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Independents and 2024 non-voters have swung back left (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-19-indies-nonvoters-turned-on-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260519/p20#a260519p20

Sharing stats from the UK's #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2026 @icomuk.b…

Colorado Revises Its AI Act: What Changed and Why
https://fpf.org/blog/colorado-revises-its-ai-act-what-changed-and-why/
@…
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Ireland has some excellent writers.
"It seems that losing colonial control of Egypt has not stopped Denial flowing through the British body politic." -- @…
#TLDR: #MorganMcSweeney

Designing single-layer PDMS devices for micron to millimeter-scale deformations
Leon Valentin Gebhard, Alexandre S. Avaro, Gabriel Amselem, Charles N. Baroud
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17402 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.17402 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.17402
arXiv:2605.17402v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The elasticity of PDMS has played a central role in advancing important microfluidic technologies, ranging from early valves to sophisticated organ-on-a-chip systems. However, most deformable microfluidic devices are based on geometries that require complex multi-layer PDMS architectures and include thin membranes, leading to difficult microfabrication and poor stability. Recently, Jain, Belkadi et al. (Biofabrication 16.3 (2024): 035010) introduced a single-layer device in which a wide and long microfluidic channel was deformed by controlling the pressure in two independent and adjacent air chambers. While they demonstrated the ability to deform the channel ceiling to compress biological materials, the design parameters remain unexplored. Here, we perform a numerical study on 14,336 variants of this device and identify the height of the PDMS layer, the width of the microchannel and the width of the air chamber as the main features that determine the ceiling deformation. Three deformation modes are observed as the geometrical parameters are varied: A U shape with a central minimum, a W shape with two minima and a central maximum, or an inverse U shape with an upward-bulging single maximum. The numerical results are validated in experiments that reproduce the three shapes for the predicted geometries and demonstrate vertical ceiling deformations ranging from a few microns to the millimeter scale. The generality of this approach is demonstrated for two example applications: A fully closing single-layer microfluidic valve and an optical lens of controllable anisotropy. This work leverages the rapid prototyping enabled by 3D printing or micro-milling to open new perspectives in microfluidic actuation.
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Fascinating probability analysis of English council election voter flows (2024/2026).
https://oskanberg.github.io/2026-voter-flows/
H/T @…

Seoul-based WIRobotics, which develops wearable and humanoid robots and is collaborating with Nvidia and AWS, raised a ~$68M Series B led by JB Investment (Lee Jaewoon/The Elec)
https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=10507

WIRobotics Raises 95 Billion Won in Series B Funding
WIRobotics said on May 15 that it completed a 95 billion won Series B funding round.The humanoid robotics company said the financing marks a major follow-on investment secured about two years after its 13 billion won Series A round in March 2024, underscoring recognition of both its next-generation

"Root Cause:
A dog named Kubernetes ate a YubiKey."
This a fun read.
"The legitimate maintainer has won €2.3 million in the EuroMillions and is researching goat farming in Portugal."
#infosec #incident

Incident Report: CVE-2024-YIKES
A series of unfortunate events.

#Elektroauto RANT über führenden Mineralölkonzern in D:
ARAL bzw die Europazentrale des Weltkonzerns BP ist nicht in der Lage eine funktionierende App herzustellen, die man zum Laden benötigt. Ich konnte mich tagelang nicht anmelden, jedes Mal brach der Vorgang nach erfolgreichem Einloggen mit Fehlermeldung ab und man wird vertröstet: "Versuche es noch einmal"
Aufgrund de…

Announcement: New Issue of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal
https://ift.tt/e3OhGPv
Third Symposium on Dance, Music, and Performing Arts of the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia,…
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May 2026 was the second-warmest May on record globally, in between 2024 and 2025.
The global average temperature was 15.81°C, 0.55°C above the 1991-2020 average for May and 1.42°C above the estimated 1850-1900 pre-industrial average for the month.
https://climate.copernicus.eu/surface-

According to a peer-reviewed study in @…, the algorithms that control our largest social media platforms intentionally and explicitly tilted the playing field for Donald Trump and the GOP.

