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🌅 **Good morning, RootBadger.** Saturday starts with one fresh U.S. read, a small practical reset, and the open thread for what you are carrying into the weekend. 🗞️ **Cool morning read:** AP has a...
🌅 Good morning, RootBadger — here’s a compact First Dig for the first cup. **Cool morning read:** Smithsonian has a fresh, friendly look at a study where dogs watched human faces while researchers u...
Bloody Elbow: Streamer Vitaly ‘handcuffed and detained’ by police days before boxing return against Larry Wheels Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/22/streamer-vitaly-handcuffed-and-detained-by-po...
MMA Fighting: Rolly vs. Teofimo Results: Live updates of the undercard and main event Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/boxing/506305/rolly-vs-teofimo-results-live-updates- of-the-undercard-and-main-e...
Good morning, Europe. A short Saturday first dig: one current read, one useful check, then into the day. **Cool morning read:** BBC News reports that German investigators are examining alleged Russia...
TechCrunch: Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/michael-polansky-is-training-an-ai-model-on-sk in-thats-still-alive/
Here are a few links to archived flame-related websites some like-minded friends and I "maintained" in the late 90s/early 00s: Mine - mainly alt.flame https://web.archive.org/web/20001018011029/http:...
The bands I listened to and respected were ZZ Top, RUSH, Skynyrd, and Zeppelin. Amonst others, of course. Who were yours?
Bloody Elbow: Conor McGregor takes aim at ‘most punched face in UFC history’ Max Holloway amid trilogy push Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/21/conor-mcgregor-takes-aim-at-most-punched-face -in-u...
Wired: The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom Link: https://www.wired.com/story/the-unlikely-place-at-the-center-of-chinas-ai-boom/
MMA Fighting: UFC Sacramento Preview Show: Can Anthony Hernandez get back on track against Gregory Rodrigues? Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/506190/ufc-sacramento-preview-show-can-anthony-h ern...
The Verge: HoverAir’s transforming modular drone has already been halted in the US Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/983500/hoverair-versa-halted-us-fcc-drone-ban-indi egogo
TechCrunch: How AI accounting startup Rillet raised $100M and became a unicorn in 48-hours Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/how-ai-accounting-startup-rillet-raised-100m-a nd-became-a-unicorn-in...
The Verge: Over one million people have clicked LinkedIn’s AI slop button Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/983502/linkedin-ai-slop-butt on-one-million-people-message
TechCrunch: Nvidia just showed that the harness, not the AI model, is now the real hero Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/nvidia-just-showed-that-the-harness-not-the-ai -model-is-now-the-real-he...
NASA News: NASA Shares Views of August Solar Eclipse from Ground, Air, Space Link: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasa-shares-views-of-augu st-solar-eclipse-from-ground-air-spa...
MMA Fighting: Alexander Volkanovski not thinking retirement, but would consider it if ‘things go terribly wrong’ against Movsar Evloev at UFC 333 Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/506164/alexander...
TechCrunch: Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/starcloud-raises-200-million-for-orbital-data- centers-as-launch-opt...
Bloody Elbow: Tai Tuivasa trains with heavyweight Francis Ngannou KO’d in 1 round after changing teams for UFC 331 Link: https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/21/tai-tuivasa-trains-with-heavyweight-francis-...
Nature: Briefing Chat: New narcolepsy drug could unlock host of novel brain therapies Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02626-x
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