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The FBI director, Kash Patel, is
“in over his head”
and leading a “chronically under-performing” agency
paralyzed by fear and plummeting morale,
according to a scathing 115-page report compiled by a national alliance of retired and active-duty FBI special agents and analysts.
The leaked assessment, obtained by the New York Post and prepared for both congressional Senate and House judiciary committees, is based on confidential accounts from 24 FBI sources.
…

Oops! Missed the anniversary!
Posted 20 years ago last Friday: New Bottom Line Volume 5.3 – "From Life Cycle Assessment to Life Cycle Thinking"
https://natlogic.com/resources/publications/new-bottom-line/vol5/3-life-cycle-asse…

Israeli startup Zafran, an AI-native threat exposure management service, raised a $60M Series C led by Menlo Ventures, bringing its total funding to $130M (Globes)
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-israeli-startup-zafran-security-raises-60m-100152808…

Israeli startup Zafran Security raises $60m
Zafran has also launched its agentic exposure management suite, positioning it to complete the entire end-to-end lifecycle across asset inventory, vulnerability detection, risk assessment, and autonomous remediation workflows.

The negotiation process is not standing still! Trump gave a positive assessment #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/the-negotiation-process-is-not.html

The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-28-2025/

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025
The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.

Coast-to-coast coral assessment reveals Thailand’s reefs losing complexity https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/coast-to-coast-coral-assessment-reveals-thailands-reefs-losing-complexity/

Coast-to-coast coral assessment reveals Thailand’s reefs losing complexity
Marine scientists compiling the most holistic “snapshot” of Thailand’s coral reefs to date have uncovered evidence of a long-suspected reality: Thailand’s coral reefs are losing structural complexity. Home to more than 300 species of reef-building corals, Thailand’s reefs have been hit repeatedly by mass coral bleaching triggered by extreme marine heat waves. The stress of […]

You may want to #fediblock this pro-russian propaganda outlet which also happens to deny that the German Fascist Party #AfD is right-wing extremist: @ voiceofeast.net@voiceofeast.net
🚫 web.archive.org/web/20260102113448/https://voiceofeast.net/2025/12/27/us-intelligence-exposed-the-myth-of-rus…

US Intelligence Exposed: The Myth Of Russia Seeking Total Conquest Of Ukraine Debunked
US Intelligence Exposed: The Myth Of Russia Seeking Total Conquest Of Ukraine Debunked By Uriel Araujo A recurring US assessment (now in the form of “new intel”) portrays Moscow as bent on total Uk…

USCP Threat Assessment Cases for 2025 (United States Capitol Police)
https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/uscp-threat-assessment-cases-2025
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p89#a260128p89

A new report from the grassroots organization #RootsAction aims to do what a promised “autopsy” from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not:
publicly reckon with the failures of the Democrats’ 2024 presidential campaign.
While the Democratic Party’s official postmortem assessment was pulled from public release earlier this month, RootsAction’s
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“The Blue Road to Trump Hell”: Norm Solomon on “How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy”
A new report from the grassroots organization RootsAction aims to do what a promised “autopsy” from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not: publicly reckon with the failures of the Democrats’ 2024 presidential campaign. While the Democratic Party’s official postmortem assessment was pulled from public release earlier this month, RootsAction’s “Democratic Autopsy” looks at how factors like “service to corporate power, hostility to the progressive wing of the party, …

Adam Mosseri details trends shaping Instagram and says it'll be more practical to authenticate real media than label AI, as AI gets better at imitating reality (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/s…

Instagram chief: AI is so ubiquitous 'it will be more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media'
Adam Mosseri offered a notably candid assessment on how AI is upending Instagram.

Patrick Mahomes gives blunt assessment of Chiefs' playoff hopes after loss to Cowboys: 'Have to win them all'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/patrick-mahome…

Sabotage of climate action is systemic, not the result of individual actors.
Free download of ebook.
H/t @…
Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
https://

Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.

Adam Mosseri details trends shaping Instagram and says it'll be more practical to authenticate real media than label AI, as AI gets better at imitating reality (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/s…

Instagram chief: AI is so ubiquitous 'it will be more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media'
Adam Mosseri offered a notably candid assessment on how AI is upending Instagram.

