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Research reveals how microplastics threaten Gulf of Mexico marine life #GulfOfMexico

Research reveals how microplastics threaten Gulf of Mexico marine life
Critical wildlife habitats are exposed to pollution risk in the seas off the southern United States, with implications for human health and food security. "Most of the pollution comes from rivers and not from wastewater treatment plants," says CMCC scientist Annalisa Bracco, co-author of the study that used advanced computer models to track tiny plastic particles across three years.

New Mexico is first state to offer universal free child care | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/universal-free-child-care-new-mexico-ec514c3b828e1100d4e5cd7ab17412db

"Women in Mexico step up to protect the island farms traditionally inherited by men"
#Mexico #Women

Women in Mexico step up to protect the island farms traditionally inherited by men
This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Mongabay. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Jasmín Ordóñez looks out at the water as the wooden boat she is in crosses a narrow channel that connects a labyrinth of chinampas, island farms that were built by the Aztecs thousands of years ago. “Let’s close our eyes […]

Every week, Metacurity delivers our free and paid subscribers a run-down of the top infosec-related long reads we didn't have time for during the daily crush of cyber news.
This week's selection covers
--Massive surveillance in Mexico City leaves crime high,
--Workplace surveillance can harm workers,
--Machine learning privacy attacks are less effective in reality than they are in theory,
--LLMs produce more secure code when trained on flaw-free code,

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 11/8/25
Massive surveillance in Mexico City leaves crime high, Workplace surveillance can harm workers, Machine learning privacy attacks are less effective in reality than they are in theory, LLMs produce more secure code when trained on flaw-free code, Three major kinds of bots cause web resource headaches

USDA will construct a sterile fly production facility in Edinburg, TX,
at Moore Air Force Base,
an ideal location due to the existing infrastructure and proximity to the United States-Mexico border.
Built with the Army Corps of Engineers, the facility will produce up to 300 million sterile flies per week to combat New World Screwworm.
This will be the only United States-based sterile fly facility
and will work in tandem with facilities in Panama and Mexico to …

At least 41 dead in Mexico floods https://phys.org/news/2025-10-dead-mexico.html In minutes, Mexico's rains swept away homes and people

At least 41 dead in Mexico floods
Floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least 41 people in Mexico in recent days and left behind a trail of destruction, the government said Saturday.

Oh, did you think the israel model would be confined to the Middle East? Why should it? Didn’t all our Western governments just declare it kosher?
First, they came for the Palestinians… https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/115034832497483253

In Mexico, Chipotle Chili is our umami source.

Rock on, New Mexico! If we can't unfuck our healthcare system for everyone, at least unfuck it for children.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/09/new-mexico-free-universal-childcare

UCLA football kicked off this season 0-3 with losses to Utah, UNLV & New Mexico.
And just like that...
✅ ESPN: UCLA fires head coach DeShaun Foster
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/4625774…

UCLA fires DeShaun Foster - Top candidates, players to retain - ESPN
Who are the best fits in Westwood and who are the players the next coach needs to retain.

In Mexico City. Americans have no idea what a city outside a dying Empire is like.

Source: Blue Owl's Digital Infrastructure funds are investing ~$3B in a New Mexico-based Stargate data center, set to consume 4.5GW, as Blue Owl expands into AI (Miles Kruppa/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/open…

OpenAI’s Stargate Project Gets $3 Billion Blue Owl Investment
Blue Owl Capital, one of Wall Street’s biggest private lenders, is ramping up its big bet on artificial intelligence with a roughly $3 billion investment in a New Mexico data center that’s part of OpenAI’s Stargate project, said a person with knowledge of the deal. Blue Owl, which has nearly ...

Trends in New Mexico School Districts Serving Low-Income Communities
Uloma E. Nelson, Onyedikachi J. Okeke
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09993 https://arxiv.o…

Trends in New Mexico School Districts Serving Low-Income Communities
This study examines recent enrollment trends and their socioeconomic drivers within New Mexico's public school districts, with a specific focus on those serving low-income communities. Utilizing a mixed-methods geospatial framework, the research integrates longitudinal enrollment data, district poverty metrics from the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE), and neighborhood context from the American Community Survey (ACS) from 2019 to 2023. The analysis reveals that while statewide K-…

