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China set to open world’s tallest bridge, expanding infrastructure push
China will open the world’s tallest bridge this month,
besting its own record with a structure that can fit almost two Eiffel Towers beneath it.

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in southwestern Guizhou,
one of China’s poorest provinces,
stands a staggering 2,050 feet above ground,
making it almost twice the height of Paris’s landmark tower.

It stretches 9,481 feet end to end, ac…

China set to open world’s tallest bridge, expanding infrastructure push
The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge can fit almost two Eiffel Towers under it and will be touted as evidence of China’s engineering prowess when it opens this month.

Historic Grand Canyon lodge reportedly destroyed by Dragon Bravo wildfire
https://www.abc15.com/news/state/an-official-says-a-historic-grand-canyon-lodge-has-been-destroyed-by-wildfire

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Here’s a healthcare lawyer answering some common questions including if it is ethical to get the COVID vaccine, are you taking a dose away from someone who really needs it, etc
(free and shareable link)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/138476876/

Two wildfires are burning at or near the North Rim, known
as the White Sage Fire
and the Dragon Bravo Fire.
The latter is the one that destroyed the lodge and other structures.
The park initially was managing it as a controlled burn
but then shifted to suppression as it rapidly grew to 7.8 square miles (20 square kilometers) because of hot temperatures,
low humidity and wind, fire officials said.
No injuries have been reported.
Millions of peo…

A historic Grand Canyon lodge has been destroyed by wildfire, park official says
The Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging inside the park at the North Rim, was consumed by the flames, park Superintendent Ed Keable told park residents, staff and others in a meeting Sunday morning. He said the visitor center, the gas station, a waste water treatment plant, an administrative building and some employee housing were among the 50 to 80 structures lost.

Skateboarding is not a crime!
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-tells-police-that-common-protest-activities-are-violent-tactics/

DHS Tells Police That Common Protest Activities Are ‘Violent Tactics’
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.

Finding Common Ground: Using Large Language Models to Detect Agreement in Multi-Agent Decision Conferences
Selina Heller, Mohamed Ibrahim, David Antony Selby, Sebastian Vollmer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08440

Finding Common Ground: Using Large Language Models to Detect Agreement in Multi-Agent Decision Conferences
Decision conferences are structured, collaborative meetings that bring together experts from various fields to address complex issues and reach a consensus on recommendations for future actions or policies. These conferences often rely on facilitated discussions to ensure productive dialogue and collective agreement. Recently, Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown significant promise in simulating real-world scenarios, particularly through collaborative multi-agent systems that mimic group in…

Oof, today’s #Connections is giving me brain lock. For the first time in a long time, I don’t even know where to start. #Connections762 https://www.…

board_directors: Norwegian Boards of Directors (2002-2011)
224 networks of the affiliations among board directors due to sitting on common boards of Norwegian public limited companies (as of 5 August 2009), from May 2002 onward, in monthly snapshots through August 2011. Some metadata is included, such as director and company names, city and postal code for companies, and gender for directors. The 'net2m' data are bipartite company-director networks, while the 'net1m' ar…

The Grand Canyon Lodge,
the only lodging inside the park at the North Rim,
was consumed by the flames,
park Superintendent Ed Keable told park residents, staff and others in a meeting Sunday morning.
https://bsky.app/profile/pbsnews.org/post/3lturjh5k2a2h…