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moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

GIFT: Gradient-aware Immunization of diffusion models against malicious Fine-Tuning with safe concepts retention
Amro Abdalla, Ismail Shaheen, Dan DeGenaro, Rupayan Mallick, Bogdan Raita, Sarah Adel Bargal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13598

GIFT: Gradient-aware Immunization of diffusion models against malicious Fine-Tuning with safe concepts retention
We present \textbf{GIFT}: a \textbf{G}radient-aware \textbf{I}mmunization technique to defend diffusion models against malicious \textbf{F}ine-\textbf{T}uning while preserving their ability to generate safe content. Existing safety mechanisms like safety checkers are easily bypassed, and concept erasure methods fail under adversarial fine-tuning. GIFT addresses this by framing immunization as a bi-level optimization problem: the upper-level objective degrades the model's ability to represent ha…

A look at the data center cluster in the Chinese city of Wuhu, where 15 companies, including Huawei, have built data centers with a total investment of $37B (Financial Times)

Todays #EngelskeGloser is a thought: The Norwegian Language would be severely threatened if a government University did not get paid to maintain it [2] , and a gift link to the Atlantic [1]
[1]

Trump's Two-Week Window for Diplomacy Was a Smoke Screen (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/06/trump-israel-iran-bomb/683275/?gift=kPTlqn0J1iP9IBZcsdI5Ie8uG5lCCjj8j4qVMruuL_s
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p3#a250622p3

#otrovert

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

Tinker: Diffusion's Gift to 3D--Multi-View Consistent Editing From Sparse Inputs without Per-Scene Optimization
Canyu Zhao, Xiaoman Li, Tianjian Feng, Zhiyue Zhao, Hao Chen, Chunhua Shen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14811

Tinker: Diffusion's Gift to 3D--Multi-View Consistent Editing From Sparse Inputs without Per-Scene Optimization
We introduce Tinker, a versatile framework for high-fidelity 3D editing that operates in both one-shot and few-shot regimes without any per-scene finetuning. Unlike prior techniques that demand extensive per-scene optimization to ensure multi-view consistency or to produce dozens of consistent edited input views, Tinker delivers robust, multi-view consistent edits from as few as one or two images. This capability stems from repurposing pretrained diffusion models, which unlocks their latent 3D …

Punk gegen Gift: Widerstand in der „Hauptstadt des Arsens"
In Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, ist die Arsenkonzentration in der Luft durchschnittlich fünfmal höher als in der übrigen Provinz. Angesichts der Gefahren dieses krebserregenden Elements ist die Reaktion der Behörden nach Ansicht mehrerer Organisationen unzulänglich. […]
📺 https://www.

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-mass-delusion-event/683909/?gift=bQgJMMVzeo8RHHcE1_KM0Yxw_pOVM_AK6Q1K5aHOCSs

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

Next-level recipe: the no recipe recipe. #nommention
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023313-bulgogi-style-…

Bulgogi-Style Tofu Recipe (Gift Recipe)
This is a no-recipe recipe, a recipe without an ingredient list or steps. It invites you to improvise in the kitchen. Here's the prompt: bulgogi-style tofu. It’s simple. Press some firm tofu to extract as much liquid as you can. Make a marinade of soy sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil, minced garlic, grated ginger, a spoonful of gochujang, a splash of neutral oil, some sliced scallions and toasted sesame seeds. Slice the tofu into bite-size cubes, and slide them into the marinade. Let that sit …

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad (Clint Smith/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/trump-attack-smithsonian-slavery/683969/?gift=JORs3BlPb0E7W_6BAebCaJN1Mh7EJKQaGGCyaAfRDYI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250822/p69#a250822p69

"This strange brew of shock, confusion, and ambivalence, I’ve realized, is the defining emotion of the generative-AI era. Three years into the hype, it seems that one of AI’s enduring cultural impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it."
https:/…

AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.

Well done Alexandra Petri!
Pretty sure if you wanted human rights, you don't go getting rounded up by ice or dhs or cbp or bureau of prisons who will take away your human rights. /s
Reminds me of the old "they were killed by the drone strike, therefore they were a combatant."