Was the 2024 Election Stolen, Not by Ballots, but by Algorithms?
It sure looks like tech billionaires and foreign dictatorships gave us Trump in 2024. This is as bad as the massive Russian bot presence on Facebook and Twitter back in 2016 that Robert Mueller…

Misdemeanor charge against L'Jarius Sneed dismissed, lawsuit remains ongoing https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7255751/2026/05/05/ljarius-sneed-charge-dismissed-titans-lawsuit/

Sony says Crunchyroll subscribers grew ~25% to 21M in the past year; Nielsen: US Crunchyroll viewers streamed 4.4B minutes in Jan. 2026 vs. 2.1B in Jan. 2024 (Ben Fritz/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/hollywoods-hottest-busi…

"A “good year” for forests changes less than it seems"
#Forests #Environment
https://

A “good year” for forests changes less than it seems
The rate of tropical primary forest loss fell sharply in 2025, reversing the record highs of the year before. On paper, it looks like progress. In reality, the dip is likely only a temporary reprieve. The decline followed an exceptional year for wildfires. In 2024, drought helped drive some of the largest fire-related losses on […]

Cowboys 2024 Draft Pick Could Face ‘Chopping Block’ https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-2024-draft-pick-could-face-chopping-block/

Nach Grusel-Geständnis - Swift-Terror: Jetzt bricht Beran A. in Tränen aus #News #Nachrichten

Announcement: New Issue of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal
https://ift.tt/TIS1kHo
Third Symposium on Dance, Music, and Performing Arts of the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

FanDuel owner Flutter plans to delist its London shares on August 3, citing low trading and high costs; Flutter moved its primary listing to the US in 2024 (Lauren Almeida/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/…

Paddy Power owner Flutter to scrap listing on London Stock Exchange
Gambling business, which also owns Betfair, to focus on New York in latest high-profile blow to UK stock market

Got my power bill for May. Net consumption was 2.73 MWh, an all-time low by a signficant margin (3.3 MWh in April 2026, and 3.77 MWh in July 2024, are the previous records).
The final bill after taxes and fees was $595, not *quite* an all time low (I paid $582 in July 2024) but that was for 3.7 MWh and I'm now paying almost as much for 2.7 - yay rate increases. If I can generate a touch more solar in June I might break the all-time low though.
Now if only I could generate thi…

Er is een opvangcrisis, geen asiel/migratiecrisis,
Migratiesaldo gedaald tot onder de 100.000, het laagste punt sinds 2020 - #opvangcrisis

Migratiesaldo gedaald tot onder de 100.000, het laagste punt sinds 2020
Het aantal eerste asielaanvragen daalde vorig met een kwart ten opzichte van 2024.

Burgum was considered the
not-completely-crazy candidate for the GOP nomination in 2024.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mpvq5so5qu2o

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
BASH: But it peeled off. Why did that happen? BURGUM: It didn't peel off. There was vandalism. There was box cutters. There have been 7 arrests. BASH: There are photographs of people cutting a 350 foot gash in the reflecting pool? BURGUM: Dana, I'm not sure why you keep questioning it

Nominations for the Sarah Jones Award 2026 are still open until 14 June!
What is it?
‘The Sarah Jones Award for exceptional contribution to fostering collaboration in hashtag#OpenScience’ was established by the Research Data Alliance (RDA) in June 2024. This bi-annual award honours the memory of our dear colleague Sarah Jones, and her significant contributions to the global open science community.
🔗 Learn more and apply at

I have a JPC-12 vertical antenna. On the good side, it puts the coil 4' away from the base, reducing coil losses by not putting it at the point with the highest current. On the other hand, it's stainless steel with significant real resistance, so even that reduced current still heats it up substantially. Some of that heat could instead be radiated RF!
I am considering rewinding the coil with lacquered silver-coated copper wire for substantially-reduced real resistance, as KA7O…

@… can you recall the context to the 2024 thread? Thanks

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Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland. Stand: 22.05.2026.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen und Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

Scoop: Shapiro boosted Republican to retaliate against fellow Dem, ally says in recording (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/03/josh-shapiro-gop-candidate-2024
http://www.memeorandum.com/260503/p36#a260503p36

POL-LER: Fall der schweren Brandstiftung auf Borkum bei Aktenzeichen XY...ungelöst! - Bisher etwa 25 Hinweise bei der Polizei eingegangen Polizeiinspektion Leer/ Emden (ots) - Borkum - Am gestrigen Mittwochabend strahlte das ZDF in der Sendung "Aktenzeichen XY...ungelöst!" einen Fall auf Borkum aus dem Jahr 2024 aus (https://www.

from my link log —
Why writing correct software is hard.
https://pron.github.io/posts/correctness-and-complexity
saved 2024-05-18 https://

Why Writing Correct Software Is Hard
We try to understand the relationship between programs and correctness, and in particular, why writing correct programs must be hard. We will review results from computability theory and complexity theory, and see that programs and complete understanding – which is required for correctness – are fundamentally at odds.

