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Poland establishes July 11 as National Day of Remembrance for Volyn massacre victims: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/03/poland-establishes-july-as-national.html

https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/08/senate-confirms-sean-cairncross-be-national-cyber-director-under-trump/407178/
Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under Trump

Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under Trump
Sean Cairncross, a former RNC official, is the first person to head the Office of the National Cyber Director under Donald Trump.

The US Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to serve as National Cyber Director, making him the first Senate-approved cybersecurity official of Trump's second term (David DiMolfetta/Nextgov/FCW)
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/08/sen

Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under Trump
Sean Cairncross, a former RNC official, is the first person to head the Office of the National Cyber Director under Donald Trump.

One thing this article doesn’t get into: what’s next.
So national guard is gardening in the capital carrying guns.
But what follows having armed state militias deployed to a capital in most scenarios in history? Nothing awesome.

Scenes from Trump's National Guard Deployment to D.C.
Their presence has terrified some, relieved others, and left even the troops themselves confused.

Los Padres National Forest Faces New Threat with Rollback of ‘Roadless Rules’

The Trump Administration’s Plan Would Open 600,000 Acres to Commercial Logging, Possible Infrastructure Development
https://www.independent.com/2025/06/2…

Los Padres National Forest Faces New Threat with Rollback of ‘Roadless Rules’
The Trump administration’s plan would open 600,000 acres of roadless areas to commercial logging, vegetation management, and possible infrastructure development.

reading about this big battery installation in thurrock https://www.nationalgrid.com/national-grid-connects-uks-largest-battery-storage-facility-tilbury-substation
it’s 300MW and 600MWh
dinorwig is 1728MW…

I'd forgotten about the National Cyber Force - weren't they supposed to open their HQ in 2025? They haven't updated their webpage for a couple of years, and their logo is still the arms of Elizabeth II.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/national-cyber-f…

National Cyber Force
The National Cyber Force (NCF) is a partnership between defence and intelligence. NCF is part of the Ministry of Defence , the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory , the Secret Intelligence Service , and the Government Communications Headquarters .

And so it begins.
https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/we-are-announcing-sparkasse-as-our-first-national-credential-partner-for-eu-age-assurance/

We are announcing Sparkasse as our first national credential partner for EU age assurance.
The lack of a reliable standard for safe, effective age checks across sites and apps online has long frustrated parents and companies. Google’s Credential Manager API — backed by Google Wallet and zero-knowledge proof cryptography — has proven that it’s possible. What’s needed now is collaboration and initiative to bring about the future of digital identity.That begins now. At the Global Digital Collaboration Conference today in Geneva, Germany’s Sparkasse, a trusted network of 343 …

Hugging Face CEO Clément Delangue says open-source AI is vital for US innovation and the US risks losing the AI race to China if it falls behind in open source (Clément Delangue/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-open-source-ai-became-an-american-…

Why open-source AI became an American national priority
To reflect democratic principles, AI must be built in the open. If the U.S. wants to lead the AI race, it must lead the open-source AI race.

U.S. kills 11 in strike on alleged drug vessel from Venezuela, Trump says https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/02/trump-drug-strike-venezuela/

U.S. kills 11 in strike on alleged drug vessel from Venezuela, Trump says
The attack is a dramatic escalation that coincides with the administration’s growing counternarcotics focus and its intensifying feud with the Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro.