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So much groundwater is now being pumped that it is filling the oceans as it drains off land,
becoming one of the largest drivers of global sea level rise.
https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
The Shins:
🎵 Kissing the Lipless
#TheShins
https://hellvetika.bandcamp.com/track/kissing-the-lipless
https://open.spotify.com/track/1PVoCVLV1aLoqXpMNBSYYS

SpeechIQ: Speech Intelligence Quotient Across Cognitive Levels in Voice Understanding Large Language Models
Zhen Wan, Chao-Han Huck Yang, Yahan Yu, Jinchuan Tian, Sheng Li, Ke Hu, Zhehuai Chen, Shinji Watanabe, Fei Cheng, Chenhui Chu, Sadao Kurohashi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19361

SpeechIQ: Speech Intelligence Quotient Across Cognitive Levels in Voice Understanding Large Language Models
We introduce Speech-based Intelligence Quotient (SIQ) as a new form of human cognition-inspired evaluation pipeline for voice understanding large language models, LLM Voice, designed to assess their voice understanding ability. Moving beyond popular voice understanding metrics such as word error rate (WER), SIQ examines LLM Voice across three cognitive levels motivated by Bloom's Taxonomy: (1) Remembering (i.e., WER for verbatim accuracy); (2) Understanding (i.e., similarity of LLM's interpreta…

Trump adversaries see silver linings in his 'monumental' Supreme Court win (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/27/trump-supreme-court-birthright-injunction-loopholes-00430225
http://www.memeorandum.com/250627/p150#a250627p150

Central limit theorems for the eigenvalues of graph Laplacians on data clouds
Chenghui Li, Nicol\'as Garc\'ia Trillos, Housen Li, Leo Suchan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18803

Central limit theorems for the eigenvalues of graph Laplacians on data clouds
Given i.i.d.\ samples $X_n =\{ x_1, \dots, x_n \}$ from a distribution supported on a low dimensional manifold ${M}$ embedded in Eucliden space, we consider the graph Laplacian operator $Δ_n$ associated to an $\varepsilon$-proximity graph over $X_n$ and study the asymptotic fluctuations of its eigenvalues around their means. In particular, letting $\hatλ_l^\varepsilon$ denote the $l$-th eigenvalue of $Δ_n$, and under suitable assumptions on the data generating model and on the rate of decay …

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Atlantic Council: US cyber power is hampered by an inefficient supply chain for zero days, with too few providers and "levels of middlemen" driving up costs (Patrick Howell O'Neill/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

Période : Tout le week-end. Dates : Samedi 28 et dimanche 29 juin.
Les trains VACK sont directs de Juvisy Š Choisy-le-Roi et ne desservent pas les gares d'Athis-Mons, Ablon et Villeneuve-le-Roi.
Report sur les lignes de bus 480,482,483,487.
Motif : Travaux sur le réseau ferroviaire.
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It’s a vicious cycle:
Pumping for groundwater is dehydrating our world.
And yet, people take more water from underground due to need, when climate-driven heat and drought are at their worst.
https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-gro…

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

An analysis of ~200 Shein items between April and July: prices spiked in April, settled at 12.5% above pre-tariff levels by late May, and jumped again in July (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-TRUMP/TARIFF-SHEIN/lbpgzlrjzvq/

How price increases are adding up at Shein
Evidence for the impact of Trump’s trade war has shown up at the popular China-founded online retailer.