An army veteran and Purple Heart recipient who served two tours in Iraq was deported on Friday morning from an immigration detention facility in Florence, Arizona.
Arizona state representative Raquel Teršn told Fox 10 Phoenix that Jose Barco, a Venezuelan-born veteran whose family fled Cuba as refugees, was deported at 4am from Arizona.
Anna Stout, a volunteer on Barco’s defense team, told Denver 7 his team was not notified of plans for his deportation.
Barco’s family has s…

Die USA sind voller Widersprüche und manchmal fortschrittlich: In New Mexico sind ab 1. November die Kinderkrippen gratis. https://apnews.com/article/universal-free-child-care-new-mexico-ec514c3b828e1100d4e5cd7ab17412db

New Mexico is making child care free.
Beginning in November, it will be the first state in the nation to provide child care to all residents regardless of income, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced this week.
The state has been working to lower child care care costs since 2019, when it created the Early Childhood Education and Care Department

New Mexico will be the first state to make child care free
The program, which is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.

So will the BBC give a prime News at 10 slot to this?
No because unlike a munitions factory blowing up in the USA, this is brown people and not in the Imperial centre.
Mexico floods leave at least 27 dead and more missing - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/arti…

Mexico floods leave at least 27 dead and more missing
Heavy rainfall has caused river banks to burst and triggered landslides, carrying away homes and cars.

🩸 Blood tests show highest levels of forever chemicals in those living near New Mexico plume
#pfas

Blood tests show highest levels of forever chemicals in those living near New Mexico plume
It's a name many people have trouble pronouncing, but these synthetic chemicals have been used in everything from fast-food packaging to nonstick cookware, clothing, household cleaning products and even firefighting foam.

Iran plotted to assassinate Israel's ambassador to Mexico, U.S. officials say (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/07/iran-assasination-attempt-israel-ambassador-mexico
http://www.memeorandum.com/251107/p82#a251107p82

...with some fava beans and a nice chianti *slurping noises*
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/orcas-in-mexico-have-learned-to-attack-young-great-white-sharks-by…

"Research reveals how microplastics threaten Gulf of Mexico marine life"
#Mexico #Plastic #Plastics #Microplastics

Research reveals how microplastics threaten Gulf of Mexico marine life
Critical wildlife habitats are exposed to pollution risk in the seas off the southern United States, with implications for human health and food security. "Most of the pollution comes from rivers and not from wastewater treatment plants," says CMCC scientist Annalisa Bracco, co-author of the study that used advanced computer models to track tiny plastic particles across three years.

Accelerating electric freight in Mexico City with VEMO, C40, and The Climate Pledge! #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate

VEMO, C40, and The Climate Pledge partner to accelerate the electric freight transition in Mexico - C40 Cities
Mexico City, Mexico – C40 Cities, The Climate Pledge (TCP), and VEMO, a Mexican cleantech company, announced today a strategic...

When you lose the faith of Zach, a total homer... that's bad. UCLA's done in 2025.
❌ Utah vs UCLA (L 43-10)
❌ UCLA vs UNLV (L 30-23)
❌ New Mexico vs UCLA (L 35-10)
▶️ REACTION: Nico Iamaleava & DeShaun Foster RUINED UCLA Football! Tennesse...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=w-04…

🚨Job Alert!🚨Faculty Position in Low-Temperature #Geochemistry at University of New Mexico ⚒️ #geology
https://

Assistant Professor-LowTemp Geochemistry-Earth and Planetary Sciences
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) at the University of New Mexico invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor pos...

How AI is upending the music industry in Latin America, as artists push back against a flood of AI-generated music on Spotify, Deezer, and YouTube Music (Laura Rodríguez Salamanca/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-music-spotify-deezer-latin-america/

Latin American musicians say AI is stealing their streams
Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn’t safe.

#NewMexico will be the first state to make #childcare free
The program, which will start in November and is expected to save families $12,000 per child annually, is available to all residents regardless of income.

"Mexico adopts protections for Atlantic sharks"
#Mexico #Sharks #Animals

Mexico adopts protections for Atlantic sharks
Mexico recently adopted national regulations protecting several threatened shark species in the Atlantic from being caught or retained as bycatch. Shark conservationists welcome the protections but say they are long overdue, coming years after the country’s commitments to a multilateral fishery regulator. Mexican fisheries catch a significant number of various shark species in the Atlantic […]

#Wikimania 2027 will be in Santiago, #Chile 🇨🇱! The last time Wikimania was held in Latin America was in 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico 🇲🇽, and the last time it was in South America was in 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷.

Wikimania 2027 location announcement
We are happy to announce the the location for Wikimania 2027.

Active Shooter reported at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico

State of New Mexico Dept. of Health issues order maximizing availability of the COVID vaccine, in defiance of the the idiot running the HHS.
Fellow Californians: Scream at your state reps to do the same!
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/nmdoh-issue

NMDOH issues health order to maximize COVID-19 vaccine access
The order comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 vaccine formulas, but with new limits on who could qualify for them.

@… 💪
https://social.lol/@thetonearm/115317084173292408

The Tonearm (@thetonearm@social.lol)
Attached: 1 image "This is the land of the 'sonideros,' DJs who collect cumbia and tropical music records and appeared on the scene in the 1960s. To this day, they bring their equipment to clubs and street parties." Mexico — The cumbia DJs of the streets: https://www.npr.org/sections/the-picture-show/2025/10/03/nx-s1-5548571/cumbia-in-mexico

Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows author Carol Sturka, who is one of only twelve people in the world immune to an extraterrestrial virus that transforms the world's population into a peaceful and content hive mind (the "Others")

New Mexico governor signs bills to counter federal cuts, support health care and food assistance (Morgan Lee/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-health-care-food-assistance-2e217cc910fa3759e8c37deff3735186
http://www.memeorandum.com/251004/p3#a251004p3

The Mongabay news source checks out. The story about the salamanders checks out.
But I'd like to know about the nuns and their cough syrup made with salamanders. Going to have to follow up on this one!
#Nature #Ecology #Science

"‘We’re winning a battle’: Mexico’s jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive"
#Mexico #Jaguar #Animals

How AI is upending the music industry in Latin America, as artists push back against a flood of AI-generated music on Spotify, Deezer, and YouTube Music (Laura Rodríguez Salamanca/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-music-spotify-deezer-latin-america/

Latin American musicians say AI is stealing their streams
Musicians from Chile to Mexico say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn’t safe.

As I read the daily news I am reminded of history.
In particular the history of Charles I, Louis XVI, Nicholas II, Maximilian I (of Mexico).
I remember history, 'cause, as is said, if I forget it I would be doomed to repeat it.

Deadly floods in Mexico another sign of need for improved severe weather warnings #Mexico

Deadly floods in Mexico another sign of need for improved severe weather warnings
The most recent torrential rains in east-central Mexico, which have left at least 76 dead and dozens more missing, have raised questions again about the government's ability to alert people to severe weather in time.

#BetterBeBertaBeef #Letterkenny

Tom Lehrer / In Old Mexico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WweD9S9hMBk
Gall Bladder Day

Tom Lehrer: In Old Mexico (concert live) (1959)
*ALTERNATE LYRICS (6:04):For though try, as I may, I can never repay all that I oweTo the land of mañana and cheap marijuana.(It's so easy to grow.)In Old Me...

2025 EERI LFE Travel Study -- Mexico: Lessons in soft soils, subsidence, and site effects
Morgan D. Sanger, Kenny Buyco, Mohammed S. Ibrahim, P. Salvador Ramos, Andres A. Acosta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00390

2025 EERI LFE Travel Study - Mexico: Lessons in soft soils, subsidence, and site effects
The 1985 M8.1 Mexico City earthquake marked a turning point in Mexican earthquake engineering, underscoring the influence of soft soils, subsidence, and site effects on seismic performance in the Valley of Mexico. In the four decades since, both research and engineering practice have evolved significantly, shaped by subsequent events such as the 2017 M7.1 Puebla-Morelos earthquake. Integrating observations made during the Learning from Earthquakes Travel Study program and desk study findings, t…

📈 EIA: North America’s LNG Export Capacity Could More Than Double by 2029
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/EIA-North-Americas-LNG-Export-Capacity-Could-More-Than-Double-by-2029.html

EIA North America's LNG Export Capacity Could More Than Double by 2029
North America's liquefied natural gas export capacity could more than double by 2029 as new terminals across the United States, Canada, and Mexico move toward completion, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration

Claudia Sheinbaum made history when she became Mexico’s first woman president — and the first of Jewish heritage. But on the night of September 15, she made history again. Standing on the Palacio Nacional balcony, clad in white, royal purple and gold, flanked by an all-female military honor guard and wearing a sash created for her by female military officers, she gripped the bell rope and, as required of the ritual, shouted. Normally soft-spoken and measured, the tone was a shift for the climate scientist, who visibly trembled under the weight of the task, but not as big a shift as what she shouted:
“¡Mexicanas! ¡Mexicanos!”
The inclusion of the feminine “Mexicanas,” and naming them FIRST matters.
#GoodThingsInTheWorld #Mexico #progressive
https://alisav.substack.com/p/she-cried-mexicanas-first

I hear that Dutch companies already call the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" in calls with US counterparts, but that the Netherlands Embassy has so far only retreated to calling it 'the Gulf'.

