Tootfinder

Mathematicians say a neurosurgery resident used ChatGPT, powered by GPT-5.6, to solve Crouzeix's conjecture, a major open problem in numerical linear algebra (Alex Townsend)
https://alextownsend.net/essays/SIAMNews_CrouzeixConjecture.pdf

"Climate crisis is coming to crush many of world’s best surf breaks, study warns"
#Climate #ClimateChange

Climate crisis is coming to crush many of world’s best surf breaks, study warns
Changing tide levels, shifting sands and hardened shorelines put waves at risk, affecting more than just surfers

"Sloan pushed back on one recurring concern from speakers: that removing peers could push behavioral health calls back to police. “None of these calls are going to go back to law enforcement,” she said, adding that when the Street Crisis team is unavailable, calls will continue to go to ambulances."
So do ambulances have the same "more than 160 hours of advanced training in behavioral health, substance-use disorders, de-escalation, trauma-informed care and community-base…

S.F. removes peer counselors from street crisis teams amid pleas to keep them
S.F. is removing peer counselors from street crisis Teams, shifting to the work to paramedics amid opposition from advocates, former clients

"Sloan pushed back on one recurring concern from speakers: that removing peers could push behavioral health calls back to police. “None of these calls are going to go back to law enforcement,” she said, adding that when the Street Crisis team is unavailable, calls will continue to go to ambulances."
So do ambulances have the same "more than 160 hours of advanced training in behavioral health, substance-use disorders, de-escalation, trauma-informed care and community-base…

S.F. removes peer counselors from street crisis teams amid pleas to keep them
S.F. is removing peer counselors from street crisis Teams, shifting to the work to paramedics amid opposition from advocates, former clients

"As a result, Europe is now 2.5 °C hotter than before the mass burning of fossil fuels, almost double the global average 1.4 °C rise. Temperatures in Europe have risen by 0.56 °C a decade since the mid-1990s, compared with 0.42 °C in North America, 0.36 °C in Africa and 0.27 °C in South America."
(Edit: Degree symbols added for readability.)

UK waters hit with extreme heatwave as global sea temperatures reach record levels https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/08/uk-waters-extreme-heatwave-global-sea-temperatures-record-climate-crisis

On Thursday 1st October, patients, NHS workers and activists across England are taking action to say NO to Palantir in our NHS.
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/international-crisis/no-palantir-in-our-nhs/people-vs-palan…

Pete Hegseth downplays conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln after reports of food shortages and a mental health crises on board
This comes after several reports about food shortages and an intensifying mental health crisis on the vessel, that has now been deployed for more than 200 days,
after it was redirected to the Middle East to assist with the military operation in Iran.
“We make sure ⁠every ship, every crew, every ‌captain has everything ‌we can provide ‌them at every si…

Trump orders Pentagon to scrap modern jet launching tech on new US aircraft carrier and revert to steam catapults – as it happened
This live blog is now closed.

Das Maximum des Dieselpreises wurde erreicht: 9,99 USD.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-12/california-gas-station-with-9-99-diesel-exemplifies-fuel-crisis

‘Plastic pollution hotspots’ spawn a public health crisis across Latin America https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/plastic-pollution-hotspots-spawn-a-public-health-crisis-across-latin-america/

‘Plastic pollution hotspots’ spawn a public health crisis across Latin America
Since China banned the import of plastic waste in 2018, plastic pollution has been having a growing impact on the people and ecosystems of Latin America. As the region imports an increasing amount of the world’s used and discarded plastic, new research shows that waste infrastructure in many countries is already buckling under the strain […]