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A Columbine survivor’s tragic battle to reveal the ‘ripple effect’ of gun violence
Since this piece was first published, there have been more than a dozen additional school shootings across the US.
The estimated number of US students exposed to violence at their schools has grown to 370,000, with more than 400 school shootings since Columbine

This is the kind of thing that the D-party should be advocating rather than quietly murmuring about firearms in ways to avoid annoying gun nut absolutists.
California Becomes First State in America to Call for Constitutional Convention on Right to Safety

#Kronkorken sammeln für #Bäume in #Berliner Parks

Proud supervisor moment: my former PhD student and now #DMI colleague in #PRECISE_NNF project Nicolaj Hansen presenting his #Antarctic research to the Danish Meteorological Society

Altstadtstrecke Wasserburg
Eine Machbarkeitsstudie der bekannten Beratungsfirmen bezüglich einer "Verlängerung der Regional-S-Bahn von Wasserburg Bahnhof nach Wasserburg Stadt" kommt wieder einmal zu einem negativen Ergebnis. Prognostiziert werden 100 bis 200 Personenfahrten pro Werktag und ein Nutzen-Kosten-Verhältnis 0,33. Die Studie trägt ein Datum von Oktober 2023 und ist seit kurzem beim Bayerischen Staatsministerium für Wohnen, Bau und Verkehr verlinkt.

Wiemy już, że wielu autorów oprogramowania jest wrogo nastawionych do testowania przez dystrybucje.
Co jednak powiecie na to, by *zaszyfrować* testy tak, by tylko CI było w stanie je uruchomić?
https://gitweb.gentoo.or…

This is the kind of thing that the D-party should be advocating rather than quietly murmuring about firearms in ways to avoid annoying gun nut absolutists.
California Becomes First State in America to Call for Constitutional Convention on Right to Safety

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Lessons from the Cruise Robotaxi Pedestrian Dragging Mishap
A robotaxi dragged a pedestrian 20 feet down a San Francisco street on the evening of October 2, 2023, coming to rest with its rear wheel on that woman's legs. The mishap was complex, involving a first impact by a different, human-driven vehicle. The following weeks saw Cruise stand down its road operations amid allegations of withholding crucial mishap information from regulators. The pedestrian has survived her severe injuries, but the robotaxi industry is still wrestling with the aftermath. …

Maryland to issue over 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/marijuana-pardons-gov-wes-moore-003a11d2435eabaa060d2d26da63ce42

175,000 pardons are set to be issued for for marijuana convictions in Maryland
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is scheduled to sign an executive order to issue 175,000 pardons for marijuana convictions. The Washington Post reports the order to be unveiled Monday will forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people. The newspaper reports the Democratic governer says he sees the order as an opportunity "to right a lot of historical wrongs." Recreational cannabis was legalized in Maryland in 2023 after voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2022…

Alles gaat volgens plan van het komende kabinet, zo groot mogelijke opvangcrisis organiseren lijkt. Formeel is de spreidingswet nog niet ingetrokken maar effecten nieuw kabinet al zichtbaar.
https://www.nu.nl/formatie-2023/6313293/nu<…

Nu al afname van plekken in asielopvang na nieuws intrekken spreidingswet
Het aantal opvangplekken lijkt al af te nemen sinds de formerende partijen een hoofdlijnenakkoord hebben bereikt, zegt demissionair staatssecretaris Eric van der Burg (Asiel). Volgens hem verwacht het Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers (COA) vijftienhonderd opvangplekken minder dan twee dagen geleden.

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Interoperability of the Metaverse: A Digital Ecosystem Perspective Review
The Metaverse is at the vanguard of the impending digital revolution, with the potential to significantly transform industries and lifestyles. However, in 2023, skepticism surfaced within industrial and academic spheres, raising concerns that excitement may outpace actual technological progress. Interoperability, recognized as a major barrier to the Metaverse's full potential, is central to this debate. CoinMarketCap's report in February 2023 indicated that of over 240 metaverse initiatives, mo…

Ant Group spent a record ~$2.9B on research in 2023, as the Alibaba affiliate develops its BaiLing LLM; Ant and affiliate MYbank served 87M businesses by 2023 (Xinyi Luo/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

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Cartesian products of two $CR$ sets
The notions of CR set is intimately related with the generalized van der Waerden's theorem. In this article, we prove the product of two CR sets is again a CR set. This answers [Question 4.2., N. Hindman, H. Hosseini, D. Strauss, and M. Tootkaboni: Combinatorially rich sets in arbitrary semigroups, Semigroup Forum, 107 (2023), 127-143.] . We use combinatorial arguments to prove our result.

