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In July, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France plans to recognize a Palestinian state
—joining the ranks of more than 100 global states, mostly non-European, that have already done so.
His decision was a clear shot across the bow to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israeli conduct in Gaza.
The point was made even more blunt in the following days by the news that the United Kingdom also intends to recognize a Palestinian state if no progress is…

What Was the Tipping Point on Gaza?
After almost two years of war, Israel is feeling the growing weight of governmental opprobrium.

Free speech issue.
Senator Mike Lee's 'obscenity' bill advances to committee
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/12/senator-mike-lee-obscenity-bill-committee/

Despite Musk's claim Apple "makes it impossible" for non-OpenAI AI apps to top its App Store, DeepSeek was #1 in January and Perplexity was #1 in July in India (Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-

DeepSeek's No. 1 ranking pokes a hole in Musk's Apple criticism
Elon Musk suggested without evidence that Apple blocked AI apps that aren't made by OpenAI from topping the App Store. DeepSeek did it this year.

Adaptive quantum dynamics with the time-dependent variational Monte Carlo method
Raffaele Salioni, Rocco Martinazzo, Davide Emilio Galli, Christian Apostoli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08575

Adaptive quantum dynamics with the time-dependent variational Monte Carlo method
We introduce an extension of the time-dependent variational Monte Carlo (tVMC) method that adaptively controls the expressivity of the variational quantum state during the simulation. This adaptive tVMC approach addresses numerical instabilities that arise when the variational ansatz is overparameterized or contains redundant degrees of freedom. Building on the concept of the local-in-time error (LITE), a measure of the deviation between variational and exact evolution, we introduce a procedure…

I was going to post to say '#FF2025 reviewers, check your inboxes - your reviews have been assigned', but the first review was in before I could start typing! An excellent start! #AI4LAM

De eerste hartrevalidatie ging goed. Gezellig tussen medebejaarden tevens medehartpatienten.

Democrats demand proof that Andry Hernšndez Romero is alive
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/11/democrats-demand-proof-that-deported-gay-asylum-seeker-andry-hernandez-romero-is-still-alive/

Västeuropas största kärnkraftsverk stoppas pga ”massiv och oförutsägbar” mängd maneter i kylvattnet.
https://www.dn.se/direkt/2025-08-11/maneter-stoppar-vasteuropas-storsta-karnkraftverk/

DN Direkt - Maneter stoppar Västeuropas största kärnkraftverk
Västeuropas största kärnkraftsverk – i Gravelines i norra Frankrike – har tvingats stoppa elproduktionen sedan man påträffat en ”massiv och…

This year is the 20th year since my first Tuppenceworth.ie blog post recording when it was Flying Ant Day.
In 2005 it was on the 9th August.
This year, it is on the 8th July.
https://www.tuppenceworth.ie/blog/

Older gay man’s powerful response to being asked why his generation are ‘so mad all the time’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/11/older-gay-man-powerful-explanation-of-why-his-generation-are-so-mad-all-the-time-goes-viral/