Trump readies US troops for ground invasion in Mexico to go after drug cartels: report (Andrew Feinberg/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-drug-cartels-mexico-plans-military-b2857527.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251103/p105#a251103p105

The United States in the last 8 months has threatened to invade, or invaded:
Canada
Mexico
Panama
Greenland
Denmark
Venezuela
Los Angeles
Washington DC
Chicago
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
And many others. potus and kegseth plan to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War.
This sounds like Nobel Peace Prize behavior, am I right? 🤦‍♂️

En Nombre del Progreso (In the Name of Progress)
2017 by Alfonso "Piloto" Nieves Ruiz, active in the United States, born Querétaro, Mexico. at Intuit Art Museum, West Town, #Chicago

I live in a county in southern Arizona that borders on Mexico.
Yesterday the county elected Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat Latina, as representative to the US House.
With 70% (!) of the vote.

13 Billion Years of MgII Absorber Evolution
Christopher W. Churchill (New Mexico State University), Asif Abbas (New Mexico State University), Glenn G. Kapcrzak (Swinburne University of Technology), Nikole M. Nielsen (Swinburne University of Technology, University of Oklahoma)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01430

13 Billion Years of MgII Absorber Evolution
Applying "apportioned integrals," we use dN/dX measurements to determine the MgII absorber equivalent width distribution function for Wr > 0.03 [angstroms] and 0 < z < 7. Adopting a Schechter distribution, f(z,W)dW = Phi* (W/W*)^alpha e^{-W/W*} dW/W*, we present the normalization, Phi*(z), the characteristic equivalent width, W*(z), and the weak-end slope, alpha(z), as smooth functions of redshift. Measurements of dN/dX are robust for z < 4 but less so at z > 4 for weaker absorbers (Wr < 0.3 [a…

Assessing the Influence of Locational Suitability on the Spatial Distribution of Household Wealth in Bernalillo County, NM
Onyedikachi J. Okeke, Uloma E. Nelson, Chukwudi Nwaogu, Olumide O. Oladoyin, Emmanuel Kubuafor, Dennis Baidoo, Titilope Akinyemi, Adedoyin S. Ajeyomi, Rekiya A. Idris, Isaac A. Fabunmi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11048

Assessing the Influence of Locational Suitability on the Spatial Distribution of Household Wealth in Bernalillo County, NM
This study applies Multiscale Geographically Weighted Regression (MGWR) to examine the spatial determinants of household wealth in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The model incorporates sociodemographic, environmental, and proximity-based variables to evaluate how locational suitability influences economic outcomes. Key factors considered include income, home value, elevation, PM2.5 concentration, and distances to essential services such as schools, markets, and hospitals. The MGWR model demonst…

Wow, this means the shelves at the liquor and cannabis stores can be re-filled. 😉
But seriously, good news, and congrats to the negotiators on both sides.
https://mastodon.social/@Maxfieldripken/115442407123016124

Big Ugly Bill — DAMAGE CONTROL
New Mexico is showing the rest of the nation how it’s done:
Special session starts Oct 1 to protect Medicaid, lower premiums, and keep hospitals open.
While D.C. Republicans are playing games, New Mexico is fighting to save health care for every family.
https://

Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com)
Big Ugly Bill — DAMAGE CONTROL New Mexico is showing the rest of the nation how it’s done: Special session starts Oct 1 to protect Medicaid, lower premiums, and keep hospitals open. While D.C. Republicans are playing games, New Mexico is fighting to save health care for every family. 1/3

In Mexico, people call Oracle the company "Obstacle".
And I think this is beautiful.

So the USA is killing 14 more people, without evidence, arrest or trial. In plain sight, not hiding but proud of it. This is not the country that helped to liberate Europe from Nazi rule or the land of the free anymore...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ex94eeljeo

US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged drug boats
Mexico's navy is searching for the sole survivor of the latest attack on boats the US says were carrying drugs in both the Pacific and Caribbean.

Cuba captures alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin wanted by US, Mexico says | Drugs News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/23/cuba-captures-alleged-chinese-fentanyl-kingpin-wanted-by-us-mexico-says?traffic_source=rss

Inside the CIA's secret fight against Mexico's drug cartels (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/inside-cias-secret-fight-against-mexicos-drug-cartels-2025-09-10/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250910/p107#a250910p107

US tech giants are on a data center building spree, sparking fury worldwide; research says ~60% of the 1,244 largest global centers in June were outside the US (Paul Mozur/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/technology/ai-data-center-b…

AI Data Centers Create Fury From Mexico to Ireland
As tech companies build data centers worldwide to advance artificial intelligence, vulnerable communities have been hit by blackouts and water shortages.

over here deadnaming the Gulf of Mexico

With the impending arrival of Typhoon #OpongPH (#Bualoi) and the recent protests against corruption in government-funded flood control projects, the recent release of the 2025 World Risk Report, with its topical focus on flooding, is very timely.
And to the surprise of no one, the

2.1 miles on my SUP in the Gulf of Mexico today. It had been a while since I paddled. After abdominal surgery in June I was worried about core strength but all good. Stood the whole way. No falls. Perfect beach landing which is definitely not the norm for me.

Is it so hard to not compliment a fascist? Apparently so.
FFS! https://norden.social/@SheDrivesMobility/115450690359236978

🦸🏽‍♂️ The gentrification of Mexican wrestling
#mexico

The gentrification of Mexican wrestling
Lucha libre emerged in the poorer neighborhoods of Mexico City and has attracted both tourists and the wealthy

Late-surviving New Mexican #dinosaurs illuminate high end-Cretaceous diversity and provinciality: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw3282 ->
Dinosaurs were thriving until asteroid struck, research suggests: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/23/dinosaurs-asteroid-struck-research - dating of rock formation in New Mexico casts doubt on theory that species was already in decline.

Special Panel on Reality Shifting in Gen-Z : Area for Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic at Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, Feb 25-28, Albuquerque, New Mexico
https://ift.tt/cxbE5qy
updated: Monday, November 3, 2025 - 3:31pmfull name / name of organization: Southwest…
via Input 4 RELCFP…

#jukeboxfridaynight
#takeittothestreets
Some Canadian content from Bruce Cockburn, his political protest song about Guatemalan refugee camps in Mexico.
If I Had a Rocket Launcher by Bruce Cockburn.
https://youtu.be/fmQJ82NIR4w?si=IPd7KJv5OR26pF9C4

Machine learning reconstruction of cosmic ray parameters in EAS at HAWC
J. Jaimes (for the HAWC Collaboration), T. Capistr\'an (for the HAWC Collaboration), I. Torres (for the HAWC Collaboration)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03298

Machine learning reconstruction of cosmic ray parameters in EAS at HAWC
The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Observatory comprises 300 water Cherenkov detectors, each equipped with four photomultipliers, located on the Volcán Sierra Negra in Mexico at 4,100 masl. This observatory can detect gamma rays in an energy range from 300 GeV to 100 TeV and cosmic rays from 100 GeV to 1 PeV. One of HAWC's primary challenges is characterizing air showers and estimate their physical parameters, a highly complex task due to the nature of the data and the processes involved…

How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/nyregion/immigrant-wrongly-deported-mexico.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU8.CJ8Q.SkfHewKy4uQr&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/251030/p74#a251030p74

80 people came to the Bartlett
seminar by Joe Penny last night, with 30 more online from as far away as Mexico. Very strong talk and discussion. Read the (free) book by Joe and Amy Horton. Next London Planning seminar 6 November. uclpress.co.uk/book/disrupt...

Ahshiselsaurus wimani - New duck-billed dinosaur species identified in northwest #NewMexico #Paleontology

Illegal killings by the US continue....
#trump #illegal

US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged drug boats
Mexico's navy is searching for the sole survivor of the latest attack on boats the US says were carrying drugs in both the Pacific and Caribbean.

I'm starting to get a feel that those cards are not against humanity after all
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/cards-against-humanity-gets-settlement-from-spacex-plans-pack-of-elon-musk-cards/

Cards Against Humanity lawsuit forced SpaceX to vacate land on US/Mexico border
CAH: Trespassing lawsuit forced SpaceX to “pack up the space garbage” and leave.

