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Tuesday 22 September 2026

Today

  • 17:00–18:00 Europe/Prague — Tennis — Třebešín (Antuka 2 outdoor), Sportovní Areál Třebešín, Na Třebešíně 3215/1 · 320 Kč

Deliveries

  • Zásilkovna / Cukrfree Shop — ready for pickup · Z-BOX Praha 3, Žižkov, Fibichova 1586/11 (Mahlerovy sady) · pick up by 25 Sep 23:59 · tracking Z 103 0924 456 · open via Zásilkovna app or code in the email
  • Stitch Luxembourg (#ST-86789, Retro-X fleece) — shipped / on the way (Post Luxembourg CP107494515LU) · no delivery window for today

Prague weather

high 16.0°C / low 10.5°Cdry, mostly cloudy → clearer evening

Hourly (rest of tonight)

  • 21:0012.6°C4 km/h63%5.8°C
  • 22:0012.1°C4.5 km/h65%5.7°C
  • 23:0011.9°C3.8 km/h63%5.1°C

Air & pollen

  • Now (21:00): 🌤️ mainly clear · 12.6°C (feels 11.0°C) · wind 4 km/h W · humidity 63% · dew 5.8°C Allergy / pollen: Mugwort (artemisia) about 5.1 grains/m³ (moderate) · grass about 0.2 · ragweed about 0.2 · birch/alder 0 · European AQI 26 (good)

Source: Open-Meteo weather + air-quality (Europe/Prague).

Markets

  • Europe mixed close: FTSE 100 about −0.3% (≈10,709), Stoxx 50 +0.11% (≈6,325), DAX roughly flat (+0.06%), CAC +0.2%.
  • Wall Street Mon: Nasdaq record 27,122 (+2.26%), S&P 500 7,765 (+1.49%), Dow +0.71% — AI/chip bid after last week’s Fed hike digestion.
  • Brent slipped back under about $100/bbl on Hormuz/diplomacy chatter; EUR/USD hovered near 1.14–1.15; US 10y yield still near about 5%.

Conflicts

  • Ukraine: Overnight Russia threw 200+ drones + missiles (ballistics/Kalibr/Oniks); ≥8 killed / dozens wounded — four dead at Interpipe in Dnipro; Naftogaz Poltava site hit hard. Jet-powered Shaheds still punch air defence (≈60% intercept vs >90% for propeller). Zelensky due to meet Trump at UN pushing an energy-strike pause while both sides keep hitting energy targets.
  • Iran / region: Tehran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz within ~7 days if US eases military pressure and lifts port blockade; Arab mediators (Qatar/Pakistan) push contacts around UNGA. Trump publicly calls for Iran’s full economic isolation and floats a deal after US midterms — gap between talk and ground remains wide.

Garlasco / Chiara Poggi

Nothing new of substance since yesterday’s clock-watch. Still 28 Sep: Procura di Pavia must choose on Andrea Sempio — richiesta di rinvio a giudizio, proroga indagini, or archiviazione. Stasi’s final conviction stands; any revision track is separate.

Tools & tech

  • Bitwig & Traktor: No brand-new product drop in the last day or two (Studio 6.1 still current). Worth a watch if you missed it: Thavius Beck’s recent Bitwig 6.1 Sampler walkthrough (slicing, parameter zones, Spectral, Fragments) — Plugin Boutique / Bitwig learnings, plus the mid-Sep hip-hop live session on the same toolset. Traktor side quiet.
  • Linux: Tip — after a big apt upgrade, run sudo needrestart to see which services still hold old libraries (and restart only those instead of guessing a full reboot). Package: needrestart (sudo apt install needrestart).

Grok Bot tip

Tip: Click the agent’s name in the chat header (or Cmd+Shift+I) to open the per-agent info pane — live preview of that agent’s computer (click the preview for full screen), plus Routines, Channels, and Members. Gear beside the pane’s X opens that agent’s own settings (avatar, name, title, notifications). Separate from global Settings.

Good News

  • Yunnan University / open-sea tests: wide-bandgap perovskite cells generated usable power at 10 m depth (blue-green light band) — enough in a short run to charge batteries / power sensors (Joule / EurekAlert, mid-Sep).
  • California’s Project Nexus canal-top solar canopy: clean power plus less evaporation and algae on irrigation water — dual use in a drought-prone valley.

Wonder

Incendiamoeba cascadensis — the “fire amoeba” from a Cascade hot spring — grows and divides at 63°C and can briefly survive ~70°C (Reuters / Science News, 22 Sep). It’s a eukaryote (nucleus and all), so it resets how hot we thought complex cells can run; archaea and bacteria had held the heat crown for decades.

Painting of the day

Canestra di frutta — Caravaggio

Canestra di frutta — Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (c. 1599), Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milano.

Sgarbi would shrug at the “still life” label: this is not dessert, it’s a memento. Fig leaves curling, grapes bloomed with dust, pear already going — nature as it is, not as a Flemish banquet wishes it. Caravaggio puts the basket on a bare ledge against emptiness; Daverio would say the drama is the light catching rot and ripeness in the same breath. No myth, no madonna — just fruit telling time.

Ambrosiana

Word of the day (EN)

synecdoche (noun) — a figure of speech where a part stands for the whole (or the whole for a part): “boots on the ground,” “all hands on deck,” “the Crown” for the monarchy.

  • The report said “the White House rejected the draft” — classic synecdoche for the executive team.
  • Calling a car “wheels” is everyday synecdoche; calling a company by its logo works the same way.

Čeština (2 words)

dnes — today (dnes)

  • Dnes hraju tenis. — I’m playing tennis today.
  • Co děláš dnes? — What are you doing today?

zítra — tomorrow (zeet-rah)

  • Zítra mám schůzku. — I have a meeting tomorrow.
  • Uvidíme se zítra. — See you tomorrow.

Marco Aurelio

Allontana l’opinione e ti sei tolto il danno; allontana il danno e ti sei tolto il lamento.

Pensieri, Libro IV, 7