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Het FvD in actie....
https://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/18295875/statenlid-martin-bos-maakte-duizenden-euros-belastinggeld-op-aan-biefstuk-bier-en-kaviaar-dit-gaat-alle-perke…

Statenlid Martin Bos maakte duizenden euro's belastinggeld op aan biefstuk, bier en kaviaar: 'Dit gaat alle perken te buiten'
Forum voor Democratie maakt duizenden euro's belastinggeld op aan biefstuk, bier en kaviaar.

NYC coffee shop bans pro-Israel politician in nasty post despite promise to treat all customers with 'unconditional dignity' (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/us-news/nyc-coffee-shop-bans-pro-israel-politician-in-nasty-post-despite-promise-to-treat-all-customers-with-unconditional-dignity/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p41#a260623p41

What if the brain doesn't create consciousness? Christof Koch proposes it might be the fabric of reality itself https://www.sciencealert.com/what-if-the-brain-doesnt-create-consciousness-scientist-proposes-i…

What if The Brain Doesn't Create Consciousness? Scientist Proposes It Might Be The Fabric of Reality Itself
For decades, neuroscientists have searched the brain for the biological basis of consciousness, assuming our thoughts, emotions, and subjective experiences emerge from networks of neurons.

Browns quarterback battle: Shedeur Sanders decent in start, Deshaun Watson struggles, both throw interceptions

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/browns-quarterback-battle-s…

In a leaked four-hour investor talk, DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng says the main US-China gap is compute access, Nvidia's CUDA moat is disintegrating, and more (Fred Gao/Inside China)
https://www.fredgao.com/p/deepseeks-liang-wenfeng-breaks-his

DeepSeek's Liang Wenfeng Breaks His Silence
In a rare four-hour talk, the reclusive founder reveals an almost Daoist philosophy of AI—AGI as a tide no company can own, he argues China's only real gap with America is compute.

Also, belated #FootpathFriday...
I absolutely love board walks and southern Bavaria has a decent amount (and distance) of them due to hundreds of swamps and moors, remnants from the melting ice age glaciers...
(I thought, I had this post scheduled to go out yesterday, but somehow I messed up the dates, so now manually, one day later...)

Adapting a 3D scanning water phantom for use in brachytherapy dosimetry
Rachael Wilks (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, University of Queensland, St. Lucia Qld 4072, Australia), Samuel C. Peet (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld 4001, Australia), Tanya Kairn (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, University of Queensland, St. Lucia Qld 4072, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld 4001, Australia), Scott B. Crowe (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, Herston Biofabrication Institute, Herston Qld 4029, Australia, University of Queensland, St. Lucia Qld 4072, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Qld 4001, Australia)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21320 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.21320 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.21320
arXiv:2606.21320v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In external beam radiotherapy, 3D scanning water phantoms are the gold standard for obtaining relative dosimetry data. These phantoms, consisting of a water tank and mechanical arm, along with accompanying software, are de-signed to acquire dose profiles along and orthogonal to the beam axis. In brachy-therapy, the acquisition of analogous dose profiles is more difficult, and is generally achieved with complex custom-built phantoms or chemical dosimeters such as film or gel. In this study, a low-cost 3D-printed jig was designed and fabricated within a clinical department, to allow precise brachytherapy dose measurements using a PTW BeamScan water phantom. Specifically, this jig al-lowed applicators to be suspended securely and reproducibly within the water phantom. Protocols were developed to relate the scanning system coordinates to the physical source position, and to obtain isodose planes both parallel and radial to the source axis. The developed solution has the potential to be used for physical verification of TG43 dose calculation parameters (e.g. anisotropy functions), the characterization of dose for a single dwell position in a complex applicator containing non-water equivalent materials, or the collection of point dose measure-ments for treatments incorporating multiple dwell positions or catheters.
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House Adopts $95 Billion G.O.P. Budget for Iran War
Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint for the war and other measures,
but its prospects are far dimmer in the Senate
House Republicans on Wednesday won narrow approval of their $95 billion budget plan to fund the war with Iran
and impose new election restrictions that Trump has demanded,
muscling through dissent in their ranks to send the measure to a …

House Adopts $95 Billion G.O.P. Budget for Iran War
Republican leaders muscled through resistance in their own ranks to approve the budget blueprint for the war and other measures, but its prospects were far dimmer in the Senate.

Alibaba plans to raise ~$10B in a follow-on share offering to fund AI investments; sources: it plans to offer 710M shares at a 3.6% discount to Friday's close (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consum…

Some people are getting too dogmatic about AI use in coding, just as i can use (even before AI) grammar and syntax checking in texts, why would people not be allowed to use AI for improving code they have written. Coding/programming has always been supported by tools? 🤔
#AI #LLM