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Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Zölle: Counterpoint halbiert Wachstumsprognose für Smartphone-Markt

Federal prosecutors accuse two US men of operating and promoting OmegaPro, a crypto multi-level marketing scheme that allegedly defrauded victims of $650M (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/08/doj-omegapro-crypto-scam.html

Two charged in $650 million global crypto scam that promised 300% returns
From 2019 to 2023, Sims and Reynoso allegedly lured thousands of victims worldwide to purchase "investment packages" from OmegaPro using cryptocurrency.

12 killed, 52 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/killed-injured-in-russian-attacks.html

Fallujah, Iraq is ~15sq mi (~25sq km) & had ~4,000 fighters US military and allies faced in 2nd Battle of Fallujah, one of fiercest fought by US this century.
Caracas Venezuela is ~300sq mi (~433sq km) & Venezuela has ~4.5 million militia now activated.
potus & kegseth must be stopped.
#USpol

I don’t get why people think when one industry does something unsafe (e.g. cars) of course sales moratoriums, investigations, fines and recalls are in order;—but if another industry does (deadly advice in “AI” summaries) it’s fine.

Merz gerade in der Fragestunde des Bundestages:
"Migration als Waffe gegen uns"
Wer so einen Kanzler hat, braucht keine Desinformationsstrategien.

This is crazy.
At U.S. request, France jails Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of ransomware conspiracy
https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/10/at-u-s-request-france-jails-…

At U.S. request, France jails Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of ransomware conspiracy
A court in Paris has jailed Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin on suspicion of involvement in a hacker group’s extortion activities. The 26-year-old was arrested on June 21 at Charles de Gaulle airport at the request of the United States, which has charged him with conspiracy to commit computer fraud. According to American investigators, Kasatkin acted as an accomplice in a hacker group’s ransomware attacks on roughly 900 companies, including two federal institutions, between 2020 an…

Spicy body pillow... 😳

Nein, sorry. Ich werde "BMFTR" (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt) niemals "BMFuture" aussprechen und ich verurteile jede*n, der das tut aufs schärfste.

Ach ja. Science Fiction und Fantasy, die ich im Juni (und den ersten Juli-Tagen) gelesen habe, gibt es auch noch. Zeitreisen, Space Opera, Klimakatastrophen, die ganz ferne Zukunft der Menschheit und Kairo 1912 sind alle mit dabei.
https://blog.till-westermayer.…

Science Fiction und Fantasy im Juni (und z.T. Juli) 2025
Eigentlich hatte ich mir vorgenommen, mir noch weitere Texte für den Hugo anzugucken und einen etwas differenzierteren Stimmzettel abzugeben. Heruntergeladen habe ich das Hugo-Voting-Paket schon mal, und bis zur finalen Abstimmung am 23. Juli ist eigentlich auch noch etwas Zeit. We will see. Bei der

Stanford HAI 's 2025 AI Index Report https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report
'Model scale continues to grow rapidly—training compute doubles every five months, datasets every eight, and power use annually' but AI models still 'often…

Putting a crypto insider in charge of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is like putting a drug lord in charge of the DEA.
Industry insiders shouldn’t be regulators, but this is even worse.
Crypto isn’t even a legitimate industry, just one good at playing the catch-me-if-you-can game with the regulators it’s about to own.
-- Kristen Simplicio

The Blockchain Association Just Bought the CFTC
The revolving door isn’t just corrupting the CFTC—it may end the pretense of a Commission altogether.

For people mad about MX flags 🇲🇽 in LA: do you know where Six Flags gets its name? (Hint: short for "Six Flags over Texas", referring to the six countries that governed TX. A good trivia question is what those are. Can't go far in TX w/out seeing the 6.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_flag

Six flags over Texas - Wikipedia

Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio

The case for calling Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz' a concentration camp
Amid ICE raids, President Donald Trump toured a new immigration detention facility with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Trump faces MAGA trust crisis over Epstein debacle (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/10/trump-epstein-files-bondi-maga
http://www.memeorandum.com/250710/p11#a250710p11

from my link log —
My ideal array language.
https://www.ashermancinelli.com/csblog/2025-7-20-Ideal-Array-Language.html
saved 2025-08-05

Educators Union Rejects Anti-Defamation League, Cuts Ties
https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2025/07/educators-union-rejects-anti-defamation-league-cuts-ties?utm_source=fli…

Educators Union Rejects Anti-Defamation League, Cuts Ties
The Anti-Defamation League has been a ubiquitous presence in U.S. schools for forty years, pushing curriculum, direct programming, and teacher training into K-12 schools and increasingly into universities, often over the objections of students, parents, and educators. Now, the three million-member National Education Association has finally said no. In July 6 vote, the NEA’s 7,000-member Representative Assembly cut all ties with the ADL.

