innovation Conference, LONGi officially announced that its independently developed crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell has achieved a ...
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Excellent. Nuclear space tug would be a great addition. spacenews.com/spacex-launc... #space
SpaceX launches Northrop mission to extend the life of aging satellites
SpaceX launches Northrop mission to extend the life of aging satellites SpaceX launches Northrop mission to extend the life of aging satellites
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phys.org/news/2026-07... #space
Jupiter-mass 'exomoon' orbiting brown dwarf challenges cosmic labels
Observations made with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) have revealed evidence for a moon-like object in the CD-35 2722 system. Unlike moons in our solar system, th...
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I love robotics and AI but only if it works for me, not some government or corporation. www.techtimes.com/articles/321... #AI
Unitree Humanoid Robot Enters Europe Days After Pentagon Flags It as Chinese Military Tech
Unitree humanoid robot launches commercially in Europe on July 22, 2026, becoming the first Chinese-made humanoid to enter Western commercial markets as U.S. lawmakers and the Pentagon flag its China ...
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newsroom.amd.com/news/aai-202... #robotics
AAI 2026: AMD Delivers Leadership Heterogeneous Compute for Physical AI - AMD Newsroom
AMD extends the Ryzen AI Embedded processor family combining CPU, GPU and NPU acceleration to power robotics, industrial automation and intelligent embedded systems.
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www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/07... #AI
Claude's Fable 5 just solved an 87-year-old math problem, and it matters for bitcoin
Claude Fabel 5 disproved the Jacobian conjecture over the weekend, landing days after the capabilities of China's Kimi AI became the biggest force moving bitcoin markets.
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uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ant-gro... #AI
Ant Group Unveils Ling-3.0-Flash Delivering Top-Tier Performance at a Fraction of the Parameter Scale
HANGZHOU, China, July 27, 2026--Ant Group today announced the release of Ling-3.0-Flash, a next-generation native hybrid-reasoning foundational model engineered specifically for production-grade AI ag...
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World modeling seems involved in an interesting way. www.marktechpost.com/2026/07/26/b... #AI
Black Forest Labs Releases FLUX 3: A Multimodal Flow Model for Image, Video, Audio and Robot Action Prediction
Black Forest Labs releases FLUX 3, a multimodal flow model generating 20-second video with native audio and actions
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Does it occur to them that everyone needs a model that can find and fix cybersecurity issues? Or do they want us to have second class AI? blog.google/innovation-a...
Introducing Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber
We’re introducing new Gemini models, including Gemini 3.6 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite and 3.5 Flash Cyber.
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On the Elon Musk interview I think the full version tells a different story than many of the commentaries on snippets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xuoq...
The full-length interview with Elon Musk | The Economist
YouTube video by The Economist
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