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Posted by Miss Cellania

This is a real intercollegiate soccer tournament, but instead of athletes, the schools deploy their robotics teams. The ROBO League Football Tournament was held in Beijing on June 28th. The 3-on-3 game above is between Tsinghua University and the Beijing Information & Science Technology University. The robots, built by Booster Robotics, seem a little hesitant, like they are nervous playing in front of a crowd. When the referees appear, you notice the robots are only three feet tall, and it then makes sense- they are playing as children! Or at least that's what they look like to us. They make goals, but there is no celebrating, no swinging kicks with followthrough, and barely any defense. The players spend their time and effort trying to identify the ball and follow it without falling down. There are no Terminators here. 

In previous robotics soccer games, the robots were guided by remote control. Here, remote control is disabled when the players take the field. Their movements are all programmed by artificial intelligence, which is where the real competition between the teams comes in. This video is just the highlights; you can see more and longer videos at Laughing Squid. 

What a good day

Jul. 5th, 2025 11:37 pm
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D came along to lift club this morning! It's so much more fun when he's there.

This afternoon we had a snuggly nap.

When I woke up this evening, [personal profile] angelofthenorth was making amazing delicious food. It smelled so good. What a treat.

This evening, D and I had a couple beers and watched the Twins actually win a game! And explained things to [personal profile] angelofthenorth as they came up.

[pain, food] victory!

Jul. 5th, 2025 11:30 pm
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I have finally successfully got my head around when the local supermarket reduces the prices on its pastries, which means that we are now well-supplied for doing a batch of pistachio croissant strata to get us most of the way through the coming week. It is not going to be a tomorrow (Sunday) morning breakfast, though, because we have half a cherry clafoutis from this morning, made using allotment cherries.

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The Red Queen’s Race

Jul. 5th, 2025 05:16 pm
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This week, an after-final amendment appeared on my Expedited docket, and I responded the same day with an appropriate Office Action. I also completed and posted an Office Action on the oldest of the four cases on my Amended docket, so now I’m down to three applications on my Amended docket, and none on my Expedited docket.

I have begun searching the prior art for my oldest Regular New application.

July Theme - Hobbies and crafts

Jul. 5th, 2025 09:52 pm
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This month's theme is Hobbies and Crafts - I remember thinking that it would be hard to quantify exactly what a month of bite-size work on this theme will look like last year. I don't know about everyone else, but I certainly found plenty of things to tackle.

For those of you seeking ideas, some of the things you might want to work on include: clearing and making the space you work in more conducive to productivity, organising supplies, organising currently underway projects, organising unstarted projects, dealing with finished projects, weeding out unwanted supplies/projects. If you are a collector or a sports participant, it might be sorting/cleaning collectibles or equipment of whatever description. Anything goes this month to suit the needs of your hobbies.

For my perspective, I have multiple hobbies and crafts that I dabble in, each with their own supplies *and their own clutter*, so over the course of the month, my first goal is to retrieve some of my crafting spaces - my dining room table is clutter filled which stops me painting, my crafting chair upstairs is filled with none crafting related items, leaving nowhere there for me to sit and my scrapbooking project is split between a variety of boxes in a variety of locations. As the owner of way too many books, a fight with my book storage is always an ongoing process, and as someone who has so many different hobbies and crafts I always seem to be in need of sorting through ongoing projects to decide which ones can I make progress on quickly/finish easily?

After that who knows what's next... depending on how long each of the above tasks take, I might also allocate some time to trying to finish some almost finished projects.

Let us know what your plan is for the month and keep us posted with your progress.
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Posted by John Farrier

British author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) is perhaps most famous for his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and his play The Importance of Being Earnest. Hugely popular but controversial in Victorian society, Wilde's career and reputation collapsed when he was convicted of gross indecency in 1895 and sentenced to two years in person. He died in poverty three years after his release.

The Guardian reports that when Wilde was convicted, the Board of Trustees of the British Library, then known as the British Museum Reading Room, revoked Wilde's access to that celebrated nexus of intellectual discourse. On October 16, on the occasion of Wilde's birthday, the British Library will restore Wilde's access--posthumously, of course.

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What Does Superman Stand For?

Jul. 5th, 2025 12:19 pm
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Posted by Miss Cellania

If someone were to ask you what Superman stands for, what would you say?

Truth and justice.
Truth, justice, and freedom.
Truth, justice, and the American way.
Truth, justice and other stuff.
Truth, justice and peace for all mankind.
Truth, justice and a better tomorrow.

