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"The Route to an Open Scholarly Ecosystem Runs through CC BY" @ Katina Magazine:
https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2025/route-to-open-scholarly-ecosystem-through-cc-by/

Even untouched ecosystems are losing insects at alarming rates, new study finds
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-untouched-ecosystems-insects-alarming.html

A look at Marc Benioff's pursuit of productivity gains through AI at Salesforce, which has undergone a series of layoffs over the past two years (Caroline O'Donovan/Washington Post)

Automation comes for tech jobs in the world capital of AI
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has made himself a cheerleader for AI’s potential to disrupt work while also laying off staff.

The useful political lesson from Zohran Mamdani's college application (Philip Bump/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/07/mamdani-america-racial-categorization/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUxODYwODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUzMjQzMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTE4NjA4MDAsImp0aSI6ImU0ZDNhNGE0LTA5YmUtNDc0Mi05YmI0LTkzOGNhMjQ4YjJmNCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDI1LzA3LzA3L21hbWRhbmktYW1lcmljYS1yYWNpYWwtY2F0ZWdvcml6YXRpb24vIn0.7HxcDPo8eJksWwMGjvk4jde_RSMaA_63qz49YbSavDE&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250707/p36#a250707p36

@… google maps used to alert me when it knew I was going into a store. I got off of the Android ecosystem after that

PitchBook: VCs have invested $5B in humanoid robotics startups since the beginning of 2024, as years of steady progress and GenAI triggers an investment frenzy (Washington Post)

Humanoid robots were a sci-fi dream. Suddenly they’re everywhere.
A frenzy of investment from Amazon, Meta and other companies has created a crowd of new humanoid robots.

Just bought a Trion T20 BGA256 devkit as my intro to the Efinix FPGA ecosystem. Who knows when I'll have time to play with it, but it's something I will physically possess and it's a lot cheaper than the Titanium board full of SERDES that I will be getting down the road if this works out well.

West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks (Dan Lamothe/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/06/tom-hanks-west-point/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU3MTMxMjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU4NTEzNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTcxMzEyMDAsImp0aSI6IjI0NWQ0OWZiLWNlMzYtNGMxNC1hZWQ3LTQyMGI3ZGZhNTYxYSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb25hbC1zZWN1cml0eS8yMDI1LzA5LzA2L3RvbS1oYW5rcy13ZXN0LXBvaW50LyJ9.ay_vfIEFfpew96lGOMY6agmKivkRCcQRl6f3t3I6BkY&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250906/p24#a250906p24

Johnson backs off claim that Trump was an 'FBI informant' in Epstein case (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/07/trump-epstein-johnson-fbi/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU3MjE3NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU4NTk5OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTcyMTc2MDAsImp0aSI6IjRiNjE1ZDdhLTZmZTctNGE0OS1hM2E2LWJkZjgzNzhiODBhNCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI1LzA5LzA3L3RydW1wLWVwc3RlaW4tam9obnNvbi1mYmkvIn0.AnCsHQnMa-CNCso8RZHxk3taNZEhaF4TADr_H9956_k&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250907/p65#a250907p65

U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread (Lena H. Sun/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/07/07/measles-cases-hit-record/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUxODYwODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzUzMjQzMTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTE4NjA4MDAsImp0aSI6IjEwNjdiZjdhLTY4MTItNDdkNi1iNjQ0LTRlZDU4NDllZjBhZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oZWFsdGgvMjAyNS8wNy8wNy9tZWFzbGVzLWNhc2VzLWhpdC1yZWNvcmQvIn0.tv8FpqIoeefEzhyt_TLm-jcydb3Vb7Mxkj3Q45UzS74&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/250707/p27#a250707p27