Last year I spent some time in the part of Texas where the floods hit on the Guadalupe River last week.
Even to my California-kid eyes, eyes that rarely see a real river, the Guadalupe, as it passed through Comfort, Texas, was more of a creek than a river.
Over the last day I've wondered "what if I had been there when the flood hit?" I am used to having fairly serious topology, so I would have had trouble there in Texas figuring out which way to go to find "hi…

Why Disaster Alerts Keep Failing
Even emergency alerts that reach people can be unclear.

Fast 40 Jahre nach seiner Abspaltung vom Filchner Schelfeis verliert der #Eisberg A-23A zunehmend große Stücke.
Im Juli 2025 brachen zwei neue Eisberge ab, A-23D und A-23E, mit Flächen von 159 und 73 Quadratkilometern.
A-23A treibt derzeit nördlich von #Südgeorgien und ist trotz…

COO geht in Rente: Tim Cook übernimmt oberste Apple-Design-Verantwortung
Apple hat schon lange keinen Designchef mehr. Nun soll sich nach einem Personalwechsel die Oberverantwortung verändern: direkt hin zu CEO Tim Cook.

So, the #Austrian Parliament ignores all expert opinion and ratifies a law to allow #statetrojan #spyware to be bought and used, making the whole population less safe while spending tax money on…

Trotz Widerstands im Nationalrat: Messengerüberwachung beschlossen
Nach jahrelanger Diskussion ist die Messengerüberwachung am Mittwoch vom Nationalrat ermöglicht worden. Widerstand gab es nicht nur von FPÖ und Grünen, sondern auch innerhalb der Koalition von NEOS-Abgeordneten. Mit der Vorlage wird es dem Staatsschutz künftig möglich sein, unverschlüsselte und verschlüsselte Nachrichten bei Diensten wie WhatsApp und Signal auszulesen.

Shoulda called it the Dolittle Center. No imagination.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/12/new-research-centre-to-explore-how-ai-can-help-humans-speak-with-pets

En Norvège, la gauche remporte les élections législatives, talonnée par l’extrême droite
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/09/09/en-norvege-la-gauche-remporte-les-elections-legislatives_6640034_…

En Norvège, la gauche remporte les élections législatives
Le parti travailliste du premier ministre sortant, Jonas Gahr Store, arrive en tête du scrutin, devant la droite anti-immigration, qui réalise son meilleur score depuis sa fondation en 1973.

If the Finder icon looks reversed to you in macOS 26, then my guess is that you aren’t using Dark Mode…

#NewMexico will be the first state to make #childcare free
The program, which will start in November and is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.

Gestern noch geschrieben, dass der neue #Hein („Das #Narrenschiff“, Suhrkamp 2025) richtig gut ist. Dann weitergelesen und er verlegt locker flockig Stalinstadt in den Bezirk Potsdam?
Mir ist schon klar, warum Hein Johannes Goretzka nach Potsdam versetzt und nicht nach Frankfurt/Oder

Trying to think when the last time I wrote a blog article and it did *not* end up on the front page of the orange site within a day or two.
I feel like it's been a bit.

Wenn wir alle beim nächsten Tag der offenen Tür der Bundesregierung mit 🌈 Regen­bogen­fahnen 🏳️‍🌈 bei Klöckner auf der Matte stehen, meint ihr wir könnten sie damit aus dem Amt treiben? Sie scheint die Teile ja zu fürchten wie der Teufel das Weihwasser…
#pol #depol

Hi friends of research software 👋
The @… is running a free workshop on test-driven development on Monday.
https://events.digital-research.academ

Die Kleinen mussten zusammenbleiben, die haben so alleine im Rahmen doch Angst!
Das Tierkind-Trio ist nun im Original im #wandklex Shop auf https://www.wandklex.art/product/tierkinder-triptychon-gemeinsam-gerahmte-illustrationen-handgemalt-575741 eingezogen.

Un grand merci aux 138 donateur-ices généreux qui ont contribué Š notre cagnotte ! Ensemble, nous progressons vers notre but de récolter 12439 €. Votre soutien est inestimable ! 🙏
https://chardonsbleus.org/cagnotte-en-ligne/

@… Happy Birthday!

