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How Trump's megabill could slam the job market (Sam Sutton/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/06/jobs-immigration-trump-border-economy-00438846
http://www.memeorandum.com/250706/p30#a250706p30

Still really loving the Insta 360 camera, so easy to make nice things
https://youtu.be/c8YH-oBs-cw

geekery
Spent part of yesterday watching how-to videos on OBS (Open Broadcaster Software), which I have in mind to start using in conjunction with Zoom.
I'm amused at my own level of enthusiasm haha! "Ooh i could do _this_! Ooh I wanna try if _that_ works!"
"New toy" energy, and I haven't even downloaded it yet :-)
#OBS #geekery

I'm setting up a new device for someone who wants to try out Linux. What distro would you recommend?
Some information about the user:
- uses MacOS currently
- wants stuff to work (minimal tinkering after setup)
- quick to boot
The device will probs be quite an old device (~3-5 years old, 8gb RAM though) and is mostly to run OBS. I'll check system requirements when I know the device ofc, just wondering what you people think is a good distro for them.

*The purpose of a system is what it does*
Please share with anyone that needs this, or might know those that do #CapeTown #SouthAfrica #Observatory

NFL community observes Juneteenth holiday https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-community-observes-juneteenth-holiday-2025

What drives the growth of black holes: a decade of progress
D. M. Alexander (CEA-Durham), R. C. Hickox (Dartmouth College), J. Aird (Edinburgh), F. Combes (Obs de Paris), T. Costa (Newcastle), M. Habouzit (Geneva), C. M. Harrison (Newcastle), R. I. Leng (Edinburgh), L. K. Morabito (CEA-Durham), S. L. Uckelman (Durham), P. Vickers (Durham)
https://

What drives the growth of black holes: a decade of progress
The last decade has witnessed significant progress in our understanding of the growth of super-massive black holes (SMBHs). It is now clear that an Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN: the observed manifestation of a growing SMBH) is an "event" within the broader lifecycle of a galaxy, which can significantly influence the shape and evolution of the galaxy itself. Our view of the obscuring medium that affects the observed properties of an AGN has also undergone a revolution, and we now have a more phy…

Algebras, Entanglement Islands, and Observers
Hao Geng, Yikun Jiang, Jiuci Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12127 https://arxiv.org/pdf/…

Algebras, Entanglement Islands, and Observers
Some recent work has postulated the existence of an "observer" for a consistent definition of subregion algebras in gravitational universes. The subregion algebras consist of operators dressed to this "observer" and are typically Type II von Neumann algebras. Nevertheless, as opposed to standard physical systems, such an "observer" was postulated to have a Hamiltonian $\hat{H}_{\text{obs}}$ linear in phase space variable. This linear form suggests that the complete dynamics of such an "observer…