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Breaking: Cowboys make 2022 first-round pick highest paid at position in NFL history https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/09/13/cowboys-extension-tyler-smith/86140889007/

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,090,010 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/09/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

In 2022, Oregonians narrowly passed Measure 111,
⭐️amending their constitution and guaranteeing affordable health care as a fundamental right to every resident of the state.
Through years of organizing, coalition building and planning,
💥Oregon may enact its Universal Health Plan as early as fall 2027. 
In the face of extreme Medicaid cuts from the Trump administration
-- which will leave roughly 16 million people without health coverage by 2034
-- a state-l…

Could Oregon chart the course for universal health care in the US?
Oregon is on the verge of enacting a single-payer health care plan, but continued organizing is needed to secure this historic victory.

OSINT or BULLSHINT? Exploring Open-Source Intelligence tweets about the Russo-Ukrainian War
Johannes Niu, Mila Stillman, Anna Kruspe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03599 https://

OSINT or BULLSHINT? Exploring Open-Source Intelligence tweets about the Russo-Ukrainian War
This paper examines the role of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) on Twitter regarding the Russo-Ukrainian war, distinguishing between genuine OSINT and deceptive misinformation efforts, termed "BULLSHINT." Utilizing a dataset spanning from January 2022 to July 2023, we analyze nearly 2 million tweets from approximately 1,040 users involved in discussing real-time military engagements, strategic analyses, and misinformation related to the conflict. Using sentiment analysis, partisanship detectio…

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,045,220 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

90 % der Bürger wünschen sich laut Bitkom mehr Tempo bei der Verwaltungsdigitalisierung. 2017 versprach das OZG: 575 Leistungen bis Ende 2022 online. Realität: erst 165 flächendeckend – selbst gefragteste Behördenleistungen gibt es oft nur in 10 % der Kommunen. Das Vertrauen schwindet schneller, als Aktenordner verstauben. #heise

Gefragteste Behördenleistungen nur in 10 Prozent der Kommunen digital verfügbar
Digitalisierung der Behörden bleibt eine Großbaustelle: Nach wie vor sind viele Leistungen nicht online verfügbar. Die Bürger wünschen laut Bitkom mehr Tempo.

I’m running CalyxOS on my old Fairphone4, not because it’s a bad choice, but precisely to observe how incredibly behind this OS is on security updates.
My primary device today is a Pixel 9a running GrapheneOS, not this outdated, insecure, and privacy-compromised Fairphone 4.
This Fairphone never became my daily driver once I realized just how far behind it is on security and privacy. I used it from October 2022 until I switched to my Pixel 6a running GrapheneOS in early May 2023,…

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,075,160 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/23/general-staff-russia-has-lost.html

faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …

Identifying the post-pandemic determinants of low performing students in Latin America through interpretable Machine Learning SHAP Values-Insights from PISA 2022
Marcos Delprato
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24508

Identifying the post-pandemic determinants of low performing students in Latin America through interpretable Machine Learning SHAP Values-Insights from PISA 2022
The high prevalence of students not achieving the basic competencies in Latin America is concerning. Even more so given the region's deep structural inequalities and the larger post-pandemic regional learning losses. Within this scenario, this paper contributes to the identification of the determinants of bottom and low performers (below level 2) using recent advancements on explainable machine learning methods. In particular, relying on PISA 2022 data for 10 countries and using the Shapley Add…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #AmyLamé
Bonobo:
🎵 Shadows (6 Music Session, 23 May 2022)
#Bonobo
https://bonobomusic.bandcamp.com/track/shadows-feat-jordan-rakei
https://open.spotify.com/track/7aLYQgzGLy8duSSdTJa1ik

Veteran LB Von Miller, Washington Commanders finalizing 1-year deal: Reports https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6499101/2025/07/16/von-miller-washington-commanders-signing-reports/

Can Quantum Physics Help Fight Climate Change? A Thematic Analysis of Press Release Narratives
Maxwell Bernstein, Joanna Krajewski, Rachel Fisher
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13600 …

Can Quantum Physics Help Fight Climate Change? A Thematic Analysis of Press Release Narratives
The climate crisis demands innovative solutions and quantum technologies are considered by some a potential solution (Berger et al., 2021; Calvin et al., 2023). The United Nations declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (United Nations, 2024), focusing on applications for quantum technologies. Quantum technologies, leveraging quantum mechanics, offer unprecedented computational power (Ajagekar & You, 2022) and sensitivity (Schleich et al., 2016) that could revolut…

Private and public school efficiency gaps in Latin America-A combined DEA and machine learning approach based on PISA 2022
Marcos Delprato
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25353 https…

Private and public school efficiency gaps in Latin America-A combined DEA and machine learning approach based on PISA 2022
Latin America's education systems are fragmented and segregated, with substantial differences by school type. The concept of school efficiency (the ability of school to produce the maximum level of outputs given available resources) is policy relevant due to scarcity of resources in the region. Knowing whether private and public schools are making an efficient use of resources -and which are the leading drivers of efficiency- is critical, even more so after the learning crisis brought by the CO…

Another light brigade becomes heavy mechanized: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/25/another-light-brigade-becomes-heavy.html

Determinants of Latin American students academic resilience-Insights based on PISA 2022 using an explainable machine learning approach
Marcos Delprato
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24830

Determinants of Latin American students academic resilience-Insights based on PISA 2022 using an explainable machine learning approach
The learning crisis in the Latin American region (i.e., higher rates of students not reaching basic competencies at secondary level) is worrying, particularly post-pandemic given the stronger role of inequality behind achievement. Within this scenario, the concept of student academic resilience (SAR), students who despite coming from disadvantaged backgrounds reach good performance levels, and an analysis of its determinants, are policy relevant. In this paper, using advancements on explainable…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #AmyLamé
Bonobo:
🎵 Shadows (6 Music Session, 23 May 2022)
#Bonobo
https://bonobomusic.bandcamp.com/track/shadows-feat-jordan-rakei
https://open.spotify.com/track/7aLYQgzGLy8duSSdTJa1ik