Birch's on the Lake - Hazy IPA 1st place 2023 #Minnesota Brewer's Cup

Bonjour chers Français ! Je ne connais rien Š la politique. Pourtant, j'ai déjŠ rencontré Manon Aubry (La France Insoumise). Elle était très gentille.
Lorsque je l’ai rencontrée Š Bruxelles en 2023, elle était la seule parlementaire Š soutenir en personne le « Supply Chain Act » / CSDDD.
Au Parlement européen, LFI travaille en collaboration avec mon parti politique (DIE LINKE) Š travers la fraction parlementaire « THE LEFT ». Manon Aubry est la c…

BEHOLD @… VICTORIOUS https://cabel.com/2023/03/27/apple-passwords-deserve-an-app/

Apple Passwords Deserve An App
First, let’s consider three random tweets: They already have. They definitely should. They seemingly won’t… but why? We all know that Apple has nice built-in password management in macO…

This online map provides information about bathing water locations and their quality for both the latest 2023 season and previous seasons.
The map symbols are colored to reflect the quality status achieved in the most recent season.
The data is presented at two levels:
country (less detailed scales) and bathing water (more detailed scales).
In addition to the 27 EU Member States, the bathing water viewer includes also the data for Albania and Switzerland

State of bathing waters in 2023
We all want to know the quality of 'our' local bathing area, beach or lake, and whether it conforms to EU standards. Below you will find a map viewer that will allow you to view on-line the quality of the bathing water in the around 22 000 coastal beaches and freshwater bathing waters across Europe.

SPNV-Strategie 2040 in Niedersachsen: Das Verkehrsministerium in Hannover hat gemeinsam mit der Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niederachsen (LNVG), der Region Hannover und dem Regionalverband Großraum Braunschweig ein Konzept für den Ausbau des Schienenpersonennahverkehrs (SPNV) bis 2040 vorgestellt. Laut Minister Lies sollen die Fahrgastzahlen dadurch verdoppelt werden. Die Zugfrequenz so bis 2030 gegenüber 2023 um 25 Prozent gesteigert werdem; bis 2040 um 50 Prozent...

SPNV-Strategie 2040 in Niedersachsen
SPNV-Strategie 2040 in Niedersachsen

2023 retro-link! https://www.itu.int/hub/publication/s-gen-news-2023-2/ - ITU News Magazine: The future of Coordinated Universal Time.

EU Ambassador to Ukraine: Ukraine could join EU in 2030: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/09/eu-ambassador-to.html

Predicting Exoplanetary Features with a Residual Model for Uniform and Gaussian Distributions
Andrew Sweet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10771 https://…

Predicting Exoplanetary Features with a Residual Model for Uniform and Gaussian Distributions
The advancement of technology has led to rampant growth in data collection across almost every field, including astrophysics, with researchers turning to machine learning to process and analyze this data. One prominent example of this data in astrophysics is the atmospheric retrievals of exoplanets. In order to help bridge the gap between machine learning and astrophysics domain experts, the 2023 Ariel Data Challenge was hosted to predict posterior distributions of 7 exoplanetary features. The …

If you are eligible to vote and haven't already, remember to vote in the #EuropeanParliamentElection for a party committed to #ClimateAction

A lot is at stake. Much of what you care about - be it access to he…

Dr Cornel West - 'A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane'
A series of five lectures held at Edinburgh University between 6 May and 16 May 2024. Livestreamed 5 pm to 7 pm BDT/ 12 pm to 2 pm EDT.
https://w…

2023/2024: Dr Cornel West - 'A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane'
The 2023-24 Gifford Lecture Series, entitled 'A Jazz-soaked Philosophy for our Catastrophic Times: From Socrates to Coltrane', will be given by Dr Cornel West, Professor of Philosophy & Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary of New York and independent US presidential candidate.

