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Before this #LetterboxdFriday ends, I share my #LastFourWatched
The Greatest Hits (3½★)
Despicable Me 2 (3★)
Despicable Me (3½★)
Sing (1½★)
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The Trump administration found
“no viable path” forward
to complete California’s high-speed rail project
following a nearly four-month investigation that jeopardizes
$4 billion in federal funding.
In a 310-page compliance review released Wednesday,
the Department of Transportation cited budget shortfalls,
missed deadlines and a misleading projected ridership to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles via fast rail.
The review targets federal gran…

Trump administration moves to pull funding on high-speed rail
The Trump administration could pull $4 billion in federal funding from California's high-speed rail project within 37 days, following a Department of Transportation compliance review.

High-pressure Induced Phase Transition and Laser Characterization Response of MAPbBr$_3$ Thin Films
Xin Tang, Ruilin Li, Shuaiqi Li, Dingke Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03499 …

High-pressure Induced Phase Transition and Laser Characterization Response of MAPbBr3 Thin Films
The high-pressure behavior of 3D metal halide chalcogenides (MHPs) has been widely studied. In the field of high-pressure technology, the studies on 3D MHPs have focused on the structural and optical properties, where the optical properties are mainly investigated on the photoluminescence behavior, while the laser properties of the materials have not been studied yet. In this paper, MAPbBr3-MAAc films with ionic liquid methylammonium acetate (MAAc) as solvent and conventional MAPbBr3-DMF:DMSO f…

Writer Ariel Courage on never feeling finished https://thecreativeindependent.com/people/writer-ariel-courage-on-ne…

Writer Ariel Courage on never feeling finished – The Creative Independent
Author Ariel Courage discusses hyper-individualism, MFAs, and writing as a social act.

I've seen 51 of these top 100 movies from the nytimes
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/6/23/nyts-best-films-of-the-21st-century-polls-over-500-filmmakers

I've enjoyed Michael Madsen in films ever since I first saw Reservoir Dogs, probably when I was 13 or 14, right after it came out. And then in Species, Sin City, Kill Bill- and the most recent Madsen thing I've seen, The Hateful Eight, from 10 years ago. And he was in 8 movies last year, and 4 still upcoming! Truly one of our time's greatest actors, and amazing right up to the end. He'll be missed. RIP

Been working in Costa again whilst freeloading off Tesco’s leccy.
Definitely works as a way to save money…
#EV #PHEV #VW

Several significant pieces of the House-approved spending bill are at risk of falling out of the legislation as it moves through the Senate
At least one of Thune’s members is already publicly floating that his party should be willing to directly overrule Senate Parlementarian MacDonough on the reconciliation bill.
In a tweet last month, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) wrote on X that “disagreeing with the Senate parliamentarian may be warranted if the parliamentarian gives bad advice, and …

I have mixed feelings about this.
a - first Bond film not under the control of the Broccolis.
b - But its Amazon.
c - But its Villeneuve.

I'm conflicted.
#movies #bond #jamesbond

Electronic structure reorganization in MPS3 via d-shell-selective alkali metal doping
Jonah Elias Nitschke, Preeti Bhumla, Till Willershausen, Patrick Merisescu, David Janas, Lasse Sternemann, Michael Gutnikov, Karl Schiller, Valentin Mischke, Michele Capra, Mira Sophie Arndt, Silvana Botti, Mirko Cinchetti
https://arxiv.org/abs…

Electronic structure reorganization in MPS3 via d-shell-selective alkali metal doping
Semiconducting two-dimensional (2D) antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition-metal thiophosphates (MPS3) offer promising opportunities for spintronic applications due to their highly tunable electronic properties. While alloying and intercalation have been shown to modulate ground states, the role of d-shell filling in governing these transitions remains insufficiently understood. Here, we investigate electron doping effects in MPS3 using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), X-ray photo…