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Xreal launches a new sub-brand, X by Xreal, and the $299 a01 display glasses with micro OLED displays, 50° FOV, and 62g weight, set for July release in the US (Scott Stein/CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/xreals-new-budget-disp…

Xreal's New Budget Display Glasses Can Change Their Look on the Fly
X by Xreal is arriving in July for $299, and they look to compete with TCL's budget glasses.

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Manchester Climate Scientists call on the new PM not to drill for oil
Kevin Anderson and colleagues at the University Tyndall Centre have written an open letter to Andy Burnham calling on him not to agree drilling in the Rosebank and Jackdaw marine oil fields. They point out his leadership in commissioning work from them that led to setting of Greater Manchester’s ambitious, Paris-compliant carbon budget. They say that allowing more oil extraction would betray that…

Manchester Climate Scientists call on the new PM not to drill for oil
Kevin Anderson and colleagues at the University Tyndall Centre have written an open letter to Andy Burnham calling on him not to agree drilling in the Rosebank and Jackdaw marine oil fields. They p…

Nothing CMF: Kein neues Budget-Smartphone 2026
Aufgrund der hohen Kosten für Arbeitsspeicher bringt Nothing 2026 kein neues CMF Phone auf den Markt. Der Preis sei zu hoch für ein Gerät der Mittelklasse.
https://www.

Nothing CMF: Kein neues Budget-Smartphone 2026
Aufgrund der hohen Kosten für Arbeitsspeicher bringt Nothing 2026 kein neues CMF Phone auf den Markt. Der Preis sei zu hoch für ein Gerät der Mittelklasse.

House Adopts $95 Billion G.O.P. Budget for Iran War
Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint for the war and other measures,
but its prospects are far dimmer in the Senate
House Republicans on Wednesday won narrow approval of their $95 billion budget plan to fund the war with Iran
and impose new election restrictions that Trump has demanded,
muscling through dissent in their ranks to send the measure to a …

House Adopts $95 Billion G.O.P. Budget for Iran War
Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint for the war and other measures, but its prospects were far dimmer in the Senate.

Manchester Climate Scientists call on the new PM not to drill for oil
Kevin Anderson and colleagues at the University Tyndall Centre have written an open letter to Andy Burnham calling on him not to agree drilling in the Rosebank and Jackdaw marine oil fields. They point out his leadership in commissioning work from them that led to setting of Greater Manchester’s ambitious, Paris-compliant carbon budget. They say that allowing more oil extraction would betray that…

Manchester Climate Scientists call on the new PM not to drill for oil
Kevin Anderson and colleagues at the University Tyndall Centre have written an open letter to Andy Burnham calling on him not to agree drilling in the Rosebank and Jackdaw marine oil fields. They p…

Hegseth Brushed Off Congress for Months. Now He Needs Them for His Budget. (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/pete-hegseth-congress-defense-budget-3b25872c?st=dskLRz
http://www.memeorandum.com/260626/p87#a260626p87

MediaTek says its board has approved a discretionary $5B financing budget to support long-term growth, including its expansion into AI chips for data centers (Wen-Yee Lee/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-teleco…

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Bus cap proposal ‘throws global south countries under the bus’, says ActionAid UK director.
Funding bus fare cap from aid budget will hit world’s poorest, Burnham told | Transport policy | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/

Bus fare cap coming from aid budget will hit world’s poorest, Burnham told
Funding proposal for cost of living policy ‘throws global south countries under the bus’, says ActionAid UK director

#totp "I've got good news and bad news girls. The good news is it's disco this week. The bad news is the costume budget had been slashed again..."

Uber findet KI-Investitionen immer schwieriger zu rechtfertigen
Uber hat laut eigener Aussage sein KI-Budget für 2026 bereits aufgebraucht. Doch ob daraus ein nennenswerter Mehrgewinn entstanden ist, sei unklar.

Uber findet KI-Investitionen immer schwieriger zu rechtfertigen
Uber hat laut eigener Aussage sein KI-Budget für 2026 bereits aufgebraucht. Doch ob daraus ein nennenswerter Mehrgewinn entstanden ist, sei unklar.

In den #Niederlanden planen Ore Energy und Budget Thuis einen #EisenLuftSpeicher mit bis zu 1 GWh Kapazität.
Das System soll #Windstrom über 24 bis 100 Stunden speichern und mehrt…

Niederlande: Eisen-Luft-Speicher für 1 GWh geplant - Golem.de
Der niederländische Stromversorger Budget Thuis will bis zu 100 Stunden lang Windstrom mit dem neuartigen Akku zwischenspeichern.

A podcast industry taskforce, including Spotify, SiriusXM, and YouTube, has been meeting since 2025 to define what a podcast is and share info on ad measurement (Caitlin Huston/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/…

What Is A Podcast? Podcast Industry Taskforce Forms to Determine Definition and More
Without a set definition "advertisers are deciding whose budget this is to come out of, there's oftentimes a tug of war, or it gets orphaned," said Oxford Road CEO Dan Granger.

"Reform-led Wakefield Council scraps 2030 net-zero target"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #NetZero

Reform-led Wakefield Council scraps 2030 net-zero target
Wakefield Council has agreed to abandon its target of becoming a carbon-neutral authority by 2030 and reduce its climate change budget by £170,000.

Wehrdienstreform - Bundesheer auf der Suche nach 250 Millionen Euro #News #Nachrichten

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Wo krieg ich denn in Hamburg ne Regenbogenflagge, ohne dafür mein Erstgeborenes verhökern zu müssen? Bisher gab mein Budget nur Schürsenkel her …

«Won’t fix! – Teil 1: Warum Softwareschätzungen so zuverlässig falsch sind:
Softwareprojekte sprengen regelmäßig Zeit und Budget. Das liegt nicht an Inkompetenz, sondern an der Natur von Software und menschlichem Denken.»
Ich lasse das mal hier so stehen…
🧑‍💻 https://www…

Won’t fix! – Teil 1: Warum Softwareschätzungen so zuverlässig falsch sind
Softwareprojekte sprengen regelmäßig Zeit und Budget. Das liegt nicht an Inkompetenz, sondern an der Natur von Software und menschlichem Denken.

Due to a need for budget austerity, we are now means-testing the benefit of the doubt

Thom Tillis urges holding budget bill over White House ballroom funding
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5884333-tillis-urges-delay-budget-reconciliation-ballroom-funding/

Leicht, günstig und HDR-fähig: Xreal stellt neue Display-Brille vor
Xreal zielt mit seiner neuen Display-Brille auf das Budget-Segment, spendiert ihr aber auch technische Upgrades wie HDR.
https://www.…

Leicht, günstig und HDR-fähig: Xreal stellt neue Display-Brille vor
Xreal zielt mit seiner neuen Display-Brille auf das Budget-Segment, spendiert ihr aber auch technische Upgrades wie HDR.

Now, I don't especially like the term "church" so I may use something else... like "coven." You can do what you want. But I happen to have already mapped out an example. (It is exactly that, just an example, so take if it's useful, change if you need, and don't stick to anything too closely.) Oh, this mapping also means that you would, for religious reasons, only be allowed to work under capitalism 4 days a week instead of 5.
Given the increases in productivity over the last 100 years, a 4 day work week is a completely reasonable expectation. If we have to annex Monday for the weekend by force of religion, so be it. It is rightfully ours anyway. If enough people try it, this will probably work. If it doesn't work, it just needs more people.
The Practice of Worship:
It is recommended to break down worship in to three sections: the functional, the communal, and the spiritual. It is also recommended to break these across multiple days. A common structure for some Christian churches is to take 10-15 minutes for announcements (Functional), an hour or two for services (Spiritual), followed by (Communal) coffee, tea, and cookies for an unspecified time up to two hours after. When starting or working with limited time a single compressed model like this may work, but it's not optimal.
- The Functional
The purpose of this section is to address the functional needs of the coven. Block out time (less than 90 minute blocks is recommended) to go through reports and updates from those involved in the Dispensary, Library, Works Committee (infrastructure), and Services Committee (providing services internally and, potentially, externally). Talk through any additional announcements, including those from other covens you may be federated with.
It is helpful to include unstructured communal time, such as shared meals, during or after functional meetings. As the federation grows, more time will be needed. It is recommended to break functional meetings, work parties, and such across multiple days. When a federation becomes sufficiently large, it is recommended to take every Monday, on top of Saturday and Sunday, as a third day of community and worship.
The scope of the functional spans 3 realms (which may be more-or-less fluid): the personal or family, the coven and federation, and humanity itself. It is up to each coven and individual to negotiate how to allocate the three days of the weekend once we have liberated Monday from the work week, but it is important to reserve it for one of these three. However, some people must work on weekends. Medical personnel, for example, cannot conform to a standard work week. While the work week should be universally restricted, which specific days are used will be up to the specific coven and their members.
A functional meeting can start with an agenda like the following:
Functional Invocation
Announcements
Report Backs
Dispensary
Inventory Check
What is low
What is empty
What is expiring
What is needed
Funds status
Library
Inventory Check and Items needing return
Library acquisition requests
Funds status and budget check
Works Committee
Upcoming projects
Subcommittee updates (Following the Works Committee agenda)
New committee formations
Funds status
Services Committee
New capabilities announcements
New needs requests
Subcommittee updates (Following the Works Committee agenda)
New committee formations
Funds status
Task Check
Breaking the Circle
This agenda is a suggestion for those who don't know where to start. It can be adapted or ignored as appropriate.
- The Spiritual
Spirituality is necessarily an undefined space. It is deeply personal. Each individual taking time to share their own personal spiritual experiences can help each connect with each other. This experience of connection can itself be a spiritual experience. It may also be useful to read esoteric, mystical, or philosophical texts together as type of "book club" and share thoughts. Others may draw from their own knowledge or traditions. This is something that must be defined together within a group.
- The Communal
The communal aspect of the practice of worship bind the coven and federation together. Within the community we find joy and release, connection and comfort. The coven is where we turn in times of need, and where we share our hopes and dreams.

After hitting their annual AI budget in months or seeing their AI bills double or triple due to "tokenmaxxing", some companies are rationing or tracking AI use (Bradley Olson/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.co…

I’ve got a piece coming out on how there has never been a better time to ask for more cyber budget and although it’s not central to my piece, every one i spoke to said security hiring will pick up.
One Job That Is Growing in the A.I. Era? Cybersecurity Experts.
https://www.

One Job That Is Growing in the A.I. Era? Cybersecurity Experts.
Demand for security engineers has surged as artificial intelligence generates a glut of new code and models like Anthropic’s Mythos create new concerns.

Which Model Is Actually Serving You? IRIS: Budgeted Black-Box Auditing of Model Substitution and Routing Dilution in LLM Gateways
Yuewei Zhang, Zhi-Hai Zhang, Hanzhang Qin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.20860 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.20860 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.20860
arXiv:2607.20860v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Commercial LLM gateways mediate access to hosted models, but the served backend may not match the advertised one: it may substitute a cheaper model on every request or route only a fraction $\epsilon$ of requests to it. Prior black-box auditors often need a privileged signal (log-probabilities, token ranks, or reference samples) or a target-specific probe, fix the query budget in advance, and return a yes/no verdict. We present $\mathrm{IRIS}$, an audit that needs only the returned text: it asks endpoints to generate random numbers or strings, fingerprints the backend, and is the first to combine, in one text-only audit, detection of whole-stream substitution and fractional dilution, attribution of the served backend, routing-fraction ($\epsilon$) estimation, and a query budget it sizes itself. A cheap pilot fits the exponential query-error decay and freezes that budget before any suspect query is issued. On an intra-family Qwen3 ladder $\mathrm{IRIS}$ verifies the backend at $0.99$ AUROC and sharpens attribution as queries accumulate; across a commercial OpenRouter library it catches $\epsilon{=}0.3$ dilution on margin-qualified pairs at $0.85$ mean power ($0.017$ false-positive rate) and recovers $\epsilon$ to within $0.04$ for enrolled diluents; and a live cross-provider audit flags $14$ of $15$ same-model provider pairs by genuine quantization and kernel deviations, corroborated on third-party MET traces. Against comparable black-box auditors, $\mathrm{IRIS}$ matches or beats detection on shared tasks, and adaptive allocation lifts the matched-budget target-hit rate from $73$% to $87$%. Further experiments cover adversarial gateways, knob identifiability, unseen diluents, and false-positive control.
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What to expect at Computex 2026: AI chips, budget PCs competing with the MacBook Neo, Nvidia entering laptop SoC market with the rumored N1X chip, and more (PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/computex-2026-preview-9-big-reveals-we-expect-at-…

Key financing measure for Brooklyn waterfront overhaul left out of state budget (Janaki Chadha/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/23/key-financing-measure-for-brooklyn-waterfront-overhaul-left-out-of-state-budget-00934745
http://www.memeorandum.com/260523/p22#a260523p22

EU project proposals have become a bureaucratic endurance test.
The application process is painfully long, the evaluations often opaque, and rejection letters can feel almost dismissive. Even when a proposal succeeds, far too much of the budget disappears into compliance, coordination, reporting, controls, and audits.
When roughly 60% of resources go to administration rather than impact, something is fundamentally broken.
Europe cannot afford to turn innovation into paperwo…

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs a state budget with new taxes on social media giants, digital ads, and prediction and crypto markets, all likely facing lawsuits (Mitchell Armentrout/Chicago Sun Times)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfie

Gov. JB Pritzker signs $55.9B affordability-focused state budget with tax on social media companies
The eighth state spending plan of Pritzker's tenure includes additional funding for food assistance in the wake of deep federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump.

Our makerspace needs new 3D-printers. I was originaly set for #bambulab but with the apparent non respect for #GPL
Which 3D-printer should I look into? Is there any printer that does not require too much tinkering?
Budget, 600 USD/EUR
Should work with Linux, and also stuff like …

Gaaf project dit, illustreert hoe snel ontwikkelingen gaan op batterijgebied.
https://www.nu.nl/klimaat/6399920/energiebedrijven-bouwen-roestbatterij-die-vier-dagen-lang-stroom-kan-leveren.html
zie ook:

Energiebedrijven bouwen 'roestbatterij' die vier dagen lang stroom kan leveren
Batterijstart-up Ore Energy gaat samen met energieleverancier Budget Thuis een 'roestbatterij' bouwen die tot wel vier dagen lang energie kan leveren. Het moet de eerste grootschalige batterij van dat type in Nederland worden.

A new funding round of the EU's Connecting Europe Facility:
The EV charging budget (AFIF) is €130 million, shared with electrifying airport operations, and this time only for public HDV 🚛🚚 megawatt charging
minimum 4 x 1 Megawatt charging 🔌, but site can have a lower overall ⚡ connection

CEF Transport: €1.1 billion available for infrastructure projects across the EU
CEF Transport: €1.1 billion available for infrastructure projects across the EU

Spar-Budget - Die fetten Jahre an den Universitäten sind vorbei #News #Nachrichten

US voters: please call your US House representative •now•. Tell them to block this.
The Senate just voted to shovel another $70 billion dollars to ICE and CBP. That’s •on top of• ~$170 billion in 2025. This is the people who invaded my city and kidnapped and murdered my neighbors — and haven’t faced a lick of accountability for it — getting a budget larger than Russia’s entire military.
They’re breaking all the normal budget rules to do it. The US House can stop it, and Republicans are balking. Call. Protest. Light a fire under them.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/senate-republicans-grapple-with-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund-ice-funding-vote-2026-06-04/

Police/ICE restrictions in New York's Public Protection bill
https://www.localsyr.com/news/state-news/new-york-budget-restricts-local-police-cooperation-with-ice/

Following Hegseth and Hurst’s previous testimony two weeks ago, analyst Stephen Semler estimated that the U.S. government had spent
$71.8 billion over the first 60 days of the Iran war, or an average of $1.2 billion per day.
Aguilar also referred to similar estimates during his questioning, saying,
“Outside reporting estimates have indicated that the war costs could be a billion dollars a day.”
Later, as Hegseth began his opening speech at the Senate Subcommittee Hear…

Hegseth Won’t Say Whether Parents Should Forgo Childcare to Cover Defense Budget
The budget “will ensure the US continues to maintain the world’s most powerful and capable military,” he said.

Norwegisches Parlament beschließt Bau eines Tunnels für Hochseeschiffe
In Norwegen sollen Schiffe künftig einen Bergrücken zwischen zwei Fjorden unterqueren. Das Parlament hat das Budget für das umstrittene Projekt genehmigt.

