I saw him at Ravinia in the late 1990s. It was a hot humid day and he was of course performing in the outdoor pavilion. He was sweating profusely and I was worried he would keel over mid-performance but he never missed a beat.
Borge played his first major concert in 1926
Holy cow.
Hungary to shut sole nuclear plant for first time on Sunday
Record-low water levels on the Danube forced the Paks plant offline, leaving Hungary facing a potential power crunch. In neighboring Serbia, energy production at two hydroelectric plants has also been reduced.
It measured the Danube's water level in Budapest at 23 centimeters (9 inches) on Wednesday morning, well below the previous record low of 33 centimeters (13 inches) set in 2018.
https://www.dw.com/en/hungary-to-shut-sole-nuclear-plant-for-first-time-on-sunday/a-78205668
The one town that wants a data center.
Atlantic gift link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/jay-maine-wants-data-center/688043/?gift=L2aql4Qoi09z50oHv3jcce27MJsiW0jW8v85CoHkbjQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
This is quite exciting.
An internal version of Astra, OpenAI’s next major model family, solved 10 major open problems in mathematics, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science.
https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2083467194663571701?s=46
Oddly, and off topic, I didn’t know who he was yesterday but this is the second reference to him I’ve seen today.
He broke with Mamdani over the release of names and addresses of everyone subject to pied a terre taxes in NY (which includes him).
His line “He took what was a good source of revenue and turned it into a wanted poster”.
