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Raiders players to speak to media on Wednesday https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-players-to-speak-to-media-on-wednesday-3381282/

Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday evening to ban travel from several countries, citing security risks.
The ban will fully restrict entry of nationals from 12 countries:
Afghanistan; Myanmar, also known as Burma; Chad; Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Haiti; Iran; Libya; Somalia; Sudan; and Yemen.
People from seven countries will have partial restriction:
Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.
The proclamation i…

Trump signs proclamation to ban travel from 12 countries
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday evening to ban travel from several countries to the US, citing security risks.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Wednesday:
🎵 Elderberry Wine
#Wednesday
https://wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/track/elderberry-wine
https://open.spotify.com/track/1FZXwhynIW71oSoo1u20L5

NFL news roundup: Lions signing OL Trystan Colon following Frank Ragnow's retirement https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-wednesday-june-4

Exclusive: US pushes countries for best offers by Wednesday as tariff deadline looms (Jarrett Renshaw/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-pushes-countries-best-offers-by-wednesday-tariff-deadline-looms-2025-06-02/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250602/p106#a250602p106

I will try to make it - it is today:
https://mas.wrong.tools/@crystalvisits/114593299739628516

Crystal Huff (they/them) (@crystalvisits@wrong.tools)
Attached: 1 image I'm looking forward to this book talk next week! Copaganda: how the police and media manipulate our news. Wednesday, 6/4 at 6:30 pm at Connexion in Somerville, MA. #MApoli #Somerpoli #policing #politics #SomervilleMA

Words On Wednesday
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Words On Wednesday | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Words On Wednesday Host: Sylvia Rosenblum Category: Arts Sub-Category: Commentary & Conversations First Episode: 2019 Sylvia Rosenblum, Presenter of Arts Wednesday…

Government once again working in service of mega corporations and against regular, suffering, people.
“Boeing BA-N and the Justice Department on Wednesday asked a U.S. judge to approve an agreement that allows the company to avoid prosecution despite objections from relatives of some of the 346 people killed in two 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019.”
#corporatocracy #usa #canada https://flipboard.com/@globeandmail/world-qs57rganz/-/a-vSZpN2zeT3SqZlIzFDUYJg:a:729020400-/0

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Wednesday:
🎵 Elderberry Wine
#Wednesday
https://wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/track/elderberry-wine
https://open.spotify.com/track/1FZXwhynIW71oSoo1u20L5

The uncertainty over federal Medicaid funding appears to have claimed its first victim in Nebraska.
Community Hospital in McCook announced Wednesday that it will close Curtis Medical Center in Curtis,
winding down its services over the next several months.
"Unfortunately, the current financial environment,
👉driven by anticipated federal budget cuts to Medicaid,
has made it impossible for us to continue operating all of our services,
many of which have…

Southwest Nebraska hospital announces plans to close, blames uncertainty over funding
Community Hospital in McCook announced Wednesday that it will close Curtis Medical Center in Curtis, winding down its services over the next several months.

After mass protests in #Rome, municipal administrations of towns and cities across #Italy joined the 50,000 shrouds for #Gaza campaign to memorialize innocent victims of Israel's war on

Naples cuts ties with Israel over Gaza war
Italian city takes a stand against Israeli government. The city council of Naples on Wednesday voted to break off institutional relations with Israel in protest over the Netanyahu government's ongoing military offensive in Gaza. Councillors in the southern Italian city approved a motion that com...

Join the second edition of the OpenSearch User Group Berlin. Learn about OpenSearch Project and Eliatra, get the latest news from the projects and meet the community over some drinks & snacks. 
📅 When: June 18, 2025 – 6.30 pm
📍 Where: Automat Berlin Gmbh, Schöneberger Ufer 65 | 10785 Berlin
Register now:

OpenSearch Project Berlin 2nd meetup, Wed, Jun 18, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
Hi Everyone, we are very excited to announce our OpenSearch Project Berlin 2nd meetup on **Wednesday June 18th** **Agenda** 6:30pm Start (Drinks and snacks will be provide

A wildfire in a wilderness area of central California exploded in size as dry, hot weather Thursday raised the fire risk for large portions of the state ahead of the July Fourth holiday.
The #MadreFire became California’s largest blaze so far this year, ripping through grasslands after breaking out Wednesday in southeastern San Luis Obispo County.
It swiftly grew to more than 82 square miles (…

