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Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," June 15, 2025 (CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-full-transcript-06-15-2025/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250615/p74#a250615p74

Corbyn and McDonnell face no further action over January 18 Palestine demo | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/corbyn-and-mcdonnell-face-no-further-action-over-january-18-palestine-demo…

"You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried [Kuno]. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy. Men made it, do not forget that. Great men, but men. The Machine is much, but it is not everything. I see something like you in this plate, but I do not see you. I hear something like you through this telephone, but I do not hear you. That is why I want you to come. Come and stop with me. Pay me a visit, so that we can meet face to face, and talk about the hopes that ar…

As you ford life's rivers, keep your knees bent and face upstream so you can better see what's coming at you. But as you crawl life's ductworks, face downwind and keep your mouth shut lest you suck in dust-bunnies.
#NaturalPhilosophy #Strife and

Emperor Trump's spending $100M on a useless 'birthday' military parade for his small penis cuz he thinks weapons & machinery will make him more than the childish toddler he is?
☑️ #Trump threatens military parade protesters, says dissenters will face 'very heavy force'

Trump threatens military parade protesters, says dissenters will face 'very heavy force'
Ahead of his military parade, Donald Trump said those who dared to express their First Amendment rights should expect to face "very heavy force."

Sam Lynn Ballpark in Bakersfield, where batters face into the setting sun,
is an anomaly in a sport of anomalies.
Or perhaps it is simply
a reminder of what once was.
There’s not one thing about Sam Lynn that makes sense to the modern fan, Wheeler admitted. 
“Is it glitzy? No,” he asked rhetorically.
“Is it entertaining for the people that are there?
Yes. Yes, it is.
Are you going to go blind if you look into the sun?
Yes. But it is wh…

I asked AI to design a challenge coin* for the U.S. Marines for their campaign in Los Angeles against the American people.
Here’s what it suggests. Are you few the proud yet?
*medallion recognizing membership/achievement/boost morale, often collected or exchanged.
#USpol #USMC

40 years ago tonight, the #GratefulDead continue their 20th anniversary celebrations in #berkeley, the middle night of 3, a 5pm start. early summer ’85, show #2.
soundboard:

It's keeping great time.

@… Nice! I don’t think they are old enough yet. This was mostly crafting, face painting, and a bouncy castle. (TIL the word „Hupfburg“.) There was live music but honestly, it was the most disappointing part of the whole day. The rest was great.
This was the event, in case you’re interested:

INTERESTINGLY, if I keep my eyes open while I am drying my face, even though I cannot see anything at all, somehow my body is able to be satisfied with that amount of input, and keep me stable and steady. The moment I close my eyes, I get wobbly. Open them even if I cannot see, and I am fine. Cool, huh? (END)

Those of you out there facing ICE/DHS - you may want to consider temporarily disabling face recognition login on your iPhone.
Here's from Apple:
Temporarily disable Face ID
You can temporarily prevent Face ID from unlocking your iPhone.
Press and hold the side button and either volume button for 2 seconds.
After the sliders appear, press the side button to immediately lock iPhone.
iPhone locks automatically if you don’t touch the screen for…

Since moving ALL* my cacti and succulents from my office to my bedroom, they are doing SO much better! Clearly south facing window was too much for them.
Anyway, I am left with a whole empty window ledge that I am wondering what to fill it with.
Suggestions please?
#WFH
*aside from a plastic one with a cute face on the pot

Ich wollte für den #ZombHell-Oneshot kommende Woche erst was Fertiges aus #OutbreakUndead nehmen, kam dann aber auf eine andere Idee:
Eine Straße(nkreuzung) in einer ungenannten Stadt, in der ich verschiedenes Zeugs und Situationen platziere. Also eher bisschen sandkistig.
Ist kein P…

Inside job
When an account gets hacked, social media giant Meta offers little support, spawning a shadowy network of brokers and Meta employees who profit from helping users get back online
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/art

Why the judgey face, #Connections? I’ll spend my #FathersDay the way I like, thank you very much.

