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Man würde denken, Linke würden förmlich überrannt von besorgten Bürger*innen.
Die sorgen sich wegen steigender Kosten, wegen der Spaltung der Gesellschaft und dem Gefühl, Politiker*innen wären überfordert. Klima auch, und Pflege.
DAS WAR'S.
Quelle: https://www.

#CDFriday with #CreationRebel. A crucial anthology of six key albums by the original #OnUSound house band.

Die ePetition 161644 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Immissionsschutz mit dem Titel
Pfandgeld auf Feuerwerk Batterien
kann bis zum Mittwoch 08. Mai 2024 01:00 UTC mitgezeichnet werden und lautet
Mit der Petition wird ähnlich wie Dosen- und Flaschenpfand ein Pfand auf Feuerwerk gefordert.
und wird begründet
Nach der Silvesternacht stehen auf sämtlichen Straßen die Feuerwerk Batterien. Klötze die nicht weggeräumt werden, weil es keinen interessiert. Verkehr wird …

Media: Russian Su-30 producer buys back over $400 million of own equipment in past 2 years: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/07/media-russian-su.html

spanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 238 nodes and 3755 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish

cc @…
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Steglitz-Zehlendorf 7. März 2024

Die monatliche durchschnittliche Konzentration von Kohlendioxid in der Atmosphäre, die im März 2024 am Mauna Loa-Observatorium der NOAA gemessen wurde, war 4,7 Teile pro Million (ppm) höher als im März 2023, was einen neuen Rekord aufstellte und das zunehmende Tempo der CO2-Zuflässung in die Atmosphäre durch menschliche Aktivitäten aufzeigt. #NOAA

march 19, 2023 Via https://orthis.social/@orthat/112122773254160934
https://migurski.tu…

or that... (@orthat@orthis.social)
Attached: 1 image march 19, 2023 / or that... https://aaronland.info/orthis/186/339/571/1/

LinkedIn says its premium subscriptions unit hit $1.7B in revenue in 2023; COO Dan Shapero says premium subscribers rose 25% in 2023 (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/rare-disclosure-link…

https://www.fileside.app/blog/2023-03-17_windows-file-paths/ - The weird world of Windows file paths.

Gene-agnostic approaches to treating inherited retinal degenerations https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2023.1177838/full Funny how they write a whole section on the BrainPort Vision Pro without even mentioning The vOICe - more agnosticism…

Gene-agnostic approaches to treating inherited retinal degenerations
Most patients with inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) have been waiting for treatments that are “just around the corner” for decades, with only a handful of seminal breakthroughs happening in recent years. Highlighting the difficulties in the quest for curative therapeutics, Luxturna required 16 years of development before finally obtaining United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and its international equivalents. IRDs are both genetically and phenotypically heterogen…

Two Congregations Force LGBT Debate on Evangelical Covenan...... | News & Reporting | Christianity Today
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/january/awaken-quest-evangelical-covenant-lgbt-division.html…

Two Congregations Force LGBT Debate on Evangelical Covenant Church
UPDATE: One church has left voluntarily and another voted out over human sexuality.

Spirit of Invention exhibition goes to Newcastle-upon-Tyne https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/spirit-of-invention-exhibition-goes-to-newcastle-upon-tyne-2/

Spirit of Invention exhibition goes to Newcastle-upon-Tyne - The National Archives
The National Archives is delighted to announce that Spirit of Invention will become our first exhibition to go on tour. It opens at Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s Discovery Museum on 16 March. The interactive exhibition, our first designed for young families, had a successful season at The National Archives in Kew during 2023. When it opens in Newcastle […]

Scalable #CSS – @…
https://chriscoyier.net/2023/01/17/sca

A new starter will rise at middle linebacker for Dallas in 2024 https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/a_new_starter_will_rise_at_middle_linebacker_for_dallas_in_2024/s1_17100_40070978

A new starter will rise at middle linebacker for Dallas in 2024
2024 Roster Review: Starting Linebackers – Part 13 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. For the first four games of the 2023 season, the linebacker room was as rock solid as any in the NFL. Then came Trent Williams' dirty play in a Week 5 loss to the 49ers. The offensive lineman shoved Leighton Vander Esch head first into the path of Micah Parsons. The collision sent Vander Esch to the turf and then out of the game. He never played another down in 2023. He may never play ano…

Quantifying the Bulk Density of Southern Delta Aquariid Meteoroids: Insights from the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory
Arazi Pinhas, Zbyszek Krzeminski, Denis Vida, Peter Brown
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07270

Quantifying the Bulk Density of Southern Delta Aquariid Meteoroids: Insights from the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory
Physical properties of ten millimeter-sized meteoroids from the Southern Delta Aquariids (SDA) shower are derived using optical observations from the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory between 2020 and 2023. The meteors are found to ablate in two distinct erosion stages, the second stage showing a single, bright leading fragment. Our modelling interprets these observations as evidence for equal masses of compact grains embedded in a porous, low density matrix. The average bulk density of SDA…

