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Apple says its design team will report to Tim Cook after Jeff Williams retires; Williams was overseeing the team following Evans Hankey's departure in 2023 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/08/apple-design-team-tim-cook/

Apple design team to start reporting directly to Tim Cook later this year - 9to5Mac
Apple today announced that COO Jeff Williams will retire later this year, with Sabih Khan set to assume the COO...

Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So
Economy loses jobs for August
Donald Trump understands better than anyone else alive that his hold on his supporters
—and on plenty of swing voters, too
—depends on the mere perception that he’s strong, wins everywhere, always acts boldly, and wields absolute mastery over his eternally feckless, disoriented enemies.
Last month, after an anemic July jobs report, Trump fired the steward of jobs data,

Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So
It’s possible for Trump to be an inept buffoon—but still extremely dangerous. And it shouldn’t be so hard to make that case.

Hmmmm… here is a problem I did not anticipate.
Every time I empty the main pond hole of water, (the actual hole under the liner) water returns within an hour or two. I’ve done it 4 times now, and it keeps filling back up with water.
Obviously there is water underground infiltrating into the pond hole, and/or the water table itself is above the bottom of the hole. It is not coming from either of the other holes because they both have the same amount of water in them as they did this morning.
I have “watered” the blueberry patch and hazelnut tree a lot with the water that I have been cleaning the filter with… and we also had lots of water flying around outside the liners yesterday as I tested the pump. So it is quite possible that the ground around the pond is simply well saturated.
I think I am going to have to just keep removing the water (and putting it into the sewer) until it does not refill. We have a week of hot weather coming. Surely that will be enough time for everything to dry out completely.
Otherwise I might run into some issues if the rains return before I can anchor down the pond liner with gravel and get the plumbing in!
How is time already running short!?
Never underestimate the ability of water to find a place where it is not wanted. 😆
#poolpond #backyardProject #diy

LOOK: Patriots' unveiling of Tom Brady statue leaves legendary QB feeling 'deeply grateful' and 'kind of old'

https://www.cbssports.com/n…

Moonvalley debuts Marey, its licensed AI video model, for $14.99, $34.99, or $149.99 per month; ~80% of its footage is from independent filmmakers and agencies (Andrew R. Chow/Time)
https://time.com/7300636/ai-hollywood-moonvalley-marey/

Stress-induced Martensitic transformation in epitaxial Ni-Mn-Ga thin films and its correlation to optical and magneto-optical properties
M. Make\v{s}, J. Z\'azvorka, M. Hubert, P. Ve\v{r}t\'at, M. Rame\v{s}, J. Zemen, O. Heczko, M. Veis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04907

Stress-induced Martensitic transformation in epitaxial Ni-Mn-Ga thin films and its correlation to optical and magneto-optical properties
The optical and magneto-optical properties of thin epitaxial Ni-Mn-Ga films, with thicknesses ranging from 8 to 160 nm, were investigated across the spectral range of 0.7-6.4 eV. The films were deposited by DC magnetron sputtering on MgO substrate with stress-mediating Cr buffer layer. Structural and magnetic characterization revealed an stress-induced martensitic transformation for the films thicker than 80 nm, while thinner films remained in austenite structure deformed by substrate constrain…

Optical absorption of a Cu$_2$SnS$_3$ (CTS) layer trapped by metallic thin films in multilayer configuration
Le Tri Dat, Nguyen Duy Vy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.04113 https://

Optical absorption of a Cu$_2$SnS$_3$ (CTS) layer trapped by metallic thin films in multilayer configuration
Coating and reflecting thin films for energy harvesting purposes are interesting topics in both theoretical and experimental research. The thin film could help to enhance the absorption of the system via its specific optical properties depending on the optical wavelength and the stacked layer thickness. Here, by using Maxwell's equations for the electromagnetic fields penetrating thin films, we examined in detail the absorption of a CTS layer coated by nanometer-thick thin films of several mate…

Moonvalley releases Marey, its fully licensed AI video model, available for $14.99, $34.99, or $149.99/month; 80% of its footage is from independent filmmakers (Andrew R. Chow/Time)
https://time.com/7300636/ai-hollywood-moonvalley-marey/

The IRS said in a new court filing that clergy and houses of worship should be allowed to make political endorsements,
-- abandoning an 71-year-old tax policy that banned the mixing of religion and politics.

Nonprofits should be allowed to make political endorsements and not lose their tax exemption,
the IRS said in the court filing.
Religious congregations, the filing said, are like families and communication between them should not be deemed “participation” in a ca…

IRS: Churches should be allowed to make political endorsements
Since 1954, the IRS has banned nonprofits — including congregations — from participating in political campaigns. The agency now says political endorsements by churches should be allowed.

C.J. Stroud calls out Texans for 'lollygagging' following Week 1 loss to Rams https://www.nfl.com/news/c-j-stroud-calls-out-texans-for-lollygagging-following-week-1-loss-to-rams