Store cat at Riverwood on the Ithaca Commons -- I sat down on a bench and found the cat behind the next bench, it ran off when I took out my camera and camped at the entrance to the store until I left
#photo #photography

#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 10 - Voice from the Past
AVON: [Restrains Blake] Blake.
BLAKE: Renounce!
AVON: Easy, easy!
BLAKE: Renounce!
AVON: [To Cally] Tranquilizer pack!
BLAKE: Renounce! [Cally administers the tranquilizer pack. Blake subsides]

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Just finished reading Dream State by Eric Puchner, and it kind of pissed me off. I think I can see exactly why it might be popular with a certain WASPy liberal "literati" type that probably includes a lot of influential reviewers, but to me, it's points about love & life, despite being much more complex, ring just about as hollow (and harmful) as a Disney movie.
I've got a lot of quibbles, but I think most galling to me was a throwaway line near the beginning about why platonic relationships get so much less glory in media than romantic ones, when so much of the plot proceeds to revolve around a stale agency-free romantic attraction model that's certainly more complex on its face than a Disney romance but which is ultimately just as misleading.
Go read Loveless or really any YA #OwnVoices romance (especially queer) and you'll be learning more & better lessons about the human condition.

It's #NoKings day!
🚫👑🚫👑🚫👑🚫
Be loud. Be heard. Be safe.
⸻
EFF Protest Guide:
•⁠📱⁠https://mastodon.social/@eff/114678037068775207
Know Your Rights:
•⁠🚨⁠…

John Deere Must Face FTC Lawsuit Over Its Tractor Repair Monopoly, Judge Rules https://www.404media.co/john-deere-must-face-ftc-lawsuit-over-its-tractor-repair-monopoly-judge-rules/

Cowboys could face tough QB decision during minicamp https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-could-face-tough-qb-decision-during-minicamp/2b05abbd7813cd623f5a03e4

Jets' Johnson fired up for Week 1 Rodgers reunion https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45487606/jets-de-johnson-set-week-1-return-eager-face-rodgers

LA man faces 8 years in prison for ‘spitting at an ICE agent’ after being charged with assaulting a federal employee | The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/los-angeles-arrest-spitting-ice-agent-face-b2768986.html

Il y a un siècle, chercheurs et écrivains s’opposaient Š la menace fasciste de Mussolini. Cent ans plus tard, face Š une nouvelle vague d’extrême droite, un collectif alerte : il faut refuser toute soumission, soutenir les faits et les preuves, cultiver l’esprit critique.
➡️ bit.ly/3TrsmEk

Designing Effective LLM-Assisted Interfaces for Curriculum Development
Abdolali Faraji, Mohammadreza Tavakoli, Mohammad Moein, Mohammadreza Molavi, G\'abor Kismih\'ok
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11767

Designing Effective LLM-Assisted Interfaces for Curriculum Development
Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to transform the way a dynamic curriculum can be delivered. However, educators face significant challenges in interacting with these models, particularly due to complex prompt engineering and usability issues, which increase workload. Additionally, inaccuracies in LLM outputs can raise issues around output quality and ethical concerns in educational content delivery. Addressing these issues requires careful oversight, best achieved through coopera…

There is little about Scott Jennings,
or the words that come out of his mouth,
that corresponds to reality.
A decade into Trump’s capture of the Republican Party, Jennings is the premier crossover enabler.
He is perhaps CNN’s most recognizable face alongside its primetime anchors,
and he is feted on jokey, tough-talk shows like Bill Maher. 
But Jennings is a representation of our own malady,
a projection of a country whose political culture is now…

Scott Jennings in the Hyperreal and the Myth of the Escape Hatch
Jennings is like a simulation of a Trump enabler.

Sources: four senior BBC journalists have lodged ageism complaints as they face layoffs under plans to merge the BBC's Home and Foreign newsdesks (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/06/bbc-news-journalists-age-discriminat…

BBC News Journalists Lodge Ageism Complaint As They Face Being Fired Under Newsdesk Merger
A group of seasoned BBC News journalists have claimed that they are being forced out of the corporation because of their age.

“I do not design with Figma. He who designs with Figma has forgotten the face of his father. I design with my eye.
I do not code with an IDE. He who codes with his IDE has forgotten the face of his father. I code with my mind.
I do not push to staging. He who pushes to staging has forgotten the face of his father. I push to prod.”
--The Gunslinger, if Stephen King was full stack
#tech

However if I towel dry in the shower before getting out, and I am drying my face and hair, I instantly lose visual reference since the towel covers my eyes. So now I only have two points in space unless I use one hand on the towel, and one hand on a grab bar. (3)

Hugging Face unveils two open-source humanoid robots, the $3,000 full-sized HopeJR and a $250-$300 Reachy Mini desktop unit, expected to ship by the end of 2025 (Rebecca Szkutak/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/29/hugging-face-unveils-two-…

Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots | TechCrunch
Hugging Face hopes to start shipping two new open-source humanoid robots by the end of 2025.