Some 🔥 from @… on #GLAMtech / #MuseTech:
'The web happened and while it was absolutely the new, shiny, cool thing at the time it also happened to be the techno…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.15135 has been replaced.
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Linear-Function Correcting Codes
In this paper, we study linear-function correcting codes, a class of codes designed to protect linear function evaluations of a message against errors. The work "Function-Correcting Codes" by Lenz et al. 2023 provides a graphical representation for the problem of constructing function-correcting codes. We use this graph to get a lower bound the on redundancy required for function correction. By considering the function to be a bijection, such an approach also provides a lower bound on the redun…

Anti-abortion attorneys ascend federal government ranks with Christian right legal training
The conservative Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom’s expansive ties include  federal judges and most recently Speaker of the House
The nonprofit law firm that helped Mississippi solicitor general Scott Stewart argue and win the #Dobbs case
— the Alliance Defending Freedom
— has work…

Anti-abortion attorneys ascend federal government ranks with Christian right legal training • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The U.S. house speaker is among a number of people affiliated with a conservative group that's trying to capture the courts.

The Rat King 🐀👑🐀
Dramatized urban fantasy thriller series | A serialized thriller fiction podcast that weaves magical realism with urban mythology.
The Shrill Collective is women-led independent nonprofit theater company dedicated to incubating new works, challenging the cis-male-dominated canon, and using art t...
https://www.

The Rat King 🐀👑🐀
Dramatized urban fantasy thriller series | A serialized thriller fiction podcast that weaves magical realism with urban mythology. The Shrill Collective is women-led independent nonprofit theater company dedicated to incubating new works, challenging the cis-male-dominated canon, and using art to benefit community organizations. 1 seasons, 7 episodes as of Feb 24, 2023.

i continue to find OpenAI ChatGPT to be very useful for helping me write the boilerplate things that i could write myself but that will just be like the other 17 times I've written the same function and take away my joy in getting to the end goal of the task i'm working on.
on that note, I now have a sqlite database with each of the 2.5M grants and disbursements made from charitable foundations and non-profits in 2023.

Der jährliche PKS-Tag naht.
Zur Erinnerung: Die Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik (PKS) sammelt, gegen wen ermittelt wird. Durch die Polizei.
D.h. falls die Polizei Schwarze und Schwarzhaarige öfter kontrolliert, dann tauchen die da auch öfter auf.
Dazu kommt der beliebte Vorwurf des 'Widerstands' bei vielen Demo-Festnahmen = Ermittlung in der PKS. Das erklärt einen guten Teil der hohen Zahlen von Straftaten durch 'Linksextremist*innen'.

King Ayisoba – Work Hard
https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-ayisoba-work-hard/
“Work Hard” solidifies King Ayisoba‘s reputation as both a shamanic performer and a restless sonic experimenter.
The album is a wild mashup of Ayisoba’s frenetic kologo sound and mu…

King Ayisoba - Work Hard - African Music Forum
King Ayisoba - Work Hard - 2 tracks ("Bossi Labome" & "People Talk Too Much") taken from new album released on Feb, 17 2023.

Impacto Distributivo Potencial de Reformas na Tributacao Indireta no Brasil: Simulacoes Baseadas na PEC 45/2019
Rozane Bezerra dde Siqueira, Jose Ricardo Bezerra Nogueira, Carlos Feitosa Luna
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07651

Impacto Distributivo Potencial de Reformas na Tributacao Indireta no Brasil: Simulacoes Baseadas na PEC 45/2019
This paper analyzes the redistributive impacts of indirect taxation reforms in Brazil inspired by PEC 45/2019, particularly in the version that led to EC 132/2023. Comparisons are made between the current system and the simulated reforms, considering the distribution of the tax burden among families in different income classes, as well as the impact on poverty and inequality indicators. The simulations are conducted based on the combination of effective tax rates that apply to goods and service…

"After the law came into force in May 2023, local groups reported that #LGBT people in #Uganda were experiencing increased attacks and #discrimination... (including) beatings, sexual and psychological violence, evictio…

Uganda: Court Upholds Anti-Homosexuality Act 
Uganda’s Constitutional Court on April 3, 2024 upheld the abusive and radical provisions of the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling further entrenches discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and makes them prone to more violence.

Boom. GST for the 2023-2024 tax year paid.

