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DEI, antisemitism, and transgender athletes are not the real reasons for these attacks on higher education. They’re excuses to give the Trump regime power over America’s colleges and universities.
Why do Trump and his lackeys want this power?
They’re following Hungarian president Viktor Orbšn’s playbook for creating an “illiberal democracy”
– an authoritarian state masquerading as a democracy. The playbook goes like this:
First, take over military and intelligence ope…

Trump Wants the U.S. to Manufacture Drones and Flying Cars (Samuel Larreal/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/technology/trump-executive-orders-drones-flying-cars
http://www.memeorandum.com/250606/p145#a250606p145

Edge-On Disk Study (EODS) II: Thermal Structure of the Flying Saucer Disk
S. Guilloteau (Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux), O. Denis-Alpizar (Departamento de F\'isica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Av. Las Palmeras 3425, Nu\~noa, Santiago, Chile), A. Dutrey (Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux), C. Foucher (Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux), S. Gavino (Dipartimento di Fisic…

Edge-On Disk Study (EODS) II: Thermal Structure of the Flying Saucer Disk
Context. The dust and gas temperature in proto-planetary disks play critical roles in determining their chemical evolution and influencing planet formation processes. Aims. We attempted an accurate measurement of the dust and CO temperature profile in the edge-on disk of the Flying Saucer. Methods. We used the unique properties of the Flying Saucer, its edge-on geometry and its fortunate position in front of CO clouds with different brightness temperatures to provide independent constraints on …

Check out my latest CSO piece, which examines how Trump’s nominees for national cyber director and CISA director will face shared challenges but different prospects in coping with unprecedented reductions in cyber personnel across the federal government.
Many thanks to Michael Daniel of the Cyber Threat Alliance and Mark Montgomery of FDD for their help and insight.
Daniel made a point about Trump's cutbacks on cyber spending, a situation that most cyber folks haven't see…

Top US cyber officials face divergent paths after Senate confirmation
Following their Senate confirmations, Sean Cairncross and Sean Plankey — Trump’s nominees for national cyber director and CISA director — will face shared challenges but different prospects in coping with unprecedented reductions in cyber personnel across the federal government.

On the Jan. 6 attack, Republican leaders keep failing basic tests of self-awareness (Steve Benen/MSNBC)
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jan-6-attack-republican-leaders-keep-basic-tests-self-awareness-rcna217527
http://www.memeorandum.com/250708/p92#a250708p92

Leaked documents: Meta is training custom AI chatbots to message users unprompted, following up on past chats to boost engagement on its AI Studio platform (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-studio-…

Leaked docs show Meta training custom AI chatbots to be more proactive
Leaked guidelines show how Meta's custom AI chatbots are trained to get more proactive, following up with users to increase retention.

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TRANSCRIPT: Leader Schumer Holds Press Conference Following Passage Of Reconciliation Bill (The Senate Democratic Caucus)
https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/transcript-leader-schumer-holds-press-conference-following-passage-of-reconciliation-bill
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p128#a250702p128

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits last week rises to highest level in eight months (Matt Ott/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/unemployment-benefits-jobless-claims-layoffs-labor-795ec07804ed3f35eb702af27c4983d0
http://www.memeorandum.com/250605/p53#a250605p53

Top CDC COVID vaccine adviser resigns following RFK Jr. recommendation change (Nathaniel Weixel/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5333478-cdc-covid-vaccine-official-resigns/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250604/p167#a250604p167