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Massive win for the Green party in the Gorton and Denton by-election; not even close in the end:
Hannah Spencer (Green Party): 14,980 Matt Goodwin (Reform UK): 10,578
Angeliki Stogia (Labour Party): 9,364
Hopefully the UK government will now realise it needs to tack hard to the left. Chasing after Farage's xenophobic votes is a losing proposition.

New Green MP says 'we can win anywhere' as Starmer vows to 'keep fighting' after by-election loss
Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, wins the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Reform coming in second and Labour in third.

Former FCC Commissioners and staffers ask a federal appeals court to require the FCC to vote on a November 2025 petition to repeal the News Distortion Policy (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/919536/former-fcc-officials-b…

Former FCC officials want to force a vote on the ‘weapon’ Brendan Carr has invoked against broadcasters
A bipartisan group of former Federal Communications Commission officials want a court to force the agency to vote on a petition to repeal the News Distortion Policy.

A One-Step Cascade Symmetric Model: Rank-$1$ Packets, Binary Shielding, and the Even Exact-Cardinality Profile
Frank Gilson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.25950 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.25950 https://arxiv.org/html/2603.25950
arXiv:2603.25950v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We introduce a one-step cascade symmetric system whose local symmetry geometry is organized by finite $\rho$-closed windows and one-step stars rather than by rowwise-independent toggles. The resulting symmetric model isolates a new $ZF DC \neg \mathrm{BPI}$ geometry in which rank-$1$ hereditarily symmetric reals admit a packet normalization theorem over countable $\rho$-closed supports.
The technical center of the paper is the finite star-span lemma and the associated rank-$1$ packet calculus. From this we obtain a normalization theorem and a two-layer coding consequence for rank-$1$ reals (in the metatheory, via a well-orderable base of packets). We then apply the same binary fresh-support shielding pattern to prove $\neg C_2$, hence $\neg AC_{\mathrm{fin}}$, and therefore the failure of every even $C_n$ (where $C_n$ denotes the principle that every family of nonempty $n$-element sets admits a choice function). On the odd side, the present bounded packet calculus remains dyadic: support-fixed local actions factor through finite $2$-groups, bounded support-equivariant quotients of finite local orbits have power-of-two size, and trace-separated bounded rigid ternary families admit canonical selectors within a fixed finite trace window. Accordingly, the odd exact-cardinality profile remains open beyond the current local binary machinery.
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Are governments properly supporting the digital commons? Many adopt open source software but don't fund the upstream projects that maintain it. This amplifies a "tragedy of the commons" rather than being part of the solution. Governments have historically invented ways to shape the playing field - patents, public universities, copyright, taxes ... They can do it again!

Governments need to adopt Matrix responsibly | Anais Concepcion
Are governments abdicating their duty to the digital commons? And no, this isn't another "pay up" post. The solution is bigger than money. Element astutely highlights a troubling pattern: A government adopts open source software, deploys it, and pays nothing to the editors maintaining the upstream project. Upstream editors, receiving no revenue from their largest users, face a rational but painful choice: build proprietary features that force payment, or shut down. I think it's worse than th…

Fears about the global economic fallout from the war in Iran grew on Sunday
as the U.S. energy secretary acknowledged in a televised interview that there were
“no guarantees” that oil prices would fall in the coming weeks.
A day after President Trump called on other countries to send warships to the region to end the de facto Iranian blockade of the economically vital Strait of Hormuz,
foreign governments responded with caution— if at all

Iran War Live Updates: Israel Launches Strikes as Trump Urges World to Defend Strait of Hormuz
Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz to America and its allies, but the president’s earlier call for more naval reinforcements has gained little traction. The U.S. energy secretary, Chris Wright, acknowledged energy prices could remain high.

Sheaves on Graphs and their Differential Calculi
Rita Fioresi, Angelica Simonetti, Ferdinando Zanchetta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21176 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.21176 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.21176
arXiv:2602.21176v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In this paper we explore the link between the theory of sheaves on graphs and noncommutative geometry showing that many concepts and constructions in the latter can be generalized and enhanced using methods coming from the former. They include notions such as Laplacians and connections, important in the theory of discrete noncommutative geometry, that are here explored with sheaf theoretic methods and using the language of (semi)simplicial sets.
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HagioClass, by José Pablo Iriarte
Lightspeed Magazine
Basically, an @… Hanna Fresh AI Hell segment in the form of a short story
Highly recommended the podcast form narrated by Steven Rudnicki, whose Hemingway growl is amazing.

HagioClass - Lightspeed Magazine
Hayley stands by the exit to the bookstore, eyeing the torrent coming down in sheets over the parking lot. Behind her, Matt hides the tiniest of fist pumps and says, “You don’t want to go out in that. Come on, let me buy us a couple of drinks at the café.” She takes a long look at the tempest outside, checks the time on her phone, and says, “I guess I have time for a cup of tea. I’ll get my own.”

It’s worth noting that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originator of the bad deductive rule in question, spent his later years falling for and vehemently defending a variety of hoaxes involving fairies and communicating with the dead:
https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-175-ghost-racket-crusade-10-22-2021/

In The Lechtal Alps (2024)
Previously (same valley):
#MountainMonday

Sources: Paramount pulls ads from The Ankler and tells staff to freeze out the outlet after an Ankler columnist was seen with bags of "Block the Merger" buttons (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/jo

Paramount Pulls Ads From The Ankler After Rushfield Boosts ‘Block the Merger’ Movement at CinemaCon | Exclusive
Paramount pulled its advertising from The Ankler after its editorial director and chief columnist, Richard Rushfield, was seen at CinemaCon with “Block the Merger” buttons.