Las Vegas Raiders WR Davante Adams reveals that teammate Jakobi Meyers is helping him learn more https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/las_vegas_raiders_wr_davante_adams_reveals_…

Quantifying the Bulk Density of Southern Delta Aquariid Meteoroids: Insights from the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory
Arazi Pinhas, Zbyszek Krzeminski, Denis Vida, Peter Brown
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07270

Quantifying the Bulk Density of Southern Delta Aquariid Meteoroids: Insights from the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory
Physical properties of ten millimeter-sized meteoroids from the Southern Delta Aquariids (SDA) shower are derived using optical observations from the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory between 2020 and 2023. The meteors are found to ablate in two distinct erosion stages, the second stage showing a single, bright leading fragment. Our modelling interprets these observations as evidence for equal masses of compact grains embedded in a porous, low density matrix. The average bulk density of SDA…

spanish_highschools: Spanish high schools (2023)
Directed networks of friendships obtained through a social survey of spanish high school students.
This network has 121 nodes and 1793 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Weighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/spanish

A note on adjoint reality in simple complex Lie algebras
Krishnendu Gongopadhyay, Chandan Maity
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03392 https://

A note on adjoint reality in simple complex Lie algebras
Let $G$ be a Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$. In the paper "Reality of unipotent elements in simple Lie groups, Bull. Sci. Math., 185, 2023, 103261" by K. Gongopadhyay and C. Maity, an infinitesimal version of the notion of classical reality, namely adjoint reality, has been introduced. An element $X \in \mathfrak g$ is adjoint real if $-X$ belongs to the adjoint orbit of $X$ in $\mathfrak g$. In this paper, we investigate the adjoint real and the strongly adjoint real semisimple eleme…

Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a $2.5-4.5~M_\odot$ Compact Object and a Neutron Star
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration, the Virgo Collaboration, the KAGRA Collaboration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04248

Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a $2.5-4.5~M_\odot$ Compact Object and a Neutron Star
We report the observation of a coalescing compact binary with component masses $2.5-4.5~M_\odot$ and $1.2-2.0~M_\odot$ (all measurements quoted at the 90% credible level). The gravitational-wave signal GW230529_181500 was observed during the fourth observing run of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detector network on 2023 May 29 by the LIGO Livingston Observatory. The primary component of the source has a mass less than $5~M_\odot$ at 99% credibility. We cannot definitively determine from gravitational-wav…

RIP Daniel #Kahneman. Thoughts from last year:
"...*Thinking, Fast and Slow* was a life-changer for me. As soon as I read it in 2013, I urged colleagues to read it, even convening a book club."
"I can *feel* the move in my mind from the constant important work of System 1 to the deliberative work of System 2. Knowing how often my intuition has been a hindrance to my understanding of the world, I welcome the feeling of going to the place where the adult is in charge."
https://sfmatheson.blogspot.com/2023/08/scientific-thinking-as-antidote-to.html

Daily reminder that Portland, Oregon, police admitted they wrote fewer traffic citations and blamed it on exaggerated staffing issues as a political ploy to increase funding. And it worked!
https://bikeportland.org/2023/08/08/po

Portland Police Bureau officer admits traffic enforcement messaging was politically motivated
Something the Portland Police Bureau did in 2021 has bothered me ever since.

The Rat King 🐀👑🐀
Dramatized urban fantasy thriller series | A serialized thriller fiction podcast that weaves magical realism with urban mythology.
The Shrill Collective is women-led independent nonprofit theater company dedicated to incubating new works, challenging the cis-male-dominated canon, and using art t...
https://www.

The Rat King 🐀👑🐀
Dramatized urban fantasy thriller series | A serialized thriller fiction podcast that weaves magical realism with urban mythology. The Shrill Collective is women-led independent nonprofit theater company dedicated to incubating new works, challenging the cis-male-dominated canon, and using art to benefit community organizations. 1 seasons, 7 episodes as of Feb 24, 2023.

Using #ApacheKafka with #ngrok by @…

On the mod $k$ chromatic index of graphs
Oothan Nweit, Daqing Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03614 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.03614<…

On the mod $k$ chromatic index of graphs
For a graph $G$ and an integer $k\geq 2$, a $χ'_{k}$-coloring of $G$ is an edge coloring of $G$ such that the subgraph induced by the edges of each color has all degrees congruent to $1 ~ (\moddd k)$, and $χ'_{k}(G)$ is the minimum number of colors in a $χ'_{k}$-coloring of $G$. In ["The mod $k$ chromatic index of graphs is $O(k)$", J. Graph Theory. 2023; 102: 197-200], Botler, Colucci and Kohayakawa proved that $χ'_{k}(G)\leq 198k-101$ for every graph $G$. In this paper, we show that $χ'_…

Germany accuses Russia of cyberattack against governing party in 2023: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/03/germany-accuses-russia.html

Jade Plant flower, December 2023, Huntington Library, San Marino, California, USA. #flower #flowers #nature

Dallas Cowboys re-sign defensive tackle Carl Davis https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/dallas_cowboys_re_sign_defensive_tackle_carl_davis/s1_17236_40069564

Dallas Cowboys re-sign defensive tackle Carl Davis
The Dallas Cowboys have re-signed defensive tackle Carl Davis to the roster for the 2024 season. Davis joined the team in November as a member of the practice squad and the team has now opted to keep him around as they begin to formulate what the defense will look like under Mike Zimmer. During the 2023 season, the team elevated Davis for the league maximum of three games before being reverted to the practice squad for the remainder of the season. Once the season ended, he became a free agent w…

@… @… They had a data breach last year including people’s records, and tried pretty hard to play it off without taking responsibility.

King Ayisoba – Work Hard
https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-ayisoba-work-hard/
“Work Hard” solidifies King Ayisoba‘s reputation as both a shamanic performer and a restless sonic experimenter.
The album is a wild mashup of Ayisoba’s frenetic kologo sound and mu…

King Ayisoba - Work Hard - African Music Forum
King Ayisoba - Work Hard - 2 tracks ("Bossi Labome" & "People Talk Too Much") taken from new album released on Feb, 17 2023.

French state-owned nuclear power company EDF writes off €15 billion on its UK Hinkley Point C project.
Indicates that even with a generous income of €144 per MWh - rising with inflation for 35 years and guaranteed by the UK - it's far from profitable.
https://www.<…

CHC-COMP 2023: Competition Report
Emanuele De Angelis (IASI-CNR, Rome, Italy), Hari Govind V K (University of Waterloo, Canada)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14923

CHC-COMP 2023: Competition Report
CHC-COMP 2023 is the sixth edition of the Competition of Solvers for Constrained Horn Clauses. The competition was run in April 2023 and the results were presented at the 10th Workshop on Horn Clauses for Verification and Synthesis held in Paris, France, on April 23, 2023. This edition featured seven solvers (six competing and one hors concours) and six tracks, each of which dealing with a class of clauses. This report describes the organization of CHC-COMP 2023 and presents its results.

#EnergyTransition continues at rapid pace in Europe. EU-27 electricity generation, Q1: YoY growth 2024/2023 Wind, Water & Solar (#WWS) accelerates to 15.8%, pushing fossil generation further away: -17.2%. Nuclear status quo.

US Housing Supply Gap Grows in 2023; Growth Outpaces Permits in Fast-Growing Sunbelt Metros
Realtor.com - February 27, 2024
“US housing markets continue to struggle with a growing shortage of new homes, the result of more than a decade of under-building relative to population growth.”
https://www.

US Housing Supply Gap Grows in 2023; Growth Outpaces Permits in Fast-Growing Sunbelt Metros
US housing markets continue to struggle with a growing shortage of new homes, the result of more than a decade of under-building relative to population growth. In 2023, the U.S. saw 1.67 million household formations, resulting in 17.2 million household formations between 2012 and 2023. In this time period, 14.7 million housing units were started, and 13.4 million were completed. The total housing starts count includes 9.98 million single-family and 4.71 million multi-family homes. Housing comp…

Ranking 2023: Bahnhof Au gehört zu den besten Bahnhöfen im Rheinland
Es mag auf den ersten Blick verwundern, aber das Ergebnis ist eindeutig: Der Bahnhof Au schneidet im aktuellen Bahnhofs-Ranking von "Go Rheinland" mit am besten von allen bewerteten Bahnhöfen im Rheinland ab. Einer der Bahnhöfe mit der schlechtesten Bewertung liegt ebenfalls an der Siegstrecke.

Ranking 2023: Bahnhof Au gehört zu den besten Bahnhöfen im Rheinland
Es mag auf den ersten Blick verwundern, aber das Ergebnis ist eindeutig: Der Bahnhof Au schneidet im aktuellen Bahnhofs-Ranking von "Go Rheinland" mit am besten von allen bewerteten Bahnhöfen im Rheinland ab. Einer der Bahnhöfe mit der schlechtesten Bewertung liegt ebenfalls an der Siegstrecke.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft has hilarious exchange with Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/patriots_owner_robert_kraft_has_hilarious_exchange_wi…

Amazing, beautiful, deep & varied 4 hour(!) mix by Barcelona's ABSIS (aka DJ MouseDown/MouseUp) from early 2023, featuring the likes of Donato Dozzy (in various guises), Luigi Tozzi, Toki Fuko, Simone Bauer, Aspetuck, Forest on Stasys...
https://soundcloud.com/crescent-london…

Highly recommended!
Episode 169: #Shakespeare Documented | The History of #English Podcast https://…

Wer wird Spieler des Jahres 2023 der Überraschungskategorie (m)? In diesem Jahr stehen zur Wahl: Mansur Mukazhanov, Ivan Sidletskyi, Magnus Ermitsch, Emil Frederick Schuricht.
Hier geht es zur Vorstellung der Kandidaten und zur Abstimmung in dieser und drei anderen Kategorien: https://www.deutsche-sc…

Traffic deaths declined in 2023, but distracted driving remains a danger
#RealEstate #UrbanDevelopment #SmartCitiesDive

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02097 has been replaced.
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Observations of the Polarized Solar Corona during the Annular Eclipse of October 14, 2023
We present results of a dual eclipse expedition to observe the solar corona from two sites during the annular solar eclipse of 2023 October 14, using a novel coronagraph designed to be accessible for amateurs and students to build and deploy. The coronagraph "CATEcor" builds on the standardized eclipse observing equipment developed for the Citizen CATE 2024 experiment. The observing sites were selected for likelihood of clear observations, for historic relevance (near the Climax site in the Col…

"Italy adds 2,022 MW/3,836 MWh of distributed storage capacity in 2023"
#Italy #Batteries #Energy

Italy adds 2,022 MW/3,836 MWh of distributed storage capacity in 2023
Italy hit 3,367 MW/6,645 MWh of cumulative distributed storage capacity at the end of December. The new figures indicate that lithium-ion technology powers most storage systems, at 516,475 units in total.

