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Centrists often revert to hippie punching. https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/112388639717852951

The US is being held back by the Putin Puppets of the Republican Party from properly competing with China in EVs, Batteries and Solar. The foundation of the 21st century infrastructure. While China puts metal to the pedal to jump ahead and monopolize all manufacturing
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China gave BYD an incredible $3.7 billion to ‘win’ the EV race
China has been heavily subsidizing its green tech sectors. But BYD is a favorite child of the bunch, receiving subsidies to the tune of “at least” $3.7 billion, according to a new German study.

👍 Utah official complains about receiving thousands of fake bathroom snitch form reports - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/05/utah-official-complains-about-receiving-thousands-of-fake-bathroo…

Utah official complains about receiving thousands of fake bathroom snitch form reports - LGBTQ Nation
People are flooding the state's form for reporting trans people using the bathroom with reports about Bee Movie and Republicans.

🏈 @… #NFL
Via Kevin Fishbain @kfishbain
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Fun fact: Keenan Allen has *more than twice* as many receiving yards in his career (10,530) as anyone in Bears history.

Just got an email
"KPMG Inc. has sent you $7.86 (CAD) and the money has been automatically deposited into your bank account at Vancity.
Message:
LifeLabs Class Action: Given the large claims volume each valid claimant is receiving a payment of 7.86 as per the terms of distribution."
The lawyers, of course, got a great deal more than that!

Carta: tech startup workers are receiving 37% less equity in their companies on average compared with 18 months ago; average salaries are down 0.2% since 2022 (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)
https://t.co/N0iXe2fa1W

People who call your phone immediately upon receiving a text instead of answering a simple Y/N shall be first against the wall.

Patriots open to trading QB Mac Jones; receiving interest https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-open-to-trading-qb-mac-jones-receiving-interest

Patriots open to trading QB Mac Jones; receiving interest
A departure from New England could be in Mac Jones' future. The Patriots are open to trading the quarterback, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Friday, per sources, adding that teams have already called New England about the signal caller.

Does anyone know of an email service, add-on or tutorial that allows for mimicing the one feature that intrigues me about HEY e-mail: opt-in for receiving emails from someone.

i.e. the default would be that someone who is not yet an approved sender ends up in a separate inbox where I have to confirm if I want to keep receiving email from them or not. I think HEY calls this ’the screener’.

Or if you’ve tried this fature and don’t like it, that would be cool to hear about as we…

Despite gentrification, the Mission is still a progressive neighborhood with lots of solidarity for unhoused and other poor folks, but you wouldn't know that from the Inner Mission Neighborhood Association. They're your classic NIMBYs who hate encampments but also hate the tiny cabins site to get people out of encampments. Does it make sense? well no, but they've been too busy putting hostile planters everywhere to think about it much.

48hills on Instagram: "Tuesday the Inner Mission Neighborhood Association held a meeting with Mayor London Breed. Mission residents and advocates weren’t notified until last minute, and even with short notice, they filled the room. If this group doesn’t want homelessness in the Mission, and are opposed to the unhoused receiving services and housing, are there any solutions this group would support? 🎥✍️: Andrew Brobst @bro_bst #News #Politics #SF #SFpolitics #SanFrancisco #BayArea #unhoused #publicgoods #services"
315 likes, 37 comments - 48hillssf on May 9, 2024: "Tuesday the Inner Mission Neighborhood Association held a meeting with Mayor London Breed. Mission residents and advocates weren’t noti...".

Cowboys insider provides Ezekiel Elliott update as running back free agent options run out https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_insider_provides_ezekiel_elliott_update_as_runn…

Cowboys insider provides Ezekiel Elliott update as running back free agent options run out
The Dallas Cowboys are "seeking" a running back during the 2024 NFL free agency frenzy.  I use the quotation marks above because the front office's definition of seeking is reportedly looking for players under the $4 million price tag and receiving calls from free agents instead of making them.  In other words, the Cowboys are likely just interested in guys that'll come in and sign for minimum salary-type deals.  On Wednesday, reports emerged former Green Bay Packers RB A.J. Dillon looking i…

Religious supremacy, not Supremacy Clause, is key to contraception ruling
https://www.lawdork.com/p/duncan-religious-supremacy-not-supremacy-clause?publicat…

Religious supremacy, not Supremacy Clause, is key to contraception ruling
Judge Kyle Duncan held that federal policy that clinics receiving Title X funding need to provide adolescents with confidential access to contraception is wrong.

