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Tue, 30/09/2025 - 21:23

Roughly three months have passed since AI 1.1.0 was released and we are getting ready for the next step in the history of Drupal AI.

This means that we will have an upgrade path before the next RC release, all major features are developed and any known security or critical bug is fixed. As a developer you can trust that the API’s are set.

One important upgrade path is that we are moving out the AI ECA module, to https://www.drupal.org/project/ai_integration_eca so that can develop in a more rapid tempo then the release cycles of the AI module.

As a developer you can trust that the API’s are set.

If nothing unexpected happens, the plan is to have a RC 30th of September and a production release 7th of October.

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Tue, 30/09/2025 - 19:26
Thanks to Samuel J Fell at Rhythms Magazine for reviewing 'LIVE at The Couch Sessions': "LIVE at The Couch Sessions" her vocal is a high-point of the record, in places reminiscent of Susan Tedeschi in its delivery, but always very Robinson, whether soaring on the gospel-esque ‘Hold On’, or soft and warm / loud and proud on the [...]
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Tue, 30/09/2025 - 19:03

In August 2024, videos circulated widely on Irish social media showing a dozen masked men dressed in black fatigues and balaclavas at Béal na Bláth in County Cork. The group stood beneath Irish tricolours and banners bearing the insignia of Clann Eireann (Irish Family), an extreme far-right movement founded earlier that year, which unapologetically supports […]

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Tue, 30/09/2025 - 16:26
This Tuesday report will provide some insights into life for a westerner (me) who is working for an extended period at Kyoto University in Japan but who over the years of working here has increasingly began to understand the language and local cultural traditions The beautiful Kamo river Out running early yesterday, after a stormy…
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Tue, 30/09/2025 - 09:50

“A comedy festival in the capital of Saudi Arabia has become a cultural flash point as major comedians face criticism for accepting seemingly lucrative deals to perform in a country that was virtually impossible to visit until 2019 and a pariah in much of the West for its human rights record.” — NBC News

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Listen, I understand your arguments against appearing in this comedy festival, but I am going to entertain the citizens of Mordor despite the actions of their leader, Sauron, and those associated with him.

So many have come to me saying I can’t perform there because of all the various abuses and war crimes. But doing stand-up for a bunch of orcs and trolls and dark wizards doesn’t mean I endorse that sort of stuff, even though there is a provision in my contract that says I need to endorse that sort of stuff.

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Tue, 30/09/2025 - 02:50

“President Trump’s declaration on Saturday that he had authorized the use of federal forces to ‘protect war-ravaged’ Portland, Ore., prompted bewilderment and frustration—and more than a little sarcasm—in the city this weekend.”
New York Times

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Help reshelve the books with pics of naked women in them that middle school boys have left strewn around Powell’s.

Put a stop to the ungodly ice-cream flavor combinations at Salt and Straw.

Institute a ban on wimps who use umbrellas.

Censor the outrageous cost for one, single penis-shaped Voodoo Doughnut.

Aggressive DOGE-style 20 percent reduction in the number of mediocre craft breweries.

Stop the radical liberal reeducation campaign to erase Oregon’s colonial history by allowing employees statewide to play The Oregon Trail during office hours.

Resurrect Shari’s Café and Pies, a tragic victim of cancel culture (not paying taxes).