Eine Veloroute sollte zum zum Fahren gestaltet sein und nicht zum Parken.
„Bochum reißt mit dieser Planung die selbst gesteckten Kriterien der Stadtregierung. Das Radverkehrskonzept wurde im Mai 2023 vom Rat der Stadt Bochum beschlossen und darf nicht unterlaufen werden. Als ADFC erwarten wir stellvertretend für alle Radfahrerinnen und Radfahrer der Stadt Bochum Nachbesserungen."

Mogelpackung Veloroute - Politik scheut Auseinandersetzung mit Autofahrenden
Am 17. April hat der Ausschuss für Mobilität und Infrastruktur des Bochumer Rates beschlossen, die sogenannte Veloroute 1 zwischen der Bochumer Innenstadt und Riemke auszubauen.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.15295 has been replaced.
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Gravitational wave fluxes on generic orbits in near-extreme Kerr spacetime: higher spin and large eccentricity
To obtain the waveform template of gravitational waves (GWs), substantial computational resources and exceedingly high precision are often required. In the previous study [JCAP 11 (2023) 070], we efficiently and accurately calculate GW fluxes of a particle in circular orbits around a Schwarzschild black hole using the confluent Heun function. We extend the previous method to calculate the asymptotic GW fluxes from a particle in generic orbits around a near-extreme Kerr black hole. Especially wh…

Interested in trying out a new modular, all-in-one Rust framework?
We're proud to present our first part of Getting Started with Loco, the "Rust on Rails" framework!
Check it out: https://www.shuttle.rs/blog/2023/12/28/using-loco-rust-rails<…

Getting Started with Loco in Rust: Part 1
This article goes into a deep dive on getting started with Loco in Rust and how you can utilise its capabilities to speed up your productivity.

The Shiver Show
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

The Shiver Show | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: The Shiver Show Hosts: Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn Category: Fiction Sub-Category: Drama First Episode: 2023 The Shiver Show brings you strange and chilling tales of crime…

Former Cowboys TE discusses team focus amid culture criticisms https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/former_cowboys_te_discusses_team_focus_amid_culture_criticisms/s1_13132_40070016

Former Cowboys TE discusses team focus amid culture criticisms
Houston Texans tight end Dalton Schultz was featured on the Dallas Cowboys from 2018 to 2022 and compared the clubs during a Wednesday appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show."  "That was one of the first things that kind of stuck out to me, is like, it feels like much more — I don’t want to say college because it’s not — but the focus is just football, you know what I mean?" Schultz explained about joining Houston in 2023, per Ryan Morik of Fox News Digital. "Going back and telling some pe…

This seems like a very good thing: https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/science-hub-climate-litigation

The UCS Science Hub for Climate Litigation
We're connecting scientific experts, legal scholars, and practitioners working at the intersection of science and climate litigation.

PEN America: 4,349 books were removed from US schools across 23 states from July 2023 to December 2023, up from 3,362 books in the entire previous academic year (Alexandra Alter/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/books/book-bans-public-school…

Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools
More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one.

The Timekeeper: Win or Die 👁⏱🏃🏼
Dramatized horror thriller series | A four-episode horror/thriller audio drama that follows 17-year-old Charlie and his best friends, Gama and Zoe, as they’re pulled into a life and death version of a video game called 13 Keys.
1 seasons, 4 episodes as of Apr 26, 2023.
https://www.<…

GPT for Games: A Scoping Review (2020-2023)
Daijin Yang, Erica Kleinman, Casper Harteveld
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17794 https://ar…

GPT for Games: A Scoping Review (2020-2023)
This paper introduces a scoping review of 55 articles to explore GPT's potential for games, offering researchers a comprehensive understanding of the current applications and identifying both emerging trends and unexplored areas. We identify five key applications of GPT in current game research: procedural content generation, mixed-initiative game design, mixed-initiative gameplay, playing games, and game user research. Drawing from insights in each of these application areas, we propose direct…

"Labour’s cash from private donors now dwarfs donations from unions, while the Tories got their biggest bung ever." Where Labour and the Tories got their money from in 2023: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-mone

Raiders’ QB options in 2024 draft: Caleb Williams’ stats, strengths https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-qb-options-in-2024-draft-caleb-williams-stats-strengths-3030020/

Raiders’ QB options in 2024 draft: Caleb Williams’ stats, strengths
The Review-Journal’s look at the quarterback options available in the 2024 NFL draft begins with 2023 Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams.

