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My Overhaul Got Derailed!

RCB-TN-57-B, West of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Warning to first-time visitors : If you haven't visited my blog before, I suggest you read some of my older posts first to get a true sense of what the blog is about. Because today's post is a downer. Here's a good place to start . If you're still with me, and you don't have delicate sensibilities, let me bring you up to date. My last post was on August 10. On August 12, I lost my balance in our bedroom, my foot got caught in the carpet, and I fell heavily. A trip to the emergency room confirmed the bad news — I had a compression fracture of a vert

A Life in Photography · EN

NPR on West Africa

How a road could change West Africa’s urban future Kasoa is a snapshot of how unplanned urbanization is unfolding in the region. Its population growth is far outpacing the creation of new roads and other public development. “In Kasoa, things are much easier,” George says, “for now.” The growing influx is slowly driving up prices here too. “Maybe in a few years, we’ll have to move again.” Not a fan of this scroll-to-view style, but this is some excellent reporting and pictures from a trip along the coast of West Africa.

onfocus.com · EN

What the West can learn from AI optimists in the rest of the world

The developing world’s enthusiastic adoption of AI and necessity-driven innovations offer lessons for an anxiety-ridden West.

Rest of World · EN

Startups recalibrate Chinese AI for the West

A growing number of startups are editing powerful Chinese open-weight models for Western businesses that are concerned about censorship and security.

Rest of World · EN