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Study warns climate leadership falling short in New Zealand #NewZealand

Study warns climate leadership falling short in New Zealand
New Zealand leaders favor small, incremental changes in response to escalating climate impacts rather than the bold changes needed to make a real difference, according to research by University of Auckland academic Dr. Sasha Maher and Professor Brad Jackson (University of Waikato).

The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/30/the-mainstream-media-is-catastrophically-failing-to-meet-the-moment/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250930/p167#a250930p167

@… 😅😅😅😅 this is the unfortunate feeling when you know *too* much about anything

We distinguish "personal unfairness",
-- the view that one’s own economic situation is unfair,
from "social unfairness",
-- the view that the economic situation of others in society is unfair.
Uncertainties associated with the transition to a globalized knowledge economy heighten people’s feelings of personal unfairness
Feelings of personal unfairness increase support for the "populist right"
and feelings about social unfairn…

Left-Wing Populism vs. Right-Wing Populism - What's the Difference? | This vs. That
What's the difference between Left-Wing Populism and Right-Wing Populism? Left-wing populism and right-wing populism are both political movements that aim to...

Long but very good:
"An essay on wank"
It names and identifies one of my least favorite genre of posts – finally I have a proper term for it!
I'm sure I've been guilty of it too in the past, so it's useful for self-regulation, too.
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_

Brilliant week in Bristol.
Especially invigorating to present the invited talk, 'Private Education Capital: Beyond Caste-based Educational Exclusion as "Tradition"' at Centre for International Research in Education. I also gave a Roundtable Presentation, 'Epistemic Humility as Experienced Provocation' for doctoral students.
Grateful to wonderful colleagues who took such care, asked such thoughtful questions, and showed me beautiful Bristol with scrumpt…

Anisotropy by design in superconducting Nb thin films via ultrashort pulse laser irradiation
Javier Frechilla (Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Arag\'on), Nicolas Lejeune (D\'epartement de Physique, Q-MAT, CESAM, Universit\'e de Li\`ege, B-4000, Belgium), Elena Mart\'inez (Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Arag\'on), Emile Fourneau (D\'epartement de Physique, Q-MAT, CESAM, Universit\'e de Li\`ege, B-4000, Belgium), Alejandro Frechilla (Institu…

Anisotropy by design in superconducting Nb thin films via ultrashort pulse laser irradiation
The ability to fabricate anisotropic superconducting layers a la carte is desired in technologies such as fluxon screening or removal in field-resilient devices, flux lensing in ultra-sensitive sensors, or in templates for imprinting magnetic structures in hybrid magnetic/superconducting multilayers. In this work, we demonstrate tailored superconductivity in polycrystalline niobium thin films exposed to femtosecond ultraviolet laser pulses. The samples exhibit significant changes in their super…

GRB 250702B: Discovery of a Gamma-Ray Burst from a Black Hole Falling into a Star
Eliza Neights, Eric Burns, Chris L. Fryer, Dmitry Svinkin, Suman Bala, Rachel Hamburg, Ramandeep Gill, Michela Negro, Megan Masterson, James DeLaunay, David J. Lawrence, Sophie E. D. Abrahams, Yuta Kawakubo, Paz Beniamini, Christian Aa. Diget, Dmitry Frederiks, John Goldsten, Adam Goldstein, Alexander D. Hall-Smith, Erin Kara, Alison M. Laird, Gavin P. Lamb, Oliver J. Roberts, Ryan Seeb, V. Ashley Villar,…

GRB 250702B: Discovery of a Gamma-Ray Burst from a Black Hole Falling into a Star
Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous electromagnetic events in the universe. Their prompt gamma-ray emission has typical durations between a fraction of a second and several minutes. A rare subset of these events have durations in excess of a thousand seconds, referred to as ultra-long gamma-ray bursts. Here, we report the discovery of the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen with a ~25,000 s gamma-ray duration, GRB 250702B, and characterize this event using data from four instruments in the Int…

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis on Oct. 9 ordered “visible identification” that is “prominently displayed.”
But dozens of photographs of uniformed immigration agents shot by Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists in four separate locations since the court order show how the feds have fallen short.
The 80-plus photos show that not all officers are displaying a visible identification code that mixes numbers and letters during some of the most contentious recent immigration actions that…

IDs are mismatched, illegible — or still missing three weeks after judge’s order to immigration officers
In dozens of photographs at four locations, Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists documented federal officers failing to wear the “visible identification” needed to hold individuals accountable during the ongoing immigration “blitz.”

Trump EXIM pick withdrew nomination following scrutiny over Russia ties (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/29/congress/trump-exim-pick-withdrew-nomination-following-scrutiny-over-russia-ties-00629431
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p1#a251030p1