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Federal Judge in New Hampshire Blocks Trump's Birthright Citizenship Ban for All Affected Babies (Aaron Parnas/MeidasTouch News)
https://meidasnews.com/news/federal-judge-in-new-hampshire-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-ban-for-all-affected-babies-
http://www.memeorandum.com/250710/p80#a250710p80

USD: A User-Intent-Driven Sampling and Dual-Debiasing Framework for Large-Scale Homepage Recommendations
Jiaqi Zheng, Cheng Guo, Yi Cao, Chaoqun Hou, Tong Liu, Bo Zheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06503

USD: A User-Intent-Driven Sampling and Dual-Debiasing Framework for Large-Scale Homepage Recommendations
Large-scale homepage recommendations face critical challenges from pseudo-negative samples caused by exposure bias, where non-clicks may indicate inattention rather than disinterest. Existing work lacks thorough analysis of invalid exposures and typically addresses isolated aspects (e.g., sampling strategies), overlooking the critical impact of pseudo-positive samples - such as homepage clicks merely to visit marketing portals. We propose a unified framework for large-scale homepage recommendat…

Free Elections in the Free State: Ensemble Analysis of Redistricting in New Hampshire
Atticus McWhorter, Daryl DeFord
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.07328 https://

Free Elections in the Free State: Ensemble Analysis of Redistricting in New Hampshire
The process of legislative redistricting in New Hampshire, along with many other states across the country, was particularly contentious during the 2020 census cycle. In this paper we present an ensemble analysis of the enacted districts to provide mathematical context for claims made about these maps in litigation. Operationalizing the New Hampshire redistricting rules and algorithmically generating a large collection of districting plans allows us to construct a baseline for expected behavior…

Heimliches Homeoffice: Viele Mitarbeiter sind mehr zu Hause als erlaubt
Die Deutschen sind unzufrieden mit den starren Homeoffice-Regeln ihrer Arbeitgeber und versuchen, sie zu umgehen. Der Trend der Stunde ist "Hushed Homeoffice".

Quite a pair of headlines there on the Ars Technica homepage.

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…

"The agency recently blocked users from accessing multiple websites and made password changes to an internet security tool in efforts to shore up its cyber posture"
FEMA begins security overhauls following cyber incident and employee firings

FEMA begins security overhauls following cyber incident and employee firings
The agency recently blocked users from accessing multiple websites and made password changes to an internet security tool in efforts to shore up its cyber posture, people familiar say.

Judge to weigh blocking Trump on birthright citizenship despite supreme court ruling
A federal judge will consider today whether to prevent Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing his executive order limiting birthright citizenship -- after the US supreme court restricted the ability of judges to block his policies using nationwide injunctions.
American Civil Liberties Union lawyers are set to ask US district judge Joseph Laplante at a hearing in Concord, New Hampshire, to g…

Regeln sind da, um... angepasst zu werden? 😀 Eine aktuelle Umfrage von Indeed zeigt, dass viele Angestellte mehr Zeit im Homeoffice verbringen, als es die offiziellen Richtlinien vorsehen. 🤫
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-10472002?wt_mc=sm.re…

fly_larva: Drosophila larva brain (2023)
A complete synaptic map of the brain connectome of the larva of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Nodes are neurons, and edges are synaptic connections, traced individually from brain image sections using three-dimensional electron microscopy–based reconstruction. Node metadata include the neuron hempisphere, hemispherical homologue, cell type, annotations, and inferred cluster. Edge metadata include the type of interaction (`'aa'`,…