Saint Mary's, Nottingham, February 2023.
#photography #ukphotographer #nottingham #documentingbritain…

63/ @… hat schon früher mal nachgefragt, wie denn die Ausbildung der Polizei bzgl. Schmerzgriffen so verläuft. Teile des als Verschlusssache gekennzeichneten Handbuches sind nun öffentlich.
#Druckpunkt ist allerdings unterhalb des Ohrs. Der Polizist hier in 62/ drückt aber von hinten gegen das Ohr. Wenn jemand zu dieser Technik noch weitere Information hat, hätte ich die gerne. #Schmerztechnik #Schmerzgriff #Polizeigewalt #fragDenStaat

Exact Sparse Representation Recovery in Signal Demixing and Group BLASSO
Marcello Carioni, Leonardo Del Grande
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.09922 https://

Exact Sparse Representation Recovery in Signal Demixing and Group BLASSO
In this short article we present the theory of sparse representations recovery in convex regularized optimization problems introduced in (Carioni and Del Grande, arXiv:2311.08072, 2023). We focus on the scenario where the unknowns belong to Banach spaces and measurements are taken in Hilbert spaces, exploring the properties of minimizers of optimization problems in such settings. Specifically, we analyze a Tikhonov-regularized convex optimization problem, where $y_0$ are the measured data, $w$ …

Supercon 2023: Reverse Engineering Commercial Coffee Machines
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-365812c3-d5949865dc9a8882
Supercon 2023: Reverse Engineering Commercial Coffee Machines There was a time when a coffee vending machine was a relativ…

Beim KIM-Workshop weist @… darauf hin, dass sich in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren die Nutzung von #SKOS im Bildungsbereich zunehmend verbreitet und intensiviert hat. Eine maßgeblichen Impuls haben dabei das Allgemeine Metadatenprofil für Bildungsressource…

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Interoperability of the Metaverse: A Digital Ecosystem Perspective Review
The Metaverse is at the vanguard of the impending digital revolution, with the potential to significantly transform industries and lifestyles. However, in 2023, skepticism surfaced within industrial and academic spheres, raising concerns that excitement may outpace actual technological progress. Interoperability, recognized as a major barrier to the Metaverse's full potential, is central to this debate. CoinMarketCap's report in February 2023 indicated that of over 240 metaverse initiatives, mo…

"A Compendium of Access Control on Unix-Like OSes"
https://venam.net/blog/unix/2023/02/28/access_control.html

Die Microsoft-Nachrichten der letzten Tage zusammengefasst:
Der Konzern bekommt 198 Millionen aus dem Bundeshaushalt. Die Software ist aber nicht datenschutzkonform sondern trackt zum Beispiel unerlaubt Schülerinnen und Schüler. Die Verantwortung dafür schiebt das Unternehmen auf die Schulen, die müssten die Produkte und die Datennutzung schon selbst auditieren.

Bund: Lizenzkosten für Microsoft auf hohem Niveau, insgesamt neuer Rekord
Das Finanzministerium wollte die Zahlen für 2023 zunächst geheim halten, doch der Protest war zu groß. Ein Haushaltspolitiker spricht von explodierenden Kosten.

Quelques passages du mot du Conseil de l’UNIL:
« L’année 2023 a vu naître un nouveau dispositif de lutte contre les conflits, le harcèlement et les discriminations, dont le Conseil de l’UNIL attend avec intérêt les premiers résultats. »
#UNIL

The Republican House has established a Piggy Bank for members of Congress. They can claim tens of thousands of dollars in expenses without itemizing them or providing receipts.
Guess which Congressman has grabbed the most money.
https://wapo.st/4bVHa5A

Lawmakers expensed millions in 2023 under new program that doesn’t require receipts
Critics say the program’s lack of transparency and record-keeping opens it up to abuse.

