A reflective essay examines Ryszard Kapuscinski's life and his book 'Shadow of the Sun,' tracing his path from a young Polish journalist praised by the communist state to decades spent as his country's sole correspondent covering Africa's post-colonial upheavals, coups, and poverty from the late 1950s onward. The piece recounts how Kapuscinski's early reporting on poor working conditions earned him Poland's highest civilian honor before he moved into international and later African correspondence.
mattlakeman.org
· 2026-11-07
Members of the European Commission's Group of Chief Scientific Advisors say governments worldwide are restricting academic freedom, interfering with research funding decisions and, in some cases, targeting scientists politically. They argue science and democracy are deeply linked, outlining three ways research supports democratic systems: establishing shared factual baselines, building trust in institutions, and providing tools to adapt policy to changing circumstances. The advisers note EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva asked them in May for guidance on how science can bolster the bloc's democratic resilience.
nature.com
· 2026-11-03
The developer behind the Copper programming language describes scaling back an earlier attempt at full union types (lists of alternative types a value can hold) to a simpler, option-type-only design. The post details restrictions imposed for efficient compilation, including banning nested unions and treating type order as significant to simplify value representation and enable syntactic sugar for common error-handling patterns.
tibleiz.net
· 2026-11-02
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he expects negotiations with the European Union to conclude in June on a new partnership that would make Canada the bloc's first associate member. The term was notably absent from the joint declaration announcing the broader economic and security alliance between Canada and the EU.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-30
The Dallas Cowboys have formally recognized the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Association as the squad's collective bargaining representative, the two sides said in a joint statement. The move follows a roughly 400% pay raise for cheerleaders ahead of the 2025 season, though the increase did not include health insurance. The squad now holds the NFL's only active cheerleader union, after the Buffalo Jills' 1995 union dissolved along with the team.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-30
Micron Taiwan is issuing a lump-sum payout combining an annual performance bonus, a mass-production bonus, and a one-time $31,000 appreciation bonus, with about 700 of its 4,300+ production workers receiving the equivalent of five years' salary. The remaining staff will get the same three bonuses in October, and Micron also plans a new quarterly profit bonus starting January 2027, split 50% cash and 50% stock.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-30
Canada has agreed to join the European Union's EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, a consortium that pools supercomputing resources across member states. The arrangement would give Canadian researchers access to shared high-performance computing infrastructure alongside European partners.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-10-29
The European Commission's October 20, 2026 Arctic strategy document names a Pan-Arctic Cable as a flagship project, proposing a direct submarine cable link between Greenland and the EU. The plan also floats extending the cable to Canada as a stepping stone toward eventual connections with Japan and South Korea, notably without routing through the United States.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-28
Astronomers at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile announced detection of an object, provisionally named 2026 ED138, orbiting about 4.3 billion miles from the Sun, roughly 46 times Earth's distance. Early estimates put its diameter between 370 and 930 miles, and its orbit is tilted 25 degrees from the plane most planets follow. If confirmed, it would be the first new dwarf planet classified since the International Astronomical Union set the category's rules in 2006.
futurism.com
· 2026-10-28
Rockstar Games employees in the UK are set to vote from November 12-26 on formally recognizing their branch of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, according to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier. The vote coincides with closing arguments in an employment tribunal, expected November 17 or 18, over Rockstar's October 2025 layoffs of more than 30 employees, many of whom were union members or organizers.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-27
Danny Meyer, founder of Shake Shack and Union Square Hospitality Group, discussed his new book 'What Could Possibly Go Right?' and described a leadership approach shaped by advice from his grandmother. He explained that financial profitability enables rather than conflicts with hospitality, and that cutting costs to boost margins ultimately weakens a business. He also recounted a gardening lesson from his grandmother about focusing attention on nurturing strengths rather than constantly pulling weeds.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-10-27
A personal essay recounts a family car ride on an island where a Swedish radio program played folk music curated by Sara Parkman, including a Sámi joik recorded in Moscow after the Soviet collapse. The writer reflects on how a nine-year-old closes her eyes to 'see' inner films while listening, prompting broader questions about why abstract patterns of tone and rhythm can transform perception of the surrounding world.
henrikkarlsson.xyz
· 2026-10-23
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