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Ukraine claims downing of another Russian Su-25: https://benborges.xyz/2024/05/11/ukraine-claims-downing.html

"Antarctica’s sea ice hit another low this year – understanding how ocean warming is driving the loss is key"
#Antarctica #Ice #Climate

Antarctica’s sea ice hit another low this year – understanding how ocean warming is driving the loss is key
Ocean warming seems the main driver of Antarctica’s sea-ice loss. But as satellites show, the change is not universal and sea ice persists in East Antarctica and the Weddell Sea.

Do the Raiders need to add another running back? https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/2024/05/10/do-the-raiders-need-to-add-another-running-back/

Do the Raiders need to add another running back?
Do the Raiders need to add another running back?

https://www.tumblr.com/nyancrimew/744607173055856640/another-addendum-most-modern-4k-uhd-blurays-use another addendum: 12” capacitive or optical analog video discs need to make a comeback, even if it’s only at 540p for 59.9…

EVENT: Region 3664, which has resulted in much of today's geomagnetic storming remains active!
A flare is an eruption of energy from the Sun that generally lasts minutes to hours.
Flares of this
magnitude are not frequent.
TIMING:
The flare peaked at 5/11 01:23 UTC
(5/10 21:23 EDT)
EFFECTS:
Users of high frequency (HF) radio signals may experience temporary degradation or complete loss of signal on much of the sunlit side of Earth

Another NFC East team linked to Saquon Barkley ahead of free agency https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/another_nfc_east_team_linked_to_saquon_barkley_ahead_of_free_agency/s1_13132_40086067

Another NFC East team linked to Saquon Barkley ahead of free agency
Star running back Saquon Barkley might stay in the NFC East. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported  that some in league circles believe the Dallas Cowboys "will pursue" the free agent.  However, Jordan Raanan of ESPN noted that the Cowboys "aren't expected to reach the [two-time Pro Bowler's] price point." The Philadelphia Eagles are in the same boat. Spotrac estimates Dallas has $8.8M in cap room. Barkley's market value is a three-year deal worth $9.9M annually. The Cowboys' run game has room for im…

On values:
https://another.rodeo/values/

On values | Another Rodeo
What we care about costs us.

Digital Marilyn, an interactive AI avatar of Marilyn Monroe that was created using GPT-3.5 and can answer questions in her voice and style, was unveiled at SXSW (Bruce Haring/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/ai-marily

AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
A Digital Marilyn Monroe was showcased at SxSW in Austin, unveiling the next step in AI celebrity monetization.

via @… on post.news:
🚨BREAKING: NY Appellate Court upholds New York's Early Mail Voter Act and dismisses RNC lawsuit. Another victory for our clients and the voters of New York!
https://

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🚨 BREAKING: NY Appellate Court upholds New York's Early Mail Voter Act and dismisses RNC lawsuit. Another victory for our clients and the voters of New York!

"Washington's lackluster #snowpack draws concerns, especially on the Olympic Peninsula
Not since 2015 has Washington's snowpack fallen so far below normal. Some regions of the state are preparing for another #drought this summer. Others are still enmeshed in the drought that bega…

Washington's lackluster snowpack draws concerns, especially on the Olympic Peninsula
Not since 2015 has Washington's snowpack fallen so far below normal. Some regions of the state are preparing for another drought this summer. Others are still enmeshed in the drought that began last summer.

VERMONTERS - you can RECYCLE YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES at various locations. In Chittenden County, CSWD is running a program with “Astronomers without Borders” and has collection bins at all their locations, many local libraries and a number of other locations mentioned here: h…

"Antarctica’s sea ice hit another low this year – understanding how ocean warming is driving the loss is key"
#Antarctica #Ice #Climate

Antarctica’s sea ice hit another low this year – understanding how ocean warming is driving the loss is key
Ocean warming seems the main driver of Antarctica’s sea-ice loss. But as satellites show, the change is not universal and sea ice persists in East Antarctica and the Weddell Sea.

