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Worth a read from historian Ed Dunsworth.
"On Generative AI in the Classroom: Give Up, Give In, or Stand Up" (June 2025)
https://activehistory.ca/blog/2025/06/11/on-generative-ai-in-the-classroom-give-up-give-in-or-stand…

On Generative AI in the Classroom: Give Up, Give In, or Stand Up
Edward Dunsworth Two approaches dominate discussion about how professors should handle generative “artificial intelligence” in the classroom: give up or give in. Give up. Faced with a powerful new …

The state of Florida is committed to $245 million toward the construction of
"Alligator Alcatraz,"
the Everglades immigration detention facility which is due to close in days.
Having to close the new Florida detention facility would be a blow to
both Governor DeSantis and the Trump administration,
and would show that one of the main impediments to authoritarian White House policy continues to be the courts.

Ron DeSantis Wasted $250 Million on Alligator Alcatraz as It Faces Closure
A federal judge has ruled that the new Florida detention center must close within 60 days.

Social media is dead – here’s what comes next - New Scientist https://apple.news/Arpwv7NmsT7uY1vStyjNfRg

Social media is dead – here’s what comes next — New Scientist
A new information ecosystem is on the rise, featuring closer connections, cosy media and worker-owned websites, writes Annalee Newitz

A Clockwork Quantum: Symmetry, Noise, and the Emergence of Quantum Order
Eric R. Bittner, Bhavay Tyagi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19348 https://arxiv.org/p…

A Clockwork Quantum: Symmetry, Noise, and the Emergence of Quantum Order
We present a concise review and perspective on noise-induced synchronization and coherence protection in open quantum systems, with emphasis on recent work involving coupled spins, oscillators, and anyons. When local environments exhibit internal correlations, the structure of the noise determines which collective modes become decoherence-protected. This leads to steady-state entanglement, phase locking, and exceptional points (EPs) in the Liouvillian spectrum, signaling a collapse of the mode …

A Completeness Theorem for Topological Doctrines
Silvio Ghilardi, J\'er\'emie Marqu\`es
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20768 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507…

A Completeness Theorem for Topological Doctrines
We extend logical categories with fiberwise interior and closure operators so as to obtain an embedding theorem into powers of the category of topological spaces. The required axioms, besides the Kuratowski closure axioms, are a `product independence' and a `loop contraction' principle.

A Constructed Closure of the Bering Strait can Prevent an AMOC Tipping
Jelle Soons, Henk A. Dijkstra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19826 https://arxiv.org/pdf…

A Constructed Closure of the Bering Strait can Prevent an AMOC Tipping
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a major tipping element in the present-day climate, and could potentially collapse under sufficient freshwater or CO2-forcing. While the effect of the Bering Strait on AMOC stability has been well studied, it is unknown whether a constructed closure of this Strait can prevent an AMOC collapse under climate change. Here, we show in an Earth system Model of Intermediate Complexity that an artificial closure of the Strait can extend the saf…

'One hour a day for better moods, less anxiety and feeling closer to their friends and family, all of it achieved by something as enjoyable as play.
Perhaps by fall, a zest for outdoor fun with phones left indoors will become a habit.
... encouraging children to go swimming or play street hockey is hardly a horrible way to give such a boost to their physical and mental health.
Open the door. Go outside and play. Put down your phones. Summer is calling."

The (not so) lazy days of summer
Canadian children aren’t getting enough exercise, and smartphones are partly to blame. The remedy? It’s right outside your door

Quantifying lower-limb muscle coordination during cycling using electromyography-informed muscle synergies
Reza Ahmadi (Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada), Shahram Rasoulian (Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada), Hamidreza Heidary (Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada), Saied Jalal Aboodarda (Human Performance La…

Quantifying lower-limb muscle coordination during cycling using electromyography-informed muscle synergies
Assessment of muscle coordination during cycling may provide insight into motor control strategies and movement efficiency. This study evaluated muscle synergies and coactivation patterns as indicators of neuromuscular coordination in lower-limb across three power levels of cycling. Twenty recreational cyclists performed a graded cycling test on a stationary bicycle ergometer. Electromyography was recorded bilaterally from seven lower-limb muscles and muscle synergies were extracted using non-n…

Telescopes Pop-Up on City Sidewalks to Engage Passersby in Free Astronomy Viewing Worldwide https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/telescopes-pop-up-on-city-sidewalks-to-engage-passersby-in-free-astronomy-viewing-worldwide/

Telescopes Pop-Up on City Sidewalks to Engage Passersby in Free Astronomy Viewing Worldwide
The urban astronomy movement #PopScope has set up telescopes on sidewalks that have brought 26,000 people closer to the night sky.

I’m always consumed by the same question:
How will this endless, brutal spectacle of killing finally end?
Will it be like a movie
— justice prevailing, liberation won, goodness triumphing over evil?
Will the ending even be worthy of the horrors we’ve endured?
Or will it all fade away in an open-ended scene, full of unknowns, unanswered questions, and the absence of closure?
Will I make it to the final scene?
AOr will my story be abruptly cut short,…

Internet Access Is a Lifeline for Us in Gaza — So Israel Attacked It
Communications blackouts aren’t accidental. They’re strategy. They’re the tool Israel uses to try to erase us quietly.