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Bloody Dangerous
Fifty missions over Germany: The last first-hand account from WW2
Hardcover Edition
272 pages
Published in 2026
by Little Brown Book Group
Flight-Lieutenant Colin Bell's Bloody Dangerous is a powerful and inspiring portrait of bravery in action, full of touching admiration for his RAF comrades - one in three of whom were killed. He paints an extraordinarily vivid picture of what it was like to fly a Mosquito - the wooden wonder - in 50 raids over Germany, 13 of them to Berlin itself. There, coned by searchlights, he experienced the terror of being tracked by devastatingly effective 88 mm radar-controlled anti-aircraft guns when he wasn't being chased by night-fighting Messchersmitt 262s - the only aircraft in the German armoury capable of outrunning the Mosquito. Bell suffered engine failures, fuel starvation, near fatal ice, numerous hits to his plane and, on one occasion, an explosion so close there was shrapnel in his parachute and burn marks on his navigator's flying suit.
Bell takes us from pre-war London, where he wooed his girlfriend with tickets to see a new film opening in Leicester Square (it was Gone with the Wind), to terrifying scenes of the Blitz itself - he joined up after seeing a bomb fall on the other side of the street on which he was walking. As a member of the elite Pathfinder 608 squadron he was part of the force that, arguably, did more than any other bombing unit to bring about the Nazis' final surrender.
China Rejects Warnings About Its AI Ambitions: Beijing’s response to Anthropic’s chief exposes a central obstacle to AI diplomacy
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#USA #CHIUNA #AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Meta #Anthropic #Technology #business
Instead of asking "can decentralized platforms replace Big Tech?" we're asking a better question: what would real choice over participation and data control actually look like? Join our livestream 9/17 at 11AM PT to find out. https://eff.org/livestream-sweb
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'It's not science fiction': US Air Force must build trust in AI, says expert
Inspired by the 11th card of the tarot, Justice, this braille sticker symbolizes the importance of working towards a future that uplifts everyone. https://shop.eff.org/products/lady-justice-braille-sticker
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Dan Selsam is a current OpenAI capabilities researcher. (since 2022) He was my boss for a while. He doesn't have a twitter account but has made this public statement of his views on AI risk and sent it to me to share:
Dan Selsam's Personal Statement on AI Risk:
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For audiences in the US and Korea, Ghost in the Machine is now available on PBS's YouTube!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLQzVLtvdv8
Ghost in the Machine | What is Artificial Intelligence? | Full Documentary
YouTube
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Reality TV star Lisa Vanderpump’s California restaurants are for sale – East Bay Times https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/9664/ #Business #California #CaliforniaNews #CaliforniaRestaurants #celebrities #Entertainment #FoodAndDrink #LatestHeadlines #News #RealityTv #restaurants #Retail #ThingsToDo #tv #TvStreaming
"To the outside world, how, exactly, Ghibli operates has always been something of a mystery." Sohee Kim and Felix Gillette for Bloomberg Businessweek https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-studio-ghibli-future/ #art #family #business #studioghibli #animation #creative #longreads
GPT-5.6 Luna vs. GPT-6 Astra: Is a $1.20 Model Good Enough for Code Review?
The Steam Frame headset is here, and it may not surprise you: it was supposed to cost less than $1,059. "We set out to come out with a device that would have been far more affordable, but the global RAM market, the global storage market have impacted us the same way they've impacted everybody," Valve […]#Gaming #PCGaming #Tech #VirtualReality
Valve’s virtual reality plans hit actual reality
According to a recent report, the CHIPS Act is making progress on its manufacturing goals, but lags on R&D. Only 5 percent of the research fund has been allocated so far. https://spectrum.ieee.org/chips-act-impact-semiconductor-manufacturing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline
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“The growing opposition from local city councils to Congress and state legislatures is the direct result of communities across the country standing up against mass surveillance,” EFF’s Rindala Alajaji told @TheDailyCaller. https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/12/states-republicans-democrats-flock-cameras-alpr-pennsylvania-california/
A Letter from a Machine Learning Engineer
Iranian banks' SSL certificates are being revoked due to OFAC sanctions
https://digiato.global/report/iran-banks-ssl-certificates-domain-changes/
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Just a few months ago, the EPA recommended that states test their drinking water for abortion medication and birth control, putting the drugs on a federal list of potential “contaminants”
But that was just a recommendation; this is the EPA actually doing it. The new list also includes mifepristone
https://jessica.substack.com/p/the-epa-tells-states-to-test-the
POLITICO broke the news first, and points out that EPA’s test will only show whether certain chemicals are present in the water, not how much there is or whether the amount poses a risk to people.
But that won't matter much in terms of the politics— conservatives will use *any* amount to attack us
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/09/abortion-opponents-claim-tremendous-victory-as-epa-tests-water-for-abortion-pills-01073232