And another sideline project, co-chairing the JSONPath IETF Working Group, wraps itself up: https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf-announce/Wq_opZlpOxZZxlv8yj3E5pJvn0E/
Result: Two RFCs,

Digital Marilyn, an interactive AI avatar of Marilyn Monroe that was created using GPT-3.5 and can answer questions in her voice and style, was unveiled at SXSW (Bruce Haring/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/ai-marily

AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
A Digital Marilyn Monroe was showcased at SxSW in Austin, unveiling the next step in AI celebrity monetization.

Crime boss lets yet another of his henchmen take the fall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/nyregion/allen-weisselberg-sentenced-trump.html?ugrp=c&unlocked_article_…

Allen Weisselberg, Trump’s Ex-Finance Chief, Sentenced to 5 Months for Perjury
Allen H. Weisselberg admitted that he had lied about helping Donald J. Trump inflate his net worth to win favorable loan terms.

The cybersecurity news machine continues to crank away. Check out today's packed Metacurity for the most important developments you should know, including
-- Another major healthcare provider, Ascension, hit with a cyber attack
-- Scattered Spider now targeting banks and insurance companies,
-- British Columbia government hit with a cyber attack,
-- Zscaler takes test environment offline amid breach rumors,
-- F5 fixes two high-severity bugs,
-- Nearly 52K Tinyproxy instances vulnerable to critical RCE flaw,
-- Microsoft launched air-gapped generative AI for intel community,
-- Nearly 70 software makers sign CISA secure-by-design pledge,
-- Two face voter data breach charges in MI,
-- Boeing confirms LockBit $200m ransom demand,
-- LockBit claims Wichita attack,
-- Apex Legends hacker returns,
-- much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/another-major-healthcare-provider-ascension-hit-cyber-attack

Another day, another success story for property-based testing. I am so glad I sneaked `fastcheck` everywhere.

https://www.tumblr.com/nyancrimew/744607173055856640/another-addendum-most-modern-4k-uhd-blurays-use another addendum: 12” capacitive or optical analog video discs need to make a comeback, even if it’s only at 540p for 59.9…

And there's more. I noticed this weird little line under the notch. (If you screen grab, the notch shows as white - another glitch.) Turns out they didn't pixel count correctly: the line is the top pixel row of my wallpaper.
A designer should verify every pixel, especially around the edges and where things overlap. I did in my day, anyway.

Hope this bloke survives: another Boeing whistleblower says plane bodies had defects - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68979354

Boeing whistleblower says plane parts had serious defects
A former quality inspector for Spirit AeroSystems claims he found many defects on parts due for shipping.

Institution asks me for a presentation. Cool!
I make an offer, so far so good.
Then they demand me to provide a fee contract. Okay whatever, hacked that together.
Now they send me an email asking for another offer for the same thing that requires me to fill in 4 different complex forms and now tell me that they will require me to hand in the invoice through the worst system in the world (xrechnung.bund.de).
I am very close to just not bothering. Had I known this I woul…

When one door opens another gets thrown out behind the dumpster...

Ouch. Another in a continuing saga of how getting old sucks. (Yes, I’m aware that in general it’s better than the alternative, but still.) I was sitting in my easy chair minding my own business, and pulled a muscle in my neck reaching up to scratch an itch on the back of my head. Not seriously, at least, but enough to warrant a couple ibuprofen and now maybe a heating pad when I finish typing this. 🤬

Yet another reminder that any #accessibility feature that helps people with disabilities will eventually help ALL of us.
Accessibility is for everyone.
“The popularity of turning captions "on"”—Seven reasons why people watch TV with Closed Captions enabled, by David Pogue.