California's largest blaze this year explodes in size as hot weather raises wildfire risk statewide
A wildfire in a wilderness area of central California has exploded in size. Dry, hot weather is raising the fire risk for large portions of the state ahead of the July Fourth holiday. The Madre Fire is California’s largest blaze so far this year. It ripped through grasslands after breaking out Wednesday in southeastern San Luis Obispo County. It swiftly grew to more than 82 square miles. It was just 10% contained Thursday evening. Evacuation orders and warnings are in place for tiny communiti…

Cowboy Roundup: Joe Milton's viral flip, Weather relocates OTA practice https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/joe-milton-viral-flip-weather-relocates-dallas-cowboys-ota-practice

It's Wednesday! All your weekly news are in the Java Geekly, special Back from Krakow edition 🇵🇱
https://blog.frankel.ch/java-geek-weekly/91/

it’s a lonely free lunch wednesday at the systems lab #alas

Have you ever watched a @… video? They’re incredibly well-crafted, full of meaningful motion and creative ideas...
and we’ll chat with the man himself this Wednesday to find out how they come together!
Spoiler: it’s fascinating stuff that you’re very familiar with ;)

Wednesday - Elderberry Wine #music #youtube

Cardinals fly 275 students to Washington D.C. for Civic Matters Arizona trip https://www.nfl.com/news/cardinals-fly-275-students-to-washington-d-c-for-civic-matters-arizona-trip

The conversion tool I started for Plan 9 a.out to ELF is at a good point now.
If you want to see me struggle for almost 2 hours trying to go the first steps, check out the recording of Wednesday's development live stream:
https://youtu.be/QwZmEpCNxcI

Everyone needs a break, especially these guys. Metacurity will follow them starting Wednesday.
https://www.404media.co/introducing-404-media-summer-break-2025/

Gone Fishin': 404 Media Summer Break 2025
404 Media is closed this week. School's out.

The Madre Fire became California's largest blaze so far this year,
ripping through grasslands after breaking out Wednesday in southeastern San Luis Obispo County.
It swiftly grew to more than 82 square miles (212 square kilometers). It was just 10% contained by Thursday evening.

Raiders top free agent addition returns to practice while 2 starting defenders remain out https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/06/04/raiders-s…

Cardinals fly 275 students to Washington D.C. for Civics Matters Arizona trip https://www.nfl.com/news/cardinals-fly-275-students-to-washington-d-c-for-civics-matters-arizona-trip

The C.B.O. estimate is all but certain to inflame debate within the G.O.P. about the spending bill.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that the broad Republican bill to cut taxes and slash some federal programs
👉would add $2.4 trillion to the already soaring national debt over the next decade,
in an analysis that was all but certain to inflame concerns that President Trump’s domestic agenda would lead to excessive government borrowing.
The C.B.O…

Trump’s Policy Bill Would Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says
The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is all but certain to inflame an already intense debate inside the G.O.P. about the fiscal consequences of its bill to enact President Trump’s agenda.

The Trump administration found
“no viable path” forward
to complete California’s high-speed rail project
following a nearly four-month investigation that jeopardizes
$4 billion in federal funding.
In a 310-page compliance review released Wednesday,
the Department of Transportation cited budget shortfalls,
missed deadlines and a misleading projected ridership to connect San Francisco to Los Angeles via fast rail.
The review targets federal gran…

Trump administration moves to pull funding on high-speed rail
The Trump administration could pull $4 billion in federal funding from California's high-speed rail project within 37 days, following a Department of Transportation compliance review.

Over 80,000 people flee severe flooding in southwest China https://phys.org/news/2025-06-people-severe-southwest-china.html
When rain, snow and soil align: The triple threat behind 2024's deadly central Asian floods

Over 80,000 people flee severe flooding in southwest China
Flooding in China's southwest has driven more than 80,000 people from their homes, state media said on Wednesday, as a collapsed bridge forced the dramatic rescue of a truck driver left dangling over the edge.

