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"Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/17/royal-society-elon-musk-resign-science-fellowship-tesla
... but when he ignored that they just…

Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke,
Are Getting Sick and Dying
The U.S. Forest Service has fought decades of efforts to better protect its crews
— sending them into smoke without masks or warnings about the risks.

Wildfire Fighters, Unmasked in Toxic Smoke, Are Getting Sick and Dying
The U.S. Forest Service has fought decades of efforts to better protect its crews — sending them into smoke without masks or warnings about the risks.

The DOJ announces the seizure of $225.3M in crypto, the largest-ever US seizure of cryptocurrency linked to confidence schemes known as "pig butchering" (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/18/doj-crypto-scams.html

DOJ seizes record $225 million in crypto tied to global 'pig butchering' scams
The DOJ thanked Tether for aiding the probe and urged more victims to come forward.

"Roblox" schätzt Alter von Usern mithilfe von Gesichts-Scans
Um bestimmte Chat-Funktionen freizuschalten, müssen "Roblox"-Nutzer künftig ihr Alter verifizieren. Das übernimmt künftig ein Gesichts-Scan.

The bolometric Bond albedo and energy balance of Uranus: #Uranus Than Once Thought: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/planetary-science/nasa-oxford-discover-warmer-uranus-than-once-thought/

Citizen science study determines that more than one light per person is still on late at night in Germany #Germany

Citizen science study determines that more than one light per person is still on late at night in Germany
Nighttime satellite images have shown that cities are getting brighter, and light pollution is now recognized as an environmental issue. But how should local governments even begin the work of resolving this if nobody really knows what the sources of all this light are? A large citizen science project led by Dr. Christopher Kyba, at the time geographer at Ruhr University Bochum and the GFZ Helmholtz Center for Geosciences, is now shedding light on the matter.

*On Snake Oil*
In every snake oil sale show - no matter how long it has been going on - comes the moment of truth.
The moment of truth is, ironically, not evidence that the advertised snake oil works.
No, the moment of truth happens when the salesman opens the bottle and chugs it down in one go. What happens if he doesn't do it, what happens if he only takes a sip and pours the rest down the drain?
Maybe the snake oil show is one of the more interesting cultural …

#DH2025, we're delighted to share a Turing's Humanities and Data Science event in Oxford and online on 25th Sept with a panel asking: 'How far can data science and the humanities help to answer each other’s questions?'
Express your interest here:

Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration

Mood Swings – a beautifully moody musical suite #music https://muz4now.com/2021/mood-swings-a-beautifully-moody-musical-suite

Mood Swings - a beautifully moody musical suite
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Sneaky #git commits
https://tavianator.com/2025/sneaky.html