Canucks Cole scores another goal for the Oilers to win it in overtime. 🤦‍♂️
#HNOM

Yet another homage to the stars war with the royal ship landing on the death star
Then a mix of imperial costumes and Nazi brown coats
Followed by a king and queen in middle ages garb
And a modern quartet playing live
And a Caesar moment with Roman decorations
Then openly scapegoating the main character
I don't even know where to start with all of this, it's questionable from end to end just in this 2 minute scene
#RebelMoon

Some politicians want to divide us—to make us fear one another based on what we look like, where we come from, or how we pray so they can seize power.
But we see through them. We’re choosing our freedoms, our futures, and a better life. #OurFreedomsOurFutures
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Good News, Bad News!
"We can't afford another election cycle when essential truths are buried" Essential (and engaging) video:
https://www.tiktok.com/@fix_media_now/video/7365933873730964779
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Another case of
„It wasn’t the jab, for sure“

With only two days left in Seattle, I wonder if I should eat another bag of Dick’s or not.

And another Microsoft security incident. "The Azure storage server housed code, scripts and configuration files containing passwords, keys and credentials used by the Microsoft employees for accessing other internal databases and systems."
https://techcr…

Microsoft employees exposed internal passwords in security lapse | TechCrunch
The tech giant secured a cloud storage server that was inadvertently spilling Microsoft internal data and credentials to the open internet.

Ooops! Another tree just fell over.

fediverse: Fediverse network (2018)
An early snapshot of the federation network among web publishers using the ActivityPub protocol. Nodes are instances, and a directed edge exists if an instance follows another instance.
This network has 4860 nodes and 484164 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Information
https://

Another one bites the dust.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Hyperscan-Now-Proprietary

Another Cowboys' free agent could get swiped by one of their biggest rivals https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/another_cowboys_free_agent_could_get_swiped_by_one_of_their_biggest_rivals/s1_1731…

Another Cowboys' free agent could get swiped by one of their biggest rivals
The Washington Commanders have come into the 2024 NFL free agency frenzy with a clear gameplan: Target Dallas Cowboys free agents.  Dan Quinn's team has reportedly agreed to terms with DE Dorance Armstrong and C Tyler Biadasz already, two key players from the Cowboys' 12-wins team of 2023.  They might not be done adding Cowboys to the team.  According to ESPN reporter John Kleim, it "sounds like the Commanders have shown interest" in cornerback Jourdan Lewis, who started eight games for Dal…

Another cracking game of #rugby today - Wales France - very entertaining. This years #sixnations has been brilliant!

If you needed one, here's another reason to support @…: it has a fine collection of underground music demos from the 80s and 90s. Here's what I came across today:
Mr Bungle's 1987, very Fishbone-influenced demo, "Bowel Of Chiley."

The inability to remember that "one person's meat is another's poison" seems analogous to the failure to internalize the fact that there is no View From Nowhere.

I was just informed about 15 minutes ago that I have another MAJOR meeting at 2pm EST with regards to work stuff.
This one isn't as intense as yesterday's could have been, but it's still discussing some major steps of what's next and similar other things.
Send some positive vibes my way and let's hope things work out with what I'm wanting and needing!
This puts me one step closer! 🤪

Mm, another healthy Dad Dinner™!
(half-eaten mac & cheese that came back in one kid's lunchbox, half-eaten pancakes that came back in the other kids lunchbox, leftover vegetable samosas, and a couple of Pizza Bites that are actually pretty gross but the kid claims he's too full to eat the rest. And an apple, which is the only non-kid leftover.)

Who among us can honestly say that they haven’t at one time or another experimented with editing?

Just another day in paradise! People used to swim here...

If you want to bulk check/uncheck checkboxes, probably use a checkbox.
If you want to bulk expand/collapse disclosures, probably use a button.
If you have other bulk operations I did not consider, let me know with a single response.
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/03/chec<…

Check-All / Expand-All Controls
Controls that can operate other controls in bulk are not new. One common example is a single checkbox that allows you to check or uncheck a group of checkboxes. Another example is a single button that lets you expand or collapse a set of disclosure widgets. When the user operates…

How did The New York Times, one of the world’s most famous and well-established publications, choose to review Geraldine DeRuiter’s ( @…) new book?
By illustrating her decapitated head on a plate, getting devoured by another woman. No, I’m not joking.
I got mad about it. I wrote about why:

Platform Responsibility: In Defense of Geraldine DeRuiter
Why we write and why we read. If you publish content online, you’re responsible for the harm that it may cause. It seems like The New York Times didn’t get the memo.

