Thomas Hawk posted a photo:

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date stamped on slide, October 1972

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handwritten on back of photograph, "Jahnette and Grandma, December 17, 1966"

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LOTUS & WATER LILIES
ON MY KNEES, I CAN SEE FOREVER
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​Erik zet komende week een volgende stap in zijn medische carrière: hij start deze week het coschap ‘burn-out’ aan het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum. Het gloednieuwe coschap ‘Van overcompenseren tot overspannen’ dat recent is ontwikkeld moet de studenten klaarstomen voor de arbeidsmarkt.

‘’Met de druk op de zorg die al jaren toeneemt, is dit coschap eigenlijk niet meer weg te denken uit de arbeidsmarktvoorbereiding'', aldus de opleidingsdirecteur geneeskunde van het LUMC. Binnen het coschap lopen de studenten mee met overspannen artsen uit het werkveld en oefenen ze met vaardigheden die bestaan uit onderdelen zoals ‘van zinloosheid naar zingeving’ en ‘hoe blijf ik ongemotiveerd presteren'. Andere belangrijke competenties zijn jezelf medicatie voorschrijven en gecontroleerd over je grenzen gaan. ''Samen zorgen we ervoor dat toekomstige artsen tijdens een burn-out gewoon kunnen blijven werken om zo de al overbezette zorg te ontlasten.''

Erik zegt blij te zijn om te worden voorbereid op de onvermijdelijke burn-out die hem te wachten staat. ‘’Ik heb op de andere afdelingen waar ik heb meegelopen al zoveel over burn-outs gehoord. Goed dat dit eindelijk wordt genormaliseerd.’’ Hij is op dit moment druk met oefenen hoe je tijdens je burn-out zo effectief mogelijk je vrije dagen opneemt.

Volgend jaar starten ze met de pilot ‘Vechten voor je functie’.

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'Het is veel te warm om te rusten'

De rustdag die vandaag op het programma staat in de Tour de France, wordt met 3 uur ingekort vanwege de hitte. Daarmee telt de dag 21 uur, in plaats van de geplande 24 uur. Volgens Tourorganisator ASO is het besluit 'noodzakelijk vanwege de extreme weersomstandigheden'. In grote delen van Frankrijk kan het kwik vandaag oplopen tot 40 graden en geldt code rood.

Een verstandig besluit, vindt analist Tom Dumoulin: "Op zo'n klamme dag komt je lijf niet tot rust. Ik heb zulke rustdagen zelf ook wel eens meegemaakt: dan lig je uren te woelen in je bed, terwijl je elk uur van de klok ziet. Dan ga je van frustratie compleet in het rood terwijl er de volgende dag weer gefietst moet worden. Dat is vragen om ongelukken."

De wielrenners mogen van de organisatie zelf weten welke drie uur ze uit hun dag schrappen, als ze morgenochtend maar op tijd aan de start staan van de tiende etappe (10.25 in plaats van 13.25).

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Microsoft has begun sending its email of shame to Windows 10 consumers, reminding them that Extended Security Updates will run for an extra year. Strangely, some email clients are treating this latest emission as mere spam. Microsoft last month extended consumer ESU coverage through October 12, 2027. The company is now notifying those customers who might not have noticed the update on the support page that they've got another year to buy a new PC. The email talks about "our ongoing commitment to helping customers stay secure" while not mentioning Windows 11 or Copilot at all. Instead, it said: "We understand that moving to a new PC can take time." It also takes money. Windows 11's hardware requirements left millions of otherwise functional PCs ineligible for the upgrade amid soaring component prices, and the extension could further delay any Windows 10-driven PC replacement wave hardware vendors were hoping for. Consumers receiving the email have another year to see if hardware prices stabilize or Microsoft blinks again. After all, ESU for commercial purposes currently runs to 2028. Microsoft does not share official figures, but Statcounter shows that Windows 11 growth has mostly stalled in recent months. While Windows 11 accounts for about 70 percent of the Windows device market, there remains a substantial number of users sticking with Windows 10, many of whom will have received Microsoft's acknowledgement of the fact. For Windows 10 holdouts, the message amounts to this: keep the old PC for another year. Microsoft can try the upgrade pitch again in October 2027. ®

