Tootfinder

An in-depth look at how foreign scammers use US banks to facilitate large-scale transfers of funds stolen from victims of "pig butchering" scams overseas (Cezary Podkul/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/pig-butcher…

How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans
Asian crime syndicates’ online scams have reached industrial proportions, cheating victims around the world out of more than $44 billion a year. U.S. banks have been unable to stop them.

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3997051/if-you-use-onedrive-to-upload-files-to-chatgpt-or-zoom-dont.html
If you use OneDrive to upload files to ChatGPT or Zoom, don’t

If you use OneDrive to upload files to ChatGPT or Zoom, don’t
Users could potentially allow access to the entire drive because of the way Microsoft implements OAuth in OneDrive File Picker.

Interesting move. "EU leaders try to out-bully Trump, floating world trade club without US"
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-leaders-donald-trump-us-trade-tariffs-ursula-von-der-leyen/

EU leaders try to out-bully Trump, floating world trade club without US
Ursula von der Leyen suggests EU could join forces with the Asian-Pacific trade bloc as Europe tries to up its game.

A small victory on the data retention front. #Czechia https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/court-rules-that-czechia-co…

"Le Monde – Plus de 1 500 scientifiques appellent l’Europe Š combler le déficit de financement en faveur de la biodiversité"
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/202

Plus de 1 500 scientifiques appellent l’Europe à combler le déficit de financement en faveur de la biodiversité
Alors que les négociations sur le budget de l’Union pour la période 2028-2034 doivent débuter, des chercheurs s’inquiètent de voir la protection de l’environnement reléguée au second rang des priorités.

NetChoice sues Arkansas over two laws that would put limits on social media content and let parents of children who died by suicide sue over platform content (Andrew Demillo/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/net-choice-ar…

Tech industry group sues Arkansas over new social media laws
A tech industry trade group has sued Arkansas over two new law placing limits on content on social media platforms. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court by NetChoice, whose members include TikTok, Facebook parent Meta, and X, formerly known as Twitter. The lawsuit comes months after a federal judge struck down an Arkansas law that would have required parental consent for minors to create new social media accounts. The new laws the group is challenging include one that would allow paren…

Le marchand d’armes, la fille du général et le fou du volant
https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2025/06/28/le-marchand-d-armes-la-fille-du-general-et-le-fou-du-volant_6616224_4500055.html

Le marchand d’armes, la fille du général et le fou du volant
Akram Ojjeh a bâti sa fortune en étant l’intermédiaire des ventes d’armes françaises à l’Arabie saoudite, jusqu’à sa mort, en 1991. La bataille juridique que sa troisième épouse syrienne, Nahed Tlass-Ojjeh, et son fils, un collectionneur de voitures de luxe, livrent au reste de la famille pourrait être un banal conflit d’héritage. Mais ses ramifications touchent à des affaires d’Etat.

The four types of imagination and how they create our worlds https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480349-the-four-types-of-imagination-and-how-they-create-our-worlds/ (archived at

The four types of imagination and how they create our worlds
Your imagination isn't just one thing. The latest neuroscience is untangling just how diverse this faculty really is, says cognitive neurologist Adam Zeman

Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.
Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?
Here's the actual impact.
"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.
On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.

First Met Police officer killed - WCH | Stories https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10023/first-met-police-officer-killed -- "The Met were the world's first modern, professional police force, created in 1829 and based…

Starmer is digging his own grave | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/starmer-digging-his-own-grave

"Of mushrooms and mycelium: How fungi are powering eco-friendly solutions"
#Mushrooms #Fungi

Of mushrooms and mycelium: How fungi are powering eco-friendly solutions
Often hidden from view, fungi are a critical part of our ecosystems. Some can be eaten as mushrooms; others help trees and forests thrive. But that’s not all: they’re also helping us create low-cost, sustainable housing materials and additional income for farmers, says Gabriela D’Elia, director of the Fungal Diversity Survey and a fungi enthusiast, […]

The emergence of galactic thin and thick discs across cosmic history: #Galaxies: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-121 and https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-digs-into-structural-origins-of-disk-galaxies/

all cities should allow community traffic calming if they're not going to do it themselves
"‘Absolutely terrifying’: Oakland residents decry city’s removal of DIY speed bumps as sideshows surge"

Surprise (non) : "il semblerait que les Tesla sans chauffeur se comportent sur le macadam comme n’importe quel chauffard."
#Tesla
https://www.

