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OKC et le Bouddhisme Tibétain : Une Légitimité Bâtie sur le Silence des « Grands Maîtres »
et les promoteurs du Bouddhisme Tibétain sauce "plein conscience"
https://chardonsbleus.org/okc-et-le-bouddhism…

🪁 Non-native trees gain ground in eastern US, reducing native species diversity
(... blame Ben Franklin!)
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-native-trees-gain-ground-eastern.html

Non-native trees gain ground in eastern US, reducing native species diversity
In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have used data from a 120-year-old program managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to quantify the effects of introduced species.

How the delivery app Fantuan grew its US presence to 50 cities since 2019 by focusing on Asian cuisines, with an app design reminiscent of Chinese platforms (Alex Harring/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/31/under-the-

Under-the-radar delivery apps are gaining ground in the U.S. by courting Asian restaurants
Asian restaurants are utilizing delivery apps like Fantuan and HungryPanda instead of or in addition to bigger-name options.

US-Analysten: Smartphone-Verkäufe wegen US-Zollpolitik unter Druck 
Die Markforscher von IDC haben ihre Verkaufs-Prognose für Smartphones nach unten korrigiert. Ein Grund ist die wachsende Verunsicherung der US-Verbraucher.

Russian delegates call abducted children issue "show for childless European grandmothers" - Euromaidan Press
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/03/russian-delegates-call-abducted-children-issue-show-for-childless-european-grandmothers/

Marc Maron plans to end WTF With Marc Maron podcast in the fall; the groundbreaking podcast helped define the medium with 1,600 episodes after its 2009 launch (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/marc-maron-end-wtf-podcas…

Marc Maron to End Groundbreaking 'WTF' Podcast After 16 Years
Marc Maron announces he and producer Brendan McDonald will end the groundbreaking 'WTF' podcast this fall after 16 years and 1,600+ episodes.

The National Science Foundation #NSF has paused all new grants per memo leaked to Nature.
Email states “stop awarding all funding actions until further notice.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

I have just submitted a grant application to the Swedish Science Council with the title "Functional multi-objective optimization under uncertainty".
https://patrikja.owlstown.net/posts/3782
If granted it would pay for a PhD student supervision time.
Some prelimina…

The Trump administration has terminated National Science Foundation grants for more than 100 research projects related to climate change
amid a widening campaign to slash federal funding for scientists and institutions studying the rising risks of a warming world.
The move will cut off what’s likely to amount to tens of millions of dollars for studies that were previously approved and, in most cases, already in the works. 
Affected projects include efforts to develop cleaner …

The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies
Tens of millions of dollars in NSF grants have been slashed, and scientists fear the US is about to lose a generation of climate researchers.

#uspol Federal grants that my mom's department uses to study long-term care for people with Alzheimer's disease have been withdrawn, and an accompanying letter bearing RFK Jr.'s signature decried their work as unscientific and a waste of money.
This is especially sad to our family as her father/my grandfather had Alzheimer's for many years before he passed.
To sus…

Alzheimer's Association | Alzheimer's Disease & Dementia Help
Alzheimer's Association national site – information on Alzheimer's disease and dementia symptoms, diagnosis, stages, treatment, care and support resources.