Just a Tiny, Minuscule Technicality About the People Held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
How to tell if someone is a criminal, according to the Department of Homeland Security

'Gift' is not a verb in English

The US bombing raid with #StealthBombers of the B-2 type and the GBU-57 bombs were a gift for #NorthKorea 🇰🇵 and #China 🇨🇳 . They have certainly recorded everything, will analyze it and draw their conclusions …

The $100K H-1B fee could accelerate offshoring as tech companies route work to India and other countries rather than bringing engineers to the US (Manish Singh/India Dispatch)
https://indiadispatch.com/p/100-000-dollar-visa-india

A Protectionist's Gift To India
A $100,000 headfake.

"Reiche gegen höhere Erbschaftssteuer"
Wenig erstaunlich. Wenn ich reich wäre, wäre ich eventuell auch dage…
Oh, Moment.
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/erbschaftssteuer-reiche-100.html

Reiche spricht sich gegen höhere Erbschaftssteuer aus
Äußerungen von Unionsfraktionschef Spahn lösten in der Regierung eine Debatte über die Erbschaftssteuer aus. Nun spricht sich Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche deutlich gegen eine Erhöhung aus. Höhere Steuern nennt sie "Gift".

Q&A with CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela on Runway's "world models" breakthrough, how it differs from typical AI video generation, the Lionsgate partnership, and more (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)

Funny, and so true.
#uspol #fascism
ICE Agent or Just Some Person?
"Your clothing should tell a story about you! Just not who you are or that you are acting in any kind of official capacity." @petridishes on the ICE dress code:

The ICE Dress Code
There’s a dress code to help you make that determination.

Governor Newsom responds to Trump’s latest gift to China: Defunding America’s only high-speed rail | Governor of California
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/16/governor-newsom-responds-to-trumps-latest-gift-to-china-defunding-americas-only-high-speed-rail/

Trump & China: TACO [gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/us/politics/trump-china-technology.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.vV0m.heUT4E1iWQAj&smid=bs-share

As Trump Courts a More Assertive Beijing, China Hawks Are Losing Out
The Trump administration has dialed back aggressive measures against China and reversed its position on technology controls as the president angles for a Chinese trip later this year.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music
Adrianne Lenker:
🎵 Sadness As a Gift
#AdrianneLenker
https://drowninginsecondperson.bandcamp.com/track/sadness-as-a-gift-adrianne-lenker-2024
https://open.spotify.com/track/1UpXhetX1s5OXTY5fRjWvu

SOMEONE'S GONNA GET HAAAACKED still unpatched after 6 months...
Original post: #cybersecurity

Happn, a dating app with 170M registered users that matches people based on where they cross paths, agrees to a takeover deal with Beijing-based Hello Group (Financial Times)

Please exit through the gift shop.
via https://xcancel.com/MargoMartin47/status/1957612914120008087

Parks gift shops directed to remove items that ‘disparage Americans’
Trump officials have directed staff at national parks to review all items in gift shops for anti-American content.
The move is part of the administration’s wider campaign to scrub federal institutions of “corrosive ideology” recognizing historical racism and sexism.

The directive instructs park staff to report by Friday any retail items that have content that “inappropriately disparages Americans past or…

Parks gift shops directed to remove items that ‘disparage Americans’
The National Park Service’s directive is part of a wider Trump administration effort to reshape how American history is told at federal institutions.

I renewed my membership to PBS/NPR station WHYY. I paid double the standard fee an did not request a gift. Take that, Trump and GOP!
#pbs #npr #funding

Kurash becomes the commander of Kharkiv Corps: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/19/kurash-becomes-the-commander-of.html

https://www.wsj.com/tech/oregon-man-accused-of-operating-one-of-most-powerful-attack-botnets-ever-seen-380b2caf?st=TeAk2p&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink (Gift link)

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Kevin Morby:
🎵 Gift Horse
#NowPlaying #KevinMorby
https://kevinmorby.bandcamp.com/album/gift-horse-b-w-i-was-on-time
https://open.spotify.com/track/3aFxLF3ghZGFDo4YBC72aC

Pranksters Fill Trump Tower Gift Shop With Epstein Postcards (Jack Silvers/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pranksters-fill-trump-tower-gift-shop-with-epstein-postcards/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250718/p129#a250718p129

The Nasdaq fell 1.4%, with Nvidia down 3.5%, Palantir down 9.4% and Arm down 5%, with AI enthusiasm cooling after a critical MIT report and warning from Altman (Financial Times)

