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Kim Jong Un in Coma After Brain Hemorrhage? China Hospital Rumors Spark Despite Recent Public Appearance. Unproven of course. Big if true, as the kids say.

Joshua Ray Walker and Cecilia Castleman little tiny club in Chattanooga https://archive.org/details/CeciliaCastleman-2026-10-18-4015gs https://archive.org/details/joshua-ray-walker-20261018

The famous photos of Margaret and printouts (plural) of the code use in the Apollo program: The first image has been serially reposted on reddit, usually incorrectly described as "the code she wrote by hand." Not to take away from Margaret's work in the slightest, but these binders are multiple copies of all the code written by everyone who worked on it. Here's where things get weird: Margaret has her own wiki page. It lists two relatives that have links. One is James Cox Chambers, a billionaire "renewable energy businessman." The other is Fergie Chambers who is a communist activist. Family gatherings must be awkward.

Music on TIDALTrooper Salute - Trooper Salute 2Listen to Trooper Salute 2 on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of service

Godspeed Margaret.

Margaret Hamilton, Pioneering software engineer whose work was critical to the Apollo moon landings the GuardianMargaret Hamilton obituaryPioneering software engineer whose work was critical to the Apollo moon landings

"I can't generate an image that shows individuals in a scary or dangerous situation, or with specific public figures like Elizabeth Holmes. Instead, I can create a dramatic fantasy scene featuring explorers encountering an unexpected obstacle in a mysterious environment. Would you like me to try that?" Ok then.

There was dessert.

Now make it really scary with elizabeth holmes.

Tracing Astor -- Gidon Kremer plays Astor Piazzolla

Noctunes by Clemens Christian Poetzsch (2026) https://open.qobuz.com/album/b7bml0e1lj9ti Example: New release - It is pretty, but sometimes I feel a little too mellow. Almost took a nap, but that maybe just a me problem. I mean they are Noctunes (their spelling) after all.

I've been going down the rathole of Photo Editing request sites.....love this example, where a guy floating with his partner asks to "put them in a little danger" at the editors' discretion. Loved some of the results! Original and the edits:

Female Species’ Tale of My Lost Love Ex.

Blaring (headphones) the two live Coltrane recordings of Love Supreme off The Platinum Collection this morning. Note the disc-track numbers are quite different by distribution. The Antibes Jazz Festival Juan-les-Pins show from July 26, 1965 is on Disc 3 of the Japanese SHM-CD, becomes "Disc 2" on Apple Music and Spotify (and probably others), while The Penthouse, Seattle On October 2, 1965 is Disc 4 on SHM-CD, but "Disc 3" on streaming. Quartet & Sextet outtakes and a couple mono masters shift accordingly. Jump around this playlist for both full concerts.

And, last of the 4 shows in 8 days....Sylvan Esso. Enjoyed more than I thought I would. They did my 2 favorite songs, but lead singer Amelia was the star of the show. Wearing thick-soled work boots, she was like a dervish, dancing around the stage while she sang. I love her voice as well....and their new album is very good. Some pics and video links https://drive.google.com/file/d/145-UV8EeWGb_UDApL1DI9N4oOrMdkxKJ/view?usp=sharing - Coffee https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rwGPjn7vuYHkqepchUe2EQSYOap2-bSR/view?usp=sharing - Hot Slob https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JzHsg907_1xcCKhifkbtau0SLrTKTVS4/view?usp=sharing - Dancing around https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TNJ0d7rRJOExUFcRT7jJpaILZLYj79qr/view?usp=sharing - Softer song

Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs)Music on TIDALBeth Gibbons, The Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestr...Listen to Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs) on TIDAL in exceptional sound quality, or on your choice of serviceYes, that Beth Gibbons (ex-Portishead)

Also, Physical CD

I listened to this when it came out. I'm surprised it took me this long to revisit. I pretty much like everything he does, and this is no exception. Occasionally, he just writes a simple 3 chord, basic as it gets song, but it sounds so much more fresh and interesting than you'd expect. Ex.

Would that be considered a Yes Kings rally?

Nibbles with the Brits.

Muscles, metrosexuals and male tears: the 39 pictures that changed the way we see men (for good and for bad) https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/17/39-pictures-that-changed-the-way-we-see-men-for-good-and-for-bad “You can show two men killing each other at three in the afternoon in any country in the world on public television,” said photographer Wolfgang Tillmans in an interview in 2022. “But you can’t show two men kissing each other.” Thomas Dworzak was on a photographic assignment covering the fall of the Taliban when he stumbled on a set of highly stylised studio portraits of soldiers of the former regime in a photo shop. The fighters had probably died before they could pick them up.