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budapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 121755 edges.
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The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project.
Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback.
The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles of walls, vehicle barriers and other border infrastructure.
The Department of Homeland Security waived req…

Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas
The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project. Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback. The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles of walls, vehicle barriers and other border infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security waived requirements that federal …

An 800-Million-Year-Old Impact Shower on the Terrestrial Planets from the Breakup of the #Eulalia Parent Body: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05036 -> SwRI-led research connects asteroid collision to impact showers 800 million years ago: https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/swri-led-research-connects-asteroid-collision-impact-showers-800-million-years-ago

US officials discussed firing Stars & Stripes publisher Max Lederer ahead of his Sept. 30 retirement, which was provoked by differences with the Trump admin (Jennifer Jacobs/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-considers-firing-stars-stripes-pub…

Pentagon officials considering firing longtime Stars and Stripes publisher, sources say
Max Lederer, who has served as the publisher of Stars and Stripes for 19 years, this week announced to colleagues his decision to retire on Sept. 30, citing fundamental differences with the Trump administration.

Four NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year sleepers to consider, including 49ers' De'Zhaun Stribling

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/four-nfl-offensive-rookie-of-the…

Google says it didn't consider Gemini's hacks worthy of disclosure because Gemini acted "appropriately" and stopped after determining it hacked real companies (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-inte…

Gemini went rogue, hacked three companies, and Google hid it
Google says that Gemini breaking containment and hacking real companies doesn’t constitute ‘misalignment.’

Habe ich Euch eigentlich schon "How Queer Bookshops Changed the World" empfohlen?
Es ist ein sehr gutes Buch!

Sources: Nvidia is working as a matchmaker to connect companies holding its GPUs with Nordic data center operators that have available capacity to deploy them (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/nvidia-nordic-ai-data-centers.html

Nvidia plays matchmaker in Nordics, sources tell CNBC, as AI data center deals boom in region
Nvidia is trying to connect GPU customers with Nordic data-center operators as cheap power and available land fuel the region’s AI infrastructure boom.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has engaged in a deadly immigration crackdown that has trampled the constitutional rights of migrants and US citizens.
During the operation, there have been 28 incidents where immigration agents shot at people,
resulting in eight deaths,
according to an analysis by The Trace.
On July 13, an ICE officer fatally shot Joan Sebastian Duršn Guerrero,
a 25-year-old delivery driver from Colombia authorized to work in the US…

How Many People Have Been Shot in ICE Raids?
The Trace is tracking gun incidents connected to Trump’s deployment of immigration agents. Know of an incident? Please be in touch.