Anthropic launches the Anthropic Economic Futures Program to bolster research on the impacts of AI and encourage new proposals on how to mitigate the downsides (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/27/2025

Anthropic launches new effort to study AI’s economic impact
CEO Dario Amodei has warned of massive job losses because of AI and hopes research will help the world prepare.

The Supreme Court's Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is a 5-Alarm Catastrophe (Elie Mystal/The Nation)
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-ruling-trump-v-casa/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250627/p145#a250627p145

Unter diesem Regime ist es sowas von unwahrscheinlich, dass diese Daten missbraucht werden.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/4-health-trackers-id-recommend-to-anyone-and-why-they-make-such-a-big-difference/

Check Point acquires Israeli cyber startup firm Veriti for $100 million
https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/byjdi4emee

Check Point acquires Israeli cyber startup firm Veriti for $100 million
The Israeli company, founded in 2021 by Check Point alumni, has developed a platform for identifying and fixing security gaps in real time 30 Veriti employees will join Check Point as part of the deal, which is a continuation of the company's Israeli acquisition strategy

A nice (and thorough) assessment of the late Chris Whelan's work in the latest Economic and Social Review https://www.esr.ie/index.php/esr/article/view/3238

How will we know when we have lost our democracy?
#FederatedMemory

"Out of pain and righteous anger I took apart the stained glass windows of my childhood faith. Over time I looked more closely at the glass shards at my feet and chose to reconstruct my faith life."
—Sandra L. Fischer ’12 M.Div. writing in the new issue of our journal, Reflections, which addresses whether Christianity is losing its religion.

Few would label Mace kind or gentle
As she engages in a relentless crusade against trans rights, she is more one-trick pony than “caucus of one."
https://newrepublic.com/article/196207/nancy-mace-future-republican-party

Nancy Mace Is the Future of the Republican Party
The South Carolina representative isn’t just a bigot and a laughing stock. She’s pioneering a media strategy that her GOP colleagues will follow.

What a gift this man was. He gave us his all, and he did it well.
May his memory be a blessing. And an inspiration.
Bill Moyers, a Face of Public TV and Once a White House Voice, Dies at 91 https://www.nytimes.com/2025…

Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91
Before becoming known as an unusual breed of television correspondent and commentator, he had a long association with President Lyndon B. Johnson.

In *today's* #WatchDogsLegion was a prophecy, not a video game:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/beekeeper-unleashed-a-swarm-of-b…

Beekeeper Unleashed a Swarm of Bees on Police During Traffic Stop
A routine seatbelt stop turned into an insect ambush when a 70-year-old beekeeper allegedly sicced his bees on two traffic officers...

Ramachandra Guha: Ignored by the ‘national’ media, a disaster is unfolding in Great Nicobar
https://scroll.in/article/1081027/ramachandra-guha-ignored-by-the-national-media-a-disaster-is-unfolding-in-great-n…

Helpful JLCPCB tariff faq. Incredibly depressing. Pretty much prices out most of my Tindie things. #pcb

U.S. Tariff Policy FAQ
As of April 24, 2025, Goods exported from China to the United States are subject to additional and reciprocal tariffs upon arrival. See the frequent asked questions on how JLCPCB deal with the tariff.

Discover the intriguing 'Buddhism: The Unspeakable Truth’ article about how the Law of Silence Empowers Victims' Narratives. Dive into the insightful read here: https://web.archive.org/web/20221201073253/https://tricycle.or…

‘Buddhism: The Unspeakable Truth’ Elevates Victims’ Stories in Imperfect Documentary
Despite shortcomings, the film gives a necessary platform to abuse survivors.

Le stradivarius des Mendelssohn, volé sous les nazis, sort de l’ombre
https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2025/06/26/le-stradivarius-des-mendelssohn-vole-sous-les-nazis-sort-de-l-ombre_661598…

Le stradivarius des Mendelssohn, volé sous les nazis, sort de l’ombre
Le « Petit Mendelssohn », violon d’exception pris à l’illustre famille pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, et le « Stella », le magnifique instrument avec lequel se produit le virtuose japonais Eijin Nimura ne font-ils qu’un ? C’est ce qu’atteste l’enquête minutieuse d’une universitaire américaine, malgré les dénégations du violoniste.

