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Trump EPA Approves Two More ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticides for Use on Most Widely Grown U.S. Crops https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-epa-approves-two-more-foreve…

Trump EPA Approves Two More ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticides for Use on Most Widely Grown U.S. Crops
Two new “forever chemical” pesticides are among multiple dangerous pesticides approved today by the Trump Environmental Protection Agency for use on food crops, including corn, wheat, kiwi, oats, peas and coffee. The controversial approvals come just days after the Supreme Court sided with Bayer and the Trump administration in limiting Americans’ ability to sue pesticide companies for harms linked to pesticides. Today’s approvals include two new PFAS pesticides never before used in th…

Singapore-based dConstruct Robotics, which develops spatial tech to let autonomous robots operate in complex, GPS-denied environments, raised a $125M Series A (Duc Dao/TNGlobal)
https://technode.global/2026/07/03/sin

Singapore's dConstruct raises $125M Series A as RoboNexus accelerator concludes inaugural cohort - TNGlobal
Singapore-based dConstruct Technologies has closed a $125 million Series A funding round, marking the standout achievement of the inaugural cohort of Singapore's RoboNexus accelerator, a venture-building program under the National Robotics Program.

Der #ComicSalonErlangen hat einen Teil der selbstständigen Künstler*innen leider recht weit "abgeschoben" in ein etwas abseits gelegenes Gebäude. Man muss dahin durch einige Seitenstraßen mäandern und von weitem sieht das Gebäude eher aus, als würde es gerade abgerissen werden.
Das VHS- und Kulturzentrum mag für anderes nett sein, aber die Stände sind dort über viele Rä…

Pentagon likely to cancel missile sale to Germany over fears of Russia (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/us-germany-tomahawks-missiles-cancel-00950284
http://www.memeorandum.com/260604/p89#a260604p89

"How PFAS regulation cut toxic chemical levels in Canadian wildlife"
#Canada #PFAS #ForeverChemicals

How PFAS regulation cut toxic chemical levels in Canadian wildlife | The Optimist Daily
A 55-year study of northern gannet eggs in Canada found PFAS levels dropped as much as 74 percent after major regulatory action. The caveats matter too.

Bloody hell, this was going to be held almost down the road from us. Can you imagine the stench?
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/07/03/wicklow-hotel-cancels-secretive-peter-thiel-conference/
Good on them for cance…

Wicklow hotel cancels ‘secretive’ Peter Thiel conference
Event hosted by Palantir cofounder was due to be attended by senior Nato commander and Trump administration officials

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Chemical Brothers:
🎵 Let Forever Be
#TheChemicalBrothers
https://vaaticanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/the-chemical-brothers-let-forever-be-flying-lotus-garmonbozia
https://open.spotify.com/track/3m1JFLpKLYgMi1jf6Bu16P

Lot's of stability changes to Arcaneum queued up for the next release.
If a user, please pip install -e . main and give it a spin. also updated docker dependencies, so restart the containers (no dataloss)
https://github.com/cwensel/arcaneum

GitHub - cwensel/arcaneum
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Xbox "will begin winding down Copilot on mobile and will stop development of Copilot on console" as part of a strategic shift (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/924551/microsoft-xbox-ceo-copilot-ai-asha-sh…

Microsoft gives up on Xbox Copilot AI
Xbox is “winding down Copilot on mobile” and “will stop development of Copilot on console,” according to new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma.

Hallo #Erlangen! #cse26 #ComicSalonErlangen