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In a legal filing, NYT accuses the DOD of defying a court ruling that declared parts of its press rules unconstitutional, after the DOD issued new rules Monday (Erik Wemple/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/business/media/new-york-t…

New York Times Accuses Pentagon of Defying Court Order
The company said in a legal filing that the department sought to fashion an “end run” when it issued revised media rules on Monday.

Primer to get you started with Optimization and Mathematical Programming in R #rstats

CRAN Task View: Optimization and Mathematical Programming
This CRAN Task View contains a list of packages that offer facilities for solving optimization problems. Although every regression model in statistics solves an optimization problem, they are not part of this view. If you are looking for regression methods, the following views will also contain useful starting points: MachineLearning, Econometrics, Robust Packages are categorized according to the following sections. See also the “Related Links” and “Other Resources” sections at the end.

Cuba rejects U.S. Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’
The Cuban government this week refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana
to import diesel fuel for its generators,
calling the ask “shameless,”
given the Trump administration’s fuel blockade on the island,
according to diplomatic cables reviewed by The Washington Post.

The denial could force the embassy to order nonessential staff to leave Cuba in May
or “possibly earlie…

Cuba rejects U.S. Embassy request to bring in fuel, calls it ‘shameless’
An effective U.S. oil blockade has worsened the island’s energy crisis. The U.S. Embassy in Havana, too, is feeling the effects.

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As Nathan says, they need the viewing metrics to push the Firefly animated series forward!
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Perovskite solar cells just cleared a major hurdle toward commercialization.
Researchers developed a new two-dimensional interlayer that kept modules running at 95% efficiency after 5,000 hours of brutal light, heat, and UV exposure. The breakthrough uses neutral triazine molecules and co-crystal engineering that slots right into existing manufacturing lines.

Researchers achieve record perovskite solar module stability under light, heat, and UV stress
An international research team has developed a new two-dimensional perovskite interlayer based on a co-crystal engineering strategy for more robust perovskite films. It demonstrated improved performance in small area perovskite solar cells and, in a 48 cm2 module, contributed to retain 95% of initial efficiency after 5,000 h.

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revisiting this magical compilation of jamaican gospel 45s via the late great social music club. from the '60s/'70s but all feeling earlier, pre-reggae, except in the barest hints. joyous & aglow & lo-fi. @…

Minnesota resident Nicole Cleland had her Global Entry and TSA Precheck privileges revoked
three days after an incident in which she observed activity by immigration agents, the woman said in a court declaration.
An agent told Cleland that he used facial recognition technology to identify her, she wrote in a declaration filed in US District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Cleland, a 56-year-old resident of Richfield and a director at Target Corporation,
voluntee…

ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face
Global Entry and Precheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.

Following an intense backlash this morning,
the White House has now taken down Trump’s Truth Social repost
of a video showing a racist clip
⚠️depicting the Obamas as apes.
The post was up for 12 hours.
As we reported earlier, a few hours ago the White House had initially tried to brush off the outrage,
defending Trump’s repost as “an internet meme video”.
Politicians from both parties have this morning condemned the post
and urged Trump to remov…