Tale of Tilted Washboards of Potential Energy
Celso L. Ladera, E. Stella
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08684 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.…

Tale of Tilted Washboards of Potential Energy
Tilted washboard potentials are periodic functions of potential energy whose graphs remind the profiles of inclined washboards for scrubbing clothes. Practically unknown until the 1970, washboard potentials are at present ubiquitous seminal landscapes across diverse physics researches and technologies now receiving significant attention. However, washboard potentials are still rarely presented to science and engineering undergraduates; perhaps they could hear about those when first studying Jos…

Carta: tech startup workers are receiving 37% less equity in their companies on average compared with 18 months ago; average salaries are down 0.2% since 2022 (Tabby Kinder/Financial Times)
https://t.co/N0iXe2fa1W

"The term wireless has been used twice in communications history, with slightly different meanings. It was initially used from about 1890 for the first radio transmitting and receiving technology, as in wireless telegraphy, until the new word radio replaced it around 1920. Radio sets in the UK and the English-speaking world that were not portable continued to be referred to as wireless sets into the 1960s"
Yes, I first knew it as "the wireless" as a young child, but …

‘Hungry for control’: Kansas House advances ban on gender-affirming care for #trans minors | News From The States
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/…

‘Hungry for control’: Kansas House advances ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors
TOPEKA —  State employees would no longer be able to so much as call transgender children by their chosen pronouns under a bill blocking transgender minors in the state from receiving gender-affirming care. The legislation is barreling toward the governor’s desk. 

Patriots open to trading QB Mac Jones; receiving interest https://www.nfl.com/news/patriots-open-to-trading-qb-mac-jones-receiving-interest

Patriots open to trading QB Mac Jones; receiving interest
A departure from New England could be in Mac Jones' future. The Patriots are open to trading the quarterback, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Friday, per sources, adding that teams have already called New England about the signal caller.

Federal judge rebukes Alabama AG's threat to prosecute providing help for out-of-state abortions
“[T]he Constitution protects the right to cross state lines and engage in lawful conduct in other States,
including receiving an abortion,” Judge Myron Thompson ruled.
Between the plaintiffs, Thompson noted, they brought claims challenging his threatened prosecutions as violations of
“the right to travel,
the First Amendment,
the limits on the extraterritor…

Federal judge rebukes Alabama AG's out-of-state abortion threat
“[T]he Constitution protects the right to cross state lines and engage in lawful conduct in other States, including receiving an abortion,” Judge Myron Thompson ruled.

Cowboys insider provides Ezekiel Elliott update as running back free agent options run out https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_insider_provides_ezekiel_elliott_update_as_runn…

Cowboys insider provides Ezekiel Elliott update as running back free agent options run out
The Dallas Cowboys are "seeking" a running back during the 2024 NFL free agency frenzy.  I use the quotation marks above because the front office's definition of seeking is reportedly looking for players under the $4 million price tag and receiving calls from free agents instead of making them.  In other words, the Cowboys are likely just interested in guys that'll come in and sign for minimum salary-type deals.  On Wednesday, reports emerged former Green Bay Packers RB A.J. Dillon looking i…

My internet has been pretty much down ALL week. I've signed up to a new provider, and that kit should arrive tomorrow.
Until then, replies from me will be delayed but still more frequent and helpful than those I'm receiving from my current ISP 😅

BetterHelp customers begin receiving refund notices from $7.8M data privacy settlement, FTC says (WCNC-TV)
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/betterhelp-therapy-class-action-settlement-refund/507-b4ef5e0f-c722-4562-95e9-c3cdd7738d1a
http://www.memeorandum.com/240509/p52#a240509p52

“The recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as large language models enable the design of the Faster than LIght speed Protocol (FLIP) for Internet. FLIP provides a way to avoid congestion, enhance security, and deliver faster packets on the Internet by using AI to predict future packets at the receiving peer before they arrive.”
RFC 9564
Faster Than Light Speed Protocol (FLIP)

Physics Sensor Based Deep Learning Fall Detection System
Zeyuan Qu, Tiange Huang, Yuxin Ji, Yongjun Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06994 https://

Physics Sensor Based Deep Learning Fall Detection System
Fall detection based on embedded sensor is a practical and popular research direction in recent years. In terms of a specific application: fall detection methods based upon physics sensors such as [gyroscope and accelerator] have been exploited using traditional hand crafted features and feed them in machine learning models like Markov chain or just threshold based classification methods. In this paper, we build a complete system named TSFallDetect including data receiving device based on embed…

Maximum Defective Clique Computation: Improved Time Complexities and Practical Performance
Lijun Chang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07561 https://

