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A look at WindBorne, which uses weather balloons and AI to improve forecasting, as potential budget cuts to NOAA threaten its access to public weather data (Tim Fernholz/New York Times)
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The Future of Weather Prediction Is Here. Maybe.
Thanks to A.I., companies like WindBorne hope to usher in a golden age of forecasting. But they rely in part on government data — and the agency that provides it is in turmoil.

"Colombia cuts deforestation by one-third as government targets Amazon and illegal mining"
#Colombia #Trees #Deforestation

Colombia cuts deforestation by one-third as government targets Amazon and illegal mining
Colombia’s environment ministry reported a 33% drop in deforestation during the first quarter of 2025, citing coordinated enforcement efforts and strengthened partnerships with local communities.Steven Grattan reports for The Associated Press.In short:Colombia’s deforestation fell from 40,219 hectar...

Arabic news channel Alhurra has replaced its programming with an image accusing the USAGM of illegally withholding Congress-approved funding for its parent MBN (Matthew Keys/The Desk)
https://thedesk.net/2025/06/alhurra-calls-out-usagm-funding-cuts/

Alhurra calls out U.S. Agency for Global Media over funding cuts
The Arabic-language satellite TV channel said the federal agency is "illegally withholding" Congressionally-approved funds for its broadcast operations.

Trace duality and additive complementary pairs of additive cyclic codes over finite chain rings
Sanjit Bhowmick, Kuntal Deka, Alexandre Fotue Tabue, Edgar Mart\'inez-Moro
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10381

Trace duality and additive complementary pairs of additive cyclic codes over finite chain rings
This paper investigates the algebraic structure of additive complementary pairs of cyclic codes over a finite commutative ring. We demonstrate that for every additive complementary pair of additive cyclic codes, both constituent codes are free modules. Moreover, we present a necessary and sufficient condition for a pair of additive cyclic codes over a finite commutative ring to form an additive complementary pair. Finally, we construct a complementary pair of additive cyclic codes over a finite…

'Active travel' study identifies pathways for designing walking- and cycling-friendly cities #city

'Active travel' study identifies pathways for designing walking- and cycling-friendly cities
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals the transformative potential of walking- and cycling-friendly policies in cities around the world. Conducted by researchers from UCLA and Google, the study analyzed travel data from more than 11,500 cities across 121 countries, making it the most comprehensive global assessment to date of active transportation, or the potential for walking or biking.

Federal funding cuts hit local Voice of America employees (Elise Sandlin/WITN)
https://www.witn.com/2025/07/10/federal-funding-cuts-hit-local-voice-america-employees/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250712/p36#a250712p36

UN agencies in dire straits amid threatened US funding cuts - Roll Call
https://rollcall.com/2025/07/08/un-agencies-in-dire-straits-amid-threatened-us-funding-cuts/

HiKO: A Hierarchical Framework for Beyond-Second-Order KO Codes
Shubham Srivastava, Adrish Banerjee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10121 https://

HiKO: A Hierarchical Framework for Beyond-Second-Order KO Codes
This paper introduces HiKO (Hierarchical Kronecker Operation), a novel framework for training high-rate neural error-correcting codes that enables KO codes to outperform Reed-Muller codes beyond second order. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to extend KO codes beyond second order. While conventional KO codes show promising results for low-rate regimes ($r < 2$), they degrade at higher rates -- a critical limitation for practical deployment. Our framework incorporates three key innova…

CDC urges summer camps to check for measles immunity, as U.S. nears record (Alexander Tin/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-urges-summer-camps-to-check-for-measles-immunity-as-u-s-nears-record/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250613/p135#a250613p135

DOGE Cuts: House approves Trump's request to cut funding for NPR, PBS and foreign aid - ABC7 New York
https://abc7ny.com/post/doge-cuts-house-approves-trumps-request-cut-funding-npr-pbs-foreign-aid/16734522/