@…: Wieso zeigt https://wahlen.zdf.de/ zuoberst Ergebnisse von Landtagswahlen im Oktober 2023? 🤨

Wahlen im ZDF
Informationen zu den wichtigsten Wahlen.

All this highlights the increasing divergence between the UK and the US when it comes to labor rights. Under the Biden Administration, @NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has promulgated a rule that grants a union *automatic* recognition if the boss does anything to interfere with a union election:
…

In der Altersgruppe der 65- bis 74-Jährigen sind 15 % offline, darüber noch mehr.
Je mehr Dinge nur noch online oder sogar nur per Smartphone geregelt werden können, desto mehr werden sie ausgeschlossen.
Deswegen sollte es immer eine nicht-digitale Option geben.
Gut 5 % der Bevölkerung im Alter von 16 bis 74 Jahren in Deutschland sind offline - Statistisches Bundesamt

#GISChat & #QGIS users: Did you like the monthly plugin update blog posts?
e.g. https://blog.qgis.org/2023/…

Plugin Update August 2023
In August 13 new plugins that have been published in the QGIS plugin repository. Here’s the quick overview in reverse chronological order. If any of the names or short descriptions piques you…

If you are eligible to vote and haven't already, remember to vote in the #EuropeanParliamentElection for a party committed to #ClimateAction

A lot is at stake. Much of what you care about - be it access to he…

#Tippingrisk of the #Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation, #AMOC. Keynote by Prof. Rahmstorf

Buch-TiPP: Joann Sfar: «Nous vivrons».
https://www.srf.ch/kultur/kunst/comic-zum-krieg-im-nahen-osten-nous-vivrons-richtet-sich-gegen-die-moerder-beider-lager

Nahost: «Nous vivrons» richtet sich gegen die Mörder beider Lager
Joann Sfar hat einen Comic erschaffen, der die Spaltung der Gesellschaft nach dem 7. Oktober 2023 überwinden möchte.

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Uncovering a Critical Vulnerability in Authentik's PKCE Implementation (CVE-2023-48228) | Offensity https://www.offensity.com/en/blog/uncovering-a-critical-vulnerability-in-authentiks-pkce-implementation-cve-2023-48228/

Dr Stephen Webster Senior Lecturer in Science Communication at Imperial College London held a conference on September 27th, 2023, called ‘The Day of Doubt’.
The Day of Doubt was an investigation into doubt’s role as a resource for science and innovation. Dr Webster will be a speaker at our next free webinar ‘Science Communication and Research Integrity’.
To watch the conference, click the link below.

Sources: Cineworld is exploring a sale or restructuring of its UK business, which includes ~100 theaters; the Regal parent emerged from bankruptcy in Aug. 2023 (Mark Kleinman/Sky News)
https://news.sky.com/story/cineworld-plots-blo…

Cineworld plots blockbuster sale of British cinema operations

President van de Algemene Rekenkamer, onder andere over de politieke onwil om asielkosten realistisch te begroten, ik hoop dat het nieuwe kabinet meeleest en niet weer te laag inschat. #formatie #hoofdlijnenakkoord

Rekenkamerchef: ‘Het kabinet heeft veel minder resultaat laten zien dan vooraf was bedacht. Daarom zijn we wel een beetje teleurgesteld’
Pieter Duisenberg, president Algemene Rekenkamer: Aan beleid geen gebrek, aan uitvoering des te meer, rapporteert de Rekenkamer over de rijksuitgaven in 2023. De president: „De ambities waren groter dan wat de overheid aankon.”

If anyone needs a cozy and warm article for today: "Spirited Away to Miyazaki Land"
by Sam Anderson https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/magazine/hayao-miyazaki-ghibli-park.html
I thought what adjectives to use to describe the ar…

A Visit to Ghibli Park, a Miyazaki Theme Park
What happens when the surreal imagination of the world’s greatest living animator, Hayao Miyazaki, is turned into a theme park?

The incredible, but all too predictable, rise in the North Atlantic ocean temperature.
Prepare for extreme times.
https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1797963447340319056?t=uAhWktJ-lybKKwyOE7-E_g&s=09

Leon Simons (@LeonSimons8) on X
🌊📈🌡️ This is not normal, but also not entirely unexpected. We'd better prepare for the extreme climate chaos that comes with an Atlantic Ocean that's 1.5 °C warmer!