Check out my latest CSO piece, which examines how Trump’s nominees for national cyber director and CISA director will face shared challenges but different prospects in coping with unprecedented reductions in cyber personnel across the federal government.
Many thanks to Michael Daniel of the Cyber Threat Alliance and Mark Montgomery of FDD for their help and insight.
Daniel made a point about Trump's cutbacks on cyber spending, a situation that most cyber folks haven't see…

Top US cyber officials face divergent paths after Senate confirmation
Following their Senate confirmations, Sean Cairncross and Sean Plankey — Trump’s nominees for national cyber director and CISA director — will face shared challenges but different prospects in coping with unprecedented reductions in cyber personnel across the federal government.

FBI busts alleged LA riot leader who was filmed helping to distribute 'Bionic Shield' face masks to protesters (Jennie Taer/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/06/12/us-news/fbi-busts-alleged-la-riot-leader-who-was-filmed-handing-out-bionic-shield-face-masks-to-protesters/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p118#a250612p118

An approximate Riemann Solver Approach in Physics-Informed Neural Networks for hyperbolic conservation laws
Jorge F. Urb\'an, Jos\'e A. Pons
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11959

An approximate Riemann Solver Approach in Physics-Informed Neural Networks for hyperbolic conservation laws
This study enhances the application of Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) for modeling discontinuous solutions in both hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics. Conventional PINNs, trained with partial differential equation residuals, frequently face convergence issues and lower accuracy near discontinuities. To address these issues, we build on the recently proposed Locally-Linearized PINNs, which improve shock detection by modifying the Jacobian matrix resulting from the linearizati…

Face the future
#StreetArt #face #photography

Fusion of multi-source precipitation records via coordinate-based generative model
Sencan Sun, Congyi Nai, Baoxiang Pan, Wentao Li, Xin Li, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Yanluan Lin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11698

Fusion of multi-source precipitation records via coordinate-based generative model
Precipitation remains one of the most challenging climate variables to observe and predict accurately. Existing datasets face intricate trade-offs: gauge observations are relatively trustworthy but sparse, satellites provide global coverage with retrieval uncertainties, and numerical models offer physical consistency but are biased and computationally intensive. Here we introduce PRIMER (Precipitation Record Infinite MERging), a deep generative framework that fuses these complementary sources t…

"Trump’s now dedicated to making America dumb and poor again, and the red hat brigade will cheer him on while punching themselves in the face to achieve his objectives. In what world would ANYONE vote for that? Please help me understand."

The cracks will now begin to appear. The question is, will the dam burst?
The problem with feeding the rich is, they have already emptied the main tank, so Trump has to now syphon the wealth from the reserve tank, Social Security and Medicaid.

Engineering teams often get stuck striving for perfection, not out of laziness, but due to an insatiable desire to improve. Join Tim Schmolka next week at Berlin Buzzwords to discover how teams can overcome perfectionism. He will discuss the significance of setting clear boundaries, balancing quality with timely delivery, and focusing on what truly matters.
Learn more:

The Perfection Trap
Many engineering teams face a common struggle: the desire to deliver perfect solutions can delay projects and limit business impact. This session explores how the familiar Parkinson’s Law is often misunderstood in engineering contexts. Instead of laziness, it’s excessive craftsmanship and relentless perfectionism that extend timelines. Through real-world examples and practical insights, you’ll learn about the “perfection pressure spectrum,” which helps diagnose whether your team is st…

“…declared in an article based exclusively on LAPD sources. It’s an understandable decision on their part … As of Tuesday morning, the LA Press Club documented over 30 injuries to members of the press. Easier and safer to parrot police talking points than face down their guns.”
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This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24247 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCV_…

50 Years of Automated Face Recognition
Over the past 50 years, automated face recognition has evolved from rudimentary, handcrafted systems into sophisticated deep learning models that rival and often surpass human performance. This paper chronicles the history and technological progression of FR, from early geometric and statistical methods to modern deep neural architectures leveraging massive real and AI-generated datasets. We examine key innovations that have shaped the field, including developments in dataset, loss function, ne…

The problem of course is that our problems are complex.
“Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds” - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/09/apple-artificial-intelligence…

Real-Time Confidence Detection through Facial Expressions and Hand Gestures
Tanjil Hasan Sakib, Samia Jahan Mojumder, Rajan Das Gupta, Md Imrul Hasan Showmick, Md. Yeasin Rahat, Md. Jakir Hossen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09153

Real-Time Confidence Detection through Facial Expressions and Hand Gestures
Real-time face orientation recognition is a cutting-edge technology meant to track and analyze facial movements in virtual environments such as online interviews, remote meetings, and virtual classrooms. As the demand for virtual interactions grows, it becomes increasingly important to measure participant engagement, attention, and overall interaction. This research presents a novel solution that leverages the Media Pipe Face Mesh framework to identify facial landmarks and extract geometric dat…

I'm not sure which is worse: the idea that the folks setting this up didn't realize what they were implying...
... Or that they knew exactly what they were doing.

The expression on his wife's face... 😜
▶️ Pro Fathers Day tip
#humor

⛓️‍💥 The ‘chain of favors’ that keeps Cubans afloat in the face of state abandonment
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-20/the-chain-of-favors-that-keeps-cubans-afloat-in-the-face-of-state-ab…

The ‘chain of favors’ that keeps Cubans afloat in the face of state abandonment
Tired of waiting for a government that has turned its back on them, millions of people suffering from hunger, homelessness and a lack of medicine in Cuba are relying on solidarity to survive

A US judge rules that Amazon must face a proposed class action lawsuit by independent authors accusing it of monopolizing the audiobook retail market (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/a

#Harvard continues to ignore reports of anti- Palestinian/Arabi/Muslim bias.
“Now, in the face of Trump, Harvard pretends that it is standing up, but you cannot stand up for freedom and silence members of your own community,”
h…

Harvard Affiliates Deliver Hundreds of Complaints Alleging Anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim Bias to President Garber’s Office | News | The Harvard Crimson
More than 30 Harvard affiliates delivered a box containing 452 discrimination complaints to Massachusetts Hall at a Monday rally, alleging that Harvard has fostered “pervasive bias against Muslims, Arabs and Palestinians.”

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Hey Irish banks hows it goin?

I shared a video this morning: Courage in the Face of Violence: Standing Up for Democracy and Justice #NoKings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCBsk2DRV1s

Ein humanoider Open-Source-Roboter für 3000 US-Dollar
Hugging Face stellt einen humanoiden Roboter für 3000 US-Dollar vor, der gehen und mit Objekten interagieren können soll.
https://www.

Sources - Cachemire de Mongolie : Enquête sur la face cachée de nos vêtements - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
#mongolie

Sources - Cachemire de Mongolie : Enquête sur la face cachée de nos vêtements - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
C’est la reine des laines. Le cachemire. Mais l’afflux sur le marché mondial de pulls plus abordables a des conséquences sur tout un pays… Que font les marques pour limiter leur impact ?

Ready to face the challenges of Aeternum tonight! Streaming New World Aeternum live on Twitch from my Linux setup. Join the expedition! #NewWorldAeternum

Keep your kids out of the basement with this ONE WEIRD TRICK #parenting

Eau potable : des scientifiques pointent le manque de rigueur de la Wallonie face aux résidus de pesticides.
#Wallonie #santé #pesticides

Embedded Acoustic Intelligence for Automotive Systems
Renjith Rajagopal, Peter Winzell, Sladjana Strbac, Konstantin Lindstr\"om, Petter H\"orling, Faisal Kohestani, Niloofar Mehrzad
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11071

Embedded Acoustic Intelligence for Automotive Systems
Transforming sound insights into actionable streams of data, this abstract leverages findings from degree thesis research to enhance automotive system intelligence, enabling us to address road type [1].By extracting and interpreting acoustic signatures from microphones installed within the wheelbase of a car, we focus on classifying road type.Utilizing deep neural networks and feature extraction powered by pre-trained models from the Open AI ecosystem (via Hugging Face [2]), our approach enable…

Sonnet 131 - CXXXI
Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art,
As those whose beauties proudly make them cruel;
For well thou know'st to my dear doting heart
Thou art the fairest and most precious jewel.
Yet, in good faith, some say that thee behold,
Thy face hath not the power to make love groan;
To say they err I dare not be so bold,
Although I swear it to myself alone.
And to be sure that is not false I swear,
A thousand groans, b…

