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Forgotten treasures in the HST/FOC UV imaging polarimetric archives of active galactic nuclei -- IV. 5 Orphaned AGNs
Thibault Barnouin (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Universit\'e de Strasbourg, France), Fr\'ed\'eric Marin (Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, Universit\'e de Strasbourg, France), Enrique Lopez-Rodriguez (Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, USA, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford…

Forgotten treasures in the HST/FOC UV imaging polarimetric archives of active galactic nuclei -- IV. 5 Orphaned AGNs
The Faint Object Camera (FOC) onboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) acquired high-resolution, spatially resolved polarimetric images of nearby Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) in the near ultraviolet (near-UV) band. Among the 25 individual targets in the polarized archives, 8 had no published analysis until the beginning of this series of papers. We tackle the last 5 targets in the following. In this paper, we finalize the publication of near-UV imaging polarimetry of AGNs in the HST/FOC archiv…

Defensive coordinator Shane Bowen wants takeaway-starved Giants filling treasure chest: 'Be a damn pirate' https://www.nfl.com/news/defensive-coordinator-shane-bowen-wants-takeaway-starved-giants-fi…

23andMe leadership grilled by lawmakers demanding answers about data security amid bankruptcy sale https://therecord.media/23andme-leadership-grilled-by-lawmakers-hearing

For all the other passengers and crews of #Dreamliner‎s around the globe, I hope that #AirIndia flight 171 indeed didn't crash due to general issues with the aircraft type. 🧐 #Boeing
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Air India crash investigation focuses on movement of engine fuel control switches
Data-driven reporting and analysis on the strategy and technology of flying.

Resurrecting a dead #torrent tracker and finding 3 million peers
https://kianbradley.com/2025/06/15/resurrecting-a-dead-tracker.html

In case anyone here has connections with the Python team: can you please tell them to update their docs on XML security? The way it is is quite misleading, and it's been annoying me for a while. I raised this a while ago in their issue tracker, but it got no reaction whatsoever. https://github.com/python/cpython/issu…

Reconsider XML Security warnings / obsolete vulnerabilities · Issue #127502 · python/cpython
Documentation The documentation for the xml.etree.ElementTree API contains the following stark warning: Warning: The xml.etree.ElementTree module is not secure against maliciously constructed data....

Some fun facts about #Python limited API / stable ABI.
1. #CPython supports "limited API". When you use it, you get extensions that are compatible with the specified CPython version and versions newer than that. To indicate this compatibility, such extensions use `.abi3.so` suffix (or equivalent) rather than the usual `.cpython-313-x86_64-linux-gnu.so` or alike.
2. The actual support is split between CPython itself and #PEP517 build systems. For example, if you use #setuptools and specify `py_limited_api=` argument to the extension, setuptools will pass appropriate C compiler flags and swap extension suffix. There's a similar support in #meson, and probably other build systems.
3. Except that CPython freethreading builds don't support stable ABI right now, so building with "limited API" triggers an explicit error from the headers. Setuptools have opted for building explicit about this: it emits an error if you try to use `py_limited_api` on a freethreading interpreter. Meson currently just gives the compile error. This implies that package authors need to actively special-case freethreading builds and enable "limited API" conditionally.
4. A some future versions of CPython will support "limited API" in freethreading builds. I haven't been following the discussions closely, but I suspect that it will only be possible when you target that version or newer. So I guess people will need to be building two stable ABI wheels for a time — one targeting older Python versions, and one targeting newer versions plus freethreading. On top of that, all these projects will need to update their "no 'limited API' on freethreading" conditions.
5. And then there's #PyPy. PyPy does not feature a stable ABI, but it allows you to build extensions using "limited API". So setuptools and meson just detect that there is no `.abi3.so` on PyPy, and use regular suffix for the extensions built with "limited API".

UK Gov to review taxes on gambling.
I know what to do - charge a completely random amount between 0 and 100% on winnings. Ask yourself, are you feeling lucky??
#ukpolitics #gambling

NHS calls for 1 million blood donors as UK stocks remain low following cyberattack https://therecord.media/uk-nhs-calls-for-blood-donations-after-cyberattack

Spyware maker cuts ties with Italy after government refused audit into hack of journalist’s phone https://therecord.media/paragon-spyware-maker-cuts-ties-italy-government