En hij gaat er natuurlijk antivaxers voor in de plaats zetten …
Antivaxer Kennedy ontslaat alle leden van commissie die VS adviseert over vaccins https://nos.nl/l/2570548

Antivaxer Kennedy ontslaat alle leden van commissie die VS adviseert over vaccins
De minister zegt dat hij de 17 leden van de commissie gaat vervangen door zijn eigen kandidaten.

Eftersom DN avslöjade Säpos mångåriga slarv efter att Le Monde redan avslöjat *exakt* samma problematik i Frankrike (och hos fler världsledare) i oktober 2024 finns en rad filmer som förklarar hur det går till.

I en serie artiklar under beteckningen #StravaLeaks har Le Monde publicerat pedagogiska filmer som visar hur information finns att hämta publikt, och vilka riskerna är.

A…

Ukraine Turns to Fishing Nets to Catch Russian Drones - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/world/europe/ukraine-russia-drones-nets.html

USA offen für Russland-Sanktionen
Die USA deuten neue Sanktionen gegen Russland an. Finanzminister Scott Bessent schreibt auf der Online-Plattform X, im Rahmen der Strategie zur Unterstützung von Friedensverhandlungen von US-Präsident Donald Trump lägen alle Optionen auf dem Tisch.
"Wir sind bereit, starke Maßnahmen gegen Russland zu ergreifen, aber unsere europäischen Partner müssen sich uns dabei voll anschließen, damit di…
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Berlin und Paris für neue Russland-Sanktionen ++
Deutschland und Frankreich schlagen in einem Positionspapier neue EU-Sanktionen gegen Russland vor. Einem Medienbericht zufolge drohen der Ukraine Engpässe bei Waffen zur Luftverteidigung wegen langsamer US-Lieferungen.

Nach Vandalismus: Waymo beschränkt Fahrdienste in Los Angeles und San Francisco
Autonome Taxis von Waymo sind in San Francisco und Los Angeles ein gewohnter Anblick. Nachdem einige angezündet wurden, fährt die Firma das Angebot herunter.

xAI launches Grok 4 Heavy, a "multi-agent version" of Grok 4 offering increased performance, and unveils a new $300/month AI subscription plan, SuperGrok Heavy (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/elon

Elon Musk's xAI launches Grok 4 alongside a $300 monthly subscription | TechCrunch
Elon Musk and xAI employee announced on Wednesday night the launch of the startup's next flagship AI model, Grok 4.

EU aims to mobilize up to $12 billion for Ukraine's recovery under new agreements: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/eu-aims-to-mobilize-up.html

I just noticed my multivitamin gummies contain Chromium. How do I make sure it's the latest version?
#AskFedi

"Acting is really about having the courage to fail in front of people."
—Adam Driver
#acting #coaching #inspiration

Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau told the House Appropriations Committee that the Federal Aviation Administration plans to replace its aging air traffic control systems
-- which still rely on floppy disks and Windows 95 computers!
The agency has issued a Request For Information to gather proposals from companies willing to tackle the massive infrastructure overhaul

US air traffic control still runs on Windows 95 and floppy disks
Agency seeks contractors to modernize decades-old systems within four years.

Word just tried to change 'next' to 'sext' (in a policy doc!?!?!), so yes, we should totally trust Microsoft to get AI right, as they do the basics so well

Trump Administration Quietly Seeks to Build National Voter Roll (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/us/politics/trump-voter-registration-data.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kk8.1i5g.Y8QYv2eatrxv&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250909/p19#a250909p19

https://therecord.media/angus-king-cyber-domain-cuts-cisa
Sen. Angus King (I-ME) on Tuesday said that recent cuts across the government have weakened U.S. cybersecurity even as attacks against infrastructure and business skyrocket.

Sen. King: Cyber domain is a ‘hellscape’ that will be made worse by cuts
King, a leading voice in the Senate on cybersecurity issues, honed in on the thousands of staffers and experts laid off by CISA, saying the agency has lost 30 percent of its staff and most of its seasoned leaders.

To The Edge – piano and poetry improvisations that prompted and inspired each other
#PianoImprov #ImprovisedPoetry

To The Edge - piano and poetry improvisations
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Wenn die KI eine Mac-App programmiert: Entwickler berichtet über Erfahrungen
Ein erfahrener Mac-Entwickler hat eine komplexe App nahezu komplett von Claude Code erschaffen lassen. Jetzt berichtet er über seine Erfahrungen mit der KI.

Just installed the Xcode 26 release candidate on 12 systems (mostly build servers, but also my personal development systems). Looking forward to submitting this week and shipping on Monday!