Are you “functionally unemployed”? Here’s what the unemployment rate doesn’t show.
Ludwig Institute report https://ground.news/article/are-you-functionally-unemployed-heres-what-the-unemployment-rate-doesnt-show

Object knowledge representation in the human visual cortex requires a connection with the language system https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003161 "Our experiments reveal the contribution of the vision-la…

Object knowledge representation in the human visual cortex requires a connection with the language system
This study shows that communication between the visual cortex and the brain language system is necessary for the representation of object knowledge in the visual cortex and for corresponding behaviors in humans. This highlights the significance of connections between sensory and language systems for object knowledge in the human brain.

wikipedia_growth: en-Wikipedia links (2007)
The network of hyperlinks among English wikipedia pages, in 2007. An edge (i,j) indicates that article i hyperlinks to article j, and each edge is timestamped with its creation.
This network has 1870709 nodes and 39953145 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted, Timestamps
https:/…

Why UUIDs are bad, and why you should consider the alternative
TL;DR: Use Cuid2 instead of UUID.
🧑‍💻 #code

Why UUIDs are bad, and why you should consider the alternative
Universally Unique Identifier, or UUID for short, is widely used as a unique identifier across systems. Their appeal lies in their simplicity and universality. But they come with costs (and they are huge).

The implications for Europe are disturbing. We are losing an important race
Russia is raining hellfire on Ukraine
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/05/25/russia-is-raining-hellfire-on-ukraine?giftId=6c0b264d-3742-4b6b-8156-8c2c0e73d7d7&utm_campaign=gifted_article

Prix fixe*†
* Les conditions générales s’appliquent. Hors taxes et frais.
† Des achats in-app peuvent être nécessaires pour débloquer des fonctionnalités supplémentaires.
https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2025/articl…

"A common Israeli taking point [is] 'How should America respond if rockets were launched from Tijuana at San Diego?' ... it highlights both Israeli ignorance and fears and Palestinian and Xicano/Migrant commonality. Just like how Tel Aviv and Gaza are part of Historic Palestine, San Diego and Tijuana were both Mexico but more importantly part of the homeland of the Kumeyaay People."

Here folks, we have the AI Ouroboros, nourished only on the Dead Internet Theory. A true Simulacra Net in the wild, pure Ghost Web creation, never intended for human eyes.
Yet here, you may behold the horror yourself.
Article literally had zero alternatives and spoke eloquently(?) on them. 😳😆
#DeadInternet

Man, some of our Republican MAGA electeds are just completely off the r.. *touches earpiece*
Hang on, I'm being told that it's a Democrat. Oh, a NY Democrat, at that?
https://flipboard.com/@rollingstone/politic…

N.Y. Senator 'Misspoke' When She Flasely Claimed Zohran Mamdani Condoned 'Global Jihad'
During a radio interview Thursday, New York Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand appeared to suggest that Zohran Mamdani had condoned “global …

My article just out:
Progressive Jews (and non-Jews too!) need to revive the social democratic politics of solidarity. It brings poor & middle together, in contrast to the politics of far-left "allyship" & elite charity which both drive them apart.
https://www.

After Zohran Mamdani’s upset, there’s a way forward for pro-Israel progressives
In the fight for economic fairness for all, Jews shouldn't have to give up on defending their particular interests, writes a long-time contributor to Dissent magazine.

Dramatic..
"The ruling means that the practice of extending citizenship to the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary residents and visitors would end in the 28 states that have not challenged the measure."

Supreme Court Live Updates: Trump Hails Win on Birthright Citizenship
The court restricted the ability of federal judges to issue broad freezes on executive orders. The decision could reshape the way U.S. citizenship is granted, even temporarily.

A #visual guide on #troubleshooting #Kubernetes deployments

A US judge dismissed Rumble's antitrust suit accusing Google of violating antitrust law by allegedly promoting YouTube in search results and its other products (Wendy Davis/MediaPost)
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/406168/

Google Defeats Rumble Antitrust Suit
Conservative video platform Rumble's antitrust claims against Google fell outside the four-year statute of limitations, a federal judge ruled.