Sleepless in another country. Hotel TV has no channel that shows the #oscars2024, and the app of my cable TV provider at home refuses to work because I'm not in Switzerland.
#Wireguard VPN to the rescue 😜.

Trump Finds Another Line to Cross (John Hendrickson/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/03/donald-trump-mocks-joe-bidens-stutter/677708/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240311/p2#a240311p2

The Beerdrop Explodes - Various Artists (1983)
UK import on Abstract Records
Another odd gem of a compilation. I recognized the Toy Dolls so figured the other songs would be similar. They are not. And in a good way!
This is where I first heard the all female group “Gymslips”, with imho their best song featured here.
A lot of fun power pop and pub rock songs including the wonderfully silly cover of Rawhide, and the closing spoken word piece by Derek Wade (I can’t fin…

HB1371 was another one whose hearing I liveskeeted over on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/egall.bsky.social/post/3klx2km4myh2g

#BikeStreak, Day 40 (yesterday): Another after dinner ride around Rapperawil-Jona, but this time following the bicycle path from the Jona delta to the east between railway tracks and the lakeside of the Lake Zurich until Schmerikon at the upper end of the lake and the same way back. Close to 18km at 14 degrees Celsius in about an hour (and with a big percentage of e-assist 😇 as I didn't want…

Another note.
I want a shift lever. It can be in the floor, the steering wheel, the console, whatever.
Do not make me shift gears by some goddam spin knob, or touch screen, or neural link. I want something that takes effort and let's me know what gear I am in ThankYouVeryMuch.

I just finished another week of my beginning cycling class at the gym. I'm really glad that I did this. This is a profoundly confusing class but I'm glad that I did it.

Oh no, the #UW #Seattle encampment might get attacked tomorrow.
This is a crappy piece of "guidance" from UW administration, saying basically "we asked the fash nicely not to beat up kids, but they say they're still coming, and we asked the encampment to leave, and t…

Yet another item that proves that wealthy people get to violate laws with impunity.... Or at least get decades to enjoy their violations before questions are asked.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-audit-chicago-hotel-taxes

IRS Audit of Trump Could Cost Former President More Than $100 Million
The tax agency concluded in its long-running investigation that Trump effectively claimed the same massive write-off twice on his failed Chicago tower.

Digital Marilyn, an interactive AI avatar of Marilyn Monroe that was created using GPT-3.5 and can answer questions in her voice and style, was unveiled at SXSW (Bruce Haring/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/ai-marily

AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave
A Digital Marilyn Monroe was showcased at SxSW in Austin, unveiling the next step in AI celebrity monetization.

Another massacre by the most ethical army in the world.
Casualties reported as Israel targets Palestinians waiting for aid in #Gaza – Middle East Monitor
https://www.<…

Casualties reported as Israel targets Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza
Several Palestinians were killed and many others injured Saturday as the Israeli army again targeted hundreds of people who were waiting for aid trucks east and west of Gaza City,...

Ivory making it easier to include a link to another post and also rendering that other post.
So essentially quote toots. I am not a huge fan of them but they can be handy so it’s good to see.

Parenting keeping you too busy to go to the gym? Not a problem, there's plenty of ways to stay in shape.
Try the Toddler Press. It's just like a normal bench press except it's done lying on a couch rather than a weight bench. And instead of a barbell, you use a 30 pound toddler.
Start with ten reps. If you're lucky she'll let you put her down and not do another 20.

I just heard someone on YouTube saying that a certain British national worked for the M-sixteen.
Arial font makes another victim...