"Interpreting Bibliometric Indicators as the “Blood Tests” of Research Systems"
https://doi.org/10.3390/publications14010009
"The increasing emphasis on responsible research assessment has renewed the need for conceptual tools that help communicate the complementar…

Cowboys handed damning assessment after Chargers mauling https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-handed-perfect-damning-assessment-after-chargers-mauling/43101324d13d3118ae9088…

Chip Kelly Shares Honest Assessment on How Raiders OL Impacts Offense https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-chip-kelly-shares-honest-assessment-impacts-offense

For objective news about Ukraine, read ISW.
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-22-2025/

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 22, 2025
Russian officials continue to set information conditions to reject the US-proposed peace plan, indicating the Kremlin's intentions.

This is a really good assessment (why people are complaining BlueSky is “mean”), IMO.
It’s also true of Mastodon, for very similar reasons.
If I may mangle a line from “Grosse Pointe Blank”:
“if people are hot in your mentions, you did something to bring them there”
OTOH, BS and Masto have tools to manage that. (though they need improvement)

It begins: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/581225/man-dumps-home-insurance-over-tower-insurance-s-sea-surge-assessment - people being unable to afford insurance for their homes due to climate-related risks they don'…

The Independent Assessment
Hosts C Moore and Craig Wallace take a look at disability issues in Canberra - beyond the Parliamentary Triangle...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-independent-assessment/

I think this assessment is quite true. These are the days when the titans of industry cower in terror of the execution of power backed by the threat of violence. Tom Wolfe’s Masters of the Universe laid low by the machine of their own making.
https://om.co/2026/01/27/a-ceo-captured/

A CEO, Captured. 
I keep thinking about a line Lawrence Sanders wrote: a character asks whether money makes the world go round. The reply: “I do not believe it is money itself. After all, t…

#today I wrote up a set of answers to a UK government consultation on 'Energy Smart Appliances' https://www.gov.uk/government/consult…

Smart Secure Electricity Systems (SSES) Programme: first phase energy smart appliances regulations
We're seeking feedback on the SSES Programme’s draft Phase 1 energy smart appliances regulations and impact assessment.

A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010…

Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti
A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.

Regardless what the US and russian propaganda is saying, Russia is not winning...
"Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather"

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 26, 2025
Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable.

The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

📖 Die neue Handreichung "Datenqualität bewerten: Der Ansatz von NFDI4Culture" fasst die Beiträge aus dem diesjährigen Forum "Qualität von Kulturdaten messen – aber wie? Konzepte, Methoden, Potentiale und der Ansatz von NFDI4Culture" zusammen. Der Text richtet sich an Datenanbieter & -produzenten, die Fragen zur Prüfung und Sicherung ihrer Datenqualität haben.
👏 Danke an die Autorinnen Celia Krause, Angela Kailus und Melanie Gruß!
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👀 Eyes above the trees: LiDAR technology improves forest assessment with laser beams
#laser

Eyes above the trees: LiDAR technology improves forest assessment with laser beams
Forests have been benefiting humanity since long before the health benefits of forest bathing were discovered. They are major carbon sinks that provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including timber and non-timber forest products, recreation, and climate regulation.

Ever so fitting for our trying times, and a growing conflict for quite a few people (incl. myself), I imagine...
"Absurdism is the philosophical theory that the universe is irrational and meaningless. It states that trying to find meaning leads people into conflict with a seemingly meaningless world. This conflict can be between rational humanity and an irrational universe, between intention and outcome, or between subjective assessment and objective worth..."

Absurdism - Wikipedia

Jerry Jones delivers harsh assessment of Cowboys' struggling defense https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/jerry-jones-delivers-harsh-assessment-dallas-cowboys-struggling-defense

Hmmmm.

Why Carroll's Assessment of Raiders' Blunder is Right and Wrong https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-carroll-assessment-blunder-right-wrong

The number of publications is an often used KPI in researcher assessment for promotions, hiring, academic prizes or more. Yet does the quantity tell a relevant story of the quality or impact of our research? I don’t think so.
I'd argue that we should stop celebrating researchers with overly many publications each year.

Two security professionals who were arrested in 2019 after performing an authorized security assessment of a county courthouse in Iowa
will receive $600,000 to settle a lawsuit they brought alleging wrongful arrest and defamation.
The case was brought by
Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn,
two penetration testers who at the time were employed by
Colorado-based security firm
Coalfire Labs.
The men had written authorization from the Iowa Judicial Branch …

County pays $600,000 to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security
Settlement comes more than 6 years after Gary DeMercurio and Justin Wynn's ordeal began.