"Half a million hectares of rainforest were saved — in part thanks to journalism"
#Rainforest #Environment

Half a million hectares of rainforest were saved — in part thanks to journalism
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a packed event held in Palo Alto, California, at the end of SF Climate Week in April, Willie Shubert, the vice president of programs and executive editor at Mongabay, shared a compelling example of how Mongabay’s journalism […]

A Time-resolved High-resolution Spectroscopic Analysis of Ionized Calcium and Dynamical Processes in the Ultra-hot Jupiter HAT-P-70 b: #GHOST Spies Ultra-hot Jupiter With Ultra-fast Winds: https://noirlab.edu/public/blog/ghost-spies-jupiter/ - study of HAT-P-70 b’s atmosphere highlights the spectacular spectroscopic abilities of Gemini South’s GHOST.

TL;DR: Before the US bullied the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor its office was about to submit international arrest warrants against racist Israeli government members Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich.
"ICC reportedly weighed arrest warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich before prosecutor's leave"

Fair weather ESG https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325004323 @…

Le stress au travail : 10'000 décès par année en Europe !
#santé #travail

En Savoie, le vigneron, sa fille et une cuvée pour leurs ouvriers sans papiers
https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2025/06/28/en-savoie-le-vigneron-sa-fille-et-une-cuvee-pour-le…

En Savoie, le vigneron, sa fille et une cuvée pour leurs ouvriers sans papiers
En contrebas du massif des Bauges, Philippe Grisard et sa fille, Nadège, font appel quotidiennement à des travailleurs sans papiers pour les aider sur leur domaine viticole. Afin de dénoncer leur situation administrative, ils ont baptisé l’une de leurs cuvées « Sans eux ».

Americans grow uneasy about the economy | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/consumer-confidence-conference-board-economy-spending-1ef56ac698f194203848df1968567c85

UVA President James Ryan Caved to MAGA--and They Forced Him Out Anyway (Siva Vaidhyanathan/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/article/197393/university-virginia-president-james-ryan-caved-trump-resign
http://www.memeorandum.com/250627/p164#a250627p164

Plump Nut, a miracle peanut hit in 2007, is now being hit.
Here's my article celebrating that live-saving peanut that now rots in warehouses:
https://bolesblogs.com/2007/05/11/a-miracle-in-peanut-butter-plumpy-nut/

A Miracle in Peanut Butter: Plumpy Nut | David Boles, Blogs
Because of the luck of the land, there are people in our world who are born into, live, and die in places with little water and less food. It is the children who suffer the most from malnutrition a…

Q&A with Peter Thiel on economic and technological stagnation, US growth and dynamism, supporting President Trump in 2016, the future and risks of AI, and more (Ross Douthat/New York Times)
https:…

Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist
The original tech right power player on A.I., Mars and immortality.

OMGOMGOMGOMG
I love “Chess”
#Musicals

[OT] NYT: How will we know when we have lost our democracy? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-democracy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KE8.FGmV.1w9_LDeDoILI&am…

Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
And how exactly can we tell whether America has crossed the line?

Blowing up NATO's foundation, right before its Summit:
"Trump refused to give a clear commitment to NATO’s Article 5 — its collective defense clause — as he departed for The Hague, raising fresh concerns about his stance on one of NATO’s core principles."
https://

Trump casts doubt on NATO defense pledge as alliance confronts Russian threat
Although Article 5 is central to NATO’s security framework, U.S. President Donald Trump has previously expressed skepticism about honoring it, often criticizing member states for not contributing enough to shared defense efforts.

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[5/5]:
- NY Real Estate Racial Equity Analysis via Applied Machine Learning
Sanjana Chalavadi, Andrei Pastor, Terry Leitch

La mort mystérieuse de Pier Paolo Pasolini hante toujours l’Italie cinquante ans après
https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2025/06/27/cinquante-ans-apres-la-mort-de-pasolini-hante-toujours-l…

La mort mystérieuse de Pier Paolo Pasolini hante toujours l’Italie cinquante ans après
Le meurtre de l’écrivain et cinéaste italien, le 2 novembre 1975, continue de susciter nombre de questions. Parmi ceux qui n’ont pas renoncé à lever les zones d’ombre, l’avocat Stefano Maccioni a bataillé pendant des années pour faire rouvrir la procédure judiciaire. Il place désormais ses espoirs dans la commission d’enquête parlementaire qui vient d’être créée.