Je découvre ce type d'agence de voyage, je comprends les témoignages. Les photos sont juste superbes.
« On recueille davantage de likes avec une panthère ou un ours blanc qu’avec un beau paysage » : les nouveaux safaris photos en plein essor

« On recueille davantage de likes avec une panthère ou un ours blanc qu’avec un beau paysage » : les nouveaux safaris photos en plein essor
« La photo animalière amateur sort les griffes » (1/7). Le nombre d’agences de voyages organisatrices de séjours pour des clients désireux d’aller immortaliser des animaux rares se multiplient. Pour éviter les dérives, les tour-opérateurs tentent de mettre en avant une approche respectueuse.

Zehntausende in Berlin stehen vor nächstem Tag ohne Strom
Seit mehr als 24 Stunden haben Tausende Berliner keinen Strom. Wann kommt wieder Strom aus der Steckdose?
https://www.heise.…

SAG-AFTRA reaches a tentative deal with Activision, EA, Epic, Take-Two, and other game companies on the Interactive Media Contract, after months of strikes (Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/gaming/news/sag-video-game-companie…

SAG-AFTRA and Video Game Companies Reach Tentative New Deal
SAG-AFTRA and the video game companies have reached a tentative deal, putting and end to the strike in sight.

Rubio, Lavrov meet in Malaysia as European leaders gather for Ukraine Recovery Conference in Italy: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/rubio-lavrov-meet-in-malaysia.html

Bill Clinton, who was impeached for committing perjury about sex, may have committed a crime related to sex?
Wait, next are you gonna tell me water is wet?
Sex criminals should be prosecuted. Full stop.
#USpol

Little more than a year ago,
Kristi Noem’s political prospects appeared to be in freefall.
The then South Dakota governor was criss-crossing the country on an ill-fated book tour,
widely seen, at least initially, as an audition to be Donald Trump’s running mate.
Instead, Noem found herself on the defensive – a position Trump never likes to be in – after revealing in her memoir that she had shot the family’s “untrainable” hunting dog,
a 14-month-old wirehair poi…

Iowa Democrats plot 2028 comeback for caucuses (Alex Thompson/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/10/iowa-democrats-plot-2028-comeback-for-caucuses
http://www.memeorandum.com/250710/p14#a250710p14

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Wie unsere Erde: Exoplanet TRAPPST-1e könnte eine sekundäre Atmosphäre haben

Nach Erfolg von "F1"-Film: Apple will angeblich Rechte an Formel 1 kaufen
Apple bemüht sich einem Bericht zufolge um Streamingrechte an der Formel-1-Rennserie. Dies folgt auf gute Einnahmen beim Brad-Pitt-Film "F1" für den Konzern.

CA state Senator Scott Wiener releases amendments to SB 53, which has transparency requirements for AI companies but omits SB 1047's provision on liability (Shirin Ghaffary/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

SBU officer shot dead in Kyiv, investigation underway: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/sbu-officer-shot-dead-in.html

Drei Tage Anwesenheit: Microsoft beordert Angestellte zurück ins Büro
Ausgehend vom Gebiet um die Konzernzentrale in Redmond müssen Microsofts Angestellte ab Februar wieder drei Tage pro Woche ins Büro. Der Rest soll folgen.

You have entered the Ice Agt
The largest-ever single-site immigration raid in U.S. history unfolded Thursday
when federal agents arrested nearly 500 workers at a Hyundai facility in Georgia.
Most workers were Korean nationals who were building an electric vehicle battery plant.
Hyundai is investing over $12 billion in a record-setting economic development deal with the state,
and the South Korean government recently agreed to invest hundreds of billions more in t…

ICE Conducts Largest-Ever Raid at Georgia Hyundai Plant: 475 Arrested, Mostly Korean
We get an update on the largest-ever single-site immigration raid in U.S. history that unfolded Thursday when federal agents arrested nearly 500 workers at a Hyundai facility in Georgia. Most workers were Korean nationals who were building an electric vehicle battery plant. Hyundai is investing over $12 billion in a record-setting economic development deal with the state, and the South Korean government recently agreed to invest hundreds of billions more in the U.S. in exchange for lower tariff…

The One Trump Flaw Most Americans Can't Tolerate (Peter Wehner/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/trump-incompetence/683779/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250810/p7#a250810p7

Streit um Blutsauerstoffmessung: Apple Watch in den USA wieder vor Gericht
Apple zofft sich seit 2021 mit Masimo um eine mögliche Patentverletzung bei der Apple Watch. Nun wurde Berufung eingelegt.