Soon, there will be no export market left for mass-market models of internal combustion engine vehicles. Some 'premium' car makers may continue to produce niche models for a while, but the mass market will be electrified (EU 2035 or not).
https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outl

Heute vor 3 Jahren: Am 29. Oktober 2022 warnte Russland vor der Senkung der "nuklearen Schwelle" durch die #Stationierung modernisierter US-#Atomwaffen #B61 auf NATO-Stützpunkten in Europ…

The cosmic web's Lyman-$\alpha$ glow at $z \approx 2.5$; varying hydrodynamic models, dust, and wide-field, narrow-band imaging detection
Oleksii Sokoliuk, John K. Webb, Kenneth M. Lanzetta, Michael M. Shara, Stefan Gromoll, James S. Bolton, Robert F. Carswell, Gaspar Galaz, C\'edric Ledoux, Gaspare Lo Curto, Alain Smette, David Valls-Gabaud, Anja von der Linden, Frederick M. Walter, Joris Witstok

The cosmic web's Lyman-$α$ glow at $z \approx 2.5$; varying hydrodynamic models, dust, and wide-field, narrow-band imaging detection
The diffuse glow of the cosmic web in Lyman-$α$ emission has long been predicted, yet remained elusive to direct wide field detection. We present theoretical calculations that, when compared with recent observations made using the Condor Array Telescope in New Mexico reported in Lanzetta et al. 2024, point to its discovery at $z \approx 2.5$. Synthetic Lyman-$α$ surface brightness maps are constructed from five state-of-the-art hydrodynamic simulations (Illustris-TNG, SIMBA, EAGLE, CROCODILE,…

Source: Mexico City-based Kapital, which offers financial visibility tools to SMBs, raised an $86M Series C led by Tribe Capital at a ~$1.3B valuation (Matthew Monks/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-02/latam…

Faced With Trump’s English Mandate, Mexico’s Truckers Report to Class - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/world/americas/mexico-english-truckers-trump.html

The U.S. military struck four boats in the eastern Pacific
-- killing 14 people
-- a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s
campaign of extra-judicial murders in the Western Hemisphere.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-se

U.S. military strikes four alleged drug boats in eastern Pacific, killing 14
The U.S. military has struck four alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific, killing 14 and leaving one survivor.

#ShamelesslyStolenFromSomewhereElseOnTheInternetHonestlyICantKeepTrackOfThisStuffAnymore

ByteDance's Cici, an overseas counterpart of China's most popular AI chatbot app Doubao, is quietly gaining traction in the UK, Mexico, and Southeast Asia (Zeyi Yang/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/bytedances-ai-chatbot-is-quietly-ga…

ByteDance’s Other AI Chatbot Is Quietly Gaining Traction Around the World
ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia.

Brazil joins South Africa’s ‘genocide’ case against Israel at ICJ | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/20/brazil-joins-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel-at-icj?tr…

Brazil joins South Africa’s ‘genocide’ case against Israel at ICJ
Brazil now joins Spain, Ireland, Mexico, Turkiye and others who have signed on to the case.

Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic at Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 2026, Feb. 25-28, Albuquerque, New Mexico
https://ift.tt/gNKqp4z
updated: Monday, September 1, 2025 - 3:07pmfull name / name of organization: Southwest…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Mexico City is like a much better version of LA. You wonder what the US’s problem is?

Mexico-based fintech Plata, approved for a banking license in December 2024, raised $250M at a $3.1B valuation, as it seeks to transition to a full-fledged bank (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-16/mexico…

I haven't been able to get a positive ID on the "sloppy daisies" that grow in Shindagin Hollow State forest but species that look similar are found in Mexico, Hawaii and other places -- these often have missing or irregularly shaped petals
#photo #photography

The U.S.-Mexico border is no longer just a line on a map;
it is a roaming force, drifting through our cities and ravaging schools, courthouses and workplaces.
It has become unmoored from geography, dragging its violence and impunity into the heart of American life.
Once confined to the borderlands, the Border Patrol — with its culture of Wild West impunity — is now operating across the country,
joining Immigration and Customs Enforcement in raids far from ports of ent…

Opinion | How Border Politics Have Overrun America
The brutality of our immigration policy is no longer quarantined to the border. Both parties are at fault.

