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VVD’er Thom van Campen voelde ‘weerzin’ en had ‘buikpijn’ over kabinet met PVV: ‘Ik heb er wél voor getekend’ - NRC
#NLpol

Gesundheitswesen: Fintech-Unternehmer über Sicherheit, Skepsis bei EU-ID & mehr
Das Start-up Nelly legt sich als zusätzliche Software-Schicht um das Praxisverwaltungssystem und will unter anderem Aufnahme und Abrechnung erleichtern.

biggest red flag if someone has zero haters... consider the kinda people out there, you mean to tell me that you have beliefs and live your life in ways that they don't take an issue with? huh, what exactly is it that you're doing?

Here is the explanation of @… itself why it was down worldwide yesterday (again) and it styled a lot on the Internet.
»Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025:
On 18 November 2025 at 11:20 UTC (all times in this blog are UTC), Cloudflar's network began experiencing significant failures to deliver core network traffic. […]«
☁️

Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.

Folks, if you want to donate to our Gaza Verified families but don’t know who to donate to or are overwhelmed, here’s is a list of all the families, sorted by those who have raised the least in the last seven days:
https://gaza-verified.org/donate/
(The list is based on

Gaza Verified
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkan

Tebra, which offers practice management tools for private healthcare providers, raised $250M led by Hildred, mostly in equity, to accelerate its AI capabilities (FinSMEs)
https://www.finsmes.com/2025/12/tebra-receives-250m-in-funding.html

I wear this shirt when I’m scrolling social media

"The [resonant computing] Manifesto promises to fix everything that’s wrong on the internet right now. But you look at the authors and the signers, you’ll see the same guys who caused the present problems. These guys made it rich on the Torment Nexus and they’re now claiming they can fix it."
(Original title: The Resonant Computing Manifesto: same AI slop, same AI guys)

The Resonant Computing Manifesto: same AI slop, same AI guys
Back in the 1990s, in the first flowering of the World Wide Web, the Silicon Valley guys were way into their manifestos. “A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace”! The “Cluetrain Manifesto!…

Any tree brought into the house is now property of the cat(s).
Law of the Kitty § 137.TR33

Folks, good news.
My TikTok video that had its audio removed years ago, got its audio back:
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMKThFR6/

Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil tanker in Russia's Rostov-on-Don, local officials claim: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/ukrainian-drones-reportedly-strike-oil.html

On Monday, Nov. 24,
after more than 1,100 days on strike,
Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh members were cheered on by supporters
at a rally in downtown Pittsburgh
before returning to work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Even though strikers have returned to work, however,
many issues at the center of the strike are still in legal limbo
—and their fight for a fair contract is not over.
In this episode of Working People, we speak with three Newspap…

The longest-running strike in the US is over—and the workers won
After over 3 years on strike, members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh have returned to work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. While the legal battle is still unresolved, this is a major victory for the labor movement.

「メンタルヘルスと釣り」

Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan found guilty of felony obstruction (Journal Sentinel)
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2025/12/18/milwaukee-county-judge-hannah-dugan-found-guilty-of-felony-obstruction/87675227007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p136#a251218p136

Massive turtle bust in Mexico reveals ‘Wild West’ of wildlife trafficking https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/massive-turtle-bust-in-mexico-reveals-wild-west-of-wildlife-trafficking/

Massive turtle bust in Mexico reveals ‘Wild West’ of wildlife trafficking
In undercover raids carried out in late September, Mexican authorities discovered 2,339 wild-caught turtles crammed into bins in five locations in Jalisco and Baja California states. Along with the live reptiles, they found a massive stash of other illegal wildlife products that are coveted as delicacies in East Asia: 1,569 kilograms (3,459 pounds) of sea […]

I just romantically told my wife 'you da real mvp'

"In truth, no Number fully insulates anyone from life’s vicissitudes. Markets crash, health fails, taxes rise, wars and pestilence break out...."
So, pay your taxes and invest in a welfare safety net, is the unspoken part.
The absurdity of bankers’ retirement fund targets - https://on.ft.com/4o2NNbV

Mayor Lurie's litmus tests for D4 appointees:
1. Family Zoning Plan
2. Great Highway/Prop K
3. Police drones
https://missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-district-4-supervisor-vetting/

Want to be District 4 supervisor? Get ready to answer these questions.
The applicants for District 4 supervisor have been quizzed about everything from taxes to social media, according to a five-page survey.