Democrats held their own in the last three cycles in navigating tough Senate races.
They will be defending a slim Senate majority in 2024.
Here's a look at the states where both parties are fighting for control of the chamber.
https://www.bus…

Democrats face a tough 2024 Senate map as they aim to protect majority
In 2024, 34 seats will be up for grabs, including 20 currently held by Democrats, 11 held by Republicans, and three currently held by Independents.

Rate of Global Warming Reaches All-Time High, Report Shows | Common Dreams https://www.commondreams.org/news/record-warming

Rate of Global Warming Reaches All-Time High, Report Shows | Common Dreams
"The devastation wrought by wildfires, drought, flooding, and heatwaves the world saw in 2023 must not become the new normal," the report's author said.

Das Programm des Freiluftkino Rehberge ist startbereit! Wer bis Sonntag Tickets bucht, ist zum Sonderpreis dabei.
https://weddingweiser.de/saisonstart-freiluftkino-rehberge/

The number of breeding birds on Dutch farmland has almost halved since 1990: -45%. And from own observations, I think it's worse where I live, near Utrecht.
https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6311951/veel-minder-vogels-op-het-…

Veel minder vogels op het boerenland: 'De natuur vertelt ons iets'
Dat de populatie broedvogels sinds 1990 met 28 procent is gegroeid lijkt goed nieuws. Maar dat cijfer vertelt niet het hele verhaal. De stijging zit vooral bij moerasvogels. Maar soorten op de heide en het boerenland hebben het moeilijk.

Je viens de publier sur mon site mon billet "Sur le chemin de Stevenson en juin 2023" que j'avais posté sur Facebook l'année dernière : https://sklein.xyz/fr/posts/2023-06-21_sur-le-chemin-de-stevenson-juin-2023/

#Verpasstodon
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bund: Lizenzkosten für Microsoft auf hohem Niveau, insgesamt neuer Rekord

Wie haben die verheerenden #Waldbrände in den borealen Wäldern 2023 unsere Umwelt beeinflusst? 🔥🌲 Die Feuer in #Kanada setzten rekordverdächtige Mengen an Kohlenstoff frei und beeinträchtigten die #Luftqualität

Verheerenden Waldbrände in den Borealen Wäldern im Jahr 2023
Erfahre, wie die borealen Wälder in Kanada und Russland 2023 unter den Waldbränden gelitten haben.

Zahl der Zugausfälle in NRW steigt auf Rekordhoch
Die Zuverlässigkeit der Regionalzüge und S-Bahnen in Nordrhein-Westfalen hat im vergangenen Jahr einen neuen Tiefpunkt erreicht. Rund jeder siebte Zug fiel 2023 ganz aus, wie aus dem Qualitätsbericht für den Schienenverkehr in NRW hervorgeht.

Zahl der Zugausfälle in NRW steigt auf Rekordhoch
Zugausfälle, Verspätungen: Bahnreisende in NRW müssen weiterhin oft improvisieren. Die Probleme seien erkannt, betonen die Unternehmen in einem neuen Bericht. Aber es brauche einen langen Atem.

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The Brain Tumor Segmentation (BraTS-METS) Challenge 2023: Brain Metastasis Segmentation on Pre-treatment MRI
The translation of AI-generated brain metastases (BM) segmentation into clinical practice relies heavily on diverse, high-quality annotated medical imaging datasets. The BraTS-METS 2023 challenge has gained momentum for testing and benchmarking algorithms using rigorously annotated internationally compiled real-world datasets. This study presents the results of the segmentation challenge and characterizes the challenging cases that impacted the performance of the winning algorithms. Untreated b…

Hey friends, this is one of the #photos with quite some emotions connected. A quick hike that I extended and got super views.
But I was a little unrelated as I knew that I should back down before diving into the shade.
Oh I even blogged about it a while ago!!

