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Cees Nooteboom’s rough wit and melancholy came to me when I needed it most | books

Cees Nooteboom’s rough wit and melancholy came to me when I needed it most | books

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Books,Culture,Netherlands,History books,Fiction,Travel writing đź“Ś **What You’ll Learn**: IIn the opening of his famous book Roads to Santiago, Dutch author Cees Nooteboom wrote that “there are some places in the world where one's arrival or departure is mysteriously magnified by the feelings of all those who have arrived and departed before.” “Travellers have existed in all ages,” Nottebohm continues, “but only for some is there a special sadness: the sadness of one who leaves with no hope of returning.” For them, the trip abroad becomes life.Noteboom, who was…
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Airbnb plans to integrate AI features for search, discovery, and support

Airbnb plans to integrate AI features for search, discovery, and support

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đź’Ą Read this must-read post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: AI,Apps,Airbnb,travel apps,AI search đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Airbnb has taken its time to launch artificial intelligence features within the app, but CEO Brian Chesky said Friday that the company now plans to incorporate features powered by large language models that will help users search for listings, plan their trips, and help hosts manage their properties. Speaking on the company's Q4 conference call, Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of big language models for customer discovery, support and engineering. "We're building an AI-driven experience where the app doesn't…
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2026 Winter Olympics: Mikhail Shidorov wins men’s figure skating gold as ‘quadruple god’ Ilya Malinin collapses

2026 Winter Olympics: Mikhail Shidorov wins men’s figure skating gold as ‘quadruple god’ Ilya Malinin collapses

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đź’Ą Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Malinin received some criticism at these Games, particularly over his performance in the team event, where Kageyama outpaced him in the short program before mistakes in the free skate – in which he was not originally expected to compete – almost allowed Japan to take the gold.In response to the pressure, Malinin's team took him out of the Olympic bubble to train 35 miles away in Bergamo before the men's event as they hoped it would help him reset.His immaculate performance in the individual short…
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Football gossip: Thiago, Upamecano, Indrek, Onana, Stankovic

Football gossip: Thiago, Upamecano, Indrek, Onana, Stankovic

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đź’Ą Check out this must-read post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: man city, Chelsea Bayern Munich is interested in Igor Thiago, and defender Dayot Upamecano is rushing to Real Madrid Liverpool While Real Madrid wants to keep Indrik at the club next season.Manchester City, Chelsea and Bayern Munich He remains interested in 24-year-old Brazilian striker Igor Thiago, despite signing him to a new contract. Brentford. (group talk), externalFrench defender Dayot Upamecano, 27, was involved in the accident Liverpool and real madrid He hopes to sign him this summer after signing a new contract with him…
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened – The Shamblog

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened – The Shamblog

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đź’Ą Read this insightful post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź“Ś **What You’ll Learn**: Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library. This represents a first-of-its-kind case study of misaligned AI behavior in the wild, and raises serious concerns about currently deployed AI agents executing blackmail threats. Start here if you’re new to the story: An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me It’s been an extremely…
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Nonprofit libraries were ordered by the State Department to stop processing passport applications

Nonprofit libraries were ordered by the State Department to stop processing passport applications

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Libraries,passports,State Department âś… **What You’ll Learn**: NORWICH, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. State Department has ordered some public libraries across the country to stop processing passport applications, disrupting a long-standing service that librarians say their communities have come to rely on and that has been running smoothly for years. The agency, which regulates U.S. passports, began issuing cease-and-desist orders to nonprofit bookstores in late fall, informing them that they were no longer authorized to participate in the Passport Acceptance Facilitation Program as of Friday. “We still get…
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Fred’s Back Review – The guest-packed homecoming of UK dance’s golden boy is an eclectic triumph | Fred again

Fred’s Back Review – The guest-packed homecoming of UK dance’s golden boy is an eclectic triumph | Fred again

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đź’Ą Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Fred Again,Dance music,Electronic music,Music,Culture âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Fred Again, also known as Fred Gibson, has had impressive success in recent months: a tour from Madrid to Mexico City, a six-night residency in New York, and the debut of dozens of songs that make up his new album USB002. He is now back home in the United Kingdom; Literally through his four-show residency at London's Alexandra Palace, but also through his opening night musical tribute.Respectively, Gibson plays Arctic Monkeys' "When the Sun Goes Down," a techno…
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Elon Musk points out that the wave of XAI exits was a push, not a pull

Elon Musk points out that the wave of XAI exits was a push, not a pull

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🔥 Explore this trending post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: AI,Elon Musk,Exclusive,X,xAI đź“Ś **What You’ll Learn**: Elon Musk is dealing with a wave of departures from xAI, including two more co-founders who departed this week, bringing the total to six out of 12. In an all-hands meeting Tuesday night, Musk suggested the exits were about fitness, not performance. “Because we have reached a certain scale, we organize the company to be more effective at that scale,” he said, according to the New York Times. “In fact, when this happens, there are some people who are better suited for the early…
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Hull City 0-4 Chelsea: Supporters’ group condemns homophobic chants as ‘a disgrace to the game’ after arrests

Hull City 0-4 Chelsea: Supporters’ group condemns homophobic chants as ‘a disgrace to the game’ after arrests

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đź’Ą Discover this trending post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Chelsea Pride, the club's official LGBTQ+ supporters group, said in a statement: "Tonight, homophobic chants were once again directed at our supporters. This is completely unacceptable."“We acknowledge that Hull City made announcements around the stadium, confirmed that CCTV was being monitored, and that arrests had been made. Action matters, accountability matters, and consequences matter.“But let's be clear, the fact that this chant can still be heard in 2026 is a disgrace to our game.”English club Chelsea defeated its rival in the tournament with a score…
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Lago Blog | Why Stripe paid $1B for Metronome instead of fixing Billing

Lago Blog | Why Stripe paid $1B for Metronome instead of fixing Billing

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đź’Ą Check out this insightful post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź“Ś **What You’ll Learn**: When Stripe acquired Metronome for roughly a billion dollars in January 2026, most people focused on the price tag. But I kept coming back to a simpler question: why couldn't Stripe just build this themselves?They have thousands of engineers. They're printing money. Metering and billing is literally adjacent to what they already do. So why drop a billion on capabilities that should have been a straightforward extension of Stripe Billing?Turns out the answer tells you a lot about software architecture and how early design…
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