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Trump administration makes major changes to a report it commissioned on FEMA reforms, AP sources say (Gabriela Aoun Angueira/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/fema-review-council-kristi-noem-trump-disasters-22274e65fad13b9e3005e302bcce9cbb
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p166#a251119p166

DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled
https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-protests-prosecutions-doj-arrests-591f155d50c13756842e033ea23f16d3

Dozens of felony cases have crumbled in DOJ's push to punish protesters
The Justice Department has embarked on a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers during protests of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Attorney General Pam Bondi has vowed such offenders will face “severe consequences.” But DOJ has struggled to deliver on that commitment, according to a review by The Associated Press of 166 federal criminal cases brought since May against protesters in four Democratic-led cities at the epicenter of demonst…

"NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists"
'"This is like a stick in the spokes of merit review,” says one staffer who requested anonymity because of fear of retaliation. “It devalues discussion of the merits of each proposal.”'
https://www.science.org/content/article/nsf-pares-down-grant-review-process-reducing-influence-outside-scientists
h/t @…

The privately funded National Trust for Historic Preservation last week asked the U.S. District Court to block Trump’s project.
“No president is legally allowed to tear down portions of the White House without any review whatsoever
— not President Trump, not President Biden, and not anyone else,” the lawsuit states.
“And no president is legally allowed to construct a ballroom on public property without giving the public the opportunity to weigh in.”
Trump had the East W…

Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons. It also says a preservationists’ organization that wants it stopped has no standing to sue. The court filing Monday was in response to a lawsuit filed last Friday by the National Trust for Historic Preservation asking a federal judge to halt President Donald Trump’s project until it goes through multiple independent reviews…

Chinese automotive chipmaker Black Sesame says its Huashan A2000 chip passed the US Commerce and Defense Departments' "relevant reviews" for global sales (Coco Feng/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3338742/<…

Chinese chipmaker Black Sesame’s Huashan A2000 clears US review hurdle
The chip has passed relevant reviews following nearly a year of technical clarifications and communications with US authorities.

Key optogenetic advances in retinal prostheses: A comparative narrative review #NeuroTech

Book Review – Just Use #Postgres!
https://vladmihalcea.com/book-review-just-use-postgres/

US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them
An internal review of the US Border Patrol raises serious questions about the agency’s use-of-force policy.
https://www.thenation.com/article/arc…

US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them
An internal review of US Border Patrol raises serious questions about the agency's use-of-force policy.

US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/national-parks-dei-review-6feb21b4f2e8b495b33444d04f9a28fc
http://www.memeorandum.com/251212/p3#a251212p3

Just a few days left of my NYTimes sub which I will not be renewing, so here's a gift article about people's relationship with Pynchon, with a bit from @… in it:

Lisa Simpson and Other Fans of Thomas Pynchon on the Writer’s Most Memorable Scenes
With the famously private novelist enjoying a (private) moment in the sun, we reached out to die-hard fans who’ve tuned in to the zaniness all along.

By-the-way, it is time for us to review that aspect of international law that is known as the "head of state doctrine".
https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2279&context=ilj

I only noticed after getting home from Stereolab that the song Laetitia introduced as "Capitalism is a Wound" is called, on the album, "Melodie is a Wound." Did the label censor it?! She introduced it that way in Vancouver too apparently https://exclaim.ca/music/a…

Stereolab Mixed "Joie de Vivre" with "Vive la Révolution" in Vancouver │ Exclaim!
Vogue Theatre, October 17

Off to GŸteborg University to discuss #Greenland ice sheet and #AMOC, including this brilliant piece of work by my @dmidk.bsky.social colleagues - currently in review but the preprint title says it all: Reversible AMOC but continuing Greenland ice sheet melt.
https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7830432/v1

Oh the irony...