If the Finder icon looks reversed to you in macOS 26, then my guess is that you aren’t using Dark Mode…

I feel like I'm the only one in the world who likes lime flavored hard seltzer. Everywhere I go the watering holes stock as a rule crazy, in-your-face flavors like PINEAPPLE and PASSIONFRUIT and BLACKBERRY. I can just about tolerate mango.
1/2

"The cult of goal-setting thrives in this illusion. It converts uncertainty into an illusion of progress. It demands specificity in exchange for comfort. And it replaces self-trust with the performance of future-planning."
(Original title: Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits)

Smart People Don't Chase Goals; They Create Limits
A few years ago, I sat across from a friend at a late dinner. He was telling me about his new promotion, the big title, the bonus, the corner office. I remember watching his face as he described it. He looked like someone describing a story he’d once believed

Trump is spiraling. We face the consequences. Where are the other branches?
https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-is-spiraling-we-face-the-consequences

Multiverse Privacy Theory for Contextual Risks in Complex User-AI Interactions
Ece Gumusel
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10042 https://a…

Multiverse Privacy Theory for Contextual Risks in Complex User-AI Interactions
In an era of increasing interaction with artificial intelligence (AI), users face evolving privacy decisions shaped by complex, uncertain factors. This paper introduces Multiverse Privacy Theory, a novel framework in which each privacy decision spawns a parallel universe, representing a distinct potential outcome based on user choices over time. By simulating these universes, this theory provides a foundation for understanding privacy through the lens of contextual integrity, evolving preferenc…

The Las Vegas Raiders Face a Significant Question https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/las-vegas-devin-white-pete-carroll-jeremy-chinn-ashton-jeanty

#Blakes7 Series C, Episode 12 - Death-Watch
DEETA: So, you have an answer for the Summons to Justification. Like what? Surely not a Blood Feud? [rises to face her] I can't have killed someone who's close kin to both of you. Particularly not as your friend here is a citizen of the Vandor Confederacy. As I assume you are. [drops a metal ID card at her feet]
KARLA: [Picks it …

AdaptiveLLM: A Framework for Selecting Optimal Cost-Efficient LLM for Code-Generation Based on CoT Length
Junhang Cheng, Fang Liu, Chengru Wu, Li Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10525

AdaptiveLLM: A Framework for Selecting Optimal Cost-Efficient LLM for Code-Generation Based on CoT Length
While Large Language Models (LLMs) have significantly advanced code generation efficiency, they face inherent challenges in balancing performance and inference costs across diverse programming tasks. Dynamically selecting the optimal LLM based on task difficulty and resource constraints offers a promising approach to achieve an optimal balance between efficiency and performance. However, existing model selection methods are resource-intensive and often neglect cost efficiency. Moreover, these a…

If you image playground my face, thats a faux pas

BELIEVE in YOURSELF

Years ago, I moved to a place where I didn't speak the language. My initial strategy for dealing with interactions I didn't understand was to simply say "no." I figured this was safe - at least I wouldn't agree to something I didn't want. One day, as I was leaving my apartment with a friend, the guy across the hall asked me a question. "No," I said. He looked like I'd spit in his face then retreated to his apartment. My friend, dumbfounded, asked &quot…

»Hacker greifen Kundendaten bei Adidas, Victoria's Secret und Cartier ab:
Hacker haben es auf Firmen mit kaufkräftigen Kunden abgesehen. Nach Datenabgriffen bei The North Face sowie Marks & Spencer werden jetzt drei weitere namhafte Unternehmen Opfer. Die Cyberkriminellen haben große Datensätze gesammelt, aber keine Zahlungsinformationen erhalten«
Die wievielten Konzerne sind das, die sich einen Quatsch um Kundendaten kümmern?
🙄

Hacker greifen Kundendaten bei Adidas, Victoria's Secret und Cartier ab
Hacker haben es auf Firmen mit kaufkräftigen Kunden abgesehen. Nach Datenabgriffen bei The North Face sowie Marks & Spencer werden jetzt drei weitere namhafte Unternehmen Opfer. Die Cyberkriminellen haben große Datensätze gesammelt, aber keine Zahlungsinformationen erhalten.