🌡️ Mexico’s rising mercury trade fuels toxic gold mining in Latin America: Report
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/mexicos-rising-mercury-trade-fuels-toxic-gold-mining-in-latin-america-report/

Mexico’s rising mercury trade fuels toxic gold mining in Latin America: Report
MEXICO CITY — In 2017, as part of an international treaty, Mexico started phasing down mercury production and eliminating its use in gold mining, citing major environmental and public health hazards. The effort appeared to work: Between 2017 and 2018, the government reported that national mercury production had dropped from 442 metric tons to just […]

A book excerpt details how a small team of content curators hired by ByteDance in Mexico City in 2018 shaped TikTok's For You algorithm in Latin America (Emily Baker-White/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-wh

The Humble Origins Of TikTok’s Almighty Algorithm
An exclusive excerpt from Every Screen On The Planet reveals how the social media app’s powerful recommendation engine was shaped by a bunch of ordinary, twentysomething curators—including a guy named Jorge.

Just spotted this dramatic depiction of the ring of #cenotes caused by the #Chicxulub impact in #Yucatan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenote#Chicxulub_crater - in the 2nd episode "Forests of the Maya" of the 2017 BBC documentary series "Mexico: Earth’s Festival of Life": didn't know that the pattern was that rich and cleanly delineated. Is there a scientific publication that shows it with similar clarity?

2025 #NewMexico Mineral Symposium for both professionals and amateurs interested in #mineralogy. Socorro, NM Nov 7 -9
Featured Speaker:
"History and Highlights, including New Mexico specimens, of the Natural History Museum, London, England"
-Mike Rumsey, Principal Curator of…

NM Mineral Symposium

"Mexico targets up to 9.5 GW of solar and wind by 2030"
#Mexico #WindTurbines #SolarPower #Energy

Mexico targets up to 9.5 GW of solar and wind by 2030
Mexico’s Secretaría de Energía (Sener) plans to add 6.4 GW to 9.5 GW of renewable capacity while keeping state-owned CFE’s share above 54%, integrating storage and efficiency measures to stabilize the grid.

Esotericism, Occultism, and Magic at Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 2026, Feb. 25-28, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Scaling and Population Loss in Mexican Urban Centres
Gonzalo G. Peraza-Mues, Eugen Resendiz, Rodolfo Figueroa-Soriano, Rafael Prieto-Curiel, Roberto Ponce-Lopez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16110

Scaling and Population Loss in Mexican Urban Centres
Despite its pervasive implications, many cities around the world continue to expand in a fragmented and horizontal manner. Here, we analyse the complex dynamics of urban growth across 69 metropolitan areas in Mexico, using census data from 1990 to 2020, and develop a model of urban form change that considers changes in population size, density, and spatial configuration. We employ a radial probability density function and the urban expansion factor to create a framework for comparing urban expa…

Sensor Tower: in H1 2025, Temu's MAUs in Latin America soared 143% YoY to 105M; Mexico, Chile, and Uruguay are starting to tax low-cost imports (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-25/ch…

Some companies are turning to fossil fuels to power their data centers as countries around the world scramble to meet rising energy demands amid the AI boom (Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-energy-supply-data-centers/

Countries are struggling to meet the rising energy demands of data centers
Mexico's lagging energy grid is forcing companies, including Microsoft, to use generators.

"Ocean-based carbon storage ramps up, bringing investment and concern"
#Oceans #Climate #ClimateChange

Ocean-based carbon storage ramps up, bringing investment and concern
Capturing carbon to ship or funnel it offshore for storage in depleted marine oil and gas wells is gaining momentum as a proposed climate solution, even as it faces criticism. Across the globe, plans are afoot to launch multiple projects — such as in the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and Southeast Asia — […]

Special Panel on Esoteric, Occult, and Magical "Hunters" at Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, Feb. 25-28, 2026, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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∩️ Leftist lawmakers gather to answer a question: How to beat the global right?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-07-31/leftist-lawmakers-from-across-the-hemisphere-gather-to-ask-a-questi…

A conference of leftists wants to know: How to beat the global right?
Political leaders from a dozen countries have gathered in Mexico City to discuss a key question: How can the left win?

Special Panel on Esoteric, Occult, and Magical "Hunters" at Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, Feb. 25-28, 2026, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Special Panel on Esotericism, Occultism, Magic, and Ecology at Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, Feb. 25-28, 2026, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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