JWST Reveals Spectral Tracers of Recent Surface Modification on #Europa: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/adcab9 -> SwRI scientists contribute to uncovering ongoing surface modification on Jupiter’s moon Europa: https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/swri-scientists-contribute-uncovering-ongoing-surface-modification-jupiter-s-moon-europa

NetChoice sues Arkansas over two laws that would put limits on social media content and let parents of children who died by suicide sue over platform content (Andrew Demillo/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/net-choice-ar…

Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books (Mark Sherman/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-lgbtq-books-religion-maryland-schools-c0b0fb4b96531636fcb98b08aabc3cf9
http://www.memeorandum.com/250627/p147#a250627p147

Starmer’s nuclear bomber fleet brings us all closer to the brink | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/starmers-nuclear-bomber-fleet-brings-us-all-closer-brink

»Prompt-Injektionen bei GitHub Duo verbreiten Schadcode:
Vermeintlich hilfreiche KI-Tools wie GitLab Duo entpuppen sich als potenzielle Sicherheitsrisiken – Forscher zeigen, wie leicht sie sich manipulieren lassen.«
Ja es wurde pseudo behoben und ja es hat offensichtliches den Klartext wahrgenommen. Base64 so wie ASCII ist keine Verschlüsselung nur unlesbar von Menschen und das .env kommt nicht in's Git.
🧑‍💻

Prompt-Injektionen bei GitLab Duo verbreiten Schadcode
Vermeintlich hilfreiche KI-Tools wie GitLab Duo entpuppen sich als potenzielle Sicherheitsrisiken – Forscher zeigen, wie leicht sie sich manipulieren lassen.

• Une compagnie maritime franco-saoudienne • Une grande compagnie aérienne régionale française
https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1978/01/23/bull-une-co…

• Une compagnie maritime franco-saoudienne • Une grande compagnie aérienne régionale française
Dans son bureau parisien, près du Trocadéro : un Chagall, une maquette du " France " et des modèles réduits d'avions. Président et propriétaire de Tag Group, M. Akram Ojjeh, la soixantaine, le cheveu blanc, l'élégance discrète, le contact facile, garde le sang-froid d'un homme rompu aux affaires.Né en Syrie, étudiant à Paris pendant la dernière guerre, résistant, marié à une Française et père de cinq enfants, M. Ojjeh a, aujourd'hui, la nationalité saoudienne. À ses débuts,…

Malheureusement je n'ai pas accès mais cet article semble important ! Je croyais que c'était sur les États-Unis mais non il s'agit de la France...
”« Le gouvernement affaiblit méthodiquement les agences environnementales et sanitaires » : la tribune d’un collectif de 95 personnalités”

« Le gouvernement affaiblit méthodiquement les agences environnementales et sanitaires » : la tribune d’un collectif de 95 personnalités
Elles dénoncent, dans une tribune au « Monde », les réductions de moyens drastiques qui touchent les institutions chargées de défendre l’environnement et la santé publique, d’une « irresponsabilité sans précédent », selon les sections syndicales.

Thanks to @…, I've deleted my toot on #PostgreSQL 18 since after verification, it claimed "unverified" capabilities.
…

Four Sub-Earth Planets Orbiting #Barnard'sStar from MAROON-X and ESPRESSO: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/adb8d5 -> "The signals from all four planets are <50 cm s−1, the minimum masses of the planets range from 0.19 to 0.34 M⊕, and the system is among the most compact known among late M dwarfs hosting low-mass planets."

Perverse price caps https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325004360 @…

Late emergence of pathological oscillatory activity in the retina of the Retinitis pigmentosa model RCS (Royal College of Surgeons) rat https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0324345

Late emergence of pathological oscillatory activity in the retina of the Retinitis pigmentosa model RCS (Royal College of Surgeons) rat
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a leading cause of blindness. The best studied models of human RP are the rd1 and rd10 mouse and the RCS rat (Royal College of Surgeons). In many models after degeneration of the photoreceptors, a pathological rhythmic activity of the retina as well as lowered efficiency of electrical stimulation were observed. In rd10 retina, both events were shown to be intimately linked. Surprisingly, to our knowledge no retinal oscillations have been reported in RCS retina. As o…

Israeli spies 'in Iran for years' before war on nuclear sites (Gabrielle Weiniger/The Times)
https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran/article/mossad-iran-israel-spies-news-d85cwb9bg
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p48#a250628p48

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[4/5]:
- Advanced computer vision for extracting georeferenced vehicle trajectories from drone imagery
Robert Fonod, Haechan Cho, Hwasoo Yeo, Nikolas Geroliminis

Supercell makes Brawl Stars available on WeChat and says Clash Royale is "currently being developed" for a September launch on the WeChat mini-game platform (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3315…

Tencent-owned Supercell to launch titles like Clash Royale as WeChat mini games
The video game Brawl Stars is already available within WeChat, while Clash Royale will exclusively launch on the messaging app in September.