I assess this burger as pretty good. Would eat again. 😋

Browns' assessment of Baker Mayfield was correct. Their solution was catastrophic https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6988963/2026/01/21/browns-baker-mayfield-narratives-deshaun-watson/

Southeast Asia's greenhouse gas emissions demand urgent regional action #Asia

Southeast Asia's greenhouse gas emissions demand urgent regional action
A new regional assessment shows that Southeast Asia is a major net source of greenhouse gases, with land-use change and rising fossil fuel use overwhelming natural carbon sinks, reservoirs that store carbon-containing chemical compounds for a long period.

Cowboys get brutal assessment after embarrassing Vikings loss https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-get-brutal-assessment-after-embarrassing-vikings-loss/2f755b75b73d1bbe5f6332e…

81% of all buildings in #Gaza have been damaged and 50% totally destroyed, UN satellite analysis finds.
#UNOSAT https://www.

📊 Risk assessment: For most use cases (server admin, development, non-sensitive data), the practical risk is low. Your Docker logs and configs likely won't be
valuable in 15 years. However, healthcare, finance, and government sectors should act now.
⚙️ Quick fix: Suppress the warning by adding LogLevel ERROR to ~/.ssh/config for specific hosts. Better solution: Enable post-quantum key exchange on your SSH

It's got to the point in the year where I can't put off doing the self-assessment tax returns any longer.
It's not too hard - I know where to get all the numbers, but it's always interesting to see how close my rough & ready spreadsheet will be to the amount actually owed.
Not that I object to paying taxes: #WhishyLiberalLefty

The UK National Risk Register (last published Jan 2025) is the "external" (public) version of the National Security Risk Assessment.
You suspect that there are risks listed in the internal document that would seem undiplomatic, perhaps impolitic, to admit to considering.
I think, in 2026, we should have a risk register that's updated to address actual public discourse.

"...using science-backed methodology and AI‑driven insights to support data‑informed hiring and talent management decisions."
(nonsense words I encountered during job search, describing an automated "assessment" I was given)
This is AI driven: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMoONIKPmRw

A helper and a patriot:
Alex Pretti’s family and friends
on the life of nurse killed by federal agents
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/29/who-is-alex-pretti-ice-minneapolis-shooting?CMP=Share_iOSApp_O…

The #glyphosate study published in 2000, on which probably most glyphosate regulations are based, has been retracted.
1️⃣ There are indications that #Monsanto (the manufacturer of #Roundup,…

"It is 'remarkable' to see that China is so dominant and advanced in so many fields compared with the United States."
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04048-7

China leads research in 90% of crucial technologies — a dramatic shift this century
The United States tops the remaining areas in an assessment of 74 technologies.

"Kenya court upholds cancellation of 1,050 MW coal plant license"
#Kenya #FossilFuels #Energy

Kenya court upholds cancellation of 1,050 MW coal plant license
Kenya’s Environment and Land Court has upheld a 2019 ruling that revoked the environmental license for the proposed 1,050-megawatt Lamu coal-fired power plant, effectively halting the controversial project. Justice Francis Njoroge dismissed an appeal from the Amu Power Company, finding the project’s environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) was inadequate and public participation deficient. The […]

🍆 A Hermetic, Transparent Soft Growing Vine Robot System for Pipe Inspection
#robots #machine

A Hermetic, Transparent Soft Growing Vine Robot System for Pipe Inspection
Rehabilitation of aging pipes requires accurate condition assessment and mapping far into the pipe interiors. Soft growing vine robot systems are particularly promising for navigating confined, sinuous paths such as in pipes, but are currently limited by complex subsystems and a lack of validation in real-world industrial settings. In this paper, we introduce the concept and implementation of a hermetic and transparent vine robot system for visual condition assessment and mapping within non-bra…

Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale (Sharon Lerner/ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p41#a251208p41

Okay, kids. Drop a like 👍 if you are interested in, but have not yet seen Heated Rivalry.
Reply with a brief assessment if you’ve seen (any part of) it.

Meta is in the scam business. According to an internal assessment, 10% of its mind-blowing revenue is generated by scam. As a consequence, Meta actually promotes such content, charging it a higher rate, until a high-profile authority draws attention to it.
https://

Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI
Meta goosed its revenue by targeting users likely to click on scam ads, docs show.

