Summary #1 for 2025-05-11

Morning Alex, hope the journey back is smooth if you’re flying today!

Looks like today is a well-deserved Day Off according to the training plan, and also Mother’s Day in Canada and the US. Enjoy the rest!

Speaking of coming back, if you’re landing in London today, the weather isn’t too far off what you’ve been enjoying! London is looking at highs around 23°C, sunny and windy (gusts up to 41 km/h). Not quite the steady 24°C sunny and windy you’ve had, but pretty good for here!

Now, about getting that exercise in… tomorrow’s plan is an Easy Run for 35 minutes. Looking at the forecast for Monday, there’s a chance of showers very early (4-7 am), and again potentially from late morning through the afternoon, with the highest probability around 2-3 pm. Good news is it looks dry and sunny from around 8 am to 11 am, and then again in the late afternoon/early evening before sunset at 20:41 BST. So, aiming for that run either mid-morning or late afternoon/early evening looks like your best bet to stay dry and get it done in daylight!

Here’s a quick rundown on some headlines:

• News from the world and tech spheres:

  • How backchannels and US mediators pulled India and Pakistan back from the brink
  • Pope Leo XIV condemns Russia’s ‘imperialist’ invasion of Ukraine and Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity
  • US approves transfer of over 200 missiles from Germany to Ukraine - NYT
  • Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, sources say
  • Mexico sues Google for renaming ‘Gulf of America’ to appease Trump
  • Tesla tells Model Y and Cybertruck workers to stay home for a week
  • A critical look at MCP (Hacker News)
  • Reverse engineering the 386 processor’s prefetch queue circuitry (Hacker News)

• In Science and Uplifting News:

  • ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC
  • Moderna’s combined Covid and flu mRNA shot outperforms current vaccines in large trial
  • Ozempic and similar drugs are safe and effective for people with mental illness looking to lose weight.
  • Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Blizzard form a new union: The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild
  • The Mountain Pygmy Possums of NSW are bouncing back after a steep decline in their numbers… The average adult pygmy possum is now shiny and plump (40g 1.4oz).

Speaking of plump, apparently the Mountain Pygmy Possums are bouncing back and are now “shiny and plump”. Which is great news, but let’s hope Tara doesn’t read about it or she’ll demand extra biscuits too.

Have a great Sunday!