Norwegisches Parlament beschließt Bau eines Tunnels für Hochseeschiffe
In Norwegen sollen Schiffe künftig einen Bergrücken zwischen zwei Fjorden unterqueren. Das Parlament hat das Budget für das umstrittene Projekt genehmigt.

Every time the voters have to approve the fire department budget, it makes me imagine we're being asked to pick apocalypses from a menu.
Adjacent signs: "Locust Swarm 2026", "vote for rain of blood", etc.

Trump's Military Budget Hits Snags Amid Questions on Iran War Costs (Catie Edmondson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/us/politics/military-budget-congress-iran-trump-hegseth.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260619/p22#a260619p22

So now part of our education budget was apparently used to pay for new Lamborghinis of ShinyHunter criminals, via the ransom paid by Canvas.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdepzg83x87o

Canvas hack: Company pays criminals to delete students' stolen data
The company behind Canvas says it has "reached an agreement" with the hackers who disrupted thousands of colleges and universities.

Staff of Czech public broadcasters stage a warning strike, protesting government plans to shift funding from license fees to the state budget starting next year (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/czech-public-media-financing-p…

Journalists form chain at Czech public radio in warning strike
Journalists and employees have formed a human chain around Czech public radio in Prague. The action is part of a warning strike against a government plan to change the way the public broadcaster is funded. The government of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš wants to finance public radio and television from the state budget instead of from fees. Critics say this could threaten media independence, citing Slovakia and Hungary as examples. The plan would also reduce media funding by about 15%, …

Die Stadbibliothek Essen stellt sich neu auf. Im Vortrag gefällt mir die Ableitung aus Strategieprozess und Dialog mit MA, Peers und Nutzenden im Austausch mit der Verwaltung. Ich finde vieles anschlussfähig: wie gestaltet man eine Neuaufstellung mitten in einer inhaltlichen Veränderung ohne zusätzliches Budget (und einer BAuphase). Respekt! #bibliocon26

Teacher Appreciation Week should consist solely of letter writing campaigns to the school board and state calling for a 50% across the board pay increase for all faculty and a guaranteed inflation-adjustment raise every year.
#Education #Budget

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This is an extremely cool project https://aftermath.site/bc250-steam-machine-budget-computer/

"Q&A: How UK’s seventh carbon budget will deliver ‘£865bn’ in economic benefits"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #CarbonDioxide

Q&A: How UK’s seventh carbon budget will deliver '£865bn’ in economic benefits - Carbon Brief
The Labour government wants to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions to 87% below 1990 levels...

"Hegseth never explains how it is possible that the president and his “Deal Team Six” are saving US taxpayers money while at the same time asking US taxpayers to fund a $1.5 trillion military budget that would be over 50% more than the 2025 US defense budget and more than four times the money spent on defense by China,"
Hegseth Lampooned for Absurd Video Claiming $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget Puts 'American Taxpayer First' | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/pete-hegseth-pentagon-budget

Speicherkrise: Budget-Smartphones werden für Hersteller unrentabel
Steigende DRAM- und NAND-Preise setzen Smartphone-Hersteller unter Druck. Besonders Geräte unter 400 US-Dollar werden zunehmend unrentabel.

Speicherkrise: Budget-Smartphones werden für Hersteller unrentabel
Steigende DRAM- und NAND-Preise setzen Smartphone-Hersteller unter Druck. Besonders Geräte unter 400 US-Dollar werden zunehmend unrentabel.

Echte liefde roest niet? Wél als het om de opslag van duurzame energie gaat
opslag ❤️ variabele hernieuwbare opwek
https://www.nu.nl/klimaat/6399920/energiebedrijven-bouwen-roe…

Energiebedrijven bouwen 'roestbatterij' die vier dagen lang stroom kan leveren
Batterijstart-up Ore Energy gaat samen met energieleverancier Budget Thuis een 'roestbatterij' bouwen die tot wel vier dagen lang energie kan leveren. Het moet de eerste grootschalige batterij van dat type in Nederland worden.

