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Trump on Saturday threatened to “push hard” to keep a $1.8 billion
“anti-weaponization” slush fund active, amid an ongoing feud between two Republican senators and the Trump administration over the felon-president’s nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general.
Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., are both departing Congress after feuding with Trump.
In Texas, Cornyn ran for re-election, losing in a primary runoff to state Attorney General Ken Paxton after…

Trump says he’ll revive ‘anti-weaponization’ fund if Blanche’s nomination for AG is blocked
Trump threatened to “push hard” to keep a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund active, amid an ongoing feud between two Republican senators and the Trump administration over Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general.

Roku raises the prices of its flagship hardware devices, citing shortages of RAM and other components due to AI; Roku Ultra's price rises $50 to $150 (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/07/roku-raises-prices-memory-component-shortages-bla…

Roku raises prices of streaming devices, ongoing memory shortage blamed
The cost of some Roku streaming devices has increased by as much as 50 percent as the company works through ongoing component shortages caused by the AI craze.

So here's the next step in the ongoing enshittification process...
software already comes as a subscription model,
and now hardware is moving in the same direction.
Pretty soon we won't be able to own anything
https://graphics.social/@metin/116959133855508984

Tony Romo’s major endorsement in jeopardy as brand goes quiet amid CBS leave https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/tony-romo-sponsor-silence-arrest/f4967c03223a0258d52983ef

Nederlandse vrouwen achtervolgd en lastiggevallen op stranden en stations: AI-bril uit verkoop of verboden | Nieuws | BN DeStem.nl
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A CSFG-based neural network basis-selection method for large-scale RCI calculations within GRASPG
Chaofan Shi, Shaowei Tian, Ran Si, Gediminas Gaigalas, Per J\"onsson, Chongyang Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.21202

An islandwide blackout hit Cuba on Monday -- as the country’s fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble.
The blackout in the country of nearly 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union
The Ministry of Energy and Mines wrote on X that it has activated protocols to restore electricity.
Fuel has been running out across Cuba since January, when Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the island,

Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as its fuel reserve dwindles and grid crumbles
An islandwide blackout has hit Cuba as fuel reserves dwindle and its electric grid continues to crumble. The blackout Monday was reported by Cuba’s Electric Union, which said on X that the cause was under investigation. Fuel has been running out across Cuba since January when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the island, deepening the island’s ongoing economic and financial crisis. Public transportation has largely been halted, and o…

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Non-orthogonal extension of Graspg - dynamic electron correlation for large and compact active spaces
Sijie Wu, Ran Si, Chongyang Chen, Gediminas Gaigalas, Michel Godefroid, Per J\"onsson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.14362

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