This is not a poll, and it's actually a trick question. The fact is that every one of those phrases has been associated with Superman at one time or another. The phrase "truth, justice, and the American way" is the one we are most likely to recall, as it was in the opening of the 1950s TV show starring George Reeves. It was coined in 1942, years after the Man of Steel's debut, to reflect America's entry into World War II. But it was never used in comic books until 1991. Read how Superman's motto has evolved over his 87 years (although he still doesn't look a day over 30) at Smithsonian. 

looking for a link/website

Jul. 5th, 2025 02:43 pm
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Sometime in the last couple of months, someone posted a link to a site that had interesting looking shirts made of linen, for lower prices than most places charge. I forgot to bookmark it. Can anyone point me to it? or to something else that fits that description, even if you didn't see it here?


Edited to add: A the shirts were less expensive than I expected, which is a large part of why I'm interested. Those may have been sale prices, I don't remember.

Also, the were made of either linen or a linen blend, not "line".
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Is it OK to read Infinite Jest in public? Why the internet hates ‘performative reading’

You know, I was completely unaware that 'The Internet' hated upon this (whatever it is) until I came across this article and I think we are probably well into a realm similar to journo constructing a phenomenon on the basis of '6 people I spoke to in the wine-bar last week'.

Or maybe I just don't do TikTok and am missing this, but in my experience, few forms of social media are entire monoliths, what?

Why shouldn't people read in public? They're not doing it AT other people, honestly.

Can't help thinking that those who get aerated at people reading on public transport or while sitting quietly in a restaurant or coffee-shop are very likely those who think you should 'rawdog' long planeflights, sad gits.

Okay, these days I am pretty much always reading on ereader when out and about, so nobody can see what I'm reading. But back in the day I have read a lot of things that I daresay some miserable so-and-so would have considered 'performative', like Remembrance of Things Past on the Tube.

And among other things Marx and Rousseau on the train when I was commuting in from suburban Surrey.

Which phase of my life I was reminded of by a review headed 'A darker side of Lawrence Durrell' - I was not aware that there was any other side, actually - I habitually got in the same compartment of the same train each morning and there was the same young man making his way veeeeery slowwwwly through the volumes of The Alexandria Quartet. Months and months of Balthazar.

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Jul. 5th, 2025 10:00 am
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Today is definitely not the best day so far.

Wild Cards checklist

Jul. 5th, 2025 09:35 am
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This is much easier for Martin's New Voices series....

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Four works new to me. One is SF, two fantasy, and the magazine (which I have not yet looked inside) likely both. Two of the novels are series novels, one does not seem to me.

Books Received, June 28 — July 4



Poll #33326 Books Received, June 28 — July 4
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 28


Which of these look interesting?

View Answers

FIYAH No. 35: Black Isekai published by FIYAH Literary Magazine (July 2025)
14 (50.0%)

Aces Full edited by George R. R. Martin (November 2025)
1 (3.6%)

Only Spell Deep by Ava Morgyn (March 2026)
4 (14.3%)

The Damned by Harper L. Woods (October 2025)
1 (3.6%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
23 (82.1%)

2025.07.05

Jul. 5th, 2025 07:06 am
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Owning dog or cat could preserve some brain functions as we age, study says
Fish or bird ownership showed no significant link to slower cognitive decline in study with implications for ageing societies
Amelia Hill
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/05/dog-cat-ownership-could-preserve-specific-brain-functions-as-we-age-cognitive-decline

Trump is waging war against the media – and winning
Edward Helmore
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jul/05/trump-attack-us-media

‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing
Elon Musk is obsessive about the design of his supercars, right down to the disappearing door handles. But a series of shocking incidents – from drivers trapped in burning vehicles to dramatic stops on the highway – have led to questions about the safety of the brand. Why won’t Tesla give any answers?
Sönke Iwersen and Michael Verfürden
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/the-vehicle-suddenly-accelerated-with-our-baby-in-it-the-terrifying-truth-about-why-teslas-cars-keep-crashing

US debt is now $37trn – should we be worried?
Simon Jack
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1lj8rmyn5eo

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Jul. 5th, 2025 12:44 pm
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Happy birthday, [personal profile] stillsostrange!
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Though, upon reflection, it's surprising that this hasn't happened before in 30+ years of menstruation )

I'd say that was the worst thing to happen this weekend, but then I glanced at the news, and how do things keep getting worse? I thought we might at least get a reprieve over the holiday weekend, Congress would all go on vacation and not pass any terrible bills in the interim, but I guess not.

I'm not linking to it, not today. I know how to take a break, even if they don't. Take this article on amenorrhea instead.

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