The hypocrisy of the right is off the charts.
#uspol
(gift article)
https://www.nytimes.co…

Naturalized Citizens Are Scared (Chris Feliciano Arnold/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/naturalization-civics-test/683579/?gift=Gb4kuW_xbd8ADZ8y0a4fDPqQHTOBmQq25l5vri1qTrg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250720/p42#a250720p42

Dies geht auch mit Hühnerfiletstücklein vortrefflich, und mit Ssamjang statt Srirache (Chilipulver würd's wahrscheinlich auch tun). #nommention
https://…

Cumin Beef and Green Bean Stir-Fry Recipe (Gift Recipe)
Borrowing from both Hunan and Indo-Chinese cuisine, this speedy stir-fry features a generous amount of crushed cumin seeds for their aroma and earthy flavor. While ketchup is commonly used in Indo-Chinese cooking to provide tangy sweetness, sriracha does double duty, delivering a spicy kick without needing to reach for the chile powder. Green beans are ideal here for their mild sweetness and crunchy texture, but any quick-cooking vegetable will work in their place.

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

Have you heard the good news of #BanCars? 🙏
https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/114859290311941794

It’s the fucking rainbows, moron.
Gift article.
Kennedy Center drops family that made Honors medallions for 47 years
“It is unclear what changes the center hopes to make to the medallions”
https://wapo.st/4oDMnG8

Kennedy Center drops family that made Honors medallions for 47 years
The arts center has contacted the jeweler Tiffany & Company to redesign the award.

FFOTUS' new big awful ugly bill has a rarely noticed provision to effectively eliminate taxes on startup founder's income. It is a gift of prodigious size to the mega-$billionaires who kow tow to FFOTUS.
I am wondering if one could structure a consulting (or other) business as a startup in which you are are the sole holder of voting stock and also the sole holder of a pool of non-voting stock (yup, that's not only allowed, it is rather common practice.)
Then as you d…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Gift:
🎵 It's All Too Fast (Live at KEXP)
#Gift
https://giftbandnyc.bandcamp.com/track/its-all-too-fast
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Mm9oV6AcoKx5O5gPkxS3w

Call the Minnesota murderer what he is: a Christian terrorist.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-lawm

So you've been following the Skydance/Paramount merger. Did you know about administration's claim they were getting $20m in PSAs? Another not widely publicized story: Trump did this successfully with the Qatari jet. The United States was talking to Qatar about leasing or buying, but then Trump wished aloud that maybe it could be a gift . . . and then it was a gift. We're getting dangerously close to "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" territory.
Been d…

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

Filmmaker and artist Cauleen Smith on valuing community over status – #creativity and #community

Filmmaker and artist Cauleen Smith on valuing community over status – The Creative Independent
Filmmaker and artist Cauleen Smith discusses the gift of failure, making small moves, and the enduring wisdom of Sun Ra.

Raiders’ Tom Brady Set to Get Ultimate Gift from Patriots This Week https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/tom-brady-get-ultimate-gift/?adt_ei=[email]

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/08/microplastics-exposure-health-risks/683249/?gift=7dKtnNrILXcLLty1b9gh3hCmZ7_VaJt-S6NiDl5ppQU

What Happened When I Tried to Eliminate Plastic From My Family’s Life
My futile quest to avoid the material that my entire world is made out of

Heartbreaking.
“This essentially says the United States is no longer your ally, that the United States doesn’t see clearly beyond the rhetoric of your regime,”
https://www.

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights
State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.

The Guardian finally discovers #gravy. Obviously someone reads #mastodon.
"‘It is not jus. It is not a glaze. It is gravy!’ Britain’s gift to the world finally gets the love it deserves"

Comedians Pull Off Brazen Epstein Prank Inside Trump Tower Gift Shop (Lee Moran/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-good-liars-donald-trump-gift-shop_n_6879e733e4b00f995df4e2e8
http://www.memeorandum.com/250718/p87#a250718p87

Roland Gift is the support act!

Q&A with CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela on Runway's "world models" breakthrough, how it differs from typical AI video generation, the Lionsgate partnership, and more (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)

A former CNN correspondent discusses the challenges facing "evidence-based creators", journalists doing original reporting primarily on social media platforms (Jessica Yellin/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic…

The Awkward Adolescence of a Media Revolution
Truth is still alive on social media—but it’s not easy enough to find.