@… off to a good start!

„Der Sachsenwald wird zum Jahreswechsel eingemeindet. Damit endet nicht nur Deutschlands absurdeste Steueroase, sondern auch ein 150 Jahre altes Adelsprivileg. Auslöser dafür war eine Recherche von @…“

Nach unserer Recherche: Bismarck verliert seine Steueroase
Der Sachsenwald wird zum Jahreswechsel eingemeindet. Damit endet nicht nur Deutschlands absurdeste Steueroase, sondern auch ein 150 Jahre altes Adelsprivileg. Auslöser dafür war eine Recherche von FragDenStaat.

Entwicklung der Kapazitätsgrößen von #Batteriespeicher​n von Privatpersonen in Deutschland mit Stand vom 16.11.2025.
292 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie herausgefiltert.
Der Datenbestand enthält unplausible Datensätze.
👉 Zusatzlesestoff: Ei…

I’ll just say this: For the very most part, the systems of our society do not reward creators. They reward people who have power over what is created.
A deep part of our society’s mythology is that we reward people with great ideas, people who make great things — and therefore those who are rewarded must somehow be great.
That is false. If you see someone rewarded, the most likely explanation is that they had power to reap rewards.
3/

Senators Warren and Blumenthal call on AG Bondi to recuse herself from reviewing the WBD deal due to her prior employment with lobbying firm Ballard Partners (Brian Stelter/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/media/warren-bondi-antitrust-warner-bros-netf…

Senators demand AG Pam Bondi recuse herself from Warner Bros. antitrust review
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Wednesday that the regulatory review of Warner’s deal with Netflix has begun, even as Paramount mounts a hostile takeover bid.

Känner att jag inte alls orkar ställa till med något Julbord under julen. Inspirerad utav @… så föreslog jag till frun att vi kör tacos på julafton.
Förslaget godkändes på 10 sekunder.
Kommer iallafall ha tomtemössa och jultröja på mig.
Traditioner är till för att brytas

#Anniversary (2025) Official Trailer
#movie

Mrgn.

Témoignage de Ricardo Mendes sur la dérive sectaire d’OKC
Ricardo Mendes, né et ayant grandi dans la communauté bouddhiste Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC), témoigne comment cette communauté idéaliste a progressivement sombré dans une dérive sectaire sous le contrôle de son fondateur, Robert Spatz
1/11

"Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theatre, a piece of music or a book can make a difference. It can change the world."
—Alan Rickman
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Check out today's packed Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA was hit by a cyberattack,
--Coupang's founder failed to show at parliamentary hearing,
--Vast majority of parked domains foist scams and malware,
--FTC orders Nomad to pay victims after hackers stole cryptocurrency,
--noyb alleges data exposure by TikTok, Grindr and AppFlyer,
--Hackers exploit critica…

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA was hit by a cyberattack
Coupang's founder didn't show at parliamentary hearing, Majority of parked domains foist scams and malware, FTC orders Nomad to pay victims after hackers stole cryptocurrency, noyb alleges data exposure by TikTok, Grindr and AppFlyer, Hackers exploit critical flaws in Fortinet products, much more

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Methamphetamine

💔 Pining for Pinochet: How crime fanned nostalgia for Chile’s dictator
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/world/politics/pinochet-crime-nostalgia-chile/

Pining for Pinochet: How crime fanned nostalgia for Chile’s dictator
Polls are showing Chileans clamoring for order and authoritarianism, with many expressing fondness for the dictatorship of late general Augusto Pinochet.

For people who like to follow along with tech conferences I’m posting a thread on LinkedIn while I’m at #QConSF https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adriancoc…

I’m spending the next few days at QCon Software Development Conferences San Francisco and I will post reactions and comments as threads on this post. My own talk is at 5pm today. Starting off with an… | Adrian Cockcroft
I’m spending the next few days at QCon Software Development Conferences San Francisco and I will post reactions and comments as threads on this post. My own talk is at 5pm today. Starting off with an opening keynote by Nicole Forsgren who I just said hi to and found out recently moved back from Microsoft to Google. The event is well attended and has many first time attendees going by the audience at the keynote. It’s their 19th year and it’s very well run at at an iconic location. The Hy…

I think this might be my favourite sign I’ve seen.
Well done America. Well done!!
#nokings

What could go wrong!?

