The US responded to the Kremlin's provocations: Aircraft will be shot down!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/09/25/the-us-responded-to-the.html
Google updates Gemini 2.5 Flash with better response formatting and image understanding, and releases new 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Flash-Lite previews for developers (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/09/25/gemini-2-5-flash-update-sep-2025/
Newsom’s office responds after Trump’s DOJ moves to send election monitors to California | KTLA
https://ktla.com/news/california/newsoms-office-responds-after-trumps-doj-moves-to-send-election-monitors-to-california/
Nonlinear Response Relations and Fluctuation-Response Inequalities for Nonequilibrium Stochastic Systems
Jiming Zheng, Zhiyue Lu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19606 https://…
Tua claps back at criticism from Cam, pundits https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46381356/dolphins-tua-tagovailoa-responds-criticism-pundits
A short, very sensible post on 'AI and trust: principles for automating responsibly' https://public.digital/pd-insights/blog/2025/10/ai-and-trust-principles-for-automating-responsibly
“After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law to strengthen the nation’s disaster response. FEMA employees say the Trump administration has reversed that progress.”
My question, as always: “Who benefits?”
https://www.nytime…
China’s modern influence is primarily built on a formidable economy, dramatic advancements in renewable energy, and a willingness to engage globally with the greatest crisis facing humanity: climate breakdown.
In that sense, the tanks, cannon and missiles that filed past Tiananmen Square may well prove less important in reshaping the world order than the wind turbines, solar panels and electric cars that are churning out of Chinese factories
China has already won the battle for t…
Surprise! Bobby Brainworms hampered Texas measles response - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2025/08/25/surprise-bobby-brainworms-hampered-texas-measles-response/
From the comments responding to the NYT article on this are several #FAFO responses because we recognize the empathy deficit of a 'proud conservative, but'
'Desperately need these services': Conservative mom blames GOP for cutting son’s Medicaid - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/conservative-gop-medicaid-cuts/