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3.5 billion euros in new funds pledged for Ukraine's reconstruction after Recovery Conference, ministry says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/13/billion-euros-in-new-funds.html

CBP Confirms It Is Flying Predator Drones Above Los Angeles To Support ICE (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/cbp-confirms-it-is-flying-predator-drones-above-los-angeles-to-support-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250611/p134#a250611p134

CBP Confirms It Is Flying Predator Drones Above Los Angeles To Support ICE https://www.404media.co/cbp-confirms-it-is-flying-predator-drones-above-los-angeles-to-support-ice/

Conversational Search: From Fundamentals to Frontiers in the LLM Era
Fengran Mo, Chuan Meng, Mohammad Aliannejadi, Jian-Yun Nie
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10635

Conversational Search: From Fundamentals to Frontiers in the LLM Era
Conversational search enables multi-turn interactions between users and systems to fulfill users' complex information needs. During this interaction, the system should understand the users' search intent within the conversational context and then return the relevant information through a flexible, dialogue-based interface. The recent powerful large language models (LLMs) with capacities of instruction following, content generation, and reasoning, attract significant attention and advancements, …

GENMANIP: LLM-driven Simulation for Generalizable Instruction-Following Manipulation
Ning Gao, Yilun Chen, Shuai Yang, Xinyi Chen, Yang Tian, Hao Li, Haifeng Huang, Hanqing Wang, Tai Wang, Jiangmiao Pang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10966

GENMANIP: LLM-driven Simulation for Generalizable Instruction-Following Manipulation
Robotic manipulation in real-world settings remains challenging, especially regarding robust generalization. Existing simulation platforms lack sufficient support for exploring how policies adapt to varied instructions and scenarios. Thus, they lag behind the growing interest in instruction-following foundation models like LLMs, whose adaptability is crucial yet remains underexplored in fair comparisons. To bridge this gap, we introduce GenManip, a realistic tabletop simulation platform tailore…

Anybody have a good source for a ripstop nylon zipper pouch, kinda like a pencil case, that's solidly built and fits comfortably in a cargo pants pocket?
Use case is a tiny pocket first aid kit. Nothing fancy, just a couple of bandaids, single-dose ibuprofen, etc. In the past I've tried a plastic clamshell case that eventually broke (and was uncomfortable), a notched vacuum sealed bag (great until you open it, but not resealable), a ziploc (too flimsy).

Generalist Models in Medical Image Segmentation: A Survey and Performance Comparison with Task-Specific Approaches
Andrea Moglia (Politecnico di Milano), Matteo Leccardi (Politecnico di Milano), Matteo Cavicchioli (Politecnico di Milano), Alice Maccarini (Universit\`a di Pavia), Marco Marcon (Politecnico di Milano), Luca Mainardi (Politecnico di Milano), Pietro Cerveri (Politecnico di Milano, Universit\`a di Pavia)

Generalist Models in Medical Image Segmentation: A Survey and Performance Comparison with Task-Specific Approaches
Following the successful paradigm shift of large language models, leveraging pre-training on a massive corpus of data and fine-tuning on different downstream tasks, generalist models have made their foray into computer vision. The introduction of Segment Anything Model (SAM) set a milestone on segmentation of natural images, inspiring the design of a multitude of architectures for medical image segmentation. In this survey we offer a comprehensive and in-depth investigation on generalist models…

PersonaLens: A Benchmark for Personalization Evaluation in Conversational AI Assistants
Zheng Zhao, Clara Vania, Subhradeep Kayal, Naila Khan, Shay B. Cohen, Emine Yilmaz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09902

PersonaLens: A Benchmark for Personalization Evaluation in Conversational AI Assistants
Large language models (LLMs) have advanced conversational AI assistants. However, systematically evaluating how well these assistants apply personalization--adapting to individual user preferences while completing tasks--remains challenging. Existing personalization benchmarks focus on chit-chat, non-conversational tasks, or narrow domains, failing to capture the complexities of personalized task-oriented assistance. To address this, we introduce PersonaLens, a comprehensive benchmark for evalu…

Hyperfixiation Joy, Stay if You Love It, Scroll if You Don’t!
Next year marks a decade since I first heard Loin d’ici by Zoë Straub. Ten years of the same song looping in my mind, ten years of clinging to every word, every note, as if it’s the only thing keeping me afloat. I remember May 14, 2016, like it’s a scar, the day my hyperfixation began. Time keeps slipping past me, but the song stays, haunting and comforting at once, as if Zoë herself is quietly following me through the endle…

EU's Frontex has published a children's book for children who are about to be deported
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https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/6eea0e99-e464-11ef-be2a-01aa75ed71a1
Official PDFs availabl…

Toolbox for children in return - Publications Office of the EU
Addressing the return of unaccompanied minors or children within families is a delicate matter that demands a humane approach. This approach must not only respect fundamental rights but also prioritise the child's best interests. Additionally, clear and comprehensive information about the return procedures is essential for those involved, enabling them to prepare as effectively as possible. One of the primary objectives of Frontex is to assist MS throughout all stages of the return procedures. …