Das pisst mich ja gerade endlos an. Die Ausgabe der bpb kostete vermutlich (ist nicht mehr auf der Webseite) um die 7,50 EUR. Wie Teil 2 auch.
https://www.booklooker.de/Hörbücher/Ulrich-Herbert-Michael-…

Nifty preprint with an experiment coevolving Brassica rapa with pollinating, herbivorous butterflies. With bumblebee co-pollinators or heat stress added, the plants evolved stronger anti-herbivore defense; with both bees and heat, they evolved... to attract butterflies?
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.06.686

I am currently enjoying a watermelon Bulla Split. It's very refreshing.
#Summer #Canberra

Musk-Favorit Jared Isaacman vom US-Senat als kommender NASA-Chef bestätigt
Nach einjährigem politischem Hin und Her steht Jared Isaacman als neuer NASA-Chef praktisch fest. Seine erste Aufgabe wird das Wettrennen mit China zum Mond.

Sources: xAI is in advanced talks to raise $15B at a $230B valuation, up from the $113B it reported after merging with X in March 2025 (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/elon-musks-xai

Six windows on Ukraine: Belonging.: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/six-windows-on-ukraine-belonging.html

Wow!
The first SwiftGodot-based game is on the AppStore:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/terminal-madness-revelations/id6740811766

Terminal Madness - Revelations App - App Store
Download Terminal Madness - Revelations by Codepassion S.L. on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Terminal…

Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House
This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/what-presidential-panic-looks-like/685307/

This Is What Presidential Panic Looks Like
Donald Trump delivered a fear-drenched rant live from the White House.

みんなあれやで。
見せたい画像をいまアップロードしたら無駄やで。

Judge in Wisconsin convicted of helping immigrant avoid arrest by ICE (Patrick Marley/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/18/hannah-dugan-guilty-judge-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p137#a251218p137

@… ah, I hope you found the issue that has copy/paste config to re-add: https://github.com/11ty/eleventy/issues/3893
Planning on doing something better via the upgr…

Entwicklung der Kapazitätsgrößen von #Batteriespeicher​n von Unternehmen in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 16.11.2025.
292 Datensätze ohne #Batteriespeichertechnologie…

"The only way I can move past the absurdity of what I do, is to commit to the point of absurdity."
—Jake Gyllenhaal
#acting #coaching #inspiration

NBCU plans to add Arrival Ads, live ads that play when users turn on Peacock, and use AI to search live sports events for the optimal moment to place ads (Cynthia Littleton/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nbcuniversal-arrival-ads-peacock-1236610766/

NBCUniversal Unveils 'Arrival Ads' for Peacock
NBCUniversal will incorporate 'Arrival Ads' for those who sign on to Peacock, among a host of other new ad-tech elements unveiled by the company.

"Jesus and Kathia are not sure what to do now, or where they will sleep if their vehicle is towed. The options for family shelter are limited until her child is born, she said, and she does not want to leave her dog, who also lives in her RV, behind."
https://missionlocal.org/2025…

RV dwellers say S.F. homeless outreach worker is selling parking permits for hundreds in cash
The city is investigating allegations into a man dressed as an outreach worker. In text exchanges, an RV dweller begs for his money back.

Si vis pacem, porto bello

Just took a wee walk around the garden and saw at least 7 (native grass) skinks out and about, doing their thing. Warms my heart each time.

There's been some sort of an incident during which a Latvian crew member tried to install a remote access trojan onto an Italian ferry on behalf of a foreign power.
Crewmember Arrested for Planting "Foreign" Malware on Italian Ferry
https://mariti…

Crewmember Arrested for Planting "Foreign" Malware on Italian Ferry
 French authorities are investigating a serious cyber threat aboard a Mediterranean ferry: an onboard malware installation carried out at the directio...

The world's carbon emissions continue to rise—but 35 countries show progress in cutting carbon #environment

The world's carbon emissions continue to rise—but 35 countries show progress in cutting carbon
Global fossil fuel emissions are projected to rise in 2025 to a new all-time high, with all sources—coal, gas, and oil—contributing to the increase.