'Madden NFL 26' trailer packed with snowstorm highlights, Travis Hunter as a Jaguar, new game features https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6403239/2025/06/04/madden-nfl-26-trailer-highlights-game-features/

Alternate Epistemologies: Esoteric Knowledge & Conspiracism
https://ift.tt/pxNoO5F
updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 7:33pmfull name / name of organization: Robert…
via Input 4 RELCFP h…

free webinar on patient-led research into Long Covid & ME/CFS, Wed 9 July 2025
"Patient-Led Research Fund Webinar 2025 ...
"Come see the results and latest progress from the 10 studies funded by the Patient-Led Research Fund — biomedical research projects selected by a panel of patient-researchers with both scientific expertise and lived experience of Long COVID and/or ME/CFS.
"Wednesday, July 9
10:00 am – 1:30 pm PT
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET"
(which I think is 6pm-9.30pm UK time)
#MECFS #LongCovid #research

Chinese automaker Geely's ride-hailing arm CaoCao raised $236M in a Hong Kong IPO, listing 19% below its offer price; its market cap was $2.42B as of Wednesday (Kensaku Ihara/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Marke

China ride-hail app CaoCao raises $236m in Hong Kong debut
Geely-backed service seeks to challenge market leader Didi

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that her administration is investigating contamination from a #SpaceX facility near the Mexican border in South Texas, and planning its next course of action: https://www.krgv.com/news/mexico-probes-contamination-from-spacex-rocket-explosion-that-landed-in-its-territory. Possible SpaceX debris causing environmental concern on Mexican side of the border: https://www.krgv.com/videos/possible-spacex-debris-causing-environmental-concern-on-mexican-side-of-the-border/ (with video).

"UK carbon emissions cut by half since 1990: experts"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Emissions

UK carbon emissions cut by half since 1990: experts
The UK has cut its carbon emissions by 50.4% since 1990 levels, a group of experts tasked with advising the government said on Wednesday.

As the Senate weighs possible changes to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap as part of the tax portion of the "big, beautiful bill,"
House Republicans from blue states are already threatening to derail the bill's prospects.
"Let's be clear — no SALT, no deal," New York Republican Mike Lawler said Wednesday in a post on X

Trump admin live updates: Trump signs proclamation banning travel from 12 countries
The president cited national security concerns for enacting the ban.

Cowboy Roundup: Saquon Barkley's comments don't matter, Can Dallas win NFC East? https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/saquon-barkley-comments-dont-matter-can-dallas-cowboys-win-nfc-east

Organized by my colleagues -
Join #climate and #weather scientists for a century of talks - no really , 100 hours of livestream.
Starting Wednesday May 28 at 1 p EST
https://wclivestream.com/watch
https://bsky.app/profile/wclivestream.bsky.social

My fave pic over the last few days is Mira Nair squishing her son's cheek.
https://www.rawstory.com/zohran-mamdani-new-york/

'Doomsday!' MAGA suffers major freakout as progressive delivers election shock
The New York City Democratic primary ended in shock early Wednesday as Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist state assembly member delivered a stunning upset victory over former Governor Andrew Cuomo — triggering an immediate and unhinged response from the MAGA political ecosystem.Mamda...

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Wednesday:
🎵 Elderberry Wine
#Wednesday
https://wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/track/elderberry-wine
https://open.spotify.com/track/1FZXwhynIW71oSoo1u20L5

Seven people are missing
after multiple explosions
at a warehouse in Northern California that sent bright fireworks across the area
and ignited a brush fire.
The location is owned by an active pyrotechnics license holder, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Emergency crews were searching the property for the missing individuals Wednesday,
and investigators were also surveying the area with drones.
Authorities ha…

Lovely day in Canberra today - we went for a bit of a suburban amble and a coffee stop this afternoon before the wee one descends upon us again. He was here from Sunday to Wednesday night and he's due back in an hour or so (another unplanned visit). We love him but a 2 year old in the house for days at a time is exhausting for us 60 year olds. 😍😩😍

The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new concentration camp deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have cynically dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz”
The facility, at an abandoned airport, will have an initial capacity of about 3,000 detainees, DeSantis said.
The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security cameras,
28,000-plus feet of barbed wire and 400 security personnel

First immigration detainees arrive at Florida center in the Everglades
The first group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier said on social media Wednesday that “hundreds” of immigration detainees were to arrive at the center. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis says the facility will have a capacity of about 3,000 detainees when fully operational. The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security ca…

Volcanic eruption in #Indonesia
"Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again Wednesday after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancellations, including to and from the resort island of #Bali."
| CBC News |

Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations, cancelled flights to and from Bali | CBC News
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again Wednesday after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancellations, including to and from the resort island of Bali.