Most of the time, #Wordle. I think that's a fair assessment.
Wordle 1 634 4/6
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Crosslisted article(s) found for cs.CV. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.CV/new
[1/1]:
- CC-GRMAS: A Multi-Agent Graph Neural System for Spatiotemporal Landslide Risk Assessment in High ...
Mihir Panchal, Ying-Jung Chen, Surya Parkash

Comprehensive Assessment of $\mathrm{Th}^{3 }$ Properties for Nuclear Clock and Fundamental Physics Applications
A. Chakraborty, B. K. Sahoo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15346 htt…

Mina Kimes Dragged for Old Geno Smith-Raiders Take After Seahawks Win https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/geno-smith-trade-mina-kimes-seahawks/

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[4/5]:
- Sample, Don't Search: Rethinking Test-Time Alignment for Language Models
Gon\c{c}alo Faria, Noah A. Smith
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03790 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/114301112970577326
- A Survey on Archetypal Analysis
Aleix Alcacer, Irene Epifanio, Sebastian Mair, Morten M{\o}rup
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12392 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statME_bot/114357826909813483
- The Stochastic Occupation Kernel (SOCK) Method for Learning Stochastic Differential Equations
Michael L. Wells, Kamel Lahouel, Bruno Jedynak
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11622 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/114539065460187982
- BOLT: Block-Orthonormal Lanczos for Trace estimation of matrix functions
Kingsley Yeon, Promit Ghosal, Mihai Anitescu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.12289 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_mathNA_bot/114539035462135281
- Clustering and Pruning in Causal Data Fusion
Otto Tabell, Santtu Tikka, Juha Karvanen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.15215 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/114550346291754635
- On the performance of multi-fidelity and reduced-dimensional neural emulators for inference of ph...
Chloe H. Choi, Andrea Zanoni, Daniele E. Schiavazzi, Alison L. Marsden
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11683 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/114692410563481289
- Beyond Force Metrics: Pre-Training MLFFs for Stable MD Simulations
Maheshwari, Tang, Ock, Kolluru, Farimani, Kitchin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14850 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_physicschemph_bot/114709402590755731
- Quantifying Uncertainty in the Presence of Distribution Shifts
Yuli Slavutsky, David M. Blei
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18283 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/114738165218533987
- ZKPROV: A Zero-Knowledge Approach to Dataset Provenance for Large Language Models
Mina Namazi, Alexander Nemecek, Erman Ayday
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.20915 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCR_bot/114754394485208892
- SpecCLIP: Aligning and Translating Spectroscopic Measurements for Stars
Zhao, Huang, Xue, Kong, Liu, Tang, Beers, Ting, Luo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01939 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_astrophIM_bot/114788369702591337
- Towards Facilitated Fairness Assessment of AI-based Skin Lesion Classifiers Through GenAI-based I...
Ko Watanabe, Stanislav Frolov, Aya Hassan, David Dembinsky, Adriano Lucieri, Andreas Dengel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17860 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_bot/114912976717523345
- PASS: Probabilistic Agentic Supernet Sampling for Interpretable and Adaptive Chest X-Ray Reasoning
Yushi Feng, Junye Du, Yingying Hong, Qifan Wang, Lequan Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10501 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csAI_bot/115032101532614110
- Unified Acoustic Representations for Screening Neurological and Respiratory Pathologies from Voice
Ran Piao, Yuan Lu, Hareld Kemps, Tong Xia, Aaqib Saeed
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20717 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csSD_bot/115111255835875066
- Machine Learning-Driven Predictive Resource Management in Complex Science Workflows
Tasnuva Chowdhury, et al.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11512 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csDC_bot/115213444524490263
- MatchFixAgent: Language-Agnostic Autonomous Repository-Level Code Translation Validation and Repair
Ali Reza Ibrahimzada, Brandon Paulsen, Reyhaneh Jabbarvand, Joey Dodds, Daniel Kroening
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16187 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csSE_bot/115247172280557686
- Automated Machine Learning Pipeline: Large Language Models-Assisted Automated Dataset Generation ...
Adam Lahouari, Jutta Rogal, Mark E. Tuckerman
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21647 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_condmatmtrlsci_bot/115286737423175311
- Quantifying the Impact of Structured Output Format on Large Language Models through Causal Inference
Han Yuan, Yue Zhao, Li Zhang, Wuqiong Luo, Zheng Ma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21791 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCL_bot/115287166674809413
- The Generation Phases of Flow Matching: a Denoising Perspective
Anne Gagneux, S\'egol\`ene Martin, R\'emi Gribonval, Mathurin Massias
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24830 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_bot/115462527449411627
- Data-driven uncertainty-aware seakeeping prediction of the Delft 372 catamaran using ensemble Han...
Giorgio Palma, Andrea Serani, Matteo Diez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.04461 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_eessSY_bot/115507785247809767
- Generalized infinite dimensional Alpha-Procrustes based geometries
Salvish Goomanee, Andi Han, Pratik Jawanpuria, Bamdev Mishra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09801 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_statML_bot/115547135711272091
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During five months of covering ICE raids, LA Public Press added legal training for staff, digital security protocols, threat assessment policies, and more (Michelle Zenarosa/Poynter)
https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/la-public-press-…

When your local reporter needs the same protection as a war correspondent - Poynter
Five months of covering ICE raids taught our small LA newsroom hard lessons — and we're still figuring out how to sustain it

This analysis of Alex Prettys murdering is shocking.
#Minnesota
#ICE
Darth #Trump
#ICEthugs

Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti
A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a target who didn’t pose a threat.

Assessment Of Selected Trace Elements Concentration in Eleyele Lake-Water, Ibadan South Western Nigeria
Ifeoluwa Oluwatosin Kunle-John, Segun P. Michaels, Edith N. Okay
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13189

2026 means we're in the "risk-assessment" stage of a transition to post-quantum algorithms in the financial sector.

G7 Cyber Expert Group Statement on Advancing a Coordinated Roadmap for the Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography in the Financial Sector: January 2026

New UN report outlines economic pathways for tackling planetary crisis #environment

New UN report outlines economic pathways for tackling planetary crisis
A new global assessment of the planet's environmental health was unveiled this week at the seventh UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7), with University of Portsmouth researchers playing a central role in shaping its economic blueprint for a sustainable future.

Trevon Diggs headed toward Dallas divorce? Jerry Jones, star CB disagree on health situation amid lost season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/trevon-<…

DfT have released a public version of their tool that shows the "connectivity" of any location in England and Wales, but because it doesn't use URLs meaningfully, the reports can't be bookmarked or shared.
(Which is the sort of thing I would hope comes up in a service assessment.)
https://connectivity-t…

Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
The chemical industry finally got its wish.
Industry lobbyists have long pushed the federal government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the
💥cancer risk 💥from chemicals,
one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.
Last week, in a highly unusual move,
👉the Environmental Protection Agency embraced that approach
in announcing that it is revi…

Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CraigCharles
The Beta Band:
🎵 Assessment
#TheBetaBand
https://open.spotify.com/track/1KUGMPyR6Kk0IT5HzIZ7IS

Frequent Arctic wildfires could cut snow cover by 18 days, impacting global climate and ecology #Arctic

Frequent Arctic wildfires could cut snow cover by 18 days, impacting global climate and ecology
The correlation between Arctic wildfires and abnormal snow cover under global warming is of growing concern. A comprehensive quantitative assessment by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has shown that increasingly frequent seasonal wildland fires across the Arctic in recent years have delayed snow cover formation by at least five days and could lead to a future 18-day reduction of snow cover duration, with implications for global ecosystems.

"Canal-top PV for Afghanistan’s massive irrigation project"
#Afghanistan #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Canal-top PV for Afghanistan’s massive irrigation project
A team of scientists has simulated covering 20% of the Qush-Tepa irrigation canal with PV panels. To this end, the researchers developed a framework, termed an integrated techno-economic-environmental assessment, that can be applied elsewhere. “It explicitly quantifies energy production, water-evaporation reduction, land-use savings, and economic performance within a single analytical structure,” one of the researchers said.

The Trump administration began what could be a contentious process
to rework the trade deal that governs North American business this week,
as it began hearings about the
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement that Trump signed into law in 2020 during his first term.
Farmers, academics, trade groups and others assembled in a government building south of the National Mall on Wednesday
for the first of three days of hearings
to share their assessment of the deal.

Groups Express Anixety as Trump Threatens to Derail U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Pact
Hearings that began Wednesday in Washington reflected anxiety over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact and whether the president could end up scrapping it.

Lions coach Campbell grades himself: 'Freaking F' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47517197/campbell-grades-freaking-f-lions-underachieved

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RadcliffeAndMaconie
The Beta Band:
🎵 Assessment
#TheBetaBand
https://open.spotify.com/track/1KUGMPyR6Kk0IT5HzIZ7IS