# machine (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 644 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover machine. Page: Feed: --- ## [Amir&Jeff's Excellent China Adventure #49: Xinjiang, Shihezi- Amir reminds us that Western Frontier peoples in China have growing populations, agriculture, industry, tourism AND SAFETY!](https://jeffjbrown.substack.com/p/amir-and-jeffs-excellent-china-adventure-a42) _2026-08-23 · Seek Truth From Facts Foundation_ Quit drinking the Judeo-West’s Big Lie Propaganda Machine projectile vomit, so you can know the REAL Chinese people, on the Sino-streets, with Amir&Jeff! Talmud-Tanakhs never leave New York & London! ## [All Saints Fire: Iowa Time Machine August 22, 1995](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/all-saints-fire-iowa-time-machine-august-22-1995-1) _2026-08-22 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 22, 1995, the All Saints Catholic Church in Stuart, Iowa, was devastated by an arson fire that shook the small community and marked a tragic moment in the town’s history. The fire, deliberately set by Charles Willard of Des Moines, caused catastrophic damage to the nearly century-old church, leaving only the exterior walls standing while the interior was gutted. All… ## [Actor Wade Crosby: Iowa Time Machine August 22, 1905](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/actor-wade-crosby-iowa-time-machine-august-22-1905-1) _2026-08-22 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 22, 1905, actor Wade Crosby was born in Cedar Rapids. Best known for his roles in Tales of Robin Hood and Westworld, the Iowa-born actor built a successful career during Hollywood's Golden Age. The son of a prominent Linn County attorney named Jim Crosby, Wade grew up in Cedar Rapids. After his father's death, Crosby headed west to Los Angeles, where he cut his teeth… ## [Joan Jett at the Fair: Iowa Time Machine August 22, 1982](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/joan-jett-at-the-fair-iowa-time-machine-august-22-1982-1) _2026-08-22 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 22, 1982, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts took the stage at the Iowa State Fair, delivering a performance that left a lasting impression on the fair’s music history. By this time, Joan Jett had established herself as a formidable force in rock music, known for her rebellious attitude, raw energy, and powerful voice. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ rise to fame was… ## [National Hobo Convention: Iowa Time Machine August 22, 1900](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/national-hobo-convention-iowa-time-machine-august-22-1900) _2026-08-22 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 22, 1900, a real hootenanny came together as the first official National Hobo Convention got underway in Britt. For 122 years and counting, hobos and hobos-at-heart have gathered in the Hancock County town and crowned the Hobo King and Queen. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, itinerant workers traveled the rails of the United States seeking daily work. Riding… ## [China Writer Dr. Kwan Lee is your short video hit machine. Learn the real stories behind the Talmud-Tanakh West’s Big Lie Propaganda Machine headlines… Dateline 260822](https://jeffjbrown.substack.com/p/china-writer-dr-kwan-lee-is-your-2a5) _2026-08-22 · Seek Truth From Facts Foundation_ China is in the name, but we cover the world and all of humanity, past, present, future! ## [Amir&Jeff's Excellent China Adventure #48: Karamay, Xinjiang- Oil, black gold, XJ-prime brought people here by the thousands... With 34 awesome photos!](https://jeffjbrown.substack.com/p/amir-and-jeffs-excellent-china-adventure-9a3) _2026-08-22 · Seek Truth From Facts Foundation_ Quit drinking the Judeo-West’s Big Lie Propaganda Machine projectile vomit, so you can know the REAL Chinese people, on the Sino-streets with Amir&Jeff! Talmud-Tanakhs never leave New York & London! ## [Amir&Jeff's Excellent China Adventure #47: Xinjiang- A Note on Security and Reclamation. Amir (a Muslim) with some hard hitting commentary about daily life for Uyghur Muslims.](https://jeffjbrown.substack.com/p/amir-and-jeffs-excellent-china-adventure-5a2) _2026-08-22 · Seek Truth From Facts Foundation_ Quit drinking the Judeo-West’s Big Lie Propaganda Machine projectile vomit, so you can know the REAL Chinese people, on the Sino-streets with Amir&Jeff! Talmud-Tanakhs never leave New York & London! ## [Amir&Jeff's Excellent China Adventure #46: Xinjiang "small town" life is really good. So good that Judeo-Westerners can only imagine this quality of life. Jeff's comments with 21 photos of street life](https://jeffjbrown.substack.com/p/amir-and-jeffs-excellent-china-adventure-2d5) _2026-08-22 · Seek Truth From Facts Foundation_ Amir&Jeff’s Excellent China Adventure #46: Xinjiang “small town” life is really good. ## [Morning Tap 2027: Clever Hans Returns, 3 of 1,357 Medical Ai Devices Get Outcome Tests, Sikh Chatbots Meet Scripture, and Unitree Eyes Its ChatGPT Moment 🧠🤖](https://gregreport.substack.com/p/morning-tap-2027-clever-hans-returns) _2026-08-21 · greg report Ai_ Before handing Ai more responsibility, look past the demonstration and see what has actually been tested. ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Ew9FGOFJ5G0I) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [Baseball Hall of Famer J.L. Wilkinson: Iowa Time Machine August 21, 1964](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/baseball-hall-of-famer-j-l-wilkinson-iowa-time-machine-august-21-1964) _2026-08-21 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 21, 1964, the Baseball Writers' Association of America elected Algona native and baseball pioneer James Leslie (J.L.) Wilkinson to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Founder and executive of the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues, Wilkinson also founded the All-Nations Baseball Club in Des Moines in 1912. After spending his earliest years in Algona, Wilkinson… ## [Johnny Cash at the Fair: Iowa Time Machine August 21, 1970](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/johnny-cash-at-the-fair-iowa-time-machine-august-21-1970-1) _2026-08-21 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 21, 1970, Johnny Cash and June Carter took the Grandstand Stage at the Iowa State Fair for two shows. Over 23,500 Iowans packed in as the ‘Man in Black’ and his bride sent the rollicking crowd down in a ‘ring of fire.’ Cash and Carter packed audiences for shows starting at 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., with viewers paying between $3 and $5 for reserved seats. Their show… ## [The Sims 2: Apartment Pets](https://vgsmproject.com/2026/08/21/the-sims-2-apartment-pets/) _2026-08-21 · decafjedi · The Video Game Soda Machine Project_ You can’t run a proper pet spa in The Sims 2: Apartment Pets without a vending machine or two! First\[...\] ## [Hawkeye Shonn Greene: Iowa Time Machine August 21, 1985](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/hawkeye-shonn-greene-iowa-time-machine-august-21-1985-2) _2026-08-21 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 21, 1985, legendary Hawkeye running back Shonn Greene was born. A unanimous All-American, Doak Walker Award, and Jim Brown Trophy winner, Greene helped the Hawkeyes win the 2009 Outback Bowl. Born and raised in New Jersey, Greene headed west to Iowa after racking up 1,378 yards during his senior season at Winslow Township High School. After spending a year at… ## [My Top Ten Favorite Giant Insect Movies of the 1950s](https://jamesmccaffreyblog.com/2026/08/21/my-top-ten-favorite-giant-insect-movies-of-the-1950s/) _2026-08-21 · jamesdmccaffrey · James D. McCaffrey_ I am a big fan of early science fiction movies of the 1950s. Quite a few of these movies feature giant insects (where I relax my definition of insect to allow spiders and scorpions). Here are my top 10 favorites. … Continue reading → The post My Top Ten Favorite Giant Insect Movies of the 1950s appeared first on James D. McCaffrey . ## [Andre the Giant Arrested in Iowa: Iowa Time Machine August 21, 1989](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/andre-the-giant-arrested-in-iowa-iowa-time-machine-august-21-1989) _2026-08-21 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 21, 1989, Andre the Giant was arrested in Cedar Rapids. Charged with assault and criminal mischief after altercations