At no other time in modern history has a country so thoroughly turned its back on its core national strengths.
With devastating cuts to science and health research,
the administration is turning its back on a history of being powered and renewed by the innovation and vision of immigrants.
What America may find is that we have squandered the greatest gift from the Manhattan Project
— which, in the end, wasn’t the bomb
— but a new way of looking at how science a…

Opinion | Trump Is Squandering the Greatest Gift of the Manhattan Project
The U.S. risks not just being left behind, but out of the game entirely.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NewMusicFix
Caolšn Austin:
🎵 To Watch You Grow (Is a Gift)
#CaolánAustin
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://caolanaustin.bandcamp.com/track/to-watch-you-grow-is-a-gift
https://open.spotify.com/track/00YDvLQi1jYvKAQgkdunmp

Feds probe UM over foreign gift disclosures, 'indifference' to national security concerns (Jennifer Chambers/The Detroit News)
https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/15/feds-probe-university-michigan-foreign-gift-disclosures-indifference-national-security-concerns/85213945007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250716/p143#a250716p143

Writer and artist Jade Song on redefining perfection
#creativity
https://

Writer and artist Jade Song on redefining perfection – The Creative Independent
Writer and artist Jade Song discusses transitioning between mediums, making money from her art, and marveling at the gift of a residency.

Yes! God still loves us!
There's a new Spinal Tap movie!
😎🤘🏼
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/10/spinal-ta…

A 'Spinal Tap' Sequel Riffs on the End of Rock
Forty years after Spinal Tap, history’s most hapless band turns it up to 11 one last time.

Kari Lake pushes to deport some of her former employees who worked for Voice of America; they were invited to the US under J-1 visas that are no longer valid (Toluse Olorunnipa/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic…

Kari Lake’s Attempt to Deport Her Own Employees
“Their time here is up,” she said of J-1 visa holders who worked for Voice of America.

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Kevin Morby:
🎵 Gift Horse
#NowPlaying #KevinMorby
https://kevinmorby.bandcamp.com/album/gift-horse-b-w-i-was-on-time
https://open.spotify.com/track/3aFxLF3ghZGFDo4YBC72aC

Why Trump Can’t Make the Epstein Story Go Away: His brainwashing powers are finite.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/trum…

Klarna reports Q2 revenue up 25% YoY to $823M with a net loss of $53M, up from a net loss of $18M in Q2 2024, as it prepares for a second attempt at a US IPO (Akila Quinio/Financial Times)

Insiders describe Linda Yaccarino's tumultuous partnership with Elon Musk and say the two failed to gel as Musk's blunt style clashed with Yaccarino's polish (Financial Times)

Deb Haaland:
Thanks to one of Donald Trump’s executive orders,
National Parks gift shops are looking at removing books about slavery, the Civil War — and me. 
That’s right. On their list is a children’s picture book about the day I was sworn in as Secretary of the Interior.
That day, I honored my Pueblo pride by wearing my white moccasins and a handmade ribbon skirt adorned with butterflies, stars, and corn. 
A Parks book ban is the Trump playbook in action: 𝘥𝘪…

Quietschkäse daheim? Dies kann ich empfehlen: #nommention
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/10

Halloumi With Corn, Cherry Tomatoes and Basil Recipe (Gift Recipe)
Seared cubes of halloumi get melty and soft on their insides and dark brown and a little crisp on the surface, making it almost impossible not to devour them all as they come out of the pan. But try to resist, because they’re even better tossed with a quick sauté of summer corn and tomatoes, seasoned with basil. Slivers of red onions, folded in raw at the end, add crunch and sweetness, while a squeeze of fresh lime makes everything tangy and fresh. Although this dish is at its most sublime m…

How Kalshi is shaking up US sports betting, as its board member and CFTC Chair nominee Brian Quintenz takes a permissive stance on sports prediction markets (Financial Times)

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

Insiders describe Linda Yaccarino's tumultuous partnership with Elon Musk and say the two failed to gel as Musk's blunt style clashed with Yaccarino's polish (Financial Times)

The moment Putin walks into the negotiating room, he has gotten everything he wants
— plus an opportunity to make a quip about Alaska as historically Russian land
(consider this a prediction).
If the meeting does not produce an agreement, Putin loses nothing.
Trump, on the other hand, would lose face if he walked out empty-handed.
He may be motivated to accept something, anything.

