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Ukrainian Forces strike Russian 8th Army command center for second time in a week: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/05/ukrainian-forces-strike-russian-th.html

Battery electric vehicles had a market share of 18% last month in Germany; sales 45% higher than in May 2024.
China's BYD up 824%, easily surpassing Tesla (down 36%), but still only 4% share in Germany's BEV market.
https://www.

Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder, or SSMIS, rides on a series of satellites and allows forecasters to see a storm’s structure,
which might otherwise be invisible.
The Hurricane Hunter planes that fly into storms can be used to generate three-dimensional storm images, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which is responsible for hurricane forecasting, has only two of those aircraft.
They can’t be everywhere at once.
✅ With the SSMIS, forec…

Hurricane Science Was Great While It Lasted
The U.S. is hacking away at support for state-of-the-art forecasting.

As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service
https://flip.it/BJQ-oD

As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service | Common Dreams
"Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season," said one critic.

Counterpoint has revised its 2025 global smartphone shipment growth forecast to 1.9% YoY, down from 4.2%, citing "renewed uncertainties surrounding US tariffs" (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/apple-sams

Apple and Samsung smartphone growth to take hit from tariff uncertainty: Counterpoint Research
Counterpoint Research revised down its 2025 global smartphone shipment growth forecast to 1.9% year-on-year from 4.2%.

I've been pondering the AI botnet issue for Git forges. Seems to me they seem to airways hit */*/commit/ or */*/blame/ and other such endpoints. It seems reasonable to assume (at least to me) that those types of endpoints are only going to be hit by legitimate users if they are actively working on the code. It would be really beneficial if there were a setting in #forgejo and other forges…

Cowboys TE looking to bounce back from historically horrible to new $70 million contract https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/05/cowboys-jake-ferguson-player-profile/84029202007/…

DocuSign reports Q1 revenue up 8% YoY to $764M, subscription revenue up 8% to $746.2M, net income up 113% to $72.1M, and cuts FY 2026 forecast; DOCU falls 18% (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/06/docusign-stock-billings-earnings.html

DocuSign stock tanks 18% after company cuts billings outlook
The downbeat forecast overshadowed the company's better-than-expected earnings and revenue results.

Staff shortages at weather service offices in might have complicated Texas forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/poli

As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.