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Trump asks appeals court to toss $83M judgment he owes E. Jean Carroll (Erica Orden/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/24/trump-carroll-judgment-appeal-00421059
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p127#a250624p127

"Get rid of all of the old Democrats"
partly means
"Jettison people who were responsible for the Civil Rights Movement"
which is stupid
#uspol #blackmastodon #blackfedi

A US judge has said that Meta’s use of copyrighted books to train its AI models constitutes "fair use" under US copyright law. It follows a similar judgement about Anthropic earlier this week, and will come as disappointment to authors and other creators looking for compensation in what they see as use of their work without permission.

Meta’s AI training on copyrighted content is ‘fair use’, US judge says
But creators could have grounds for complaint in future cases they can prove market dilution and unfair competition, judge adds.

Powiedzcie mi, czy jedzenie w toalecie jest aż tak popularne, by w każdej montować po dwa przyciski do dozowania sosu?
#GłupiePytania

An Australian court finds ABC unlawfully terminated journalist Antoinette Lattouf in December 2023 for her social media posts opposing Israel's campaign in Gaza (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jun

Für Bergrettungseinsätze: eVTOL Jetson One hält starken Winden stand
Jetson hat sein einsitziges eVTOL Jetson One für den Einsatz bei Bergrettungsmissionen getestet. Die Tests in Polen verliefen vielversprechend.

Evaluating judgment of spatial correlation in visual displays of scalar field distributions
Yayan Zhao, Matthew Berger
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17997 https://

Evaluating judgment of spatial correlation in visual displays of scalar field distributions
In this work we study the identification of spatial correlation in distributions of 2D scalar fields, presented across different forms of visual displays. We study simple visual displays that directly show color-mapped scalar fields, namely those drawn from a distribution, and whether humans can identify strongly correlated spatial regions in these displays. In this setting, the recognition of correlation requires making judgments on a set of fields, rather than just one field. Thus, in our exp…

Our coffee machine died this morning. That makes 4 Kuerig machines in 9 years, and our last one ever. We ordered an 8-cup drip maker with carafe this morning. No more feeling guilty about using pods (I'm sorry, Mother Earth), cost per cup will be cheaper, I can control my flavor and strength, and the coffee grounds are great in our compost. Yes, it took me a decade to figure out I was a slave to convenience and waste. No judging, please.

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The judgment of history is inevitable but sadly very slow.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-07-20/ty-article/.premium/its-clear-israel-now-has…