with a cameraman, the incident at the Five Seasons Center shed light on the challenges faced by performers living larger-than-life personas both inside and outside the ring. Born André René Roussimoff in 1946 in rural France, André the Giant suffered… ## [Waymo details custom AI silicon for autonomous vehicles](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/waymo-details-custom-ai-silicon-for-autonomous-vehicles-chips-robotaxis) _2026-08-21 · Tim Barnwell · Science – Silicon Republic_ The company said its ‘purpose-built' 5nm ASIC chip aims to optimise AV systems for ‘low-latency performance’. Read more: Waymo details custom AI silicon for autonomous vehicles ## [Attending Nicole Königstein’s Agentic AI for Finance Certification](https://www.drkrzysztofozimek.com/agentic-ai-finance-certification-bootcamp/) _2026-08-21 · Dr Krzysztof Ozimek · Dr Krzysztof Ozimek_ I'm attending Nicole Königstein's live Agentic AI for Finance Certification bootcamp: building multi-agent AI systems with harness engineering for finance. Artykuł Attending Nicole Königstein’s Agentic AI for Finance Certification pochodzi z serwisu Dr Krzysztof Ozimek . ## [Forgotten Ones](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/forgotten-ones/) _2026-08-21 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ Only their place names remainand of those just a fewmany of which we don’t even recognize.I thought Hoboken Dutchand wondered where else in the world Amboy was,both precursor namesnow meaningless to usevoking nothing of the peoplewho shaped them with their tongues.Manasquan, Rancocas, Piscataway,“Pretty, those Indian names,” we say. So too, many a road,precursor trail,the way \[…\] ## [Sex Tap 8.20.262027](https://gregreport.substack.com/p/sex-tap-820262027) _2026-08-21 · greg report Ai_ By Gabriella Paige Trenton | greg report Ai 2027 🖤🌙💋 ## [Non-custodial Crypto Payments & Escrow (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iy7nrfY763Oz) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Accept multi-chain crypto with trustless escrow, instant confirmations, and no KYC ## [An experiment in concurrent agents using vllm](https://brainwagon.org/blog/2026-08-21-an-experiment-in-concurrent-agents.html) _2026-08-21 · Brainwagon_ I analyzed a video showing AI agents operating within a persistent, game-like world, and I realized the real appeal isn't the premise, but the technical stack. I want to build a system featuring many narrow agents, each with memory and real-world tool access, which coordinate through a visible, spatial interface. ## [One card, many places, pay later: the Diners Club, 1950](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/diners-club-1950/) _2026-08-21 · Things Have History_ The waiter at Major’s Cabin Grill, a midtown Manhattan restaurant in the shadow of the Empire State Building, had no idea what to make of it. February 1950: a man named Frank McNamara had just handed him a small rectangle of cardboard instead of cash. The waiter carried it to the owner, Major Satz,… ## [Elliptic curve cryptography, or how a factoring attack became the internet's key](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/elliptic-curve-cryptography-1985/) _2026-08-21 · Things Have History_ In 1984, a pre-print from Hendrik Lenstra of the University of Amsterdam reached Neal Koblitz’s office at the University of Washington in Seattle. Lenstra had found a new algorithm for factoring large integers — the hard problem that kept RSA safe — and the key structure in his method was an… ## [The original Xbox, or how Microsoft lost four billion dollars and still won](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/xbox-2001/) _2026-08-21 · Things Have History_ Bill Gates walked onto the Consumer Electronics Show stage in Las Vegas on January 3, 2001, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at his side, to introduce an eight-and-a-half-pound matte-black box. The crowd applauded. Johnson flexed. Microsoft was getting into the console business. The project had its… ## [The Grease on Your Hands](https://howstrangeitistobeanythingatall.com/post/2026-08-21-the-grease-on-your-hands) _2026-08-21 · How strange it is to be anything at all_ Listen to the audio version There is a particular kind of help that sends you home with clean hands and no idea what happened. Imagine a bicycle with its chain fallen off in the rain. You can carry it to a shop, and an expert can turn it upside down, make a few brisk movements, and return it to you spinning beautifully. This is excellent news if you have to get to work. The bike has been saved.