NSA, ASD’s ACSC, and other agencies publish three Cybersecurity Information Sheets with guidance on SIEM and SOAR implementation
https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Relea

Justice Department abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases, AP sources say (Alanna Durkin Richer/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/jan-6-prosecutions-capitol-riot-trump-bondi-1107441a68cef171dfff4e680e438452
http://www.memeorandum.com/250627/p166#a250627p166

Sometimes democracy just works.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/nyregion/cuomo-mamdani-mayor-primary-nyc.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Rk8._dtb.J00ws4qd9RB2&smid=url-share

Mamdani Stuns Cuomo in New York Mayoral Primary
Zohran Mamdani appears poised to be the Democratic nominee for mayor, where he could face a contested race that will include Eric Adams and perhaps Andrew Cuomo.

« Les queers ont toujours existé Š la campagne » : derrière l’essor des Prides partout en France, la visibilité des personnes LGBTQIA hors des grandes villes
https://www.…

« Les queers ont toujours existé à la campagne » : derrière l’essor des Prides partout en France, la visibilité des personnes LGBTQIA + hors des grandes villes
Après des années de centralisation militante de la question queer dans les grandes villes, la liste des « Prides rurales » ne cesse de s’allonger, allant du village à la ville moyenne. « Le Monde » a interrogé plusieurs collectifs.

Text-based carbon price forecasting https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325004098 @…

Alaska Cannot Survive This Bill (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/opinion/alaska-republican-bill-policy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SE8.ETnF.7pWXdIQ2Hl61&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p13#a250628p13

Doucement mais sûrement, fumer va devenir compliqué....
Merci aux fumeurs pour leurs efforts
L’interdiction de fumer dans les parcs, Š la plage et aux abords des écoles entre en vigueur dès dimanche
https://…

L’interdiction de fumer dans les parcs, les plages et aux abords des écoles entre en vigueur dès dimanche
Le décret, paru samedi au Journal officiel, n’évoque pas de contravention en cas d’infraction mais prévoit un renforcement des sanctions pour la vente de tabac et de produits de vapotage aux mineurs.

Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/immigrant-detention-conditions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.Mu4Z.fCqHWEjS6h6a&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p38#a250628p38

Heating demand side management is feasible (in Belgium) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325003895 @…

Sources: Uber is in talks with Travis Kalanick to help fund his acquisition of Pony.ai's US arm; Pony.ai has permits to operate robo taxis in the US and China (Mike Isaac/New York Times)

Uber in Talks With Travis Kalanick to Fund Self-Driving Car Deal
The ride-hailing company is in talks to help Mr. Kalanick, who was forced out in 2017, purchase an autonomous vehicles start-up as robot taxi service Waymo gains momentum.

Today, according to ResearchGate, the article "Visual experiences in the blind induced by an auditory sensory substitution device" (2010) received 800 reads via ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Meijer-3/achievemen…

AirCo efficiency rebound may exceed 100% in the Philippines https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325004062 @…

En Syrie, quatre mariages pour une réconciliation
https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2025/06/26/en-syrie-quatre-mariages-pour-une-reconciliation_6615936_4500055.html

En Syrie, quatre mariages pour une réconciliation
A Lattaquié, sur le littoral syrien, théâtre de tueries visant la minorité alaouite dont est issu le clan Assad, quatre couples de confession sunnite et chiite se sont unis lors d’un mariage collectif. Une façon de lutter contre les divisions communautaires qui déchirent le pays, comme vient encore de le montrer l’attentat du 22 juin contre une église à Damas.

