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Today's quotable quote: Voltaire: The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

This day in history: 10 July 2025: Rubens's Massacre of the Innocents Sells for £49.5 million (2002). Misattributed to an assistant of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens until 2002, when an expert from Sotheby's auction house identified it as the work of the master himself, Massacre of the Innocents is an early 17th-century painting depicting Herod's slaughter of the infants of Bethlehem. One of two paintings Rubens made of the Biblical scene, it fetched £49.5 million ($76 million) at auction and is one of the priciest paintings ever sold.


Frogsicles: Frozen But Still Alive

youtube.com, 05 July 2025

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The wood frog's body makes its own anti-freeze that allows it to survive the winter. The secret ingredient? You'll never guess.From: CRAZY MONSTER FROGShttp:...



Abandoned

These weren't just "oaks" - they were planted between larch and spruce so that they would grow tall and straight, which means the navy oak forests are rather unusual., 20 April 2025

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These weren't just "oaks" - they were planted between larch and spruce so that they would grow tall and straight, which means the navy oak forests are rather unusual.




The Vintage

The real question is why was a 46-year-old interested in a 13-year-old......, 01 March 2025

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The real question is why was a 46-year-old interested in a 13-year-old......





Gariepdam loop oor

graaffreinetadvertiser.com, 31 December 2023

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OOS-KAAP NUUS EN VIDEO - Die Gariepdam het...


Hendrik van der Bijl - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org, 21 December 2023

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Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl FRS[1] (23 November 1887 – 2 December 1948) was a South African electrical engineer and industrialist and is regarded as one of the greatest South Africans for his contribution to the country's development.[2] He was the driving force behind the establishment of the S...






How to Grow Potatoes Without Soil

sharingideas.me, 20 October 2023

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Growing potatoes has always been associated with tilled lands and soil. However, with the advent of modern agricultural technology, innovative methods have surfaced, allowing farmers and hobbyists to grow crops in ways that were previously thought impossible. One such method is the aeroponic system....



Fossbytes

Swedish startup Luvly has introduced the Luvly O, a compact, electric two-seater car that can be shipped in flat pack form. Weighing 992 pounds, the microcar offers a 62-mile range and a top speed of 55 mph. While it can be transported in a disassembled state, it must be assembled in a car plant before delivery to customers due to safety standards and regulations. Luvly aims to provide affordability, with an expected price of $10,500 when it becomes available next year., 17 October 2023

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Swedish startup Luvly has introduced the Luvly O, a compact, electric two-seater car that can be shipped in flat pack form. Weighing 992 pounds, the microcar offers a 62-mile range and a top speed of 55 mph. While it can be transported in a disassembled state, it must be assembled in a car plant before delivery to customers due to safety standards and regulations. Luvly aims to provide affordability, with an expected price of $10,500 when it becomes available next year.

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In the news

Ancient-fossil bioconcrete traps 142% more carbon – and it’s strong as hell: Using intricate geometry found in nature and refined through aerospace and biomedical design, scientists have now 3D-printed these forms into concrete to boost strength and capture carbon – creating a scalable building material that benefits both people and planet. Posted on 10 July 2025.

Autonomous robot surgeon removes organs with 100% success rate: We're a step closer to entering an operating theater without any human life besides ours, following the world's first surgery performed by a robot responding and learning in real time. Posted on 10 July 2025.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Move Fast And Mistake Things: Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Posted on 10 July 2025.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Wed 09: overcast clouds

    11 ° - 16 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Thu 10: light rain

    13 ° - 16 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 96 %
  • Fri 11: moderate rain

    12 ° - 14 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 57 %
  • Sat 12: light rain

    10 ° - 14 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 5 %
  • Sun 13: sky is clear

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News (continued)

Top 10 AI Tools That Will Transform Your Content Creation in 2025: Looking to level up your content creation game in 2025? You're in the right place! The digital landscape has evolved dramatically, and AI tools have become essential for creators who want to stay ahead of the curve. Posted on 02 January 2025.

AI and mental health focus of latest Cornell ‘Summit’: At the Cornell Thought Summit, Everyday AI & Mental Health: Navigating a Tipping Point, experts gathered to discuss the use of artificial intelligence to improve mental health care for patients. Posted on 09 July 2025.