Been too busy/tired to post this sooner but, as we were leaving the conference dinner on Wednesday night, there were some workers doing road lettering right outside the #Harrogate Convention Centre. I was bigging up the skills of line painters to colleagues and that it's done freehand, the workers overheard and invited us to watch, and a small group formed. Except... the guy doing it got distracted and wrote the N backwards. He obviously noticed but styled it out and, come the morning, had been corrected.
So, sorry, Harrogate taxpayers, for distracting your workers and causing a bit of extra cost 👷🏻‍♂️

If you’re building any #frontend #apps, you'll want to join us this Wednesday for a #security #livestream

Excited to join Tai Munro this Wednesday at 11am EDT to help you and your students understand the ecological impact of generative AI with more nuance than either “Stop worrying” or “It’s the apocalypse.”
https://myfest.equityunbound.org/event

Annual DC Privacy Forum: Convening Top Voices in Governance in the Digital Age
https://fpf.org/blog/annual-dc-privacy-forum-convening-top-voices-in-governance-in-the-digital-age/
@…

From Translink
The Pattullo Bridge will be closed to northbound vehicle traffic for four nights due to ongoing construction work for the Pattullo Bridge Replacement Project. The closures will take place overnight on these dates:
Thursday, June 26 (9pm to 5am)
Friday, June 27 (9pm to 5am)
Wednesday, July 2 (9pm to 5am)
Thursday, July 3 (9pm to 5am)
Southbound travel into Surrey will not be affected. The bridge will also remain open northbound for pedestrians, cy…

Indigenous Knowledge System and Decolonial Turn: Global South in Focus (Guest-edited special issue)
https://ift.tt/rt9CAOk
updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 7:33pmfull name / name of organization: Bandung: Journal of the…
via Input 4 RELCFP

President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to let him fire the three Democratic members of the five-member Consumer Product Safety Commission, which monitors the safety of items like toys, cribs and electronics.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/02/us/trump-policy-bill-news

WhatsApp launches optional Meta AI-generated summaries of unread messages in the US; Meta can't read the messages and summaries are hidden from other chat users (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/meta-is-adding-ai-power…

Meta is adding AI-powered summaries to WhatsApp | TechCrunch
Meta announced on Wednesday that it's adding an AI-powered summaries feature to WhatsApp. The optional new feature uses Meta AI to summarize unread

Reminder that this time tomorrow (noon London time, Wednesday 21st May), it's the digital OpenUK meetup. Our topic is "digital sovereignty" which seems ... timely - and we have two great speakers. Open to everyone, hope you can make it!
Details and sign up here: https://www.meetup.com/openuk/events/306642326

Goodness, does this mean we can expect a strongly-worded letter next? https://mastodon.social/@EndIsraeliApartheid/114675920702558762

Concerned about #AcademicLibraries? Register for and attend this Wednesday's webinar "Creating Response Strategies for Academic Libraries" from Emerald Publishing and Every Library https://www.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #The6MusicPlaylist
Wednesday:
🎵 Elderberry Wine
#Wednesday
https://wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/track/elderberry-wine
https://open.spotify.com/track/1FZXwhynIW71oSoo1u20L5

"On Wednesday, the museum announced that the rest of Tolokonnikova’s performance would have to be postponed indefinitely, because of “ongoing demonstrations and military activity”.
“Every single event I did in Russia was shut down by the cops,” she posted on Instagram, “and now it’s starting to feel a lot like Russia.”"
...
“I guess the National Guard will be performing POLICE STATE instead of me this week,” Tolokonnikova wrote on Instagram.
#NoKings #USPolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jun/15/pussy-riot-nadya-tolokonnikova-police-state

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Wednesday:
🎵 Elderberry Wine
#Wednesday
https://wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/track/elderberry-wine
https://open.spotify.com/track/1FZXwhynIW71oSoo1u20L5