Maximum Defective Clique Computation: Improved Time Complexities and Practical Performance
The concept of $k$-defective clique, a relaxation of clique by allowing up-to $k$ missing edges, has been receiving increasing interests recently. Although the problem of finding the maximum $k$-defective clique is NP-hard, several practical algorithms have been recently proposed in the literature, with kDC being the state of the art. kDC not only runs the fastest in practice, but also achieves the best time complexity. Specifically, it runs in $O^*(γ_k^n)$ time when ignoring polynomial factor…

Amari Cooper has a chance to get back at the Cowboys thanks to a decision made by the NFL https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/amari_cooper_has_a_chance_to_get_back_at_the_cowboys_than…

Amari Cooper has a chance to get back at the Cowboys thanks to a decision made by the NFL
Cleveland Browns have an exciting matchup in Week 1 when the Dallas Cowboys come to town to kick off the 2024 season. When that happens, it’ll be a chance for Browns WR Amari Cooper to go up against his old team that he spent over three seasons with before being traded to Cleveland. In the offseason before the 2022 season, the Browns sent a fifth-round pick to the Cowboys for Cooper in a trade they would do over and over again. Since then, Cooper has totaled 2,410 receiving yards and 14 touch…

Las Vegas Raiders Receiving Rave Reviews For Brock Bowers https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/las_vegas_raiders_receiving_rave_reviews_for_brock_bowers/s1_17355_40285389

Las Vegas Raiders Receiving Rave Reviews For Brock Bowers
The Las Vegas Raiders entered the 2024 NFL Draft with uncertain prospects, particularly regarding their quarterback situation amid the questions about whether or not Aidan O’Connell can be a legitimate starting NFL quarterback. Expectations were high for them to target a standout quarterback like Bo Nix or Michael Penix Jr., possibly even considering a move up in the draft to secure one. However, with the top quarterback prospects being selected earlier than projected, the Raiders had to adju…

This is my nominee for least-covered, least-understood story of the decade. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is the righteous and plausible path to ending the Electoral College. No constitutional amendment required.
That seems too good to be true. Also, to wrap your head around it requires a bit of effort. It’s almost like (content warning!) math.
But take a minute or two, and the light will dawn. This could happen. And it should.

Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote
One-page explanation (PDF) The National Popular Vote law will guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It will apply the one-person-one-vote principle to presidential elections, and make every vote equal. Why a National Popular Vote for President Is Needed The shortcomings of the current system stem from “winner-take-all” laws that award all of a state’s electoral votes to the candidate receiving the most …

We live in the future, gene therapy edition.
“Opal Sandy was born unable to hear anything due to auditory neuropathy, a condition that disrupts nerve impulses travelling from the inner ear to the brain and can be caused by a faulty gene.
“But after receiving an infusion containing a working copy of the gene during groundbreaking surgery that took just 16 minutes, the 18-month-old can hear almost perfectly.”

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02768 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

An Empirical Analysis on the Use and Reporting of National Security Letters
National Security Letters (NSLs) are similar to administrative subpoenas and can be issued directly by elements of the executive branch without requiring prior approval from a court or grand jury. Importantly, NSLs authorize the imposition of nondisclosure orders (aka "gag orders") on the receiving party. Controversy about potential abuses of this authority has driven a range of legal and policy discussions. To address these concerns, both the public sector and the private sector have sought to…

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Ambassadors receive training in interferometry, the latest ALMA capabilities, and tips for ALMA proposals. They will help then organize and lead proposal preparation and/or data processing/analysis workshops.
Applications are due on 24 May 2024.
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If you made reservations to watch the #eclipse in #Texas while receiving an illegal butt injection, I’m afraid I have some bad news.

Mother and daughter arrested for performing illegal butt injections, caught in sting operation in Texas
A mother and daughter accused of performing illegal butt injections without any medical expertise were arrested in a sting operation Wednesday.

"This crackdown on college #protests and the support it is receiving from mainstream #elites is about Israel & #Gaza—and is not just about Israel & Gaza. It is also fueled by a pervasive sense that things…

America’s Elites Fear the Ghost of 1968
Mainstream elites are adopting a reactionary tale about the “leftist” indoctrination of America’s youth that verges on the conspiratorial and is destined to give the Right a major boost

"The European Commission will start customs registration of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports on Thursday, meaning they could be hit by tariffs from that point if the EU's trade investigation later concludes that they are receiving unfair subsidies"
ht…

Can Feedback Enhance Semantic Grounding in Large Vision-Language Models?
Yuan-Hong Liao, Rafid Mahmood, Sanja Fidler, David Acuna
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06510

Can Feedback Enhance Semantic Grounding in Large Vision-Language Models?
Enhancing semantic grounding abilities in Vision-Language Models (VLMs) often involves collecting domain-specific training data, refining the network architectures, or modifying the training recipes. In this work, we venture into an orthogonal direction and explore whether VLMs can improve their semantic grounding by "receiving" feedback, without requiring in-domain data, fine-tuning, or modifications to the network architectures. We systematically analyze this hypothesis using a feedback mecha…

"[Tommy] Sheppard’s concerns come after the UK Government intervened to prevent an Irish band which opposes the Union from receiving a grant.
The Belfast-based rap group Kneecap had been approved for a £15,000 grant by an independent selection board, but the Tory government stepped in to prevent it going ahead"
Fears extremism definition change could hit Scottish independence activism | The National

Incremental XAI: Memorable Understanding of AI with Incremental Explanations
Jessica Y. Bo, Pan Hao, Brian Y. Lim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06733 https://…

Incremental XAI: Memorable Understanding of AI with Incremental Explanations
Many explainable AI (XAI) techniques strive for interpretability by providing concise salient information, such as sparse linear factors. However, users either only see inaccurate global explanations, or highly-varying local explanations. We propose to provide more detailed explanations by leveraging the human cognitive capacity to accumulate knowledge by incrementally receiving more details. Focusing on linear factor explanations (factors $\times$ values = outcome), we introduce Incremental XA…

Unexpected potential application of generative-AI technology; looks attractive in theory: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9564.html

Federal judge rebukes #Alabama AG's threat to prosecute providing help for out-of-state #abortions, by @…

Federal judge rebukes Alabama AG's out-of-state abortion threat
“[T]he Constitution protects the right to cross state lines and engage in lawful conduct in other States, including receiving an abortion,” Judge Myron Thompson ruled.

"North Carolina's first #Blackowned children's #bookstore is moving out of downtown Raleigh less than a year after it opened... On Monday, Scott-Miller posted on Instagram that the bookstore will leave its space on April 30 after receiving 'numerous threats'..."

Black-owned children's bookstore in Raleigh moving after threats, owner says
Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina's first Black-owned children's bookstore, is moving out of downtown Raleigh less than a year after it opened.

It's astonishing that there's no serious competition to Meetup. Will Bending Spoons fix this?
#meetup

Multi-Tower Multi-Interest Recommendation with User Representation Repel
Tianyu Xiong, Xiaohan Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05122 https://

Multi-Tower Multi-Interest Recommendation with User Representation Repel
In the era of information overload, the value of recommender systems has been profoundly recognized in academia and industry alike. Multi-interest sequential recommendation, in particular, is a subfield that has been receiving increasing attention in recent years. By generating multiple-user representations, multi-interest learning models demonstrate superior expressiveness than single-user representation models, both theoretically and empirically. Despite major advancements in the field, three…

Niners QB Brock Purdy among top 25 receiving performance-based pay bumps https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-qb-brock-purdy-among-top-25-receiving-performance-based-pay-bumps

Niners QB Brock Purdy among top 25 receiving performance-based pay bumps
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy earned $739,795 in additional pay via the league's performance-based pay program. Guard John Simpson topped the top-25 list, earning $974,613 in his one season with the Baltimore Ravens.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.07164 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

3QFP: Efficient neural implicit surface reconstruction using Tri-Quadtrees and Fourier feature Positional encoding
Neural implicit surface representations are currently receiving a lot of interest as a means to achieve high-fidelity surface reconstruction at a low memory cost, compared to traditional explicit representations.However, state-of-the-art methods still struggle with excessive memory usage and non-smooth surfaces. This is particularly problematic in large-scale applications with sparse inputs, as is common in robotics use cases. To address these issues, we first introduce a sparse structure, \emp…

@… I know we’ve had this discussion before but: What about write only servers? Nothing that I can see in the AP spec mandates that a server actually accepts incoming activities.
If the gov had a server that only supports publishing messages, never receiving any (from anyone, hence not discriminating), is that still a problem?

How A Race-Based Test Prevented Thousands Of Black People From Receiving Kidney Transplants | Atlanta Daily World
https://atlantadailyworld.com/2024/04/05/for-years-a-race-based-test-preven…

How A Race-Based Test Prevented Thousands Of Black People From Receiving Kidney Transplants | Atlanta Daily World
Since 1999, a race-based test has kept thousands of Black people from being appropriately placed on the kidney transplant list. A concerning practice that is shedding light on the systemic bias deeply entrenched within the healthcare system. Black Americans are over three times more likely than white people to experience kidney failure. Of the roughly … Continued

I don't know what it is, but lately I've been receiving a lot of online orders without *any* packing material. Just loose stuff in a box. Coincidentally, I've been receiving a lot of broken things, and having to do refunds.

