• Mon 5 Oct: nothing timed on the calendar.
• Tue 6 Oct: nothing timed on the calendar. (Your Lítačka ticket expires tomorrow, so renew it.)
• Wed 7 Oct: nothing timed on the calendar.

• Alza 1061166248 has Magtein (NATIOS magnesium L-threonate, 90 caps) and a California Scents Newport New Car air freshener. It's in the AlzaBox P3 Žižkov, Fibichova 1586/11 (under the Žižkov tower). Pickup code 096 099, already paid. ⏰ Pick up by tonight, Mon 5 Oct, 23:59.
• Nothing else is expected.

• Ukraine: Merz was in Kyiv on 4 Oct and announced a €1.3bn+ German package. About €1bn is military aid (interceptor drones, thousands of IRIS-T missiles and more IRIS-T units) and about €350M is for energy (Kyiv Independent).
• Russia struck Kyiv's bridges for a fourth day in a row, hitting the Northern Bridge and injuring 2. Zelensky counts 1,900+ drones, 1,700 glide bombs and 25 missiles this week. The SBU says it hit an Su-35 and an Su-34 in Adygea, which hasn't been independently verified (same source).
• Zelensky says the US wants technical-level trilateral talks with Russia by the end of October, possibly in the UAE. Kyiv has said yes and Moscow hasn't answered (Kyiv Independent).
• Iran: Ghalibaf says Hormuz stays closed until the US accepts Iran's "seven conditions" (Al Jazeera). Tehran is reviewing the US reply, the rial is past 2.7M per dollar, and US carrier groups are heading to the region (Iran International).
• Yemen/Saudi: The Houthis took al-Turbah, cutting the Taiz–Aden road, and claim strikes on Aramco sites in Riyadh and Khurais (CTP-ISW). The G7 agreed a 100M-barrel oil and diesel stock release through the IEA (Council of the EU).

• After closing the Sempio investigation for the second time on 28 Sep, the Procura di Pavia sent the new papers to the Procura Generale di Milano. They include doubts about the RIS raw data on the DNA from Stasi's bike pedals. There's no decision yet on reopening Stasi's conviction (Adnkronos, Il Post).
• On Quarto Grado (2 Oct) Sempio said there's no evidence to put him on trial and that he believes Stasi is guilty. His lawyers will file their response before the 18 Oct deadline.
• Stasi's lawyer Bocellari says she has new documents from outside the 2007 investigation for a review request, and that "one will cause a stir" (LaPresse). No substantive new YouTube video or X thread this time.

28 Sep – 4 Oct

• 1 Oct: The Council adopted the new Return Regulation. It creates a European Return Order, allows indefinite entry bans for security risks and permits return hubs outside the EU (Council).
• 30 Sep: The Council agreed its position on Omnibus X, which simplifies food and feed safety rules (pesticide residue limits, plant protection, biocides, feed additives). It's aiming for a deal with Parliament by the end of 2026 (Council).
• 30 Sep: The Council also agreed its position on fast-track environmental assessments, under Omnibus VIII (Council).
• 30 Sep: The Commission proposed an EU Critical Communication System, a secure 5G and satellite network for police, firefighters and medics across 31 countries, with rollout from 2030 (Commission).
• 2 Oct: The Energy Union Task Force found EU diesel supply stable but prices high (Commission).
• Parliament: There was no plenary last week, and Strasbourg sits 5–8 Oct. The Culture Committee backed €47.39bn for Erasmus+ in 2028–34, more than the Commission's €40.8bn (2eu.brussels).

• Bitwig: No release this week. The latest is still 6.1.3 (late Sep), with memory and size improvements, Sampler fixes and a Linux X11 knob-jump fix (previous releases). New tutorials are Creating Vocal Chops easily with Bitwig's new Sampler (V6.1) by Freethinkers-Inc. and This Changes Modulation In Bitwig FOREVER by Dash Glitch.
• Traktor: Quiet. Pro 4 is still on 4.5.1 from 9 Jul (NI update status), and there are no worthwhile new tutorials.
• 🐧 Ubuntu tip: apt-mark showmanual lists only the packages you installed yourself, without their dependencies. Before a reinstall, save the list with apt-mark showmanual > my-pkgs.txt, then restore it later with xargs sudo apt install -y < my-pkgs.txt (man apt-mark).
• 📦 Package: sudo apt install entr reruns a command whenever files change. For example, ls *.py | entr -r python3 app.py restarts your script on every save, which gives you a quick live reload for anything (entr).

Tip: You can choose which build of the app you get. Settings → Updates has an Update Track row with Stable and Nightly, and Nightly gets new features first in exchange for some rough edges. "Check for Updates" in the same tab updates the app itself, which is separate from updating Grok Bot's computer.

Last week's changes (from the official changelog):

• v0.66.0 (2 Oct): You can star a "Main Bot" that checks in on its own and coordinates your other bots. A bot stuck on a hung command now stops itself and leaves a note. Update downloads resume after sleep, and your phone notifies you about each reply only once.
• v0.65.0 (30 Sep): Automatic Updates is on by default. Your phone skips notifications for a bot you're already viewing on your computer, and sign-in errors now explain why they failed.
• v0.64.0 (30 Sep): Draft cards have a "Disable drafts for this Bot" option. Avatars got a refresh, links show site icons, and logins open in a Secure Form window.
• v0.63.0 (29 Sep): Browsing is faster, sign-in works behind TLS-inspecting proxies, you get a proper usage-limit notice instead of "Bot failed to respond", and voice settings stick.
• 28 Sep: Cmd/Ctrl+L quotes selected text into your next message. The composer gained lists and spell check, there's a new Library tab for files, links and pages bots have shared, and desktop notifications arrive instantly.

• On 1 Oct the FDA approved the Autus valve, the first heart valve a catheter can widen as a child grows (13 to 22 mm), which should mean fewer open-heart operations for kids (Medical Daily).
• Underwater shades over Florida Keys brain corals cut light by 60% and reduced bleaching, and some corals even regained colour (Good News Network).

Sputnik 1 launched 69 years ago yesterday, on 4 Oct 1957. It was a 58 cm (22-inch) aluminium ball weighing 83.6 kg (183 lb), and it circled the Earth roughly every 96 minutes while beeping a radio signal (NASA History).

Ecce Homo, Caravaggio, c. 1605–1609. It's privately owned and has been on show at the Prado in Madrid since May 2024. In April 2021 it nearly sold at Ansorena in Madrid with a €1,500 starting price, catalogued as "circle of Ribera", until it was pulled from the sale. Vittorio Sgarbi was one of the first to call it a Caravaggio:

«Nel nuovo capolavoro di Caravaggio non c'è finzione, teatro; c'è la realtà nuda e cruda, in una perfetta sintesi.»

— Vittorio Sgarbi, «Così ho salvato un Caravaggio dall'asta», il Giornale, 8 aprile 2021

crepuscular means having to do with twilight, or dim. In zoology it describes animals that are active at dawn and dusk (Merriam-Webster).

• Foxes are crepuscular, so Riegrovy sady at dusk is your best bet to spot one.
• The bar keeps a crepuscular glow even at noon.

• pozor (POH-zor) means "watch out!" or "attention". Pozor, jede tramvaj! means "Watch out, a tram's coming!"
• objednat (se) (OB-yed-naht) means to order, or with se, to book an appointment. Chtěl bych se objednat k doktorovi na zítra. means "I'd like to book a doctor's appointment for tomorrow."