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Meanwhile Norway had to recover from an attack that opened up a dam that should have remained closed.
It is almost redundant to note that these attacks are coming from Russia. https://infosec.exchange/@mayahustle/115031316869416935

This is the #Garbce stop on railway line 271 (Poznań — Wrocław), renovated a few years ago.
The platforms end a dozen metres from the railway crossing. However, there is no walkway from the platforms to the crossing; probably because it would need to cross a tiny stream. Instead, a 100 m long walkways have been added to the other end of the platforms, with a tunnel joining the platforms and access to a side road in the town. To reach the railway crossing, you have to walk 700 m.
Ironically, even in the general drought the tunnel manages to feature puddles of ground water. Also including the photo of a platform roofing with weird orange marks.
#rail

Malaysia reins in data center expansion amid power and water shortages, hindering Chinese companies that use the region as a backdoor to access US-made AI chips (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/malaysia-reins-d…

🐍 Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)
#robots #space

Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)
NASA aims to establish a sustainable human basecamp on the Moon as a stepping stone for future missions to Mars and beyond. The discovery of water ice on the Moon's craters located in permanently shadowed regions, which can provide drinking water, oxygen, and rocket fuel, is therefore of critical importance. However, current methods to access lunar ice deposits are limited. While rovers have been used to explore the lunar surface for decades, they face significant challenges in navigating harsh…

An End-to-End Deep Learning Framework for Arsenicosis Diagnosis Using Mobile-Captured Skin Images
Asif Newaz, Asif Ur Rahman Adib, Rajit Sahil, Mashfique Mehzad
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08780

An End-to-End Deep Learning Framework for Arsenicosis Diagnosis Using Mobile-Captured Skin Images
Background: Arsenicosis is a serious public health concern in South and Southeast Asia, primarily caused by long-term consumption of arsenic-contaminated water. Its early cutaneous manifestations are clinically significant but often underdiagnosed, particularly in rural areas with limited access to dermatologists. Automated, image-based diagnostic solutions can support early detection and timely interventions. Methods: In this study, we propose an end-to-end framework for arsenicosis diagnosi…

Transition to the ultimate turbulent regime in stratified inclined duct flow
Rundong Zhou, Adrien Lefauve, Roberto Verzicco, Detlef Lohse
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10571 https:…

Transition to the ultimate turbulent regime in stratified inclined duct flow
The stratified inclined duct (SID) flow provides a canonical model for sustained, buoyancy-driven exchange between two reservoirs of different density, and emerges as a new paradigm in geophysical fluid dynamics. Yet, the flow dynamics remain unclear in the highly turbulent regime; laboratory experiments can access this regime but they lack resolution, while direct numerical simulations (DNS) at realistically high Prandtl number Pr\,=\,7 (for heat in water) have not achieved sufficiently high R…

The last 25 years of photographing buildings and landscapes has taught me that being in the right place at the right time helps define the quality of a photograph.
My camper van gets me into places at times that I wouldn’t normally be able to access.
I can now stay over on sites to monitor the local conditions and light levels throughout a full 24 hours.
I’m cut free of the bonds of ‘out of town’ accommodation and site access logistics.
Travelling in the van has been…

Van Life Gallery
My van, Woody, is my time-travelling machine, taking me to some remarkable places that have altered my mind like wine through water.

Tell me again how 'AI is going to revolutionise education' when roughly a quarter of primary schools globally don't even have electricity, toilets, drinking water, and basic WASH facilities.
It's 1925 in 2025 for 25% of schools in the world.
#Education #GlobalEducation

Data scientist Manuel Banza is mapping out refuges in cities like Lisbon to combat extreme temperatures. Barcelona sets the standard with covered spaces, water access, and more for safety during heatwaves. #climatechange #climatesolutions

Climate shelters: when the heat is on, where can you escape to?
Heatwaves have become more frequent and intense, causing a search for solutions to cool cities. With energy poverty leaving people more unprotected inside their homes, climate shelters can be an option to make cities resistant to extreme temperatures.

Morae: Proactively Pausing UI Agents for User Choices
Yi-Hao Peng, Dingzeyu Li, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Amy Pavel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21456 https://arxiv…

Morae: Proactively Pausing UI Agents for User Choices
User interface (UI) agents promise to make inaccessible or complex UIs easier to access for blind and low-vision (BLV) users. However, current UI agents typically perform tasks end-to-end without involving users in critical choices or making them aware of important contextual information, thus reducing user agency. For example, in our field study, a BLV participant asked to buy the cheapest available sparkling water, and the agent automatically chose one from several equally priced options, wit…

‘Horrific’ report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities
The alleged abuses uncovered include deaths in custody,
physical and sexual abuse of detainees,
mistreatment of pregnant women and children,
inadequate medical care,
overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions,
inadequate food and water,
exposure to extreme temperatures,
denial of access to attorneys,
and child separation.
The report, compiled by t…

Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)
Adarsh Salagame, Henry Noyes, Alireza Ramezani, Eric Sihite, Arash Kalantari
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19473 https://

Crater Observing Bio-inspired Rolling Articulator (COBRA)
NASA aims to establish a sustainable human basecamp on the Moon as a stepping stone for future missions to Mars and beyond. The discovery of water ice on the Moon's craters located in permanently shadowed regions, which can provide drinking water, oxygen, and rocket fuel, is therefore of critical importance. However, current methods to access lunar ice deposits are limited. While rovers have been used to explore the lunar surface for decades, they face significant challenges in navigating harsh…

> "Sites must demonstrate sufficient access to water to support at least 500MW of AI infrastructure."
The actual amounts are left as an exercise.
It's fair enough that it's difficult to guess how much water would be required for an AI data centre in 2030... but in the context of development applications, a figure representing a base minimum might be expected?

AI Growth Zones: open for applications

Susceptibility Distortion Correction of Diffusion MRI with a single Phase-Encoding Direction
Sedigheh Dargahi, Sylvain Bouix, Christian Desrosier
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13340

Susceptibility Distortion Correction of Diffusion MRI with a single Phase-Encoding Direction
Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is a valuable tool to map brain microstructure and connectivity by analyzing water molecule diffusion in tissue. However, acquiring dMRI data requires to capture multiple 3D brain volumes in a short time, often leading to trade-offs in image quality. One challenging artifact is susceptibility-induced distortion, which introduces significant geometric and intensity deformations. Traditional correction methods, such as topup, rely on having access to blip-up and blip-down ima…

Brighton's Wild Park rainscape project filters out pollutants from road runoff, protecting the water supply and enhancing community access to nature. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate