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The GOP doesn't really care how the pardons were signed (Philip Bump/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/05/autopen-biden-legality-pardons-maga/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzQ5MDk2MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUwNDc4Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NDkwOTYwMDAsImp0aSI6ImI2ZGJjOTUzLTJjYmEtNGQ3Yi05OGNiLTJkYjdiNjE1ZmJjYSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI1LzA2LzA1L2F1dG9wZW4tYmlkZW4tbGVnYWxpdHktcGFyZG9ucy1tYWdhLyJ9.ZkaG379HeQtZz74powSjPMhkEJB5Oa-zVX677wwhsW4&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250605/p48#a250605p48

Are Crypto Ecosystems (De)centralizing? A Framework for Longitudinal Analysis
Harang Ju, Ehsan Valavi, Madhav Kumar, Sinan Aral
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02324

Are Crypto Ecosystems (De)centralizing? A Framework for Longitudinal Analysis
Blockchain technology relies on decentralization to resist faults and attacks while operating without trusted intermediaries. Although industry experts have touted decentralization as central to their promise and disruptive potential, it is still unclear whether the crypto ecosystems built around blockchains are becoming more or less decentralized over time. As crypto plays an increasing role in facilitating economic transactions and peer-to-peer interactions, measuring their decentralization b…

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Ideological Fragmentation of the Social Media Ecosystem: From echo chambers to echo platforms
The entertainment-driven nature of social media encourages users to engage with like-minded individuals and consume content aligned with their beliefs, limiting exposure to diverse perspectives. Simultaneously, users migrate between platforms, either due to moderation policies like de-platforming or in search of environments better suited to their preferences. These dynamics drive the specialization of the social media ecosystem, shifting from internal echo chambers to "echo platforms"--entire …

It's time for the #EV industry to hold itself to a higher standard when it comes to roaming. You can't have your cake and eat it. Make the cake bigger!
https://www.linkedin.com/…

I fully agree with Christian Weinberger's call here: Isn't it time we stop… | Jaap Burger
I fully agree with Christian Weinberger's call here: Isn't it time we stop pretending roaming works and start holding the ecosystem to a higher standard? As a fossil in this industry, I remember how EV roaming took off 15 years ago – it was a no-brainer from a user perspective and a logical step to ensure that the EV charging market could grow, benefiting everyone in the sector. As an early electric car driver eager to travel abroad, I spent a lot of time getting the right passes for local n…

Huawei Pura X review: the ~$1,050, China-only clamshell is Huawei's first flagship running HarmonyOS 5, with novel ergonomics and an incomplete app ecosystem (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

A profile of Kari Lake, a former TV anchor who won two regional Emmy Awards for her work in Cambodia and is now tasked with dismantling the USAGM (Scott Nover/Washington Post)

Kari Lake won awards for overseas reporting. Now she has the job of cutting it.
Kari Lake won TV news Emmys years ago for work she did in Cambodia, one of the countries affected by sweeping layoffs at Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.

3D Holographic Flow Cytometry Measurements of Microalgae: Strategies for Angle Recovery in Complex Rotation Patterns
Francesca Borrelli, Giusy Giugliano, Emilie Houliez, Jaromir Behal, Daniele Pirone, Leonilde Roselli, Angela Sardo, Valerio Zupo, Maria Costantini, Lisa Miccio, Pasquale Memmolo, Vittorio Bianco, Pietro Ferraro
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3D Holographic Flow Cytometry Measurements of Microalgae: Strategies for Angle Recovery in Complex Rotation Patterns
Marine ecosystems are in the spotlight, because environmental changes are threatening biodiversity and ecological functions. In this context, microalgae play key ecological roles both in planktonic and benthic ecosystems. Consequently, they are considered indispensable targets for global monitoring programs. However, due to a high spatial and temporal variability and to difficulties of species identification (still relying on microscopy observations), the assessment of roles played by these com…

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Exploring Flow-Lenia Universes with a Curiosity-driven AI Scientist: Discovering Diverse Ecosystem Dynamics
We present a method for the automated discovery of system-level dynamics in Flow-Lenia$-$a continuous cellular automaton (CA) with mass conservation and parameter localization$-$using a curiosity-driven AI scientist. This method aims to uncover processes leading to self-organization of evolutionary and ecosystemic dynamics in CAs. We build on previous work which uses diversity search algorithms in Lenia to find self-organized individual patterns, and extend it to large environments that support…

Beyond the Protocol: Unveiling Attack Vectors in the Model Context Protocol Ecosystem
Hao Song, Yiming Shen, Wenxuan Luo, Leixin Guo, Ting Chen, Jiashui Wang, Beibei Li, Xiaosong Zhang, Jiachi Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02040

Beyond the Protocol: Unveiling Attack Vectors in the Model Context Protocol Ecosystem
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an emerging standard designed to enable seamless interaction between Large Language Model (LLM) applications and external tools or resources. Within a short period, thousands of MCP services have already been developed and deployed. However, the client-server integration architecture inherent in MCP may expand the attack surface against LLM Agent systems, introducing new vulnerabilities that allow attackers to exploit by designing malicious MCP servers. In th…

Researchers say tactics used to make AI more engaging, like making them more agreeable, can make chatbots reinforce harmful ideas, like encouraging drug use (Nitasha Tiku/Washington Post)

Your chatbot friend might be messing with your mind
OpenAI, Meta and others want people to spend more time with AI chatbots, but there is growing evidence that they can hook users or reinforce harmful ideas.