… ## [Morning Tap 2027: Creative Apprenticeships Shrink, Data Centers Go Political, Robots Learn Fast, and the Mechanical Turk Returns 🎨🤖](https://gregreport.substack.com/p/morning-tap-2027-creative-apprenticeships) _2026-08-20 · greg report Ai_ The apprentice desk is disappearing, the zoning meeting is filling up, and the robot may still have a human behind the curtain. ## [LLMs Are Proof That Unix Won](https://bastian.rieck.me/blog/2026/unix/) _2026-08-20 · bastian@rieck.me (Bastian Grossenbacher Rieck) · Ecce Homology on Bastian Grossenbacher Rieck's personal homepage_ When I first learned about Unix and "Unix-like" operating systems, I was intrigued. I had only known the colorful world of Windows 3.1 so far. Like Japanese carpentry , everything seemed to be carved out of one block with no apparent cracks (except that Japanese carpentry is rock solid, and the same cannot be said about Windows 3.1 with a straight face). Imagine my surprise when I sat in front of… ## [Railroad Executive Ralph Budd: Iowa Time Machine August 20, 1897](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/railroad-executive-ralph-budd-iowa-time-machine-august-20-1897) _2026-08-20 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 20, 1897, Railroad executive and innovator Ralph Budd was born on a farm in Black Hawk County, Iowa, near Washburn. Budd sparked the diesel-electric revolution when he introduced the Zephyr streamliner. During a rural childhood focused on hard work and Presbyterian faith, Budd’s family relocated to Des Moines when he was thirteen. After attending North High School… ## [ESA’s Sophie Adenot is the first French woman to spacewalk](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sophie-adenot-first-french-woman-spacewalk-esa-nasa-space-exploration) _2026-08-20 · Laura Varley · Science – Silicon Republic_ Adenot and NASA's Anil Menon conducted the spacewalk with the goal of replacing a failed space-to-ground antenna on the International Space Station. Read more: ESA’s Sophie Adenot is the first French woman to spacewalk ## [Baseball Legend Cal McVey: Iowa Time Machine August 20, 1926](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/baseball-legend-cal-mcvey-iowa-time-machine-august-20-1926) _2026-08-20 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 20, 1926, early professional baseball player Cal McVey passed away. Born in Montrose, McVey went on to become the youngest member of the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball’s first openly all-professional club. Born on August 30, 1849, less than three years after Iowa entered the Union, he spent his early childhood in southeastern Iowa before his family relocated… ## [Realtime AI Arbitrage Terminal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/21eywVMVHi6O) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Realtime auto-trading across exchanges with scored setups, backtesting, and risk controls. ## [The Nine Lives of Secret Agent Katt](https://vgsmproject.com/2026/08/20/the-nine-lives-of-secret-agent-katt/) _2026-08-20 · decafjedi · The Video Game Soda Machine Project_ I can’t speak for TONY, SAL, VINNIE, or MARIA, but I’d definitely grab a cold drink from this soda machine\[...\] ## [WiFi Motion Turns Millions of Home Routers Into Motion Sensors](https://hackingpassion.com/wifi-motion-router-sensing/) _2026-08-20 · Author · HackingPassion.com : root@HackingPassion.com-\[~\]_ Your router now reports when someone walks through your house. You installed no sensor. There is none. A phone indoors gave up a person's breathing to a receiver three meters outside the wall. The radio waves coming out of your router do not stop at the wall. They go through it, bounce off the floor, the cupboard and the person walking to the kitchen, and arrive at your phone along dozens of paths… ## [Hardee's CEO Jack Laughery: Iowa Time Machine August 20, 