Linear and non-linear integrate-and-fire neurons driven by synaptic shot noise with reversal potentials
Magnus J E Richardson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07670

Linear and non-linear integrate-and-fire neurons driven by synaptic shot noise with reversal potentials
The steady-state firing rate and firing-rate response of the leaky and exponential integrate-and-fire models receiving synaptic shot noise with excitatory and inhibitory reversal potentials is examined. For the particular case where the underlying synaptic conductances are exponentially distributed, it is shown that the master equation for a population of such model neurons can be reduced from an integro-differential form to a more tractable set of three differential equations. The system is ne…

Stop Stealing My Data: Sanitizing Stego Channels in 3D Printing Design Files
Aleksandr Dolgavin, Mark Yampolskiy, Moti Yung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05106

Stop Stealing My Data: Sanitizing Stego Channels in 3D Printing Design Files
The increased adoption of additive manufacturing (AM) and the acceptance of AM outsourcing created an ecosystem in which the sending and receiving of digital designs by different actors became normal. It has recently been shown that the STL design files -- most commonly used in AM -- contain steganographic channels. Such channels can allow additional data to be embedded within the STL files without changing the printed model. These factors create a threat of misusing the design files as a cover…

He will be missed. I love the hairy bikers shows 😢
"Hairy Bikers chef Dave Myers dies at 66"
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/feb/29/hairy-bikers-chef-dave-myers-dies-at-66?utm_source=pocket_mylist<…

So, SCOTUS has pretty much assured that the TFG criminal trials will last longer, from criminal act to judgement, than the US participation in WW-II or the entire US Civil War.
Justice delayed is justice denied - and our judicial system is delaying, delaying, and delaying - in favor of TFG and in ways that ordinary citizens could not even dream of receiving.

This is my nominee for least-covered, least-understood story of the decade. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is the righteous and plausible path to ending the Electoral College. No constitutional amendment required.
That seems too good to be true. Also, to wrap your head around it requires a bit of effort. It’s almost like (content warning!) math.
But take a minute or two, and the light will dawn. This could happen. And it should.

Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote
One-page explanation (PDF) The National Popular Vote law will guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It will apply the one-person-one-vote principle to presidential elections, and make every vote equal. Why a National Popular Vote for President Is Needed The shortcomings of the current system stem from “winner-take-all” laws that award all of a state’s electoral votes to the candidate receiving the most …

Media: Rosatom's top manager arrested over suspicion of bribery: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/28/media-rosatoms-top.html

Ohio gets approval for drone traffic surveillance program.
"ODOT workers will pilot the 20-pound Censys Sentaero aircraft, which has a wingspan of 7.5 feet, over a four-mile stretch of U.S. 33, a highway northwest of Columbus"
#tranportation

Pseudo MIMO (pMIMO): An Energy and Spectral Efficient MIMO-OFDM System
Sen Wang, Tianxiong Wang, Shulun Zhao, Zhen Feng, Guangyi Liu, Chunfeng Cui, Chih-Lin I, Jiangzhou Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06054

Pseudo MIMO (pMIMO): An Energy and Spectral Efficient MIMO-OFDM System
This article introduces an energy and spectral efficient multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) transmission scheme designed for the future sixth generation (6G) wireless communication networks. The approach involves connecting each receiving radio frequency (RF) chain with multiple antenna elements and conducting sample-level adjustments for receiving beamforming patterns. The proposed system architecture and the dedicated signal processing method…

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Ambassadors receive training in interferometry, the latest ALMA capabilities, and tips for ALMA proposals. They will help then organize and lead proposal preparation and/or data processing/analysis workshops.
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Filing: BlockFi and FTX reach a tentative agreement to settle all litigation, with BlockFi receiving claims of $185.2M against FTX and $689.3M against Alameda (Blockworks)
https://blockworks.co/news/blockfi-ftx-reach-tentative-settlement

The BBC has "no plans" to use AI again to promote Doctor Who, after the marketing team used AI "as part of a small trial" to help draft emails and notifications (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/bbc-doctor-who-ai-complai…

BBC Will Stop Using AI For ‘Doctor Who’ Promotion After Receiving Complaints
The BBC received complaints over use of AI to promote 'Doctor Who' and has said it won't use it again.

