The post said China’s equity market was expected to attract fresh inflows in the fourth quarter as policymakers increased support measures and economic fundamentals improved. It added that long-term institutional investors, leveraged funds and foreign buyers were all expected to increase their allocations to A-shares. #China #股市 #A股 #CN (translated)
Naomh Fionnbarra and Young Irelands will face each other again in a final replay after a late point from Jordan O’Donoghue secured a draw for the Dundalk team. #cookies #security #Cloudflare
An attack that killed 12 people has left Riyadh’s airport closed and drawn condemnation from the UN and EU, as the Houthis renew their threats and Washington considers its response. #RiyadhAirport #HouthiAttacks #MiddleEastTensions
Munster and Ulster played to a draw in the URC, with Ulster continuing their winless streak despite a strong second-half comeback. #Cookies #Security #OnlinePrivacy
EuroFoot reported that FC Augsburg held Bayern Munich to a 2-2 draw, with Robin Fellhauer scoring what it called the quickest goal in Bundesliga history. https://t.co/XfX4R0yq55 #Bundesliga #Augsburg #BayernMunich (translated)
The author wrote that their embodied AI drew on memory of lived experiences, which they said helped it model the world, plan, minimise expected pain, maximise expected reward and connect more deeply with goodness.
The author warned that China would face severe consequences if Beijing continued enabling Russia’s war effort. They claimed Chinese-made components, including engines and dual-use technology, were being found in Russian weapons and jet-powered attack drones used against Ukraine, and called on Europe to draw a red line and impose sanctions. https://t.co/TrDjR5PXll #China #Sanctions #Ukraine #CN #RU #UA #EU
The author wrote that Argentina was emerging as a new copper frontier as demand for the metal grew alongside the energy and digital transitions. They said dozens of projects were advancing in the Andes, drawing increasing interest from China, Europe and the United States, and directed readers to an article by The Energy Pioneer. https://t.co/uO0X07cdQA #Cobre #Energía #Minería #AR #CN #EU #US
The post cited Mauro Lubrano, an assistant professor of terrorism and political violence at the University of Leiden, as warning that unmet demands for accountability, transparency and democracy in AI governance could draw more people towards violence. It also referred to protesters calling to “pull the plug.”
The author said they had canceled a long-awaited trip to the US, including Nashville and NYC, after receiving multiple warnings over the previous seven days. They did not specify what the warnings concerned, saying they felt no further explanation was needed. #viajes #Nashville #NYC #US
The post said Lionel Messi had retired from Argentina’s national team without losing at River Plate’s Monumental stadium, recording 29 games, 23 wins, six draws and no defeats. https://t.co/DhGfqb0i2V #Messi #Fútbol #Argentina #AR
THE ART OF ADOLF HITLER. Michael Walsh. Art by Adolf Hitler commands higher prices than that of notable artists. A collection of over 150 of Hitler’s paintings, watercolours, drawings, and sketches. Twenty-one chapters, each picture captioned and many first-time published. Images include landscapes, architecture, exterior and interior, human figures, animals, still life, rural scenes, and portraits. Only $25. https://barnesreview.org/product/the-art-of-adolf-hitler/
The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck by David Spiegelhalter From the UK’s ‘statistical national treasure’, a clever and data-driven guide to how we can live with risk and uncertainty Life is uncertain. We are all the result of an unforeseen and unforeseeable sequence of small occurrences. But what underlies this fragile chain of events? Is it random or just complex? And what role does luck play in our lives? David Spiegelhalter has spent his career crunching data in order to help understand uncertainty and assess the chances of what might happen. In The Art of Uncertainty, he gives readers a window onto how we can all do this better. Uncertainty, he argues, is a relationship between the observer and an object in the outside world. He shows us how we can express it numerically, and then update our beliefs about the future in the face of constantly changing experience. In crystal-clear prose, he takes us through the principles of probability, a field that informs everything from annuities to pandemics and climate change, while also examining the limitations of statistical modelling and arguing we need to have the humility to admit our ignorance. Drawing on a wide range of real-world examples, this is an essential guide to navigating uncertainty in a world that makes it inevitable.
Eurosport IT reported that 19-year-old Palermo native Cinà, ranked 150th and 23rd seed, had defeated Tunisian Dougaz, who had eliminated Sonego, qualifying for the main draw of the Rolex Shanghai Masters. #Cinà #Tennis #Rolexmasters https://t.co/Nb9ff9zOPq #Tennis #RolexMasters #Shanghai (translated)
The post drew a comparison between historical forms of autocratic intimidation and modern political repression, saying that rulers in parts of Ottoman history had used executions and the public display of enemies’ heads to instil fear and assert authority. https://t.co/eGW0DLIixc #Historia #Autoritarismo #Política #TR #RU
Northern Ireland played to a scoreless draw against Georgia but remains at the top of their Nations League group. #Cookies #OnlineSecurity #WebAccess
The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy by Gil Duran A fearless and urgent exposé of technofascism – and a road map to resistance. When Silicon Valley ‘moves fast and breaks things’, the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule. Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Durán traces this ideology from its philosophical roots in The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. He introduces its modern apostles – Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Balaji Srinivasan and Elon Musk – and shows how the promise of technological liberation has transformed into a global movement for digital feudalism, powered by cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and algorithmically driven propaganda on social media. The Nerd Reich explains the origins, strategies and ambitions of Silicon Valley’s war on democracy for the first time. From San Francisco’s weaponised elections and secret billionaire projects to the White House, Durán exposes how the world’s richest men are building a new political order. The Nerd Reich is more than a hidden history; it’s an urgent democracy is being dismantled, not by coups or tanks but by code, capital and the illusion of innovation. Durán insists there is still time to fight back – if we act now.
“The current study builds on this research and examines the association between the 2-repeat allele and shooting and stabbing behaviors in a sample of males drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Analyses revealed that African-American males who carry the 2-repeat allele are significantly more likely than all other genotypes to engage in shooting and stabbing behaviors and to report having multiple shooting and stabbing victims” - The 2-repeat allele of the MAOA gene confers an increased risk for shooting and stabbing behaviors https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24326626/
The author claimed that EIA estimates of global crude inventory draws showed the July release of oil from Hormuz, while draws in August and September matched those in April and May. They said this was strong evidence that Kpler’s data were fake and suggested the alleged data issues began in August.
Fighting has displaced an estimated 150,000 people, drawing responses from Qatar and the UAE as Ethiopia and its neighbours trade accusations. #Ethiopia #TigrayConflict #HornOfAfrica