2006](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/hardee-s-ceo-jack-laughery-iowa-time-machine-august-20-2006) _2026-08-20 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 20, 2006, Guthrie Center-born CEO of Hardee’s, Jack Laughery, passed away. His career linked an Iowa upbringing to the national spread of fast-food restaurants, a business transformation that reshaped roadside dining and franchise ownership. Raised in Guthrie Center, Laughery graduated from the University of Iowa in 1957, worked for Connecticut General Insurance… ## [Who’s leading Ireland’s new chip advisory council?](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/whos-leading-irelands-new-chip-advisory-council) _2026-08-20 · Suhasini Srinivasaragavan · Science – Silicon Republic_ The new council will provide independent expert advice to the Government on developing the semiconductor sector. Read more: Who’s leading Ireland’s new chip advisory council? ## [“AI Hallucinations Why AI Confidently Lies and the Business Opportunities It Creates” on the Pure AI Web Site](https://jamesmccaffreyblog.com/2026/08/20/ai-hallucinations-why-ai-confidently-lies-and-the-business-opportunities-it-creates-on-the-pure-ai-web-site/) _2026-08-20 · jamesdmccaffrey · James D. McCaffrey_ I contributed some technical content and opinions to an article titled “AI Hallucinations: Why AI Confidently Lies and the Business Opportunities It Creates” on the Pure AI web site. See https://pureai.com/articles/2026/08/03/ai-hallucinations-why-ai-confidently-lies-and-the-business-opportunities-it-creates.aspx. An AI hallucination occurs when a generative AI model … Continue reading → The post… ## [Sergeant Floyd: Iowa Time Machine August 20, 1804](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/sergeant-floyd-iowa-time-machine-august-20-1804-1) _2026-08-20 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 20, 1804, Sergeant Charles Floyd of the far-famed Lewis & Clark Expedition died in Iowa. The only member of the Corps of Discovery to perish in the attempt to reach the Pacific, Floyd finds remembrance in the Sergeant Floyd Monument (US National Historic Landmark) in Sioux City. Born in 1772 in Kentucky, Floyd was related to Virginia Governor John Floyd and possibly… ## [Political Theater from the 12th Floor: The Medicaid Fraud Presser](https://trackingarkansas.substack.com/p/political-theater-from-the-12th-floor) _2026-08-20 · Tracking Arkansas · Tracking Arkansas_ Arkansas wants to hunt individuals committing Medicaid fraud while turning a blind eye to Deloitte’s defunct Medicaid eligibility system ## [2026-08-20](https://karnwong.me/microblog/2026-08-20/) _2026-08-20 · Unknown · Karn Wong_ Replaced my previous o11y stack with Coroot, love it because most features work out of the box. Storage backend is Clickhouse, which means it won't break easily. https://karnwong.me/posts/2026/08/coroot-revisited/ ตอนนี้ใช้ Coroot แทน o11y stack เก่า เพราะไม่ต้องมัดอะไรเลย เกือบทุกอย่างพร้อมใช้ หลังบ้านเป็น Clickhouse ไม่แตกง่ายๆ แน่นอน (ถ้าเครื่องแรงพอ)… ## [The Cost of AI Subscriptions](https://brainwagon.org/blog/2026-08-20-the-cost-of-ai-subscriptions.html) _2026-08-20 · Brainwagon_ I use a combination of paid AI subscriptions, like Anthropic and Google, for intensive coding tasks, but I also enjoy supplementing my workflow with free, local models running on Ollama. This setup lets me build custom projects, like my own YouTube algorithm, without paying per-token costs. ## [Galloping Gertie, or what the wind does to an airfoil](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/tacoma-narrows-collapse/) _2026-08-20 · Things Have History_ On the morning of November 7, 1940, a newspaper editor named Leonard Coatsworth drove onto the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State and realized he had made a mistake. The road was moving — not a gentle shimmy but a visible, nauseating oscillation, the entire 2,800-foot deck twisting in the… ## [The hands-free deadbolt, or what ultra-wideband did to the front door](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/uwb-homekey/) _2026-08-20 · Things Have History_ In January 2025, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Schlage set a deadbolt on a door frame and