White House will present Trump's ballroom project for a review months after construction began (Darlene Superville/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-white-house-ballroom-commission-review-3dd5e3c1b2475d1f39843b9193572576
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p47#a260108p47

Advances in artificial vision systems: a comprehensive review of technologies, applications, and future directions https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13534-025-00513-4 "clinical value hinges on durability, effective resolution, surgical practicality, and user t…

Advances in artificial vision systems: a comprehensive review of technologies, applications, and future directions - Biomedical Engineering Letters
This review article focuses on recent advancements and persistent challenges in artificial vision prostheses designed to restore sight for patients affected by retinal diseases. It comprehensively examines various approaches, including epiretinal, subretinal, and suprachoroidal implants, as well as optic nerve and visual cortex stimulation strategies. The critical role of the retina in visual perception is explored, emphasizing how retinal degeneration affects the transmission of visual informa…

The headline should be: ❝AI vendor’s AI-generated analysis claims AI generated reviews for AI-generated papers at AI conference❞
To be clear, I give great credence to the claims of the humans in the article who thought they’d received an AI-generated review. I bet •they’re• correct. It’s Nature I’m coming after here.
A journalistic institution would investigate that claim, track down the reviewer in question, get to the bottom of the story. A PR outlet would just repeat some vendor’s product claims as fact and click “publish.”
Which one is Nature?
/end

Trump was sued on Friday by preservationists
asking a federal court to halt his White House ballroom project until it goes through multiple independent reviews and wins approval from Congress.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded group,
is asking the U.S. District Court to block Trump’s White House ballroom project,
which already has involved razing the East Wing,
until it goes through comprehensive design reviews, environmental asses…

Trump sued by preservationists over White House ballroom project
President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is asking a federal court to stop Trump’s White House ballroom project until it goes through comprehensive design reviews, public comments and wins approval from Congress. The National Trust argues that Trump, by fast-tracking the project, has committed multiple violations of the Administrative Pr…

👀Great, hopeful review on one avenue to increase #crop yield 🌿🧪.
Context - we'll need 35-50% more food globally by 2050 but there are few signs that we're getting there. Yes, many issues in this space.
But photosynthesis is now one of the plant metabolic pathways where we have really good understanding, sufficient to see meaningful improvements of yield in the field, in #rice, #potato, #soybean. This is detailed in the review ➡️ #PlantSci #FoodSecurity

A fragment of a Chinese rocket stage - 2024-173L - 'landed' in Western Australia on 18 October: #SpaceJunk

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,
recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will launch a
review of the safety of the abortion pill, mifepristone.
Health researchers say they’re concerned that the review will be politicized and based on flawed reports.
More than 100 studies published over the past few decades have shown that the drug,
which was approved by the FDA in 2000,
is safe and effective at ending a…

FDA Is Investigating the Abortion Pill Mifepristone despite Decades of Studies Showing It’s Safe
Some scientists are concerned that the Trump administration will use “junk science” when reviewing mifepristone’s safety record

Trump administration plans to review refugees admitted under Biden, memo obtained by The AP says (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trumo-refugees-memo-biden-review-82cdbae263a903c6dcf25c2e04f50684
http://www.memeorandum.com/251124/p112#a251124p112

It is hard to imagine a worse decision than the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday
allowing Texas to use its new congressional maps designed to elect five more Republicans to the House of Representatives.
In a 6-3 decision, the six conservative justices have opened the door to states being able to adopt unconstitutional laws on voting
— with immunity from judicial review for at least one election.
At the urging of President Trump, Texas’ Republican-controlled state L…

Federal review finds 44% of US trucking schools don't comply with government rules (Josh Funk/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/commercial-drivers-license-trucking-california-pennsylvania-96fee86df4f9bfb0ef65af20da878a57
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p100#a251201p100

The White House pressed U.S. Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during an elaborate military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that Donald Trump attended,
Original planning for what the Navy dubbed the Titans of the Sea Presidential Review called for military personnel to use dummies and not live bombs
One person familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners that Trump “needed t…

Why the White House wanted live bombs, not dummies, for Navy celebration
The White House pressed Navy officials to launch 2,000-pound live bombs instead of dummy explosives during a recent military demonstration for the service’s 250th anniversary celebration that President Donald Trump attended. That's according to two people familiar with planning for the event. One of the people familiar with the planning said White House officials insisted to Navy planners that Trump “needed to see explosions” instead of just a “big splash.” This comes as the administr…

For the last year, the nation has witnessed Trump’s rapid physical and mental decline.
The 79-year-old president has repeatedly lost track of his thoughts, his whereabouts, and even his grasp on the English language.
The New Republic’s breaking news team has put together a list of the president’s most senile moments in his first year in office

Cognitive Decline? These Were Trump’s 11 Most Senile Moments This Year
When Donald Trump wasn’t busy falling asleep in front of the cameras, he spent his first year in office struggling to form coherent thoughts.