Capitol agenda: House GOP races to make Recon 3.0 real (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/22/congress/reconciliation-budget-republicans-house-midterms-00969494
http://www.memeorandum.com/260622/p125#a260622p125

Über 4 Millionen Euro - Staat bessert sich Budget mit Schamanen-Beute auf #News #Nachrichten

It was a plan House G.O.P. leaders hoped would satisfy everyone in their party:
With a special budget bill, they would bypass Democratic opposition and provide tens of billions for the Iran war while imposing new election restrictions Trump has demanded.
Instead, a day after the leaders released the plan, which hews closely to a spending request the White House sent to Capitol Hill last month,
it became clear it is a product that no one really likes.
The measure, whic…

Republican Rifts Deepen Over $95 Billion Budget Plan for Iran War and SAVE Act
A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.

Budget-Streit um Unis - Rektoren drohen nun sogar mit Knock-out-Prüfungen #News #Nachrichten

Louisiana's Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to Come (ProPublica)
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jeff-landry-prison-budget-increase
http://www.memeorandum.com/260522/p10#a260522p10

Logitech erweitert G3-Serie um leichte Gaming-Maus und anpassbare Tastatur
Logitech legt die Budget-Maus G305 neu auf und macht sie leichter und schneller. Eine neue mechanische Tastatur für knapp über 100 Euro kommt ebenfalls.

Logitech erweitert G3-Serie um leichte Gaming-Maus und anpassbare Tastatur
Logitech legt die Budget-Maus G305 neu auf und macht sie leichter und schneller. Eine neue mechanische Tastatur für knapp über 100 Euro kommt ebenfalls.

Wie verzint dit:
"De maatregel heeft een limiet: zodra het budget van 118 miljoen euro op is, stopt de verkoop van het tijdelijke abonnement."
Neem zo'n maatregel of neem hem niet maar dit heeft het karakter van de verkoop van concertkaartjes.....
https://www.

Grote drukte op NS-site bij introductie voordelig zomerabonnement
Reizigers kunnen vanaf vandaag een tijdelijk abonnement van 49 euro per maand nemen om in de zomermaanden met de trein te reizen. Het kabinet heeft hiervoor geld vrijgemaakt. Op de NS-website is het daardoor zeer druk.

Email: BBC says commissioning spend will be reduced by £80M by March 2028 and TV development budget will be slashed by 15% annually (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/06/bbc-slash-development-spend-1236958327/

BBC Tells Producers About Plans To Slash TV Development Spend By 15% Annually
BBC content chief Kate Phillips has written to producers to explain that the corporation's TV development budget will be slashed by 15% annually.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs a state budget with new taxes on social media giants, digital ads, and prediction and crypto markets, all likely facing lawsuits (Mitchell Armentrout/Chicago Sun Times)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfie

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%
-- even though its overall budget is down just 3%, Science has learned.
NSF has not publicly explained the drastic cuts.
But sources within and outside the agency, who did not want to be named, say they suspect the goal is to free up funds for a new
$1.5 billion initiative, launched last month, meant to turn NSF-funded disco…

Exclusive: Michael Cohen says he will apply for payments from DOJ's 'anti-weaponization' fund (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-nih-cdc-director-congress-budget-ballroom-funding-live-updates-rcna346230/rcrd110472?canonicalCard=true
http://www.memeorandum.com/260522/p1#a260522p1

Brooklyn chef's budget-meal videos turn $5 worth of groceries into delicious family dinners - Good.is
https://www.good.is/brooklyn-chefs-budget-meal-videos-turn-5-worth-of-groceries-into-delicious-family-dinners/

RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!)
to finding a link between vaccines and autism.
"That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget
to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."
https://

Gillian Branstetter (@gbbranstetter.bsky.social)
RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide." https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/inside-rfk-jrs-push-dismantle-decades-us-vaccine-policy-2026-07-14/

Newsom's Budget Shows He's Not the Resistance Leader You Think He Is (Julia Métraux/Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/newsoms-budget-shows-hes-not-the-resistance-leader-you-think-he-is/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260515/p112#a260515p112

Palo Alto Networks says Mythos found 24 critical bugs, burning $1M of tokens, subsidized by Anthropic; some companies say they plan to boost Mythos spending (Aaron Holmes/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropics-mythos-…

Anthropic’s Mythos Is a Security Powerhouse. It’s Also a Budget Buster
When Palo Alto Networks earlier this year began testing Anthropic’s Claude Mythos to comb through its own source code, it didn’t take long to see the future of cybersecurity. It also didn’t take long to see what that future would cost. The model found more than two dozen critical vulnerabilities ...