A Mid-November Sunday Adventure
A spontaneous Sunday unfolded into a picturesque adventure of biking and hiking. The crisp mid-November air led me to a summit, a hidden meadow bathed in sunshine and tranquility. It felt like a moment frozen in time, urging me to extend the journey and embrace the unexpected beauty of the day.

I watched "Let the River Flow" (2023) yesterday. I know very little about Sšmi or Norwegian history, so I can't speak to its accuracy. Still, its themes of discrimination, resource extraction, language, culture, and relation to the land and community strongly resonate with the recent history of colonialism in North America. Plus, it's a visually beautiful film.

Healthy Kyler 'locked in' after late start in 2023 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40287509/cardinals-kyler-murray-locked-late-start-2023

Cardinals' Kyler Murray 'locked in' after late start in 2023 - ESPN
After missing last offseason due to injury, Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray said he can already the differences being in the second year of a new system.

Goed bezig met dat mRNA vaccin. #not
Ze (FDA panel) hebben besloten F456L te negeren. Dus een hopeloos verouderd vaccin in het najaar.

Obsolete satellite antennas in Swiss Alps are being repurposed with solar panels https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/swiss-satellite-antennas-make-comeback-solar-powerhouses-2023-10-19/…

I feel like people out there who have not met me in real life underestimate how tall I am.

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Whistler waves in the quasi-parallel and quasi-perpendicular magnetosheath
In the Earth's magnetosheath (MSH), several processes contribute to energy dissipation and plasma heating, one of which is wave-particle interactions between whistler waves and electrons. However, the overall impact of whistlers on electron dynamics in the MSH remains to be quantified. We analyze 18 hours of burst-mode measurements from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, including data from the unbiased magnetosheath campaign during February-March 2023. We present a statistical study …

Why am I not surprised?
https://abc11.com/post/elon-musk-accused-improperly-selling-75-billion-tesla/14917474/

The @… has been posting photographs of individual victims of the camp.
On #Facebook, 21 of those posts were flagged as 'nudity, bullying and harrassment, hate speech, violence encitement'[^1].
As of November 2023, Meta had 65 Polish-s…

Binance sources and documents: internal investigators, dismissed in late 2023, found evidence of market manipulation by DWF Labs and secret trading accounts (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/cur…

Border police: Number of Ukrainian men fleeing to Slovakia more than doubles: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/09/border-police-number.html

https://lukegeeson.com/blog/2023-10-17-A-Proposal-For-Relaxed-Atomics/ - A proposed fix for C/C relaxed atomics in practice.

Predicting Exoplanetary Features with a Residual Model for Uniform and Gaussian Distributions
Andrew Sweet
https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.10771 https://…

Predicting Exoplanetary Features with a Residual Model for Uniform and Gaussian Distributions
The advancement of technology has led to rampant growth in data collection across almost every field, including astrophysics, with researchers turning to machine learning to process and analyze this data. One prominent example of this data in astrophysics is the atmospheric retrievals of exoplanets. In order to help bridge the gap between machine learning and astrophysics domain experts, the 2023 Ariel Data Challenge was hosted to predict posterior distributions of 7 exoplanetary features. The …

Stephen Wolfe, an evangelical Presbyterian, advocates an ethnically uniform nation
ruled by a "Christian prince"
with the power to punish blasphemy and false religion.
Wolfe veers chapter by chapter between close readings of often obscure Reformation theologians
and mostly unsourced screeds against the dangers of feminist "gynocracy" and immigrant invasion.
For Wolfe, the nationalism part of Christian nationalism is synonymous with ethnicity…

Stephen Wolfe Makes a Segregationist Case for 'Christian Nationalism'
The Case for Christian Nationalism' advocates for an ethnically uniform nation ruled by a "Christian prince."