4/ So und hier noch der Post zu #Gewalt im #Osten und das angeblich nötige 1968 für den Osten. #Aufarbeitung
Das sind die vier Blog-Posts zu #AnneRabe. Jetzt bin ich mit ihr fertig.
https://so-isser-der-ossi.de/2023/10/16/gewalterfahrungen-und-1968-fuer-den-osten/

A survey of 10,133 US adults: 43% of those aged 18-29 used ChatGPT in February 2024, up from 33% in July 2023, compared to 27% of 30-49 and 23% of all adults (Colleen McClain/Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-…

Americans’ use of ChatGPT is ticking up, but few trust its election information
About one-in-five U.S. adults have used ChatGPT to learn something new (17%) or for entertainment (17%).

Polynomial extension of stronger central set theorem near zero
Sujan Pal, Anik Pramanick
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.03892 https://arx…

Polynomial extension of stronger central set theorem near zero
Furstenberg introduced the notion of Central sets in 1981. Later in 1990 V. Bergelson and N. Hindman proved a different but an equivalent version of the central set theorem. In 2008 D. De, N. Hindman and D. Strauss proved a stronger version of central sets theorem. Hindman and Leader first introduced the concept of near zero. Recently S. Goswami, L. Baglini and S. Patra did a polynomial extension of Stronger Central sets theorem in 2023. In this article, we proved the Polynomial stronger Centra…

RIP Daniel #Kahneman. Thoughts from last year:
"...*Thinking, Fast and Slow* was a life-changer for me. As soon as I read it in 2013, I urged colleagues to read it, even convening a book club."
"I can *feel* the move in my mind from the constant important work of System 1 to the deliberative work of System 2. Knowing how often my intuition has been a hindrance to my understanding of the world, I welcome the feeling of going to the place where the adult is in charge."
https://sfmatheson.blogspot.com/2023/08/scientific-thinking-as-antidote-to.html

Way-too-early Las Vegas Raiders 2024 NFL Draft preview https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/way_too_early_las_vegas_raiders_2024_nfl_draft_preview/s1_13132_40070774

Way-too-early Las Vegas Raiders 2024 NFL Draft preview
The 2024 NFL Draft is on April 25-27 in Detroit. Here is the first-round order, per Tankathon. The Las Vegas Raiders missed the playoffs for a second straight season, but they might be on the upswing. After the team fired Josh McDaniels after Week 8, it went 5-4 under interim head coach Antonio Pierce, who was eventually hired for the full-time gig. The Raiders must make the most of the 2024 NFL Draft to capitalize on the momentum. 2023 record: 8-9 | First-round pick: No. 13 | Team ne…

Deutsche Bahn: Die Mangelverwaltung geht weiter
Für die Bahn war 2023 ein Katastrophenjahr. Doch schlimmer noch ist der Ausblick: Aus der versprochenen Generalsanierung wird eine Dauerbaustelle ohne Aussicht auf Besserung
https://www.capital.de/wirt…

Deutsche Bahn: Die Mangelverwaltung geht weiter
Für die Bahn war 2023 ein Katastrophenjahr. Doch schlimmer noch ist der Ausblick: Aus der Generalsanierung wird eine Dauerbaustelle 

At least one 2023 Cowboys' backup will start on the offensive line in 2024 https://insidethestar.com/at-least-one-2023-cowboys-backup-will-start-on-the-offensive-line-in-2024/

At least one 2023 Cowboys' backup will start on the offensive line in 2024 ⋆ Inside The Star
Who will step up to fill the starting role for the Dallas Cowboys left tackle position? Get the latest on the backup offensive line in our 2024 Roster Review.

Amazon plans to invest $2.75B in Anthropic, the second tranche of Amazon's planned $4B investment in the AI startup, after a $1.25B tranche in September 2023 (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/27/amazon-spends-2po…

Remember: when they said that on August 29, 2023, they still had never obtained a warrant to search the laptop, or any of Hunter’s Apple content, for that matter, for evidence to support the gun crime.
They also had not, and still have not, indexed the laptop so they know what is on there and how it got there.
And prosecutors are still saying that everything they need is available on Hunter’s iCloud account.
Sort of. In the passage of the response where Hines raised this Au…

"Poland tops 17 GW of PV capacity"
#Poland #Solar #SolarPower #Renewables

Poland tops 17 GW of PV capacity
Poland added around 4.6 GW of new PV capacity in 2023, according to new data from research institute IEO.

The Shiver Show
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The Shiver Show | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: The Shiver Show Hosts: Mary Labrie and Greg Flynn Category: Fiction Sub-Category: Drama First Episode: 2023 The Shiver Show brings you strange and chilling tales of crime…

Die ePetition 160803 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Abfallwirtschaft mit dem Titel
Erhöhung des Pfandes auf Autobatterien von 7,50 € auf 15 €
kann nur noch weniger als 2 Tage mitgezeichnet werden und hat bislang 85 Mitzeichnende. Nach Ende der Mitzeichnungsfrist wird die Petition von einem MdB im Petitionsausschuss des Bundestags bearbeitet und entschieden werden. Sollte bis zum Ende der Mitzeichnunungsfrist das Quorum erreicht werden, wird der ganze Petitionsausschuss in öffe…

