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Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So
Economy loses jobs for August
Donald Trump understands better than anyone else alive that his hold on his supporters
—and on plenty of swing voters, too
—depends on the mere perception that he’s strong, wins everywhere, always acts boldly, and wields absolute mastery over his eternally feckless, disoriented enemies.
Last month, after an anemic July jobs report, Trump fired the steward of jobs data,

Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So
It’s possible for Trump to be an inept buffoon—but still extremely dangerous. And it shouldn’t be so hard to make that case.

Last year I spent some time in the part of Texas where the floods hit on the Guadalupe River last week.
Even to my California-kid eyes, eyes that rarely see a real river, the Guadalupe, as it passed through Comfort, Texas, was more of a creek than a river.
Over the last day I've wondered "what if I had been there when the flood hit?" I am used to having fairly serious topology, so I would have had trouble there in Texas figuring out which way to go to find "hi…

Why Disaster Alerts Keep Failing
Even emergency alerts that reach people can be unclear.

banana republic shit https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen-cornyn-fbi-granted-request-locate-fleeing-texas/story?id=124446304

FBI granted request to 'locate' fleeing Texas House Democrats, Sen. Cornyn says
The FBI declined to comment on the matter.

In iOS 26 beta 3, Apple dials back the degree of translucency in many UI elements, following user complaints about Liquid Glass (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/ios-26-beta-3-dials-back-liquid-glass/

iOS 26 beta 3 dials back Liquid Glass | TechCrunch
The early version in the first developer beta of iOS 26 and the accompanying updates for Apple's other devices still left room for improvement in terms of usability, accessibility, and legibility.

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[6/6]:
- Instruction Following by Boosting Attention of Large Language Models
Vitoria Guardieiro, Adam Stein, Avishree Khare, Eric Wong

Wolf admits sheep population is in ‘rapid decline’. https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/business-nbfr4cs7z/-/a-1AhrCxHAS1i_bbcq3SK6Hw:a:43591897-/0

Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’
The statement contradicts Google’s recent narrative about the health of the online ecosystem. For months, Google has maintained that the web is “thriving,” AI isn’t tanking traffic, and its search engine is sending people to a wider variety of websites than ever. But in a court filing from last …

Saturday night is film night, and today it's Absolute Beginners. I didn't see it when it came out, for no good reason. It should have a good soundtrack at least. #films

Replaced article(s) found for cs.RO. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.RO/new
[1/2]:
- On the Robotic Uncertainty of Fully Autonomous Traffic: From Stochastic Car-Following to Mobility...
Hangyu Li, Xiaotong Sun, Chenglin Zhuang, Xiaopeng Li

Related to my last boost, still annoyed this DID NOT make it into WCAG 2.2:
3.2.7 Hidden Controls (Level AA): Controls needed to progress or complete a process are visible at the time they are needed without requiring pointer hover or keyboard focus, or a mechanism is available to make them persistently visible.
https://www.…