The stocks of Strategy copycats, companies buying crypto for their treasuries, are falling, as some struggle with little differentiation and rising volatility (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-09/saylor-insp…

Zelensky arrives at Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/zelensky-arrives-at-ukraine-recovery.html

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
"Single point of failure": 400 Wissenschaftler gegen Chatkontrolle

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists arrived at an Israeli port Monday after Israeli forces stopped and detained them
Israel’s Foreign Ministry published a photo on social media of Thunberg after disembarking.
The 12 activists were expected to be held at a detention facility in Ramle before being deported, according to Adalah, a legal rights group representing them

Israeli forces detain Greta Thunberg after halting Freedom Flotilla aid boat
Israeli forces have seized a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists on board, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been tightened during the war with Hamas. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, which had organized the voyage to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and protest Israel’s blockade and wartime conduct, said the activists had been “kidnapped by Israeli forces.” Israel said the passengers would return to their home…

The US Treasury's OFAC sanctions individuals and companies linked to North Korea's fake tech worker scheme, including "malicious cyber actor" Song Kum Hyok (Magdalena Del Valle/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

US reportedly resumes some arms deliveries to Ukraine after pause: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/us-reportedly-resumes-some-arms.html

Apple-COO Jeff Williams: Tim Cooks rechte Hand geht in Rente
Er galt als "Tim Cooks Tim Cook": Jeff Williams, seit 1998 bei Apple, verlässt den Konzern Ende des Jahres. Ein anderer langjähriger Mitarbeiter übernimmt.

The Law Firms' Deals With Trump Are Looking Worse and Worse (Ankush Khardori/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/10/trump-law-firms-deals-mess-column-00445259
http://www.memeorandum.com/250710/p12#a250710p12

"Ernsthafte Zweifel am Überleben": Cowboy veröffentlicht Finanzbericht für 2024
Die Zukunft des belgischen E-Bike-Startups scheint alles andere als sicher. Eine neue Strategie soll das Unternehmen auf die Füße zurückbringen.

In a letter to FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, Sen. Ron Wyden accuses Microsoft of "gross cybersecurity negligence" leading to hospital operator Ascension's breach (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

EU unveils $700 million Ukraine support package for energy and infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/eu-unveils-million-ukraine-support.html

Nach Überarbeitung: X-KI Grok verbreitet Antisemitismus – und wird deaktiviert
Der KI-Account Grok des Kurznachrichtendiensts X war Elon Musk zu links, jetzt gab es eine Überarbeitung. In der Folge verbreitete er antisemitische Inhalte.

Tipp: Kanäle und Chats in Teams trennen
Microsoft hat seine Teams-Oberfläche verändert. So bekommen Sie die alte Ansicht zurück.
https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Tipp-Kanaele

During the election campaign, Trump and his cronies declared they would deport the allegedly massive numbers of “criminal aliens.”
When Trump came into office, however, he faced a problem:
The vast majority of undocumented immigrants are law abiding.
But Trumpists came up with an answer:
Create fake crimes and thereby turn the law abiding into criminals.
Trump announced the US is
“under invasion” by a foreign power
in order to invoke the rarely us…

A felon in the White House is making crime legal
Meanwhile, he's creating fake crimes to punish the law abiding.

Trump-Putin summit in Alaska resembles a slow defeat for Ukraine (Nick Paton Walsh/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/08/09/europe/trump-putin-summit-analysis-2-intl
http://www.memeorandum.com/250810/p4#a250810p4

Gmail: Google kündigt vereinfachte Abo-Verwaltung an
Google startet in Gmail eine zentrale Abo-Verwaltung, um Newsletter einfacher zu verwalten und abzubestellen.
https://www.heise.de/news…

Trump administration immigration policies leave Ukrainian refugees in limbo: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/trump-administration-immigration-policies-leave.html

The EU's General Court sides with Meta and TikTok in their legal dispute with the EC over the DSA's 0.05% supervisory fee, saying the EU's methodology is flawed (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustai…

heise | Mit dem "Trump Phone" gegen das iPhone: Made in America?
US-Präsident Donald Trump verlangt Apple-Geräte aus den USA. Die Firma seiner Söhne macht deshalb jetzt Druck. Was steckt hinter dem "Trump Phone"?

