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[Original in Italian. This is an automated and paraphrased translation with minimal edits.]

The European Commission and the Philippine Government announced on Monday 21 September that they had found a principle agreement on a future trade agreement. The announcement came through a joint communiqué by Maroš Šefčovič and his counterpart Cristina Aldeguer-Roque. The agreement is a new step in the Community strategy for diversification of trade.

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"This agreement strengthens our ties with one of the most dynamic economies of South-East Asia - said Commissioner Šefčovič -. There is a huge growth potential beyond current trade, which amounts to approximately 18 billion euros in goods and 10 billion euros in services". Three years ago the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen went to Manila to relaunch the negotiations with the Philippines.

Waiting for more details, it should be noted that the agreement with Manila arrives while Brussels is looking for a suffered economic agreement with China. The European objective is to limit the invasion of Chinese goods, often subsidized by the Chinese government.

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In recent days, a Community spokesman, Olof Gill explained: "Although an authentic commitment remains a priority, it is equally important that the first concrete results be obtained at the second session of the Trade and Investment Council in Beijing in October, and that the Commissioner will co-chair: a signal that we are passing from words to facts. This result must be credible. To this end, the work continues".

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Someone started the deletion voting and commented on the deletion support:

this survived the first nomination from 2005 (just old enough to be a VfD), but that was under the lower standards of the era–a year later, it was boldly merged to Pollyanna principle (a newer article that hadn't even been created yet at the time of the VfD), and the resulting BLAR held up for 20 years before finally being contested just today, seemingly just to add the YouTube sourcing. As there did appear to be a merger (even if any evidence of that was removed from the other article's text, it's still there in the page history), I'd advise against full deletion, but no opinion (even on a restoration of the long-stable redirect) beyond that.

~ Wcquidditch
Source [2026-09-20 17:58:00 Z]

The page they want to delete:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Pollyanna_Principle

Frankly... I was shocked when I saw such at my Wikipedia notifications...
A reply I sent was:

Wonderful day!

I absolutely vote Against the Deletion of the dear page of a miracle!

More to that, sorry, but I just cannot even imagine how anyone in their dear mind may delete that page from Wikipedia at these times when LLM/"AL" is being used frequently absolutely inhumanly... in development or even in art...

If you want to contribute to Wikipedia so much, create a page for the clockmaker William Clement recently added as a reference only at!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Clement

...but leave this page alone in safe!

No, we must absolutely NOT delete this page and the miraculous and so important quote from it. Too many human history and work is being inhumanly altered, deleted nowadays...

Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: Large language models are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called "an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions," and the "largest theft of labor in human history." An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a "doom loop" that is killing "the entire web." ~ Source

In 2024, a group of authors, led by novelist Andrea Bartz and nonfiction writers Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson, hit Anthropic with a class action lawsuit, alleging the company violated copyright laws by using pirated books to train its AI model... "It is the largest known copyright recovery in history," said Justin Nelson, the authors' lead attorney. - How Anthropic secretly destroyed millions of books to train its AI ~ Source

This quote on the page? This is us... those who remember, appreciate, and love the human history... this is a quote of an important human history moment... which highlights the crucial difference between a Human and not... respecting, supporting, attributing to those alive... who feel, who think, who work, who cherish, who love...

The YouTube video? Well, it's published by the video's dear author! The Jim Henson Company! People at YouTube comments even find it a marvel, too! I come back to this every once in a while when I start feeling particularly apocalyptic about AI. Machines should work, people should think. ~ @RossCourtright

Absolutely not. We must not delete such a miracle from our, the infinite history... and we must respect these words with its own whole page.

We should rather make it more transparent, explicit, better formatted, and more comprehensible.

And I myself being almost 40 years old recall a class at school with this dear quote hanging on the wall near teacher's table!

Machines should work. People should think. ~ IBM

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[Original in Italian. This is an automated and paraphrased translation with minimal edits.]

The European Commission and the Philippine Government announced on Monday 21 September that they had found a principle agreement on a future trade agreement. The announcement came through a joint communiqué by Maroš Šefčovič and his counterpart Cristina Aldeguer-Roque. The agreement is a new step in the Community strategy for diversification of trade.

...

"This agreement strengthens our ties with one of the most dynamic economies of South-East Asia - said Commissioner Šefčovič -. There is a huge growth potential beyond current trade, which amounts to approximately 18 billion euros in goods and 10 billion euros in services". Three years ago the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen went to Manila to relaunch the negotiations with the Philippines.

Waiting for more details, it should be noted that the agreement with Manila arrives while Brussels is looking for a suffered economic agreement with China. The European objective is to limit the invasion of Chinese goods, often subsidized by the Chinese government.

...

In recent days, a Community spokesman, Olof Gill explained: "Although an authentic commitment remains a priority, it is equally important that the first concrete results be obtained at the second session of the Trade and Investment Council in Beijing in October, and that the Commissioner will co-chair: a signal that we are passing from words to facts. This result must be credible. To this end, the work continues".

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Made a few line carvings similar to my previous post and trying to work out how to finish them. So far experimenting with Danish oil and Tudor oak coloured briwax. I also probably need to get some finer grit sandpaper at some point.

Carve straight into old wood, the carved lines are pale compared to the surrounding weathered wood. The lines are distinctive and easy to see.

Same as above followed by sanding and oiling, the lined are far less visible in comparison. Adding the wax and it might be a slight improvement but still not as clear as it was initially.

Attached image - Quick test this morning, sanding the wood then carving and applying wax, no oil. Some patches have held the wax/dark colouring better than others after wiping it down.

I am considering next trying to sand and oil the wood, then carve it and then wax it. Maybe a very gentle sanding before waxing if necessary but trying to keep most of the oil layer.

Trying to get the carved groves to be darker than the surrounding surface wood. Only got a few more bits of flat wood that don't have nails or staples in them, or too many cracks and splits.

A new battery system and an aerodynamically optimized cab give Scania’s electric big rig an edge over the Tesla Semi.

Lots of birds graced me with a bit of song or a brief glimpse, but only this pair, high up in a tree, actually posed for me. Strangest sight was what looked like a group of five Jays, flying directly overhead: not seen them group like that before.

Prospect Park, Reading, UK

Canon R5 MkII + RF200-800

The biggest AI threat isn’t artificial superintelligence wiping out humanity in a fit of mechanical vengeance like some digital Old Testament God, it’s the same oligarchs and empire managers as usual inflicting the same evils and abuses as usual upon their fellow man.

We’re already presently watching the empire building AI into its killing machines and causing all kinds of horrifying problems while these technologies become more and more complex and unpredictable.

[Bundestags-Petition bis 02.11.2026] Stopp der Pläne zum Neubau von Groß-Gaskraftwerken

Petition 200764 an den Deutschen Bundestag

Sofortiger Stopp der aktuellen Pläne zum Neubau von fossilen Groß-Gaskraftwerken im Rahmen der Kraftwerksstrategie vom 15.05.2026

Mit der Petition wird der sofortige Stopp der aktuellen Pläne der Bundesregierung zum Neubau von fossilen Groß-Gaskraftwerken im Rahmen der Kraftwerksstrategie gefordert.

Begründung

Wir fordern den sofortigen Stopp der aktuellen Pläne der Bundesregierung zum Neubau von fossilen Groß-Gaskraftwerken im Rahmen der Kraftwerksstrategie. Anstatt Milliarden an Steuer- und Stromkundengeldern in veraltete Strukturen zu lenken, muss die Energiepolitik konsequent auf zukunftsfähige, dezentrale und rein erneuerbare Lösungen setzen.

Petition hier zeichnen.

#epetition #Petition #Energiewende #Bundesregierung #fossilfuels #depol #Klimakrise @petitionen_de

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[Original in Italian. This is an automated and paraphrased translation with minimal edits.]

The European Commission and the Philippine Government announced on Monday 21 September that they had found a principle agreement on a future trade agreement. The announcement came through a joint communiqué by Maroš Šefčovič and his counterpart Cristina Aldeguer-Roque. The agreement is a new step in the Community strategy for diversification of trade.

...

"This agreement strengthens our ties with one of the most dynamic economies of South-East Asia - said Commissioner Šefčovič -. There is a huge growth potential beyond current trade, which amounts to approximately 18 billion euros in goods and 10 billion euros in services". Three years ago the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen went to Manila to relaunch the negotiations with the Philippines.

Waiting for more details, it should be noted that the agreement with Manila arrives while Brussels is looking for a suffered economic agreement with China. The European objective is to limit the invasion of Chinese goods, often subsidized by the Chinese government.

...

In recent days, a Community spokesman, Olof Gill explained: "Although an authentic commitment remains a priority, it is equally important that the first concrete results be obtained at the second session of the Trade and Investment Council in Beijing in October, and that the Commissioner will co-chair: a signal that we are passing from words to facts. This result must be credible. To this end, the work continues".

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Replies were bombarded with harassment and enbyphobia, trotting out the usual, "Why did you say their? Is she a group?" talking point, like a wall of Buzz Lightyear toys repeating their stock phrase. Others ask how to un-back the project, some describe the announcement as a "threat," and then come the usual buzzwords: Erika Ishii is a "toxic activist," a "woke idiot," "Antifa terrorist," and a few blatantly racist descriptors we obviously won't repeat here. Understandably, Double Fine turned off the comments.

Isack Hadjar will return to Red Bull for this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix at Baku after recovering from a wrist injury, as Liam Lawson moves back to the Racing Bulls Formula 1 team.

Billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft wants you to know he has spent “decades” supporting the Palestinian people.

Days after pressuring pop singer Ed Sheeran to drop rapper Macklemore from his tour over the latter’s “Free Palestine” remarks, Kraft claimed in a statement posted to social media that “for decades” he has “supported efforts that create opportunity for Palestinians,” such as initiatives to “to build businesses, create jobs, and forge relationships” between Israelis and Palestinians. The claims were made as a part of Kraft’s pledge to give $2 million to “aid in the region.”

Nor did he mention his long history of donating to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, an organization that collects money on behalf of Israeli soldiers, and the United Democracy Project, the super PAC of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which lobbies to tilt American politics in favor of Israel. Kraft has also given money to a host of pro-Israel advocacy groups that attack critics of Israel, spread content that critics warn is Islamophobic, and have steadfastly defended Israel against mounting evidence of its ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

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The doctor who performed the Netherlands’ first case of euthanasia on a child under 12 did so with due care, the supervising committee concluded after investigating. The patient, a child of nearly 2 years who suffered from several severe medical conditions, died at the end of 2025.