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Is there any reason - apart from the possibility of civil and criminal sanctions - for paying Federal income taxes?
Congress has abandoned "the power of the purse" thus leaving our Federal government treasury outside of the Congress based appropriation machinery created by our Constitution and restated in various laws (such as the "anti-deficiency" act.)
Remember that old phrase - something about "no taxation without representation"? It used to mea…

#BMG in der 1. Halbzeit so neben sich? Warum schenkt eine sonst stabile Defensive dem Gegner so viel Raum? Und: Kann diese Mannschaft im Borussia-Park überhaupt noch gewinnen?
Mein Fazit: Es fehlt nicht nur an Stabilität, sondern vielleicht auch an Klasse für die obere Tabellenhälfte. Oder lieg ich falsch?
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Shares of Indian payment startup Pine Labs debuted at ~$2.73, up 9.5% from the ~$2.49 IPO price, after a $440M IPO earlier this week that was 2x oversubscribed (Soumyajit Saha/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/marke…

Indian fintech Pine Labs rises in trading debut after $440m offering
Payments company had earlier slashed IPO over valuation concerns

When men drink, women and children pay the price #health

When men drink, women and children pay the price
Men’s heavy drinking is fueling a hidden crisis affecting millions of women and children worldwide. The harms, from violence to financial instability, are especially severe where gender inequality is high. Experts warn that alcohol policies must include gender-responsive strategies to protect vulnerable families. They call for reforms combining regulation, prevention, and community action.

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PRAXA: A Framework for What-If Analysis
Sneha Gathani, Kevin Li, Raghav Thind, Sirui Zeng, Matthew Xu, Peter J. Haas, Cagatay Demiralp, Zhicheng Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09791

PRAXA: A Framework for What-If Analysis
Various analytical techniques-such as scenario modeling, sensitivity analysis, perturbation-based analysis, counterfactual analysis, and parameter space analysis-are used across domains to explore hypothetical scenarios, examine input-output relationships, and identify pathways to desired results. Although termed differently, these methods share common concepts and methods, suggesting unification under what-if analysis. Yet a unified framework to define motivations, core components, and its dis…

Eu queria saber porque é tão comum alunos escreverem o símbolo de "existe" de uma forma tão peculiar. O que eles escrevem é a reflexão em relação ao eixo y do símbolo correto. Acho bem esquisito tanta gente cometer este mesmo erro todos os semestres.

Outerlands' owner "said that weekend brunch is busier than ever thanks to Sunset Dunes, the new park on the car-free Great Highway a few blocks away."
Who could have guessed? Parks that draw people to the neighborhood are better for business than highways that bypass the neighborhood.

Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press
#activism

Here’s how to share sensitive leaks with the press
Thinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how.

Cyclability in London: Associations between the quality of the local cycling environment, cycling participation, and perceptions of the cycling environment
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692325004004

Cyclability in London: Associations between the quality of the local cycling environment, cycling participation, and perceptions of the cycling environment
Increasingly, researchers are exploring how multiple factors affect the quality of the cycling environment (here “cyclability”), relating this to perc…