Tee Higgins requests trade from Bengals after no progress on long-term deal

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tee-higgins-requests-trade-from-…

Tee Higgins requests trade from Bengals after no progress on long-term deal
Higgins is not happy about receiving the franchise tag from Cincinnati

Federal judge rebukes #Alabama AG's threat to prosecute providing help for out-of-state #abortions, by @…

Federal judge rebukes Alabama AG's out-of-state abortion threat
“[T]he Constitution protects the right to cross state lines and engage in lawful conduct in other States, including receiving an abortion,” Judge Myron Thompson ruled.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.02768 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

An Empirical Analysis on the Use and Reporting of National Security Letters
National Security Letters (NSLs) are similar to administrative subpoenas and can be issued directly by elements of the executive branch without requiring prior approval from a court or grand jury. Importantly, NSLs authorize the imposition of nondisclosure orders (aka "gag orders") on the receiving party. Controversy about potential abuses of this authority has driven a range of legal and policy discussions. To address these concerns, both the public sector and the private sector have sought to…

Hope Hicks says Trump was ‘very involved’ in campaign and media responses
‘We were all just following his lead’
Hope Hicks is being questioned about the Access Hollywood tape and the jury is being shown the transcript from the tape.
Asked what her first reaction was to receiving an email from a Washington Post reporter about the tape, she says she was
“very concerned” about the contents of the email, and the lack of time to respond.
She says she forwarded the em…

Multi-Tower Multi-Interest Recommendation with User Representation Repel
Tianyu Xiong, Xiaohan Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05122 https://

Multi-Tower Multi-Interest Recommendation with User Representation Repel
In the era of information overload, the value of recommender systems has been profoundly recognized in academia and industry alike. Multi-interest sequential recommendation, in particular, is a subfield that has been receiving increasing attention in recent years. By generating multiple-user representations, multi-interest learning models demonstrate superior expressiveness than single-user representation models, both theoretically and empirically. Despite major advancements in the field, three…

From CBC
Did you get a text with your SIN that claims to be from Canada Revenue Agency? It's a scam
Fraudulent texts Canadians receiving include a person's name and other info
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-w

Did you get a text with your personal info that claims to be from CRA? It's a scam | CBC News
Tax season is here and with it, a new scam. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says it involves a text message, containing a person's name and personal info, that appears to come from the Canada Revenue Agency. The warning comes as Ontario Provincial Police launch Anti-Fraud Prevention Month.

Five potential landing spots for this former touchdown leader https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/five_potential_landing_spots_for_this_former_touchdown_leader/s1_13132_40094019

Five potential landing spots for this former touchdown leader
Lifelong Packer, Aaron Jones, is set to hit the open market after being released shortly after the team reached an agreement with running back Josh Jacobs, per Adam Schefter. Prior to his release, Jones was due $12M in 2024. Now the veteran RB will join a pool of free agents who look to find a new home ahead of the 2024 season. Jones is coming off of an injury-riddled 2023 campaign where he totaled 656 rushing yards, 233 receiving yards and three total touchdowns — all career lows since becom…

Sources: the Biden administration is making a list of advanced Chinese chip factories barred from receiving key tools, which could be released in a few months (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-may-so…

Dallas Cowboys Receive Huge Injury Update On Young Receiver https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/dallas_cowboys_receive_huge_injury_update_on_young_receiver/s1_17150_40225256

Dallas Cowboys Receive Huge Injury Update On Young Receiver
Despite recent playoff disappointments and a relatively subdued offseason, the Dallas Cowboys possess a wealth of talent that shouldn’t be overlooked. At the forefront is CeeDee Lamb, a standout wide receiver who ranks among the NFL’s elite at his position. Supported by Brandin Cooks, who has demonstrated his potential as a solid WR2, the Cowboys have formidable options in their receiving corps. David Durden, eager to make his mark after a sidelined rookie season due to an ACL injury in 202…

Russian media: Russian deputy defense minister detained for bribery stripped of his position, assets: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/25/russian-media-russian.html

2024 NFL Draft rumors: Bills receiving calls at No. 33 overall; five players teams may target in a trade up

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/d…

2024 NFL Draft rumors: Bills receiving calls at No. 33 overall; five players teams may target in a trade up
Defense could go early when Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft begins

Some investors say YC's winter 2024 batch was stronger than previous years, noting consumer AI as a key trend; YC says ~50% of this batch is working with AI (Allie Garfinkle/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2024/04/05/y-combinator-demo-day-accelerator-…

YC’s newest batch of prospects looks strong, investors say
YC held its twice-a-year Demo Day this week, and it’s a batch that’s receiving positive reviews—and reflects persistent AI hype.