Can't tell if this is a welcome return to an interest i've neglected, or an extreme form of procrastination in the face of other commitments, but lately I've felt a strong and quite persistent urge to have another go at working my way through SICP:
(if anyone else on here wanted to have a go at a chapter a week with a bit of discussion on a hashtag, that could be fun)

Very, very impressed and pleased with the series! Already looking forward to another season!
#Fallout

This week I tell stories about Miaozong, the amazing twelfth-century Zen teacher who was the first officially recognized female Zen “master.” She was fierce, direct, and playful; more than a match for the Zen men she encountered. She also instigated a game of Zen poetry that echoed over five centuries.
#Zen #Poetry

Poems Speaking to One Another
Sal Gessho Randolph tells stories and shares poems of Miaozong, the twelfth-century poet who was the first officially recognized female Zen "master."

🇬🇧 #DarkMatter on #AppleTVPlus - how good is this!!! It promises to be another good series that is an adaptation of a book, which in turn I will probably have to read because I won't handle waiting until the finale 😁
🇵🇱

Okay, y'all, it's time for another edition of FediDrama. This time, let's talk about dealing with criticism.
I've seen this pattern a lot when it comes to men and sexism, and it goes something like this:
Man: Says something casually sexist
Woman: Corrects him, trying to teach him why it's sexist
Man: "Well, these *other* women said it's fine, and I'm a feminist, so screw you!"
Class, what is the issue with this picture?
…

A tale of two cities: one of our students (aged 20) killed by a car thief a few months ago (some flowers still at the site). Another young man (also aged 20), from the "other side" of town, charged.
https://www.

Man accused of killing student in Limerick hit-and-run charged with further offences
Kieran Fogarty (20), from Ballinacurra Weston, remanded in custody for service of book of evidence next week

systems, communication, work
Thoughtful thread from @… - about job hunting in techie contexts, but at another level about how malfunctional systems persist, and info gets lost in transmission.
Reminds me of a kind of questioning which I think I do a lot: How does this actually work in practice. What are we trying to do. Where did this bit come from, and does it still make sense now or is it a left-over from an earlier situation.
#systems

Fair disclosure I've just established yet another "backup" Mastodon account, this time at Hachyderm.io:
@…
/cc @… since it was you who suggested the instance to me ☮️

I'm trying to remember the name of a feature film. It's mainly a two-hander. A stranger notices another woman is in a domestic violence situation and invites her back to her place. The lady ends up going back.
From memory, there was a consciously different production process as well with mentoring to bring more marginalised people into film.
I have some citations somewhere in my files, but my searches aren't bringing it up at the moment.
Do you know it by any …

Huh. Filaments.ca is no more. I didn’t have the place where I buy my kn95 masks to acquire my preferred filament supplier.
#3dPrinting
I do wonder what will happen to their speciality filaments or if it’ll just become another filament reseller.

Update on Filaments.ca - Ecommerce Acquired by InkSmith
Dear Filaments.ca Community, We are thrilled to share that our team at InkSmith has acquired the Filaments.ca and Filabox.ca ecommerce stores. Situated in Kitchener, Ontario, we are eager to integrate these brands into our operations and revitalize their offerings to provide you with the best possible experience moving

What is today? Today is yet another day when Trump’s pet judge will refuse to set a trial date in his espionage case—ten months after he was indicted.

Indian Child Welfare Act faces another constitutional challenge - ICT News
https://ictnews.org/news/indian-child-welfare-act-faces-another-constitutional-challenge

Pick up a rock. Pick up another rock and hit the first one with it and knock off a chip. Keep hitting the first rock, knocking off chips, until it looks like it’ll do for whatever it is you’re going to use it for. Whack it some more with a stick or antler to sharpen the edges, if you think it’ll help.
Show #Thag what you’re doing so he can try it.

I've been experimenting with "fucking with Capitalism" and this is the latest update...
➡️ https://rasterweb.net/raster/2024/04/10/pay-what-you-want-for-art-live/

Pay What You Want for Art (Live!)
Another experiment in getting more art out into the world…

I'd add another thing about this episode, @…. Dumfries doesn't need a Town Board. A Town Board is a profoundly anti-democratic idea, and we shouldn't support it. In my ideal world Dumfries would self organise as a small number of communes, but in achievable near term reality what Dumfries needs is a Burgh Council, as it used to have.