This latest move is a brazen power grab by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
to buck the will of Congress and the American people
and will make future discoveries less likely.
If this rule becomes final, Americans’ hopes for future cures, national security and economic strength will rely on the scientific sensibilities of the nation’s chief bureaucrat.
Alzheimer’s disease will not be cured by a budget analyst from either political party.

AAAS Statement on OMB Rule Politicizing Federal Grantmaking | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Senate Parliamentarian Advises Byrd Rule Violations in Republicans' ICE and Border Patrol Slush Fund Bill (U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget)
https://www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-member/newsroom/press/senate-parliamentarian-advises-byrd-rule-violations-in-republicans-ice-and-border-patrol-slush-fund-bill
http://www.memeorandum.com/260515/p52#a260515p52

5,7 Milliarden fehlen - Fiskalrat zerlegt Budget: Ziel nicht schaffbar #News #Nachrichten

Congress gave orders to Trump officials on foreign aid spending, but officials have largely refused to follow many of them, likely in violation of the law, experts say.
Officials have made little effort to spend aid money that Congress earmarked for specific purposes like nutrition and have reduced funding for HIV and other diseases.
Russell Vought’s Office of Management and Budget has labeled some aid money “unallocated” to control how it can be spent.

“A Huge Grab of Power”: Trump Is Defying Congress on Foreign Aid
Lawmakers gave specific orders to Trump officials on foreign aid spending, but officials have refused to follow many of them — likely in violation of the law, experts say. In doing so, they’re escalating a constitutional crisis.

Nothing won't launch a new phone this year in its budget-focused CMF Phone series due to RAM prices (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/06/19/nothing-cmf-phone-ram-costs/

Nothing CMF Phone is a RAMageddon casualty, memory now the most expensive component
Nothing’s CMF Phone series has released two models thus far and, at least for now, won’t be getting a third,...

Aufstand gegen Budget - Länder wehren sich gegen geplante Einschnitte #News #Nachrichten

The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’
https://www.theverge.com/science/957630/omb-killing-science-budget-grants-research

The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.”

Scoop: Inside the White House pitch for pre-election MAGA megabill (Stef W. Kight/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/29/trump-senate-republicans-maga-budget-bill
http://www.memeorandum.com/260729/p73#a260729p73

How South Korean film industry is adopting AI after its worst downturn in years; Korean Film Council: 13 out of 72 high-budget films broke even in 2023 and 2024 (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-06-…

„Krone“-Kommentar - Wie das vorgestellte Budget schiefgehen könnte … #News #Nachrichten

GOP Lawmakers Raise Doubts on Prospects of Third Budget Bill (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-09/gop-lawmakers-raise-doubts-on-prospects-of-third-budget-bill
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p94#a260609p94

Meta so: "Wir machen KI." Auch Meta: baut praktisch eine neue Stadt... 🏙️ Der Konzern lässt in Louisiana seinen Hyperion-Campus entstehen, der auf knapp 16 Quadratkilometern zu den flächenmäßig größten Rechenzentrumsprojekten weltweit zählen soll. 🏗️
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In Iran, at least 3,468 people were killed over several weeks of U.S.-Israeli strikes.
Recovery for Iran is expected to be costly after the strikes hit critical infrastructure like bridges, manufacturing, and oil depots, as well as civilian infrastructure like hospitals and schools.
As part of the agreement signed this week, the U.S. has said it would work with regional partners create a $300 billion reconstruction fund.
Meanwhile, in the U.S.:
as Trump seeks nearly $1.…

Trump May Be Drawing Down Iran War, But He’s Demanding Billions More for Bombs
The GOP is souring on Trump’s $1.5 trillion military budget as the president pushes for yet another reconciliation bill.

OpenRouter debuts Fusion, a tool for prompting multiple AI models in parallel, claiming it can achieve "Fable-level intelligence at half the price" (Brian Thomas/OpenRouter Blog)
https://openrouter.ai/blog/announcements/fusion-beats-frontier/

New York's $268 Billion Budget Deal Includes New Second-Home Tax (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/nyregion/hochul-taxes-budget-ny.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260507/p31#a260507p31

National parks are deteriorating. There’s a fix Congress isn’t making.
The national park system faces a maintenance backlog of $24 billion in crumbling roads, aging water systems, washed-out trails and dilapidated visitor facilities.
That is more than seven times the National Park Service’s annual budget.