The BBC has "no plans" to use AI again to promote Doctor Who, after the marketing team used AI "as part of a small trial" to help draft emails and notifications (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/bbc-doctor-who-ai-complai…

BBC Will Stop Using AI For ‘Doctor Who’ Promotion After Receiving Complaints
The BBC received complaints over use of AI to promote 'Doctor Who' and has said it won't use it again.

From CBC
Did you get a text with your SIN that claims to be from Canada Revenue Agency? It's a scam
Fraudulent texts Canadians receiving include a person's name and other info
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Did you get a text with your personal info that claims to be from CRA? It's a scam | CBC News
Tax season is here and with it, a new scam. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says it involves a text message, containing a person's name and personal info, that appears to come from the Canada Revenue Agency. The warning comes as Ontario Provincial Police launch Anti-Fraud Prevention Month.

Federal judge rebukes Alabama AG's out-of-state abortion threat
https://www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-right-to-travel-abortion-dismiss-denial

Federal judge rebukes Alabama AG's out-of-state abortion threat
“[T]he Constitution protects the right to cross state lines and engage in lawful conduct in other States, including receiving an abortion,” Judge Myron Thompson ruled.

Reuters: Russia facing delays in oil payments from China, Turkey and UAE: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/27/reuters-russia-facing.html

2024 NFL Draft rumors: Commanders receiving calls for No. 2 overall pick; potential teams who could trade up

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/…

2024 NFL Draft rumors: Commanders receiving calls for No. 2 overall pick; potential teams who could trade up
Washington has a coveted selection

WhatsApp appears to be experiencing a global outage, preventing users from exchanging messages; Facebook Messenger and Instagram are also experiencing issues (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2024/04/03/whatsapp-down-april-2024/

WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, and other Meta apps are down for many
WhatsApp appears to be experiencing a global outage, preventing users from sending or receiving messages, while other Meta apps such...

This week, the Supreme Court managed to fail to meet the already extremely low expectations most sane people already had for it.
First, during the Idaho EMTALA case on whether hospitals receiving federal funding can refuse to provide abortions to women who are actively dying as a result of a pregnancy, we heard debate over which, and how many, organs a woman had to lose before an abortion becomes legally acceptable.
By all appearances during oral arguments, it looks as though t…

Why Stefon Diggs should return to superstar form with Texans after discouraging final stretch with Bills

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/why-s…

Why Stefon Diggs should return to superstar form with Texans after discouraging final stretch with Bills
Diggs' productive, yet tumultuous tenure with the Bills ended with 13 straight games under 100 receiving yards

Russia's deputy defense minister detained on suspicions of bribery: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/23/russias-deputy-defense.html

Broncos don't plan to deal Courtland Sutton despite receiving multiple trade inquiries on WR, per report

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bro…

Broncos don't plan to deal Courtland Sutton despite receiving multiple trade inquiries on WR, per report
Sutton is skipping voluntary workouts due to his contract

The Cowboys want to extend CeeDee Lamb, here's how much it's projected to cost https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/the_cowboys_want_to_extend_ceedee_lamb_heres_how_much_its_projected_to_cos…

The Cowboys want to extend CeeDee Lamb, here's how much it's projected to cost
It makes sense that the Dallas Cowboys would want to extend former first-round pick CeeDee Lamb. He's been one of the most productive receivers in the NFL since entering the league in 2020 - and he's still ascending. In 2023, he led the NFL in targets and receptions, finished second in receiving yards and third in touchdowns. At the same time, the receiver market continues to explode. 15 receivers now make over $20 million per year. Before 2022 that number stood at just three. The sooner the Co…

👍 🚨 👏 Will overturn the permanent ban on people with a federal or state felony drug conviction from receiving SNAP and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) cash assistance benefits.
One Mistake Led to a Lifetime Ban of SNAP Benefits. This Reform Rollback Can End It. - Capital B News
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One Mistake Led to a Lifetime Ban of SNAP Benefits. This Reform Rollback Can End It.
Lawmakers introduced the RESTORE Act to address problems stretching back to the Clinton administration.

After criticism, India's Ministry of Electronics and IT revises its AI advisory to drop plans to require government approval before new AI models are launched (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/15/india-drops-…

India drops plan to require approval for AI model launches | TechCrunch
India is walking back on a recent AI advisory after receiving criticism from many local and global entrepreneurs and investors. The Ministry of India is walking back on a recent AI advisory after receiving criticism from entrepreneurs and investors.