Daylight #fireball over the U.S. Southeast - and there may have been a related meteorite hit of a house: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_OaYXxB7Z8. Visual reports: https://fireballs.imo.net/members/imo_view/event/2025/3455. Detections by radar and from a satellite: https://x.com/spann/status/1938367055368970461. An article: https://eos.org/research-and-developments/fireball-passes-over-southeastern-united-states. More TV reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq7THmDUCfg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcTk-Sg1uSA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d8HbC4zjKw

Le long des nationales, la lente agonie des restos routiers
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/06/25/le-long-des-nationales-la-lente-agonie-des-restos-routiers_6615713_3234.html

Le long des nationales, la lente agonie des restos routiers
Le nombre de restaurants routiers a été divisé par dix depuis les années 1960. En cause, l’arrivée sur les routes françaises de nombreux chauffeurs étrangers, moins bien payés, qui n’ont pas les moyens de s’y arrêter, et l’exclusion des camions des anciennes routes nationales et des villes.

B2B relation management reduces (increases) volatility if focused on returns and innovation (emission reduction) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988325004566 @…

Trump casts doubt on Article 5 commitment en route to NATO summit (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-nato-summit-sidesteps-article-5-mark-rutte-eu-defense-budget-russia-vladimir-putin-iran-israel-strikes-qatar/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p77#a250624p77

Affaire de Bétharram : en 1998, les ratés de la justice face aux agresseurs présumés
https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2025/06/25/affaire-de-betharram-en-1998-les-rates-de-la-…

Affaire de Bétharram : en 1998, les ratés de la justice face aux agresseurs présumés
Le dossier judiciaire de l’époque mettant en cause le père Silviet-Carricart, auquel « Le Monde » a eu accès, relève deux défaillances majeures dans la procédure. La première concerne cet ancien directeur de l’établissement scolaire privé, la seconde l’ex-surveillant Damien S., aujourd’hui mis en cause dans une centaine de plaintes.

In a letter to staff, CEO Eddie Wu says Alibaba is merging its food delivery platform Ele.me and online travel agency Fliggy into its core e-commerce business (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-t…

Alibaba folds delivery app and travel agency into e-commerce group
CEO Eddie Wu said the restructuring ‘marks a strategic upgrade from an e-commerce platform to a comprehensive consumer platform’.

Au Pakistan, la fin du paradis perdu de la Hunza : « En Š peine vingt ans, tout notre environnement a changé »
https://www.lemonde.fr/climat/article/2025/06/2…

Au Pakistan, la fin du paradis perdu de la Hunza : « En à peine vingt ans, tout notre environnement a changé »
« L’Himalaya en surchauffe » (3/6). Dans le nord du pays, les habitants de villages restés isolés du monde extérieur durant des siècles subissent les effets conjugués du raccordement au reste du territoire et du réchauffement climatique, à l’origine de diverses catastrophes.

Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-mayor-zohran-mamdani-trump-biden-1561ca0aa1821f88b97603f00221b64f
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p144#a250625p144

Gallup: ~60% of 2,232 teachers at US K-12 public schools say they used AI tools in the past school year; regular users estimate weekly time savings of 5.9 hours (Jocelyn Gecker/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/ai-chatgpt-teacher-c…

This Isn't Negotiation. It's Authoritarian Extortion. (Pavan V. Thakkar/The Harvard Crimson)
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/6/26/enos-levitsky-harvard-trump-negotiation-extortion/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250626/p77#a250626p77

States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules (Lindsay Whitehurst/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-planned-parenthood-abortion-medicaid-e056395b9e5646d13539e76605027a1f
http://www.memeorandum.com/250626/p73#a250626p73

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear challenges to the state's congressional district boundaries (Scott Bauer/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-redistricting-congress-supreme-court-65f1b019febe9ca0d0db234b975b3445
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p138#a250625p138

In New Assessment, C.I.A. Chief Says U.S. Strikes 'Severely Damaged' Iranian Program (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R08.OzgS.gO8j34Gep6o-&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250626/p19#a250626p19

Rubio Fleshes Out Trump's Case That Iran Nuclear Capacity Was Eliminated (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/us/politics/iran-nuclear-program-damage-rubio.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Rk8.Qcah.NRcCxPKYcs-B&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p132#a250625p132

The Paramount Risk in Settling Trump's Lawsuit: 'Bribery'? (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/paramount-donald-trump-lawsuit-cbs-fcc-first-amendment-23c10b02?st=by8dmA&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250626/p29#a250626p29

Trump Considers Naming Next Fed Chair Early in Bid to Undermine Powell (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/trump-considers-naming-next-fed-chair-early-in-bid-to-undermine-powell-d3edcb9c?st=RsjPmE&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250625/p141#a250625p141