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Can someone make sense for me of the fact that a few months ago we made a special deal to import Argentinian beef to ease prices, but now we’re making a special deal to export beef to China? With consumer beef prices at insane levels due to a hard supply constraint?
I get a sense that these people don’t understand their jobs.

Der #Perito-Moreno-Gletscher in #Argentinien galt lange als außergewöhnlich stabil.
Aktuelle #Copernicus-Satelliten-Daten zeigen jedoch einen deutlichen Rückzug der Eisfront in den vergangen…

Perito Moreno Glacier retreats after decades of stability | EU Space Support Office
Perito Moreno Glacier lies in Los Glaciares National Park, in Santa Cruz Province, southern Argentina. For decades, the glacier showed few signs of retreat compared with many other Patagonian glaciers, but recent satellite-based research indicates that this pattern is changing.

Rarefaction-induced inflation and similarity breakdown of hypersonic bow shocks over a circular cylinder
Ehsan Roohi, Ahmad Shoja-Sani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17099 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.17099 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.17099
arXiv:2605.17099v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Rarefied hypersonic bow shocks over blunt bodies inflate as the Knudsen number increases, but it remains unclear whether this inflation is a simple shift and broadening of one common shock layer or a multi-scale change of the macroscopic and internal-energy fields. We address this question using direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) data for Mach-10 flow over a circular cylinder in argon and nitrogen over \(Kn_\infty \approx 0.01\)--\(1\), together with a Mach-number sweep at \(Kn_\infty=0.01\). At low rarefaction, a ray-based density-gradient ridge gives a reproducible bow-shock location and agrees with an independent schlieren-based shock-wave-detection method. As \(Kn_\infty\) increases, this ridge is replaced by a broad kinetic compression layer, so the high-Knudsen cases are analysed using profile-based standoff and thickness metrics rather than by imposing a visual shock line. The Knudsen- and Mach-number sweeps separate two mechanisms. At fixed \(M_\infty\), the continuum normal-shock density ratio provides a useful low-rarefaction reference compression scale, whereas the measured standoff growth is governed primarily by the kinetic mean free path; the effective density thickness shows an intermediate minimum before increasing in the diffuse regime. At fixed low \(Kn_\infty\), changing \(M_\infty\) mainly changes compression strength and curvature, preserving a coherent attached-layer structure. Density-registered profiles and shock-attached proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) show that, within the present maximum-density-gradient registration, density becomes nearly rank one, whereas Mach number and thermal variables retain independent modal content. Rarefied bow-shock inflation is therefore a coupled compression--relaxation process, not a single-scale rescaling of a continuum-like shock.
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On Thursday afternoon,
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg heard arguments over whether he should temporarily block the Federal Trade Commission from continuing a lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas targeting the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, or WPATH.
It was the latest high-profile dispute over the Trump administration’s efforts to “end” the provision of gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors
even in states where such care is al…

Judge considers WPATH request to block FTC from proceeding in Texas, ruling expected Friday
Judge James Boasberg heard arguments on Thursday afternoon in D.C.

Judging from comments around and about, it's probably time to post this again.
We will shortly be changing out our roof and installing solar panels and aircon for use in summer in Copenhagen.
Climate is changing - it's time to adapt.
How did air conditioning become a heated debate? - https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/39e6beb5-98f5-47ca-9914-cf5f8294a947 via @FT

This week, Reform UK leader Nigel Forage set out his plans
to resign as the MP for Clacton and stand again for his seat,
following a scandal over undeclared gifts, including £5m from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne,
which is being investigated by the parliamentary standards commissioner.
His intention, he has said, is to be judged by his constituents rather than “the establishment”,
arguing that he has done no wrong and that the probe is a “p…

Kemi Badenoch | The Independent
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A group of TV consumers sue in federal court in California to block Paramount's acquisition of WBD on antitrust grounds; Paramount says the suit lacks merit (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Paramount Sued By Subscribers Over Warner Bros., Skydance Deals
The lawsuit looks to block the merger, arguing it will lead to higher prices, reduced choice and fewer productions in violation of antitrust laws.

Hayley Williams publicó en su sitio web las paradas de su próxima gira como solista. Incluye Santiago, Buenos Aires, Bogotš, Sao Paulo y Río de Janeiro en Sudamérica. Ahora solo falta conocer las fechas 🤘🏻
👉🏻 https://www.hayleywilliams.net/?Fs-Analyti

“Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of #Tennessee today filed a motion asking the court to hold the City of #Memphis accountable for alleged violations of the Modified Kendrick Consent Decree arising from the Memphis Police Department’s response to the March 28, 2026 ‘No Kings’ event.”

ACLU-TN Asks Federal Court to Hold City of Memphis Accountable for Police Response to “No Kings” Event - ACLU of Tennessee
Motion Seeks Hearing Over Alleged Violations of Longstanding Kendrick Consent Decree Protecting First Amendment Activity

"The flu killed 15,849 U.S. soldiers in France and another 30,000 in stateside camps. That’s 45,849 killed by the flu versus 26,277 killed at Meuse-Argonne — documenting that the flu was by far our most deadly battle.
More civilians (over 50 million) died from the flu than from both World Wars and the Holocaust combined. Another 500 million civilians were incapacitated by the flu."