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Freshwater Writing
How to handle freshwater fluxes from ice sheets in climate models, where there isn't an ice sheet model component? A new paper just out reveals all...
http://sternaparadisaea.net/2025/11/10/freshwater-writing/

Not to make light of the latter, but "Once again millions of Canadians literally forget how to drive after first snowfall"* is Canada's "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens".**
*<https://www.thebeaverton.c…

Starcloud, which launched a satellite with a Nvidia H100 chip in November, says the satellite is running and querying responses from Google's Gemma (Pia Singh/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/10/nvidia-backed-starcloud-tr…

‘Greetings, earthlings’: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up
The company's Starcloud-1 satellite is running Gemma, an open model from Google, marking the first time in history that an LLM has been trained in outer space.

Ukraine, US hold first reconstruction talks as economic recovery tied to peace deal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/10/ukraine-us-hold-first-reconstruction.html

https://nypost.com/2025/10/10/us-news/cybersecurity-agency-that-clashed-with-trump-one-of-the-first-hit-with-federal-firings-due-to-shutdown/
Cybersecurity agency that clashed with Trump…

Cybersecurity agency that clashed with Trump one of the first hit with federal firings due to government shutdown
CISA plans to keep just 889 employees on duty during a shutdown while furloughing 65% of its workforce.

Can Fractal Dimension Distinguish between Grand-design and Flocculent Spiral Arms? #galaxies

NFL reduces time between picks in draft's first round by 2 minutes: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6879500/2025/12/10/nfl-draft-cuts-time-first-round-2026/

Paramount releases its first earnings report since the Skydance takeover, posting Q3 revenue of $6.7B and a net loss of $257M; PSKY jumps 5% after hours (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

David Ellison Goes Public: Paramount Releases First Earnings Report Since Skydance Takeover
The company is targeting $30 billion in revenue in 2026, Ellison told Wall Street in an investor letter, and is launching a "comprehensive strategic review" of assets that might not be core to his plan.

🔥 RUSSIANS experienced a BLACKOUT firsthand! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/10/russians-experienced-a-blackout-firsthandshorts.html

1000–10,000 M⊙ #PrimordialStars Created the Nitrogen Excess in GS 3073 at z = 5.55: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae1a63 -> Astronomers find first direct evidence of “Monster Stars” from the cosmic dawn: https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/astronomers-find-first-direct-evidence-of-monster-stars-from-the-cosmic-dawn - using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of gigantic primordial stars that were among the first to form after the Big Bang.