Adaptive Job Scheduling in Quantum Clouds Using Reinforcement Learning
Waylon Luo (Kent State University), Jiapeng Zhao (Cisco), Tong Zhan (Meta), Qiang Guan (Kent State University)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10889

Adaptive Job Scheduling in Quantum Clouds Using Reinforcement Learning
Present-day quantum systems face critical bottlenecks, including limited qubit counts, brief coherence intervals, and high susceptibility to errors-all of which obstruct the execution of large and complex circuits. The advancement of quantum algorithms has outpaced the capabilities of existing quantum hardware, making it difficult to scale computations effectively. Additionally, inconsistencies in hardware performance and pervasive quantum noise undermine system stability and computational accu…

Trump complaining about the violence in LA is basically somebody punching themselves in the face and then saying they’re going to start punching everyone if the punching doesn’t stop.

On-the-Fly Adaptive Distillation of Transformer to Dual-State Linear Attention
Yeonju Ro, Zhenyu Zhang, Souvik Kundu, Zhangyang Wang, Aditya Akella
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09316

On-the-Fly Adaptive Distillation of Transformer to Dual-State Linear Attention
Large language models (LLMs) excel at capturing global token dependencies via self-attention but face prohibitive compute and memory costs on lengthy inputs. While sub-quadratic methods (e.g., linear attention) can reduce these costs, they often degrade accuracy due to overemphasizing recent tokens. In this work, we first propose \textit{dual-state linear attention} (\textbf{\dsla}), a novel design that maintains two specialized hidden states-one for preserving historical context and one for tr…

Night #WristCheck
Sleep well all.

What, my family actually expects me to act "normal"? What kind of backwards sorcery is that? I’m an anarchist at heart and a syndicalist by choice, no apologies, no compromises.
https://nsf-iaa.org

Face to face with solar telescopes, meteorites and exoplanets: For the 6th Night of Science on June 21st 2025 in Göttingen, the MPI for Solar System Research is offering a full program of hands-on activities, lectures, guided tours, and unique exhibits.
Infos by MPS: https://www.mps.mpg.de/night-of-science-20

Dimitri is very curious about you for #caturday

Aaron Rodgers revenge tour will be happening: New Steelers QB to face Packers and Jets in 2025

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/aaron-r

Mistral launches its first reasoning models: Magistral Small, on Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license, and Magistral Medium, in preview on Mistral's Le Chat (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/10/mistral-releases-a-pai…

Mistral releases a pair of AI reasoning models | TechCrunch
Like other reasoning models, Magistral works through problems step-by-step for improved consistency and reliability across topics such as math and physics.

Was an aunt ever as hot as Aunt Fritzi
#ErnieBushmiller

Nearly 3,000 North Face website customer accounts breached as retail incidents continue https://therecord.media/north-face-customer-accounts-data-breach-notification

Marines are highly trained in combat and crisis response, with time in conflict zones like Syria and Afghanistan.
But that is starkly different from the role they will face now:
They could potentially be hit by L A hipsters carrying gas canisters and have to quickly decide how to respond
or face decisions about protecting an immigration enforcement agent from crowds.

Pentagon draws up rules for Marines deployed to LA protests
The Pentagon is scrambling to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles. U.S. Northern Command said Monday that it's sending 700 Marines into the Los Angeles area to protect federal property and personnel. A U.S. official says troops will be armed with their normal service weapons b…

A late addition to stroke awareness month (May).
From my article: #health #stroke

A Berny green, flieger - type b style watch, with a green dial.
Yes, it looks similar to a certain Seiko with this dial color and the four o'clock crown but, that watch too steals 90 % of it's design from classic fliegers, so I'm ok with it. 😆
Plus it has a couple of things extra I wanted. Titanium case, sapphire crystal, no logo or extraneous text on the face (like classic fliegers) and it features a "mecha-quartz" (quartz accuracy but the second hand is m…

DOJ Discovers It CAN Actually Bring Abrego Garcia Back… To Face Sketchy, Trumped Up Criminal Charges | Techdirt
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/06/doj-discovers-it-can-actually-bring-abrego-garcia-back-to-face-sketchy-trumped-up-criminal-charges/

Democratic governors face contentious hearing on sanctuary cities (Julia Manchester/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5345261-democratic-governors-house-hearing-sanctuary-states/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250612/p12#a250612p12

Accelerating Large-Scale Regularized High-Order Tensor Recovery
Wenjin Qin, Hailin Wang, Jingyao Hou, Jianjun Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09594 https:/…