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked Donald Trump's asylum ban at the U.S.-Mexico border,
saying Trump exceeded his authority when he issued a proclamation declaring illegal immigration an emergency and setting aside existing legal processes.
https:…

Senate Republicans to huddle Wednesday on megabill (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/09/congress/senate-republicans-to-huddle-wednesday-on-megabill-00394338
http://www.memeorandum.com/250609/p100#a250609p100

In our #ISE2025 lecture last Wednesday, we learned how in n-gram language models via Markov assumption and maximum likelihood estimation we can predict the probability of the occurrence of a word given a specific context (i.e. n words previous in the sequence of words).
#NLP

NFL news roundup: Jaguars sign rookie RB Bhayshul Tuten https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-wednesday-june-25

Getty Images drops its primary claims of copyright infringement against Stability AI in UK court but continues to pursue other claims and a separate US lawsuit (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/gett

Getty drops key copyright claims against Stability AI, but UK lawsuit continues | TechCrunch
Getty Images dropped its primary claims of copyright infringement against Stability AI on Wednesday at London’s High Court, narrowing one of the most closely watched legal fights over how AI companies use copyrighted content to train their models. 

UK risks more extreme, prolonged heat waves in future: Study #UnitedKingdom

UK risks more extreme, prolonged heat waves in future: Study
The UK could experience more frequent extreme and prolonged heat due to climate change, its meteorological office said Wednesday, as the country braced for its first heat wave of the year.

Dozens of peaceful protestors, including disabled people in wheelchairs,
were arrested last Wednesday, June 25, in Washington, DC,
while protesting Trump’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill,”
which will slash taxes,
dramatically increase funding for war and immigration enforcement,
and make devastating cuts to vital, popular programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

‘These cuts are death sentences’: Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ passes Senate
“These cuts are death sentences... If this bill is passed and its rules are codified, this will cause mass loss of insurance for many people in need for years to come."

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858131
This is the same group that hacked Sepah Bank.
“The hacker group known as "Gonjeshke Darande," or "predatory sparrow," announced on Wednesday that it stole $48 million in cryptocurrency…

Indigenous Knowledge System and Decolonial Turn: Global South in Focus (Guest-edited special issue)
https://ift.tt/XZjAKu4
updated: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 7:33pmfull name / name of organization: Bandung: Journal of the…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Trump’s determination to move fast could slow implementation of his tariff regime.
It also threatens to cost him credibility with businesses he’s counting on to invest in the U.S.
and world leaders whose buy-in he needs to negotiate trade deals.
Still, few expect a different posture from the famously intransigent fool or any second-guessing following the Wednesday ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade, which briefly halted most of the tariffs

NFL news roundup: Jets sign 'Thiccer Kicker' Harrison Mevis, waive Anders Carlson https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-wednesday-june-18

Cowboy Roundup: UDFA impact, Trevon Diggs tenure winding down? https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-udfa-impact-trevon-diggs-tenure-winding-down

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Wednesday:
🎵 Elderberry Wine
#Wednesday
https://wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/track/elderberry-wine
https://open.spotify.com/track/1FZXwhynIW71oSoo1u20L5

6/18/25 ☀️ AM: -- Happy Wednesday morning ... Vance said Trump wants ... (Punchbowl News)
https://punchbowl.news/archive/61825-am/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250618/p22#a250618p22

An interview with Craig Federighi on the journey to iPadOS' new windowing system and menu bar, the iPad's essence as a "magical piece of glass", and more (Federico Viticci/MacStories)
https://www.macstories.net/…

Interview: Craig Federighi Opens Up About iPadOS, Its Multitasking Journey, and the iPad’s Essence
It’s a cool, sunny morning at Apple Park as I’m walking my way along the iconic glass ring to meet with Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, for a conversation about the iPad. It’s the Wednesday after WWDC, and although there are still some developers and members of the press around Apple’s campus, it

Cowboy Roundup: UDFA impact, Trevon Diggs tenure winding down? https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-udfa-impact-trevon-diggs-tenure-winding-down