57/ Ja doch. Auch Frauen können Beugehebel. Wäre ja jetzt doof, wenn sie irgendwas anders machten. #Gleichberechtigung
Übrigens war die Prügelstrafe für Eltern im Westen bis 2000 nicht verboten. Auch Lehrer durften bis 1957 prügeln. Die DDR hatte das bereits 1949 abgeschafft. Die Prügelerlaubnis galt aber nicht für Frauen. 1957 wurde ihnen das auch gestattet. Endlich Gleichberechtigung! Nur falls Euch mal wieder jemand was über #Gewalt im #Osten erzählen will.
#LetzteGeneration
#ungehorsameVersammlung

Rivoluzione nel Kernel Linux: Microsoft introduce le astrazioni Rust per VFS!
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-e4ebceca-dd3f50485050f744
Rivoluzione nel Kernel Linux: Microsoft introduce le astrazioni Rust per VFS! Alla fine del 2023, sono sta…

L’#UNIL vient de publier son rapport annuel 2023.
https://wp.unil.ch/rapport-annuel/

All this highlights the increasing divergence between the UK and the US when it comes to labor rights. Under the Biden Administration, @NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has promulgated a rule that grants a union *automatic* recognition if the boss does anything to interfere with a union election:
…

Licht und Schatten am Augsburger Hauptbahnhof
Der Fahrgastverband PRO BAHN hat sich, wie viele Fahrgäste, am 8. Dezember 2023 sehr über die längst überfällige Eröffnung des barrierefreien Augsburger Hauptbahnhofs gefreut.Bei aller Freude bleiben jedoch noch ein paar Wermutstropfen, Baustellen und Schwachstellen, auf die PRO BAHN Schwaben in einer Pressemitteilung hinweist. PRO BAHN stellt fest, dass Fahrgastinformationen und ...

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Join us for our next upcoming webinar on the 26th of June on 'Science Communication and Research Integrity'
Our speaker will be Dr Stephen Webster who is the director of The Good Science Project, an ethics and research culture initiative run by Imperial’s Office of the Vice-Provost. Before this, from 2008 to 2023, he was director of Imperial’s Science Communication Unit.
To register your place click the link below

https://andreyor.st/posts/2023-09-09-migrating-from-lsp-mode-to-eglot/ - Migrating from Emacs lsp-mode to Eglot.

A look at Udio, which was founded by four former DeepMind employees in December 2023 and launched a product on April 11 that generates songs from text prompts (Brian Hiatt/Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/udi…

AI-Music Arms Race: Meet Udio, the Other ChatGPT for Music
A new Suno rival, Udio, is here, backed by tech and music heavyweights. It has powerful capabilities —  and a whabit of generating Tom Petty's voice

Didn't Martha Stewart do time for something similar?
Elon Musk accused of improperly selling $7.5 billion in Tesla stock before weak sales report - ABC7 Los Angeles
https://abc7.com/post/elon-musk-accused-improperly-selling-75-billio…

Elon Musk accused of improperly selling $7.5 billion in Tesla stock before weak sales report
Elon Musk and the Tesla board are facing a shareholder suit over his sale of $7.5 billion worth of Tesla shares in late 2022, ahead of a January 2023 sales report that sent the price of the stock plunging.

Kenneth Gainwell describes Eagles' 2023 collapse, as team lost six of seven to close season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/kenneth

Kenneth Gainwell describes Eagles' 2023 collapse, as team lost six of seven to close season
Gainwell opened up on the Eagles' collapse

Analysis: China's internet had 3.9M websites in 2023, down ~27% from 2017; Chinese-language websites were 1.3% of the global total, down 70% from 4.3% in 2013 (Li Yuan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/…

As China’s Internet Disappears, ‘We Lose Parts of Our Collective Memory’
The number of Chinese websites is shrinking and posts are being removed and censored, stoking fears about what happens when history is erased.

Climate scientists say they are running out of adjectives to describe recent weather anomalies.
Last year was the hottest on record:
the World Meteorological Organisation said that temperatures were roughly 1.45°Cabove pre-industrial levels.
Samantha Burgess, the deputy director of the EU’s climate agency, said that the second half of 2023 had “truly been shocking”. 

This year could be hotter still.
In June 2023 the world entered an “El Niño” phase.
This nat…

What is going on with the climate?
As El Niño comes to an end, it could offer clues on whether global warming is accelerating

http://marc-b-reynolds.github.io/math/2023/11/09/PopNextPrev.html - Popcount walks: next, previous, toward and nearest.