On Monday, scores of scientists at the National Institutes of Health sent their Trump-appointed leader a letter titled the "Bethesda Declaration"
challenging “policies that undermine the NIH mission, waste public resources, and harm the health of Americans and people across the globe.”
It says: “We dissent.”
In a capital where insiders often insist on anonymity to say such things publicly,
92 NIH researchers, program directors, branch chiefs and scientific r…

NIH scientists go public with criticism over Trump cuts
President Donald Trump’s National Institutes of Health director says some employees’ critical letter to him has “fundamental misconceptions about the policy directions the NIH has taken.” Monday’s letter from NIH researchers and staffers says the Republican Trump administration’s policies waste public resources and harm people’s health. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya in his confirmation hearings pledged openness to views that might conflict with his, saying dissent is the “essenc…

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Künstliche Intelligenz: Sprachmodelle geben Frauen schlechtere Gehaltsratschläge

7/10/25 ☀️ AM: ... We wrote Wednesday that there's a chance the federal government ... (Punchbowl News)
https://punchbowl.news/archive/71025-am/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250710/p13#a250710p13

Ukraine needs new Marshall Plan, Trump's envoy Kellogg says ahead of Recovery Conference: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/ukraine-needs-new-marshall-plan.html

An over $242M Polymarket bet on whether President Zelenskyy would wear a suit before July closed as "No" despite claims he did, raising governance concerns (Sebastian Sinclair/Decrypt)
https://decrypt.co/329210/polymarket-rules-no-237m-bet-zelenskyys

Polymarket Rules 'No' on $237M Controversial Bet Over Zelenskyy's Suit
Discontent over the market’s resolution has reignited scrutiny of UMA’s dispute system and the influence of large Polymarket stakeholders.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Winzige Schriftart, weiße Farbe: Versteckte KI-Prompts in Fachartikeln entdeckt

iPhone Air und 17 bleiben bei lahmem USB 2.0
Für Apple ist USB-3.0-Geschwindigkeit weiterhin nur etwas für Pro-iPhones. Selbst das teure Air bleibt beim alten USB-Standard.
https://www.heise.de/ne…

The latest salvo in Trump's fight to remake America’s elite cultural institutions:
This time, the attack has foundered!
So far, Sajet, a 60-year-old Dutch art historian with a long career in American and Australian art museums who became the National Portrait Gallery’s first female director in 2013, is still at her desk.
Trump lacks the legal authority to dismiss Sajet or hire her replacement
—although you can bet that administration lawyers are looking for legal …

Why Is Trump Trying to Fire This Museum Director?
If he succeeds, it could put the whole Smithsonian under his thumb.

Lukashenko regime designates exiled Belarusian opposition body as 'terrorist organization': https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/lukashenko-regime-designates-exiled-belarusian.html

A look at Yahoo Creators, launched in March 2024, offering creators a 50/50 ad revenue split for posting original written content and has signed up 135 creators (Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/yahoo-takes-cues-from-pla…

Yahoo takes cues from platforms as it offers more editorial control to creators
In June, Yahoo for Creators had its most lucrative month yet, reflecting Yahoo's gradual adoption of aspects of a creator platform.

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
EU-Datenschützer: Vorsicht bei Informationsersuchen aus Drittstaaten

Pro-Ukraine partisans sabotage railways in Russia's Volgograd, occupied Crimea, group claims: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/proukraine-partisans-sabotage-railways-in.html

During the last week in May, the leading topic on the 5Calls app was opposition to a provision of the House budget bill restraining judges’ ability to enforce contempt sanctions (17,600 calls).
The rest of the Top 5 topics were slashing Medicare and Medicaid (13,658 calls);
cuttinggender-affirming care (7,697 calls);
attacks on so-called “woke” universities (7,319 calls);
and other “harmful provisions” in the megabill (7,142 calls).
The issues change slightly e…

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Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Cyberangriff: Kundendaten von Air France und KLM entwendet
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EU suspends Ukrainian language interpreter for suspected espionage on Zelensky for Russia, Le Monde reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/eu-suspends-ukrainian-language-interpreter.html

VR-Brillen zum Kampfpreis auf Amazon: Welche Geräte lohnen sich?
Zum Prime Day lockt Amazon mit Rabatten auf drei aktuelle VR-Brillen – Meta Quest 3S, Pico 4 Ultra und Pimax Crystal Light. Wer sollte zuschlagen?

Pure TERRORISM! Zelenskyy comments on night ATTACK in Kyiv #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/pure-terrorism-zelenskyy-comments-on.html

MASSIVE attack on Kyiv: consequences of the strikes on the Ukrainian capital #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/massive-attack-on-kyiv-consequences.html