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The closure of rural hospitals is a looming problem across all of California.
Two Inland Empire lawmakers are urging state officials to take action to save a hospital in Blythe.
Last spring, Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe was on the brink of closure,
after a series of financial mishaps left it bleeding cash.
In May, the hospital announced that it would not accept new patients, “for the foreseeable future,”
although its emergency room and clinic remained open, th…

This rural hospital almost closed. Emergency state funding is keeping it open, but for how long?
The closure of rural hospitals is a looming problem across California. Two lawmakers are urging the state try and save a hospital in Blythe.

Trump walks back from Ukraine ceasefire calls, aligning closer with Russia’s push for permanent peace deal
https://kyivindependent.com/trump-walks-back-from-ukraine-and-europes-ceasefire-calls-aligning-closer-with-russias-push-for-peace-deal/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

ROVER: Robust Loop Closure Verification with Trajectory Prior in Repetitive Environments
Jingwen Yu, Jiayi Yang, Anjun Hu, Jiankun Wang, Ping Tan, Hong Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13488

ROVER: Robust Loop Closure Verification with Trajectory Prior in Repetitive Environments
Loop closure detection is important for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), which associates current observations with historical keyframes, achieving drift correction and global relocalization. However, a falsely detected loop can be fatal, and this is especially difficult in repetitive environments where appearance-based features fail due to the high similarity. Therefore, verification of a loop closure is a critical step in avoiding false positive detections. Existing works in loop…

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Independent newspapers disappear as private investment firms take over (Sara Fischer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/21/local-news-closures-independent-investment
http://www.memeorandum.com/251021/p82#a251021p82

Mathematics education research must be useful for the classroom
Anthony A. Essien, Tanya Evans, Maitree Inprasitha, Salome Martinez Salanzar, Demetra Pitta-Pantazi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14433

Mathematics education research must be useful for the classroom
The theme of the PME-48 conference, Making sure that mathematics education research reaches the classroom, highlights a key concern: not all mathematics education research informs classroom practice. This raises several fundamental questions: Which research fails to reach the classroom? Why? And should all research be expected to do so? Accordingly, it is fitting that the plenary panel engages with these important issues by debating the following motion: Mathematics education research must be u…

Chiefs in danger zone with impotent offense, while Steelers disappoint on defense; plus, 3 NFL closers https://www.nfl.com/news/chiefs-in-danger-zone-with-impotent-offense-while-steelers-disappoint-on-defense-plus-3-nfl-c…

Breakable Machine: A K-12 Classroom Game for Transformative AI Literacy Through Spoofing and eXplainable AI (XAI)
Olli Hilke, Nicolas Pope, Juho Kahila, Henriikka Vartiainen, Teemu Roos, Tuomo Parkki, Matti Tedre
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14201

Breakable Machine: A K-12 Classroom Game for Transformative AI Literacy Through Spoofing and eXplainable AI (XAI)
This paper, submitted to the special track on resources for teaching AI in K-12, presents an eXplainable AI (XAI)-based classroom game "Breakable Machine" for teaching critical, transformative AI literacy through adversarial play and interrogation of AI systems. Designed for learners aged 10-15, the game invites students to spoof an image classifier by manipulating their appearance or environment in order to trigger high-confidence misclassifications. Rather than focusing on building AI models,…

Falsa patch per firma digitale diffonde malware
In data odierna sono pervenute segnalazioni da parte di Pubbliche Amministrazioni riguardo a una campagna malevola mirata diffusa in queste ore. L'e-mail fraudolenta, sfruttando un presunto aggiornamento urgente di un software di firma digitale, induce gli utenti a cliccare sul link presente nel corpo del messaggio

Russia's Planned Tax Hike Would Put Hundreds of Thousands of Small Businesses at Risk of Closure, Lawmaker Warns - The Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/10/21/russias-planned-tax-hike-would-put-hundreds-of-thousands-of-small-businesses-at-risk-of-closure-lawmaker-warns-a90886