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White House security staff warned Musk’s Starlink is a security risk
Those who were managing White House communications systems were not informed in advance
when DOGE representatives went to the roof of the adjacent Eisenhower Executive Office Building in February
to install a terminal connecting users in the complex to Starlink satellites,
which are owned by Musk’s private SpaceX rocket company.

The people said those managing the systems weren’t able to monit…

White House security staff warned Musk’s Starlink is a security risk
The U.S. DOGE Service and allies in the Trump administration ignored White House experts worried about potential security breaches when they installed Musk’s Starlink internet service in the complex this year, three people said.

"term-limited Trump would run roughshod on the Constitution with little to no interference from the other two branches of government."
'We knew': Analyst who predicted worst Trump abuses says they're 'all coming to pass' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-abuses-washington-post/

Real Toric Varieties: Interactions between their Geometry and their Topology
Jules Chenal (LPP), Matilde Manzaroli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03745 https:/…

Real Toric Varieties: Interactions between their Geometry and their Topology
In the present article, we investigate the topology of real toric varieties, especially those whose torus is not split over the field of real numbers. We describe some canonical fibrations associated to their real loci. Then, we establish various properties of their cohomology provided that their real loci are compact and smooth. For instance, we compute their Betti numbers, show that their cohomology is totally algebraic, and extend a criterion of orientability. In addition, we provide the top…

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MedEBench: Revisiting Text-instructed Image Editing
Text-guided image editing has seen rapid progress in natural image domains, but its adaptation to medical imaging remains limited and lacks standardized evaluation. Clinically, such editing holds promise for simulating surgical outcomes, creating personalized teaching materials, and enhancing patient communication. To bridge this gap, we introduce \textbf{MedEBench}, a comprehensive benchmark for evaluating text-guided medical image editing. It consists of 1,182 clinically sourced image-prompt …

Semantics-Aware Human Motion Generation from Audio Instructions
Zi-An Wang, Shihao Zou, Shiyao Yu, Mingyuan Zhang, Chao Dong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23465

Semantics-Aware Human Motion Generation from Audio Instructions
Recent advances in interactive technologies have highlighted the prominence of audio signals for semantic encoding. This paper explores a new task, where audio signals are used as conditioning inputs to generate motions that align with the semantics of the audio. Unlike text-based interactions, audio provides a more natural and intuitive communication method. However, existing methods typically focus on matching motions with music or speech rhythms, which often results in a weak connection betw…

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PerSRV: Personalized Sticker Retrieval with Vision-Language Model
Instant Messaging is a popular means for daily communication, allowing users to send text and stickers. As the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words", so developing an effective sticker retrieval technique is crucial for enhancing user experience. However, existing sticker retrieval methods rely on labeled data to interpret stickers, and general-purpose Vision-Language Models (VLMs) often struggle to capture the unique semantics of stickers. Additionally, relevant-based sticker retr…