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RFK Sent Congress "Willful Medical Disinformation" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/06/rfk-sent-congress-willful-medical-disinformation/

Monitoring Decomposition Attacks in LLMs with Lightweight Sequential Monitors
Chen Yueh-Han, Nitish Joshi, Yulin Chen, Maksym Andriushchenko, Rico Angell, He He
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10949

Monitoring Decomposition Attacks in LLMs with Lightweight Sequential Monitors
Current LLM safety defenses fail under decomposition attacks, where a malicious goal is decomposed into benign subtasks that circumvent refusals. The challenge lies in the existing shallow safety alignment techniques: they only detect harm in the immediate prompt and do not reason about long-range intent, leaving them blind to malicious intent that emerges over a sequence of seemingly benign instructions. We therefore propose adding an external monitor that observes the conversation at a higher…

This is a BFD.
Rand Paul and Tom Massie have been calling out Stephen Miller's gulag numbers for several weeks;
it got them both disinvited from the White House picnic.
And now Ron Johnson is joining in?
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsk…

emptywheel (@emptywheel.bsky.social)
This is a BFD. Rand Paul and Tom Massie have been calling out Miller's gulag numbers for several weeks; it got them both disinvited from the White House picnic. And now Ron Johnson is joining in?

I can’t quite decide whether you’re a troll, a bot, or simply dim. https://gotosocial.social/@oceane/statuses/01JXMV509DBD2BMFWVXJAVJHP0

Post by Les antibiotiques causent l’autisme, vaccinez-vous, @oceane@gotosocial.social
@aral@mastodon.ar.al Please do not share opinions as if they were facts. That’s disinformation.

Core-Corona Decomposition of Very Compact (Neutron) Stars: Accounting for Current Data of XTE J1814-338
Rico Z\"ollner, Burkhard K\"ampfer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10032

Core-Corona Decomposition of Very Compact (Neutron) Stars: Accounting for Current Data of XTE J1814-338
A core-corona decomposition of compact (neutron) star models was compared with the current mass-radius data of the outlier XTE~J1814-338. The corona (which may also be dubbed the envelope, halo or outer crust) is assumed to be of Standard Model matter, with an equation of state that is supposed to be faithfully known and accommodates nearly all other neutron star data. The core, solely parameterized by its mass, radius and transition pressure, presents a challenge regarding its composition. We …

I found this today when messing around with lifting-bits/sleigh build options and got a build error. Very interesting! Dynamic p-code shenanigans!
“TLDR: there is a (undocumented and disabled by default) feature in the Ghidra decompiler that lets you create your own decompiler passes, using a custom DSL. I leverage it to write a deobfuscation rule for a simple obfuscation technique.”
Thanks you @…

Google plans to shut down Android's Instant Apps, which let users launch apps without installing them, later this year citing low usage and engagement (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/686573/google-android-instant-apps-shutdow…

Google is shutting down Android Instant Apps over ‘low’ usage
The installation-free Android Instant Apps will no longer be supported after December 2025.

D-LiFT: Improving LLM-based Decompiler Backend via Code Quality-driven Fine-tuning
Muqi Zou (Jing), Hongyu Cai (Jing), Hongwei Wu (Jing), Zion Leonahenahe Basque (Jing), Arslan Khan (Jing), Berkay Celik (Jing), Dave (Jing), Tian (Fish), Antonio Bianchi (Fish), Ruoyu (Fish), Wang, Dongyan Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10125…

D-LiFT: Improving LLM-based Decompiler Backend via Code Quality-driven Fine-tuning
Decompilers, which reconstruct human-readable source code from binary executables, are vital to many security tasks. Yet, despite recent advances, their output often suffers from syntactic and semantic errors and remains difficult to read. Recently, with the advent of large language models (LLMs), researchers began to explore the potential of LLMs to refine decompiler output. Nevertheless, our study of these approaches reveals significant limitations, such as introducing new errors and relying …

WBD plans to shut down its linear multiplex channels HBO Family, ThrillerMax, MovieMax, and OuterMax on August 15, 2025; HBO Family launched in December 1996 (Luke Bouma/Cord Cutters News)
https://cordcuttersnews.com/hbo-is-shutting-do…

HBO Is Shutting Down Multiple Channels Including HBO Family & More | Cord Cutters News
In a significant shakeup for the television industry, HBO, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery, has confirmed plans to shut down several of its linear channels, including HBO Family, ThrillerMax, MovieMax, and OuterMax. The announcement, verified by Spectrum on August 15, 2025, marks a strategic pivot for the premium network as it continues to adapt […]

Pam Ayres
At last, we have a cure for all!
Ailments large and ailments small,
Good health is not beyond my reach,
If I inject myself with bleach.
Radiant, I’ll prance along,
Every trace of limescale gone,
With disinfectant as my friend,
Like him,
I’m clean around the bend.