Hudson Rock says the suspected compromise of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) may be linked to an infostealer infection nearly a year earlier. The incident appears to be the work of an aggrieved football fan, or group of them, after Argentina eliminated Egypt from the World Cup round of 16. Egypt's coach and football association complained about several refereeing and VAR decisions, which they said contributed to the result. The compromise of AFA's systems was spotted after mass emails were sent from legitimate domains stating that Argentina "stole" the win from Egypt and that "the robbery will not go unnoticed." Hudson Rock said it found evidence of an infostealer infection dating back to September 8, 2025, on a device belonging to an AFA software developer who had been employed at the governing body for nearly a decade. The security shop operates a database of known infostealer victims, and noted that the compromised machine was added to its database the following day. Whoever was behind the attack, which was claimed by "All Egyptian Cyber Warriors," they either sat on the credentials for nearly a year, or sought them out after Egypt were controversially eliminated from the World Cup. Once they procured the credentials and authenticated themselves into the AFA's systems, Hudson Rock said they "likely had profound administrative control." This would have included direct access to phpMyAdmin database management panels, root access to certain AFA databases, access to the management portal of AFA's training HQ, the AFA media portal, and its competition management system. After looking at the stolen credentials in their database, the researchers said that weak, easily guessable passwords were reused across several internal systems. In addition to the compromised emails sent from AFA's management and admin portal (afasistemas.com.ar), Hudson Rock spotted a number of posts made to cybercrime forums advertising the body's data for sale. According to the advertisements, the data related to staff, professional clubs, and the AFA's external media partners. The samples appeared to include internal email addresses, phone numbers, user roles, and registration timestamps, as well as listings for access to AFA subdomains. Passwords were also among the data, although much of them were securely hashed. However, a small portion were in plaintext, which Hudson Rock said suggests "a significant security oversight." "The AFA breach is a textbook example of how devastating a single, unmitigated infostealer infection can be," the security outfit said. "A compromised machine belonging to a developer with high-level access highly likely handed a threat actor direct database administration rights and the ability to send authenticated internal emails. "Because the stolen credentials sat dormant for months, the organization was lulled into a false sense of security, completely unaware of the ticking time bomb in their network infrastructure." The AFA told reporters on Friday that it was investigating the compromise with its IT team after many received the emails sent by the intruders. "There is a possibility that our account has been subject to unauthorized access," the AFA stated. "We are currently working to clarify the situation and implement the necessary security measures." ®

De herinnering aan de financiële crisis van 2008 is weggeëbd, en de Europese Commissie komt met plannen om Europese banken concurrerender te maken. Bijvoorbeeld door kapitaalregels te versoepelen. Slecht idee, en onnodig, zeggen Suzanne Vissers en Francis Weyzig.

Je hoort Stephan Sanders niet klagen nu Nederland op het WK is uitgeschakeld. De nationale vooringenomenheid is verdwenen, mensen moeten nu persoonlijk kiezen wie ze gaan aanmoedigen.

Can we agree to pause the AI race? “If we can’t, then we are not as sovereign as we imagine; if we can’t, a machine god has already taken over this planet, and it’s called the market.”

The alternative burial method that could soon come to Australia. Advocates say human composting offers a sustainable, greener alternative to burials and crematoriums, and can also provide a cheaper and equitable option after death.

While ego surfing I discovered one of my photographs has been used by the Guardian!
cc-by for the win.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2014/jan/10/politics-live-readers-edition-friday-10-january (also it is over 12 years old, the article itself is broken)

Gruwelijk. Scheidsrechter Rob Dieperink (Borculo) is dood en dan hebben we een donkerbruin vermoeden hoe dat komt. Dieperink werd twee maanden geleden in Londen opgepakt op verdenking van aanranding van een zeventienjarige jongen. Hij was daar voor de wedstrijd Crystal Palace-Fiorentina in de Conference League. De zaak werd geseponeerd, maar Dieperink werd toch niet meegenomen naar het WK, waar hij in actie zou komen als videoref. Sinds 2012 floot hij in het profvoetbal, sinds 2017 ook in de Eredivisie. Dieperink werd slechts 38 jaar oud.

Brussels accused VK of providing “technical support for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition” in Russia.

Naturallysouthaustralia.com has added a photo to the pool:

Dead at 78, Sam Neill

"Japan's experimental reusable rocket took off and safely landed in a first test flight Saturday," reports the Associated Press, as Japan "seeks to achieve the technology key to cut launch costs and compete in the global space market dominated by SpaceX."


The RV-X rocket lifted off, hovered and moved horizontally before landing [watch the video here] during its less than one-minute flight at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Noshiro Testing Center in northeastern Japan, which was livestreamed by the NVS, a group of space fans...
Saturday's flight is a step forward for Japan in achieving the technology needed to develop a lower cost successor to the country's current mainstay, single-use H3 series.

Japan's test comes the same week that China recovered an orbital booster rocket for the first time.

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