Common Weal
All of Us First

jdk: Java SE Dev Kit dependencies (1.6.0.7)
A network of class dependencies within the JDK (Java SE Development Kit) 1.6.0.7 framework. Nodes represent classes and a directed edge indicates a dependency of one class on another.
This network has 6434 nodes and 150985 edges.
Tags: Technological, Software, Unweighted, Multigraph
https://…

Governor: Russian missile attack on Odesa kills 4, including 10-year-old girl: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/10/governor-russian-missile.html

Another cracking game of #rugby today - Wales France - very entertaining. This years #sixnations has been brilliant!

New releases for the major AI models.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/10/ai-race-heats-up-as-openai-google-and-mistral-release-new-models

Incel CS lecturer at Waterloo
"When people have a pet such as a dog, cat, or a bird, they usually worry about the loneliness and sexual needs of the pet. They usually buy another pet from the opposite sex so that pet can mate and will not be lonely any more. "
People usually neuter their pets, so no. This is getting more unhinged by the section.
"They do this not only for pet but also for farm animals such as cows, sheep, and horses."
Hold on. You understand that farms seek breeding pairs, right? Farms aren't buying animals of opposite sexes so that the animals have companionship. How did you arrive at this nonsense? God Emperor of Dune levels of unhinged.
#IncelShaming

Henceforth, I’m gonna use this Tolkien quote whenever someone asks what I think about a competing package.

"YEA!!!!!!" comes the happy shout from upstairs! And it is repeated again!
Yes, indeed, today is a SNOW DAY here in our part of northwest Vermont! No school.
We haven't yet had a large amount of snow, but it's still coming down, there are high winds, and the message is that the roads are very slippery.
(Of course, for me as a remote worker this is just another day... as long as the power stays on. 😀)

Oh no, the #UW #Seattle encampment might get attacked tomorrow.
This is a crappy piece of "guidance" from UW administration, saying basically "we asked the fash nicely not to beat up kids, but they say they're still coming, and we asked the encampment to leave, and t…

People leaving Rafah describe yet another fearful flight from Israeli assaults. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/10/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah
http://www.memeorandum.com/240510/p53#a240510p53

Parenting keeping you too busy to go to the gym? Not a problem, there's plenty of ways to stay in shape.
Try the Toddler Press. It's just like a normal bench press except it's done lying on a couch rather than a weight bench. And instead of a barbell, you use a 30 pound toddler.
Start with ten reps. If you're lucky she'll let you put her down and not do another 20.

The anti-lab-grown-meat movement is about conservative cultural insecurity — the fear that, without the force of law, some conservative cultural norms will fade away…
This is the real fear
— not of lab-grown meat itself, but of the changing culture its popularity would represent.
Whether conservatives find the meat substitute to be adequate is beside the point.
Society would have decided that some of their most cherished beliefs can be disposed of.
Both humankin…

Why is there a movement to ban lab-grown beef? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one bit: …let me offer another theory: The anti-lab-grown-meat movement is about conservative cultural insecurity — the fear that, without the force of law, some conservative cultural norms will fade away… Imagine that lab-grown meat proves feasible at a reasonable cost. It might end […]

I'm trying to remember the name of a feature film. It's mainly a two-hander. A stranger notices another woman is in a domestic violence situation and invites her back to her place. The lady ends up going back.
From memory, there was a consciously different production process as well with mentoring to bring more marginalised people into film.
I have some citations somewhere in my files, but my searches aren't bringing it up at the moment.
Do you know it by any …

London-based Griffin Bank, which offers an API-driven "banking as a service" platform, raised a $24M Series A extension, after a $13.5M Series A in June 2023 (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/10/bank