At least one 2023 Cowboys’ backup will start on the offensive line in 2024 https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/at_least_one_2023_cowboys_backup_will_start_on_the_offensive_line_in_2024/s1_17100_40054…

Record Wave of Americans Fled Big Cities for Small Ones in 2023
#RealEstate #UrbanPlanning #Bloomberg #CityLab

Trump’s super PAC has helped foot his legal bills. That might end soon. - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/20/trump-legal-fees-spending-00153508

Proceedings 18th International Workshop on Logical and Semantic Frameworks, with Applications and 10th Workshop on Horn Clauses for Verification and Synthesis
Temur Kutsia (RISC, Johannes Kepler University Linz), Daniel Ventura (INF, Universidade Federal de Goi\'as), David Monniaux (CNRS - Verimag), Jos\'e F. Morales (IMDEA)
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Proceedings 18th International Workshop on Logical and Semantic Frameworks, with Applications and 10th Workshop on Horn Clauses for Verification and Synthesis
This volume contains * The post-proceedings of the Eighteenth Logical and Semantic Frameworks with Applications (LSFA 2023). The meeting was held on July 1-2, 2023, organised by the Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. LSFA aims to bring researchers and students interested in theoretical and practical aspects of logical and semantic frameworks and their applications. The covered topics include proof theory, type theory and rewriting theory, specification and deduction languages, and formal se…

Raiders sign 3-time Pro Bowler Andrus Peat https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/raiders_sign_3_time_pro_bowler_andrus_peat/s1_17391_40336102

Raiders sign 3-time Pro Bowler Andrus Peat
Las Vegas have signed 3-time Pro Bowler, Andrus Peat from free agency according to Ian Rapoport. Peat has had successful seasons for the New Orleans Saints where he was drafted in 2015 as the 13th overall pick. The 6-7 Stanford alum has been a consistent starter for the Saints at both left tackle and left guard in his tenure. Last season he played in 16 games for the club at both positions. In 2023, Peat was responsible for six penalties that affected the Saints and allowed two sacks. He also r…

Rocklin, CA: Antifascists Stand With Community Members to Defend Local Event from Proud Boys https://itsgoingdown.org/rocklin-ca-antifascists-stand-with-community-against-proud-boys/

Cowboys’ defensive line backups need to step up in 2024 https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_defensive_line_backups_need_to_step_up_in_2024/s1_17100_40065906

Cowboys’ defensive line backups need to step up in 2024
2024 Roster Review: Backup Defensive Line – Part 12 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. There is no debate when it comes to the Dallas Cowboys' defensive line in 2023. It was clearly the weakest unit on the team. Especially in stopping the run up the middle as teams continually gashed the interior of the defense. As a unit, the backup defensive linemen had precious few highlights in 2023. They also had far too many forgettable moments in 2023. This unit out of all of the Co…

Miese Bilanz, schwieriger Ausblick: Diese vier Probleme plagen die Deutsche Bahn
2023 hat die Deutsche Bahn erneut einen Milliardenverlust erwirtschaftet. Auch die Fahrgäste müssen weiter mit Zumutungen rechnen. Warum der Konzern nicht aus der Krise kommt.

Miese Bilanz, schwieriger Ausblick: Diese vier Probleme plagen die Deutsche Bahn
2023 hat die Deutsche Bahn erneut einen Milliardenverlust erwirtschaftet. Auch die Fahrgäste müssen weiter mit Zumutungen rechnen. Warum der Konzern nicht aus der Krise kommt.

Las Vegas Raiders Urged To Pursue Former Pro Bowl Pass Rusher https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/las_vegas_raiders_urged_to_pursue_former_pro_bowl_pass_rusher/s1_17150_40336355

Las Vegas Raiders Urged To Pursue Former Pro Bowl Pass Rusher
The Las Vegas Raiders could use some depth at edge rusher behind Maxx Crosby and Malcolm Koonce, and Bleacher Report’s Kristopher Knox sees a perfect target for them: Yannick Ngakoue. Ngakoue is one of the top remaining free agents available and can probably be had on an affordable one-year deal. After all, he has played for five different teams since 2020. The 29-year-old spent the 2023 campaign with the Chicago Bears, playing in 13 games and logging 22 tackles and four sacks. Ngakoue, who p…

Rights groups back Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr over court costs
A coalition of organisations championing press freedom have rallied behind the award-winning Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, stating they are “deeply disappointed” she has been refused permission to appeal against a ruling that ordered her to pay significant legal costs to the prominent Brexit backer Arron Banks.
The supreme court refused to let Cadwalladr contest a cost order six months ago …

Iziko Museums of South Africa presents: "THEN I KNEW I WAS GOOD AT PAINTING: ESTHER MAHLANGU, A RETROSPECTIVE"
https://www.iziko.org.za/news/iziko-museums-of-south-africa-presentsthen-…