The CEO who never was: how Linda Yaccarino was set up to fail at Elon Musk’s X: Ex-NBC executive was tasked with building an ‘everything app’, but billionaire owner was biggest obstacle in her pathIn May 2023, when Linda Yaccarino, an NBC advertising executive, joined what was then still known as Twitter, she was given a tall order: repair the company’s relationship with advertisers after a chaotic year of being owned by Elon Musk. Posted on 11 July 2025.

Robot surgery on humans could be trialled within decade after success on pig organs: AI-trained robot carries out procedures on dead pig organs to remove gall bladders without any human helpAutomated surgery could be trialled on humans within a decade, say researchers, after an AI-trained robot armed with tools to cut, clip and grab soft tissue successfully removed pig gall bladders without human help. Posted on 11 July 2025.

This Android tablet is the best I've tested all year - and it's currently on sale: The Nubia Pad Pro nails both performance and design - I'm genuinely impressed. Posted on 11 July 2025.

Indonesian volcano spews massive ash cloud as it erupts again: Following a series of eruptions three weeks ago, Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki has begun spewing hot ash and lava again. Posted on 08 July 2025.

A recent high-profile case of AI hallucination serves as a stark warning: MyPillow creator Mike Lindell's lawyers were fined thousands for submitting a legal filing riddled with AI-generated mistakes. Posted on 10 July 2025.

Environmental impact of common pesticides seriously underestimated, finds research: The environmental impact of nine pesticides, commonly used in grape cultivation, may have been significantly underestimated, suggesting current pesticide risk assessment criteria need updating. Posted on 10 July 2025.

Nvidia Becomes First Public Company Worth $4 Trillion: The A.I. chip maker reached the landmark before Apple and Microsoft, as its value rose more than tenfold after ChatGPT’s release in late 2022. Posted on 10 July 2025.

McDonald’s brings back fan-favorite menu item: ‘After 9 years of asking, you win’: Today is the first day in years that you can order a Snack Wrap at McDonald’s locations in the U. Posted on 11 July 2025.

This Android tablet is the best I've tested all year - and it's currently on sale: The Nubia Pad Pro nails both performance and design - I'm genuinely impressed. Posted on 11 July 2025.

This Jungle Plant Is a Good Landlord to Its Tenant Ants: While plants often have mutually beneficial relationships with insects, a tuber in Fiji grows separate compartments for multiple ant species. Posted on 11 July 2025.

Could the Milky Way be headed for a collision?: The Andromeda galaxy lies just beyond (. Posted on 02 July 2025.

The technie who allegedly showed Sam Altman and Jony Ive a drawing of an AI device just got sued by his former employer: A secretive competition to pioneer a new way of communicating with artificial intelligence chatbots is getting a messy public airing as OpenAI fights a trademark dispute over its stealth hardware collaboration with legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive. Posted on 11 July 2025.

Google Replaces Android Developer Preview With Rolling Canary Channel: BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS. Posted on 11 July 2025.

Georgia leads toward a nuclear future with its first operating reactor: Georgia Power Co. announced one of its two new reactors reached self-sustaining nuclear fission on Monday. Posted on 07 March 2023.

1,600-year-old tomb of Maya city's first ruler unearthed in Belize: Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of the Maya king who founded the city of Caracol in what is now Belize. Posted on 10 July 2025.


Some of the tech in my workday

Best programming language?

The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.

The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.

w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.

While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.


Longer term weather forecast

Cape Town weather

  • Wed 09: overcast clouds

    11 ° - 16 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Thu 10: light rain

    13 ° - 16 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 96 %
  • Fri 11: moderate rain

    12 ° - 14 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 57 %
  • Sat 12: light rain

    10 ° - 14 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 5 %
  • Sun 13: sky is clear

    10 ° - 15 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 5 %
  • Mon 14: moderate rain

    11 ° - 12 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Tue 15: light rain

    10 ° - 15 ° Wind 2 km/h / Clouds 14 %
  • Wed 16: sky is clear

    10 ° - 16 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Thu 17: moderate rain

    10 ° - 13 ° Wind 13 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Fri 18: light rain

    10 ° - 13 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 80 %
  • Sat 19: light rain

    10 ° - 14 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 40 %
  • Sun 20: light rain

    11 ° - 14 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 98 %
  • Mon 21: sky is clear

    10 ° - 15 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Tue 22: sky is clear

    11 ° - 15 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 6 %
  • Wed 23: light rain

    11 ° - 14 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Thu 24: moderate rain

    11 ° - 14 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 96 %