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License plate reader company Flock has stopped US agencies from accessing cameras in CA, IL, and VA after reports of lookups related to ICE and an abortion case (404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-state…

Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed
Following 404 Media’s reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock has stopped agencies reaching into cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia.

We accidentally wore a matching outfit for the first session of a new campaign.
Paul is wearing the tee I made at the start of the last campaign and I’m wearing the tee I made at the end of the same campaign.

Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed https://www.404media.co/flock-removes-states-from-national-lookup-tool-after-ice-and-abortion-searches-revealed/

1/2 Thanks to @… for this interesting article. It speaks to me. :)
I’ve been weather blogging @… since 2005. It is interesting how it has changed, and how I have changed.
My website used to be just data from the (expensive) station I bought when I moved back to Port Alberni. It was a hobby and a side project to practice web/coding skills I use at work. My focus was on creating useful data for people that was more local/relevant than the official EC station outside of the city.
Then I put up a webcam and learned how to make timelapses. This got the attention of local media… because pictures. :)
Then I added a blog and started to write about the weather almost daily. This was before Facebook. There was a popular local online forum where I would post things. The media would also follow my website and they started to call me when there was extreme weather (usually very hot or very wet/stormy).
Then Facebook started to get big and I made a page that eventually had a few thousand followers. I would blog often. Lots of traffic from Facebook… this was 2010 and on. I blogged about climate and weather pretty equally.
Like anyone in Port Alberni, I was/am obsessed with the Martin Mars and got wrapped up in that issue along with others which combined with the weather following probably gave me just enough exposure to have me elected as a councillor in 2014.
I continued through that 4 years, blogging often in addition to councillor duties and work, heavily on facebook, then it all went sideways on my own poor judgement (go ahead and google it, it’s ok :)) and I was not reelected, but Facebook by 2018 had also changed. Cambridge Analytica, etc.
….Continued…
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-weather-apps-data-wildfires-storms-preparation-obsession-social-media/

Atomically thin silver films for enhanced nanoscale nonlinear optics
Philipp K. Jenke, Saad Abdullah, Andrew P. Weber, \'Alvaro Rodr\'iguez Echarri, Fadil Iyikanat, Vahagn Mkhitaryan, Frederik Schiller, J. Enrique Ortega, Philip Walther, F. Javier Garc\'ia de Abajo, Lee A. Rozema
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15417

Atomically thin silver films for enhanced nanoscale nonlinear optics
The inherently weak nonlinear optical response of bulk materials remains a fundamental limitation in advancing photonic technologies. Nanophotonics addresses this challenge by tailoring the size and morphology of nanostructures to manipulate the optical near field, thus modulating the nonlinear response. Here, we explore a complementary strategy based on engineering the electronic band structure in the mesoscopic regime to enhance optical nonlinearities. Specifically, we demonstrate an increase…

Multi-Wavelength Dust Characterization of the HL Tau Disk and Implications for Planet Formation
Takahiro Ueda, Sean M. Andrews, Carlos Carrasco-Gonz\'alez, Osmar M. Guerra-Alvarado, Satoshi Okuzumi, Ryo Tazaki, Akimasa Kataoka
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14443

Multi-Wavelength Dust Characterization of the HL Tau Disk and Implications for Planet Formation
We present a comprehensive analysis of the HL Tau dust disk by modeling its intensity profiles across six wavelengths (0.45 to 7.9 mm) with a resolution of 0.05 arcsec ($\sim7$ au). Using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approach, we constrain key dust properties including temperature, surface density, maximum grain size, composition, filling factor, and size distribution. The full fitting, with all parameters free, shows a preference for organics-rich dust with a low filling factor in the out…

Hatevolution: What Static Benchmarks Don't Tell Us
Chiara Di Bonaventura, Barbara McGillivray, Yulan He, Albert Mero\~no-Pe\~nuela
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12148

Hatevolution: What Static Benchmarks Don't Tell Us
Language changes over time, including in the hate speech domain, which evolves quickly following social dynamics and cultural shifts. While NLP research has investigated the impact of language evolution on model training and has proposed several solutions for it, its impact on model benchmarking remains under-explored. Yet, hate speech benchmarks play a crucial role to ensure model safety. In this paper, we empirically evaluate the robustness of 20 language models across two evolving hate speec…

Characterizing, correcting, and repairing the effects of radiation damage in the COSI germanium cross-strip detectors
Steven E. Boggs, Sophia E. Haight, Sean N. Pike, Jarred Roberts, Albert Y. Shih, Joanna M. Szornel, John A. Tomsick, Andreas Zoglauer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11772

Characterizing, correcting, and repairing the effects of radiation damage in the COSI germanium cross-strip detectors
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a gamma-ray survey telescope utilizing a compact Compton imager design, enabled by an array of 16 high-resolution germanium cross-strip detectors. After its launch into an equatorial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in 2027, COSI will experience radiation damage primarily due to energetic protons, with the proton fluence dominated by the passage of COSI through the edge of the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) for a few minutes each orbit. We have developed a compr…

A Replit employee details a critical security flaw in web apps created using AI-powered app builder Lovable that exposes API keys and personal info of app users (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/05/29/2025

The hottest new vibe coding startup may be a sitting duck for hackers
Lovable is accused of failing to fix security flaws that exposed information about users, a growing vulnerability as vibe coding’s popularity surges.