Opinion | Trump Is Giving Putin a Most Wonderful Gift
There is something Putin cares about more than money.

Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights (Anne Applebaum/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/trump-state-department-human-rights-report/683852/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK305c70ZtaUVxORUJw6JKTGw
http://www.memeorandum.com/250813/p64#a250813p64

Sources: the US has informed European countries it is stepping back from joint efforts to combat disinformation from countries such as Russia, China, and Iran (Amy Mackinnon/Financial Times)

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

Analysis: 13 datasets used by tech companies without permission to train AI models contain 15.8M YouTube videos from 2M channels, including 1M how-to videos (Alex Reisner/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/ar…

At Least 15 Million YouTube Videos Have Been Snatched by AI Companies
At least 15 million videos have been snatched by tech companies.

Velvet Sundown, an AI‑created band with ~850,000 monthly Spotify listeners and two recent albums, shows how some listeners are turning to anodyne AI music (Ian Bogost/The Atlantic)

My Road Trip With the Velvet Sundown
“​​Rubber burns, the map fades away / Chasing the ghosts of yesterday.” Sure, fine.

The Era of Step-on-a-Rake Capitalism (Derek Thompson/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/trump-economic-pain-strategy/684166/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pAES1_Y-UE1lw7FKTSDxBrg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p131#a250911p131

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

How AlphaFold2 and the rise of generative AI kickstarted a new AI drug discovery boom after a spate of startups from the mid-2010s failed to live up to the hype (Financial Times)

The Influencer FBI -- The skill set required to succeed online may not always translate to effective law enforcement. (Quinta Jurecic/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/charlie-kirk-fbi-investigation/684184/?gift=mTq34Ny-ZVr996jdTJS9TtvqJryoqu-WW164ZyJrCus&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250912/p103#a250912p103

US jobseekers describe a hellish job market, with young people using ChatGPT to write applications, HR using AI to read them, and few people getting hired (Annie Lowrey/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/

The Job Market Is Hell
Young people are using ChatGPT to write their applications; HR is using AI to read them; no one is getting hired.

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

Donald Trump could trigger another market shock, investors warn (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d3f2510b-f4df-4df3-a289-43fa7c167308?accessToken=zwAGObyoqePIkdPT8lEL9N9N89OiiUP6fBZzCA.MEYCIQC18U8h3CaEYp-sn_46zTv0spgvfXZ5MSlJLROs9vBPOAIhAJkKawxoxyg10sFT_o5863zbp2twKalqj6FwN4NFm4g6&sharetype=gift&token=09f1ca9c-ac67-4a39-8486-bd317fb19bb1
http://www.memeorandum.com/250712/p17#a250712p17

Sources: Reflection AI, which is building AI coding tools, nears a deal to raise ~$1B at a valuation of $4.5B to $5.5B; Nvidia's VC arm would invest $250M (Financial Times)

Sources: the US informs European countries that it is stepping back from joint efforts to combat disinformation from Russia, China, Iran, and other countries (Amy Mackinnon/Financial Times)

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

ThinkBroadband: 78% of UK properties have access to full-fiber broadband, up from 12% in Jan. 2020, which experts credit to Ofcom's 2021 pro-competition push (Financial Times)

The Making of a Trump-Putin Summit (The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/08/trump-putin-zelensky-alaska/683815/?gift=SCYx-5scVta3-cr_IlgTyW08ec6U_h74WssO8h5j0wk
http://www.memeorandum.com/250810/p24#a250810p24

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

You Really Need to See Epstein's Birthday Book for Yourself (Charlie Warzel/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/09/jeffrey-epstein-birthday-book-conspiracy-theories/684157/?gift=bQgJMMVzeo8RHHcE1_KM0fGBEa0cMmXQ9jazwm3ufrc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250909/p186#a250909p186

Sources: Marc Andreessen complained to the UK government last week about the Online Safety Act and called for a reprimand of technology secretary Peter Kyle (Financial Times)

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

moreno_taro: Papuan gift-giving (1970)
A network of gift-giving relationships (taro exchange) among households in a Papuan village. Data collected by survey c.1970.
This network has 22 nodes and 78 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/moreno_ta…

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