Wed 7 Oct (today)

• 12:00–13:00 Pilates, Next.Move Churchill (Energy studio), Italská 69/2584, Praha

Thu 8 Oct

• Nothing on the calendar.

Fri 9 Oct

• All day: Prague local elections, day 1. Voting runs 14:00–22:00 at ZŠ Jaroslava Seiferta, Vlkova 800/31, Praha 3 (polling district 3007). Bring your Italian ID or passport and your Czech residence card. Both ballots (Praha city and Praha 3) go in one official envelope, and there are spares at the polling station.

• Amazon.de order 306-5184824-0481921: rear black velour car mats for the Mercedes GLK X204 (€22). It shipped on 6 Oct, and Amazon says it'll arrive between 10 and 12 October. Track package
• Nothing waiting for pickup.

• Ukraine: Russia launched 137 drones on the night of 5–6 Oct, and 114 were downed. A guided-bomb strike on Kharkiv reportedly killed 6 and wounded 59, and a Dnipro bridge was hit in Zaporizhzhia. h.ua
• Ukraine: Russia's Defence Ministry says it downed 1,750 Ukrainian drones and 17 Flamingo cruise missiles in 24 hours, a record barrage. It hit Moscow region fuel infrastructure and disrupted more than 200 flights. Kyiv Post
• Black Sea: Drones hit two merchant ships inside Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone. Zelensky blames Russia. Bulgarian PM Radev says the drones' origin isn't established yet, and he ruled out invoking NATO Article 4 or 5. Kyiv Post
• Ukraine: Zelensky says new intelligence shows Russia is preparing a massive strike. Kyiv is shoring up air defence, and he says ballistic-missile interceptors depend entirely on partners. Kyiv Post
• Iran: Qatar says indirect US–Iran talks are continuing despite a deadlock over Hormuz and sanctions. Pezeshkian calls talks "meaningless" while the US naval blockade continues. Iran International
• Iran: US Central Command says it has redirected 130 commercial vessels since the blockade resumed on 14 July. Separately, Hormuz traffic is reported near 80% of pre-war levels, with ships routing through Omani waters. Washington Times

• Andrea Sempio, under investigation by Pavia prosecutors, spoke on Porta a Porta: "io dico che oggi non sto vivendo". He said he hopes to settle everything at the preliminary hearing, and he still considers Stasi's conviction just. ANSA
• Sempio's lawyers will file their response to the closed investigation by the 18 October deadline, probably on 16 or 17 Oct. Prosecutors could then ask for him to stand trial. LaPresse
• TG La7 reports that the original exhibits, including the DNA tubes and what remained of print 33, were destroyed by the RIS in 2016 on Lt. Col. Alberto Marino's order. That reportedly came six years before the Court of Appeal's authorisation, and prosecutors want to know why. Stasi's defence is still preparing a request to reopen his case. TG La7

• Bitwig: The latest version is still 6.1.3 (23 Sep). There's no new release, and I found no new tutorials from the last two days. Bitwig releases
• Traktor: Traktor Pro 4 is still on 4.5.1 (9 Jul). There's no new release, and I found no fresh tutorials. NI update status
• Ubuntu tip: Press Ctrl+R in the terminal and start typing to search your command history. Press Ctrl+R again to step back through older matches, and Enter to run one.
• Package: mtr-tiny (install with sudo apt install mtr-tiny). mtr example.com combines ping and traceroute in one live view, so you can see exactly which hop is dropping packets when the connection feels flaky.

Tired of the app's brightness at night? Open Theme in Settings → General and choose Follow System, Light or Dark. With Follow System, Grok Bot switches whenever your Mac does.

• Zoos in New Zealand have bred and released more than 11,000 wētāpunga, the country's heaviest insect, helping it recover from the brink. AOL
• San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has set up a third reintroduced population of endangered Pacific pocket mice at Camp Pendleton. PR Newswire
• Scientists in the Philippines described a new frog species and resurrected two others after 106 years. The Star

Prague's Old Town astronomical clock, the Orloj, was first installed in 1410. That makes it the oldest astronomical clock in the world that's still working.

Lorenzo Lotto, Annunciazione (c. 1534), Museo civico Villa Colloredo Mels, Recanati. The Virgin, caught from behind, turns away from the angel with her hands raised, and a startled cat bolts across the room. Vittorio Sgarbi built his 2017–18 Recanati exhibition "Lorenzo Lotto dialoga con Giacomo Leopardi" around Lotto's works there. Closing it at the Colle dell'Infinito, he said: "Lorenzo Lotto è un genio assoluto e Leopardi è l'uomo più colto d'Italia." (Il Mascalzone, 1 Jun 2018)

sanguine — optimistic and confident, especially when things look uncertain.

• "She's sanguine about the launch, even with the delays."
• "I'm less sanguine than he is about the bond market."

• volby (VOL-bi): elections. "V pátek jsou komunální volby." (Friday is the municipal election.)
• hlasovat (HLA-so-vat): to vote. "Kde můžu hlasovat?" (Where can I vote?)