A profile of David Sacks, appointed as White House AI adviser in December 2024, who has a ruthless devotion to self-interest and helped pass the GENIUS Act (George Packer/The Atlantic)
https:…

The Venture-Capital Populist
How David Sacks and the new tech right went full MAGA and captured Washington

from a talk by Audrey Tang
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:myh6qcwcvg53u3nqsvzkljq6/post/3mmxvnibwa22y

The first half of 2026 was the 5th warmest on record here in the central Netherlands.
Just following the forecast for the coming 2 weeks, and then the 1991-2020 average (cool by now) would already bring this year into the top-3 warmest since 1901.

Charges against Sneed from shooting dropped https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48684719/charges-ljarius-sneed-shooting-dropped

Obviously, deporting this dangerously dead person must be a priority for ICE.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/north-carolina-judge-deport-teen-murder-victim?CMP=share_btn_url

Wer ohne Schuld ist - #ARD #SWR
#FilmMittwochImErsten
#krimi #crimi

Das mit dem Kühlen kann man nicht genug betonen. Ein kühler Fussboden ist im Sommer sowas von geil!
https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf/116624135838946337

African swine fever outbreaks increase in pigs and wild boar across the EU https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/african-swine-fever-outbreaks-increase-pigs-and-wild-boar-across-eu

African swine fever outbreaks increase in pigs and wild boar across the EU
In 2025, African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks increased across the European Union in both domestic pigs (+76%) and wild boar (+44%) compared to 2024, according to EFSA’s latest annual epidemiological report. The disease reemerged in Spain after 31 years without detections, raising the number of affected Member States to 14.

Oh and I have a 2024 vintage Garage Project beer to soothe the muscles. It has travelled a long way from Wellington to get here (was actually amazed to see in a Belfast off-licence)
I'm very glad it made the trip.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs/116680726980295049
It’s important to know (IMO) that headings can never go beyond level 9 with this feature:

When, in 2024, Chinese scientists reported developing an artificial-intelligence tool to design conotoxins, it raised eyebrows in some quarters.
In an e-mail to a private AI and biotechnology discussion group seen by Nature, a senior US government employee flagged the study as a possible biosecurity risk.
The employee, who asked not to be named because of concerns for their job, felt it was especially concerning that the conotoxin AI is based on an open-source protein language …

AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?
Scientists are debating whether to limit biological AI software to ward off threats.

Fact check: Hegseth twice made a false claim to Congress about troops being sent to voting places under Biden (Daniel Dale/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/politics/hegseth-biden-2024-troops-voting-locations-fact-check
http://www.memeorandum.com/260504/p73#a260504p73

Big Oil wants you to think renewables are expensive and unreliable. The reality? The clean energy shift saved $467 billion globally in 2024 alone.
Solar and wind have zero fuel costs. New sodium-ion batteries are slashing storage prices. Renewables now create more jobs than fossil fuels while surpassing coal as the world's top electricity source.

Earth.org Debunks Clean Energy Myths - CleanTechnica
Clean energy myths abound, but Earth.org has five strategies for countering disinformation that have proven effective.

Filing: Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman about settling days before trial; after being denied, he said Brockman and Altman "will be the most hated men in America" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/musk-altman-open-ai-settlement-tr…

Musk texted OpenAI's Brockman about settlement two days before trial began
Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and sued the company, President Greg Brockman and CEO Sam Altman in 2024.

@…
Continuing the "gymnastics" theme:
― what sporty word can we use to describe the twenty-four month wait for FreeBSD documentation of a feature that was added in April 2024?
Cc @…

Jährlicher Zubau und Rückbau von #Balkonsolarleistung in Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

BPOLD-H: Bilanz der vorübergehend wiedereingeführten Binnengrenzkontrollen an der deutsch - niederländischen Grenze in Niedersachsen im Zeitraum vom 16.09.2024 bis einschließlich zum 31.05.2026 Hannover (ots) - Hannover / Bad Bentheim Seit dem 16. September 2024 kontrolliert die Bundespolizei in ganz Deutschland den grenzüberschreitenden Verkehr mit vorübergehend wiedereingeführten Binnengrenzkontrollen. Für Reisende zwischen ...