Sources: Gopuff, one of the last fast-delivery startups in the US after Getir's exit, burned ~$400M in 2023 and wants to start generating cash by early 2025 (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/fast-delive…

Fast-Delivery Survivor Gopuff Burned $400 Million Last Year
Instant-delivery pioneer Gopuff is the last speedy-delivery startup left standing in the U.S. after its best-funded competitor, Getir, said last week it would pull out of the country. That’s left Gopuff in the same position it was in 10 years and billions of dollars ago: trying to beat DoorDash. ...

A toll road is being built as part of the development of Indonesia’s new capital city, #Nusantara, here in East Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo.
But experts warn that the #road threatens the integrity of a protected riverside forest and the coastal mangroves and marine ecosystem that it borders.
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To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
BALIKPAPAN/JAKARTA — A clearing for the ramp to a new toll road in the Indonesian Bornean city of Balikpapan gapes open on the side of a paved highway as big trucks rumble past. Farther down this passage that’s been bulldozed through a forested area on the Balikpapan Bay coast, the sound of excavators grows louder. […]

Didn't Martha Stewart do time for something similar?
Elon Musk accused of improperly selling $7.5 billion in Tesla stock before weak sales report - ABC7 Los Angeles
https://abc7.com/post/elon-musk-accused-improperly-selling-75-billio…

Elon Musk accused of improperly selling $7.5 billion in Tesla stock before weak sales report
Elon Musk and the Tesla board are facing a shareholder suit over his sale of $7.5 billion worth of Tesla shares in late 2022, ahead of a January 2023 sales report that sent the price of the stock plunging.

https://pr0g.github.io/mathematics/graphics/2023/08/06/reverse-z.html - Reverse Z in 3D graphics (and why it’s so awesome).

Sources: French AI startup Mistral AI is nearing a deal to raise ~$600M at a $6B valuation, after raising $500M at a $2B valuation in December 2023 (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/te…

More than a year after a Travis County jury convicted Daniel Perry of 💥murdering a protester in Austin💥,
👉Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned the former U.S. Army sergeant on Thursday shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended a full pardon.
A Texas state district court judge sentenced Perry in May 2023 to 25 years in prison for shooting and killing U.S. Air Force veteran Garrett Foster during a 2020 demonstration protesting police brutality against people of color. <…

Gov. Greg Abbott pardons Daniel Perry, veteran who killed police brutality protester in 2020
A Travis County jury sentenced Perry to 25 years in prison last year, prompting Abbott to ask the state parole board to review his case.

Shutterstock CEO Paul Hennessy says the company's licensing business with AI companies made $104M in revenue in 2023 (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-04/shutterstock-s…

Boeing confirms that LockBit attempted to extort a $200M ransom in October 2023; the company reportedly didn't pay any ransom after ~43GB of its data was posted (AJ Vicens/CyberScoop)
https://cyberscoop.com/boeing-confirms-attempted-2…

Boeing confirms attempted $200 million ransomware extortion attempt
That attempt was one of multiple “extremely large” ransom demands made by LockBit over the years, authorities said.

Monzo reports £880M in FY 2023-24 revenue, up from £355.6M in 2022, a £15.4M pretax profit, up from a £116.3M loss in 2022, 9.7M users, and £11.2B in deposits (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

😱"Pedestrians are viewed as speed bumps"
From: @…
https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr/112583573456735176

AI6YR Ben (@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)
Attached: 1 image @va7tz@mastodon.radio @jbaggs@infosec.exchange @davidho@mastodon.world In Arizona in 2022, 1888 crashes involving pedestrians. 302 pedestrians killed, 1669 pedestrians injured. https://azdot.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/2022-Crash-Facts.pdf

How China's chip industry is aiming for self-sufficiency and cutting down on US tools; SEMI estimates China represented 33% of all chip equipment sales in 2023 (Yoko Kubota/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com…

A look at the uptick of AI-generated videos on TikTok featuring politicians in the UK; Ofcom says TikTok was the fastest growing news source in 2022 and 2023 (Marianna Spring/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ww6vz1l81o

TikTok: AI fakes, abuse and misinformation pushed to young voters
A BBC project investigates the election content promoted by social media by tracking dozens of phones.