Russia's deputy defense minister detained on suspicions of bribery: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/23/russias-deputy-defense.html

Mailbag: What should Cowboys do with Gallup? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-what-should-cowboys-do-with-gallup

Mailbag: What should Cowboys do with Gallup?
I’m torn about Michael Gallup. Because he was slow to return from his ACL injury, then he posted 103 receiving yards in the playoff game against the Packers. Is he worth keeping with the hope that his arrow is finally pointing up? 

Titans signing former Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd, adding another new target for Will Levis, per report

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Titans signing former Bengals wide receiver Tyler Boyd, adding another new target for Will Levis, per report
Tennessee has remade its receiving corps

It this some TikTok challenge thing?
Barge hits bridge in Oklahoma just days after Baltimore tragedy | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oklahoma-highway-barge-bridge-closure-balt…

Barge hits bridge in Oklahoma just days after Baltimore tragedy
State patrol troopers closed US Highway 59 about 1:25 pm after receiving word of the incident and diverted traffic from the area

Portugal's data regulator orders Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data for 90 days, after receiving complaints about unauthorized collection from minors (Elizabeth Howcroft/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies

Consensys sues the US SEC over what it calls the "unlawful seizure of authority" over ethereum, after receiving a Wells notice for its MetaMask wallet product (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/25

“Satanic" plant and facilitator of “genocide”: Right-wing media’s unhinged response to Olivia Rodrigo concert attendees receiving emergency contraceptives | Media Matters for America
https://www.mediamatters.org/health-care/s…

“Satanic" plant and facilitator of “genocide”: Right-wing media’s unhinged response to Olivia Rodrigo concert attendees receiving emergency contraceptives
As pop star Olivia Rodrigo promotes abortion rights in collaboration with reproductive health groups on her GUTS tour, right-wing media have gone on the attack, with one figure even accusing Rodrigo of “facilitating genocide” by inviting abortion organizations that offer emergency contraceptives to concertgoers. Conservative figures also spread misinformation about the morning-after pill after nonprofit groups distributed free emergency contraception at one recent concert in Missouri, argui…

Latest report on key pending free agent is music to Cowboys' ears https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/latest_report_on_key_pending_free_agent_is_music_to_cowboys_ears/s1_17313_40066454

Latest report on key pending free agent is music to Cowboys' ears
One of the biggest questions ahead of free agency is what will happen with Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard.  A year after receiving the franchise tag, Pollard is now trending toward becoming a free agent next week, which will allow him to test the market and field offers from across the league.  Fortunately for the Cowboys though, it's starting to sound sounding as if Pollard could make things real easy on them to secure a reunion with America's Team.  "A person with knowledge of Po…

Consensys sues the US SEC over what it calls the "unlawful seizure of authority" over ethereum, after receiving a Wells notice for its MetaMask wallet product (CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/25

The BBC has "no plans" to use AI again to promote Doctor Who, after the marketing team used AI "as part of a small trial" to help draft emails and notifications (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2024/03/bbc-doctor-who-ai-complai…

BBC Will Stop Using AI For ‘Doctor Who’ Promotion After Receiving Complaints
The BBC received complaints over use of AI to promote 'Doctor Who' and has said it won't use it again.

Cowboys' Jake Ferguson's ambitious comments are music to every fan's ears https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/cowboys_jake_fergusons_ambitious_comments_are_music_to_every_fans_ears/s1_17313_…

Garry's Mod is removing "all Nintendo related stuff" from its Steam Workshop, covering "20 years of uploads", after receiving a takedown request from Nintendo (Andy Chalk/PC Gamer)
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Garry's Mod is removing 20 years' worth of Nintendo-related items from its Steam Workshop following takedown request: 'It's Nintendo. Need more be said?'
Fans aren't happy, as you can imagine.

Garry's Mod is removing "all Nintendo related stuff" from its Steam Workshop, covering "20 years of uploads", after receiving a takedown request from Nintendo (Andy Chalk/PC Gamer)
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Garry's Mod is removing 20 years' worth of Nintendo-related items from its Steam Workshop following takedown request: 'It's Nintendo. Need more be said?'
Fans aren't happy, as you can imagine.

Filing: Swiggy, which has a ~45.8% share of the Indian food delivery market, secures shareholder approval for a potential $1.25B IPO, slated for later this year (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/24/india-swigg…

Swiggy, the Indian food delivery giant, seeks $1.25 billion in IPO after receiving shareholder approval | TechCrunch
Swiggy plans to raise $1.25 billion in an initial public offering and has secured approval from its shareholders, the Indian food delivery and instant Swiggy plans to raise $1.25 billion in an initial public offering and has secured approval from its shareholders, the Indian food delivery and instant commerce startup said.