Accelerating Large-Scale Regularized High-Order Tensor Recovery
Currently, existing tensor recovery methods fail to recognize the impact of tensor scale variations on their structural characteristics. Furthermore, existing studies face prohibitive computational costs when dealing with large-scale high-order tensor data. To alleviate these issue, assisted by the Krylov subspace iteration, block Lanczos bidiagonalization process, and random projection strategies, this article first devises two fast and accurate randomized algorithms for low-rank tensor approx…

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Loose Joints:
🎵 Is It All Over My Face
#LooseJoints
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New survey data out Friday shows that Republicans are wrong if they remain unconcerned about public sentiment as it relates to the evisceration of Medicaid or healthcare support systems that would result from passage of their colossal legislation now making its way through Congress
— a bill that, if passed, would see coverage stripped from an estimated 11-16 million people in the coming years.

Poll Shows GOP Senators Who Vote to Cut Medicaid Could Face Political Peril
A KFF Health Tracking Poll shows anxiety is high about looming Medicaid cuts among voters across the political spectrum.

Hmm… maybe I should pickup a watch with a "California Dial". 🤔
P.S. For those unfamiliar with this dial layout or even those who have seen it but wondered WTF is going on, this is a nice summary:
https://revolutionwatch.com/california-love/

California Love
With its mix of Roman and Arabic numerals, the so-called California dial has become one of the most sought-after Rolex watches of the modern era.

From a 'day of love' to 'if they spit, we will hit': Trump's about-face on violence against police (Natasha Korecki/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-violence-police-jan-6-los-angeles-rcna211912
http://www.memeorandum.com/250611/p139#a250611p139

The Trump administration’s
“border czar” warned that
immigration enforcement will continue
“every day” in Los Angeles,
hinting that even elected officials
could face arrest
if they interfere with agents on the ground.
Tom Homan appeared undeterred
by the volatile protests
against federal agents
in Los Angeles
who were carrying out
immigration raids.
Enforcement will be daily,
he said late Saturday
in an …

Trump's border czar threatens arrest for immigration interference, warns Newsom and Bass not to 'cross that line'
LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration’s “border czar” warned that immigration enforcement will continue “every day” in Los Angeles, hinting that even elected officials could face arrest if they interfere with agents on the ground

Google quietly released an Android app called Google AI Edge Gallery on GitHub, letting users run some AI models from Hugging Face locally on their phones (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/31/goog

Google quietly released an app that lets you download and run AI models locally | TechCrunch
Last week, Google quietly released an app, Google AI Edge Gallery, that lets users run a range of openly available AI models from the AI dev platform Hugging Face on their phones.

Here is what some existing medical research has to say about how to stay safe, one body part at a time.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-protect-yourself-during-protests/

How to Protect Yourself during Protests
Demonstrators face tear gas, flash bangs, coronavirus and surveillance

Republicans face new pressure to extend expiring Obamacare tax credits (Sahil Kapur/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-face-new-pressure-extend-expiring-obamacare-tax-credits-rcna209281
http://www.memeorandum.com/250602/p12#a250602p12

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Think EMILYs List for young, progressive courageous candidates.
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Abrego Garcia Charged With Illegally Transporting Migrants in US (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-06/abrego-garcia-returning-to-us-to-face-charges-abc-reports
http://www.memeorandum.com/250606/p111#a250606p111

Now is when it really matters
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF6WJLZttlN/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ

Leigh McGowan on Instagram: "Kendrick Lamar showed more courage in the face of rising American tyranny than we’ve seen from ANY former American leader. If you swore an oath to protect this nation, where are you now?"
190K likes, 15K comments - iampoliticsgirl on February 10, 2025: "Kendrick Lamar showed more courage in the face of rising American tyranny than we’ve seen from ANY former American leader. If you swore an oath to protect this nation, where are you now?".

The Trump administration’s deployment of national guard troops to Los Angeles
to intervene in civilian protests in the face of opposition from the Californian governor
is a major escalation that risks the politicisation of the US military, armed service veterans are warning.
Former top military figures have told the Guardian that the decision to put up to 2,000 troops under federal control and send them into the streets of LA
is a violation of the military’s commitmen…

With fewer than 900 American students in China at a time of unprecedented bilateral tensions,
Chinese classmates continually ask her to explain President Donald Trump’s decisions,
while American friends and family ask her to translate the intricacies of Chinese politics.
https://www.

American students in China face a barrage of questions about Trump
The number of U.S. students in China has plummeted, but those who are there now say it’s more important than ever for Americans to understand the country.