Master Chicken

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Jane Goodall, one of my greatest heroes, has passed away. How lucky we were to read her books and learn from her wisdom about our place on Earth. She was an inspiration to me and countless others. And her memory is a blessing.

📢 WEBINAR NEXT WEEK: Topological Data Analysis in R

Learn how topological data analysis (TDA) techniques are being integrated into everyday R workflows—more accessible for researchers and analysts beyond the specialists.

👉 Details & registration: https://r-consortium.org/webinars/modular-interoperable-extensible-topological-data-analysis-in-r.html

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#TerenceStamp, British actor who portrayed General Zod in early Superman films, dies at 87

Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died. He was 87.

His death on Sunday was disclosed in a death notice published online.

https://apnews.com/article/terence-stamp-died-superman-actor-britain-8610b7aa374ce19694af9ea03c1279cd?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-17-Breaking+News

Terence Stamp, actor who portrayed General Zod in Superman films, dies at 87

Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including that of General Zod in the early Superman films, has died. He was 87. His death on Sunday was disclosed in a death notice published online. The London-born Stamp started his film career with 1962’s seafaring “Billy Budd,” for which he earned an Oscar nomination. Stamp’s six decades in the business were peppered with highlights, including his touching portrayal of the transsexual Bernadette in 1994’s “The Adventure of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.” Stamp also was widely praised for his lead in director Steven Soderbergh’s 1999 crime drama “The Limey.”

AP News
Introducing google-colab-ai, the easiest way to use Generative AI in Colab- no setup required

Colab is making it easier than ever to integrate powerful Generative AI capabilities into your projects. google-colab-ai is a new Python library to access state-of-the-art language models directly…

Google Colab
They are starting to get it ...
Parkland, FSU Shooting Survivor: 'This Is America': VIDEO

We've failed America's young people.

Comic Sands
One former Fukushima plant worker has taken it upon himself to look after the numerous pets left behind in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/06/japan/fukushima-left-behind-pet-protection/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #pets #petadoption #animalwelfare #fukushimano1 #311 #fukushima
Former Fukushima plant worker continues caring for pets left behind

The 62-year-old was driven by a sense of responsibility for the pets being abandoned as “it came about because of the meltdown at our plant.”

The Japan Times

In 2019 I met a young Meta engineer who was really fired up about wanting to change the company ‘from the inside’. She asked me why I hated her company. I said I’d just come from a place where I saw it accelerate genocide (Myanmar) and suppress democracy. She said oh at least they won’t do it here.

I wonder where she is now. Probably laid off.

BS …