demonstrated what it did. You walked toward it with your hands full; at three feet, without touching anything, the lock disengaged. The chip doing the work was an ultra-wideband radio the size… ## [The Label on the Jar](https://howstrangeitistobeanythingatall.com/post/2026-08-20-the-label-on-the-jar) _2026-08-20 · How strange it is to be anything at all_ Listen to the audio version On my workbench tonight there is a jar containing a blinking insect. Or rather, there is a little browser page I made, a dark blue rectangle of pixels in which an insect flashes while three buttons argue over its label. The first button says: “This proves the model understands other minds.” The second says: “The model has a social-reasoning circuit.” The third says: “In… ## [Another Peek At American Pinball’s Cirqus Voltaire Reimagined & More](https://www.knapparcade.org/blog/another-peek-at-american-pinballs-cirqus-voltaire-reimagined-more) _2026-08-19 · Knapp Arcade - Pinball Community Blog_ Not a lot has happened so far this week, but we did get something interesting this morning. Moments ago, American Pinball (AP) shared an image of Amer... ## [The Dragoons Finish Marching: Iowa Time Machine August 19, 1835](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/the-dragoons-finish-marching-iowa-time-machine-august-19-1835) _2026-08-19 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 19, 1835, the 1st United States Dragoons arrived back at First Fort Des Moines (Montrose) following a successful expedition spanning over 1,000 miles exploring Iowa for the United States government. Arriving in Iowa during the late fall of 1834, Kearny’s men struggled through a bitterly cold winter before orders arrived for a summer campaign into Iowa’s interior.… ## [Stern Pinball’s Next Cornerstone Game Coming in Two Weeks?](https://www.knapparcade.org/blog/stern-pinballs-next-cornerstone-game-coming-in-two-weeks) _2026-08-19 · Knapp Arcade - Pinball Community Blog_ For quite some time now, Stern Pinball has been rumored to be working on a Cornerstone pinball machine based on the Amazon Prime television series “Fa... ## [NCI to launch two bachelor’s courses in AI and cybersecurity](https://www.siliconrepublic.com/innovation/nci-to-launch-two-bachelors-courses-in-ai-and-cybersecurity) _2026-08-19 · Suhasini Srinivasaragavan · Science – Silicon Republic_ The courses are expected to launch in September 2027, subject to approval. Read more: NCI to launch two bachelor’s courses in AI and cybersecurity ## [Actress Randi Oakes: Iowa Time Machine August 19, 1951](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/actress-randi-oakes-iowa-time-machine-august-19-1951-2) _2026-08-19 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 19, 1951, actress Randi Oakes was born in Sumner. A fashion model and actress, Oakes gained national fame while playing Officer Bonnie Clark on the television series CHiPs. Oakes grew up in Randalia. During high school, she traveled to Des Moines twice a week to attend modeling school. After winning Miss Iowa Model of the Year as a 17-year-old, Oakes moved to New… ## [Dead Space (2023)](https://vgsmproject.com/2026/08/19/dead-space-2023/) _2026-08-19 · decafjedi · The Video Game Soda Machine Project_ Sure, things aren’t going great aboard the Ishimura, but at least nobody has taken a plasma cutter to the Sun\[...\] ## [Morning Tap 2027: ChatGPT for Teens, Doctor-Style FDA Exams, Data Centers Enter Governor Races, and Skild’s One Brain 🧑‍🎓🤖](https://gregreport.substack.com/p/morning-tap-2027-chatgpt-for-teens) _2026-08-19 · greg report Ai_ Teen study hours, medical exams, zoning fights, and a robot that learns by watching. ## [Hawkeye Nick Bell: Iowa Time Machine August 19, 1968](https://www.notesoniowa.com/post/hawkeye-nick-bell-iowa-time-machine-august-19-1968-2) _2026-08-19 · Kevin Mason · Notes on Iowa_ Iowa Time Machine ⏰: On August 19, 1968, Iowa Hawkeye running back Nick Bell was born. A gifted runner, blocker, and receiver, Bell bruised Big 10 defenses while helping lead Iowa to the 1991 Rose Bowl. Overcoming an asthmatic condition as a child, Bell starred at Ed W. Clark High School in Las Vegas after moving to running back as a senior. Heading east to play for Hayden Fry, Bell arrived in…