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🐀 Rats! More than 100,000 acres of almond orchards across Central California are infested
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-08/rats-more-than-100-000-acres-of-almond-orchards-across-cent…

More than 100,000 acres of almond orchards in Central California are infested
Almond growers across Central California are battling a surging rat infestation across more than 100,000 acres of orchards, resulting in economic hardship and damage.

Russia's attacks kill 3, injure 34 across Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/03/russias-attacks-kill-injure-across.html

Nvidia acquires Solver, a three-year-old AI coding agent startup formerly known as Laredo Labs, which had raised $8M from Radical Ventures and other investors (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/nvidia-acquires-coding-startup-solver

Nvidia Acquires Coding Startup Solver
Nvidia has acquired Solver, a three-year-old software development startup, The Information reported Tuesday . The startup, formerly known as Laredo Labs, had developed an AI coding agent and raised $8 million in financing from investors including Radical Ventures and Horizons Ventures. Nvidia regularly buys small startups, including several whose technology can lower the cost of using its

Kritiker sehen Google-Urteil als nicht ausreichend und haben Datenschutzbedenken
Trotz Monopolstellung kam Google im Kartellprozess mit Auflagen davon. Kritiker bezeichnen das Urteil als Fehlschlag und rufen nach strengeren Gesetzen.

#marchforhumanity

Bird's eye view of pro-Palestinian march across Sydney Harbour Bridge
Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

The #MadreFire first broke out around 9:30 p.m. PT on Thursday
in a remote area of central California near Highway 166.
It quickly consumed roughly 35,000 acres overnight,
moving east-northeast onto the Carrizo Plain and burning through parts of  Los Padres National Park.
As of Friday morning, the Madre Fire was 10% contained
and had already burned about 52,592 acres of land, …

Madre Fire grows to over 50,000 acres on Fourth of July: See map
California's Madre Fire sparked in the late evening of July 3 but has since grown to the largest in the state this year by the Fourth.

Efficient Dynamic Rank Aggregation
Morteza Alimi, Hourie Mehrabiun, Alireza Zarei
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.02885 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.02885

Efficient Dynamic Rank Aggregation
The rank aggregation problem, which has many real-world applications, refers to the process of combining multiple input rankings into a single aggregated ranking. In dynamic settings, where new rankings arrive over time, efficiently updating the aggregated ranking is essential. This paper develops a fast, theoretically and practically efficient dynamic rank aggregation algorithm. First, we develop the LR-Aggregation algorithm, built on top of the LR-tree data structure, which is itself modeled …

Peaceful microbes outlast aggressive rivals in harsh, frequently disrupted environments
(... people on my floor did this research!)
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-peaceful-microbes-outlast-aggressive-rivals.html

Peaceful microbes outlast aggressive rivals in harsh, frequently disrupted environments
On the battlefield that is the microbial world, where microorganisms often try to wipe out the competition by producing various toxins, sometimes it helps to be a pacifist.

The Supreme Court issued a wave of opinions last week, wrapping a 2024-25 term filled with major victories for Donald Trump’s agenda.
Amid high-profile decisions on nationwide injunctions, LGBTQ books, trans health care, and more,
the court made the unusual choice to delay a ruling on
"Louisiana v. Callais":
-- a redistricting case that could alter the future of voting rights across the country.
The court order did not explain the justices’ rationale…

The Supreme Court Delayed a Ruling That Could Shape Voting Rights Across the US
The court’s choice to punt a key redistricting case signals trouble for the future of the Voting Rights Act.

Nach Preiserhöhung im Januar: Deutschlandticket verliert eine Million Nutzer
Das Deutschlandticket gilt als ein Erfolg. Jedoch hat die Preiserhöhung auf 58 Euro klare Auswirkungen auf die Nutzerzahlen, wie eine Marktforschung aufzeigt.