📋 Log for 2026-05-09

😄 Joke of the Day

Leather is great for sneaking around because it's made of hide.

Category: dad

YouTube Summaries

[Apple's first logo was...complicated](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UH2XXGPh0N0)

Channel: freeCodeCamp.org

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Published: 2026-05-09T12:32:50+00:00

Latest OpenRouter Models

StepFun: Step 5 Preview (stepfun/step-5-preview)

Step 5 Preview is StepFun's flagship model for agentic work, built on a sparse Mixture-of-Experts architecture (27B active / 600B total parameters). It performs strongly in software engineering and professional...

Published: 08/10/2026

https://openrouter.ai/stepfun/step-5-preview

Anthropic: Claude Haiku 5.5 (batch) (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5)

Claude Haiku 5.5 is Anthropic's small, fast model for high-volume, cost-sensitive work such as summarization, subagents, and browser use. It succeeds Claude Haiku 4.5 with stronger coding, computer use, and...

Published: 07/10/2026

https://openrouter.ai/anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5

Google: Nano Banana 2.1 (google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1)

Nano Banana 2.1 (Gemini Nano Banana 2.1) is Google's image generation and editing model on the Flash tier, succeeding Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro. It improves product recontextualization,...

Published: 06/10/2026

https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-nano-banana-2.1

📢 OpenClaw Releases

🌟 openclaw 2026.5.9-beta.1 🚧 Pre-release

Changes

Chat commands: add `/think default` and `/fast default` to clear session overrides and inherit configured/provider defaults. (#79385) Thanks @VACInc.
Dependencies: refresh workspace dependency pins and lockfile, including `@openai/codex` `0.130.0`, `acpx` `0.7.0`, AWS SDK `3.1044.0`, OpenTelemetry `0.217.0`, `typebox` `1.1.38`, `vite` `8.0.11`, `oxfmt` `0.48.0`, and `oxlint` `1.63.0`, and update the Codex harness model snapshot for the new bundled app-server catalog.
Plugins/install: add guarded plugin install overrides so onboarding and repair tests can route specific plugins to registry specs or local `npm pack` artifacts via environment variables.
Tests/Docker: add Codex on-demand install and live plugin-tool dependency E2E lanes for packaged onboarding and npm-pack plugin proof.
Plugins/ACPX: accept an optional `args` array in `agents.<name>` config so paths and flag values containing spaces stay intact when spawning ACP agent processes. Thanks @TheArc...

Published: today https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.5.9-beta.1

Robot Technology

🤖 Video Friday: AI Gives Robot Hands Human-Like Dexterity

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. ICRA 2026 : 1–5 June 2026, VIENNA RSS 2026 : 13–17 July 2026, SYDNEY Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems : 29 July–4 August 2026, PRAGUE Actuate 2026 : 18–19 August 2026, SAN FRANCISCO Enjoy today’s videos! Introducing GENE-26.5—the first AI brain to giv...

Source: spectrum.ieee.org • Published: Sat, 09 May 2026 16:00:02 +0000

Walking an Extra 1,000 Steps a Day After Surgery Helps Patients Recover Quicker

Walking an extra 1,000 steps a day after surgery helped patients recover quicker, according to a new study of almost 2,000 adults. The study showed that every extra 1,000 steps made per day after an operation was linked to 18% lower chance of complications, 16% lower odds of re-admission, and 6% shorter hospital stays. The [&#8230;] The post Walking an Extra 1,000 Steps a Day After Surgery Helps Patients Recover Quicker appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Fri, 08 May 2026 18:30:01 +0000

Mom Gets to Touch Daughter’s Hand Again in Emotional Meeting With the Grateful Transplant Recipient

A mother shared some moving moments with the transplant recipient who received her daughter&#8217;s hand—and was “over the moon” to see how she&#8217;s made such a difference in someone&#8217;s life. Jackie Kirwan lost her 33-year-old daughter Georgie last year in England following complications from a congenital brain malformation that caused constant debilitating seizures. Georgie&#8217;s limbs [&#8230;] The post Mom Gets to Touch Daughter’s Hand Again in Emotional Meeting With the Grateful Tr...

Published: Sat, 09 May 2026 15:18:59 +0000

Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny

Our partner Rob Brezsny, whose latest book is Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: [&#8230;] The post Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ by Rob Brezsny appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Sat, 09 May 2026 13:46:17 +0000

Good News in History, May 9

Happy 80th Birthday to actress Candice Bergen, perhaps best known as TV&#8217;s Murphy Brown, a comedic role for which she won five Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards over ten seasons. At 75, she continues to shine—in recent films with blockbuster women co-stars in Book Club (with Keaton and Fonda in 2018) and Let [&#8230;] The post Good News in History, May 9 appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Sat, 09 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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