IZIKO MUSEUMS OF SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTS:THEN I KNEW I WAS GOOD AT PAINTING: ESTHERMAHLANGU, A RETROSPECTIVE - Iziko Museums
Esther Mahlangu. Ndebele Abstract, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 180cm diameter.Image courtesy of the artist and The Melrose Gallery Cape Town, South Africa, 16 January 2024 – Iziko Museums of South Africa is pleased to announce “Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting”: Esther Mahlangu, A Retrospective, is opening on February 17, 2024.Curated by Nontobeko […]

Overshown looks to shore up Cowboys’ backups at linebacker https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/overshown_looks_to_shore_up_cowboys_backups_at_linebacker/s1_17100_40076042

Overshown looks to shore up Cowboys’ backups at linebacker
2024 Roster Review: Backup Linebackers – Part 14 of 17. Click here to view all articles in this series. The Dallas Cowboys did not have a good year regarding their linebackers in 2023. They lost their middle linebacker, and anchor, Leighton Vander Esch five games into the season. Rookie third round pick, DeMarvion Overshown, got hurt in the preseason. He might be able to play in his first NFL game in September. The remaining four players listed at linebacker that served as backups – when Da…

Die ePetition 161146 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Familienleistungsausgleich mit dem Titel
Abschaffung der Kinderfreibeträge
kann nur noch weniger als 5 Tage mitgezeichnet werden und hat bislang 69 Mitzeichnende. Nach Ende der Mitzeichnungsfrist wird die Petition von einem MdB im Petitionsausschuss des Bundestags bearbeitet und entschieden werden. Sollte bis zum Ende der Mitzeichnunungsfrist das Quorum erreicht werden, wird der ganze Petitionsausschuss in öffentlicher Sitzun…

Cosmic Batter
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Cosmic Batter | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Cosmic Batter Host: Karla Herschell Category: Society & Culture Sub-Category: Philosophy, Spirituality First Episode: 2023 What is reality really made of? I am your host Karla and welcome to…

My Dog Shits Cash - complete series 🐕💰💰
Narrated comedy series | Total listening time: 4h 31m
Nathan Alabaster’s life has gone to hell but luckily his childhood dog has just moved in. She’s amazing. She shits cash. Sweet like a Pixar movie but riotous and absurd. For fans of The Mighty Boosh, Wes Anderson movies, Adventure Time, and a...

My Dog Shits Cash - complete series 🐕💰💰
Narrated comedy series | Total listening time: 4h 31m Nathan Alabaster’s life has gone to hell but luckily his childhood dog has just moved in. She’s amazing. She shits cash. Sweet like a Pixar movie but riotous and absurd. For fans of The Mighty Boosh, Wes Anderson movies, Adventure Time, and a little bit of Bojack Horseman. 1 seasons, 8 episodes as of Dec 01, 2023.

The Raiders Release D.J Fluker https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/the_raiders_release_dj_fluker/s1_17391_40201873

The Raiders Release D.J Fluker
The Las Vegas Raiders have decided to cut ties with D.J Fluker as they released him on Friday. Fluker joined the Raiders practice squad in December of 2023 and signed on a futures deal in January 2024. Fluker hasn’t played a regular-season game since 2020 when he was with Baltimore. D.J Fluker, a first-round pick in 2013 out of Alabama has played for the Los Angeles Chargers, Miami Dolphins, New York Giants, Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens, and Las Vegas Raiders. Robert LaMar is a writer …

Die ePetition 160803 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Abfallwirtschaft mit dem Titel
Erhöhung des Pfandes auf Autobatterien von 7,50 € auf 15 €
kann nur noch weniger als 5 Tage mitgezeichnet werden und hat bislang 74 Mitzeichnende. Nach Ende der Mitzeichnungsfrist wird die Petition von einem MdB im Petitionsausschuss des Bundestags bearbeitet und entschieden werden. Sollte bis zum Ende der Mitzeichnunungsfrist das Quorum erreicht werden, wird der ganze Petitionsausschuss in öffe…

Die ePetition 161759 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Strafbare Handlungen gegen die Person mit dem Titel
Änderung der Regelungen zum Strafantragserfordernis nach § 205 des Strafgesetzbuches
kann nur noch weniger als 5 Tage mitgezeichnet werden und hat bislang 9 Mitzeichnende. Nach Ende der Mitzeichnungsfrist wird die Petition von einem MdB im Petitionsausschuss des Bundestags bearbeitet und entschieden werden. Sollte bis zum Ende der Mitzeichnunungsfrist das Quorum erreicht wer…

Die ePetition 161647 an den Bundestag aus dem Bereich Straftaten gegen die sexuelle Selbstbestimmung mit dem Titel
Einfügen von § 180 Absatz 2 des Strafgesetzbuches in § 182 des Strafgesetzbuches
kann nur noch weniger als 5 Tage mitgezeichnet werden und hat bislang 36 Mitzeichnende. Nach Ende der Mitzeichnungsfrist wird die Petition von einem MdB im Petitionsausschuss des Bundestags bearbeitet und entschieden werden. Sollte bis zum Ende der Mitzeichnunungsfrist das Quorum erreic…