Microsoft will KI-Agenten smarter machen und mit Agent 365 besser überwachen
Microsofts neue KI-Agenten sollen durch noch mehr Datenzugriff intelligenter werden. Sie werden kontrolliert von Agent 365, der Steuerungsebene für KI-Agenten.

Our tree topper broke, but now I can print a new one!
Honestly really amazing what you can do with 3D printing.
My former hometown of Vienna has had a lot of influence on it early in 3D printing history…

US, Ukraine minerals deal will finally go live in 2026: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/us-ukraine-minerals-deal-will.html

Sources: General Intuition, which trains AI agents in spatial reasoning, is in late-stage talks to raise several hundred million dollars at a $2B valuation (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/a-new-world-model-startup-is-quietly

A new world model startup is quietly raising big money
General Intuition is building a general-purpose AI agent and world model.

Trump’s takeover of the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
reached its inevitable apogee on Thursday afternoon
when it was announced that the center’s board of trustees had voted to rename it
the Trump-Kennedy Center.
Even though Mr. Trump had already been calling it that for months in trollish posts online,
he acted shocked that his handpicked board had thought to do this for him.
Trump had called into a meeting of the board, which is no…

Kennedy Center Board Moves to Rename It the Trump-Kennedy Center
The board for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced that it would now be named the Trump-Kennedy Center, although a formal change may have to be approved by Congress.

"The camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!"
—Ben Kingsley
#acting #coaching

ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys (HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-citizen-arrested-by-ice_n_693c9355e4b018dc36f254c0
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p139#a251218p139

Es geht bei Cowboy weiter: Rebirth Group übernimmt Mehrheit
Der belgische E-Bike-Hersteller Cowboy ist nun gerettet. Die französische Rebirth Group wird Mehrheitseigner und will das Unternehmen stabilisieren.
ht…

For your edification, the most common form factor of floppy disks:
5¼ inch (no metal door thing)
3½ inch (the one the save icon was modeled after)
There were also 8 inch (used before 1980s mainly), and various not very successful 3 inch, 2½ inch and 2 inch formats.
Note that while the form factor might have been the same, a lot of diskettes aren't mutually software compatible between systems.
There's physical sub-formats (e.g. one sided, hard sectors, varying supported densities due to magnetic properties etc.) too.

The Kremlin WILL NOT GO TO PEACE: Why Russia will not agree to any truce | Explainer: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/the-kremlin-will-not-go.html

How Apple is helping filmmakers and developers create immersive media for the Vision Pro and share best practices (Harry McCracken/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91461534/apple-vision-pro-immersive-video

With Apple’s help, storytellers are figuring out Vision Pro
The headset opens up immersive new opportunities for dramas, documentaries, music videos, and beyond. Some filmmakers and developers are diving right in.

c’t Ratgeber PC-Hardware 2026: Bauen, Aufrüsten, Tunen
Das Sonderheft berät beim Kauf von PC-Komponenten. Neben Tests aktueller Hardware liefert es große Performancevergleiche moderner Prozessoren und Grafikkarten.
htt…

Strikes run on pizza.
Turns out they also can begin to end on them.
Several pies, in fact, arrived on North Shore Drive on the brisk Tuesday that was Oct. 18, 2022,
when the strikers first walked out of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom
because the PG had violated federal labor law.
The workers said they would not go back to their jobs until their employer followed the rules.
They had no idea it would take three years
and become the nation’s lon…

Pittsburgh journalists vote to end country's longest strike and notify the PG they are returning to work - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh’s most momentous gathering since the formation of a strike picket line more than three years ago began last week in the manner of all big strike meetings — with the arrival of a half dozen boxes of pizza. Pepperoni, plain and a vegetarian option. Strikes run on pizza. Turns out […]

"I don't really look for specific types of projects any more. I'm not taking care of a career anymore. I'm just having fun acting."
—Kurt Russell
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan's defense argues 'top levels of government' pushed to bring charges (Todd Richmond/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/dugan-judge-wisconsin-immigrant-arrested-trial-09cd6fc722058ca2e191d66bda720ac4
http://www.memeorandum.com/251218/p138#a251218p138

