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Antonio Brown sought for arrest on attempted murder charge by Miami-Dade Police, per report

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/antonio

National Portrait Gallery head steps down following Trump attempt to fire her (Sophia Nguyen/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/06/13/kim-sajet-resigns/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p92#a250613p92

PowerLines: US power providers have sought regulatory approval for $29B in rate increases in H1 2025, up 142% YoY, following booming data center demand (Martha Muir/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/c5f20c78-7931-492f-9153-675f3046e245

Exact Solutions for Bimodal Distributions under Stochastic Plasma Irradiation in Thin Films
Joel Saucedo, Uday Lamba, Hasitha Mahabaduge
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07268

Exact Solutions for Bimodal Distributions under Stochastic Plasma Irradiation in Thin Films
A persistent paradox complicates the study of plasma-irradiated thin films, where bimodal grain distributions and ambiguous scaling laws, roughly shifting between $Φ^{-1/2}$ and $Φ^{-1}$, or a general inverse dependence on plasma flux, are empirical yet remain theoretically unreconciled. Existing models fail to unify noise-driven evolution, defect saturation kinetics, and nucleation-loss balance within a single, self-consistent formalism. This work resolves these discrepancies by developing t…

Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit found dead in suspected suicide following dismissal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/07/russian-transport-minister-roman-starovoit.html

“My dance with Covid makes my cancer look like a piece of cake.”
Sagt Jeff Bridges, der 2020 an Lymphdrüsenkrebs erkrankt ist und sich bei der Behandlung aber leider auch C19 eingefangen, hat nach nun bald 5 Jahren: “Covid kicked my ass pretty good.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05…

Jeff Bridges says he’s ‘feeling good’ nearly 5 years after cancer diagnosis, but dealing with ‘long-term’ Covid effects
Jeff Bridges is sharing some good news pertaining to his health.

Norsk films stŸrste seier – og kanskje den siste – Ytring https://www.nrk.no/ytring/norsk-films-storste-seier-_-og-kanskje-den-siste-1.17432132

Norsk films største seier – og kanskje den siste
Triumfen i Cannes må være en øyeåpner for krisen her hjemme.

Scenarios in Computing Research: A Systematic Review of the Use of Scenario Methods for Exploring the Future of Computing Technologies in Society
Julia Barnett, Kimon Kieslich, Jasmine Sinchai, Nicholas Diakopoulos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05605

Scenarios in Computing Research: A Systematic Review of the Use of Scenario Methods for Exploring the Future of Computing Technologies in Society
Scenario building is an established method to anticipate the future of emerging technologies. Its primary goal is to use narratives to map future trajectories of technology development and sociotechnical adoption. Following this process, risks and benefits can be identified early on, and strategies can be developed that strive for desirable futures. In recent years, computer science has adopted this method and applied it to various technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI). Because c…

Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/pandemic-era-slump-in-ivory-and-pangolin-scale-trafficking-persists-report-finds/

Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds
A recent report surveying seizures of pangolin scales and elephant ivory over the past decade has found a sharp decline following the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from media reports, public documents, and criminal intelligence and investigations, analysts at the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) found authorities seized more than 370 metric tons of pangolin scales and […]

Last night I dreamed that the great computer scientist, Niklaus Wirth, had died by suicide because he was convinced his intellect was failing, because a simple financial calculation was failing, because he'd caught an exception and just returned zero instead of handling it, because he'd written sketch code and meant to come back and deal with it later but had not done so.
Which is almost certainly all arrant nonsense, but what a BIZARRE thing to dream about.