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Wednesday:
🎵 Elderberry Wine
#Wednesday
https://wednesdayband.bandcamp.com/track/elderberry-wine
https://open.spotify.com/track/1FZXwhynIW71oSoo1u20L5

Trump went on a digression about his recent trip to the Middle East, where, he claimed, he made a lot of money.
“I’m only here for one thing, to see if I can end it, to save 5,000 lives a week and a lot of money, the money being much less important because I made that money,” he continued.
"I went to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and U.A.E., and we brought back $5.1 trillion.
So, I made that money in about two hours, the money that we’re talking about.
But it’s still three…

Reporter Asks Trump Point Blank, ‘What’s Stopped You From Imposing New Sanctions on Russia?’
President Donald Trump fielded questions from reporters in the White House on Wednesday, where one member of the press corps asked why he hasn't imposed new sanctions on Russia.

Veterans Studies Panel, PAMLA 2025
https://ift.tt/bY7jOld
updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 2:46pmfull name / name of organization: Pacific Ancient and…
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The Trump administration’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in previously approved spending on foreign aid and public media ran into significant opposition Wednesday, potentially dooming its path forward in the Senate.
Numerous GOP lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee,
including Chairwoman Susan Collins, expressed concern at how the proposed rescissions would affect American “soft power”
as well as local radio and television stations that rely on the Corporation for P…

Gerry Philbin, Jets Ring of Honor member and Super Bowl champion, dies at 83 https://www.nfl.com/news/gerry-philbin-dies-at-83-jets-ring-of-honor-member-super-bowl-winner

Current and former employees of OpenAI have sold nearly $3B worth of shares in tender offers since 2021, with $1.5B going to SoftBank alone (Natasha Mascarenhas/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-employees-cashed-3-bil…

OpenAI Employees Have Cashed Out $3 Billion in Shares
My colleague Sri Muppidi broke the news Wednesday of OpenAI’s latest fundraising talks as it seeks to raise an unprecedented $40 billion. One previously unreported detail is that SoftBank bought about $240 million in shares from a small group of current and former employees this spring.That deal ...

Mad Max Franchise: An Edited Collection
https://ift.tt/SEz93e4
updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 2:46pmfull name / name of organization: Sarah Gawronski /…
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Databricks says it expects to generate $3.7B in annualized revenue by July, up 50% YoY, with nearly 50 of its 15,000 customers spending over $10M annually (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/databricks…

Databricks says annualized revenue will reach $3.7 billion by next month
Databricks told investors and analysts on Wednesday that annualized revenue will hit $3.7 billion by July, with 50% year-over-year growth.

Money and Gender: an interdisciplinary online symposium
https://ift.tt/OAj9Fd1
updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 2:46pmfull name / name of organization: Naomi Segal, Kate…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Broncos LT Garett Bolles gushes over 'freak of nature' Bo Nix after impressive rookie season https://www.nfl.com/news/broncos-lt-garett-bolles-gushes-over-freak-of-nature-bo-nix-after-impressive-rookie-season

Meta launches V-JEPA 2, an open-source AI "world model" to understand and predict 3D environments and object movements, to help robotics and self-driving cars (Ryan Browne/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/meta-launc

Meta launches AI 'world model' to advance robotics, self-driving cars
Meta on Wednesday announced it's rolling out a new AI "world model" that can better understand the 3D environment and movements of physical objects.

Money and Gender: an interdisciplinary online symposium
https://ift.tt/OAj9Fd1
updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 2:46pmfull name / name of organization: Naomi Segal, Kate…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries,
if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the endless possibility of sound.
As a composer of melodies, a constructor of textures, an arranger of vocal harmonies
— as someone who knew how to pull complicated elements together into songs that somehow felt inevitable
— he was up there with Phil Spector, George Martin and the Motown team of Holland-Dozier-Holland.

Brian Wilson's music epitomized the lore of Southern California
Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries, if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the endless possibility of sound.

Narrativas latinoamericanas sobre el miedo, siglos XX y XXI
https://ift.tt/WNw59VG
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Oracle Q4: revenue up 11% YoY to $15.9B, vs. $15.59B est., cloud revenue up 27% YoY, signals strong cloud infrastructure revenue growth; ORCL up 6% after hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
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Oracle shares climb 8% as earnings, revenue top estimates
Oracle reported better-than-expected results for the latest quarter on Wednesday.