Urgently! Kupiansk is almost liberated: the AFU drove the Russians out of 90% of the city: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/urgently-kupiansk-is-almost-liberated.html

Trump signs the annual defense bill with provisions authorizing the president to screen and restrict US financing of Chinese tech companies (Anvee Bhutani/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-secu

DJI Osmo Action 6: Actionkamera mit variabler Blende
Die Actioncam DJI Osmo Action 6 kommt mit einem 1/1,1-Zoll-Quadratsensor, der hohe Bildqualität verspricht. Die Blende lässt sich von f/2,0 – f/4,0 variieren.
https:/…

“In fact, while the trauma and terror that Bovino’s unit instills is certainly real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how _ineffective_ the force has turned out to be. Time and again, these agents — and the broader DHS and White House policies behind it — are being exposed not for their strength, but their weakness. Ordinary Americas are stronger — braver _and_ better.”

Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.

Russia's €210 billion to Ukraine – will the EU transfer the Kremlin's frozen assets?| News Pulse: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/russias-billion-to-ukraine-will.html

KI-Update kompakt: KI-Cyberattacke, Firefox KI-Fenster, Prometheus, AI-Racing
Das "KI-Update" liefert drei mal pro Woche eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
https://www…

Google DeepMind plans to open an AI research lab in Singapore, collaborating with institutions across the Asia-Pacific in education, public services, and more (Lila Ibrahim/Google DeepMind)
https://deepmind.google/blog/were-expa…

Google DeepMind opens Singapore research lab for Asia-Pacific AI.
Google DeepMind opens a new research lab in Singapore to accelerate the development of frontier AI across the Asia-Pacific region through research, talent, and strategic collaborations.

Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
Thursday marks a first deadline,
set this month in a memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi,
for all federal law enforcement agencies to “coordinate delivery”
to the FBI of their intelligence files
on “Antifa” and “Antifa-related” activities.
Bondi has tasked the FBI with using those files to draw up lists of Americans and foreigners to investigate
as part of a campaign directed by …

Trump administration prepares sweeping crackdown on leftist networks
The Justice Department’s program to root out violent “Antifa” extremism is raising First Amendment concerns.

Is real peace in Ukraine possible?#shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/is-real-peace-in-ukraine.html

Prisma Photonics, which develops AI-based tech for monitoring infrastructure using existing optical fiber networks, raised $30M, taking total funding to $80M (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rjjneb66lg

Prisma Photonics raises $30 million to expand AI-based infrastructure monitoring
The Tel Aviv deep-tech firm turns ordinary fiber networks into global security and power-grid sentinels.

How does the Kremlin force people to sign contracts after defeats? #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/how-does-the-kremlin-force.html

While fascist ideas never found a foothold among the majority of Americans,
they exerted considerable influence during the period between the first and second world wars.
Extremist groups like
the Silver Shirts,
the Christian Front,
the Black Legion and
the Ku Klux Klan claimed hundreds of thousands of members.
Together they glorified a white Christian nation purified of Jews, Black Americans, immigrants and communists.
During the 1930s and …

America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history
Although thousands of Americans embraced fascist ideas during the interwar years, a new study examines why the US has had little appetite to remember that past.

'Irreparable loss' — Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter crew killed in combat mission, brigade says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/19/irreparable-loss-ukrainian-mi-helicopter.html

The Færdselsstyrelsen
(Danish Road Traffic Authority)
is becoming the first agency to pilot SIA Open,
a government-wide project by Statens IT
(Danish Governmental IT Agency)
designed to replace Microsoft services with open source alternatives.
With this, they are not stopping at just Office apps.
Færdselsstyrelsen will be replacing both the Windows operating system and Microsoft's suite of applications
(Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook)

Denmark Begins Its Exit from Microsoft — and This Is Just the Start
The move is part of a government-wide effort to reduce dependency on Microsoft software. The traffic department's move is just the beginning.

Orban says he wrote to Putin, fearing Russia’s response to EU plan to use frozen assets for Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/18/orban-says-he-wrote-to.html

A broad retreat is underway in the nonprofit world.
After Donald Trump ordered his administration to root out “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts earlier this year,
opening the door to investigations and funding cuts for offenders,
more than 1,000 charities rewrote their mission statements in forms they filed this year with the Internal Revenue Service,
removing or minimizing language tied to race, inequity and historically disadvantaged communities.<…

Deleting DEI
As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.