Vorweg: Ich bin kein Freund von Talkpodcasts, die leider zunehmend aufwändige Produktionen verdrängen.
Beim c't "we talk tech" wurde über Scam auf Hotel-Buchungsportalen gesprochen, mit annekdotischer Evidenz. Soweit, so interessant.
So nebenbei hieß es, Booking.com verlange von Vermietern den Bestpreis.
Der EuGH hat aber im Herbst 2024 geurteilt, dass sogenannte Bestpreisklauseln kartellrechtswidrig sind. Kein Wort davon.
(PS: ich hoffe

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
Sahra Halgan:
🎵 Sharaf (6 Music Session, 15 May 2024)
#SahraHalgan
https://open.spotify.com/track/6a7b6cwzpNS1oA6AR4kvt1

Tyler Guyton, Cowboys' 2024 first-round pick, competing with Nathan Thomas for starting LT job https://www.nfl.com/news/tyler-guyton-nathan-thomas-cowboys-starting-left-tackle-competition

One of the clearest examples of an uninsurable area to date comes from California.
In 2024, State Farm, one of the largest home insurers in the United States, chose not to renew 72,000 home insurance policies across the state due, in part, to unsustainable wildfire risk.
It was not alone, as six of California’s twelve largest insurers had already paused or heavily restricted new policies.
Homeowners who can no longer find private coverage are directed to California’s insure…

Climate change: how fires and floods are creating uninsurable areas across Europe
From California to France and the UK, traditional private markets are buckling under the weight of climate claims.

Cowboys Trade Pickup Already Facing ‘Chopping Block’ https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/jonathan-mingo-chopping-block/

Ruby Red Iowa Backed Trump by 13 Points in 2024. Now It's a Battleground. (John McCormick/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/ruby-red-iowa-backed-trump-by-13-points-in-2024-now-its-a-battleground-b808c363
http://www.memeorandum.com/260502/p20#a260502p20

Digital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

Anzahl der Inbetriebnahmen von Balkonkraftwerken pro Jahr in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der #Steckersolaranlage ersetzt.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff:

'Why are we talking about this?': Democrats are furious that the Bidens won't go away (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/28/biden-democrats-2024-election-00942001
http://www.memeorandum.com/260528/p135#a260528p135

Will Cowboys draft Prescott successor in '27? ESPN's 21 names to watch https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/05/27/cowboys-draft-dak-prescotts-successor-2027/90274820007/

Anzahl der registrierten #Balkonkraftwerke in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Der aktuelle Höchststand liegt bei 1347447 registrierten Anlagen.
Unplausible Inbetriebnahmedaten von 1900 bis 2017 wurden durch das Registrierungsdatum der

Travis Hunter, Mykel Williams, other 2025 NFL Draft first-rounders who need big seasons https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7291654/2026/05/21/nfl-draft-2024-picks-hunter-ashton-jeanty/

AI market research platform AlphaSense raised $350M from Vitruvian, Accenture, and others at a $7.5B valuation, up from $4B in 2024, ahead of a possible IPO (Ben Glickman/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.

Kumulativer Zubau von #Balkonsolarleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 22.05.2026.
Die summierte Leistung aller offiziell registrierten #Steckersolaranlagen beträgt b…

Announcement: New Issue of Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary e-Journal
https://ift.tt/zvk4NLK
CALL FOR PAPERS: Modernizing Winter Sam White 05/20/2026 - 9:31pm Announcement Type …
via Input 4 RELCFP

Promising Cowboys’ 14-Game Starter Facing ‘Make or Break Year’ https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/marist-liufau-make-or-break-year/

Knicks advance to first NBA Finals since 1999; Astros combine for no-hitter; Hurricanes lead Canadiens 2-1

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/knicks-…

The real reason Democrats lost in 2024 (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-dnc-autopsy-omits-the-biggest
http://www.memeorandum.com/260522/p7#a260522p7

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsIndieForever
Two Door Cinema Club:
🎵 What You Know (Reading, 2024)
#TwoDoorCinemaClub
https://theartsmixof2.bandcamp.com/track/two-door-cinema-club-what-you-know-the-art-mix-nfx-30
https://open.spotify.com/track/4JHg4nNYUJQ5HULcCmI18R

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsIndieForever
The Last Dinner Party:
🎵 The Feminine Urge (Reading, 2024)
#TheLastDinnerParty
https://open.spotify.com/track/1gRK6QnBOpNtEDjYKftzTc

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsIndieForever
Gossip:
🎵 Standing In The Way Of Control / Smells Like Teen Spirit (6 Music Festival, 2024)
#Gossip
https://open.spotify.com/track/2IxixfQUSQkwCCblJT3Eq1