In which I reflect on the a recent trip to Chicago, overview the state of OCR for humanities data, and fangirl over Hugging Face infrastructure.

8 - 14 June 2026 | Weekly briefing for policy, intelligence, and defence audiences across NATO and the EU

Brief #200 DISPATCH. Conférence Bilderberg avril 1974 Hôtel Mont d'Arbois Megève propriété Edmond de Rothschild. Délégation française documentée : Edgar Faure, Hervé Alphand, André Fontaine Le Monde. Le prince Bernhard rend hommage à Pompidou, mort sept semaines plus tôt, qui était Bilderb

dispatch 004_ some recent & decent links ===================================================== jean-marie gleize passed away https://slowforward.net/2026/03/13/la-scomparsa-di-jean-marie-gleize/ dans la chambre https://slowforward.net/2026/03/13/dans-la-chambre/ au gré des ondes / henri dutilleux. 1946 https://slowforward.net/2026/03/13/au-gre-des-ondes-henri-dutilleux-1946/ treatise / cornelius…

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