‘Banking as a Service’ startup Griffin riases $24M and attains full banking licence | TechCrunch
Founded by former Silicon Valley engineers, UK-based Griffin Bank bills itself as an API-driven ‘Banking as a Service’ platform. After raising $28.1 Founded by former Silicon Valley engineers, UK-based Griffin Bank bills itself as an API-driven ‘Banking as a Service’ platform. After raising $28.1 million, it has now raised another $24 million (£19 million) in a fresh, extended Series A, funding round led by MassMutual Ventures, NordicNinja and Breega, with participation from existing i…

amazon_copurchases: Amazon co-purchasing network (2003)
Network of items for sale on amazon.com in 2003 and the items they "recommend" (via the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" feature). If one item is frequently co-purchased with another, then the first item recommends the second.
This network has 262111 nodes and 1234877 edges.
Tags: Economic, Commerce, Unweighted

For Trump, a Blizzard of Court Action Is Just Another Monday (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/nyregion/trump-carroll-bond.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/240311/p81#a240311p81

How the humble coconut is starting to fuel parts of Papua New Guinea
Decades ago, the fruit was a lucrative export but over the years it has become less prized on international markets.
Now, a small island off the north coast of the country, is putting coconuts to another use.
The oil from #copra
– the white flesh from the

Another Sunk Ship: 2024-03-05: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/06/another-sunk-ship.html

She better have a damned good reason, or the Eleventh Circuit might have something to say:
**Judge Aileen Cannon on Tuesday delayed Donald Trump's classified documents case indefinitely.**
https://www.businessinsider.com/judge-aile

Judge Aileen Cannon just handed Donald Trump another legal win
Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon delayed the former president's classified documents case indefinitely, throwing a wrench in Jack Smith's case.

Incel CS lecturer at Waterloo
"2.5.1 BEHAVIOR OF GIRLS DIFFER BEFORE AND AFTER IMMIGRATION"
Girls, specifically. Not boys. Stinks of a misogyny problem.
"Before immigration in Iran, girls usually like and welcome marriage. … However, after
immigration to a western country such as Canada … [s]ome of them do not look for relationships for at least several years."
Definitely stinks of misogyny.
"The first possible reason is that some girls in Iran want to get out of their parents’ house so they gain more freedom in their own house living with their husband. However, when they immigrate to another country, they become independent and do not need to escape from their parents’ house; they are already in their own house with their freedom."
Ah. I found the misogyny, right behind the authoritarianism.

foodweb_baywet: Florida cypress wetlands food web (1998)
Networks of carbon exchanges among species in the cypress wetlands of South Florida. One network covers the wet and the other the dry season. Each node represents a taxon (similar to a species), and a directed edge indicates that one taxon uses another as food.
This network has 128 nodes and 2106 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted

California AG plans how to thwart Trump with lawsuits if he wins another term (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-05-09/california-attorney-general-trump-lawsuit-term
http://www.memeorandum.com/240510/p23#a240510p23

AlphaStar, an AI developed by DeepMind to play the video game StarCraft II, became so adept at making moves aimed at deceiving opponents (known as #feinting) that it defeated 99.8% of human players.
Elsewhere, another Meta system called Pluribus learned to bluff during poker games so successfully that the researchers decided against releasing its code for fear it could wreck the online poker commun…

AI systems are getting better at tricking us
But what we perceive as deception is AI mindlessly achieving the goals we’ve set for it.

#Netanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ and invade Rafah – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/israels-netanyahu-says-he…

Netanyahu vows to defy Biden’s ‘red line’ and invade Rafah
Israel PM insists his priority is to prevent another terror attack like the Oct. 7 Hamas raid.

US conservative thinktank’s links to extremist fraternal order
The president of the rightwing #Claremont #Institute and another senior Claremont official are both closely involved with the shadowy 🔹Society for American Civic Renewal🔹 ( #SACR

FAA Reauthorization
Quick recap: for a bill to become law it has to pass the House and the Senate in the same form.
This means whichever chamber passes a bill, the other chamber needs to be in session so they can act.
Then it goes to the President for signing.
The FAA was scheduled to have its authority lapse Friday, May 10, at midnight when the active continuing resolution expired.
Before heading out of Washington on Wednesday, the House passed another 1 week e…