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Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce "workslop", or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others (Harvard Business Review)
https://hbr.org/2025/09/ai-generated-workslop-is-destroying-productivit…

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appears polished but lacks real substance, offloading cognitive labor onto coworkers. Research from BetterUp Labs and Stanford found that 41% of workers have encountered such AI-generated output, costing nearly two hours of rework per instance and creating downstream productivity, trust, and colla…

Ukraine to mass produce long-range Flamingo missile in winter, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/21/ukraine-to-mass-produce-longrange.html

Planned coal production through to 2035 and planned fossil gas production through to 2050 are not only set to breach Paris Agreement targets to keep temperature increases 'well below' 2C while pursuing efforts to limit them to 1.5C, they have increased since the last time the analysis was carried out in 2023.
'Alarming': Fossil fuel production plans far exceed global climate targets | BusinessGreen News

'Alarming': Fossil fuel production plans far exceed global climate targets
Planned coal, oil, and gas production through to 2030 is double the level that would be consistent with limiting global warming to 2C, analysis shows

Massey products for homotopy inner products
Kate Poirier, Thomas Tradler, Scott O. Wilson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15494 https://ar…

Massey products for homotopy inner products
This paper defines Massey-type products for a homotopy inner product on an $A_\infty$ algebra, called Massey inner products. We include an explicit description of ordinary Massey products for $A_\infty$ algebras, and for $A_\infty$ modules, and show that Massey product sets can have interesting internal structure. We give non-trivial applications from lens spaces, links, and low dimensional manifolds, showing Massey inner products contain information beyond ordinary Massey products.

Rising heat waves are tied to fossil fuel and cement production #environment

Rising heat waves are tied to fossil fuel and cement production
According to ETH Zurich climate researchers, greenhouse gas emissions from major fossil fuel and cement producers are significant contributors to the occurrence and intensity of heat waves.

„Shit AfD Yodellers“
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/jul/21/protesters-play-schei-afd-song-during-interview-with-far-right-co-leader-alice-weidel-video

Snake wrangler predicts Snake Oil could be the cure-all within the next six months.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91371621/perplexity-ceo-predicts-ai-could-replace-recruiters-and-assistants-in-as-little-as-six-mo…

Sources: Nvidia told suppliers like Amkor and Samsung to halt H20 chip production after China urged local tech firms to avoid H20 over alleged security concerns (Qianer Liu/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-ord…

Nvidia Orders Halt to H20 Production After China Directive Against Purchases
Nvidia has told some of its component suppliers to suspend production work related to the H20, its chip tailor-made for the Chinese market, according to two people with direct knowledge of the communications. The directive comes weeks after the Chinese government told local tech companies to ...

Protests erupt in Ukraine as Zelenskyy signs corruption law rollback: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/23/protests-erupt-in-ukraine-as.html

'Veto the law!' — Protests held across Ukraine after parliament passes bill weakening anti-corruption institutions: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/22/veto-the-law-protests-held.html