Last month, committees in both the House and Senate advanced bipartisan bills to dedicate roughly $1.3 billion annually for park maintenance over the next five years. …

America’s national parks are falling apart. Congress can fix them.
Legislators should fund routine maintenance to prevent bigger problems.

Absage von Minister - Keine Eurofighter: Budget sprengt Rüstungspläne #News #Nachrichten

Trump Is Eyeing Control of Smithsonian's Budget (Torrence Banks/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-smithsonian-budget-omb
http://www.memeorandum.com/260605/p48#a260605p48

„Wird mehr Jobs geben“ - Meinl-Reisinger verteidigt Budget: „Großer Wurf“ #News #Nachrichten

California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes a new 7.25% tax on web-based software sales, targeting $1.1B in state and local tax revenue in the upcoming budget year (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-14/newsom-…

Just 10 months ago, NASA asked three companies if they could do something nobody had done before.
Could they build and launch a satellite to save a $500 million astronomy mission at risk of crashing back to Earth?
What’s more, could they do it in less than a year on a tight budget?
Katalyst Space Technologies, a startup founded in 2020, presented the most compelling solution.
“They came back with a response that was technically and programmatically plausible,
an…

A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."

Wie er Budget schaffte - Marterbauers Gesellenstück: „Er ließ Maske fallen“ #News #Nachrichten …

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ record high
These data come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory,
which may soon be shut down because of proposed government budget cuts
https://www.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere just hit a ‘depressing’ record high
These data come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mauna Loa Observatory, which may soon be shut down because of proposed government budget cuts

Ringen bis zuletzt - Budget: Finanzminister legt Karten auf den Tisch #News #Nachrichten

U.S. Debt Hits a Concerning Milestone, and Experts Say Trump's Policies Could Worsen It (Tony Romm/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/us-debt-trump-policies-budget.html?unlocked_article_code=1.glA.49sx.6FZ9A0P5ju-H&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260508/p67#a260508p67

FBI Director Kash Patel may have authorized taxpayer-funded special payments to his inner circle of FBI executives and agents on his protective detail,
according to the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
“We have been receiving troubling reports that you may be using part of the budget of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a personal slush fund
to make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in unlawful ‘bonus’ payments to loyalist MAGA henchmen

Kash Patel may have a ‘personal slush fund’ of taxpayer dollars to pay loyalist agents, says Raskin
Rep. Jamie Raskin is demanding documents from the FBI director, citing claims that $8,000 payments are made to agents who carry out “unlawful partisan and personal orders.”

Senate Ruling Threatens Ballroom Funding in G.O.P. Budget Bill (Carl Hulse/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/us/politics/white-house-ballroom-senate.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260517/p5#a260517p5

Eighty House Republicans voted on Friday for a measure to cut nearly
482 million from the military budget for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and put the money into American military bases.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) offered the measure as an amendment to a defense department appropriations bill.
If it had passed (it did not), it would have shifted “$481,832,000 from the NATO Security Investment Program” to military construction projects at U.S. bases

Eighty House Republicans vote to cut $482 million from NATO and put it into US military bases
Rep. Greg Steube's bill would have shifted money from the NATO Security Investment Program to military construction projects at American bases.

GOP lawmakers battle as conservatives press for third budget reconciliation bill (Emily Brooks/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5880546-gop-reconciliation-bill-pentagon-fraud/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260517/p57#a260517p57

WTF
lol we're promising them 324 billion dollars?
It's like six years of their government's entire budget,
including offsets for petro sales lmfao.
We'd be paying their government to exist through Inauguration day 2033
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Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social)
Mehr releases what it says are details of the Iran-US MoU:

Last August, the Trump administration issued an executive order intended to fundamentally alter how grant funding is handled by the US government.
Under the system that had made the US a scientific superpower, peer reviewers rated the scientific quality and feasibility of grant applications,
and subject-matter experts within the funding agencies used these ratings to determine which grants got funded.
Under the proposed rules, political appointees would have the final say,…

Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.