A new study has found that
eating 50 grams (1.76 ounces) or more of high-fat cheese a day
correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia.
That includes all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content,
like brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella.
The extensive, long-term study followed 27,670 adults in Sweden for around 25 years.
The findings establish an association between daily consumption of high-fat cheese
and lower demen…

Cheese Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in 25-Year Study
One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.

COVID vaccines protect children from severe illness per CDC.
⬇️76% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 9 mo. to 4 years
⬇️56% reduced risk of ER visits in kids 5 - 17 years
-- @drruth.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/atranscendedman.bsky.social/po…

So far in Russia's hybrid war in Europe, most known acts of sabotage have resulted in minimal damage
— nothing compared to the tens of thousands of lives lost and cities decimated across Ukraine.
But officials say each act
— from vandalism of monuments to cyberattacks to warehouse fires
— sucks up valuable security resources.
The head of one large European intelligence service said investigations into Russian interference now swallow up as much of the agency’…

Russia wants to drain Europe's security resources with sabotage campaign, officials say | AP News
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.

The engraving depicts the waveforms of the spoken word "water" in 103 different languages
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/europa-clipper/europa-clipper-vault-plate/

Europa Clipper Vault Plate
There's a legacy of NASA spacecraft carrying inspirational messages. Europa Clipper continues that tradition with special messages on its vault plate.

House Republicans on Wednesday
defeated a pair of war powers resolutions
aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s airstrikes on alleged drug-running boats in the Caribbean Sea
and Pacific Ocean
and his increasingly aggressive provocations that critics fear are leading to a war on Venezuela
htt…

House Republicans Squash Venezuela War Powers Resolutions
This follows two failed Senate attempts to stop Trump from continuing military action without congressional approval.

Seeing Life at the Quantum Limit
Congratulations to
Dr Nicolas Mauranyapin,
winner of QUBIC’s inaugural Scientific Achievement Award - Cell Theme!
Nico has built a quantum-limited microscope, so sensitive it operates at the quantum shot noise limit,
the same benchmark used in gravitational wave detection.
This means it can capture the faintest signals nature allows.
This breakthrough enables real-time observation of living cells without damage,

The Trump administration has reportedly set a goal of yanking citizenship away from over a thousand naturalized Americans in fiscal year 2026,
in yet another escalation in the administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
New guidance issued on Tuesday directs the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices
to “supply Office of Immigration Litigation with 100-200 denaturalization cases per month” next year, according to The New York Times.
Denatu…

Trump Administration Sets Goal to Denaturalize Thousands of US Citizens in 2026
Immigration officials have reportedly issued guidance setting a quota of 100 to 200 denaturalization cases a month.

Google’s vibe-coding tool, Opal,
is making its way to Gemini.
The company on Wednesday said it is integrating the tool,
which lets you build AI-powered mini apps,
inside the Gemini web app,
allowing users to create their own custom apps,
which Google calls Gems.
Introduced in 2024,
Gems are customized versions of Gemini designed for specific tasks or scenarios.
For instance, some of Google’s pre-made Gems include
a learning coach,…

Quickstart  |  Opal  |  Google for Developers

There’s an unwritten rule in publishing,
or so I’ve been told:
don’t write about COVID.
Our collective attention span has been saturated by those endless months holed up in attics and cramped corners of apartments, staring out at a world we could no longer take part in.
When the worst of it passed, we felt an urge to close that chapter, to padlock it behind a heavy latch.
But in doing so, we also tuck away the hard-won lessons of that time:
how quickly s…

Bird flu warnings are being ignored. I’ve seen this pattern before
H5N1 has a 50% fatality rate in humans. Yet we’re dismantling the systems designed to catch it early.

Dr. Kirk Moore had been on trial for five days,
accused of falsifying COVID-19 vaccination cards and throwing away the government-supplied doses.
The Utah plastic surgeon faced up to 35 years in prison if the jury found him guilty
on charges that included conspiracy to defraud the United States.
Testimony had paused for the weekend when Moore’s lawyer called him early one Saturday this July
with what felt to him like unbelievable news.
U.S. Attorney Gener…

Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that protects us from infectious disease,” an expert said.