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Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, an Independent,
who serves as the ranking member on the health, education, labor and pensions (Help) committee,
said that Robert F Kennedy Jr’s attempt to fire Susan Monarez was “outrageous”.
“The Sen. HELP Committee must hold a hearing with Kennedy & the CDC Director as soon as possible.
Vaccines save lives. Period,” Sanders said on X.
As Monarez is a Senate-confirmed official
(the first CDC director to receive this …

🍛 From space science to dinner plates: Reimagining the future of farming indoors
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From space science to dinner plates: Reimagining the future of farming indoors
Extreme weather events, from heavy rainfall to heat waves and droughts, are increasingly threatening crop yields globally, so new solutions are needed for agriculture.

Eros and filmmaker Aanand L. Rai clash over plans to re-release the Tamil-language version of 2013 Indian film Raanjhanaa with an AI-enabled alternative ending (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/eros-aanand-l-…

Eros-Aanand Rai Dispute Over AI-Altered 'Raanjhanaa' Ending Escalates
Eros International and director Aanand L. Rai clash over AI-altered 'Raanjhanaa' ending, with both sides citing legal rights and creative ethics.

A generalization of the Furstenberg--S\'{a}rk\"{o}zy theorem over the Gaussian integers
Dev Ranjan Pandey, Jyoti Prakash Saha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18990 https://

A generalization of the Furstenberg--Sárközy theorem over the Gaussian integers
We introduce the notion of intersective polynomials over the Gaussian integers, and prove that given any intersective polynomial $p(x)$ over the Gaussian integers, every subset $A$ of the Gaussian integers of positive upper density contains two distinct elements such that their difference is $p(z)$ for some Gaussian integer $z$. Moreover, we also obtain a quantitative version of this result. The proof is motivated by an argument due to Lucier, and the Fourier-free proof of the Furstenberg--Sár…

Sounds intriguing. Just got around reading Free, which I can recommend
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/03/indignity-a-life-reimagined-by-lea-ypi-review-love-war-and-betrayal

TIL Viet Nam is aiming to switch off IPv4 in favour of IPv6 by 2032. Which means that software and systems deployed *today* need to consider network environments where IPv4 is unavailable.
https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/27/modernizing-viet-nam…

Modernizing Viet Nam’s Internet: Infrastructure, security, action | APNIC Blog
From routing security to nationwide IPv6-only, see how coordinated operations are building the future of Viet Nam’s Internet.

Engineering Automotive Digital Twins on Standardized Architectures: A Case Study
Stefan Ramdhan, Winnie Trandinh, Istvan David, Vera Pantelic, Mark Lawford
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18662

Engineering Automotive Digital Twins on Standardized Architectures: A Case Study
Digital twin (DT) technology has become of interest in the automotive industry. There is a growing need for smarter services that utilize the unique capabilities of DTs, ranging from computer-aided remote control to cloud-based fleet coordination. Developing such services starts with the software architecture. However, the scarcity of DT architectural guidelines poses a challenge for engineering automotive DTs. Currently, the only DT architectural standard is the one defined in ISO 23247. Thoug…

Learning Interior Point Method for AC and DC Optimal Power Flow
Farshad Amani, Amin Kargarian, Ramachandran Vaidyanathan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19146 https://

Learning Interior Point Method for AC and DC Optimal Power Flow
This paper proposes a feasibility-guaranteed learning interior point method (L-IPM) to solve both AC and DC optimal power flow (OPF) problems. Given the criticality of OPF, the proposed L-IPM uses a hybrid learning model approach rather than relying solely on a simple black-box prediction. The traditional IPM follows a central path from an initial point to the optimal solution. However, each iteration involves solving large linear systems, which becomes increasingly expensive as the matrices gr…

Breaking the Layer Barrier: Remodeling Private Transformer Inference with Hybrid CKKS and MPC
Tianshi Xu, Wen-jie Lu, Jiangrui Yu, Chen Yi, Chenqi Lin, Runsheng Wang, Meng Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19525

Breaking the Layer Barrier: Remodeling Private Transformer Inference with Hybrid CKKS and MPC
This paper presents an efficient framework for private Transformer inference that combines Homomorphic Encryption (HE) and Secure Multi-party Computation (MPC) to protect data privacy. Existing methods often leverage HE for linear layers (e.g., matrix multiplications) and MPC for non-linear layers (e.g., Softmax activation functions), but the conversion between HE and MPC introduces significant communication costs. The proposed framework, dubbed BLB, overcomes this by breaking down layers into …

Unraveling the temporal dependence of ecological interaction measures
Javier Aguilar, Samir Suweis, Amos Maritan, Sandro Azaele
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.19197 https://

Unraveling the temporal dependence of ecological interaction measures
Species interactions (ranging from direct predator prey relationships to indirect effects mediated by the environment) are central to ecosystem balance and biodiversity. While empirical methods for measuring these interactions exist, their interpretability and limitations remain unclear. Here we examine the empirical matrix of pairwise interactions, a widely used tool, and analyze its temporal variability. We show that apparent fluctuations in interaction strength (and even shifts in interactio…