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Ukraine strikes deep into Russia with drones, targets airfields after record Kyiv barrage: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/05/ukraine-strikes-deep-into-russia.html

Bollywood, French films, Spaghetti westerns and others take note.
The orange stain known as the greatest actor to ever appear on the boob tube hereby proclaims.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump · May 4, 2025, 7:18 PM

The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. …

Filing: neobank Chime plans to sell 26M shares in its IPO at $24 to $26, giving it a valuation between $10.3B and $11.1B; its two co-founders own 4% to 5% each (Cory Weinberg/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/chime-sets-ipo-…

Chime Sets Tentative IPO Price at Around $10.7 Billion
Banking app Chime plans to sell shares in an initial public offering at a price that would value it at between $10.3 billion and $11.1 billion, on a fully-diluted basis, the company said in a new securities filing Monday. The company set the price range ahead of a roadshow to meet investors over the next week, ahead of its IPO. The per-share price of the range, between $24 and $26, is more

Bollywood, French films, Spaghetti westerns and others take note.
The orange stain known as the greatest actor to ever appear on the boob tube hereby proclaims.
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump · May 4, 2025, 7:18 PM

The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States. Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated. …

Sources: xAI is launching a $300M secondary stock offering that values the group at $113B, allowing staff to sell shares to new investors (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/703e93f1-28bf-4890-8c9c-141bf81dd206

Elon Musk’s xAI seeks $113bn valuation in $300mn share sale
Deal to allow investors to buy into group following March takeover of X

Windowing in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy: resolving resonances in thin-film samples
Esteban Marulanda, Fernanda L. Costa, Nicolas M. Kawahala, Felix G. G. Hernandez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00729

Windowing in terahertz time-domain spectroscopy: resolving resonances in thin-film samples
Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) has become a powerful tool for investigating the optical properties of thin films, offering direct access to the complex permittivity in the terahertz range. However, in transmission-based measurements of thin films on thick substrates, multiple reflections and limited time windows can introduce artifacts that obscure resonant features such as phonon modes. Time-domain windowing is widely employed to mitigate these effects, yet systematic guidelines …

A devastating overnight attack in Kyiv has killed at least 16 people and wounded over 110 more.
This is just the latest in Russia's intensified offensive that has made April the deadliest month since last September.
Right now, 5 million Ukrainian refugees are scattered across Europe,
while 3.7 million people remain displaced inside their own country.
Families are fleeing for their lives as attacks spread across eastern, southern and northeastern regions.
U…

Vermont plastic bag use dropped 91% following ban, researchers find #Vermont

Vermont plastic bag use dropped 91% following ban, researchers find
In the midst of 2020 COVID measures, another change took place in Vermont: A law went into effect banning businesses from offering plastic bags to customers, with paper bags only available for a fee.

Immigration protests last overnight in Los Angeles following surprise ICE detainments
Protests lasted through the night in Los Angeles after ICE conducted surprise immigration operations on Friday.
https://www.cbsnews.com/los…

Klarna launches a $40/month unlimited mobile plan in the US via a partnership with telecom services startup Gigs, following similar offerings by Revolut and N26 (Ryan Browne/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/18/klarna-ceo-outlines-plan-to…

Klarna CEO wants to turn the platform into a 'super app' with AI
The buy now, pay later giant's IPO may be on hold — but its business strategy remains the same, according to CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski.