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A group of US lawmakers is sounding the alarm over
prediction market platforms that allow users to bet on wildfires,
as experts warn the emerging trend could raise the risk of arson.
Democratic senators from six states sent a letter this week to the chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),
an independent government agency regulating platforms such as Polymarket and Kalshi,
urging it to rein in the practice.
“As the United States faces yet …

US senators urge crackdown on wildfire betting amid warnings of arson risk
Experts say growing trend on sites such as Polymarket and Kalshi could motivate people to start fires to win money

Federal Communications Commission scraps limit on broadcast TV ownership (Daniel Arkin/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/federal-communications-commission-scraps-limit-broadcast-tv-ownership-rcna587641
http://www.memeorandum.com/260806/p78#a260806p78

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

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.

“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 effect of 20th century industrialization: Power station, acid rains, over-pumping, on an erstwhile uniform freshwater dune aquifer in Haifa Bay, Israel
Vasily Rogojin, Joel Kronfeld
https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00893 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.00893 https://arxiv.org/html/2607.00893
arXiv:2607.00893v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A small phreatic sand dune aquifer lies along the shore of Haifa Bay. It has been exploited for its freshwater resources since the 1930s. During this time the salinity has increased continuously, partly by seawater intrusion due to overpumping. The chemistry of the young aquifer water is laterally variable and is characterized by excess SO$_4^{2-}$, high $Sr^{2 }$ concentrations above that of modern seawater, high alkalinity, and markedly enriched $\delta^{13}C_{DIC}$ values. Acidic winter rains, formed from $SO_x$ and $NO_x$ gaseous emissions from a nearby power station, leach the dry deposition that accumulated across the dune surface during the dry summers. The acidity also partially dissolves the aragonite sea shells in the dune sands, remnants of a previous marine transgression. As a consequence, this adds $Sr^{2 }$, $Ca^{2 }$ excess, and alkalinity, while leading to enriched $\delta^{13}C_{DIC}$ values, particularly during the winter, at which time the radiocarbon activity in the DIC is observed to decrease.
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"Argentina’s distributed solar capacity grew 34.5% in H1"
#Argentina #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

Argentina's distributed solar capacity grew 34.5% in H1 - pv magazine Global
The capacity of self-consumption systems connected to distribution grids increased from 118.6 MW at the end of 2025 to 159.5 MW in June, while the number of users generating and feeding surplus electricity into the grid rose 25.8% to more than 4,700.

@… en l’abscense de volets, ici on as fixé des rideaux reflechissants (argenté) sur l’extérieurs de nos rideaux accultants, on les coincent Š l’exterieur en fermant comme on peu les fenêtres.
Ca aide beaucoup.
Bon courrage.

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.

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.