Democrats have an age problem
House Republicans managed to pass their draconian budget bill,
-- which promises to make massive cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and food assistance,
-- early Thursday morning by a narrow one-vote margin
💥that was only possible due the deaths of three Democrats in this current Congress. 
The latest Democrat to pass away was 75-year-old Representative Gerry Connolly of Virginia, who died on Wednesday after battling esophageal cancer.

Republicans Pass Horrid Tax Bill Thanks to Democrats Dying in Office
Republicans passed their terrible tax bill by one vote. Guess how many Democrats died in office this year.

On Wednesday,
the Washington Post
named the Economist’s Washington correspondent
Adam O’Neal as its next opinion editor.
In his announcement on Twitter, O’Neal parroted his new boss’ words from last February almost verbatim,
telling Post readers in a chummy front-facing camera announcement that:
[Washington Post opinion page writers and editors are] going to be stalwart advocates of free markets and personal liberties.
We’ll be unapologetically patri…

New Washington Post Opinion editor claims explicitly right-wing revamp isn’t ‘Ideological’
A breakdown of Bezos’ final coup and the bizarre pathology of right-wing ideologues really, really wanting you not to think they’re ideological.

Nippon Steel’s $14.9bn acquisition of US Steel closed on Wednesday,
confirming an unusual degree of power for the Trump administration after the Japanese company’s 18-month struggle to close the purchase.
Under the deal terms, Nippon bought 100% of US Steel shares at $55 a share, as it first laid out in its December 2023 offer for the well-known and struggling steelmaker.
A press release on the filing also discloses details of a national security agreement inked with the Tr…

As Trump contemplates direct US participation in Israel’s war with Iran,
including the possible use of “bunker buster” bombs on the heavily fortified Fordo uranium enrichment site,
William Kristol has made it known that he still has that hawk in him.
“You’ve got to go to war with the president you have,” he told The New York Times on Wednesday.
“If you really think that Iran can’t have nuclear weapons, we have a chance to try to finish the job.”
In a series o…

Those Sometimes-Trump Neocons Are Returning to the Fold Over Iran
As the president backs Israel’s long-awaited war with Iran, his neoconservative critics find themselves in an awkward position.

Florida wildlife officials gave preliminary approval for the first black bear hunt since one 10 years ago that was halted early after more than 300 bears were killed in only two days.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-1 at a meeting in Ocala in favor of a bear hunt in December and annually into the future,
allowing the use of up to six dogs to corner the bears.
Methods could include bowhunting, similar to rules for hunting deer, and bear hunting…

Florida gives preliminary approval to controversial black bear hunt amid strong opposition
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has given preliminary approval for a black bear hunt for December and into the future, which could eventually allow the use of up to six dogs to corner the bears and use of bowhunting. The commission voted 4-1 Wednesday on the proposal, which would be the first bear hunt since 2015 when more than 300 bears were killed in only two days. Hunt supporters say managing bear populations is key to preventing dangerous encounters with humans. Oppone…

A young female bear caused a stir after wandering out of the forest and into the leafy suburbs of the Lithuanian capital.
For two days, the brown bear ambled through the neighborhoods of Vilnius,
trotted across highways and explored backyards
— all while being chased by onlookers with smartphones and, eventually, drones.
The government then issued a permit for the bear to be shot and killed.
That did not go down well with Lithuania’s hunters who refused, aware …

Lithuanian hunters refuse government request to shoot a wild bear in the capital
Lithuanian hunters have refused to shoot a wild bear that was spotted roaming around the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and criticized the government for issuing a permit to kill a member of the protected species. The Lithuanian Association of Hunters and Fishermen says in a statement it is shocked by the decision of the Environment Ministry to shoot the bear. The bear now seems to be out of danger as it was spotted on Wednesday walking through forested areas well outside the city. A government …

Foreign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles
to allow US diplomats to review their online activity
before receiving educational and exchange visas, the state department has announced.
Those who fail to do so will be suspected of hiding that activity from US officials.
The new guidance, unveiled by the state department on Wednesday, directs US diplomats to conduct an online presence review to look for
“any indications of hostility towa…