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Russia reportedly flying drones over US arms routes in Germany: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/28/russia-reportedly-flying-drones-over.html

Russian Drones Are Flying Over U.S. Weapons Routes in Germany, Officials Say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/us/politics/russian-drones-weapons-routes.html?unlocked_article_code=…

Russian Drones Are Flying Over U.S. Weapons Routes in Germany, Officials Say
U.S. and European military officials are increasingly concerned about the flights, even as Russian acts of sabotage have declined.

Now have this mash-up in my head:
How 'bout getting off of these antibiotics?
How 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up?
After the dream of falling and calling your name out,
These are the roots of rhythm and the roots of rhythm remain.
#Glastonbury #AlanisMorisette…

"On July 9th, two days after the woman was flung from the ICE SUV, [SF Mayor Daniel] Lurie posted a video to Instagram promoting a new [Labubu] store in Union Square...The timing of the announcement was panned, with nearly every comment under the post questioning Lurie over the ICE raids." #sfPol

San Francisco Protestors Slam Mayor for Tepid Response to ICE Raids
Critics say the mayor and SFPD are policing protestors while protecting federal immigration agents in a city that celebrates its sanctuary status.

Revisiting THz absorption in GO and rGO liquid crystalline films
A. Vasilev, M. Zhezhu, H. Parsamyan, G. Baghdasaryan, M. Sargsyan, D. A. Ghazaryan, H. Gharagulyan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21535

Revisiting THz absorption in GO and rGO liquid crystalline films
With a swift progress in modern high-throughput communication systems, security, sensing and medicine utilizing THz range technologies, the demand for easy-to-fabricate, lightweight and high-performance absorbing materials has increased drastically. Notably, traditional approaches of eliminating unwanted radiation based on metasurfaces often face fabrication challenges limiting their practicality. In this study, we propose a straightforward approach for fabricating graphene oxide (GO) and reduc…

Avatars and Environments for Meetings in Social VR: What Styles and Choices Matter to People in Group Creativity Tasks?
Anya Osborne, Sabrina Fielder, Lee Taber, Tara Lamb, Joshua McVeigh-Schultz, Katherine Isbister
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21780

Avatars and Environments for Meetings in Social VR: What Styles and Choices Matter to People in Group Creativity Tasks?
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many professional entities shifted toward remote collaboration and video conferencing (VC) tools. Social virtual reality (VR) platforms present an alternative to VC for meetings and collaborative activities. Well-crafted social VR environments could enhance feelings of co-presence and togetherness at meetings, helping reduce the need for carbon-intensive travel to face-to-face meetings. This research contributes to creating meeting tools in VR by exploring the effe…

"As demographers who study fertility, family behaviors and childbearing intentions, we can say with certainty that population decline is not imminent, inevitable or necessarily catastrophic."
https://theconversation.com/fear…

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

Affaire de Bétharram : en 1998, les ratés de la justice face aux agresseurs présumés
https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2025/06/25/affaire-de-betharram-en-1998-les-rates-de-la-…

Affaire de Bétharram : en 1998, les ratés de la justice face aux agresseurs présumés
Le dossier judiciaire de l’époque mettant en cause le père Silviet-Carricart, auquel « Le Monde » a eu accès, relève deux défaillances majeures dans la procédure. La première concerne cet ancien directeur de l’établissement scolaire privé, la seconde l’ex-surveillant Damien S., aujourd’hui mis en cause dans une centaine de plaintes.

Alcon buys Village Roadshow's library of 108 films for $417.5M, following Village Roadshow's bankruptcy in March; the library generates an estimated $50M/year (Anthony D'Alessandro/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/06/village-roadshow-acquis…

Village Roadshow Entertainment Group’s Film Library Acquired By Alcon For $417M+
Village Roadshow Film Library Acquired By Alcon

Pretty sure my mom gets that “flying-an-airplane-without-a-manual” feeling whenever she walks in and catches sight of my anarchist flag waving next to the rainbow, trans, and neurodiversity pride flags.
#Autism #ActuallyAutistic